British Save 3 7 Yanks After Western Farmer Sinks
In the English Channel off Dover a Norwegian tanker rammed the American Liberty ship Western Farmer causing it to split and sink. Lifeboats rescued 37 crewmen including Capt. Gunnar Utvik of Galveston. The Biergholm stood by as rescue boats evacuated the survivors amid a gale and rain. The forward half sank quickly while the after part remained afloat briefly.
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Dover
England
English Channel
Gunnar Utvik
Galveston
Tex
Ramsgate
Biergholm
Oslo
Goodwin Sands
Channel
Dulcilio Santiago
Brookly
N. Y
Utvik
Witness Talks In Call Girl Case
New York August 21 a Broadway press agent known as Ray Davions or Ray Russell plans to tell the grand jury all he knows about prostitution. He seeks immunity and faces possible indictment as the high profile case swirls around Mickey Jelke and others connected to expensive call girls.
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New York
Grand Jury
Case Society
Ray Davions
Times Square
Ray Russell
Anthony J. Liebler
Davioni
Oee
Minot
Mickey) Jelke III
Truman Promises No Compromise in Korea Peace Terms
President Truman assured diplomatic officials that the United States will not weaken its Korean truce terms to gain a peace settlement before the November election, according to sources on Thursday.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Polio Cases Rise as Texas Sees Record Year
Two more Texans die from polio as new cases push Texas toward a potential 3000 total. State Health Officer Dr George W Cox reports 214 new cases last week and notes polio in 254 counties with 2,784 current cases, while Houston Dallas and Fort Worth areas report rising counts and deaths. Barry Bishop Jr within Houston improves after Mexican drug treatment. the case highlights new polio therapies.
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Associated Press
State Health Department
Pearl Crews
Sugar Land
Houston
David Lee Beal
Joe S. Beal
Fort Worth
George W. Cox
Texas
Ellen Simmons
Dallas
Harris County
Waco
McLennan
Lockhart
Elgin
Breckenridge Hospital
Austin
Cox
Cochran
Denton
Terrell
Barry Bishop Jr
Bishop
U. S
Mexico City
Mexico
Ministry of Health
Top Justice Official Is Probe Target
Washington reports that a top Justice Department official is the prime target of House investigators set to begin hearings next Tuesday. Rep. Chelf says the official remains in the department. The shakeup under James P. McGranery continues, with several aides reassigned or suspended, including James A. Mullally amid an inquiry into his outside activities.
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Washington
Justice Department
House
Rep. Chelf
D-Ky
Special Judiciary
Department
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
James P. McGranery
Chelf
McGranery
Capitol Hill
James A. Mullally
Tornado at Sedalia Missouri State Fair Kills One
A twister struck the Sedalia Missouri State Fairgrounds killing Henry Pyle, 25, of Kalamazoo Michigan, as winds toppled a semi trailer and caused widespread damage. About a dozen injured, many sleeping on the grounds, with one building destroyed and $500000 in damage to the tropical gardens exhibit.
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Sedalia
Fairgrounds
State Highway Patrol
Henry Pyle
Kalamazoo
Mich
Pyle
Thomas
Bothwell Hospital
Aospital
Korean Farmer Recalls Harrowing Helicopter Ride
A Korean farmer plowing his field suffers a mine blast that wounds a Marine. An emergency helicopter evacuation lifts the sleeping farmer and, after a terrifying ascent, returns him to the hospital. He later trudges back to his field still shaken.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Inchon
Eisenhower warns of worse trouble if no reaction to Korea
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told GOP leaders in Kansas City that not reacting to the 1950 Korean invasion could have brought greater danger. He argued terrible blunders led to the war, blamed Truman era policies, and urged Congress respect from the executive. He spoke in Boise from Idaho's Capitol steps, urging a middle road to guard against tyranny and promising a responsive, humble presidency.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Korea
Eisenhower
Truman
Korea
China
Congress
Boise
Fairfax Airport
Washington
Idaho
America
Truman Daughter Defends Stockholm Bodyguards Incident
Margaret Truman described Swedish reports of her Secret Service guards as a misunderstanding and silliness. White House officials denied the claims, noting no weapon or force was used and that protection is required for presidential family members abroad.
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Helsinki
Finland
Margaret Truman
Stockholm
Expressen
U. S
Miss Truman
Secret Service
Aftonbladet
Sweden
Gor Illas
White House
Joseph Short
Foreign Office
U. S. Secret Service
State
Treasury Department
Treasury
Short
Walton Butterworth
State Department
City Hall
Shivers seeks quick farm input on drought aid plan
Governor Allan Shivers urged farm leaders and ranchers to wire in today whether Texas should pursue federal drought disaster benefits. He said action should come immediately and would decide tomorrow. Wires were requested from county agents farm editors editors and county judges in the hardest hit areas.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Austin
West Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Bob Shelton
Brownwood
James McAnelly
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce
John C. White
Shiver
B. F. Vance
USDA
Production & Marketing Administration
Shivers
Vance
C. J. McCormick
Abilene
Texas drought drags on as Shivers weighs disaster status
Texas endures heat and drought for a third year amid mounting crop losses and dwindling water supplies. Gov. Shivers delays a decision on seeking federal drought disaster status while consulting Agriculture officials and farmers about program benefits and timing.
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Texas
Allan Shivers
Dallas
Grover Tooke
Jewel Pate
Mary Taylor
Seattle
Corsicana
Lake Halbert
iWater
Truman says he knows nothing about mess in his administration
President Truman brushed off questions about a mess in his administration at a news conference. He defended his record, said he would be a target for Eisenhower, and claimed the Democratic campaign should run on Roosevelt and Truman era records. He avoided commenting on the steel strike remarks.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Oregon
Minocqua
Wis
John Sparkman
Gen
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Jack Bell
Bell
Eisenhowser
United States
Willkie
Dewey
Adlai Calls Ike Me-Too Candidate In West Tour
MINOCQUA Wis Aug 21 Gov Adlai Stevenson says Dwight Eisenhower is a me too candidate who approves most Democratic laws since 1932 after reading Eisenhower Boise Idaho speech Stevenson plans western stops including Wyoming Montana and Pacific Northwest California and the Southwest with no speaking details He notes he has long opposed unnecessary federal expansion and prides that view himself.
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Minocqua
Wis
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Jin Eisenhower
Boise
Ida
Woodlands
West
Wyoming
Montana
Pacific Northwest
California
Southwest
Eisenhower
Stevenson Stevenson
Quint Dies After Birth in Sao Paulo Hospital
One of the girl quintuplets born to Mrs. Maria Albano 38 died at a hospital in Sao Paulo. The remaining four were reported in good condition. The babies weighed under three pounds at birth and were placed in incubators at the maternity hospital.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Maria Albano
Sao ‘Carlos
Mae Iternity
Conservative Party emerges in Texas GOP split
Ex Taft Texas delegate Edward B. Holman says a new Conservative Party will run a full slate for state and local offices, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Richard Nixon, challenging Houston Republican National Committeeman Jack Porter. The move coincides with other party maneuvers ahead of statewide races and a drive for a presidential primary system.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Christian Nationalist Party
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
Allan Shivers
Ebaogh
Texas Supreme Court
Frank P. Culver
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Civil Appeals Court
Congress Stella
Senate
House of Representatives
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
Chicago
Holman
Marshall H. Kennady
Eugene Nolte
San Antonio
Republican State Executive Committee
Kennady
Nolte
Eisenhower
Porter
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Davice
Oni
Bcing
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Seam Chapman
Richard Short
Jelke
Duke of Windsor
Duchess of Windsor
Paris
Italy
Victor Waddilove
Windsor
Probe
Okays
Marge
Michael McDermott
Bourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
Dreuth
The
Gov. Stevenson
Adlai
Ike
Quint
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