Caudle Details 1944 OPA Case Dropped Order
Washington note shows U S attorney T Lamar Caudle testifying that Tom Clark ordered dropping a 1944 OPA prosecution of North Carolina lumber dealer T C Coxe after Coxe hired Clyde Hoey as his attorney. Caudle said he objected only inwardly while Clark personally issued the order. Clark later rose to attorney general.
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Washington
T. Lamar Caudle
Tom Clark
OPA
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Caudle
U. S
Clark
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Hoey
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Office of Price Administration
T. C. Coxe
Wadesboro
N. C
Coxe
Committee
Robert A. Collier
Attorn
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
House
Judiciary
St. Louis
McGrath
Tent City Built On Wake For Clean-Up
About 200 essential workers camped in tents on Wake Island to clear wreckage after a Pacific storm. A Military Air Transport plane carried the last group of more than 500 evacuees to Honolulu. Winds over 160 mph flattened most structures, with estimated damages at about 10 million dollars.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Pacific
U. S. Coral
Hawaii
Stan Carter
Wake
Garter Sai
Army Beats Drums As Red Deserter Joins U S Forces
The U S Army publicly celebrated the enlistment of Arkadiy Rudivskiy a 24 year old former Soviet Air Force mechanic from Odessa who escaped to American occupied territory in 1951 and worked for an American airline after joining at the Alpine post in Germany.
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Germany
U. S
Soviet Union
Alpine
Arkadiy Rudivskiy
Odessa
Austria
Gets Boost In Royalties for Welfare
Washington AP John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers tucked a hard coal royalty boost into his prize belt and sought to win over soft coal owners to his terms. He offered an exemption from next Monday's soft coal strike to large Illinois operators while many in the industry resisted. The union aimed to extend strike exemptions to other Illinois producers who would accept the final terms, including a $1.80 daily pay raise, a 10 cent welfare royalty increase, and shorter hours.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Bituminous Operators Association
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bus and Truck Crash Kills Two on Pennsylvania Turnpike
A pre-dawn fog collision between a Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Donegal, Somerset, left two women dead and at least 28 injured. The bus front was crushed. one woman died on board, the other at Frick Memorial Hospital in Mount Pleasant. Six seriously injured and twenty-two less seriously hurt were transported to hospitals, with sixteen released after treatment.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Donegal
Frick Memorial Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Leis Named to Cincinnati Council to Replace Cash
Republicans expanded their City Council majority to six to three by naming Simon Leis a 56 year old GOP attorney to fill the seat left by the late former Mayor Albert D. Cash who drowned weeks ago.
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Cincinnati
Simon Leis
Albert D. Cash
Italian Police Focus On Church Of Christ Orphanage
Italian police questioned Cline R. Paden head of the Church of Christ in Italy about the Frascati orphanage run largely by the Brownsville Texas church. Authorities ordered Sunday services halted in 22 cities and closed several churchs while recognition by the Interior Ministry is pursued.
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Church of Christ
Rome
Frascati
Cline R. Paden
Church of Christ In
Italy
Brownsville
Tex
Frascati Soute
Castel Gandolfo
Pope
Alban Hill Castle
Paden
Alessandria
Ministry of Interior
Taft Urges Eisenhower to Alter Spending Power Policy
Sen. Robert A. Taft told a Springfield rally that only Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower can change the nation’s philosophy on government spending and power. He argued Eisenhower supports constitutional limits, opposes unlimited executive power, and would push a smaller government with new faces in a 1952 election tour. Taft warned that a Republican Congress is vital to preserve liberty, and outlined Eisenhower’s goals including reducing government expenditures and a 13 percent tax cut projected for 1954.
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Springfield
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Gen. Eisenhower
Memorial Hall
Ike
Nixon
Washington
State Department
China
Acheson
Congress
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Eisenhower Tackles Waste in Washington in Iowa Speech
General Eisenhower assailed what he called waste and corruption in Washington during a campaign swing through Davenport Iowa and Rock Island Illinois. He cited a five million dollar loss from CCC funds, urged opening windows to fresh air in government, and warned that reform is needed to restore honest administration as he heads toward Omaha for a farm policy address.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenood
Washington
Iowa
Davenport Court House
Commodity Credit Corp. CCC
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Isenhower
Omaha Neb
Roc Island
Ill
Omaha
Japanese Volcano Creates Two Isles
Japan’s newest volcano is named the Myoji Reefs by the Hydrographic Division. The eruption was observed about 200 miles south of Tokyo after the crew of the Myojin Maru reported the event. The visible lava mouth and a column of fire mark the eruption, with a large island to the west and a smaller one to the south forming nearby.
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Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Buried Gold Cache Probed in Southwest
Federal grand jury subpoenas four more Southern California men in a case about 20 million dollars in buried gold. Investigators probe an old crossing of a Mexican national and a power of attorney tied to the owner’s bid to move the cache amid 1930s illegality and possible sale to the U S Mint.
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Los Angeles
California
Ray Kinnison
U.S
Uni
U. S. Mint
Registration drive for voters in Middletown
People who changed names never registered turn 21 by November 4 or have not voted in two years, or moved since last registration, must register at the Board of Elections in the Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Building between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to noon Saturdays, before Wednesday September 24 the final day registrations will be accepted.
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Ohio
Board of Elections
Middletown
Stevenson Defends Light Touch Campaign Tour Moves North
Democratic presidential hopeful Stevenson opened his campaign in Bridgeport with humor about politics and economy. He told 15,000 to 20,000 at the railroad station that he aims to grind at government reform daily and joked about lights being turned off. The tour includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Maryland with roadside talks en route and a Hartford speech on the atomic age. He plans to address labor policy at the AFL Convention in New York on Sept 22 after briefing with Sen. J William Fulbright who lauded him and said he will support Stevenson.
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Relman Morin
Bridgeport
Conn
Gary
Adijai Stevenson
New England
Stevenson
Springfield
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Hartford
American Federation of Labor
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Fulbright
Fulit
New Polio Cases Reach Record High Across States
The Public Health Service reports 4,032 new cases of infantile paralysis in 47 states in the week ending Sept 13, a record high for the fourth straight week. Last week saw 3,824 cases, with 29 from New Mexico. Incidence typically declines earlier in September.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
United States
New Mexico
Navy Blasts Red Targets By Robot Plane
Navy reports first combat use of unmanned guided missiles in Korea from USS Boxer. Pilotless planes, launched from a carrier, full control via electronic guidance, with TV cameras and midair refueling. Officials foresee robot campaigns, defense against missiles, and possible global reach under push-button control.
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Navy
Washington
Korea
Associated Press
Fred Waters
Boxer
Waters
North Korea
Lawrence A. Kurtz
Washington, D. C
Naval Air Development Center
Johnsville
Sea of
Japan
Tokyo
Kurtz
Lebanon Leader Quits Presidency Amid Crisis
Becharaei Khoury resigned as Lebanon president and Gen. Fuad Shehab assumed presidential powers while Parliament prepares to elect a new chief executive after Beirut faces a three day general strike demanding government corruption reforms. Khoury, elected in 1943 and re elected in 1948, led Lebanon through independence.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Becharaei Khoury
Fuad Shehab
Khoury
el Khoury
France
League of Nations
Goodrich To Direct Pike Plant
Washington report states Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co will operate the Pike County atomic plant, a $1.219 billion facility to produce uranium-235. The plant will employ about 4,000 workers, with diffusion units phased in as they come online. Hiring is expected to begin early next year with Union Carbide aiding in personnel training.
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Washington
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Pike County
Alno
Atomic Energy Commission
Goodyear
Commission
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Piducah
U S Loans Pakistan 15 Million for Wheat
A White House ceremony announced a 15 million dollar loan from the Export-Import Bank to Pakistan to purchase wheat. The funds will enable Pakistan to buy wheat with the loan assistance.
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Washington
U. S
Pakistan
White House
Export-Import Bank
Rainstorm Causes Jam In Philadelphia Subway
A sudden rainstorm in downtown Philadelphia caused a subway escalator jam at City Hall courtyard trapping about 100 people and injuring two. The moving stairway overflowed as passengers poured from the subway to the street in a 12 minute downpour, with Julius Menzoff and Joseph Prechter among the injured in the crowd surge.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
Central City
Julius Menzoff
Joseph Prachtel
Prechter
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Ske
Warren Rogers, Jr
Goodrich
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