Truman weighs extra session to curb price rises
President Truman said he is considering an extra Congress session to seek a stronger price control law. He will wait for further developments before deciding. He urged voter registration and noted a drought with $3 million allocated for emergency feed aid, while the Agriculture Department already recognized disaster conditions in 10 states.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Kentucky
Tennessee
Department of Agriculture
Panhandler Willie the Lincoln Chauffeur Case in Oklahoma City
Willie the panhandler from Dallas claimed Oklahoma City residents are generous as police questioned him Wednesday. He travels with a disabled body and a chauffeur he pays, while officers released him with a warning and asked him to leave town.
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Oklahoma City
Willie
Dallas
Texas City
Oklahoma
Scout Car
Rains Bring Relief to Crops in Drought Areas
The Associated Press reports timely rains hit New England and parts of the south easing drought for corn tobacco cotton and vegetables still surviving. The shower comes as drought drives up prices and raises fears of impacts on farm equipment sales and water power shortages in New Hampshire and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
New England
South
Wade
Missouri
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Department of Commerce
Polio Cases Rise Across Nation To 1949 Peak
UPI reports 2,2 new polio cases last week and a year-to-date total of 10,697 through Aug 2. Iowa lists 597 cases with four new hospitalizations in Council Bluffs and multiple recent admissions in Des Moines. Families in Jewell Woolstock and Des Moines face twin polio blows as children are hospitalized.
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Washington
UPI
Government Today
Public Health Service
Health Service
Texas
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Mercy Hospital
Ronald Waugh
Rodney, Clark
Pisgah
Kenneth McMullen
Steven James
Des Moines
Bruce Pitzer
Jewell
Gene
Suesday
Robert Yeager
Woolstock
Randall
Jimmy Miller
Webster City
William Weich
Newton
Robeson Passport Challenge Dismissed by Court
The United States Court of Appeals sent the case back to District Court with instructions to dismiss. It held no concrete issue remained since the passport expired January 25, 1951 and no renewal application was shown. Robeson had criticized U S policy and praised Communists in past actions.
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Washington
Paul Robeson
State Department
United States Court of Appeals
District Court
Department
Robeson
United States
Russia
Rhee Reelected in sweeping Korea presidential vote
Syngman Rhee won an overwhelming majority in Korea's first direct presidential election. Unofficial returns show Rhee with 4,969,299 votes, while Cho Bong Am received 762,772 and other candidates trailed. Inauguration planned for August 15 in the war damaged capital.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Republic
Sro
Brats WO
Rhee
Cho Bong Am
The
National Assembly
Lee Shi Yung
Hught Cynn
Japan
Plan Murder Charge Filed in Keokuk Slaying
A murder charge was filed against Harry Evins, 31, of Oklahoma City, in the death of Waike 20. Bole fi ah USR.a, following a fight Sunday night at Avevue, Deputy County Attorney C. J. Morman announced.
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Keokuk
Harry Evins
Oklahoma City
Okla
Waike
Avevue
Deported Finnish-born mill worker linked to Communist past
Carl A Latva, a Finnish native who settled in Wendell New Hampshire, was ordered deported under the McCarran Act after admitting he joined the Communist party in 1934 to support a strike. Judge Wy zanski noted Latva paid 50 cents to join and later sought U S citizenship, now appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Mil
Wendell
N. H
Communist Party
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Carl A. Latva
Finland
Wyzanski
McCarran
Latva
U. S
United States
Pori
New Hampshire
Latwa
United
United States Supreme Court
Maryland man receives ten lashes for wife beating
Marshall M. Flanary, a 43 year old carpenter from Frederick Maryland, was sentenced on Wednesday to ten lashes under an old Maryland law revived for the first time in 25 years. The statute allows up to forty lashes and a year in the House of Correction. Flanary's wife Iva testified she and their two children aged 13 and 11 had been repeatedly beaten, with the children recounting that their father choked them and kicked their mother.
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Frederick
Marshall M. Flanary
Maryland
House of Correction
Flanary
Iva
Gunman Kills Girl Wounds Escort Then Slays Self
In Grant Park a man fired on a young couple during a rest break by the Grant Park Symphony rehearsal. Patricia Kahler, 17, died. Herbert A. Hoffman, 17, was critically wounded. The killer, Bernard Richardson, shot himself after leaving a cryptic love letter.
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Sally
Grant Park
Patricia Kahler
Herbert A. Hoffman
Standard Oil Co
R. Walker
Griswold Hotel
Detroit
FBI
Bernard Richardson
Hoffman
Miss Kahler
Benny
Carol Hoffman
Red Cross Advances Probe Of Germ Warfare Charges
The 18th International Red Cross conference voted 69 to 12 for an impartial investigation into Communist charges of U S germ warfare in Korea. A rival Chinese Communist resolution was postponed. U S delegate Charles Burton Marshall praised the Belgian sponsored move and said the Communists had none. Soviet delegate N V Slavin opposed.
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Toronto
International Red Cross
U. S
Korea
Charles Burton Marshall
United States
Caileing
N. V. Slavin
King Grandson Weds Daughter of Butcher in Muelheim
A grandson of the last king of Saxony married a Ruhr butcher's daughter in a civil ceremony at Muelheim City Hall. About 1,000 people cheered Prince Georgeim Michael Nikolaus Maria as he left with his bride, Margrit Lucas, 20.
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Muelheim
Germany
Saxony
Georgeim Michael Nikolaus Maria
Margrit Lucas
Steelstrike Delays Military Output by 12 Months
Defense mobilization report by Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman says 25 million man-days of work were lost in the steel strike, delaying military production by a year. Ammunition output may not recover until next year, while T-48 tank production and warplane output show gains. Draft calls to rise above 50 000 in October 1952.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Truman
Defense
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Great Lakes
ANZUS Allies Adopt Joint Military Staff Plan
Foreign ministers of the United States Australia and New Zealand announced a formal peace time security framework and a joint military staff to meet at Pearl Harbor Melbourne and Wellington. They agreed on a cautious approach to inviting other non Communist Pacific nations while signaling possible later expansion with the Philippines and Japan in a five power meeting. The move implements last year's San Francisco treaty and aims to coordinate Pacific defense against communism.
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U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Security Organization
Joaquim Elizalde
Philippines
Manila
Japan
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Melbourne
Wellington
N. Z
Visit to Be Discussed Today in Southwest Iowa
Four Iowans left to discuss bringing Dwight D. Eisenhower to the region this fall with Republican presidential nominee aides in Denver. Participants include Roscoe Jones of Atlantic, John D. Mallonee of Audubon, and J. C. Rapp and Barney Carson of Shenandoah. Shenandoah asks Eisenhower to take part in its fall festival and nearby towns invite him along a route through the area.
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Audubon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Iowa
Denver
Eisenhower
Care Arenue Rcute
Shenandea
Newspaper bans saucer stories in Ottawa daily
The Ottawa Daily Republican-Times announces a ban on flying saucer stories in an editorial. Managing editor Herbert Hames tells 12,000 readers they will not print them anymore and declare they join other papers in fighting sensational material.
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Ottawa
HI —Y
Ottawa Daily Republican-Times
Herbert Hames
Estoria
Adlai urged to rip GOP hatchet men in campaign push
Senator Blair Moody urged Adlai Stevenson to attack the GOP "hatchet men" around Dwight D. Eisenhower. He named McCarthy Kem and Jenner, proposed Stevenson join Labor Day events in Detroit, and urged one hour radio and TV debates. He spoke after a Stevenson breakfast with Harriman and Russell. Harriman denied any plan to be secretary of state. Moody pressed Stevenson to focus on political integrity and confront Eisenhower on the major issues in a head to head debate.
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Springfield
Blair Moody
Michigan
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Moody
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Kem
Missouri
Jenner
Indiana
Stevenson
Detroit
Truman
Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
Richard Russel
Georgia
Harriman
Europe
Asia
Middle East
Joe
White House
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
W. Stuart Symington
James P. Kem
J. E. Buck Taylor
Symington
Taylor
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Stevenson- Sparkman
New York
Ives
Onslow Trucker Bennett Killed In Parking Lot Accident
Clyde Bennett, 41, a truck operator from Onslow, was crushed to death in a Chicago south side parking lot when he reportedly crawled under a moving trailer while attempting a shortcut. Policeman Thomas Falion identified the victim and described the fatal sequence.
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Chicago
Clyde Bennett
Onslow, Jr
Iowa
Thomas Falion
Bennett
Stevenson Meeting With Truman Signals Campaign Roles
President Truman said he will discuss all steps for a Democratic victory with Gov. Adlai Stevenson at their White House meeting next week. The session should cover Stevenson’s role in the campaign while maintaining distance from the Truman administration.
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Truman
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
White House
Chicago
Jet Explodes Aboard Carrier Killing Nine In Korean Waters
The U S Navy reported nine killed and 63 rescued after a jet on the hangar deck of the 27000 ton carrier Boxer exploded about 50 miles off Korea. Fires destroyed twelve jets while damage to the ship was slight and repairs were planned in theater operations. The cause was not established though officials cited possible gas buildup after a landing. Names of the dead were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Korea
Greek Bulgarian border threats spark UN alert
United Nations observers in New York report dangerous buildup on the Greek Bulgarian frontier with both sides ready for action. Greek forces reportedly opened fire on Bulgarian troops on Gamma island in the Foros River, while Greek generals say fire was not returned. Bulgarian units were said to have been spotted on the island during the night.
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United Nations
N. Y
Thens
Greece
Gamma
Foros
South Koreans Gadget Tough on Joe's Head
Two South Korean soldiers devised a crude device involving a water wheel and trip hammer to hammer a picture of Joe Star, aiming to mock communism and entertain others with a rough humor amid tensions with U. S. forces and the 7th Division.
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Joe
U. S
Kores -2
Joe Star
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