Parley Begins as Dixie Campaigns Stir Democrats and GOPs
Southern political activity intensifies as four Dixie states report mobilization. In Mississippi Democrats split among Stevenson and Eisenhower camps with a third option for a southern candidate. Louisiana and Arkansas show intra party tensions over Eisenhower and Taft supporters, while Denver previews Ike’s sweeping southern tour.
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Associated Press
Dixie States
Jackson
Mississippi
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Fisenhower
J. John Sparkman
Arkansas
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Ohio
Sen
Robert Taft
Alexandria
State Central Committee
Back Combat Pay For Korean War Vets Soon
Military experts say counting veterans who earned combat pay in Korea will take time. Tens of thousands will receive 45 dollars for each month spent six days within enemy range. The measure, retroactive to Korea, costs 250 to 300 million dollars and targets Army infantrymen and Marines. Senator Moody backs hazardous duty pay to match air, sub, and parachute crews.
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Washington
Korea
Congress
Pentagon
Sen. Moody
D-Mich
Save We
Elizabeth Lage 80 Died. Rites Planned in Muscatine
Elizabeth Lage aged 80 died at 8 a m Sunday at her daughter’s home near Illinois City. She was born in Kiel Germany March 12 1872 and moved from Germany to Muscatine in 1828 later relocating to Nashville Tennessee in 1945. Surviving are two sons Henry W Lage and John E Lage two daughters Mrs Wali and Mrs Faward Otto and several grandchildren. Funeral services were set for 2 p m today at Geo M Wittich Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Fischer officiating. Burial will follow at Spring Hill Cemetery Nashville Tenn.
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Elizabeth M. Lage
Kurt Wulf
Illinois City
Drury Townshi
John Einfeldt
Kiel
Germany
Muscatine
Nashville
Tenn
Markus Lage
Henry W. Lage
John E. Lage
Davenport
Wali
Faward Otto
Santa Cruz
Calif
Geo. M. Wittich
Ralph Fischer
Spring Hill Cemetery
Nine Die in Iowa Accidents Reported Across State
Nine people died in Iowa crashes with three local residents injured. Varying collisions near Algona and Scranton left two Algona adults dead and a 15 and 17 year old hospitalized. Chicago youth Davies died on Highway 30 near Scranton after a head on crash with a car driven by Mrs Pelton.
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Iowa
Maccatine
Lionel Hubert Davies
Chicago
Roy FE
Pelton
West Seventh Street
Scranton
Associated Press
Elton
Mary Schmear
West Eighth Street
Clara Nehls
Minneapolis
Minn
Davies
Roger Germaine
Lowell
Mass
House probes fraud case tied to Justice dept seven years
Washington investigators study a seven year old fraud case linked to a business firm and Justice department officials. The inquiry seeks public hearings on Capitol Hill, with the judiciary subcommittee led by Rep Chelf planning to start in coming weeks.
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House
Justice Department
Beig
Department
Capitol Bill
Judiciary
Justice Departiment
House Committee
Chelf
D-Ky
HEX Wes
Joseph A Phillips Taken by Death
Joseph A Phillips 84 of 72915 Liberty Street died at 2 30 Saturday at Bellevue hospital after two years illness. Born March 32 1868 in Muscatine county he lived in the community all his life. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday at Ralph J Wittuch Funeral home with Rev Ralph Johnson officiating. Burial at Greenwood cemetery.
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Joseph A. Phillips
Liberty Street
Bellevue Hospital
Samuel Phillips
Muscatine County
Bee
Ralph J. Wittuch
Ralph Johnson
Greenwood Cemetery
Kaiser Charges Boat Tamperings Attempt on Life
Industrialist Henry Kaiser reports two Kaiser boats tampered with in Tahoe City California a half hour before a race He says it was a murderous attempt on his life and suspects local saboteurs A fingerprint search is underway and Kaiser notes the event may be tied to critics of his noisy boats The damage includes a half sawed drive shaft a sabotaged carburetor blower and gasoline in bilge areas
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Tahoe City
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser Rasa
Harry Johnson
Lakeside
Kaiser
Max Collins
Collins
Stock Arrives for West Liberty Fair
Superintendents of the 90th West Liberty fair organize entries as livestock arrives at the cattle barns for judging starting Tuesday at 9 am. Tuesday features harness races the Curtiss Candy six pony hitch free acts a band concert and a 9 pm dance on the fairgrounds.
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West Liberty
Curtiss Candy Company
Fairgrounds
Boy Scout Bravely Survives Seven Days Alone in Sierra
Brent Bradberry, 13, recounts seven days lost in the high Sierra near Yosemite. He crawled, swam, and hiked 20 to 50 miles, drank pine nuts and wild foods, and endured wolf tracks. His father Wenzel Bradberry regrouped during the search, which involved five private planes, Coast Guard, Forest Service, dogs, and horses at a cost of about $5,000.
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Sonora
Calif
Brent Bradberry
High Sierra
Lynwood
Brent
Wenzel Bradberry
Cherry Creek
Bradberry
Yosemite National Park
Coast Guard
U. S. Forest Service
Chinese premier leads 15 on Moscow talks
A 15 man Chinese government delegation led by Premier Chou En-Lai arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian leaders. The visit signals Beijing’s need for Soviet help to project power in Asia while Moscow weighs risks and opportunities in aligning with China and countering the West.
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Washington
Moscow
Chou En-Lai
China
Korea
Asia
United States
Europe
Russia
Rus
Mission to Ruin Free World Warned by Foreign Minister
Sones Yeh the foreign minister of Nationalist China said Red China’s mission to Moscow was a Russian move to annihilate the free world. He predicted new Russia China military and economic pacts and a further sell‑out of the Chinese people while urging free world nations to bolster alliances against a Kremlin aggression. He tied Chou En Lai’s visit to proof of a plan to Sovietize the world.
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Formosa
Sones Yeh
China
Red China
Moscow
Yeh
Russia
Kremlin
Chou En-Lai
Red
Peiping
Chen Yune
Hugh Geet
Chou
Pennine
Su Yui
Lyu Ya-low
Lo Shun Chu
Tsu Chuan
Walkout at Goodrich Plant Sparks Akron Labor Strike
The CIO United Rubber Workers strike the B. F. Goodrich Co affecting 13,000 of 30,000 workers with nine rubber processing plants idle in Akron. Talks in Cincinnati broke off at 1 a.m. and are to resume later today. Goodrich offered a 10-cent hourly raise matching rivals while fringe issues like holiday pay grievance procedures and vacations remain in dispute.
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Akron
Ohio
CIO
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
Cincinnati
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
U. S. Rubber Co
General Tire & Rubber Co
Rubber Co
Electrician Loses Sterility Suit in Virginia Case
A 26 year old electrician from Front Royal, James E. Williams, failed to win $25,000 in his suit against Dr. Lyle J. Hansbrough for allegedly operating to render his wife sterile without consent. A seven member jury ruled against him after about an hour of deliberation. Williams said he did not want his wife to stop having children. his wife, mother of four, testified she sought the operation because her children were coming too rapidly.
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Front Royal
James E. Williams
Blue Ridge Mountain
Williams
Lyle J. Hansbrough
Polio Toll Rises Across Iowa From Sioux City To Ft. Dodge
Iowa recorded 58 polio deaths over the weekend with three in Sioux City, two in Council Bluffs, and one in Fort Dodge. Sioux City saw dead include Louise Krause 23 and Thomas Burns 8, plus Robert Lewis 10 months. Navy corpsmen arrived in Council Bluffs to aid Mercy Hospital as polio admissions climbed to 532 in Sioux City this year.
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Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Ft. Dodge
Louise Krause
Alton
Thomas Burns
James T. Burns
Robert Lewis
Willie Lewis
Neb
Marvin McCool
Avoca
Glenn Poole
J. C. Mullins
Somers
Mullins
Navy
U. S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Mercy Hospital
Guy Gillette
Willis G Vanover 75 Dies After Heart Attack
Willis G Vanover 75 of 315 Cedar street died at 6 30 p m Saturday en route to Bellevue hospital after a heart attack. He was born January 12 1877 in Missouri and had lived in Muscatine 14 years. Survived by son Earl G Vanover of Aimena Kansas, daughters Ruth of Muscatine and Ruby McGinnis of Fort Morgan Colorado, sister Cecilia Minor of Trinidad Colorado and preceded in death by wife Laura Minor and two siblings. Body at Ralph J Wittich Funeral home then to Maysville Missouri for services and burial at Hopewell cemetery.
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Willis G. Vanover
Cedar Street
Bellevue Hospital
Willis
Elizabeth Vanover
Missouri
Muscatine
Laura Minor
Earl G. Vanover
Aimena
Kan
Ruth Vanover
Ruby McGinnis
Ft. Morgan
Colo
Celia Minor
Truita
Ralph J. Wittich
Maysville Mo
Hopewell Cemetery
Maysville
Fearful English Flood Drowns Dozens Along Lyn River
Army engineers cleared debris along a 15 mile stretch in southwest England after a flash flood inundated Plymouth and nearby areas. Nine bodies found with 30 others missing and presumed dead as rain swelled the Lyn river and threatened more towns. Damage estimates exceed seven million pounds.
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Eng
England
British Press Association
Lyn
Peakes Committed As Mental Patient
New York The Columbia University case of Bayard Peakes the so called eternal life physicist who killed 18 year old Eileen Fahey on campus was ordered confined as a lunatic. General Sessions Judge Edward J McCullen committed him to Matteawan State hospital in Beacon New York following psychiatric recommendation that he cannot understand the murder charge or that he did wrong. He shot Fahey on July 14 after entering the American Physical Society offices and expressing anger at their failure to recognize his life extending theories.
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New York
I(p
Bayard Peakes
Columbia University
General Sessions
Edward J. McCullen
Matteawan State Hospital
Beacon
N. Y
Peakes
The
American Physical Society
Columbia
Eileen Fahey
Society
Printing delay grounds Muscatine Journal editions
The Muscatine Journal delayed Saturday editions by several hours due to mechanical issues during a press changeover. The paper apologizes for the inconvenience to local readers and nearby communities served by carrier salesmen.
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Muscatine Journal
Journal
Muscatine
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai Leads Talks With USSR In Moscow
Chou En Lai arrives in Moscow with a large Chinese delegation to discuss the China Soviet treaty agenda. Key topics include return of the Changchun railway and Port Arthur base by end of 1952 and closer economic ties.
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Chou En-Lai
China
Changcchung
Port Arthur
Nurse Dennison to Die at Kilby Prison in September
In Montgomery Alabama the 54 year old nurse Farle Dennison convicted of poisoning her 2 year old niece is to be executed at Kilby Prison on September 26. A special curtained cell was prepared for her since the prison lacks facilities for condemned women.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Farle Dennison
Wetumpka
C. P. Buford
U S City Families Run Red From Income In 1950
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports city families averaged 4200 dollars in 1950 but spent 4700, about six percent more. The preliminary nationwide survey covers 91 cities and towns and notes figures may adjust. Families borrowed or tapped savings to cover the gap.
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Washington
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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