GOP Drops Plan To Use CIA Issue In Campaign
GOP leaders reexamined using Gen. Walter Bedell Smith's CIA infiltration remarks as campaign fodder. Eisenhower's aides avoided overplaying the issue while Stevenson pressed concerns about security. Smith amplified but said he did not know of actual Communists in the CIA. The House committee scheduled Smith to testify October 13 in Philadelphia on Communist infiltration.
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GOP
CIA
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
United States
Gen. Smith
Smith
Stevenson
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
National Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
Philadelphia
Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Teachers urged to ease discipline in London schools
London teachers in London County Council schools are advised in a new booklet not to paddle too often and to avoid corner time and long detentions. They are warned against sarcasm as a fear provoking tool, while guidance on alternatives remains unstated.
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London
London County Council
Nine Jets Handed BOAC 15 Months Ahead Of Schedule
De Havilland Aircraft Co. delivered nine Series 1 Comet jets to British Airways Corp 15 months early. The firm announced plans to ship 19 more export versions to Canadian Pacific Airlines Royal Canadian Air Force and Air France. In a year they will begin turning over Series 2 Comets to BOAC.
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London
de Havilland Aircraft Co
British Airways Corp
Britain
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air France
BOAC
Patrolmen Report Burial Of Four Communists In Korea
In Korea P-Sgt Louis J. Movie Mc Keesport Sgt Jerry L Lachess St Louis and Lt Loyd A Thomas Jr Daphne Ala heard a noise in weeds and called out Walt Who’s there The reply was No who Then Chon whispered the name They buried Chon and four communist comrades today.
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Korea
Louis J. Movie
McKeesport
Jerry L
Lachess
St. Louis
Loyd A. Thomas Jr
Daphne
Ala
Walt
Movie
Movic
Chon
Lewis Wins Coal Pact in South to Avert Strike
John L. Lewis brokered a wage and royalty deal with Southern coal producers avoiding a miners walkout. The accord raises daily pay to 18.25 and royalty to 40 cents per ton, a cost many mines cannot absorb, threatening closures in less mechanized, high-cost operations. Some holdouts may be forced to sign or face closure.
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Norman Walker
Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal
United Mine Workers
Dixie Group
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Moody's Dixie Group
Pancho the Post Office Mascot Tricks of Time Change
In Upland California Pancho the Post Office mascot is puzzled by daylight saving shifts. The progress report notes Pancho appearing an hour late at first then trotting to catch up with Charlie Cerverts. When standard time returns Charlie is early, but Pancho rests waiting. The question remains how Pancho senses being early or late.
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Upland
Calif
Pancho
Postoffice
Charlie Ceverts
Charlie
Standard
Post Office
McGrath Criticized for Slow Clean Up Efforts by House Panel
House Judiciary subcommittee faults former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath for apparent lack of enthusiasm toward the Justice Department clean up in Washington. It cites inappropriate appointments and poor cooperation with investigators while noting many aides were appointees of predecessor Tom Clark.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
House
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Justice Department
McGrath
Truman
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Newbold Morris
New York
MecCrath
Chelf
D-Ky
A. DeWitt Vanech
Vanech
Tennessee
U. Bars
District of Columbia
Virginia
Morris
Thelf Committee
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Eisenhower Fights for Bipartisan Foreign Policy in Michigan Tour
Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke across Michigan on a 28 state drive blasting the Washington Democrats. He praised Senator Arthur Vandenberg Sr. for bipartisan foreign policy and urged cooperation with Democrats. Crowds estimated at Bay City 12 000 and Saginaw 20 000 cheered as he attacked Stevenson and Truman while promising to uphold the Constitution and oppose subversives in government. He noted Columbia welcomes of 50 000 and called for Solid South support to win the election.
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Don Whitehead
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Michigan
Washington
Bay City
Saginaw
Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg Sr
Flint
Mich
Vandenberg
Adlai Stevenson
Republican Party
Sen. Vandenberg
Columbia
S. C
Ike
Truman
South Carolina State House
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
South
America
Stevenson
GOP
United States
Young Boy Drowns in Mad River at Zanesfield
Two year old Jack Kaech drowned Tuesday in the Mad River while visiting the Howard Shultz farm at Zanesfield. The incident occurred during a family outing as local authorities investigated the drowning.
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Bellefontaine, D
Jack Kaech
Zanesfield
Howard Shultz
Truman Attacks Ike Over Dams On Campaign Trail
President Truman dedicates Hungry Horse Dam in Montana and accuses Dwight Eisenhower of opposing large public works after adopting GOP lines. He calls Eisenhower a lobbyist for private power monopolies and vows to push federal hydro projects despite Republican criticism. He cites Boulder Dam as a self liquidating example and plans stops in Montana and Idaho with a Spokane finale.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
President Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Boise
Idaho
GOP
Boulder Dam
Denver
Eureka
Libby
Troy
Mont
Bonners Ferry
Sandpoint
Spokane
Wash
Shelby
Belton
Tiber
Stevenson Denounces GOP Claim on CIA as Ludicrous
Adlai E Stevenson in Springfield attacks a Republican charge that Communist influence reaches the CIA. He defends a professional, non political intelligence service led by Gen Walter Bedell Smith and deputy Allen Dulles, stressing ongoing vigilance against Communist penetration. He criticizes Eisenhower’s use of the issue for politics and promotes a nationwide volunteer effort.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
GOP
Stevenson
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower
Allen Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Truman
Dulles
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Prison Riot on Cheju Island Kills 45 POWs
U S guards killed 45 Chinese prisoners and wounded 120 at Cheju Island amid a riot during a Communist anniversary celebration. Two American soldiers were slightly injured as infantry restored order after prisoners used improvised weapons. An Army spokesman said most fatalities came from gunfire.
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Cheju Island
Korea
China
Prisoner of War Command
Koje Island
Cheju City
Pusan
Cheju
Prtisoner
U.S
U.N
Kore
Thomas W. Herren
C. V. Cadwell
Machine Pulls Worker To Death At Leather Plant
A 50 year old Clifton man, Gerhard Korteling, died at the Federal Leather Company in Belleville after his hand was caught in a roller and he was pulled into a large machine press. Co workers tried to free him but the gears crushed him before the press could be shut off. Raul Hernandez of Newark attempted to assist.
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Belleville
Gerhard Korteling
Clifton
Federal Leather Company
Raul Hernandez
Newark
Korteling
Three Dimensional Film In Premiere On Broadway
Edward Curtis reports on the Broadway premiere of Cinerama a new depth film system. The curved sixfold screen creates three synchronized images with five surround speakers delivering immersive sound. The opening sequence This Is Cinerama simulates a roller coaster ride with vivid realism.
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Broadway
Edward Curtis
New York
Louis B. Mayer
Europe
Cinerama
Seven American jets shot down in September air battles
The Air Force reports seven American jets lost in September air battles, amid a large B29 strike on the Namsan chemical plant near the Manchurian border. U.N. forces faced "meagre to moderate" ground fire as 48 Superforts dropped about 425 tons of explosives. Ground combat west of the Pukhan River yielded heavy losses for the Reds, with U.N. troops holding a hill position after a two hour clash.
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Seoul
Korea
Manchurian
Namsan
Pukhan River
U.N
U.S. Eighth Army
Air Force
North Korea
Liberal Prime Minister Yoshida Leads in Free Japanese Vote
In Japan's first postwar free election Yoshida's Liberal Party wins 55 of 80 seats declared early. Ichiro Hatoyama's faction gains influence as the party leader battles for control. Communists fail to win seats while leftists secure six.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Yeoshida
Liberal
Ichirotoyama
The
Liberals
Hatoyama
Dodgers and Yankees Tie 1-1 After Four In World Series
In Brooklyn Ebbets Field Joe Black faced Allie Reynolds as Jackie Robinson hit a leaping homer in the second and Gil McDougald answered with a solo shot in the third to leave the opener tied 1-1 at the end of the fourth inning.
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Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Jackie Robinson
Yanks
Gi! McDouglad
Dodger
Joe Black
New York
Allie Reynolds
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