U N Planes Rake Hill to Dislodge Reds
U N warplanes bomb western front hill near the Imjin river in a bid to dislodge fanatical Chinese Communist forces that overwhelmed U N defenders on Kelly Hill. Allied jets protect routes and prepare for a counterattack as battle ends with hundreds reported killed or captured.
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Seoul
United Nations
U.N
Kelly Hill
Imjin
Old Baldy
Warren Franklin
Keily Hill
8Th Army
Efrain Youny Ferrer
Penuelos
Puerto Rico
Prc
Jaime Cortes Sanchez
Robert Dulaney
Marshall, I
U. N
Weather in Southern California and a rain tale
Partly cloudy through Saturday with occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms today, becoming more general tonight and Saturday. Showers moderate to heavy near mountains, slightly cooler afternoons. September 18, 1952. Jimmy Cub remarks on surprise rain and dry farmers versus grape growers, with a humorous tale about a potato purchase in California.
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California
Jimmy Cub
James
Widow rejects $115,786 check in estate settlement
The widow of Kenneth William Pope, San Francisco shipping magnate, refused a $115,785.01 settlement offer and will not cash the check. Mrs Grace Shields Pope, a Bay Area society figure, said no and the Bank of California may deliver the instrument. Pope, once with Pope and Talbot, was divorced in 1948 after a turbulent life that included a controversial relationship with his nurse Mame Bell Harvey who inherited most of his fortune.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Grace Shields Pope
Bank of California
Kenneth William Pope
Pope
Pope and Talbot
Mame Bell Harvey
Truman Press Secretary Joseph Short Dies in Alexandria
Washington, UP, reportsSecretary Joseph Short, 48, died suddenly in his Alexandria home where he was recovering from a viral illness. Short had served as President Truman's press secretary since December and was a veteran Washington newspaperman for nearly two decades. He succeeded Charles C. Ross, who died at his White House desk in 1950.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph H. Short
Short
Alexandria
Ina
Vicksburg
Miss
Virginia Military Institute
Charles C. Ross
White House
Injunction Issued Over Douglas Strike Sparks Talks
A temporary restraining order limits AFL International Association of Machinists picketing at the Douglas El Segundo plant, requires a 15 foot gap between pickets, and bans violence or hostile language. The strike has about 40,000 workers off at Douglas and Lockheed plants as talks resume. In Bakersfield, Lockheed's subassembly plant closes tonight due to parts shortages from Burbank, affecting about 600 workers.
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Los Angeles
Lockheed Aircraft
Lmited
AFL International Association of Machinists
Douglas el Segundo
Frank G Swain
Lockheed
Douglas
Hawkins Howard Resigned Today
New York report states W. W. Hawkins chairman and Roy W. Howard president of the Scripps-Howard newspapers resign, effective December 31, 1952. Announcement made jointly by Charles E. Scripps and board directors of Edward W. Scripps Co.
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New York
LLP
W. W. Hawkins
Roy W. Howard
E. W., Scripps Co
Scripps-Howard
Charles E. Scripps
Edward W. Scripps Trust
E. W. Scripps Co
Cost Of Living Hits New High Sixth Month In Row
The cost of living rose to an all time high for the sixth month in a row covering the July 15 to Aug 18 period. Retail prices advanced two tenths of 1 percent boosting wage escalator costs for railroad workers and affecting textile, aircraft and city transit workers.
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Washington (Lp
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Stevenson Attacks Nixon Record In Rain Lined Speech
Adlai E Stevenson assailed Richard Nixon as a Communist hunter during an outdoor Springfield speech interrupted by a downpour. He endorsed John F Kennedy for Senate, praising Kennedy as his kind of man and noting Kennedy’s role in a 1947 contempt citation case. After a 21 minute indoor resumption, Stevenson argued Kennedy, not Nixon, secured the first contempt citation for perjury in the Allis Chalmers strike context, while criticizing Eisenhower and urging New England Republicans to join the Democratic fold.
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Springfield
Mass
Adlai E. Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Stevenson
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Christoffer
Kennedy
City Hall
Harold Christoffel
Milwaukee
Wis
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
Sen. Nixon
Allis Chalmers
Opi
Eisenhower Defends Nixon as Honest Man on Train
President Eisenhower, aboard the Eisenhower Special, said he believes Richard Nixon to be an honest man and will ensure the public sees all about Nixon’s financial help from wealthy Californians. Dana C. Smith disclosed that Californians paid Nixon’s bills totaling 16,000 to 17,000 dollars since his Senate election. Eisenhower’s statement, the first on the disclosures, pledged to present all facts fairly.
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John L. Cutter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Dana C. Smith
Smith
James Hagerly
GOP
Sen. Nixon
Dick Nixon
Missouri
Plattsmouth
Auburn
Nebraska City
Falls City
Kansas City
British Demand Chinese Account For Prisoners
London and Peiping officials report that British envoy Lionel Lamb delivered a note on 72 Allied nationals jailed or under house arrest in China. The protest seeks details of their status and permission to communicate, plus release if no charges. The count includes 34 Americans and others across Canada Australia and Britain.
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London
Peiping
Chate d'Affaires
Lionel H. Lamb
Red
Ottfice
Lamb
United States
Canada
Australia
Britain
Foreign Office
Reds
Labor
U S reveals mammoth air base in Arctic
Thule Air Base Greenland becomes operational after a 13 percent build month. The U S Northeast Command expands Arctic and sub Arctic bases including Goose Bay Newfoundland and Greenland sites to ready for bomber operations. Col Charles Bond notes possible unidentified aircraft activity near Alaska. Russia has had Franz Josef Land base since 1934.
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Thule
Greenland
Cap
Russia
North America
U.S
Arctic Circle
U. S. Northeast Air Command
America
AL Goose Bay
Labrador
The
Northeast Air Com
Mand
Air Force
Charles T. Myers
Royal Canadian Air Force
Goose Bay
Newfoundland
Banish
Charles R. Bond Jr
Alaska
Bond
Arctic
I Franz Josef Land
Fouquette Loses Round In Fight For Life
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Clay ton P Fouquette 40 Redlands today lost another round in his fight for reversal of a death sentence imposed for the August 29 1948 slaying of Donald Brown 20 at Boulder City Nev The ninth US Court of Appeals denied Fouquettes petition for release Fouquette appealed on grounds he was insane at the time of the gas station murder hold up and had been drinking heavily for three weeks prior to the slaying Fouquette has five days in which to ask this court for a stay of execution pending appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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San Francisco
Clayton P. Fouquette
Redlands
Donald Brown
Boulder City
Nev
U. S. Court of Appeals
Fouquette
U. S. Supreme Court
Leaflets Dropped In Red China Reported From Hong Kong
A traveler arriving from China said anti Communist leaflets are air dropped deep inside Communist China, reaching as far as Kanchow in Kiangsi province. The leaflets, read eagerly by Chinese citizens, warn of punishment for possession and carry news, notably about the Korean War.
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Hong Kong
China
Kanchow
Kiangsi
Samurai sword making resumes in postwar Tokyo
Japanese sword makers, barred during the Allied occupation, restart for prominent figures including President Truman and General MacArthur. The revived craft centers on traditional blades as Tokyo’s smiths regain work and appeal to notable clients while reestablishing a historic trade after the war.
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Tokyo
CUP
Truman
Douglas ‘MacArthur
Truce negotiators to meet again in Panmunjom
UN and Communist negotiators plan a 11 a.m. meeting at Panmunjom after a week’s recess. It marks the eighth straight week of brief talks and a pending exchange of words before another week’s pause. The Communists demand repatriation of 116,600 prisoners, including about 39,000 who resist return to Red rule, while the UN refuses to force consent.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Hf Se
U. N
Last Of Wake Islanders Arrive At Hickam Base
HONOLULU UP The last of 452 Wake Islanders driven from their homes by Typhoon Olive have arrived at Hickam Air Force Base. The final plane carried 24 passengers from Kwajalein, including four injured in the storm. Notable evacuees: Air Force Sergeant Thomas Albert Barker, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Maynard J Fontaine, and Flying Tiger Airline workers Blair Johnson and Robert Moore. The four injured were the first to depart Wake Island for treatment. The Navy transport Fred C Ainsworth departed Wake after the Civil Aeronautics Administration said all evacuees had left by air, leaving about 200 workers to repair damaged airfield and facilities.
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Honglulu
Wake
Byrnes Bolts Party Comes Out For Eisenhower
South Carolina Governor James Byrnes declares for Eisenhower causing alarm in Democratic circles over civil rights and New Deal ties. Byrnes follows Shivers and Kennon in breaking with Stevenson, reopening North South rift as parties react without clear stance. Hariman noted in foreign aid context, ongoing page six.
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Stevenson
Byrnes
Stevenson- Sparkman
South Carolina
Averell Harriman
Nixon Defends Funds as Fight Against Communists
Senator Richard Nixon blasted a heckler in Marysville and dismissed a $18 000 charge as a smear from the Alger Hiss crowd while pledging to expose communists and corruption in Washington. He contrasted his stance with Sparkman and noted Pat Nixon’s non payroll role, promising to keep campaigning through California and Oregon. The exchange came amid questions over funds from a California group and followed Eisenhower’s Omaha stop.
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Marysville
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Alger Hiss
Nixon
California
Oregon
United States
Sparkman
Pat Nixon
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Reid
Eg Ag
Wake Island
mid-Pacific Island
Aleutians
Bakersfield
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Burbank
Fred Tryge
Merriman Smith
William McKinley
Ilinois
New England
Democratic Party
Richmond
Connecticut
Taft
Hartford
Nebraska
Mammoth Air Base
Fight For Life
Wake Islanders
Hickam Base
South
James F. Byrnes
Dixie
Govs
Allan Shivers
Texas
Robert Z. Kennon
Louisiana
Mitchell Nixon
Stephen A. Mitchell
Omaha
Neb
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