Lawmakers Used Influence in Tax Cases, Caudle Testifies
House investigators heard Caudle recounts of senators and representatives using their clout to obtain hearings and conferences for clients. He named Rep Robert Doughton, Sen Harley Kilgore, Sen William Langer, and former Sen Claude Pepper among those who conferred with him over tax cases. Caudle described cases including the Shapiro matter in Milwaukee and a Langer effort to halt a tax fraud prosecution, noting refusals to halt and later outcomes. He will testify again next Tuesday.
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Harry P. Snyder
Washington
House
Justice Department
T. Lamar Caudle
Con
Gress
Caudle
Robert L. Doughton
D-Nc
Ways _and Means
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W. Va
William Langer
R-Nd
Claude Pe
D-Ky
Whay
Truman
Peyton Ford
Ellis N. Slack
Michael
Rae Shapiro
Milwaukee
Wis
Scott Lucas
Ilinois
Shapiros
J. Howard McGrath
Lucas
Shapiro
Cnt
Sen. Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Hope Still Flickers For Soft Coal Contract
Washington reports John L. Lewis holds a midnight deadline on the Northern soft coal contract as a looming strike could be avertable. Strip mine operators like Mana mee collieries in Indiana signed with United Mine Workers, signaling possible industry-wide terms. Talks with Moses pointed to about 18 dollars per day for 200 000 soft coal miners plus a ten cent per ton welfare fund boost, while interim accords dampen strike momentum and extend wage talks to other regions.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Northern Coal Mines
Linton
Ind
Manamee Collieries
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Roscoe McKinney
District 11
Lewis
Harry Moses
Moses
Southern Soft
Pennsylvania
U S Envoy To Probe Ban Of Church Group In Italy
U S Embassy in Rome says it will press Italy's government over police closures of at least 23 Protestant churches, 22 of them in the Church of Christ network. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and leaders from the Church of Christ and Baptist groups discussed the ban amid Italy’s Mussolini era law on church recognition.
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U.S
Italy
Rome
U. S
Ellsworth Bunker
Church of Christ
Cline R. Paden
Brownfield
Tex
Church of Christ Here
Manfredi Ronchi
Baptist Church
Ronchi
Miglitanico
Paden
Register to vote before September 24 in Middletown
If you changed names never registered turned 21 by November 4 not voted in two years moved since last registration or completed one year residence in Ohio you must register at the Board of Elections in the Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Building from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to noon Saturday final day for registrations is Wednesday September 24.
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Ohio
Board of Elections
Middletown
Long to Back Stevenson Bid for President
Louisiana's Senator Russell Long announced he will support Gov. Adlai Stevenson for president after previously wavering between Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower. He remains with the Democratic party and endorsed the Democratic nominee.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Russell Long
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Long
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chaplin Barred From U S Return Amid Visa Question
Attorney General McGranery ordered Charles Chaplin kept out of the United States until officials determine if he can reenter under immigration laws. Chaplin, 63, English born and long resident, was en route to Europe with his wife and four children aboard the Queen Elizabeth. He faces possible inadmissibility over past associations and the Mann Act case. The hearing will decide if he can reenter under current U S immigration rules.
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Washington
Charles Chaplin
Europe
United States
Atty
Chaplin
England
U.S
Harry Crocker
McGranery
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jet Explodes During Test Flight Over Fukuoka
A U S F84 Thunder jet on a test flight exploded over Fukuoka in southern Japan killing the pilot and a Japanese civilian. Officials are investigating the crash and notifying next of kin.
Eisenhower Attacks Stevenson as Bosses Pick Nominee
Eisenhower labeled Stevenson the nominee of big city bosses while rallying in Kansas City. He questioned Adlai Stevenson’s association and whether bosses will disown him, as Nixon’s expense funds controversy stirs among GOP aides on the Eisenhower ticket.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Big City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kansas City
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Democrat Party
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
Stevenson Says It Would Be Wrong To Condemn Nixon
Gov Adlai Stevenson says it would be wrong to condemn Sen Richard Nixon before all facts are known regarding a $16000 fund from wealthy backers. He questions who gave the money and whether any laws were violated and expects the GOP to uncover and disclose the truth. Stevenson waits for full facts as he returned to New York from a Connecticut Massachusetts campaign tour.
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Relman Morin
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Sen. Nixon
Great
Republican Party
Stevenson
California
GOP
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ernest L. Ives
Timothy Ives
Air Force
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Eisenhower
Dick Nixon
Municipal Auditorium
Woman Cannot Give Address At Health Dept Visit
A Charlotte woman visited the city health department for treatment but could not state her street address. A clerk asked her to go home, read the street name above her door, and then report to the street corner to write down the street name and house number. She returned with a slip reading 120 one way do not enter.
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Charlotte
N. C.P
City Health Department
Recess follows clash in Parleys at Panmunjom
In Munsan Korea the eighth straight week long recess follows a 52 minute plenary session in which negotiators clashed over who started the war. The talks produced no headway on prisoner exchanges a key obstacle to a truce. The Reds agreed to a U N test then recessed until Sept 28. Lt Gen William K Harrison warned the Communists that 44 nations voted to brand North Korea aggressors while Gen Nam Il dismissed those nations as voting machines and satellites.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Anmunjom
William K. Harrison
Harrison
Truman Makes Quick Trip To New London
President Truman travels aboard the Truman train to the Coast Guard Academy in New London Connecticut for a brief stop before a coast to coast trip. He tears up over the death of his press secretary Joseph Short, speaking softly about the loss as he boards his private car. He will inspect the academy speak at a luncheon in the mess hall and return to Washington this afternoon. The 75 to 90 minute flight from New London to Washington is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST before a memory service in Alexandria Virginia.
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Truman
President Truman
Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Joseph Short
Short
Mess Hall
Washington
Independence
Alexandria
Question of $16,000 fund used sparks campaign clash
Warren Rogers Jr releases expected report detailing how the $16,000 fund was spent for Senator Nixon. Aimed at countering accusations, the disclosure includes contributors and addresses while Nixon calls the charges smear. Eisenhower defends Nixon and predicts fuller facts will prove honesty.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington F
Richard M. Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
GOP
Pasadena
Calif
Dana C. Smith
Smith
Aiken Charges Others Get Outside Financial Help
Washington Senator George D. Aiken says many senators supplement official pay with outside funds. He notes Nixon’s reported 16,000 expense income and outlines salaries and allowances for Nixon and others, arguing travel and home duties justify such compensation.
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Aiken
Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Sen
Richard
Senate
Nison
California
Pennsylvania
New York
Nixon
Nixon Denies Personal Use Of $16,000 Political Fund
Senator Nixon rejects charges he used a $16,000 political fund for personal gain. He asks trustee Dana F. Smith to publish a full report on collections and usage, insisting the fund arose from contributors aiding his anti communism campaign. The dispute follows a Western tour and a brief Eisenhower campaign train meeting in Chico.
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Nixon
Dana Smith
Pasadena
Eisenhower
Missouri
St. Louis
California
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Smith
New York
Stevenson
Stephen A. Mitchell
National Party
Marysville
Calif
Dana F. Smith
Senate
Chico
Red Shells Force UN To Pull Back
Chinese forces repelled a UN patrol on Old Baldy Hill and seized a Western Front hill as heavy fighting raged in Korea. Eighth Army reported dawn counterattacks near Old Baldy failed amid artillery and air support, with roughly 300 Communist casualties noted and a series of hill battles along Finger Ridge and near the Pukhan River.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Old Baldy Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Old Baldy
Chorwon
Panmunjom
Eighth Army
Reds
Finger Ridge
Pukhan River
U. S
Suiho
Yalu
Air Force
CIA Agent Won't Talk At Tip Trial
Seattle report on the Harry A. Jarvinen case notes a federal judge paused the trial as CIA employee Wayne H. Richardson refused to testify citing national security. The travel agent is charged with giving a false tip about Owen Lattimore planning a trip to Russia, leading to a temporary travel ban later rescinded. The session paused while Laurence ton of New York argued the 1947 National Security Law shielding Richardson.
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Seattle
Harry A. Jarvinen
Owen Lattimore
Russia
State Department
Johns Hopkins University
Lattimore
Officer Wounded in Market Street Shootout
In San Francisco during the homegoing rush, traffic officer Robert Walters, 39, engaged in a gunfight with an ex convict on Market Street. Wounded twice in the abdomen and once in the arm, Walters returned fire striking a fleeing holdup man in the spine and legs as another officer Boyd Van Winkle, 26, was hit in the hand. Van Winkle, a San Quentin inmate known as Rip, is under guard in a hospital.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Robert Walters
Walters
Boyd A. van Winkle
San Quentin
Poube
Rip
van Winkle
Sioux City
Seattle
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