Negro Vote Seen Solid for Democrats in Southern States
Atlanta report says about 1,180,000 Negro voters in 12 Southern states are expected to back the Democratic ticket in November. AP survey finds leaders favor a Democratic win despite some dissatisfactions with civil rights planks and Sparkman. Eisenhower popularity could draw some GOP support, but Negroes are not a deciding factor unless the race is extremely close.
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Dixie
Associated Press
Suenath
John J. Sparkman
General Eisenhower
South
Roosevelt
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Sparkman
Licenses Revoked For Highway Violations
Charleston Motor Vehicles Department revoked 147 licenses for driving while intoxicated during July. Commissioner Don McClaugherty reported 1,042 licenses revoked so far that year for the same reason. Twenty one motorists faced ten year suspensions for two or more DWI convictions in July.
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Charleston
Motor Vehicles Department
Don McClaugherty
MccClaugherty
Eden to Wed Churchill Niece in Biotogenic Union
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will marry Clarissa Spencer-Churchill niece of Prime Minister Churchill in a biogenic match noted for its social prominence. The announcement highlights Eden's 35 and Clarissa's 32 ages and their distinguished family connections.
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Anthony Eden
Churchill
London
Clarissa Spencer-Churchill
Eder
Maj
John Spencer-Churchill
Gwendoline Spencer-Churchill
Eden
Spencer-Churchill
FBI Probes Senate Crime Committee Files in Washington
The FBI reviews the Senate Crime Committee records, compiled from Kefauver era hearings on interstate gambling narcotics trafficking and other multi million dollar rackets. The files are no longer active but considered for study.
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Washington
FBI
Senate Crime Committee
Sen. Kefauver
Dtenn
Sleep During Sessions Declared Not a Breach in Hyderabad Assembly
In Hyderabad India members may sleep during assembly sessions without breaching order. The speaker ruled that sleeping is allowed as long as it does not disturb proceedings.
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Hyderabad
India
Hyderabad State
Steel Conversion Costs Likely to Raise Car Prices
Detroit AP reports that postwar conversion steel cost increases beyond the 20 cent a ton settlement will boost auto manufacturing costs. Cars use conversion steel made from ingots into sheet and parts, with the higher costs likely passed to buyers. Manufacturers may delay price hikes until new model introductions.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Peiping Speeds Military Highways Toward War Readiness
Peiping accelerates completion of strategic highways in Shensi and Sinkiang to improve movement toward the Soviet Union. About a million laborers work across rugged terrain linking Urumchi to Chenghua, with routes capable of serving T 34 tanks. Airfields at Urumchi and Chenghua expanded for Soviet personnel and mining experts. The report notes increasing coastal defenses and refugee contingencies as tension rises with Taiwan and wider conflict potential.
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F. K. W. Central Press
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Russia
Peiping
Manchuria
China
Shensi
Sinkiang
Urumchi
Tihwa
Chenghwa
Tih
Lanchow
Kansu
Eisenhower Pushes World Peace But Detail Lacking
Denver dispatch reports General Eisenhower warns that durable world peace depends on public grasp of complex problems. He promises to address peace in all speeches but offers few campaign specifics. He plans possible Philadelphia stop and Southern campaigning with farm leaders as aides draft itineraries for 30 days.
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Dwight Pb. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
GOP
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Dixie
Congress
Arthur E. Summerfield
National
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Senate Agriculture Committees
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Young
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Norfolk Ledger Dispatch backs Eisenhower for president
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch announces its editorial support for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The paper argues the country needs change from a government absorbed by the New Deal and the Fair Deal and says the party has grown fat and slothful.
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Norfolk - Ledger Dispatch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Jnhead
Ledger- Dispatch
Repub
Lican
Thomas E. Dewey
Red Dean Silent on Politics and Germ War Claims
The Red Dean of Canterbury Dr Hewlett Johnson 78 calls for wider bus seats and looser collars while defending his leftist views. He publicly disputed United Nations germ warfare charges after returning from China and remains a controversial, erudite figure within Anglican circles.
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London
Canterbury
Hewlett Johnson
United Nations
Korea
China
Orient
Johnson
Sean
Chester
Adun
Socialist Politi
Ical
Bal Ut
Russia
Cassock
Moscow
House of Lords
Stalin
Sin
The
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British A-Bomb Test Scheduled Near Northwest Australia
Britain warns world shipping and aircraft to avoid about 30 000 square miles of Indian Ocean off Northwest Australia as it prepares to fire its first atomic weapon. The admiralty says the island studded area is dangerous and will stay off limits until the test is completed.
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London
Britain
Australia
Admiralty
Indian ‘Ocean
Roach Filmz Kills Red Ants With One Paint Coat
A new product Roach Filmz claims to eliminate red ants within about three hours after contact. The coating leaves a hard invisible film that lasts months and also kills black ants waterbugs roaches and silverfish. Available at Henry Conway Hardware 317 Neville St Beckley.
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Henry Conway Hardware
Neville St
Beckley
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