Hurricane Baker Near U.S. Mainland Threat Grows
A powerful hurricane swirled within 1,000 miles of the U.S. mainland, with winds near 135 mph and a 12 mph forward pace. The center lay about 925 miles east of Miami, north of Nassau, Bahamas, as forecasters warned of continued rapid strengthening and a similar path to the other storm of the week.
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Miami
U.S
Atlantic
Seaboard
Miami Weather Bureau
Nassau
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Baker
Woods To Speak in Fresno on Food Prices Tour
Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods will hold his first mass interview with housewives in Fresno California on September 8 to discuss high living costs. The Office of Price Stabilization has not finalized the rest of a cross country tour and invites housewives and consumer groups to attend the Fresno session which Woods hopes will resemble a New England town meeting.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Fresno
Calif
Office of Price Stabilization
Woods
New England
Japan to Borrow U S Landing Ships From United States
A government source said Japan plans to borrow 63 U S landing ships and frigates. A signed agreement by Sept 9 would provide four frigates and 10 landing boats immediately in Japanese waters for coast patrols.
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Tokyo
Upi
Japan
United States
Weather Report for Southern California Sees Fog and Cooling
Southern California remains clear through Thursday with local coastal fog late tonight and early Thursday. Temperatures trend cooler in the afternoons along the coast while inland areas maintain dry conditions. Highest near 98, lowest around 58. One year ago today, highs reached 90 and lows 53. Perera
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California
Perera
Nevada primary shocks with Mechling upset in Senate race
Thomas W Mechling a 31 year old political unknown defeated Alan Bible 15177 votes to 15078 for the Democratic Senate nomination in Nevada's primary. Malone won the GOP Senate nomination while Young captured the Republican House seat, both in a election that stunned observers.
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Reno, Nev
Alan Bible
U.S. Senate
Nevada
Reng
Vo-Door
Bible
Mechling
McCarran
George W
Molly) Malone
Reno
Senate
Malone
Winnemucca
Lawrence Ebert
Chiff Young
GOP
Sam Arentz
Pioche
Sam Arentz Sr
Congress
Young
Arentz
Washington
Capitol
Mediators Seek to Halt Tank Factory Strike
Federal mediators press for an end to a six week strike at Continental Foundry and Machine Co in Coraopolis Pa that halted production of high priority tanks while also addressing a possible Walkout at Lockheed Aircraft Corp in Burbank California. Negotiations resumed with union demands for a 105 percent wage boost and a union shop, opposed by Lockheed offering a two cent raise.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Californnia
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation and Conclusion Service
Continental Foundry and Machine Co
Coraopolis
CIO Steeworkers
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
AFL
John Snider
Lockheed
General Cannon Visits Fifth Air Force in Korea
General John Cannon, chief of the Air Force Tactical Air Command, arrived in Seoul for a brief inspection of the Fifth Air Force operations in Korea. He planned to review readiness and discuss tactical air support during ongoing patrols and missions.
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Seon
John Cannon
Air Force Tactical Air Command
5Th Air Force
Korea
Taft Plans Ohio Campaign Swing For Eisenhower
Senator Robert Taft will address two October campaign meetings in Columbus in support of Dwight D. Eisenhower and GOP candidates in Ohio. Senator John Bricker confirmed Taft accepted invitations for October 2 and 3. These appearances mark Taft’s first post convention pledge to campaign for Eisenhower.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John W. Bricker
R-O
Taft
Columbus
Eisenhower
Bricker
Last Of Reds Free On Bail In California Case
The last of 14 top California Communist party leaders were released on $20,000 bail each by Federal Judge Dave Ling. Names include Ernest Otto Fox Frank Spector Phillip M Connelly and Carl Rude Lambert. They had been sentenced to five years and a $10,000 fine by Judge William Mathes.
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Los Angeles
California
Communist Party
Dave Ling
Ernest Otto Fox
Frank Spector
Phillip M. Connelly
Carl Rude Lambert
William Mathes
Twin Hull Sailboat Capsizes Off Malibu
A twin hulled catamaran overturned in heavy swells near Zuma Beach endangering four occupants. Lifeguards rescued John Darrow 41 Ed Hample 27 Joe Waring 27 and Kurt Kaszner 39 after nearly three hours in the water.
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Malibu
Calf
Zuma Beach
John Darrow
Ed Hample
Joe Waring
Kurt Kaszner
Navy Ballon Fails to Lift Giant Plastic Craft
NEW BRIGHTON Minn UP The world s largest unmanned balloon ruptured before liftoff during a projected flight about 25 miles up. After a 2 1 2 hour flight it reached only seven miles. Leaks from a plastic film and a torn tube caused the failure despite ten workers and three prior postponements. The balloon, built by General Mills, was to carry cosmic ray instruments at high altitude, but was launched without the gondola and gear. It likely will land in North or South Dakota tomorrow.
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New Brighton
Minn
Navy
Otter Space
Don Melton
General Mills
North
South Dakota
Truman Hints At Snallygesters In Speech
President Truman surprised listeners in a whistle stop talk by using the term snallygesters to describe Republicans. White House aides cited his memory of his father and noted the word is not in standard dictionaries. Three authorities trace the coinage to a Georgia editor in 1875 describing a self serving seeker of office.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Truman
Snallygesters
White House
Roger Tubby
Georgia
Sparkman Urges Democrats to Fight Totalitarian Forces
In Sacramento Senator John J. Sparkman Democratic vice presidential nominee denounced Eisenhower as a me too candidate and urged a fierce party push against the forces of totalitarianism. He criticized Nixon on the Central Valley Project farm loans and rural electrification funds, praising Democratic chances in California. He spoke after meeting Governor Earl Warren.
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Sacramento
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sparkman
Eisenhower
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
California
Central Valley
Nixon
Rural Electrification Administration
Forces of Freedom
Democratic Party
Los Angeles
Earl Warren
U S Rearming At Faster Pace
Washington report shows the United States is rearming seven times faster than the first three months of the Korean war. Defense Secretary Lovett said production is booming and the next defense budget may cut back some outputs to a sustaining rate. Tanks could be fully equipped by July 1954 with output maintained. dollar value of delivered military supplies rose 660 percent from early Korean war period to spring this year and 220 percent from 1951.
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Washington
United States
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Congress
Korea
America
House Probers Turn Up New Tax Scandal
House investigators reveal a law firm paid a referral fee to a Department of Justice lawyer for directing a client with government cases to private counsel. The subcommittee released details of Mullally’s outside activity after his suspension and resignation, with Caudie’s testimony adding new leads on tax case prosecutions and connections to former Attorneys General Clark and McGrath.
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House
Vincent J. Burke Washington
LLP
Justice Department
Department
House Judiciary Committee
James A. Mullally
Nullally
Mullally
Frank L. Cheif
Dky
James P. McGranery
Mullaily
Subcommittee
Robert A. Collier
Food and Drug Administration
Collier
Chelf
T. Lamar Caudie
Caudie
Truman
Caudle
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Long's Brother Wins Runoff in Louisiana District Eight
Dr. George S. Long, Huey P. Long's brother, leads in incomplete returns in the Louisiana eighth district runoff, securing 21,975 votes to 15,427 for Carl B. Close, as Long forces regain political strength after last year's gubernatorial defeat.
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Alexandria
Huey P
Kingfish
Long
Congress
George S. Long
Louisiana
Carl B. Close
Victims Of Huks Found Dead Near Manila
Bodies of Mara gondon town mayor and a policeman found riddled with bullets about 30 miles southwest of Manila. The raid on Mara gondon yesterday involved 25 men in army uniforms. four killed in the raid. Government force of 600 searched the mountains in pursuit of the killers.
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Manila
Maragondon
Death of Bishop Ford blamed on mistreatment by Reds
American nun Sister Joan Merle Ryan testified in Hong Kong that Bishop Francis Ford of Brooklyn died in Communist captivity in Canton on February 21 after fourteen months of brutal treatment. She described beatings, forced labor, and a final public humiliation before his death. Catholic authorities confirmed she identified Ford from photographs.
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Hong Kong
Francis §. Ford
Brooklyn
N.Y
Canton
Joan Merle Ryan
Bronx
Ford
Joan
Bishop Ford
Meihsien
Tropical Storm Strikes Korea Heads Toward Won san
A tropical storm once called Typhoon Mary veered north toward the Haeju peninsula and is expected to hit the west Korean coast then cross the peninsula to Won san on Korea’s east coast. Winds up to 45 knots threaten Seoul.
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Seoul
North Korea
Formosa
Haeju Peninsula
West Korean
Korean
Wonsan
Nixon Promises To Name Names In Maine Campaign
Sen. Richard Nixon, campaigning in Maine, vows to name names in a fight against corruption and communism. He says the effort, a kickoff of his national bid with Dwight Eisenhower, will not be a gentle exchange but a decisive charge against those who stole money and corrupted government.
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Bangor
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
Maine
California
Parachuting U.S. Fliers Fire Targeted by Red Troops
Santa Rosa Navy airman Lt Cmdr Ward Miller said Red ground troops fired on and killed U.S. fliers bailing from disabled planes near Manchuria. Miller, aboard the Boxer, described a parachute riddled with bullets and noted other similar cases. A Boxer officer cited UN pilots being shot four months earlier. an Air Force spokesman denied awareness of the incident.
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Seoul
Santa Rosa
Calif
Naval
U. S
Cmdr
Ward 5
Miller
63Rd Corsair
Gown Miller
Suiho
Yalu
Manchuria
Boxer
U.N
Air Force
Ths
Eisenhower makes southern tour promising renewed campaign tempo
Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks in Florida Alabama and Arkansas asserting the mess in Washington and pledging to clean it up while supporting rotation in the Korean conflict. He rallies over 8000 at the Florida state fair grounds and accuses the Truman administration of scandal. Dirksen criticizes Stevenson as he campaigns in Springfield labeling Stevenson a predicament akin to soiled diapers. Stevenson heads west on a nine state tour as Truman plans more campaign swings.
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Eisenhower
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Deep South
Truman
Tampa
Fla
State Fair Grounds
United States
Civil Service
Georgia
South
Stevenson
Everett M Dirksen
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
White House
Twenty Two Injured in Chicago Elevated Collision
Twenty two people were hurt when two CTA elevated trains collided during rush hour. One train was nearly empty but the other carried 75 passengers bound for Cicero. Transit spokesman said the ground crossing switch signal was set and one motorman ran a red light.
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Chicago
Cicero
Chicago Transit Authority
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