Fighters Abroad Deprived of Ballot by Inaction
About 600000 servicemen overseas may lose voting rights in November as many states and Congress failed to provide adequate absentee ballots. A Defense Department survey notes several states lack or limit absentee provisions, with South Carolina and New Mexico offering none.
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United States
South Carolina
New Mexico
Defense Department
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Senate
Truman
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Subcommittee
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Charles A. Halleck
Korea
Florida
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Texas
General Hill Praises Guardsmen Turnout at Camp Ripley
CAMP RIPLEY Minn P Major General Jim Dan Hill praised the Wisconsin 32nd National Guard Division turnout at the summer encampment as the finest yet with 97 percent strength. Fourty four units reported full strength as recruits learned arms drills while veterans trained in advanced methods. Trucks logged 210000 injury free miles moving troops from Wisconsin as 300 visitors including Governor Kohler and legislators prepare to tour Red Arrow Division on Governor's Day.
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Jim Dan Hill
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Hill
Carlisle P Runge
Red Arrow
Kohler
AEC Forms 33 Million Dollar Testing Station Plan
The Atomic Energy Commission authorized a 33 million dollar testing station for atomic powered aircraft. Construction will be funded at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. About 1,000 workers are to be employed during peak construction with 200 operating staff needed.
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Eisenhower to Address VFW Encampment in Los Angeles
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican presidential nominee will speak at the 53rd VFW encampment in Los Angeles on August 5 in a non political address. He will fly from Denver to attend the parade drum corps pageant and receive the Bernard M Baruch medal.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Eisenhower
VFW
Esenhower
Bernard M. Baruch
Veterans Organization
Wisconsin Receives 1 323 071 for School Lunch Program
Washington reports Wisconsin will obtain 1 323 071 dollars from the Agriculture Department to operate its school lunch program for the 1952 53 school year. The law requires a local match of 1 50 dollars for each federal dollar if the state's per capita income meets or exceeds the national average.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Iwi
Agriculture Department
Allies Repel Chinese Attack Under Torrential Korea Rain
Allied troops on Old Baldy in southeast slope hold the crest against a reinforced Chinese unit in a two hour battle. 25 Reds killed and 30 wounded. Heavy rains flood the Western Front with 6½ inches since Saturday. B26 bombers strike rail bridges as planes largely stay grounded.
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Korea
Old Baldy
U.N. Ine
Eighth Army
Battlefront
Western Front
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Cairo
T-Bone Hill
Old
Old WSB To Die New One Has Less Power
The Wage Stabilization Board will end at midnight with a weaker successor to be named by President Truman. Senate confirmation looms, but a new board may serve until Congress reconvenes in January. Reports say finding suitable members is proving difficult.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Senate
Congress
Sharp Quake Triggers Fires Across Bakersfield Area
A sharp 7 magnitude earthquake struck Bakersfield and set at least four fires in suburban blocks shortly after midnight. One house burned out while fires in three or four other structures were controlled. A second tremor occurred around 1 02 a m felt in Los Angeles. No widespread damage in Tehachapi or Taft despite strong shaking statewide. Two dozen injuries or fatalities not confirmed in this excerpt.
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Calif
Kern County Fire Department
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Kern County
Tehachapi
Sheriff's
Charles Scott
Taft
California Highway Patrol
Richard Clark
Tchachapi
Italian Farmhands Strike Demands Higher Family Benefits
Two million Italian farmhands walked out at dawn in a 24 hour general strike across Italy. Communist and anti-Red unions ordered the stoppage to press for higher family allowances.
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Rometh
Italy
Italy Reports Hydrogen Blast Experiment
The Italian Defense Ministry said a test to transform hydrogen into helium occurred in Italy. Defense Minister Randolfo Pacciardi denied reports of an H-bomb, noting only a very small amount of hydrogen was involved and full results require scientific analysis.
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Defense Ministry
New York
Italy
Randolfo Pacciardi
I] Giornale D'Italia
Pacciardi
Weather summary for Wisconsin and Minnesota with showers and temperatures
Weather notes from Wisconsin and Minnesota report mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight. North and west areas cool with lows around 30 to 63 and highs near 70, while Minnesota expects partly cloudy conditions with cooler temperatures and a transition to fair weather by Wednesday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Southand
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Trom Bucketaff Observatory
Imonth
Top Scientists Called on To Assist Air Force
Washington reports that mystery aerial objects prompted the Air Force to enlist top scientists for a major saucer study. CAA radar tracked the blips for hours around Hermidon Virginia to Andrews Air Force Base Maryland, with up to twelve objects visible at once.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration Traffic Control Center
CAA
Hermidon
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Adea
Capital
Air Force Brass
Control Center
Eastern Air Nines
Air Defense Command
Threat of Aluminum Walkout Is Averted
Settlement of a threatened aluminum strike averts a 15 000 CIO steel worker walkout at nine Aluminum Company of America plants. The Wage Stabilization Board announced new contracts boosting pay by 21.4 cents hourly with retroactive portions and a modified union shop. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp also reached a deal affecting 5 000 employees. Steel firms moved to speed production, but Defense Production Administrator Fowler warned civilian output may lag 2 3 months as steel losses mount.
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CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
WSB
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Stevenson Returns to Governor’s Desk in Springfield
Adlai Stevenson begins cleaning up state executive duties after a cheering homecoming as the Democratic presidential nominee. He faces a formidable task while gearing up for a nationwide campaign and asks supporters for prayers and understanding.
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Adlai Stevenson
Springfield
Tlinois
Chicago
John
Fell
Borden
Gary Adlai Stevenson
Nomi
Moscow Memoirist Tatyana Schchepkina-Kupernick Dies
Moscow papers report the death of Tatyana Schchepkina-Kupernicka a distinguished Soviet woman author. The obituary notes her prominence in literature and public life in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Tatyana Schchepkina-Kupernick
Committee to decide support for Democratic ticket in Louisiana
Louisiana Governor Kennon said the Democratic State Central Committee will decide if the party backs Stevenson Sparkman. He noted uncertainty in the South about Stevenson and Sparkman and urged the party as a whole to decide while the public voices their wishes to the ten member central committee.
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Baton Rouge
Lo. Ui
Robert Kennon
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisiana
Stevenson- Sparkman
Tcket
South
Adlai Stevenson
Sinois
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Kennon
McGranery says he can get along without asbestos pants
U S Attorney General James P. McGranery told a delegation of about 88 teenagers at the American Legion Boys Nation session that he does not need the asbestos pants once urged by his predecessor J Howard McGrath. He said the corruption cleanup is progressing, noting some removals but offering few specifics.
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James P. McGranery
J. Howard McGrath
McGranery
McGrath
Special Administration
Newbold Morris
McGranch
Atomes
Apri
Normsang
Truman
McGranety
Bob Marlin
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Abo
Boss Nation
Cold Front Brings Relief To Midwest
A cold front from the Northern plains lowered temperatures across the Midwest and aimed for the Atlantic coast. The cool air should bring relief from a long heat wave, with Chicago near 72 and much of the region in the mid 70s, while New York and New England head for around 80s.
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Midwest
New York
New England
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Washington, D. C
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