Defense rests case in Grammer murder trial without refuting girl
In Baltimore the defense rested its case after not calling George Edward Grammer to counter testimony from Mathilda Mizibrocky who faced questions about a possible New York romance. Judge Moser set final arguments for Thursday.
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Grammer
Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
New York
Mathilda Mizibrocky
Anthony S
Federico
Herman M. Moser
Mizibrocky
Washington
Stevenson Club To Open Quarters in Winchester
The Stevenson Sparkman Club in Winchester Frederick County votes to open a headquarters at 188 Loudoun street tomorrow afternoon. Women volunteers are sought to staff the quarters daily except Sundays until election day. The office will display portraits of the presidential and vice presidential candidates and distribute buttons and automobile stickers. A spending committee of Mayor Mifflin B. Clowe Jr Allen Gray W Lee Fisher and Charles Rosenberger is named. any three can act in the fourth's absence. Most funds are to stay in city and county. Mayor Clowe to arrange a local address by a noted speaker for the national ticket prior to election.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Stevenson-Sparkman Club
Yas
Loudoun
City Hall
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Allen Gray
W. Lee Fisher
Charles Rosenberger
Clowe
Chimney Fire at 118 W Leicester St Warned Firemen
Local firemen responded to a chimney fire at Richard Washington's home on 118 West Leicester Street shortly before 8 this morning. The blaze burned out quickly with no damage reported. Stevenson Sparkman Club Headquarters.
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Richard Washington
Leicester St
Stevenson-Sparkman Club
Stevenson Opens Final 12 State Tour with Sendoff
Illinois rally crowd of about 5,500 hears Adlai Stevenson launch a cross country 12 state tour aimed at winning New York 45 electoral votes. He attacks Eisenhower and Taft while touting farm aid and Democratic gains in Congress amid rough campaign clashes.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York
Armory
Truman Denies Calling Eisenhower Anti Catholic and Anti Jewish
President Truman says he did not call General Eisenhower anti Catholic or anti Jewish and accuses Republicans of distorting his words. He reiterates his support for GOP senators who backed the McCarran immigration law as part of his broader critique of the party. Eisenhower replies from Providence and Attleboro defending himself against the charges.
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Truman
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Jewish Welfare Board
Eisenhower
Providence
R. I
Congress
Hiss Eligible For Parole On November Twenty First
Washington reports Alger Hiss, 47, former State Department official, becomes parole eligible on November 21 after a five year perjury sentence at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. No parole application filed yet and no hearing before the November 4 election. hearings planned for the week of November 10 for Lewisburg prisoners.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
U. S. Parole Board
State Department
Lewisburg
Hiss
Seven Stations To Carry Talk By William Tuck
Former Governor William M. Tuck will deliver a radio address on the presidential campaign. The 6:15 to 6:30 p m EST program originates from WBTM Danville and will be broadcast across seven Virginia stations including WRVA Richmond WDBJ Roanoke WEAM Arlington WGH Newport News WSVA Harrisonburg and WHLF South Boston.
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Richmond
William M. Tuck
Virginia
WBTM
Danville
WRVA
WDBJ
Roanoke
WEAM
Arlington
WGH
Newport News
WSVA
Harrisonburg
WHLF
Boston
Fox Bites Man and Is Killed by Man in Mountain Falls
Cooper of Mountain Falls choked a grey fox to death with bare hands after the animal bit him on both legs while rescuing his turkeys. The fox's head was sent to Luray for rabies tests. Seven people in the area have been bitten by foxes since the start of the year. six received Pasteur treatment. Health officials report the fox tested rabid.
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Cooper
Mountain Falls
Luray
Frederick-Winchester
Health Department
Jaycees Plan Free Scotchlight Taping for Bicycles
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will tape Scotchlite on children's bicycles along Handley Blvd between Washington and Stewart Streets this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. Police Chief J Thomas Boyd backs the safety program which aids the upcoming Bicycle Safety Drive requiring lights and licenses. If rain halts Saturday, the crew will resume the same time and place on Novem ber.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Handley Blvd
Washington
Stewart Sts
J. Thomas Boyd
J.C
President Denies Administration Soft Toward Reds
President Truman, campaigning in New Jersey, rejects GOP claims of soft anticommunist policy as an outrageous falsehood. He argues Republicans use propaganda to mislead, touts concrete measures against communism, and criticizes Eisenhower for stoking fear and delaying civil rights progress.
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Truman
New Jersey
Republican High Command
Dwight D Eisenhower
Jersey City
President Truman Frames Job as Public Relations Task
Washington—President Truman reportedly told Amvets veterans that his role is mainly public relations and that the office “doesn’t mean anything it’s just a public relations job.” He said he does not sit in the White House to issue orders and joked he spends his day kissing people to make them happy. The meeting touched on Ike, Revercomb, McCarthy, and Jenner as Truman said Eisenhower’s appeal drew him to politics.
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Washington
Truman
Amvets
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Revercomb
McCarthy
Jenner
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
William E. Jenner
Indiana
Grass Fire Threatens Morely Packing Shed
Fire crews from Friendship and South End combat a grass blaze at Will Morely’s orchard on the Cedar Creek Grade near Opequon around 1 30 p m. The fire neared a wooden packing shed but caused no damage.
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Friendship and
South End
Will Morely
Cedar Creek
Opequon
Richmond Weather Outlook for Oct 22 to Oct 26
The Richmond Virginia outlook shows temperatures averaging three to five degrees below normal. Expect warmer periods on Wednesday and Thursday, cooler Friday, then a warmer weekend with little or no precipitation.
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Richmond
Virginia
1 500 Chinese Attack Ridge In Rainstorm
In a heavy rainstorm 1 500 Chinese Reds attacked Ridge in a renewed assault on Mud coated Snake Ridge. South Korean forces held them at bay with rifle and artillery fire as the attack bogged down and Reds withdrew by 8 40 p m. Allied officers reported pinpoint Hill was targeted while Triangle Hill remained quiet and U S Seventh Division troops waited for an expected onslaught. Farther east South Korean troops pressed near Iron Horse Mountain but pulled back in fog as tanks could not locate targets. Rain and overcast grounded warplanes.
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Seoul
John
Fujii
Pinpoint Hill
Triangle Hill
U. S. Seventh Division
Iron Horse Mountain
1. N
Sparkman Enters Hospital for Respiratory Condition
Senator John J. Sparkman, Democratic vice presidential nominee, entered Bethesda Naval Hospital for treatment of laryngitis and a mild respiratory condition. He was to depart for a campaign trip into the South, with the Democratic National Committee arranging for other speakers. He is expected to remain hospitalized for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Sparkman
Sparkman
South
Democratic National Committee
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Next Year's Food Prices Seen About The Same as 1952
The Agriculture Department forecast 1953 retail food prices near 1952 levels. It noted some rises in civilian purchases of beef veal chicken margarine frozen fruits juices and vegetables while demand for pork eggs turkey and butter may ease.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Democrat for 101 Years Woman Switches to Eisenhower
Miss Lavine Stover celebrates 101st birthday and declares she will vote for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower on November 4. A lifelong Democrat since 1919 she explains the switch is influenced by distant kinship to the general.
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Los Angeles
Lavine Stover
Gen
Eisenhower
Miss Stover
Absentee Voting Last Day Set for Oct 30 1952
Absentee voting ends Thursday October 30 1952 as the final day to apply for a ballot. Call 8592 between 12:00 noon and 6:00 p m for information.
Eisenhower Draws Crowds in New England Stops
Ike drew big enthusiastic crowds at New England stops as he attacked the Truman administration over alleged lies and corruption. He urged strong economy and peace, denounced a hate and fear campaign, and defended his anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic charges as falsehoods.
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Ike
New England
Truman
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Manchester
N. H
New York City
New York Herald Tribune Forum
State Harvesting Accelerated by Warm Weather
Fair weather last week sped up harvesting across Virginia as migrants arrived in numbers to harvest corn apples truck crops peanuts cotton and sweet potatoes. Seeding lagged due to dry soil though hay crops pastures and small grains progressed well with 70 percent of apples 60 percent of cotton and 75 percent of sweet potatoes harvested in key areas.
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Richmond
U S. Weather Bureau
Hot Springs
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Charlottesville
Front Royal
Lynchburg
Winchester
Roanoke
Virginia State Employment Service
Two Killed When Dynamite Laden Truck Explodes
In Speedwell Virginia two state highway department workers were killed when a dynamite laden pickup exploded at 9 35 am on State Route 90 three and a half miles west of Speedwell. The truck had collected 18 cases of dynamite from a mountain magazine near Wytheville. The blast created a 3 foot deep by 8 foot wide crater scattering debris over 400 yards and shearing wire fences. Identified victims were John E Shannahan 47 of Speedwell and James Norman of Rural Retreat.
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Speedwell
State Highway Department
Here
John E. Shannahan
James Norman
State
Wytheville
Navy reports destroyer Lewis wounded by shore fire
Bulletin from Washington states the destroyer Lewis was hit off the East Coast of Korea on October 14, wounding one sailor. The Navy confirmed the attack by Communist shore fire and ongoing damage assessments.
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Washington
Navy
Lewis
Korea
Taft defends independence from Eisenhower in rally remarks
Richmond senator Robert A. Taft rejected claims he is Eisenhower's boss calling them name calling. He predicted a GOP victory and said Eisenhower's views remain unchanged. Taft planned a 8 15 pm address on government overreach and may reference Byrd's stance on the Stevenson Sparkman ticket. He will then speak in New York and New Jersey after traveling from Richmond.
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Richmond
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Sen
Byrd
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
More Arms Needed To Force Decision In Korea
Secretary of the Navy Kimball stated at a news conference that more armed forces of all kinds are required to force a decision in Korea. He warned that if the Communists do not want peace, the U S and its allies must determine the next step, but he declined to specify how long they would wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kimball
Korea
U. S
Richmond Fireman Finnegan to Speak at Clearbrook Meeting
Capt. J. F. Finnegan of the Richmond Fire Department Training Division will address the Clearbrook Fire Department’s semi annual meeting at 8 p m Friday in Stonewall School. The talk on fire causes consequences and home safety is co sponsored by the school PTA and open to the public including students.
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J. F. Finnegan
Richmond Fire Department
Clearbrook Fire Department
Stonewall
Parent-Teachers Association
Capt. Finnegan
Civil Service payroll drops 12681 in August
The Civil Service Commission reported a reduction of 12,681 civilian employees in the executive branch, leaving a total of 2,591,459 for August.
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Washington
Executive Branch
Civil Service Commission
Strike of 322,000 soft coal miners ups unemployment among railroaders
John L. Lewis said striking miners will return to work only after the full 1.90 a day pay raise. Railroads lay off thousands as coal industry walkout widens. wage cuts and automatic work-day reductions threaten more job losses. UMW members report high idle rates while leaders urge a restart at the negotiated rate.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Virginian Railway
Friy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wage Stabilization Board
UMW
West Virginia
Pennsylv
Kentucky
Harry Moses
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Lewis
Buchanan Ishmael Fletcher
First General Chest Report Due Tomorrow
First General Chest Report is due tomorrow as 225 will submit the initial tabulation from a city canvass. The Industrial Employees Division reports started selecting workers in local plants while a Commercial Division team canvasses employees in downtown stores and offices. Rural canvassing began later, delaying county reports until late in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ve Te Strader
FP. L. Largent Jr
Ben Belchie
Nba
Woman Mayor to Stump For Gov Stevenson in Virginia
Mrs Dorothy Davis, mayor of Washington Virginia, will campaign statewide for Governor Adlai Stevenson. The article notes her role as a Democratic Party official and mentions the Rappahannock County Democratic Committee.
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Gov. Stevenson
Washington, Va
Dorothy Davis
Rappahannock
Virginia
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
Rappahanere County
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Citizens For Eisenhower Organization
Whittaker Chambers
William Tuck
Best
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Fox
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Jaycees
Scotchlight Bicycles
Apples
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Automobile Tour
Newark
Eice
HST
Weather Outlook
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Charlie Chaplin
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