Stevenson and Eisenhower trade barbs in early campaign tours
Adlai Stevenson asserts the next president must meet the burden of world peace as he campaigns in San Diego and Fort Worth. Eisenhower counters by blasting Truman era policy and warning against Soviet aggression. The contest intensifies with mentions of China Korea Greece Berlin and U.S. foreign policy.
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San Diego
Calif
Adlai Stevenson
California
Fort Worth
Tex
Stevenson
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Illinois
Eisenhower
Rejected Davenport Transit Plan Faces Setback
A Davenport plan to form Transit Lines Inc to operate a city bus service was rejected by a council committee. The group offered capital and sought license and franchise cancellation, but Alderman Glenn Platner said the proposed service with 20 buses would be inadequate amid a six week bus strike and stalled wage talks with National City Lines and AFL union.
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Davenport
Transit Lines, Inc
Davenport City Lines
Glenn Platner
Council
National City Lines
AFL
Protest over Soviet downing of U S bomber near Japan
The American Embassy filed a formal protest with the Soviet government alleging a U S B 29 was shot down off Japan on October 7. Charge d Affaires Elim O Shaughnessy delivered the note to Foreign Minister Georgi Pushkin. The Soviet reply claimed a verified Moscow report states the B 29 violated USSR frontiers near Vladivostok at 1530 Vladivostok time on October 7.
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Japan
Elim O’shaughnessy
Txpicity
Georgi Pushkin
U. S
Vladivostok
Ussr
Hearing Stated on Flood Control Projects in Iowa
Iowa Natural Resources Council plans a November 1 sefo hearing in Davenport on Army Engineers flood control proposals totaling 8,604,141 dollars for six Iowa sites from Guttenberg to Hamburg Bay. Local funding would total 294,591 dollars with Sabula Muscatine and Creek Island Davenport protected and additional works in the Muscatine Island Levee District Iowa River Flint Creek Levee District No. 16 and Green Bay Levee and Drainage District No. The plan is part of a 25,730,810 dollar Upper Mississippi flood control program awaiting Dec. 10 decision.
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Des Moines
Iowa Naural Resources Council
Sefo
Davenport
Army Engineer
Mississippi River
Iowa
Guttenberg
Hamburg Bay
Sabula
Muscatine
Creekt Island
Muscatine Island
Iowa River-Flint Creek
Green Bay
The
Resources Council
Five Hospital Staff Resign Over Osteopath Admission
Audubon County Hospital faced mass resignations as five medical directors quit after admitting osteopath Dr. John Ankeny to practice. The remaining staff consists of Dr. L E Jensen on a hunting trip and the osteopath, leaving the hospital with minimal physicians in Audubon.
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Audubon
Audubon County Hospitel
Hospital Board of
John Ankeny
L. E. Jensen
Jensen
Due West
Flaming Wreck Fatal to Iowan Mechanicville
A 33 year old Iowa truck driver Duane Stoneking of Mount Vernon was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 30 four miles west of Mechanicsville. His truck burned beyond recognition after the crash. Louis C. Larson of Sac City sustained only minor injuries as his eastbound rig carrying hides was nearly demolished. Highway patrolmen report Stoneking’s vehicle crossed the center line.
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Mechanicsville
Iowa
Duane Stoneking
Mount Vernon
Louis C. Larson
Sac City
Stoneking
Larson
Pilot Aimed at Diplomat Balked in Saigon
Indo Chinese police officials announced that two Vietminh-linked assailants, killed hours before an assassination attempt, sought to strike U.S. Ambassador Donald Heath in Saigon. Heath has overseen U.S. military aid to French and Vietnamese efforts in Indochina.
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Saigon
Indochina
Vietminh
U.S
Donald R. Heath
Special Train To Make Brief Stop at 11 30
President Truman will speak from the rear platform in West Liberty on Wednesday October 29 as his campaign train passes through Muscatine County. The stop around 11 30 a m is to be the only Muscatine county stop with Davenport appearances set for noon.
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Harry S. Truman
West Liberty
Ford Hilton
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Democratic Central Committee
Hilton
Jake More
Des Moines
Truman
Davenport
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Alberta Kelly
Nichols
Charlene Meacham
Walter Coneway
State Commerce Commission
Clair Williams
Danville
Congress
Mr. More
Herschel Loveless
Ottumwa
Mike Hogan
Dubuque
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower GOP Korea policy hits campaign volley
President Truman on the campaign trail accuses Dwight D. Eisenhower of dangerous talk on Korea. He says pulling troops out would appease Communism and threaten U S security, urging leaders in New England to back his administration and defend the Korean line.
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Eisenhower
East
I(p
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation
Soviet Union
United States
Waldorf- Astoria
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Korea
Paterson, N.J
Armory
GOP
Illinois
Stevenson
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Lawrence
Mass
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Britain Delays Second Atom Bomb Test
London reports Prime Minister Churchill has postponed Britain second atom bomb explosion for a few months after the first blast two weeks ago proved highly successful. The Daily Express notes the delay follows the early test’s strong results.
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London
The
Daily Express
Churchill
Britain
Stalin Remains Top Leader in Soviet Party Structure
The Soviet Communist Party named its new central leadership with Joseph Stalin heads of the Presidium and Secretariat. Stalin also holds the Central Committee chair and premiers the Soviet government. New, younger leaders join the Presidium and Secretariat, with Andrei Vishinsky promoted to Presidium alternate.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Orgburo
Council of Ministers
Soviet Union
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
New York
Central Committee
Politburo
Cafe Man Pays Four Thousand Five Hundred Forty Two for Ear
Montgomery jurors awarded Angel P. Gallis four thousand five hundred forty two dollars when Mike Miaoulis paid for a left ear lobe claimed to be bit during a March Mardi Gras fight. Witnesses said the men were longtime friends.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mike Miaoulis
Angel P. Gallis
Gallis
Miaoulis
Vishinsky to Address UN After Korea Crisis Push
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky announced he will address the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. Diplomats expect a new Kremlin diplomatic offensive and a major policy line since the Moscow party Congress. Dean Acheson urged UN members to support action in Korea and to back a decisive armistice terms.
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N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Kremlin
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
Vishinsky
U. S
Dean Acheson
Stalin
Acheson
Korea
U. N
Mechanical heart used in operation to rest human heart
A Detroit announced milestone reveals a 50 minute operation where a mechanical heart by-passed the left side, pumping blood for the patient while the real heart was repaired. The device, 10 by 12 by 17 inches, pumps 4% quarts per minute and is designed for surgeries to treat bullets, tumors, and valve issues.
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Detroit
Journal of the American Medical Association
F. D. Dodrill
Edward Hill
Robert A. Gerisch
Harper Hospital
General Motors Engineers
Wage Hike Faces WSB Review Amid Mining Protests
A 150000‑miner strike ripples through coal fields as the Wage Stabilization Board again weighs the legality of a $1.90‑a‑day miners’ wage boost. Industry critics say the raise exceeds ceilings while labor allies defend it as noninflationary. If not approved soon, idle miners could rise, threatening up to 80 percent of soft coal output.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Office of Price Stabilization
WSB
Roger Putnam
John L. Lewis
Miners Welfare Fund
Lewis
Putnam
Adlai Stevenson
Suspend Charter of Davenport Veterans Post
National VFW headquarters cancelled Davenport post No. 2963 charter after a writ of mandamus sought to restore it. The post had its charter suspended last year by then state commander Paul Conway for irregularities kept on file and confidential.
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Des Moines
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Davenport
Max van Horn
State Department
VFW
van Horn
Scott County District Court
Davenport Post
Paul Conway
Creston
National Headquarters
Fire Wipes Out Two Shoe Stores in Waterloo
A late Thursday night fire in Waterloo caused about 150000 in damage to Josef's and Walker's shoe stores. Fire officials say each shop suffered around 75000 in losses, largely from smoke and water exposure.
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Waterloo
Josef's
Walker's
Joseph B. Cohn
Walker
Red Attacks On 2 Korean Hills Waning
Allied forces repelled continued Chinese offensives on Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge in central Korea. U S troops reported 3 750 enemy casualties since Tuesday, with heavy fighting around White Horse Mountain and Ponnesde Mountain as Navy air power and artillery targeted Red reinforcements.
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Eighth Army
U. S
Triangle Hill
Kumwha
A. P
Milo Faneti
Triangle
White Horse Mountain
Navy
Ponnesde Mountain
Sniper Ridge
U. N
Finger Ridge
Pukhan River
Iron Horse Mountain
Chorwon Valley
Jakarta Riots Erupt Over Censure of Defense Minister
Thousands of protesters filled central Jakarta after parliament censured Defense Minister Hame engku Buwono Ix, the Jogjakarta sultan. Soekarno promised to consider dissolving parliament as tanks guarded key sites and curfew spread after dawn demonstrations.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Hameengku Buwono Ix
Jogjakarta
Soekarno
Sultan
Five Day Outlook for Iowa Warmer Run Ahead
Five day forecast shows average temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs near 67 to 69 and lows around 41 to 42. Warmer conditions Saturday, then turning cooler Sunday or Monday, followed by a rise Tuesday. Precipitation about a tenth inch in showers Sunday and again Wednesday.
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Iowa
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