Troops Ordered To Keep Bulgars Out 7S
Albert Gore wins the Tennessee Democratic primary to unseat Kenneth D. McKel lar the 83 year old dean of the U S Senate Gore piled up a 210 300 to 155 883 lead from 2 022 precincts McKellar remains in Memphis hotel room and refuses to concede Clement defeats Gov Gordon Browning in bid for a third term Crump backs McKellar amid torn Tennessee political scene
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Tenn
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Finis
Kenneth D. McKellar
U. S. Senate
Frank G. Clement
Gordon Browning
Browning
Gore
McKellar
Memphis
Senate
E H. Crump
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Clement
Crump
300000 Soldiers Mobilized on Border Frontier Tension
Editor notes Russell Brines interviewed Greek and Turkish officials last November on Western Europe countr ies. near 300000 well armed troops face off at the Greek Bulgarian border after a skirmish over Gamma island. Greeks claim island. Bulgarians alleged invasion with mortar fire. The standoff sits along a tense line from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, amid NATO and Soviet satellite forces as Greece and Turkey anchor Allied defenses in Europe.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Greece
Turkey
Washington
Gamma
Evros
Mediterranean
North Sea
Russia
United States
Kremlin
Bulgaria
Europe
United Nations
New York
Balkans Commission
U. N
U.N
Iowa to Participate in Hog Disease Program
Governor Beardsley announced Iowa will join a federal state program to reimburse farmers for losses from vesicular exanthema. The state will cover half the cost under a required 50 50 match, with efforts focused on eradicating the disease.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Lowa
Beardsley
Boatle
Iowa
Adlai Expected to Launch Campaign With Detroit Talk
Gov Adlai Stevenson plans a Labor Day speech in Detroit to start his presidential campaign and then tour the South to win labor support. He aims to organize a national campaign structure and name a new Democratic chairman to replace Frank E McKinney. Names under consideration include John Bailey Jim Doyle and John M McCormack with Fran Myers not favored.
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Adlai Stevenson
Detroit
Blair Moody
Michigan
Stevenson
CIO
Frank E. McKinney
Indianapolis
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
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John Bailey
Connecticut
Jim Doyle
Wisconsin
John M. McCormack
Massachusetts
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Congress
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Wyoming
Senate
House Economic Committee
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Mike) Monroney
Oklahoma
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
White House
Quad Cities Bus Men Vote Strike
Davenport drivers from two Quad Cities bus lines vote unanimously to strike on Aug 31 if contracts remain unsettled. About 300 workers of the AFL affiliated Amalgamated Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes seek higher wages and a 40 hour work week from 46. The firms are Rock Island Moline City Lines and Davenport City Lines, subsidiaries of National City Lines.
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Davenport
Quad Cities
Amalgamated Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
AFL
National City Lines, Inc
Rock Island- Moline City Lines
Davenport City Lines
Top-Level Resignations Hit U.S. Justice Department
A new round of top-level resignations in the Justice Department is reported with deputy attorney general seat to be filled by Ross L. Malone of Roswell New Mexico. A. Devitt Vanech resigns to seek Senate seat. shake-up linked to House inquiry led by Cheli and Keating targeting McGrath era officials.
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Washington
Justice Department
U. S
Ross L. Maione
Roswell
N. M
A. Devitt Vanech
Vanech
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Atty
James P. McGranery
J. Howard McGrath
Tom Clark
McGrath
Truman
Newbold Morris
House
Frank Cheli
Kenneth Keating
Cheli
Stephen A. Mitchell
Chicago
Malone
McGranery
Reds Get $10,000 Fines Five Years Each
California's 14 leading Communists receive maximum penalties under the Smith Act of 1940. Federal Judge William C. Mathes imposes five years in prison and a $10,000 fine per defendant after upholding a guilty verdict for conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force. The defendants, including Russian-born Frank Spector, vow innocence and plan appeals.
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Los Angeles
California
Russia
United States
William C. Mathes
Frank Spector
U. S. Circuit Court
Communist Party
Britain to Detonate First Atomic Bomb in Indian Ocean
The Admiralty warned ships and aircraft to avoid about 30,000 square miles of ocean off northwest Australia as Britain prepares to test its first atomic weapon. No date or duration was disclosed.
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London
Britain
Australia
Admiralty
Indian Ocean
Fire destroys Shellane Bottle Gas Co plant in Cedar Rapids
A series of explosions and a major fire at the Shellane Bottle Gas Co facility in Cedar Rapids injured one man and caused extensive damage. Fire crews battled the blaze for hours as spectators gathered nearby. losses were pegged around three hundred thousand dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Shellane Bottle Gas Co
Shell Oil Co
Charles Holtzman
Shellane Company
Shell Bulk
Kinns Sons Appeal to Truman Over Deportation
Wendell New Hampshire veterans Car Latva born in Finland seeks help from President Truman to spare deportation of his father who signed a 1934 Communist membership card. Latva’s sons Paul and Car believe Truman will fight for them after Navy service in World War II. father plans to appeal to courts in Boston.
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Wendell
N. H
Car Latva
Truman
Car
Paul
Finland
Boston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Eisenhower Nixon Dulles Meet On Foreign Policy
Eisenhower and Nixon plan a luncheon with Dulles to discuss the GOP foreign policy plank and possible critique of the Truman administration. Eisenhower may also decide whether to address farm issues in Shenandoah Iowa late next month.
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Dulles
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Truman
North Atlantic
Iowa
Shenandoah
Czechs Move Political Suspects Across Border Frontiers
Vienna reports that Czechoslovakia is shipping middle class groups and political suspects from cities and villages near the Austrian border into trains as part of a security drive. Informants say hundreds are moved from a Czech security zone along the Czech Austrian line and a parallel zone on the Czech West Germany frontier. The measures curb anti Communist escapes to the west, with counter moves reducing escapes by about half in the last year.
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Vienna
Austria
Red
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Omaha man electrocuted in Vinton wiring accident
Ed Krupa, 25, of Omaha, was electrocuted Thursday when he touched a 2,400 volt wire while rewiring a generator in the Vinton municipal power plant.
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Vinton
Ed Krupa
Omaha
Mail Loot Found In Detroit House Of Veteran Mailman
Detroit police and postal inspectors uncovered more than 10 000 undelivered letters and packages in the basement of Roman Kortes a 50 year old veteran mailman. Kortes pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of embezzlement from the mails after his arrest.
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Detroit
East Side
Roman Kortes
Kortes
Earl Wheeler
Thief Steals 150 From Police Office Drawer
Albuquerque police search for a thief who took 150 dollars from a downtown traffic department desk drawer. Chief Paul Shaver calls it a stinking mess, underscoring the embarrassment.
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Albuquerque
Paul Shaver
Police Traffic Department
Drought Recedes As U S Mobilizes Aid For Farmers
The drought in New England and the South loosens as government agencies act to restore production. The Agriculture Department orders a hay survey in the Midwest and directs state mobilization chairs to secure hay. Farmers Home Administration plans faster loans for seed and feed. Milk prices rise in Georgia to 27 cents a quart amid broader price hikes.
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New England
South
Agricultural Department
Midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Farmers Home Administration
Georgia Milk Control Board
Atlanta
New York Central Strike Called Off
Three large railroad unions announced the cancellation of a planned strike on New York Central lines east of Buffalo. The engineers firemen enginemen and conductors had been set to begin Monday at noon c s t over back pay and other grievances, with the National Mediation Board urging postponement and calling for a conference.
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Cleveland
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
New York
C.s.t
National Mediation Board
Five Day Forecast: Temps Below Normal and Rain Likely
The forecast calls for temperatures three to six degrees below normal with highs around 84 to 88 and lows near 62. Expect cooler days Monday and Tuesday and rainfall totaling about one inch through today, tonight, Saturday night, Sunday, and again Tuesday night or Wednesday.
Dispute Flares Over Greek Claim to Isle Gamma
Acting Premier Sophocles Venizelos announced Greek forces are on alert along the Evros border to defend sovereignty over Gamma island. Turkish reports noted no new activity nearby as the UN Balkans observers warned the area remains dangerous amid Greek Bulgarian tensions.
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Athens
Greece
Sophocles Venizelos
Evros
Gamma
Venizelos
Hir
United Nations
Istanbul
Turkey
Minister Saves Drowning Man In Indianapolis Canal
The Rev. Robert Rutland rescued Henry Jones from the Indianapolis Water Company canal after Jones stripped to his shorts and jumped in. Rutland and another man pulled him out, police revived Jones, and the minister then lent his own clothes to Jones before going home in his shorts.
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Ind
Robert Rutland
Henry Jones
Rutland
Jones
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