Stevenson Attacks Nixon In Mass Campaign Speech
Democratic nominee Adlai E Stevenson assailed Republican Vice Presidential candidate Richard M Nixon on his Communist hunter record during an outdoor Springfield mass speech interrupted by rain. He endorsed John F Kennedy for Senate and praised Kennedy as his kind of guy while criticizing Eisenhower as the regency head under Taft.
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Springfield
Mass
Lary Adlaire
Stevenson
Rienhard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Kennedy
Harold Christoeffel
Milwaukee
Wis
Knight PD
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Onto
Springstein
Yd Guard
Republican Party
Grinnell
Rock Island
New York
America
Eisenhower aims for peace and honest government in Midwest tour
The Republican nominee on a whistle stop campaign pressed for peace and security. He urged an honest deal replacing the Fair Deal, denounced long time power, and vowed to root out corruption. In Des Moines and Plattsmouth crowds heard calls for investigations and sweeping reform.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Great Plains
Plattsmouth
Neb
Omaha
Truman
United States
Enthusiastic Greeting Recorded Eisenhower in Iowa Appearance
R. K. E. Shannon and Keith Norton rode the Eisenhower special as it rolled through Iowa with crowds in Iowa City Grinnell and Brooklyn. Ike spoke soberly about corruption inflation and extravagance while Mamie drew applause.
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Eisenhower
Iowa
R. K E. Sshannon
Keith Norton
Mr. Shannon
Towa
Ike
Mamie
Lown
Ike Eisenhower
Africa
Littl
Farmers Urged to Check Storage for Corn Harvest
With a near record corn crop a PMA of the U S Department of Agriculture urges Iowa farmers to inspect on farm storage to maximize use of government price support loans on the new crop. Loans for storage facility construction are available through VMA at 4 percent interest with four annual installments.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
VMA
PMA
Caudle Recounts Bootlegger Debt Claim Under Probe
Lamar Caudle testified to a House subcommittee about a former bootlegger who allegedly owed $20 million for a favor in rum running. He named Joseph Nunan Jr. and a colleague only as Rheinfield, saying Rutkin was turned in after refusing to pay. Rutkin had also been convicted of tax evasion.
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Washington
Lamar Caudle
Congressional
Caudle
Justice Department
Nighys Rutkin
New Jersey
House
Rutkin
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Internal Revenue
Cauudle
Nunan
Rheinfield
Rheinfeld
Rutikin
Truck Driver Charged with Reckless Homicide After Fatal Crash
Dwight Main, 26, of Des Moines, faces reckless homicide charges after his truck crossed into the opposite lane near Dwight, Illinois, striking a car and killing two men. Police reported he braked and swerved before the collision, with chaotic details from the incident still unfolding.
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Pontiac, Ul
Dwight Main
Des Moines
Main
Dwight
Ill
Au Oucom
Kalona Youth Dies Of Polio In Iowa City
Daniel C. Gingerien eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe A Giocerneri of Riverside Route 2 Kalona died of polio at University Hospital this morning. He had been ill six days and was the second in his family to contract the disease this summer. A sister is improving at home. Funeral arrangements with parade tomorrow.
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Kalona
Daniel C. Gingerien
Joe A. Giocerneri
Riverside
University Hospital
Gingerien Famels
Yrouth
Perade
IHC Foremen Move To End Walkout
International Harvester foremen visited strikers at home to urge a return to work. The tactic, requested by president John L. M. Cattrey, aims to end a monthlong strike that idled 22,000 workers across Illinois Indiana and Kentucky with 12 000 in Chicago.
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UMW
John L. Lewis
Washington
C. A. Garner
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company
Jeddo
L. R. Close
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wilkes- Barre
Evan Evans
Lansford
Edward G. Fox
Reading Coal Company
Philadelphia
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
UMW International
Joseph Kershetsky
Shamokin
Mart F. Brennan
Hazleton
International Soundphoto
IHC
Chicago
Internaational Harvester Co
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
John L. M.cattrey
Independent
Farm Equipment United Electrical Union
Two Men Fatally Injured in Car Crash
In Granite City Illinois Elmer Eveland 37 and Gordon Nunnally 27 died after a car crash on a Illinois highway. Police report investigation continues as authorities identify the victims and assess cause.
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Ing
Elmer Eveland
Granite City
Eighteen Cars of Hay Shipped To Drought Areas
Washington County PMA reports eighteen car loads of high quality hay shipped to Tennessee Kentucky and Texas under the drought emergency purchase plan. The committee expects 24 more cars and seeks first crop hay for immediate shipment. Two cars were loaded in Washington and one at Riverside with seven cars planned for Crawfordsville early next week.
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Washington County
PMA
Howard L. Witting
Washington County Committee
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
Witting
Washington
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Lloyd resigns as teacher at Washington junior high
F W Lloyd, a second year teacher at Washington junior high, announced resignation. Superintendent M M Schell said Lloyd will finish duties and leave for Chicago early next month. He will move there and had been assistant secretary of the motion picture department at the Chicago office of the American Medical Association.
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F. W. Lloyd
Washington
M. M. Schell
Lloyd
Chicago
American Medical Association
Johnston Backs Stevenson as Byrnes’s Influence Splits South
Senator Olin D Johnston of South Carolina declared he will support Adlai Stevenson, using all his power, reversing Byrnes’ push for Eisenhower. The stance splits South Carolina Democrats and mirrors splits seen in other southern states, as Byrnes denounces Stevenson for Truman-era continuities.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.cl
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnston
Byrnes
South
Stevenson
Truman
YMCA HIKE FOR BOYS PLANNED SATURDAY
Boys interested in a YMCA sponsored hike should meet at the Y at 11 15 a m Bring a sack lunch and plan to return to town by 2 p m.
Planes Bomb Kelly Hill Front in Western Korea
United Nations forces launched a daylight attack with 638 B-29 Superfortresses dropping 294 tons of incendiaries on targets near Hambunge as the battle for Kelly Hill raged west of the Imjin River. Allied troops reported heavy Communist casualties and many U.N. personnel either wounded or captured after a four hour siege.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Kelly Hill
Imjin River
Old Baldy
Japan
Okinawa
Graber Not to Be Employed at Travelers Hotel
Journal notes Evelyn Graber will not be employed at the Travelers hotel recently leased by Wade Page from W J Hall. Miss Graber and Mr Hall will not be employed or associated with the present operation of the hotel.
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Journal
Evelyn Graber
Travelers Hotel
Wade Page
W. J. Hall
Miss Graber
Mr. Hall
Legion District Meet At West Point Conference
Members of the Loon Beaty American Legion post and its auxiliary plan to attend the first district fall conference at West Point on September 23 contact S W Easter to reserve. Transport may be arranged by calling Mr Easter. The conference opens Tuesday morning with a joint noon luncheon and a banquet at 6 50 pm for both groups.
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Loon Beaty American Legion Post
West Point
S. W. Easter
Mr. Easter
West Poin
Report on Rising Living Costs and Wage Adjustments
The government released figures showing a new peak in living costs for mid August with automatic hourly wage bumps for 1,250,000 road workers and smaller increases for about 100,000 textile workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted a 0.2 percent price rise from July 15 to August, marking the third consecutive record and sixth straight month of increases.
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Washington
Wooten
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Livestock outlook outlined by Iowa State Extension experts
Speakers Buel Lanpher and Rex Beresford told 110 farmers at a Washington meeting that sustained high incomes, defense spending, and strong corn supplies point to favorable livestock margins in 1953. They expect hog prices to follow seasonal trends, fat cattle prices to rise only modestly, and feeder cattle supplies to stay ample with possible price pressures on lower grades.
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Buel Lanpher
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College Extension
Livestok
Washington
Demo Chairman Urges Nixon Quit Over Outside Income
Democratic national chairman Steph en A Mitchell demanded that Senator Richard M Nixon resign as running mate after accepting about $17 000 in outside income Nixon countered that he did not pay taxes on the money claiming it paid expenses Mitchell spoke at a Des Moines strategy meeting with 65 party leaders from 15 states while Nixon spoke at the Capitol about the issue Iowa chair Jalie More said the campaign is going our way as leaders outlined plans to keep up the effort
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Des Moines
Stephen A. Mitchell
Dwicht D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Mitchell
State Capitol
Nixon
Jalie More
Iowal
Bank Heist in South Bend Ties to Pa Escapees
Three men, possibly escaped convicts from Lewisburg prison, robbed the Western Avenue branch of the National Bank and Trust Co. in South Bend Indiana, stealing about $55 000 and injuring a clerk with a shotgun blast as they looted teller cages. FBI agents link the trio to earlier Pennsylvania terror and a Bronx bank raid.
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South Bend
Ind
Turry
FBI
Pennsylvania
Western Avenue
National Bank and Trust Co
George Lorence
EFBL
Lewisburg
Bronx
Newcomer Herbert Moffett Joins Wittmer’s U-Save
Herbert Moffett, formerly of Memphis Missouri, is now employed at Wittmer's U-Save in Washington. He was released recently from 21 months of U S Army service including Korea and Japan. His wife Margaret Nichols’ parents formerly lived here. Moffett started work Monday.
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Herbert Moffett
Memphis
Washington
Moffett
Wittmer
U-Save
United States Army
Korea
Japan
Margaret Nichols
Mr. Moffett
New Score Board Planned for Case Field
Washington high school will install a 12 by 18 foot automatic score board and time clock at Case Field. The Kiwanis club ordered the unit for about 1200 dollars as a Kid's Day project, with Clarence Logan chairing the effort and sales of Kid's Day buttons to offset costs. The board will display game time, score, and downs and yards to go with a running account.
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Washington
Kiwanis Club
Case Field
Clarence Logan
Levalese Sugar Found in Honey Described as Sweetest
A historical note proclaims Levalese as the sugar present in honey and describes it as the sweetest sugar. The statement highlights its uniqueness and flavor.
Des Moines Forecast Cooler Weekend With Sun and Clouds
Partly cloudy and cool tonight in Des Moines with a low around 40 to 46. Saturday will see a high in the upper 60s. Sunday remains mostly fair and cool with light winds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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