California Faces Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Threat
San Francisco AP report says an encephalitis epidemic spreading north through California's central valleys is carried by female Culex tarsalis mosquitoes. 30 deaths and nearly 500 stricken, with 499 cases reported and 315 diagnosed. Spraying across 276 towns and barrier spraying are used. two blood tests confirm diagnosis. Dr. Malcolm Merrill warns the epidemic may reach Shasta County before summer ends, but should stay in interior valleys.
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San Francisco
California
State Health Department
Malcolm Merrill
Health Department
Merrill
Shasta County
Oregon
Chicago Train Jumps Tracks Kills One Injures Sixty Five
A high speed Chicago to Milwaukee electric train struck a car near Racine Wisconsin and jumped the rails killing the motorist Episono Leal 31 of Racine and injuring 65 passengers. Motorman Hiram M Bryant reported traveling at 75 mph before impact and the line was out three hours. Sixteen remain in hospital with others treated.
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Racine
Wis
Here
Hiram M. Bryant
Waukegan
Inl
Chicago North Shore
Milwaukee
Mbog
Episono Leal
Seaman Moves Coast Guard Duty After Desertion Case
Seaman Baren C. Wimp, a boatswain's mate third class, swam two hours after going overboard near Point Conception on February 10. A court martial found him guilty only of absence without leave for one day, sentencing three days hard labor. he was released, rank restored, and reassigned to shore duty in San Pedro.
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Long Beach
Calif
Coast Guard
Baren C. Wimp
Wimp Qumene
Point Concepcion
Wimp
Mary Lou
Pont-Chartrain
San Pedro
Nixon Backs McCarthy Without Endorsing Views
Sen. Richard Nixon and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower will back Sen. Joseph McCarthy if renominated without endorsing his views. They aim to elect more Republicans to gain control of Congress and support a fair investigation of all charges, while not commenting on McCarthy’s methods until facts are known.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Congress
Gen
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Oklahoma
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
GOP
Mundt
Resocay
Monroney
Red China
China
Douglas A McArthur
MacArthur
Yalu River
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Eisen
Woman Talks Robber into Leaving with Cash
In Dayton Ohio a 32 year old woman in a dry cleaning shop faced an armed bandit who demanded $60 claiming his wife was ill. She defiantly urged him to shoot if he must, then persuaded him to flee with the money, ending the incident.
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Dayton
Virginia Mercer
Stevenson Quits Retreat in Wisconsin
Adlai E. Stevenson, rested after a Wisconsin retreat, will leave late today to begin a vigorous campaign schedule. He plans speeches in New York August 27-28 before the American Legion, the Democratic State Convention, and the Liberal party of New York. A Labor Day campaign kickoff includes five speeches in Michigan including a noon Detroit address.
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Minocqua
Wis
Adilai E. Stevenson
Wisconsin
New York
American Legion
Liberal Party of
Michigan
Detroit
Stevenson to speak in Iowa on farm policy September 6
Des Moines and state Democratic chairman Jake More said Governor Adlai E. Stevenson plans a major farm address in Iowa on September 6. If arrangements hold, Stevenson will deliver the key farm address he had planned for Kasson Minnesota at the National Plowing Contest.
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Des Moines
Adlai E. Stevenson
Iowa
Jake More
More
Stevenson
Kasson
Minn
Illinois Governor Talks Labor Policy On CBS Telecast
Governor visits Lake Kawaguesaga and plans on air address in Detroit Cadillac Square. He speaks at labor management policy forums in Grand Rapids Flint Pontiac and Hamtramck with CIO and AFL sponsorship and CBS national telecast. Stevenson also comments that Eisenhower is a me too candidate endorsing much Democratic policy.
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Grand Rapids
Flint
Pontiac
Hamtramck
Detroit
Cadillac Square
CIO
AFL
Columbia Broadcasting System
Illinois
North Woods Lodge
Lake Kawa Esaga
Clark Finnerud
Chicago
Stevenson
Dwight D Eisenhower
Two Ships Collide In Pacific Off Southern California
In fog off the California coast, the Swedish motor ship Stratus and the American steamship Coos Bay collided six miles east of Anacapa Island. No injuries were reported though the Coos Bay’s engine room flooded and a 15 foot hole opened in its port side. Both vessels were cargo ships with crews estimated at 10 to 30. The Stratus planned to stand by until two tugs arrived and then proceed to Los Angeles harbor, with later plans to Brisbane. Coast Guard ships moved to the scene from the mainland and Santa Barbara.
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Long Beach
Calif
Stratus
Coos Bay
California
Coast Guard
Anacapa Island
Ventura
Los Angeles Harbor
Am N
Santa Barbara
Marine Exchange
San Francisco
Brisbane
Australia
San Pedro
Draft Chief Says Fathers Safe For Year
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey told the American Legion commission that fathers will not be drafted this year and that next summer the service may need to take some or risk shrinking the armed forces. He estimated only about 500,000 of the potential one million fathers might qualify after deferments and screening, with 1,200,000 needed for the year ending June 30 to replace returnees and build overall strength from 3.4 million to 3.7 million.
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New York
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
American Legion
National Security Commission
Hershey
Cincinnati Leaves AHL and Plans Amateur International Entry
Cincinnati withdrew today from the American Hockey League and the Cincinnati Garden directors said a team would be entered in the Amateur International loop next season.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Garden
Eisenhower faces GOP rift over Korea policy
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower’s clashes with some Republicans over Korea risk a party split as he argues for intervention in 1950 and questions bombing Manchuria. He notes “terrible blunders” by the war and rebuts McArthur Taft aligned plans while meeting Midwestern GOP leaders in Kansas City. He flies to Idaho and New York for appearances.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Kansas City
Kan
Hower
United States
Korea
Eisenhower
Kansas
Ise
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
New York
American Legion
Benton Seeks Perjury Proof in McCarthy Libel Suit
Pre trial in the two million dollar libel suit between Sen. McCarthy and Sen. Benton shifts to Wheeling West Virginia. Four witnesses from news and radio are set to testify as Benton seeks to prove McCarthy lied about a 1950 Wheeling speech claiming a list of 205 Communist party members still shaping State Department policy.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Wheeling
W. Va
Meta
Benton
Wisconsin
Senate
McCarthy
Dean Acheson
Communist Party
State Department
James E. Whitaker
Paul A. Myers
Paul Miller
WWVA
Frank Desmond
The
Wheeling Intelligencer
Federal Taxes Hit Record 64.9 Billion
The Internal Revenue Bureau collected a record 64.97 billion in taxes and social security during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1952, with other federal agencies adding 2.36 billion. President Truman forecasts about 75 billion for fiscal 1953, though refunds and social security set asides reduce net figures.
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Washington i
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Revenue Bureau
Truman
Aly Khan Leaves Rita Hayworth for Chicago Visit
Hollywood reports Aly Khan traveled to Chicago after a week with his estranged wife Rita Hayworth and their daughter Yasmin. Rita was absent at the airport. The party, meeting sportsman John Galbreath, plans to tour Kentucky horse breeding sites.
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Hollywood
Prince Aly Khan
Chicago
Rita Hayworth
Yasmin
Rita
Aly
John Galbreath
Pittsburgh Pirates
Galbreath
Louisville
Kentucky
Miners Chief Signals Possible Nationwide Coal Walkout
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, filed 30 day notice that coal contracts with soft and hard coal industries will end at September. This alerts for a potential nationwide strike if no new agreement is reached by month’s end. Welly Hopkins signed the notice. federal mediators noted no immediate comment.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Welly Hopkings
Harry M Moses
Bituminous Ae Operators Association
Savege E. Mresident
Era Coalucers
Informers Trap Pirate Band On Housatonic River
In Pittsfield Massachusetts five youths aged about twelve formed a pirate band on the Housatonic. They loaded a homemade raft with vegetables, sailed out, and raided gardens at Wahoomah Street until informers tipped off police who posted guards and ended the escapade.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Housatonic
Wahoomah Street
Ardens
Policemen Debunk Worcester Flying Saucer Tale
In Worcester Massachusetts on August 22 police and reporters investigated reports of a flying saucer. The beam from a newly hired filling station’s huge search light created a bright disc against low hanging clouds, misidentified by residents.
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Worcester
Mass
Five U S oil firms sued over alleged world price discrimination
The Mutual Security Agency accuses Standard Oil of New Jersey Standard Oil of California Gulf Oil Socony Vacuum and Texas Company of price discrimination that raised European oil costs and burdened Marshall Plan funding. The Justice Department seeks 50 million dollars in excess charges. Arabian American Oil Company linked to pipe line costs faced same critique.
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Washington
Mutual Security Agency
MSA
U. S
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Gulf Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Texas Company
Senate
Small Business Committee
Middle East
Justice Department
Walter Adams
Senate Committee
MLA
United States
Socony - Vacuum
New York
Standard of New Jersey
New Jersey Standard
Esso Export Corporation
Real Fish Story at Sullivan pond draws crowd
SULLIVAN Ind byrd Squire says he calls fish with a chant and hundreds gather by the pond. Charles Brown, Sullivan newspaperman, vouches for the claim and reports more than a hundred observers have watched the act around the water. Squire, hoisting engineer for a coal mine, claims it is easy and that he feeds them every time he calls.
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Sullivan
Ind
Byrd Squire
Charles Brown
Squire
UN Planes Continue Heavy Raids Across Korea Fronts
UN forces report heavy air raids hitting Communist targets from Anak on Haeju to Wonsan and near the Manchurian border. U S Sabre jets damaged MIGs while ground fighting included a Chinese assault at Bunker Hill and a probing attack near Capital Hill. Searchers recover three more bodies of 15 from the 45th Division drowned in a flood during training.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Korean
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Anak
Haeju Peninsula
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Suibo
Manchurian
Bunker Hill
Capital Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
45Th Division
British May Train Ex Nazi Fliers In Jet Tactics
The London Daily Herald reports plans for the Royal Air Force to train German jet fliers, many veterans of the Luftwaffe, for air arm support of West German divisions. No bomber training is planned. Western Allies may approve a West German air force of about 1500 planes if rearmament passes Bonn Parliament.
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London
London Daily Herald
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Germany
Bonn
Eviction looming as 101 residents stay in Veterans Village
The city names September 1 as the eviction date for Veterans Village though 101 residents mainly children remain. The piece describes housing woes, a father's plea, and the broader city and family impact of displacement. Also highlighted are a lion trainer and a model train club with miniature landscapes in local venues.
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Veterans Village
Butler County’s Miami University Gains National Attention
Five thousand nine hundred students from across the nation are soon to stream into Miami University at Oxford. New buildings and developments backdrop this story on the Miami Valley pages highlighting the university’s growth in Butler County.
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Miami University
Oxford
Butler County
Miami Valley
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