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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1952

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Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower On Korea Policy In Pacific Northwest

Adlai E. Stevenson charged Gen Eisenhower knew there is no trick to end the Korean War and urged a steady hand on Korea policy. He praised Illinois government reforms and promised an economical administration. He edited his speech in Salt Lake City to avoid alienating crowds and radio time constraints.

Spokane Wash Adlai E. Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Utah Wyoming Pacific Northwest Korea Eisenhower Stevenson Alaska Omaha Illinois Pendleton Ore Salt Lake City Mormon Tabernacle Casper Wye Kremlin William Flanagan

Fatal attack leaves family dead in Chester robbery

Sondra Gay Young, 3, recounts two masked men killed her father Guard Young 43 and three others in a $7,128 robbery massacre on a logging road near Chester California. She and her mother and sister were assaulted. family friends Jean 7 Judy 6 and neighbor Michael 4 slain. Police seek two gunmen in green shirts and blue jeans who drove a big blue car.

Chester Calif Sondra Gay Young Sondra Hie Guard Young Westwood Jean Judy Michael Saile Young Michael Diase

Triangular Hill Battle Intensifies in Western Front Zone

U S Seventh Division troops fought up the crest of Triangle Hill and dug in on the northern slope as Chinese forces resisted fiercely in close combat. South Korean troops at White Horse Mountain blasted Reds with hazardous munitions while Allied air and sea power backed the effort.

Seoul Korea U. S. Seventh Division Triangle Hill Seventh Division White Horse Mountain Mark Clark Tokyo U. S North Korea White Horse Seventh Divison Triangle Papa-San

Truman Heads on Campaign Train Tour Across Northeast

President Truman embarks on a three day campaign for Adlai Stevenson with up to 12 speeches daily in New York Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island before touring Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey Ohio and the Midwest Virginia set dates include a final drive to Illinois Missouri and possibly Michigan Minnesota and other states. The trip mimics his 1948 success with a climactic rally in St. Louis on November 1.

White House Adlai E. Stevenson Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Stevenson New York Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Washington Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey Ohio Midwest Illinois Missouri Michigan Minnesota St. Louis

Woman recalls father's assault as son flees amid arrest

The account details a woman remembering her father being forced to lie on a road while men tied his hands. She recalls a boy named Michael darting from a car before being captured. Janes hopes to learn more today as Washoe County officers arrest Louis Edmond Blair in Reno for questioning.

Michael Sondra Janes Reno Washoe County Nev Louis Edmond Blair

Blaze Destroys Top Floor of Downtown Office Building

A fire swept the upper floor of a two story brick building at 113 Ceder Street this afternoon. Smoke filled the area after noon closing hours and flames breached the roof within minutes. Firemen controlled the blaze quickly, with Eckhardt’s office suspected as the origin. No cause determined beyond a discarded cigarette. Occupants include Dr. W W Daut Dr E H Carlson and Dr J B Hathany. Carlson owns the building. Loss estimates not yet available.

Ceder Street Atty. A Wayne Eckhardt Atty. Eckhardt Eckhardt W. W. Daut E. H. Carlson J. B. Hathany Harold Smith Dr. Carlson

Texas Write-In Ruling Lets Eisenhower Nixon Run

Austin and state officials report the attorney general ruled voters may place Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon on the Democratic column by writing them in. The ruling, sought by Governor Shivers amid Democratic fatigue, allows write-ins for President and Vice President to be counted for the Republican ticket in the November election.

Austin Texas Dwight Eisenhower Richard Nixon Allan Shivers Adlai Stevenson Eiein

Ward Rites Thursday Frank J Ward Clinton Lumber Leader

Funeral services will be held Thursday for Frank J Ward 78 a prominent Clinton lumberman founder and chairman of Eclipse Lumber Co which operates 40 yards in the Midwest Survivors include a son of Clinton and a daughter in San Francisco.

Clinton Frank J. Ward Ward Eclipse Lumber Co Midwest San Francisco

Doyle Steps Down as U.S. Attorney in Illinois Probe

Howard L. Doyle, chief federal prosecutor for the Southern Illinois District since 1935, asks to be relieved of duties while investigations into his private income from 1945 to 1950 proceed. He cited his wife’s illness in Decatur as the moment of the decision.

Washington Howard L. Doyle U. S Ofllinois Doyle Decatur House Judiciary Justice Department Southern Illinois Springfield Illinois Atty James P. McGranery Department Internal Revenue Bureau

Wholesale Food Prices Decline to Week Low

The Dun and Bradstreet food index shows a drop this week to $6.38, the lowest since early May. It sits below last week’s $6.44, down 5.8 percent from a year ago, with year-to-date low at $6.31 on April 22 and a high of $6.70 in late August and early September.

New York Dun & Bradstreet

President Truman to Visit Muscatine County on Oct 29

President Harry S Truman will visit Muscatine County on Wednesday Oct 29 as part of a whistle stop tour for Adlai Stevenson Democratic nominee. Iowa Democratic chairman Jake More said a rear platform appearance may occur with tentative stops at Mason City Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Davenport.

Harry S. Truman Muscatine County Adlai E. Stevenson Journal Jake More Iowa More The Des Moines Mason City Waterloo Cedar Rapids Davenport Rock Island West Liberty Chicago Truman Dwight Eisenhower GOP Wilton

Explosive Blast Damages Du Pont Plant. Eight Believed Dead

A massive explosion at the Du Pont explosives plant near Ashland Wisconsin at 2 47 am shattered a nitro mixing unit. Eight night shift workers were unaccounted for and feared dead with one body recovered. The blast damaged Ashland and Washburn as glass shattered storefronts and buildings.

Barksdale Wis DuPont Co B. A. Semb Semb Ashland

Eisenhower campaigns in Texas on fear of depression

Dwight D. Eisenhower told a wind chilled crowd at Union Station in Fort Worth that a Republican administration would use the full power of the government to prevent another depression. He denounced Democratic scare talk and said the country can have the right kind of government. Texas supporters predicted strong Ike votes as crowds cheered his call for good governance and freedom.

Ft. Worth Tex Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower W. H. Jack Porter Texas Allan Shivers Price Daniel Ike Porter Lawrence Tarlton Democrats GOP America

Burlington Voters Approve School Expansion Plans

Burlington voters approved two proposals to fund school expansion over ten years. A $250,000 bond for improvements at two elementary schools passed 3,189 to 1,564, and a 2.5 mill levy for 10 years to raise $660,000 for other buildings won 2,759 to 190. Total turnout reached 4,790, the largest for a special school election.

Burlington Board of Education

Mrs Fix Dies in Missouri Car Crash

Thelma A. Fix 48 of Muscatine died when the car driven by her husband Raymond A. Fix collided with a Kansas City man on U S highway 71 bypass eight miles south of Lee Summit Missouri. Shireley Ann Edie 17 of Independence also died in the crash. Jessie Eugene Williams of Kansas City was injured and Mr Fix was critical with a crushed cheek and broken leg.

Muscatine Lee Summit Thelma A. Fix Raymond A. Fix Kansas City

Two Sons of FDR Back Eisenhower

Two of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt's sons back Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The other four family members support Adlai E. Stevenson. John Roosevelt, now a perfume and soap distributor, shifted to Dewey in 1948 and backs Eisenhower again. Ellicott Roosevelt on a Meeker Colorado ranch also backs the general. The remaining relatives promote Stevenson.

New York Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai E. Stevenson Fdr John Thomas E. Dewey Eisenhower Ellicott Roosevelt Meeker Colo James Franklin Delano, Jr Anna Stevenson

Army seeks share of fissionable material for atomic gun

Secretary Pace announces at Aberdeen Proving Ground that the Army wants a proper allotment of nuclear material for use with the 280 millimeter atomic artillery gun and newer tanks. He notes strong effort to secure stock for battlefield atomic energy, while details of the gun surface after a recent demonstration.

Aberdeen Proving Ground Frank Pace Pace Atomic Energy Commission

Five-State Tax District Replaces Local Revenue Post

Washington reports a plan to create a five-state Midwestern tax collection district ending G G Bert Jeck's Iowa post. Directors will be civil service appointees with a district commissioner in St Paul. Possible Iowa director is Frank Halpin.

Washington G. G. Bert Jeck Iowa Internal Revenue Civil Service St. Paul Minn Des Moines Fargo Jeck

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