Pick Denies Responsibility for North Africa Air Base Build
The Army engineers chief Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick called a Senate report on North Africa base construction over critical and said he bore no responsibility for Air Force requirements or rush construction. The Johnson committee blamed waste and fraud, citing $290 million so far with potential total over twice that, and noted widespread loafing and duty failures during early work.
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Senate
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North
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Pace
Lewis A. Pick
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North Africa
Armed Services Preparedness Investigation Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson Committee
Morocco
Europe
Pentagon
U S Oil Firms Invited to Answer Monopoly Charges
Five major American oil companies received formal invitations to respond to government charges of a Western oil trade monopoly. Senator Sparkman, chairing the Small Business committee, ordered replies after the FTC report on an international cartel was leaked. The 3878 page document, kept secret by President Truman, linked U S firms with foreign partners in a profit driven arrangement.
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John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Small Business Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Truman
Eye Reaction To Stevenson Stand on Oil
Eye reaction to Adlai Stevenson stance on offshore oil policy and federal state control. Stevenson backs Truman veto on granting states title to offshore deposits while seeking equitable arrangements. Support from running mate John Sparkman and remarks on cabinet appointments stir headlines ahead of Labor Day Detroit speech and New York New Jersey tour.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Tidelands
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Sparkman
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Alabama
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Fisenhower
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Detroit
American Legion
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Tennessee
Kline Endorses GOP Farm Stand On Price Supports
Allan Kline of Vinton Iowa argues the Republican position on government aid offers flexible price supports. He says such supports help use farm products efficiently while ensuring strong farmer income. He adds the bureau does not back a presidential candidate.
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American Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
Vinton
Democratic Party
Bureau
Four Die in Iowa Weekend Motor Crashes
Four fatalities and at least 18 injuries marked Iowa weekend driving incidents. Victims included Stephen Nesteby of Dubuque, Ray Densmore Jr. of Clinton, Mrs. Lyle Olson of Elgin, and Donald Wayne Starman of Burlington.
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Stephen Nesteby
Charles Nesteby
Dubuque
Ray Densmore Jr
Clinton
Lyle Olson
Elgin
Garnville
Donald Wayne Starman
Burlington
Manly
Mason City
Nesteby
Richard Jurzek
Rock Island
Olson
John Beck
Elkader
Jelke Indicted In Vice Probe
New York Minot F Mickey Jelke Jr heir to a margarine fortune was indicted by a vice probing grand jury on charges of compulsory prostitution and inducing women to prostitute and living off their earnings. Ray Davioni 34 and Erika Steel 28 and Richard Wallace 39 were named in related criminal informations.
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New York
Minot
Mickey) Jelke Jr
Jelke
Ray Davioni
Broadway
Erika Steel
Richard Wallace
Nixon Claims McCarthyism Created by Truman in Interview
In a U S News & World Report interview Senator Richard Nixon asserts that McCarthyism was born from Truman and argues a new administration is needed to defeat the phenomenon. He supports McCarthy's reelection bid if nominated but distances himself from McCarthy's methods.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Truman
California
Nixon
U. S. News & World Report
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Republicans Reject McCormick Call for Third Party
Col. Robert R. McCormick urged a new political party after disavowing his party and its presidential nominee. Republican leaders and endorsees dismissed the idea, while Sen. Pat McCarran of Nevada warned conservatives and Democrats could unite if Stevenson and Eisenhower fail to affirm strong Americanism. Other Republicans denounced McCormick as out of step and unlikely to win office.
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Pat McCarran
Nevada
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
McCormick
Congress
Col. McCormick
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Iowa Polio Deaths Rise to Sixty-Four in State
The Associated Press reports Iowa's polio death toll reached 64 with deaths of John Esden 21 Shenandoah. Joan Gray 6 Cedar Falls. and James D. Irwin 19 Sac City. Dr Heeren warned school openings this fall may be delayed. he noted closing one school has limited effect without reducing other activities.
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Associated Press
Iowa
John Esden
Shenandoah
Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs
Joan Gray
Kenneth Gray
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
James D. Irwin
Cliff Irwin
Sac City
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Ralph H. Heeren
Division of
State Department of Health
Heeren
Plane Crashes in Sea Off Sicily. 50 Rescued
A four engine British airliner plunged into the Mediterranean near the West Sicilian port of Sicily early today. Fishing boats rescued 50 of 57 aboard and recovered three bodies. London reports show 57 aboard including four babies and a six man crew, all British.
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Japans
Sicily
Mediterranean
London
Telephone Call Home To Wife Costs 5300
A US Army officer on leave in Japan made a $300 collect call from Tokyo to Chaseburg Wisconsin to his wife Hilda. He said his wife urged them to hang up but they did not. The item notes the 45th Division in Korea context.
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Lechner
Ames
Nine Eagles Lake
Brown Engineering Company
Des Moines
Rock Creek
Carl Lechner
Stanley
Kenneth R. Brown
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South America
Tanley
U. S
Korea
Tokyo
Chaseburg
Wis
Rant W. Hume
Hilda
Japan
Hiume
First District GOPs Elect Davenport Man
Charles E. Wittenmeyer of Davenport named first district chairman by the Republican State central committee. He succeeds James Schramm Burlington as state GOP chairman.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Charles E. Wittenmeyer
Scott County
Republican State Central Committee
James Schramm
Burlington
GOP
Eisenhower Warns of Red Conquest Plan Peril
President Eisenhower declared that the Soviet master plan of conquest puts the nation in its greatest peril in history. He urged a clear strong warning from the American government to the Russians.
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U.S
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Campaign rhetoric at American Legion convention in New York
President Truman urges the Legion to present all facts for free debate as Gov. Dewey backs universal military training. Eisenhower outlines three urgent steps against Soviet pressure while signaling readiness to aid dissidents and address corruption in government.
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New York
Legion
Truman
American Legion
Donald R. Wilson
Madison Square Garden
America
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
U.M.T
United States
Pearl Harbor
State Department
Rogers Kelley
Far East
Department
Home Appliances Prices Expected to Rise Soon
New York manufacturers await the OPS formula to pass along higher steel copper and aluminum costs to consumers. Most makers plan for higher ceilings but have yet to quantify increases. Profit margins were thin amid inventory overhangs and prior price cutting, though demand has strengthened recently.
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New York
Office of Price Stabilization
Bombers Strike Communist Supply Areas in Korea
U S bombers hit a 40 acre supply zone in northwest Korea and pounded behind the front storage depots during a Sunday night raid. Stormy weather hindered but did not stop the attack.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Explorers Escape Vast Swiss Cavern After Nine Days
Four weary underground explorers emerge unharmed from Muotathal's Hell's Hole after nine and a half days trapped by rising waters. In Wales, nine feet of rock frees two Scout boys aged 12 and 17 and their injured leader, rushed to hospital with leg injuries. Earlier, four men were rescued from the Pierre St. Martin Abyss after another death in a separate cave incident this month.
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Switzerland
Hell’s Hole
Breconshire
Wales
Pierre St. Martin
Pyrennes Mountains
Alfred Boegli
Hell's Hole
Europe
Circus Ends in Flaming Finale in Grand Junction
An 11-year-old ringmaster Billy Davis staged a backyard circus in Grand Junction Colorado that ended with his pants on fire from a flaming torch act. A jar of gasoline and a match were used and the fire department arrived with sirens to extinguish the blaze.
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Colo —Pi
P. T Barnum
Billy Davis
Billy
68 Million Americans Belong to Churches
The National Council of the Churches reports 88,673 more Americans joined churches and religious bodies by end of 1951, marking a 2 percent rise over 1950 amid a 1.7 percent population growth. The increase totals 1,842,515 members since 1950.
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New York
National Council of the Churches of Christ
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