Protest Strike Shuts Majority Of Coal Mines
The coal strike spreads with 322000 miners idle on day two as railroads cut jobs and work days. Lays offs total 1500 across Baltimore and Ohio Norfolk and Western Virginian Railway while UMW seeks restored 1.90 daily wage and Lewis remains silent.
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John Moody
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Virginian Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wage Stabilization Board
Grundy
Buchanan County
Ishmael Fletcher
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
Lewis
WSB
Illinois
UMW
Kentucky
Indiana
Alabama
Ohio
Virginia
Tennessee
Gifts Tied To Easing Of U S Suit
A House judiciary subcommittee report suggests political contributions by liquor-linked individuals, not companies themselves, may have correlated with a reduced antitrust probe into the industry from 1948 to 1951. The panel notes evidence is not conclusive and cites unnamed sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON P—A_ congressional committee
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Justice Department
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc
Schenley Industries, Inc
National Distillers Products Corp
Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts, Ltd
Antitrust Division
Handicapped Can Get Tailor Made Homes
Chicago delegates at the 40th National Safety Congress heard about tailor made homes for handicapped women. Dr. Edith L. Kristeller of New York University outlined model rooms allowing handicapped housewives to perform chores from wheelchairs.
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Chicago
National Safety Congress
Edith L. Kristeller
New York University Project
Railroad Brotherhoods Endorse Lausche Bid
Ohio railroad brotherhood leaders endorsed Democrat Gov. Frank J. Lausche for re election. They also backed Democrat Lt Gov George D Nye for re election and four Republicans for state offices including Ted W Brown for secretary of state James A Rhodes for state auditor Roger W Tracy for treasurer and C William O Neill for attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Railroad Brotherhood
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
George D. Nye
Ted W. Brown
James A. Rhodes
Roger W. Tracy
C. Wiliam O'Neill
Truman Denies Democrats Soft Toward Communists
President Truman defended his party against GOP claims of softness toward communism, calling the accusation an outrageous falsehood and urging voters to see what he called concrete anti communist actions at home and abroad. He criticized Eisenhower on civil rights during a Newark stop and contrasted Adlai Stevenson’s record on ending segregation with the Illinois governor’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Truman
New Jersey
Republican High Command
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jersey City
Newark
Eisenhower
White House
Adlai Stevenson
Nation Guard
Cicero
Illinois National Guard
Illinois
America
Providence
R. I
Washington
Eisenhower Charges Truman in New England Campaign Tour
Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke across New England criticizing the Truman administration as lying and slandering him. He rallied crowds in Providence and Worcester, denouncing alleged anti Semitic and anti Catholic attacks while pledging a corruption free, high wage, fully employed government and a united effort to prevent another low mood.
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Worcester
Mass
UN Debates Germ Warfare At United Nations
United States blocks a Russian push for immediate invite to North Korea and Red China to debate germ warfare at the UN. The Steering Committee votes 12-2 to add U N investigation of Red charges to the Assembly agenda while postponing broad general debate until after U.S. elections. Peru proposes a Korean POW truce commission including Red China and UN members to supervise prisoner screening and return home.
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United Nations, N. Y
United States Today
North Korea
China
United Nations
U. S
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N
Assembly
Ernest Gross
Korea
Peru
Victor A. Belaunde
Red China
Switzerland
Eisenhower Still a No Deal Man in New Hampshire
Ike told about 4,000 supporters in Manchester New Hampshire that he remains a no deal man and has made no commitments to win backing. The remarks followed Sen Wayne Morse's assertion he was offered a high public life post only if he supported Eisenhower and would present documentary evidence after the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Manchester
N.H
Wayne Morse
R Ore
Morse
Portland Oregonian
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Campaigns Through New England Reach
In Fall River and Taunton Eisenhower out-pulled Truman two to one with 10 000 to 5 000 responses. He attacked the Democratic administration using terms like lies, falsehoods, corruption, and distortions. He planned Boston and New York appearances after Manchester and described peace and prosperity as linked to a strong America.
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Fall River
Mass
Taunton
Eisenhower
Truman
OHSAA Approves Three New Member Schools
Bulletin from Columbus Ohio reports the Ohio High School Association approving three new members: Middletown Fenwick Portsmouth Notre Dame and Lakewood Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio High School Association Today
Middletown Fenwick
Portsmouth Notre Dame
Lakewood Edwards
Cincinnati Labor Chief Labeled Dangerous Communist
Cincinnati officials disclosed testimony from Cecil D. Scott before the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission in Columbus naming labor leader Talmadge Raley as "one of the most dangerous Communists" and detailing Communist influence in unions schools and political activity in Cincinnati. Scott said he joined the Communist party in 1946 and identified UE leaders and associates at Wright plant in Lockland.
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Cincinnati
Talmadge Raley
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Columbus
Gordon Renner
Cecil D. Scott
FBI
Raley
Scott
United Electrical Workers, Independent
Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Renner
Commission
Cio-Pac
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Gus Hall
Mills
Univisions Co
Dayton
Communist Party
John Boggs
Wright
Lockland
Asso
Esther Tempchin
Esther Tice
Waldo Stager
Ruth Schechter
Typhoon Aims at Manila After Ferocious Luzon Swing
The season's strongest typhoon swept the Southeast Luzon Peninsula and moved toward Manila with winds up to 140 mph. No fatalities reported as meteorologists note the storm veered slightly north after battering Saar Island.
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Manila
Luzon
Saar
Stevenson Cheered At Home On Final 12 State Tour
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson drew about 5,500 cheering supporters in Springfield Illinois as he began a final 12 state whistle stop tour aimed at securing New York’s 45 electoral votes. He accused Eisenhower Taft of duplicity on issues and defended farm measures Democrats touted in Congress. He planned a NBC studio address and CBS radio rebroadcast with a later radio television message to the New York Herald Tribune Forum.
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Massachusetts
Manchester
Boston
New York City
New York Herald Tribune Forum
GOP
New England
America
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York
Armory
Congress
Ergie
Stevenson
Frank Devaney
Wilson Wyatt
Eisenhower
Wyatt
Decatur
Campaign
Kankakee
NBC
CBS
Britain rounds up 130 Mau Mau in Kenya crackdown
In Nairobi a state of emergency prompts a swift roundup of more than 130 Mau Mau suspects. Lancashire Fusiliers airlifted in to back Kenyan authorities as Royal Navy cruiser Kenya heads to Mombasa to reinforce the operation amid ongoing violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Kenya
Lancashire Fusiliers
Nairobi
British Colonial Office
Royal Navy
Mombasa
East Africa
Malaya
Mau Mau
Two Days In Hills Like School Week For Lost Youth
In Red Bluff California on Carter Mountain an exhausted 12 year old boy Scout Johnny Burgess was found safe after two days of wandering. He had eaten nothing since separating from his father Edward Burgess during a deer hunt Saturday. About 150 volunteers aided the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Burgess
High Sierra
Wheatland
Calif
Carter Mountain
Edward Burgess
Harrison Labels Real Communist Common Criminal
Tokyo report quotes Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison, top U N command at Korean armistice talks, declaring communists are common criminals and cannot be dealt with as honorable men. He criticizes Panmunjom tactics, cites falsehoods, and says talks can resume if the Reds offer constructive terms and prisoner returns are voluntary. The prisoner exchange issue stalls the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
William K. Harrison
U. N
Red Truce
Panmunjom
Reds
Harrison Saks
Double Trouble Twins Fracture In UCLA Parade Mishap
Beverly Hills cousins Charlotte and Georgia Steeves, identical twins aged 22, were decorating a tractor for UCLA homecoming festivities when the tractor scoop shifted into gear and threw them eight feet. Both suffered fractures of the left elbow and now wear identical casts. Each sister notes they feel the twin bond more strongly under strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Charlotte
Georgia Steeves
University of California At
Los Angeles
Rainstorm Fails to Halt Red Assault on Sniper Ridge
About 1,500 Chinese Reds attacked in heavy rain toward Sniper Ridge under artillery and mortar fire. South Koreans held the crest with rifle and artillery fire as U N forces reported heavy casualties for the week and ground fighting continued on Triangle Hill and Iron Horse Mountain. All-weather B 26 bombers hit two Red supply concentrations north of Pyongyang with about 20 explosions reported.
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Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
Triangle Hill
U.S. Seventh Division
Iron Horse Mountain
U. N
Triangle
Sniper Ridge
U. S. 7Th Division
North Korea
Pyongyang
Food Prices Seen Staying Stable Next Year
The Washington D C culture Department reports that retail food prices are likely to average about the same as 1952. Prospects include higher civilian buying of beef veal chicken margarine frozen fruits juices and vegetables offset by lower purchases of pork eggs turkey and butter. Meat and fruit vegetable output may rise if weather normalizes. military food demand should stay steady unless world tensions shift. Exports of food, mainly grains, are expected to fall due to larger foreign wheat crops and dollar exchange shortages.
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Washington
Pasadena Rose Parade float teams politics with animals
South Pasadena officials announced the next Rose Parade float will be a bicycle built for two featuring a donkey and an elephant. The positioning of the animals will reflect political outcomes, with Adlai or Ike determining which animal leads.
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South Pasadena
Pasadena
White House
Adlai
Ike
25 Die In Train Wreck In Durban South Africa
Death toll from Monday's derailment of the Durban Johannesburg mail train rises to 25 after two more injured passengers die in hospital Natal's worst rail disaster.
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Durban
South Africa
Johannesburg
Natal
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Acme
W. Va
Pennsylvania
U.S
Lausche
Bob Hope
Harry S. Truman
Hope
By Don Whitehead
By Osgood Caruthers
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulletin
Almois
By Jack Bell
Citizens For Eisenhower Organization
Red Bluff
Harrison
Double Trouble
Stan Carter
Hepole
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