Tungsten Deal Probe Expands to Include 5 Percent Fee
A broad inquiry into a 9 million tungsten purchase, led by Defense Materials Administrator Jess Larson, seeks details on a 5 percent fee to three men. Col. Lawrence Westbrook, connected to the Democratic National Committee, was fired amid the probe.
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Washington
Defense Materials
Jess Larson
Larson
Col
Lawrence Westbrook
Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
New York Herald Tribune
Westbrook
Eisenhower Ropes Democrats In Madison Square Garden Speech
In New York, Eisenhower blasted Democratic attacks as smears and defended his lifelong friendships and reputation at a 23,000-strong rally in Madison Square Garden. He recalled Goebbels and Streicher as past propagandists and warned of campaign falsehoods while on a plane en route to Chicago.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Madison Square Garden
Joseph Goebbels
Julius Streicher
Edward Miller
Hunt Armory
Pennsylvania Steel Center
Pittsburgh
Stevenson
Lincoln
Illinois
George C. Marshall
East
Wisconsin
South
Low Moor Youth Killed In Crash
Lyle George Jr. 20, of Low Moor, died Thursday night in a car truck collision about 11 miles west of Clinton on Highway 30. Sheriff Bruhn said the George car crashed into the rear of a semi trailer after passing another car.
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Clinton
Lyle George, Jr
Low Moor
Marvin Bruhn
George
Soviet General Pavel Verkhoivich Dies
The Soviet press announced Friday the death of Lieut. Gen. Pavel Verkhoivich a noted authority and teacher in military science. He played active roles in the Russian revolution and World War II.
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Moscow
Pavel Verkhoivich
Tragedy Averted as Train Backed Up on Crowd
A campaign train for Gov. Adlai Stevenson overshot its stop in Silver Spring Maryland and backed up into a crowd. The emergency stop halted the train before striking anyone. Several were knocked down and injured minorly as people moved away. No serious injuries reported by the Silver Spring rescue squad.
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Silver Spring
Adlai Stevenson
Flames Race Over Fields Around Ardon Near Muscatine
A major fire burned a large land area about 10 miles southwest of Muscatine near Ardon on Thursday. Estimates dropped from rumors of 2,500 acres to seven to eight hundred as crews from Muscatine Letts Columbus Junction Wilton plus volunteers battled the flames along railroad tracks felled by a southern wind. Firefighters used plowed furrows to contain the blaze as flames remained visible for miles. Eastern Town Light and Power Cooperative HQ at Wilton reported the fire emergency.
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Muscatine
Ardon
Milwaukee
Cranston
Letts
Columbus Junction
Wilton
Eastern Town Light and Power Cooperative
Vigil Maintained Across the State
Firefighters and volunteers kept a statewide vigil as fires burned over a thousand acres of pastures brush and timber. The blaze near the old city dump ten to fourteen miles southeast of Cedar Rapids grew with a 30 mph wind, threatening new flare ups.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Old City
Cedar Rapids
Fire Burns Corn Fields and Shields Livestock in Letts Area
A wildfire near Letts burned mainly corn stalks pastures and brush with four shortwave trucks aiding communications. A 20 foot hog shed burned on the John Lee and Son farm, about 4 acres of corn destroyed at the Lee place, cattle moved to safety, and hay threatened but protected by plowed furrows. One man, Harry Flake, received treatment for a burn and was released.
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John Lee and Son
Lee
Ernest Meeker
Margaret Ryan
Leo Furlong
Lyle Eichelberger
Harry Flake
Letts
Hershey Hospital
Wife Of Singer Dixie Lee Remains In Coma
In Beverly Hills Bing Crosby’s wife Dixie Lee 40 remained in a coma today with no change in condition. Stricken gravely ill last Sunday the patient is in poor health and her physician says there is little hope of recovery.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Bing Crosby
Dixie Lee
Illinois convicts end four day revolt at Menard Prison
Rebels capitulated after an ultimatum from Michael Seyfrit and released seven hostages. Gov. Stevenson halted his east campaign to appeal, while armed state troopers stood ready. Hostages Loren Stewart and William Blythe, weak but unharmed, moved to the prison hospital.
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Adlai Stevenson
Clinois
Chester
Adlai E. Stevenson
White House
Illinois
Fulbright
Sen
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
New York City
Pittsburgh
Chester, Ill
Menard State Prison
Michael Seyfrit
Seyfrit
Gov. Stevenson
Loren Stewart
William Blythe
Stewart
Blythe
Forest Fire Damage Across U S Grows Despite Heat
A mass of dry air kept eastern regions dry with no rain to curb spreading fires burning across millions of acres in more than twenty states. Damages rose into the millions of dollars as smoke reduced visibility in many areas east of the Mississippi. Oklahoma faced heavy smoke haze while Montana Idaho Oregon and Washington saw light showers with no serious western fires reported.
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Mississippi
Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Five Day Forecast Near Normal Temperatures and Light Showers
The forecast covers Saturday through Wednesday with average temperatures about six degrees above normal. Normal highs range from 49 to 55 and lows from 30 to 34. It calls for cooler Saturday, warmer Sunday or Monday, then cooler again, with total precipitation around one-tenth inch in scattered showers.
Tragic Farm Fire Claims Two-Year-Old Susan Anstey
A Winthrop area blaze at the Vernon Huffman farm killed 2-year-old Susan Anstey after her mother saved the infant and leaped from a second floor window with her 1-year-old son. Firemen from Winthrop Independence and Aurora fought the flames that destroyed the house and shed with 4,000 bales of hay and scorched two acres of corn.
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Susan Anstey
Laverne Anstey
Ansteys
Vernon Huffman
Waterloo
Ex-Convict Leads Florida Prison Camp Raid Recaptured
James Francis Hill and James Douglas were recaptured in Yulee Florida after a nightlong escape that saw them kidnap eight people including an Air Force sergeant and a Chicago woman. Four escapees were recaptured. Hill masterminded the operation to free a former inmate and friend.
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Fernandina Beach
Fla
James Francis Hill
Yulee
Air Force
Tampa
Robert H. Tarrh
MacDill Field
Marilyn Cummings
Winfield
Ill
Hill
Johnny Trish
Buffalo
N.Y
Bartow
Douglas
Hubert Gunn
Robert Key
Richard Schmidt
Georgia
Tennessee
Hagan Parrish
Massachusetts State Hospital For Insane
James Douglas
Hubert Gann
Gann
Schmidt
Key
Fight Rages In Rain for Triangle Hill
United Nations troops battled Chinese forces in heavy rain for Triangle Hill, losing a frontline position and trapping an Allied company before a brief rescue. American units struggled to hold the crest as Chinese waves and artillery pressed the assault amid worsening weather.
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Seoul
United Nations
Triangle Hill
John Rangdolph
Randolph
U. N
Eighth Army
Triangle
Water Main Burst Cuts Burlington Water Service
A 16 inch water main burst in Burlington’s downtown about 2 a.m. cutting water for 45 minutes and causing about $3000 in street damage. Crews by-passed the break with a temporary line restoring service townwide except for two blocks near the burst. No fire alarms were triggered during the outage.
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Burlington
Truman Campaign Train Enters Ohio Invasion of Taftland
President Truman moved into Ohio during a nine speech swing that ended with a Detroit address. He defended his administration and said a future Democratic administration would not be bound by Taft or the policies he labels as unfair to the Fair Deal.
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Truman
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Michigan
Detroit
Five Die in Uranium Prospecting Mine Explosion Near Herron
Five men prospecting for uranium perished when an underground explosion rocked an abandoned mine shaft 180 feet deep near Herron Michigan. Victims identified include John Wilczynski and Pat Chavalier plus brothers Zeke Henry and Bernard Donke. John Pasturszka survived. Chavalier and Zeke Donke remained entombed in the water filled shaft while others' bodies were found up to 300 feet from the shaft entrance. Pastuszka stated Chavalier and Zeke Donke went down to check water pumps and that he and the group were in shock when the blast hit. The cause remains undetermined.
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Herron
Mich
Here
John Wilczynski
Sacramento
Chicago
Pat Chavalier
Zeke
Henry
Bernard Donke
John Pasturszka
Oak Park Blvd
Pastuszka
Revenue Official Denies Subpoena
Internal Revenue Commissioner John Dunlap denied ever being subpoenaed by a House judiciary sub committee investigating tax irregularities. He testified at the installation of new tax officials and said he refused to appear when the subpoena deadline expired Wednesday afternoon.
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Internal Revenue
John Dunlap
House
Dunlap
King
Calif
Rep
Kean
New Jersey
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