Stevenson Warns Russia May Abandon Aggressive Policies
Oklahoma City report on Adlai E. Stevenson campaigning in the South asserts Russia might drop aggressive policies as collective security shows effectiveness. He warns against risky moves, criticizes Eisenhower for talk of toughness paired with defense cuts, and cautions long term peace depends on steadfast policy.
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Oklahoma City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Russia
United States
Stevenson
Stalin
Triple Train Crash Toll Rises to 107 in Harrow
The death toll from Wednesday's triple train crash in Harrow rose to 107. Debris clearing continued slowly as railway officials warned of more possible bodies in the wreckage. At least 94 people remained in hospitals, with 63 released since the tragedy.
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Harrow
Eng
Weather Outlook for Richmond Virginia October 1 to 15
Extended Virginia weather outlook shows temperatures about five degrees below normal with the coldest day Tuesday. Rain ends Friday night or Saturday and may return Monday. Total precipiation expected from one half to three quarters of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Colonial Beauty Shoppe Closed For Union Beauty Show
Notice announces the Colonial Beauty Shoppe will close Monday October 13 while attending the Union Beauty Show in Washington DC from 1 to 10 10 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Washington, D. C
Chinese Reds assault White Horse Mountain in heavy fighting
Chinese forces pressed the White Horse Mountain summit as 16 000 fresh troops massed nearby. UN and ROK defenders fought hand to hand in darkness for hours, suffering heavy casualties and retreating from the crest amid driving rain and artillery fire.
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George A. McArthur
Seoul
Korea
White Horse Mountain
Republic of Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
White Horse
Yonchon
Punch Bowl
Eighth Army
U. N
Truman Drives New York Votes for Stevenson Across State
President Truman tours New York aboard his whistle stop train urging support for Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 election. He attacks Republicans on civil rights records and accuses foes of anti minority attacks while defending the Bill of Rights. Dewey denounces a white supremacy ballot symbol used against Stevenson and Sparkman in Alabama.
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ED Creach
Truman
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Adlai Stevenson
White House
New York State
Buffalo
Memorial Auditorium
Dewey
Alabama
Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Sparkman
Methodist Bishop Calls for Higher Minister Pay in Virginia
The Virginia Methodist Conference opened with Bishop Bond urging a minimum minister salary of 3000 dollars for married preachers to match rising costs. He noted 232 ministers earned 2500 dollars or less or between 2500 and 3000 last year, and urged a 10 percent pay hike over four years. Conference delegates admitted 13 clergymen to full connection, granted three withdrawal requests, and heard a sermon from Dr. William R. Cannon.
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Norfolk
Virginia Methodist Conference
Bond
Virginia Methodist
Garber
Virginia Methodists
William R. Cannon
Emory University
Candler School of Theology
Boyes
Rover
Cleveland Jenkins
Gainsboro
Sgt. Whitacre Has His Foot In It
Winchester’s Sgt. Floyd A Whitacre gains unusual base honor at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas for having the smallest foot among personnel. The base newspaper had cited a 5 foot 2 inch shortest and a 6 foot 3 2 inch tallest, with respective shoe sizes 3 2 EEE and 15 2 EEE.
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Floyd A. Whitacre
Winchester
Sheppard Air Foce
Texas
Kenneth A. Pearch
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Howard Hanright
Rome
Wailecee
Columbus Day Holiday Notice at Farmers & Merchants Bank
The bank at 1408 Main Avenue announces October 13 is a legal Columbus Day holiday and will be closed. The note appears on a single page with rental and business references. Laundry service mentions and floor office email lines are unreadable in the fragment.
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Local Farmers & Merchants Bank
Zuckerman to Lead Smaller Industries Chest Drive Unit
Charles M. Zuckerman of L. Zuckerman and Sons was named chairman of the Reader Industries Smaller Industries unit of the Community Chest drive. The group, part of the International Employees Division, will canvass at least 30 local centers of employment to boost contributions toward the $41,225 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Zuckerman
L. Zuckerman and Sons
Reader Industries
Zuckerman
Lions Club
American Son
International Employees
F. L. Largent Jr
Winchester
Frederick County
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
Philip Murray
Pingley & Car
Stevenson Loyalty Certificates Prompt GOP Attack
Republican congressional candidate Walter R. Gambill denounces five dollar Stevenson loyalty certificates as political blackmail and a modern loyalty oath. He cites past Democratic conventions in Virginia South Carolina and Louisiana where delegates refused to sign. Certificates fund Virginia Democratic campaign and allegedly threaten noncontributors with punishment.
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Richmond
Virginia
Walter R. Gambill
Congress
Third
Chicago
South Carolina
Louisiana
Democratic
Gambill
Inquiry Into Death Of Martinsburg Woman Concluded
A coroner's jury ruled that Betty Smeltzer Weaver died from excessive alcohol and sleeping powder overdose, likely Nebutal, at a Martinsburg apartment. Witnesses included her sister June Smeltzer and Arnold Kane amid a Sept 27 party. Autopsy showed no signs of violence.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Betty Smeltzer Weaver
June Smeltzer
Arnold Kane
Stevenson Seeks Silence for Election Voters
Gov Adlai E Stevenson urged voters to enjoy silence amid a flood of words saying the November election involves long travel and his 150000 word speech He proposed a half hour of radio and TV silence to let voters think about their choice.
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Oklahoma City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Feeder Calf Sale Opens Strong in Northern Virginia
The 13th annual Feeder Calf Sale by the Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association and partners launches after noon with expected 5,500 head total. Early results show 350 head sold in Frederick County while 2,334 calves rest at Farmers Livestock Exchange and 905 at Virginia Livestock Auction Market. Opening prices hint the average may dip slightly from last year’s 42.77 cents per pound.
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Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association
Virginia Extension Service
Virginia Beef Cattle Association
I. Fred Stine
Frederick County
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Virginia
N. Kent Street
J.edward Britton
Coatesville
George M Anthony
Strausstown
Agricultural Department
University of Maryland College Park
John Talbot
ITI
Middleburg
Stine
Pilot Crash Lands F-84 Thunderjet at 225 MPH in Korea
Maj. Eugene P. Sonneberg of Chicago, on his 93rd mission, crash landed a burning F-84 Thunderjet after anti aircraft fire struck his wing near Won san on Korea's east coast. He fought to keep control, jettisoned bombs, then belly landed at sea and was helped from the cockpit by crash crew.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Eugene P. Sonneberg
Chicago
Wonsan
North Korea
Statewide Virginia Traffic Toll Tops Six Per Day
Virginia’s 1952 highway fatalities rose toward 700 as daily deaths averaged over five. Two deaths reported to State Police boosted the day to six and the year toll to 682. In the last seven days, thirty victims died, with four more deaths reported before noon yesterday.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Coal Strike Looms If Wage Board Delays Pay Hike
John L. Lewis threatens a nationwide coal strike unless the Wage Stabilization Board approves the union’s new pay boost by next Wednesday. Lewis and Welly Hopkins fly to Washington to press the case as miners win a $1.90 daily raise to $18.25 and a 10 cent royalty bump totaling over 150 million dollars yearly. Operators say they cannot fund the terms until approval.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Miners Union
WSB
Hopkins
Em Amn A
Conerence Ington
Berserk Footman Murders Two Butlers At Derby Home
A 19 year old apprentice footman Harold Winstanley was charged with killing two butlers and wounding Lady Derby during a gun attack at the Earl of Derby's country mansion in Prescot England. Lord Derby and his wife were present. the valet was wounded while disarming the shooter. Police cited no stated motive.
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Prescot
Eng
Earl of Derby
Lady Derby
Lord Derby
Harold Winstanley
Liverpool
Winstanley
British Cotton Growers Association
Territorial Army
Altcar
Derby Mansion
Walter Stallard
Dovglas Stewart
William Sullivan
Absentee ballot requests surge for Virginians in armed forces
Absentee ballot applications from Virginians in the armed forces arrive at about 300 daily to the State Board of Elections. Secretary Levin Nock Davis says the total reaches 4000 to 5000 and may rise further. A local auction notice also appears for the Solenberger Property at 400 S Washington St selling Saturday October 11 at 11 am.
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Richmond
State Board of Elections
Levin Nock Davis
Solenberger
S. Washington St
Russians Claim Hospital Plane Outside Corridor
Soviet officials demand severe punishment for the crew of an unarmed U S Air Force hospital mission plane after it was buzzed by two Soviet MiG-15 fighters. The Berlin bound DC3 carried five crew and a nurse. it escaped into clouds as bullets zip by its nose.
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Berlin
Lemuel Mathewson
V. I. Trussov
Moscow
Germany
Trussov
Mathewson
President Truman Served Court Summons in Cleveland
Deputy U S marshal served papers on President Truman making him defendant in a suit filed Sept 3 by lawyer William W Cavanaugh challenging the Korea war as lacking Congressional approval. Truman has 60 days to answer, though aides doubt the action will stand in this district.
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Cleveland
Truman
Harry
U.S. Marshall
Norman F. Black
William W. Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Eisenhower says he will release financial report before election
General Dwight D. Eisenhower stated he will make public a financial report before the election if anyone is interested. His aides indicated the form of disclosure was unclear, possibly a financial statement rather than full income tax returns. He spoke in Phoenix to about 10,000 at a 12,000 seat stadium, touting Western reclamation projects as national benefits.
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Mississippi River
Stine
Seaboard States
Texas
San Francisco
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arrow
Bay Bridge
Oakland
Cow Palace
Ike
U.N
International
Phoenix
Ars
Eisenhower
Jenne GC. Hagersty
Net
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Geneal
Great Western
America
Delaney Conviction Overturned by Appeals Court
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Denis W Delaney former Internal Revenue collector, who faced a two year term and a 10520 fine for bribe acceptance and tax lien falsifications. The court remanded to the attorney general to decide on a new trial or dismissal, citing prejudicial publicity prior to trial. Judge Calvert Magruder wrote the unanimous opinion.
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Boston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
Dellaney
Calvert Magruder
Five Injured When Bus and Truck Collide Near Laurel
A Trailways bus rear-ended a slow tractor-trailer on Washington Baltimore Boulevard near Laurel Maryland injuring five occupants none seriously. They were taken to Leland Memorial Hospital Riverdale for treatment. Names listed include Ervin M Malick James L Tilton Richard Bird Marjorieene Hobbs and others. Driving charges were filed against both drivers James Melvin the truck driver and the bus operator.
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Suestion
James Melvin
Suffolk
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Southao
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Spikes
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