Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
In a critique of Tom Watson and his international reach, the piece casts Watson as a flamboyant, pageant master figure with offices and networks across the globe. Pegler weighs his honorary degrees, directorships, and decorations, implying heavy influence and vanity while noting prominent figures like Paul Hoffman and Joe Davies in a satirical town-hall framing.
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Tom Watson
Chinn
Internat
Business Machines Corp
IBM World Trade Corp
Paul Hoffman
Ford Foundation
Joe Davies
Mr. Watson
Place Vendome
Paris
Elizabeth Arden
Watson
Iron Curtain
America
Tom
Carolina Clears Up Storm Litter
Hurricane Able swept into the South Carolina coast causing uprooted trees and damaged roofs from Charleston to Beaufort. Winds peaked around 1090 miles per hour with power and communication lines down and two reported fatalities near Hardeeville. Coastal residents prepared in advance. overall damage viewed as light, official estimates pending.
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Charleston
Hardeeville
Beaufort
Civil Air Patrol
Stevenson Seeks End To Taft Hartley Law
DETROIT AP Gov Adlin Stevenson urged scrapping the Taft Hartley Act and outlined a replacement. He called the law biased and a barrier to labor peace, proposing five points for a new system including new strike resolution methods during national emergencies and limits on actions that threaten the national economy. He spoke in Grand Rapids and Detroit during a one day campaign push, with a Pacific Coast swing to follow. He contrasted his foreign policy stance with a divided Republican Party and questioned Gen Eisenhowers position. Continued on Ninth Page.
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Detroit
Adlin Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
Labor Day
Grand Rapids
Hamtramck
Pontiac
Flint
Pacific Coast
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
House
Satellite Revolt Would Pose Real Problem For America
Washington reports an armed revolt by a satellite nation against the Soviet Union could become the era’s most dangerous Cold War test. The United States would face quick decisions on assistance, potential World War III risks, and the impact on prestige if help is withheld. Options range from limited arms to advisory roles and possible air support, with no full-scale arms program feasible. Washington cautions the revolt’s immediacy remains uncertain while weighing U.S. options.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
America
Ussr
Moscow
Free World
Kremlin
U. S
Russia
Tito
Perfect Crime Suspect Held in Baltimore Killing
Maryland police charge New York office manager G Edward Grammer with the "perfect murder" of his Sunday school teacher wife Dorothy May Grammer. The case centers on a staged traffic accident seen by two Baltimore officers, with neighbors recalling her as a kind, active mother and volunteer. The body was found after an overturned car near Towson on August 20.
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Baltimore
Maryland
New York
Dorothy May Grammer
Baltimore City
G. Edward Grammer
Bronx
Grammer
Towson
Death Toll Near 300 As Labor Day Traffic Rises
The Associated Press reports 297 highway deaths by early today, with millions more motorists on the road for the holiday return. The National Safety Council estimated 480 fatalities in traffic from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight, while drownings and other accidents added to the toll.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Anderson Accused Kansas Democrat of Soliciting Carrier Funds
Sen Frank Carlson charged Kansas Democratic leader Kenneth T Anderson sent a letter Aug 25 seeking 100 donations from rural and other mail carriers with a threat of job loss under a Republican administration The claim came as Eisenhower prepared to speak to the National Association of Letter Carriers in Pittsburgh The issue tied to broader campaign tactics and labor during a critical election period
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Douglas B. Cornell
NEW York
Frank Carlson
Kan
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kenneth T. Anderson
Carlson
Eisenhower
The
National Association of Letter Carriers
Anderson
Congress
Truman Hits Campaign Trail for Stevenson Rally
President Truman begins the campaign swing aboard a armored private car, en route from Union Station, headlining a Milwaukee rally for Gov. Adlai Stevenson. The labor sponsored event aims to fill 13 000 seats at one dollar, with CIO and AFL backing. The trip includes Pittsburgh dawn stop and scheduled talks in Milwaukee Arena.
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Ernest 8. Vaccaro
Truman
Milwaukee
Adlai Stevenson
Union Station
Pittsburgh
Labor
Political League
Milwaukee Arena
CIO
AFL
Milwaukee Auditorium
Soldier Tries to Find Sweetheart Before Korea Blast
Marine Sgt. Hugh E. Kidd Jr., 22, of Baton Rouge, La., drove 900 miles to New York and 200 more toward Boston to locate his girlfriend Miss Patricia Hayes on a last pass before shipping to Korea. He found 524 Hayes in Boston but no match, despite help from locals, operators, police, press and radio. He then headed back to Camp Lejeune, due there tomorrow morning.
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Boston
Hugh E. Kidd, Jr
Baton Rouge
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Korea
New York City
Patricia Hayes
Sgt. Kidd
Hayes
Greater Boston
Miss Hayes
Camp Lejune
New York
North Carolina
Carriers Strike Red Targets Near Siberia in Korea War
Three U S Navy carriers Boxer Essex and Princeton led a 164 aircraft strike against oil refineries and iron works at Aoji and Musan in extreme Northeast Korea. The raid left the Aoji refinery burning and destroyed about 70 percent of Musan's ore concentration and hydrogen plants. Fighter interceptors roared north to divert MIGs as the blasts echoed near the Soviet border.
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Sam Summerlin
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Soviet Siberia
U. N
Boxer
Essex
Princeton
Aoji
Associated Press
Fred Waters
Mrs Benoit Dies Suddenly at 68 in Monroe
Mrs H H Benoit 68 wife of former Monroe mayor died suddenly at home 525 Jackson St at 4 am from a heart attack. Funeral at Peters Funeral Chapel Tuesday 3 pm Rev J T Horton officiating. Interment Riverview Burial Park. Survived by five daughters, a sister of Coroner J T French, and four Gilliland brothers.
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H. H. Benoit
Benoit
Monroe
Jackson Street
Peters Funeral
J T. Horton
Riverview Burial Park
Clara Gilliland
Eastern Star
Woodmen Circle
White Shrine
First Baptist Church
Recluse's House Being Searched in New Orleans
Relatives of aged recluse George Jacob Kamlade, who died last February, continue a weeks long search of his jungle overgrown New Orleans home. Inventory lists about 77 000 in valuables, 55 000 tied to Long Beach Mississippi property, and 15 000 in cash. An ancient safe held stocks, bonds, deeds, gold coins, and jewelry. The 78 year old former green coffee trader and stringed instrument teacher lived in squalor, with housekeeper Ida Schliechardt keeping only the rear rooms tidy.
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New Orleans
George Jacob Kamlade
Kamlade
Long Beach
Miss
Ida Schlieichardt
Hurricane threat shifts from Caribbean toward Virginia area
Remnants of the first hurricane moved into the Virginia Washington region as Miami Weather Bureau forecaster Cecil Gentry warned a second system may be forming. A Navy plane launched from San Juan to assess a suspected tropical storm while the vessel Frittjof Nansen reported 39 to 46 mph winds and a falling barometer near 18.45N 58.45W, with course changes indicating the storm’s approach.
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Charleston
S. C
Virginia-Washington
Miami Weather Bureau
Cecil Gentry
Miami Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Navy
Frittjof Nansen
Gentry
Labor Leaders Urge Workers to Vote in November Ballot
Labor leaders on Labor Day urged workers to play a decisive role at the ballot boxes this November. AFL President William Green called eight million members to political action amid calls to back or withhold endorsement as the convention nears. CIO leaders backed Stevenson, stressing democracy versus military threat while urging high turnout to protect New Deal and Fair Deal gains. Carey warned that minority rule in Congress follows voter apathy, urging active participation in the 1952 election climate.
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Associated Press
Congress
AFL
William Green
American Federation of Labor
America
George Meany
CBS
Stevenson
CIO
Philip Murray
James B. Carey
Sandusky, O
Carey
Meany
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Susan Elaine
Barbara Ann
Maj
John Eisenhower
Ike Backer
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Lewis
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Charles Buggy
Sioux City
Winnebago
Neb
Charles, Jr
Buggy
Kathleen
Charles
Commie
Mrs. Benoit
Virginia
D. C
Adlai E. Stevenson
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