G.O.P. may win control of House Senate in Korea war era
A wartime political panorama cites Truman vulnerability in fall elections with GOP leaders banking on Korea casualties and policy failures to gain Congress. insider notes flag potential resignation rumors, defense shifts, rent control reassertion and civil defense boosts as wartime fears reshape policy and markets.
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House
Senate
Korea
Steffan Andrews
Arevicto
Truman
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Defense
Louis Johnson
Trumas
White House
Deancheson
Mr. Truman
Hercules Picnic Celebrates 17th Annual Family Day
Ten thousand attendees joined Hercules Motors Corp for the 17th annual picnic at Meyers Lake Park. The 11 hour event featured free rides, vaudeville, dancing, and a noon picnic with ice cream and coffee. Kids’ contests yielded multiple winners while old timers ball games highlighted machine shop and assembly rivalries.
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Hercules Motors Corp
Meyers Lake Park
Canton
Moonlight Gardens
Moonlight Ballroom
New York City
Chicago
Assembly and Test Department
Machine Shop
Revere
Matt) McWilliams
Harry Woodfield
Roy Wild
Rude
George Popa
Hercules
Irene Rausch
Rowland Ave NE
Susan Scharver
10Th St
North Canton
Norman Notturno
Snyder Ave
Harold Rogers
North Park Ave NW
Robert Cramer
East Sparta
James Hufler
9Th St
Frances Roch
19Th St
Patricia Ann Gallagher
Edwards Ave NE
Jane Evett Oglesby
Court Ave
James Rogers
Harry McKee
Donald Davis
6Th St NW
Donald Messhby
Oak Ave NW
Paul Cioca
Delverne Ave SW
Hurricane Menace Near North Carolina Coast
Beachgoers along North Carolina's upper coast moved inland as planes at Cherry Point were evacuated. The hurricane center sat about 200 miles south of Hatteras with winds near 140 mph. The center was forecast to pass offshore by Sunday morning, prompting coastal advisories for high tides and dangerous gales.
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Hatteras
N. C
North Carolina
Cherry Point Marine Air Base
Atlantic
World Telegram Guild Near Strike Settlement
About 400 striking World Telegram employees will vote Tuesday night on a contract to end a nine week strike against the New York World Telegram and Sun. After a 14 hour session negotiators from the newspaper and the CIO guild reached terms and kept details secret pending the vote. The guild committee said it would recommend acceptance.
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New York
New York World-Telegram
The
Sun
C.I.O
Pay War Costs as They Come Eisenhower Says
General Eisenhower urged Americans to fund defense immediately at the moment costs arise to show resolve. Speaking at an American Legion building ceremony in Denver he warned against debt and called for restraint on non military spending until foreign crises end. He argued unity at home would boost national strength beyond any other nation.
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Army
Atomic Energy Commission
Britain
U.S
U. S
England
Eisenhower
Denver
American Legion
Columbia University
America
Chinchilla Hobbyist Buys Car With Initial Earnings
INNIPEG Man Aug 19 UP Charles Addison an insurance man keeps his future in his basement and hopes some day it will yield profits. He raises chinchillas as a hobby starting with one pair worth 1650 now has a dozen pairs in wire cages. He aims to enlarge his ranch this fall and profit from chinchilla fur. Addison sold one pair at a profit that allowed him to buy a car. He notes the first 1650 was a big outlay for two small animals.
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Innipeg
Man
Charles Addison
Addison
Town Will Send Stricken Boy to Tumor Hospital
Nelson Haney a four year old with a suspected brain tumor will be flown from Osceola Mills Pennsylvania to Philadelphia for examination and possible treatment at Graduate Hospital. The American Legion Auxiliary fund has raised nearly double its $1000 goal through local contributions to Osceola Mills National Bank to cover travel and care. If doctors cannot cure him the money may place him in a facility for special care.
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Sceola Mills
Nelson Haney
Nelson
Philadelphia
Graduate Hospital
American Legion Auxiliary
Osceola Mills National Bank
Train derailment injures nineteen near Medina incident
Twenty nine cars of a Baltimore & Ohio freight train derailed at Burbank after a journal on one car failed. The derailment caused an emergency response and prompted investigation into the equipment fault and track conditions.
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Medina
Baltimore & Ohio
Burbank
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