Stevenson gifts 18150 to Illinois officials from campaign fund
Gov Adlai E Stevenson disclosed gifts totaling 18150 to eight Illinois state appointive officials from the 1948 campaign balance. He said funds came from the governor's campaign reserve and released a donor list. He also pledged to publish his 10-year income tax returns after returning to Springfield.
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Louisville
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Calornia
William I. Flanagan
State Reports Department
Flanagan
Bradley Warns Against Slowing Defense Amid War Threat
Gen. Omar Bradley said the chance of war with Russia by 1954 has lessened but warned against slowing the Western defense buildup. He noted NATO unity, debated leadership roles, and stressed ground troops remain essential to deter a Soviet attack.
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Omar Bradley
Russia
Britain
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Truman
NATO
Ee Council
Lord Ismay
England
Matthew Ridgway
Bradley
Germany
West
Miners Win Longer Memorial Period In Coal Pact
Washington Sept 27 AP a final agreement between John L Lewis and Northern soft coal operators extends the memorial period for holidays to 10 days over the 1952 53 contract from Oct 1 1952 to Oct 1 1953. The pact also includes a $1.90 pay raise to 18.25 and a 10 cent ton royalty increase to 40 cents. Lewis Moses and informants signaled terms ratification pending union committee approval.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Northern Soft Coal
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Harry Moses
Moses
Southern Soft Coal
Pennsylvania
Funeral Hymns Mark Death of Cornish Man
Ninety one year old Charles Cornish of Princetown England died Wednesday after telling relatives he would die on that day and preferring hymns to be sung at his funeral. He had planned the service and hymns before his death. His funeral was held today with the hymns sung as he requested.
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Princetown
England
Charles Cornish
Wafdists Defy Naguib and Hint at Underground Activity
The Wafdist party rejects government party regulations and vows to continue activities, signaling possible underground operations after 33 years of dominance. Ibrahim Farag announced the decision at a three hour meeting, amid Naguib's crackdown on graft and political corruption. The move follows Naguib’s July coup and mass roundups of opposition figures.
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Edward Pollak
Cairo
Egypt
Ibrahim Farag
Mohamed Naguib
Interior Department
Saad Zaghloul
Mustapha Nahas
Zaghloul
Naguib
Nahas
Fathi Radwan
Farag
Farouk
Fuad Serag Eddin
Eisenhower Campaign Tour Shows Broad Support Across Regions
Ike's 12-state swing through the Midwest and South aims to change Washington as aides frame his pitch. He draws large, attentive crowds from Lynchburg to Minneapolis with a Sinatra-like appeal, while backers note growing interest and goodwill that may transcend specific policies.
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Jack Bell
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Midwest
South
Washington
Dixie
Arleston
S. C
Eisenhower
Truman
Willkie
Baltimore
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Lynchburg
Russia Rejects Western Call for Austrian Independence Talks
London report says Russia refused the Western bid to convene a Big Four conference in London to draft an independence treaty for Austria. The United States Britain and France proposed in early September terms aimed at limited armed forces and guarantees of free elections and anti Nazi measures.
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Russia
Austria
Moscow Radio
U. S
Britain
France
U S Troops Fight Red Forces on Korean Front
United States Second Division raiders clashed hand to hand with Chinese Communists on a western hill near Chorwon and at Kelly Hill, with estimates of at least 100 enemy dead in two hours of fighting. An Allied counterattack near the Punch Bowl repelled the Red probes as Air Force Sabres engaged MiGs in brief encounters.
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George A. McArthur
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Old Baldy
Chorwon
Kelly Hill
Soriet
Vis Wrens
Punch Bowl
Siena
Air Force
Sabre
Reds In New POW Talks Ended In Fresh Stalemate
In Munsan on Sunday September 28 Allied and Communist truce negotiators resumed talks after another weekly recess without signs of progress on prisoner exchange. Peiping radio in Tokyo dismissed Allied reports as propaganda claiming over 1,000 prisoners killed or wounded since February.
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Peiping
Tokyo
Ohio Donor Appears On Stevenson Campaign List
A Toledo man named W. K. Bergen is the sole Ohio contributor to Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson’s 1948 gubernatorial campaign fund with a $1 donation, as announced in Columbus. Bergen is identified as the lone Ohio name on the list.
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Columbus, O
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
W. K. Bergen
Toledo
Defects In French Runways Hinder U S Jets At NATO Bases
Defects in three NATO funded runways at French airbases prevent use by U S jet planes. Repairs underway on two strips while officials in Paris defer timing for readiness. Faulty runways at Chaumont Toul-Rosiere and Laon-Couvron reflect NATO base construction challenges amid shared costs and material shortages.
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Robert C. Wilson
Paris
NATO
France
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Air Ministry
New York Herald Tribune
Chaumont
Germany
Tripoli
Toul-Rosiere
Nancy
Laon-Couvron
126Th
Mayne
Nixon declines offers to help cancel mortgage
Nixon, the Republican vice presidential candidate, declines reader offers to fund the mortgage on his Washington home. He thanks supporters, asks that their checks be returned, and says his mortgage is his responsibility while urging support for Eisenhower.
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Minneapolis
Richard M. Nixon
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Tribune
Washington
the Tribune
America
Dwight Eisenhower
Governor Stevenson and campaign fund disclosures in 1948 list
Stevenson advocates annual personal financial disclosure by candidates with bipartisan oversight. The 1948 campaign fund shows a top $7,100 donation from Marshall Field Jr. and $2,000 from Kenneth F. Burgess among others. Notable donors include William Benton of Britannica and Philip K. Wrigley. Continued on page 8.
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Stevenson
Sparkman
Marshall Field Jr
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago
Kenneth F. Burgess
William Nion
Encyclopedia Brittanica
William Benton
Philip K. Wrigley
N. Michi
Adlai Attacks Eisenhower on Foreign Policy Inconsistencies
In Louisville Sept 27 Adlai E Stevenson charged the Republican Party would pursue a weak foreign policy if in power risking rumble and chaos of a third world war He accused Eisenhower of making Korea a vote getting issue and called the opposition demagogic and inconsistent Stevenson defended the Democrats as the party of strength and peace opposing Taft’s charges of mere degree differences in policy.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
Louisville
Adlai E. Stevenson
Republican Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Stevenson
Illinois
Democratic Party
Party of Peace
Kremlin
Wea
Free World
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower Taft
St Louis Post-Dispatch Switches Endorsement for Stevenson
The St Louis Post-Dispatch, which backed Republican Thomas E. Dewey in 1948, announced support for Democratic nominee Governor Adlai Stevenson in the presidential election.
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ST. Louis
the Post - Dispatch
Thomas E. Dewey
Adlai Stevenson
Shreveport Times Endorses Eisenhower for President
The Shreveport Times endorsed Gen. Dwight Eisenhower for president in its Sunday edition. The paper, historically independent, had not endorsed a nonpartisan candidate since 1936 and previously supported Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Times
Dwight Eisenhower
the Times
Notential
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Item backs Stevenson for president in 1952 race
The New Orleans Item endorsed Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as the Democratic presidential nominee. The editorial backing marks a clear early support for Stevenson in the 1952 campaign.
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New Orleans
The
Ohio State Rally Beats Indiana 33 to 13 in Big Ten Opener
OSU staged a fourth quarter uprising led by 168 pound freshman Hopalong Cassady to defeat Indiana 33 13 in the Big Ten football opener. Notre Dame tied Pennsylvania 7 7. Details and highlights appear in the Sports Section.
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Ohio State
Hopalong
Cassady
Indiana
Notre Dame
Pennsylvania
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