Ridgway Warns of Weaknesses in Western War Readiness
Gen. Matthew Ridgway, SHAPE commander, warned the threat of war remains large and Western buildup is deficient. He questioned whether 1952 goals of 50 divisions and 4,000 planes could be met, and cited logistics as a major, broad problem. He said adjustments may occur without harming SHAPE plans.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Power In
Europe
Matthew B. Ridgway
Allied Forces
Ridgway
Paris
Belgium
United Nations
Korea
Shape Command
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Begin Work On Schuman Plan Today In Europe
The Schuman plan's nine member authority began work to create a coal steel market and possibly political unity in Western Europe. Jean Morinet chairs the executive arm with Monnet and eight others from six nations. They aim to have a common market in about eight months after surveying industries and removing tariff barriers.
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Luxembourg
Europe
Coel-Tee Pool
Jean Morinet
Saar
Monnet
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Schuman
Robert Schuman
Goodwin to Meet With Ike on Farm Campaign
Robert K. Goodwin Iowa Republican National Committeeman and newly named director of the GOP farm division will begin duties at a Denver conference. Dwight D Eisenhower invited him to meet with Senate and House Agriculture committees as Summerfield previews a broad farm campaign push.
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Des Moines
Robert K. Goodwin
Iowa
Republican National
GOP
Denver
GOP National Committee
Arthur E. Summerfield
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Goodwin
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Summerfield
Republican Party
Candidates Prepare for Big Campaign Talks Before D-Day
Democratic and Republican camps heated up talks as three weeks remained before the Sept 1date. Eisenhower in Denver planned powwows with eight state leaders after visiting 35 American Indian tribes. Stevenson in Springfield scheduled talks with Estes Kefauver and then planned a Washington trip to meet President Truman and cabinet.
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D-Day
Denver
Dwight Eisenhower
Dixie
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Stevenson
Washington
Truman
Rodin Booked On Manslaughter
Wesley Rodin, 28, a hotel caterer, was charged with manslaughter in a highway crash that killed an infant and seriously injured Shirley Schmickle, 18, near Cedar Rapids. Schmickle said Rodin had proposed marriage and the quarrel preceded the accident that struck a pole.
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Wesley Rodin
Rodin
Shirley Schmickle
Gloria Jean
Virgil
Truce Talksin Korea Halted as Recess Called
Truce talks in Korea appear near collapse as negotiators at Munsan and Kaesong take a seven day recess. General Nam Ul demands 116 000 prisoners be returned including 20 000 Chinese prisoners. The UN offers 83 000 including 6 400 Chinese with most others having renounced Communism.
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U. N
Munsan
Kaesong
William K. Harrison
Harrison
Nam U1
Red
U. N. Stockades
Baronet Point
Ilowa Van Drowns When Boat Upsets at Lake Ahquabi
Richard A. Sherman 29 Des Moines drowns fishing with brother William when their boat capsizes on Lake Ahquabi near here Sunday. Body recovered about 20 feet deep. Sherman’s death marks the 72nd drowning in Iowa this year, compare 72 drownings in 1951.
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Indianola
Richard A. Sherman
Des Moines
Lake Ahquabi
Sherman
William
Richard
Iowa
Board of Engineers Approves Mississippi Flood Control Plan
The Board of Engineers for River and Harbor Improvements approves a long range flood control program for the upper Mississippi, including Muscatine area projects. It outlines levee raises on both sides of the river, with reports to governors and federal agencies before congressional authorization and funding. Local groups press to expedite hearings and proceed with construction.
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Board of Engineers
Mississippi
Mississippi River
John Hendriks
Muscatine County
Guttenberg
Hamburg Bay
Mad Creek
Muscatine Island
Illinois
Drury
Bay Island
Iowa
William Beardsley
Col. Hiatt
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Army Corps of Engineers
Committees On Public Works
Senate
House
Chief of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Mystery Enshrouds Dead Man in Somerset Farm Hoard
Investigators probe the isolated Somerset farm of Samuel Jackson King where a 73 year old recluse died from a heart attack beside a loaded shotgun as neighbors and police uncover a hidden stash. Nearly eighteen thousand dollars in bonds coins and cash plus deeds and safe deposit keys were found in odd places suggesting an estate worth about fifty thousand dollars. Sheriff Hare guards the property while probate action determines title with Register Elmer Shipley.
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Somerset
Samuel Jackson King
King
Pennsylvania
Jay King
Israel
Karl I. Hare
Earl Yay
Gray
Hare
Elmer Shipley
Shipley
Illinois Youths Held for Robberies in Eastern Iowa
Three 18 year old Illinois youths Thor Anderson Skokie Richard Nickle Chicago and Gene Libertores Kenilworth were jailed in Cedar Rapids over a string of robberies over the weekend Detective John Kuba said Nickle confessed to part in the incidents Victims described armed robberies including a hitchhiking rider in Marion a Cedar Rapids roller rink pickup in Springville and a downtown car assault with thefts of money a watch and rings
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Cedar Rapids
Illinois
John Kuba
Thor Anderson
Skokie
Ill
Richard Nickle
Chicago
Gene Libertores
Kenilworth
Lil Kuba
Nickle
David Williams
Anamosa
Marion
Girl 15 Killed In Two Car Crash Near Pocahontas
Manson Loretta Blomberg, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Blomberg of Pocahontas, died Sunday in a two car collision three miles north of here. She rode in a car driven by her brother Robert Blomberg. The Blomberg auto collided with a car driven by John Ricklefs near Gilmore City. Mrs Ricklefs was hospitalized at Fort Dodge. Neither Blomberg nor Ricklefs was badly hurt.
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Manson
Loretta Blomberg
Emil Blomberg
Pocahontas
Here
Robert
Blomberg
John Ricklefs
Gilmore City
E Ricklefs
Fort Dodge
Ricklefts
Burt
Navy Corpsmen Flown to Aid Iowa Polio Fight
Navy sent two hospital corpsmen from Great Lakes to Sioux City to ease nurse shortages on polio wards as southwest Iowa records an all time high poliomyelitis cases. Five more polio deaths in Iowa over the weekend raise the year total to 43, with 23 in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Iowa
U. S. Navy
Navy
U. S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Des Moines
Arthur Stageberg
Ruth Sanborn
Moville
Lanny Moliterno
Joseph Moliterno
Davenport
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Walter Krueger
Vail
Council Bluffs
Scott Thompkins
Atlantic
Planes Hit North Korean Chemical Plant In Smoky Blaze
Allied fighters including Marine bomber planes attacked a chemical plant near Namsok about 30 miles northwest of Wonsan. The Fifth Air Force reported 150 aircraft contributed to the strike, with pilots noting vast black smoke as fighting continued on Siberia hill. Casualty estimates through Sunday cited 225 killed and 250 wounded.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Namsok
Wonsan
U. S
Eighth Army
Siberia Hill
Miniature Train Crash Kills Baby Girl in London
A miniature train jumped its track and slammed into a tree in London on Sunday killing a one year old girl and injuring nineteen other riders. Emergency crews responded to the scene as investigators gathered evidence and questioned witnesses.
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London
U S Weighs Britains Oil Policy Change Over Iran
Washington signals readiness to press Britain for a radical policy shift toward Iran to curb Communist influence. Talks with London focus on bolstering Premier Mossadegh by easing Iran’s oil blockade which could boost his income and political footing, though his volatility complicates any move.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Iran
London
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Dubuque Boosts Flood Control Effort With Private Gift
Dubuque begins a flood control program backed by a $9,000 gift from Harry Wahlert, adding to a $150,000 Wahlert Foundation grant. City contracts exceed $200,000 for levee work to protect part of the industrial area as part of a $2 million plan following two heavy springs causing about $3 million in annual damage.
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Dubuque
Harry Wahlert
Wahlert
Dubuque Packing Co
Citizens Flood Control Committee
Iran Senate Grants Mossadegh Authority To Govern
Iran's Senate reversed its earlier stance and granted Premier Mossadegh authority to govern by decree for six months. The Majlis had already approved the measure, while the Senate delayed to seek details and modify the power demand. Mosadegh rejected a martial law extension but maintained the decree authority to avert economic collapse.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Majlis
Senate
Mossadegh
Economic Aides Split Over Calling Congress for Extra Session
President Truman faces public pressure as Ellis Arnall urges a special session to tighten price controls and Roger Putnam cautions against one unless prices rise rapidly. The dispute follows the steel price increase approved July 24 and ongoing food price concerns. Putnam warned a session may be needed if inflation accelerates.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ellis Arnall
Roger Putnam
Office of Defense Mobilization
Arnall
New York
Putnam
Bride Delivers Vows From Window As Measles Step In
Leta Ten Eyck was ordered to bed with measles five hours before her church wedding to Jerome Denzer. Guests were redirected from the church to the Ten Eyck home. The bride appeared at her window in gown and bouquet for the vows, then returned to isolation.
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Leta Ten Eyck
Jerome K. Denzer
Miss Ten Eyck
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U.S
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Corrine Daly
Brooklyn
Tommy Manville
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