Deception Charged in Air Base Construction Fiasco
Senate investigators accuse Lt Gen Lewis A. Pick chief of Army Engineers of deceiving the panel over a multi million dollar air base project in French Morocco. The Preparedness Subcommittee led by Sen Lyndon B. Johnson calls for disciplinary action and demands Army Secretary Frank C. Page Jr take steps to end delay and confusion with the North African program.
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Washington
Senate
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
U.S
French
Morocco
Senate Preparedness
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Army
Frank C. Page, Jr
Pick
Lledo
Burma
Mercury's Going Up
The weather forecast calls for fair skies with gradually rising temperatures tomorrow and Wednesday. Tonight cools to about 52 degrees with southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, then similar winds tomorrow. A warm front may bring showers and warmer temps Thursday as high pressure shifts. Oneida Lake at 10 degrees affects local conditions.
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Oneida Lake
Eggs Fry in Nest in Fort Worth Heat
Marshall Carroll reported in Fort Worth Texas that by yesterday's heat 20 eggs laid in a hen's nest cooked in the nest.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Marshall Carroll
McCarthy Worries Eisenhower Command, Editorial Page
An editorial by Margynis‑Childs argues Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin is the most troubling issue for General Eisenhower’s top command, creating greater concern than any other problem. Page 10 previews today’s pictures.
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Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Congress
Eisenhower
Margynis - Childs
Spectacular backyard circus ends with fiery finale
In Grand Junction Colorado 11 year old Billy Davis tumbled from a tree house wearing pants on fire during a kid style backyard circus. He and three promoters planned a flaming torch act using a jar of gasoline and a match. The fire department arrived with sirens to extinguish the flames and no one was hurt.
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Grand Junction
Colo
P. T. Barnum
Billy Davis
Billy
Bakersfield Clears Debris of Quake
The Bakersfield city, population about 50 000, cleared debris and planned reconstruction after the worst earthquake in its history last Friday. Two people were killed and 32 injured with millions in property damage. The City Council met in emergency session to address disaster problems as preliminary estimates hit around 20 million dollars. Inspections show more than 100 buildings seriously damaged.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Gamage
Phone Call From Tokyo Reaches Wisconsin Wife
A recent long distance call from Tokyo to Chaseburg Wisconsin involved Lt Grant W Hume and his wife Hilda. Hume on rest leave in Japan reports his wife urged them to hang up but they did not, according to the account.
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Uwith OY Sastry Division
Re Area Upi
Collec
Tokyo
Chaseburg
Wis
See
Grant W. Hume
Hilda
Japan
Hume
Stevenson Backing on Offshore Oil Declared
Governor Adlai Stevenson stuck to Truman veto support on offshore oil ownership while seeking a balanced plan to shield state and federal interests. He flagged possible equitable arrangements and campaigned with running mate John Sparkman amid criticism from Texas allies. He planned New York and New Jersey stops and a Detroit Labor Day address with unions, while denying cabinet chatter. He also planned talks with Walter Reuther on the Detroit event and disputed reports on Estes Kefauver as a possible attorney general candidate.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Jndeland Riches
Truman
John Sparkman
Alabama
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Supreme Court
New York City
New Jersey
Detroit
American Legion Convention
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
C. S O
A. FL
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Trusties Ride Ends In Rocky Mountain Bus Plunge
A California prison bus carrying 34 trustees and a guard veered down a mountainside near Red Bluff. Driver C. M. Armstrong kept control as the speeding vehicle rounded hairpin turns, finally leaving the highway and tumbling 300 feet onto rocks. Eleven trustees and a guard were hospitalized non critically, with the remaining 23 passengers treated for scratches and bruises.
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Red Bluff
Calif
San Quentin
California Highway Patrol
C. M. Armstrong
Boy shoots bear cub invading coop in Minnesota
Wallace Anderson, 10, shot a 110 pound bear cub that entered the family chicken coop. He fired 22 caliber bullets for the first time yesterday.
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Duluth, Minn
Waillace Anderson
Eisenhower warns of Kremlin peril at American Legion address
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told the American Legion and voters at the party convention in Madison Square Garden that the nation faces greater danger from Moscow than in any era. He urged a course to peace by removing fear and building confidence, pledging a strong America in military and productive terms.
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New York
Dwicht
D. Eisenhower
G.C.P
American Legion
Kremlin
Madison Square Garden
America
Thomas E. Dewey
Legion
Truman
White House
Candidates Outline Week at Legion Convention in New York
Eisenhower and Stevenson prepare major talks at the American Legion convention in Madison Square Garden. Eisenhower leads off with a 3 15 PM speech, Stevenson scheduled for 1 15 PM at the New Jersey convention and later in New York City. Truman urges the Legion to help present all facts to voters as the campaign unfolds.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
G.O.P
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
New Jersey
New York
Truman
American Legion
Donald “. Wilson
Legion
Madison Square Garden
America
Eisenhower Seeks Discharge Button Amid Campaign Call
General Eisenhower said he has not received a discharge button but suspects Army oversight. Speaking at the American Legion convention, he urged strong military readiness and unity with free nations to deter the Kremlin, while stressing economic strength and a coalitions approach. Concluded on page 2.
Bombers Hit Supply Area In North West Korea
U S bombers struck a 40 acre supply area in northwest Korea then pounded rear storage depots. A rain storm slowed the 155 mile front and Chinese forces made a limited thrust at Bunker Hill but were repelled in a 15 minute fight. Navy operations were curtailed by bad weather.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Bunker Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Comunist
Neat Second Floor Baby Catch Shocks Street onlookers
In Baltimore Sidney Book saw a three year old boy crawling on a second floor window ledge during a Sunday stroll. He darted across the street and stood ready underneath. The child James Kenner Jr. fell and Book caught him neatly. The boy scampered away unharmed.
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Sidney Book
James Kenner, Jr
Sidney l
Jimmy
Truman plans post presidency library near boyhood home
Look Magazine says President Truman plans to leave Washington after the inauguration, establish a library on a Grandview Missouri farm, then rest and help educate youth on government history and principles. He would return to assist if called, but intends to stay away from active governance.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Grandview
White House
Look
Truman
Capitol
Eisenhower Opens New York Campaign Headquarters
General Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated his New York campaign headquarters in Manhattan's Commodore Hotel on E 42nd Street. He said he felt fine and wonderful as he departed from Columbia University to tour the new offices, part of three he will keep during his presidential bid.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Commodore
E. 42Nd St
Midtown Manhattan
Hermes airliner crashes off Trapani killing three
A Hermes four engine airliner chartered from Air Work Ltd with Sudanese government civil servants aboard plunged into the Mediterranean near Trapani Sicily. Fifty passengers survived after fishing boats and Italian naval craft joined rescue efforts as three bodies were recovered. The rescue operation involved Malta based aircraft and local vessels, with the British consul due in Palermo.
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Trapani
Sicily
Mediterranean
Sicilian
Malta
Arnaldo Taddel
Hermes
At Air Work. Ltd
Wes Suena
Smartoun
Sudan
Ihehr
Britain
San Antonio
Palermo
Flood Hits Truce Camp in Panmunjom
A flash Hood flood swamped the UN camp inside Panmunjom, forcing evacuation to higher ground near the truce talks tents. Maj. Riley V. Jackson led the retreat. all personnel and equipment were saved except one bag of flour and 25 pounds of sugar. No truce talks resume Wednesday amid Communist demands for forcible repatriation. Peiping radio denounced UN military pressure as a farce.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Saenon
Yellow Sea
United Nations
Riley V. Jackson
Sumter
5. C
Peiping Radio
Freighter Burns Off Newfoundland Prompting Air Rescue
Ambered report says a freighter was described as a mass of flame off the Newfoundland coast. The air sea rescue branch of the RCAF ordered planes out at once, but details remain spotty.
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Cetegory
American Airways
Newfoundland
RCAF
Quake Felt Across Gloversville and Nearby Towns
A faint earthquake tremor was felt yesterday afternoon in Gloversville Fort Plain and St Johnsville with no damage reported.
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Gloversville
Fort, Plain
St. Johnsville
Todays Chuckle Old bankers never die joke
A humorous one liner notes that old bankers never die they simply lose interest offering a light finance themed quip suitable for a daily humor column.
Scottsboro Boy Heywood Patterson Dies in Michigan Prison
Heywood Patterson, one of the Scottsboro Boys, died in a Michigan prison of cancer at 32. He fled Alabama in 1948 after a 75 year sentence tied to the 1931 Scottsboro case. Patterson had been serving a six to fifteen year term for manslaughter in Michigan.
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Jackson, Mich
Heywood Patterson
South
Scottsboro
Montgomery
Ala
Patterson
Michigan
Alabama
Willie Mitchell
Oldest Syracuse woman golfer Mrs Pulver dies at 83
Mrs Pulver 83 widow of George Pulver and a longtime golfer died at University Hospital after a week in critical condition. A Syracuse native she learned golf at 45 and played on 85 courses across the United States. She helped found the Syracuse Women’s District Golfer group and played at Bellevue Country Club. She is survived by son Fred Pulver and two sisters Mrs George Robinson and Mrs Andrew MacFarlane, both of Syracuse, plus several grandchildren.
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Bersha Ball Pulver
Syracuse Women Golfers
University Hospital
Pulver
George’ Pulver
New York
Florida
United States
Syracuse
Bellevue Country Club
Fred Pulver
Mirs
George Robinson
Andrew MacFarlane
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Walter F. McGuinness
Herald-Journal
Lee Brightleit
Sioux Falls, In
Frank E. Hakanson
Syracuse Post 41
American Legion Chorus
Sioux Falls
Alonzo Cudworth
Bruce Gilbert
Syracuse Chorus
Harrie Southwick
Associated Press
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Kansas
Richard M. Nixon
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eakeniall
Miss
Amvets
Grand Rapids
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Russia
N.Y
Scottsboro Boy
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