Eisenhower vows sharp attacks on Truman in last campaign month
Eisenhower shifts from no personality to direct criticism of President Truman in major speeches across Spokane Ephrata Wenatchee and Everett while Denver and Seattle stops outline reclamation and power policies. He rails at Truman for alleged lobby ties and Dem demagoguery promising to target Truman more than Stevenson as crowds react positively.
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Don Whitehead
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington State
Truman
Fargo
N. C
Washington
Spokane
Ephrata
Wenatchee
Everett
Seattle
Adlai Stevenson
Trewman
Montana
Livingston
Bozeman
Mont
New York
Buffalo
New England
Hartford
New Haven
Boston
California
Sacramento
Stockton
Niles
Oroville
Portola
Keddie
Marysville
Margaret
Circleville Couple Shooting Shock Circleville Area
In Portland Maine a Circleville Ohio girl 17 Becky told police they were fooling around when a .38 pistol fired wounding her boyfriend Eugene McDonald 24 in Circleville. McDonald in critical condition after brain wound. He had surgery. Becky faces an open charge. Police seek McDonald for parole violation and for questioning over a stolen $200 check.
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Portland
Circleville. O
Eugene McDonald
Circleville
Becky
McDonald
Mansfield
Stevenson Shifts to Communism Issue in Midwest Campaign
Senatorial candidate Stevenson pivots from prosperity to anti communism in a five day Midwest swing. In Ohio Iowa Minnesota and Detroit he reframes the race as a choice between false prosperity and Democratic leadership. He stresses debt free farms markets strong cooperatives and personal security.
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ohio
Iowa
Minnesota
Detroit
Midwest
Deep South
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Illinois
Minnepolis
GOP
Democratic Party
Supreme Court Opens Historic Term With High Stakes Docket
The Supreme Court begins an eight month term amid major cases on school desegregation, private vs federal power on a Roanoke Rapids hydro plant, and civil liberties. Cases include Rosenberg espionage appeal, segregation in rail and coach travel, and the Federal Lobbying Act. About 600 cases docketed, up 30 percent from last year. Openings are formal, with conferences to follow and decisions next Monday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
12 Jets Start Pacific Hop
Forty-two F8sig Thunderjet fighters flew from Travis Air Force Base California to Hawaii in the second transpacific mass jet flight in history. Their commander was Col Don ald J. M. Blakeslee of Fairport Harbor Ohio. The Thunderjets were refueled in the air by Boeing tankers. The planes are part of the 27th Fighter Escort Wing SAC based at Bergstrom Texas. Thirty-three more, remainder of the wing, are due today from Travis.
Truman Attacks GOP On Communism Rally Across West
President Truman accuses the Republican party of failing to confront communist aggression during a cross country campaign aboard the Truman train. He cites UN, Marshall Plan, NATO, Japanese peace treaty and Point Four as Democratic achievements while noting Republican opposition.
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Truman Train
Truman
Utah
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brigham Young University
Provo
United Nations
France
Italy
Europe
Eisenhower
Washington
Fire hits Laura grain elevator and depots
Fire swept through a grain elevator storage building and offices including the New York Central depot at Laura near Troy. Judge James R. Kirkland refused to discharge a special grand jury investigating an alleged international oil monopoly. General Ridgway warns NATO forces are dangerously inadequate compared to the Soviet Union. AFL elevator operators accept settlement. workers to return at once.
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Troy, O
New York Central
Laura
Troy
Washington
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Chicago
AFL
Building Managers Association
Lincoln Gordon Arrives as U.S. Aid Chief in Britain
Lincoln Gordon, new head of the United States foreign aid program in Britain, arrived today aboard the French liner Liberte at Plymouth England.
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Plymouth
England
Lincoln Gordon
United States
Britain
Hydrogen bomb explosion reshapes the future tale
A dramatic look at the first hydrogen bomb test, its towering impact on science and world destiny, and the sweeping implications for humanity's future. The illustrated narrative traces the rise of a pivotal scientific breakthrough and its far reaching consequences.
Army officer killed by wife in Tokyo home
Col. Aubrey D. Smith died from a stab wound in his Tokyo residence after an alleged slaying by his wife Dorothy Smith. Army headquarters announced the case. she is under psychiatric evaluation and a Japanese maid testified to finding the colonel wounded with a knife nearby. Two children survive.
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Mark Clark
Tokyo
Dorothy Smith
Aubrey D. Smith
Dorothy
U. S
Walter Eger
Smith
San Antonio
Tex
U. S. Far East Command
Aubrey Jr
Sharon
Army
Smiths
Joseph S. Hardin
Ex-Warden P E Thomas Dies at 80 in Columbus
Preston E. Thomas, 80, former warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, died at his home after 22 years as warden. He led during the 1930 Easter Monday fire that killed over 300 inmates and resigned in 1935. Thomas promoted an honor system and rehabilitation over punishment. He credited his success to ruling without political influence and claimed few ever outwitted him.
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Columbus
O.P
Preston E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Weoman Forced To Pass 107th Birthday In Bed
Mrs. Alice Williams Ferguson of Indianapolis spent her 107th birthday in bed after a fall bruising her Sunday. The long widow’s anniversary was marked by restricted celebration and police reported no serious injuries.
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Indianapolis
Alice Williams Ferguson
Umpire Sherbet Sparks Downtown Dining Speculation
A Philadelphia hotel dining room lists Um pire Sherbet on World Series menus. The sherbet is raspberry, clarifying the dish name is a misprint rather than a new menu item.
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Philadelphia
Malenkov Opens All-Soviet Congress With Anti US Tirade
Georgi Malenkov launched the 19th All-Soviet Communist Party Congress with a long denunciation of the United States, accusing the "bosses" of seeking world domination and war. Molotov followed with similar charges as the Congress aims to approve a new five year plan and reorganize party leadership.
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Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkov
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Malenkov
Taas
Stalin
Politburo and Organization Bureau
Orgburo
V. M. Molotov
U. S
North Atlantic Bloc
Chinese Peoples Republic
Molotov
West Germany
Japan
Russia
Korea
Mossadegh May Seek New Parloys
Tehran reports suggest Premier Mossadegh may pursue further talks after British and American notes on the oil dispute. Western replies ignore his last demands for back royalties while signaling acceptance of four concessions, potentially averting a diplomatic break as Iran nationalizes its oil industry.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anthony Ede
U. S
Dean Acheson
Mossadegh
Churchill
Truman
London
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Britain
Truman Churchill
Annie Tobin Celebrates 100th Birthday in Halifax Lighthouse
Mrs Annie Tobin marked her centennial with songs including In a Little Spanish Town and Lite Brown Jug. She recalled living in a Halifax lighthouse for 28 years and enjoyed a family celebration with six children, 32 grandchildren, 68 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. She offered views on worry and modern girls work ethic.
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Lost Angeles
Annie Tobin
Halifax
British trawler Norman sinks near Greenland with 20 dead
Twenty crewmen of the British 629 ton trawler Norman drowned when the vessel foundered off the rocky southeast coast of Greenland. The sinking was reported from Hull England.
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Greenland
Hull
England
Norman
Marines Struggle To Hold Hill On Korea Front
U S Marines of the 7th Regiment fought six hours of Chinese artillery and machine gun fire to regain a Western Front hill near Korangpo but were repelled. China seized the hill Friday as Allied forces repelled three probes near Bunker Hill and near the Punchbowl. Air power hit a large Red supply dump at Haeyang with 263 carrier planes plus night Invaders against targets on both coasts.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
7Th Marine
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Haeyang
Wonsan
North Korea
Navy
Princeton
Kearsage
Essex
Korangpo
7Th Regiment
Cleveland Bandit Tied To Bank Robbery
Five people including Julius A. Petro were jailed in Cleveland linked to a $71,000 bank official holdup near Warren on August 14. Also detained were Petro’s parents John and Lydia, son-in-law Nicholas Tirabassi, and Joseph J. Sanzo. Detective White noted Sanzo spent $200 in stolen $5 bills at a tavern. $500 in $20s were used for a tavern down payment by Petro’s parents and Tirabassi.
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Cleveland
Julius A. Petro
Warren Bank
Petro
John
Lydia
Nicholas J. Tirabassi
Joseph J. Sanzo
Young Petro
Thomas L. White
Sanzo
East Side
White
Tirabassi
Raiders Move Night Patrols In Korea Front Line
In Korea a raider platoon of the 1st battalion 38th Regiment 2nd Division conducts dangerous night patrols, calling the action aggressive yet disciplined. Led by Lt. George A. Hoyem they rely on buddy teams and lightweight travel while wearing armored vests, rescuing wounded under mortar and machine-gun fire.
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No Man’s Land
U. S. 38Th Regiment
Jack Dunlap
Charleston
S. C
Dunlap
Cpl
Ronald Pike
Beloit
Wis
Pfc
Jesse Owens
Renlie
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