Truman to Start Campaign Swing Through New England
President Truman announces a three day swing through Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and New York starting Thursday with 77 electoral votes at stake. He will deliver major speeches in Hartford Manchester Boston and Brooklyn to boost Adlai Stevenson and attack Eisenhower.
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Washington
Truman
New England
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York
Hartford
Conn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Manchester
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Boston
Brooklyn
White House
Senate
House
Newark End
Eisenhower
Illinois coal miners walk out at seven southern mines
Workers in at least seven of 40 large Illinois coal mines owned by operators and tied to United Mine Workers walked out on the day. The strikes affect more than 2,000 miners in Southern Illinois as they contend the new wage boost not yet approved by the Wage Stabilization Board has not been paid.
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Chicago
Illnois
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Illinois
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
Convictions Upheld for North Carolina Klan Members
A United States appellate court upholds kidnapping convictions of seven North Carolina Ku Klux Klan members in a Richmond case. The ruling reinforces prior findings and maintains the penalties tied to the offenses.
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Richmond
United States
North Carolina
South Koreans Hold Crest on White Horse Mountain
Chinese assault on White Horse Mountain fails as South Korean units halt the attack and fortify position. U N command praises ROK troops as Maj Gen Kim Chong Oh and Gen James Van Fleet hail their defense while air forces launch heavy sorties against Chinese concentrations along the Chorwon front.
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George A. MacArthur
Seoul
Korea
White Horse Mountain
White Horse
Republic of Korea
ROK
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
van Fleet
Milo Farnell
Kim Chong Oh
Far East
U. N
Japan
Okinawa
Taeju
Swift
Methodists Move Rev. Coe to Edinburg in Virginia Conference
The Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church announces minor preaching changes. Rev. Benjamin W. Coe moves from Montague Avenue Church to Edinburg, to be replaced by Rev. E. B. White. Rev. Grover C. Jenkins shifts to Keezletown-McGaheysville, with Rev. W. S. Tussey succeeding him. Other appointments include Rev. Forrest B. Oglesby staying as Winchester District superintendent and Dr. William Archer Wright and Rev. Watson S. Custer in Braddock Street and assistant roles respectively. Continued notes list several other pastors and assignments.
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Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Paul N. Garber
Norfolk
Benjamin W. Coe
Montague Avenue
Edinburg
E. B. White
Grover C. Jenkins
Gainesboro
Keezletown-McGaheysville
W. 8. Tussey
Forrest B. Oglesby
Winchester
William Archer Wright
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Watson S. Custer
Edgar G. Hill
Market Street
Charles E. Burkett
North Frederick
C. B. Larrick
Percy D. White
Berryville
J. S. Peebles
Middletown
Emory S. Ell
Single Engined Jets Make Record Over Water Flight
At an air base in Northern Japan, 28 U.S. F-84G Thunderjets from Texas flew 2500 miles from Midway Island to bases in Japan in six hours, two minutes. Led by Col. Donald J. M. Blakeslee, the mission set a record for water flight by single engine jets, with refueling possibilities cited for nonstop world flight.
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Japan
U. S
Pacific
Texas
3St
Midway
Blakes
Fairport Harbor
Bergstrom Field
Austin
Travis Air Force Base
California
Honolulu
Minor Accident on N Kent Street Causes Damage
A minor weekend accident on N Kent Street left $250 in damage at 8 30 p m Sunday. Officer Shumaker reports a 1946 Buick owned by John M Bruce of Harrisonburg was parked improperly on the wrong side when struck by a 1950 Ford driven by William B Pandy of the U S Army heading north. Ford damage was $150 and Buick $100.
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Shumaker
Winchester
John M. Bruce
Harrisonburg
William 8. Pandy
U. S. Army
Kent St
Battle Speech Boosts Stevenson Forces in Virginia
Governor Battle urged Democrats in Lebanon to back Adlai Stevenson and running mate John Sparkman, criticizing Eisenhower on civil issues. The speech drew praise from longtime party rivals and Virginia leaders, strengthening hopes for Stevenson’s Virginia victory as Byrd stayed silent.
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Associated Press
Battle
Adlai Stevenson
Democratc
Virgin
National Party
Stevenson
John Sparkman
Lebanon
Dwight D Eisenhower
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Francis Pickens Miller
Byrd Organization
Harry F Byrd
Democratic
Virginia
Miller
T Nelson Parker
Richmond
Sen. Byrd
Russia Charges U S Plane Shot Over Far East
Moscow accuses a U S B 29 bomber of violating the Soviet frontier near the Yur Islands in the Kuriles. Soviet fighters say they returned fire and the missing U S plane vanished toward the sea. Deputy Foreign Minister Pushkin delivered the note to the acting U S chargé d’affaires.
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Russia
Japan
United States
Communist Party
Pravda
Tokyo
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Air Force
Kurile Islands
U.S
Yur
Yuri
Hokkaido
Georgi Pushkin
Elim O'Shaughnessy
Russian Planes Tracked on Radar Over Northern Japan Base
Japan Air Defense Force commander says Russian planes are tracked daily at a northern Japan air base and Soviet aircraft only sometimes cross into Japanese waters. He notes alerts occur when aircraft approach and pilots may scramble or remain on standby.
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Japan
Japan Air Defense Force
Delmar T. Spivey
Fire damages Legion Home on Cameron Street
A cigarette started fire caused about 350 dollars in damage to the Legion Home at 117 North Cameron Street yesterday morning. A chair in the lounge burned after being left smoldering overnight, with smoke damaging two rooms. The building and contents were insured and the chair was a total loss.
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Legion Home
N. Cameron St
Legion
Corrigan Rug CO
Alexandria
Virginia
Stanley
Winchester
Shenandoah Motor Truck and Safes Found in Clarke
Police and state cops recovered a pickup truck and two safes from a wooded Clarke County area near Winchester. Safes opened with missing cash. valuable papers saved. Thieves likely attempted to move the truck after jamming it in soft earth. Earlier break ins preceded broader Winchester Frederick incidents. Police continue the investigation.
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Winchester City
Virginia State Police
Shenandoah Motor Company
Valley Avenue
Motor Company
Annefield
Clarke County
Raymond Wilson
H. F. Byrd
Winchester
J. Tom Boy
F. M. Funk
Warren Rudolph
Sergt. L. Woolf
H. F. Will
Amoco
Corns
Loudoun
Cork Streets
Frederick County
U S Delegates Shape Up Program For U N Assembly
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson leads the U N delegation shaping its work program for Korea and other issues as the seventh U N Assembly opens. Senators Green and Wiley are senior delegates with Wiley calling for a purge of American Communists from the U N Secretariat.
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U.S
U.N. Assembly
United Nations
Dean Acheson
U. S
U. N. Assembly
Korea
Acheson
Park Avenue
Andrei Vishinsky
U N. Seventh Assembly
U N
Theodore Francis Green
D-Ri
Alexandria Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
U. N
Wiley
Washington
State Department
U. N. Secretariat
Thein
McCarran Senate
Internal Security Committee
Trygve Lie
Wilevy
Machine Gun Fire Quells Trenton Prison Riot
About 20 knife wielding convicts barricaded themselves in Wing 7 of Trenton State Prison in a two hour riot quelled by machine gun blasts. Three guards were held hostage but were rescued unharmed. Two prisoners were injured by ricochet bullets from officers as they broke through a barricade.
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Trenton
N. J
Trenton State Prison
Lloyd W. McCorkle
Churchill to Speak on Monte Bello Explosion
LONDON reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill will make his first public statement on Britain's Monte Bello atomic explosion when Parliament reopens after a two and a half month recess.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Monte Bello
West Approves New Economic Aid Program for Yugoslavia
Belgrade Yugoslavia The United States Britain and France announced a tri power agreement on a new economic aid program for Yugoslavia aiming to bolster world peace and Yugoslavia defense. The package, about 99 million dollars retroactive to July, would be split with the U S contributing two thirds and would fund imports and local or abroad technician expenses.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
U. S
Slavia
NAACP Attacks Byrd and Eisenhower in Virginia Meeting
Clarence Mitchell told 600 Virginia NAACP members to strip away Byrd power and back Adlai Stevenson on civil rights. He praised FEPC and urged repeal of poll tax, segregation laws, and stronger federal enforcement. He contrasted Eisenhower’s lack of commitments with Stevenson’s civil rights stance.
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Boston
Virginia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Mitchell
Washington
NAACP
Association
Byrd
Allen Shivers
Texas
Jimmy Byrnes
South Carolina
South Africa
United Nations
South
Byrnes
Shivers
Mitchell
The
Virginia General Assembly
Congress
FEPC
General Smith lauds Truman drive against Reds in government
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, head of the CIA, told a Philadelphia hearing that any future president, regardless of party, must persevere in fighting Communism in federal agencies. He said he cannot affirm no infiltration and noted CIA work is overseas, while denying internal Communist presence.
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Philadelphia
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Truman
House
McCarthy-Benton
Smith
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
CIA
Walter
John 8. Wood
D-Ga
R.p. Harold Velde
R-Ill
Frank 8. Tavenner, Jr
Wood
United States
Mass Meeting Forms Stevenson Sparkman Club at Winchester
Frederick County Courthouse in Winchester hosts a mass meeting for residents of Winchester and Frederick County to form the Stevenson Sparkman Club. All interested are urged to attend on Sunday October 13 at the courthouse. Also notices offer sale of 5 percent first mortgage bonds in $500 and $1000 denominations and a theater quota club contact for a show titled Goodbye, My Fancy.
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Care Star
Stevenson-Sparkman Club
Frederick County
Winchester
Little Theatre Quota Club
Rosenbergs Denied Supreme Court Hearing on Spy Case
The Supreme Court today denied a hearing for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the husband and wife sentenced to die for passing American A bomb secrets to Russia. The decision keeps their case unresolved at the federal level.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
Lasley Seated By Valley Dentists At Shenandoah Meeting
The Shenandoah Valley Dental Association annual meeting was well attended at the George Washington Hotel. Dr. F A Lasley Jr of Staunton was inducted president for the coming year and Dr C C Byers of Harrisonburg named president elect for next year. Staunton chosen for next year’s meeting. Dr John T McSweeney of New York City spoke on dentistry at Memorial Hospital.
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Shenandoah Valley Dental Association
George Washington Hotel
Leon Slavin
Winschester
Lexington
F. A. Lasley, Jr
Staunton
C. C. Byers
Harrisonburg
W. H. Wonder
Woodstock
D. B. Allen
Berryville
John T. McSweeney
New York City
Memorial Hospital
Supreme Court to Rule on $50 Tax Stamp for Gamblers
The Supreme Court agreed to decide the validity of a federal law that requires gamblers to purchase a fifty dollar tax stamp. The case centers on enforcement and constitutional questions surrounding the new stamp requirement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Backers Divided As Campaign Nears Home Stretch
Democratic and Republican camps aired optimistic contrasts as the race neared the end. Bob Stevenson and Ike Eisenhower backers predicted paths to victory while aides like Herbet Brownell and Wilson Wyatt outlined contrasting expectations for California Ohio and the South amid independent votes and key regional appeals.
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Bob Stevenson
Ike
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Wilson Wyatt
Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Denver
Herbert Brownell
New York
Eisenhower
Brownell
Thomas J. Dewey
California
Ohio
Truman
Dewey
Wyatt
Hower
Truman Jana
Sen
William Fulbright
Arkansas
South
Apple Processors in Frederick and Clarke Counties Hire About 2100
An employment survey shows about 2100 people work in Clarke and Frederick County apple plants. National Product Company heads 1000 workers, H F Byrd Canning 500, Shenandoah Apple Deer and Vinegar 450, with others employing smaller numbers. Overall, staffing is near last year's level despite new equipment, and fruit quality is described as good.
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Walter A. Bowman
Clarke
Frederick
National Product Company
H. F. Byrd
Berryville
Gar
Valley Pike
F. C. Hutteman
Derryville
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Valley
Richard Nixon
Grive
Robert Tate
Canebe
Casper
Wyo
Columbia University
Frederick-Clarke
H. J. Heins Company
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