Truman Attacks Ike as Front Man for Lobbies in Fargo Sprint
President Truman opened a whistle stop tour by accusing Eisenhower of being a front man for oil, China, real estate and other lobbies. He warned North Dakota voters that voting Republican could bring a third world war and urged scrutiny of Eisenhower’s foreign policy advice. The Fargo crowd neared 5,000 as Truman painted Eisenhower as swayed by private interests and political slogans. He also praised Adlai Stevenson as a promising leader and outlined his fight against government corruption.
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Reublican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
China
Fargo
N. C
GOP
Congress
Eisenhower
Breckenridge
Minn
Ike
Adlai Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grand Forks
Larrimore
Lakota
Devils Lake
Minot
Berthold Stanley
Tioga
Williston
North Dakota
Wolfe Point
Mont
Margaret Truman
Fort Wayne
Ind
Beath of Iowan Like First Traffic Fatality in 1905
The 47th anniversary of Iowa s first highway death recalls F A Harriman of Hampton killed Sept 29 1905 when his car struck a bridge. Today Evan Eugene Pritchard 18 also died when his car hit a bridge south of Des Moines on Highway 60. Four Iowa fatalities were reported over the weekend including Roy Gienapp Paul H Godwin and George Kuhlman.
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Associated Press
Iowa
F. A. Harriman
Hampton
Evan Eugene Pritchard
Harriman
Pritchard
Des Moines
Roy Gienapp
Lamont
Manchester
Ryan
Paul H. Godwin
Panora
Godwin
Scranton
George Kuhlman
Woodbine
Kuhlman
Alfred Kuhlmah
Cobb Killed in Loch Ness Speedboat Crash During World Record Attempt
British speed ace John Rhodes Cobb perished on Loch Ness when his 31-foot Crusader hydroplane disintegrated at about 200 mph during a first measured mile. Eyewitnesses reported four wreckage pieces seen before the craft vanished, Cobb’s wife watching in shock as rescue efforts failed. Cobb, famed for land speed runs at Utah flats and aluminum Railton Special, previously held world water speed records.
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Loch Ness
Scotland
John Rhodes Cobb
Cobb
G. E. Nicholson
Utah Flats
Utah Salt Flats
Crash Brought Right to Home in Osceola
Mr and Mrs Richard G Errie heard a highway crash near their Osceola Indiana home. They fled with their two children as a trailer truck crashed across the front yard, plowed through the living room and kitchen and four people in the truck and car were injured.
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Ind
Richard G. Errie
Freight Derailment Ties Up Davenport Rail Traffic
A freight car derailment in west Davenport tied up Rock Island railroad traffic for about five hours. A burned journal was blamed for the incident, which derailed 15 cars of an 88 car freight, causing extensive damage.
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Davenport
West Davenport
Rock Island Railroad
Churchmen hail new Bible translations out today
New York report notes two major releases in progress. A 15 year Protestant interdenominational revision titled Revised Standard Version appears Tuesday with advance copies today. Catholic scholars publish first eight books of Old Testament in a new confraternity version, aiming for a full retranslation.
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Will Quiz Suspect In Ravine Slaying
Authorities planned to question Patrick Russell, 24, of Chicago, in the slaying of Charles Harrison, 24, whose body was found in a ravine between Burlington and Fort Madison Iowa. Russell is charged with murder and to have a preliminary hearing today. He was arrested in a Chicago restaurant and brought to the county jail. Harrison’s muddy car was found abandoned nearby.
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Patrick Russell
Chicago
Illinois
Denmark
Russell
Lee County
Bob Tibbets
Justice of the Peace
Ray Dennison
Tibbets
Charles Harrison
Burlington
House Investigators Defend Builders of African Air Bases
A House appropriations subcommittee praised both military and civilian builders of the five North African air bases worth 421 million dollars. It rebutted Senate findings of waste, noting by April 1952 two bases were in use and a third near readiness.
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Washington
U. S
Morocco
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Committee
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Corps of Engineers
Lewis Pick
Air Force
Former world corn husker calls government trip waste
Sen. Karl Mundt calls Elmer C. Carlson’s government sponsored mission to Western Europe a waste of taxpayers money. Carlson demonstrated corn husking in Lodi Italy for Italian farmers after record claims.
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Elmer C. Carlson
Carlson Hybrid Corn Company
Audubon
Mutual Security Agency
South Dakota Republican
Europe
Government Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Iowa
Carlson
Lodi
Italy
Police Called to Harvester Melee in Rock Island
Police reinforcements were sent to the Farmall Works of International Harvester in Rock Island Illinois amid a clash between United Electrical Workers strikers and others. About 100 non-strikers joined the scene, 1000 to 1500 protesters gathered near the entrance, 356 workers were counted as present, and the plant planned to reopen its assembly line. No arrests were reported.
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Farmall Works
International Harvester Company
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United Electrical Workers Union
Independent Union
Black and Reynolds to Hurl Opener in 1952 World Series
Brooklyn’s Joe Black and New York’s Allie Reynolds will be the opening game pitchers in the 1952 World Series. The series begins Wednesday at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Joe Black
Allie Reynolds
Ebbetsfield
Rose, Wife Feud Over Their Home Ends In Lockout
Billy Rose switches locks on estranged wife Eleanor Holm at Beekman Place, blocking her entry amid a public, tense scene. Over 100 onlookers gather as lawyers clash with private detectives, Holm insists the house is hers under a court order, Rose claims permission only.
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New York
Billy Rose
Eleanor Holm
Manhattan
Rose
Beekman Place
Miami
Fla
Sidney Strubel
Strubel
Walter Beck
Miss Holm
Struble
Workers Return At Plane Plants In Los Angeles Area
Workers flowed into the Lockheed and Douglas plants in El Segundo signaling the end of strikes that had halted warplane production. President Truman urged a settlement to aid national defense and leaders signed interim agreements ending the three week Lockheed walkout and two week Douglas strike. Wage talks will resume in Washington under the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service amid a 40,000 member dispute in the AFL International Association of Machinists.
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el Segundo
Truman
National Defense
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Douglas
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AFL International Association of Machinists
Eisenhower to disclose full financial status amid tax talk
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will publish his entire financial situation, following Adlai Stevenson’s disclosure of income and taxes for the last decade. A spokesman said details and timing are not yet set, with a Columbia S C speaking engagement and a 24 state campaign trail planned to begin in Bay City Michigan.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Columbia
S.C
Here
S. C
Dixie Territory
Bay City
Mich
Lone Tree Man Dies of Polio in 1952 Toll Rise
Two new polio deaths are reported by University hospitals. Bernard Heitzman, 32, of Lone Tree, died Sunday night. his wife Betty is also hospitalized with polio in serious condition. Carolyn Dingman, 6, granddaughter of Mrs. Harry Sisco of Oskaloosa, died Saturday afternoon. Iowa's 1952 polio toll reaches 126.
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Iowa City
University
Bernard Heitzman
Lone Tree
Betty
Carolyn Dingman
Harry Sisco
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Woman Teller Robbed For 25000 At Worcester Trust
A young robber passed a woman teller a briefcase with a written order to fill it up and stole about $25,000 from the Worcester Trust Company in Worcester Massachusetts. Police pursued the suspect as details of the heist emerged.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester Trust Company
Adlai Earned Half Million Since 1942
Springfield reports Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson disclosed that his income from 1942 to 1951 totaled 500 052.84 with taxes of 211 980.42. Most earnings came from dividends and outside work. salaries were 81 500, and three years of his gubernatorial term show 186 419.94 total income with 84 459.35 taxes. A public disclosure in Louisville listed an Illinois fund gift of 18 150 to top officials, led by press secretary William S. Flanagan at 7 900.
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Stevenson
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Europe
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sam
Illinois
Illinois Fund
Louisville
William S. Flanagan
Prep Gridder Held Amazes Police in Bluffs
A Council Bluffs youth claiming to be James Rehms, 22 from Rapid City, told police he was a twice wounded Korean War veteran holding a Purple Heart. He enrolled at Thomas Jefferson High under the name Bud Hinman, age 17, seeking a better job and sent his wife and unborn child back to Billings Montana. He was found selling tires on a busy street as police questioned his story and past.
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Purple Heart
James Rehms
Rapid City
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Rapids City
Thomas Jefferson High School
Bud Hinman
Army
Youth dies from accidental gun wound in Cedar Rapids
Dean McNeal aged 19 of Center Point died from a gun accident on a Cedar River outing with three youths. The rifle discharged while the owner, who had loaded it, leaned it against a car. McNeal was struck in the head. Coroner Robert Brosh investigated the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Dean Mec Neal
Center Point
McNeal
Cedar River
Linn County
Robert Brosh
Wrestler Ojiro Yamamoto Announces Marriage Plans
Tokyo reports Ojiro Yamamoto, a 396 pound wrestler, revealed plans to wed. His bride-to-be reportedly weighs 62 pounds in a surprising match of sizes.
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