Stevenson Defends Against Coddling Communism Charges
Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson campaigned in Indiana denying charges of coddling communism. He criticized Republicans including McCarthy and Nixon, spoke at Notre Dame, and touted Sen. Richard Russell's Georgia endorsement as Byrd’s Virginia bloc opposition cooled. He left Chicago for a 12-state tour to rally voters over the next two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Indiana
Adlai E Stevenson
America
University of Notre Dame
Illinois
Free World
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Sen
Richard M. Nixon
California
GOP
Russell
Richard Russell
Georgia
Chicago
South
Harry FP. Byrd
Virginia
Stevenson-Sparkman
Mnlinois Zee
Springfield
Simon
Midwest
Mystery Blast Levels House Near Latrobe Tolling Five
A blast leveled a two story home two miles north of Latrobe Pennsylvania killing five members of the Rogosky family. Victims include 19 year old expectant mother Hazel Rogosky and her unborn child, husband Joseph Rogosky Jr., and Joseph Rogosky Sr. and his son John. State police cannot determine a cause as debris ignited and flames spread.
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Latrobe
Pennsylvania
Hazel Rogosky
Sparkman Improves After Laryngitis At Bethesda Hospital
Sen. John J. Sparkman Democratic vice presidential nominee is reported to be recovering rapidly from laryngitis. The Bethesda Maryland hospital expects discharge by week’s end. Community notices include Virginia fruit market specials and local fire department meeting details with guest speaker Captain Finnegan from Richmond.
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Washington
John J. Sparkman
Bethesda
Virginia
Loudoun St
Willow Lawn Farm
Valley Ave
Berryville
AEBROOK _ ARBROOK FIREMEN
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept
Stonewall School
Capt
Finnegan
Richmond Fire Dept
General Clark reverses rotation policy for front line troops
Tokyo dispatch reports General Mark Clark, under Pentagon pressure, reversed an order that would have required battle front troops to stay nine and a half months before rotation. The new rule keeps nine months but adds front line duty in Korea and rear-area delays due to replacement lag. Clark cited October replacement shortages and noted heavier burdens on front line soldiers with higher casualty risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Pentagon
Korea
Japan
Defense Lovett
Washington
Army
Clarke
Storm Kills Dozens Across Philippines and Nearby Regions
A severe tropical storm sweeps the Philippines killing at least 47 and injuring hundreds as it moves toward the South China Sea. Reports warn the toll may rise with thousands homeless and millions in damages.
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Philippines
Manila
South China Sea
Nature
Indochina
Phan Thiet
Monang
Virginia road toll climbs with double fatality day
A surge in October highway deaths raises Virginia's year total to 720 with 17 more lives lost this month. Victims include soldiers at Fort Lee and Camp Pickett, a Navy veteran, and several civilians in crashes near Lynchburg, Marshall, Stuart, Gate City, and Richmond.
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Virginia
Morgan Hugo Carter
Camp Pickett
Lynchburg
Robert C. Gehm
Fort Lee
Marshall
Fauquier County
Old Dominion
Stuart
Rowen F. Stanley
John D. Stanley
Meadows of Dan
Fannie Wallace
Lucille Smith
Nashville
Tenn
Portsmouth
Blood donors tally at Clarke clinic dip below quota
Ninety nine donors gave a pint each at the Berryville Community Building Bloodmobile. Nine Clarke County senior girls donated and eight monks from the nearby monastery attended the event for a TV feature. The goal of 144 pints and 100 new members was not met. Next visit set for April.
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American Red Cross
Berryville
Clarke County
Wtop-Tv
Truman Says Taking Liberties With the Truth
President Truman in Pennsylvania condemned Dwight D. Eisenhower for calling the social security law bipartisan and accused him of taking extreme liberties with the truth. He questioned whether the GOP nominee was deliberately trying to deceive the public over the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Truman
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Press Table Collapses as Truman Speaks to Crowd
President Truman spoke to an estimated 15,000 people when a press table collapsed near his dais at the courthouse square. The table buckled as photographers stood on it for a closer view, but no one was injured and power was restored before the address ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Truman attacks Eisenhower on social security in Pennsylvania rally
President Truman in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre rails at Republican plans in Pennsylvania, accusing Eisenhower of using a siren song on social security. He cites past remarks and contrasts them with a purported GOP approach, urging voters to consider Democratic proposals amid a 32 electoral vote contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adale
Courthouse Square
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Truman
County Youth Held For Pistol Theft
A 20 year old colored youth from Route 50 east is jailed in Frederick County awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of breaking into the home of Andrew Whales on Sulphur Springs Road October 16 and stealing a pistol and money. Deputy Hen ry Renner arrested him at his home yesterday, and the suspect confessed to raiding Reuss ball park and taking a case of soft drinks.
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Andrew Whales
Sulphur Springs
William Fisher
Frederick County
Fisher
Henry Renner
Whales
Ty Renner
Reuss
New York Registers Record Election Turnout
Albany reports a record election turnout with 7,821,984 New Yorkers registered, surpassing 1948 by 777,308. The data suggests about seven million voters will participate in the November 4 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Winchester Day Nursery names five new directors
Five new directors were elected at the Winchester Day Nursery annual meeting held at the nursery on Woodstock Lane. New directors include Mrs Curtis Fray and Mrs John B McKee among others. The event featured a children’s performance and the building fund debt was reduced to six thousand dollars.
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Curtis Fray
John B. McKee
Werner Nordheim
Garland Quarles
Dailey Slonaker
Winchester Day Nursery
Woodstock Lane
J. W. Arthur, Sr
E. W. Barr
R. T. Barton
Lions Club
H. B. MacCormac, Jr
Long Coal Strike Seems in Store For the Nation
Washington faces a looming coal strike as John L. Lewis demands the full $1.90 pay raise for soft coal miners. The Wage Stabilization Board allows 40 cents of the raise, with operators warning they cannot violate government orders. About 325,000 miners idle. railroads furlough thousands as the industry slows.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
WSB
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Oak Hill
W. Va
U S War Casualties Reach New Weekly High
Washington reports the highest weekly U S casualty toll in the Korean War since July 2. The week ending last Friday saw 963 deaths, raising total U S casualties to 122 117. Killed in action last week numbered 133, bringing American combat deaths to 19 184.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department Today
U. S
U.S
Department
Practical gamma globulin shot could curb polio paralysis
Dr William Hammon announces gamma globulin as a practical, short term guard against polio. In tests on 55 000 children, GG gave protection for about five weeks, reducing paralysis compared with gelatin controls. The study, funded by March of Dimes, covered Texas Iowa and Utah and involved 54 772 children with 90 paralytic cases.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Cleveland
U. S
William McD. Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
American Public Health Association
Hammon
Texas
Iowa
Utah
Fire damages Pine apartment building from stored newspapers
Fire in the furnace room of the Wolfe and Stewart Street building started from piles of old newspapers. Charles Pine estimated 10 000 to 12 000 dollars in damage to the structure and extensive smoke and water damage to eight families belongings. A second alarm after 8 45 a m broadened the blaze to the second story and floor joists. Repairs to begin today with insurance coverage unclear for tenants.
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Charles Pine
Wolfe
Stewart Streets
Pine
Millions of Southern Democrats Back Ike Taft Says
Sen Taft told 1300 in Richmond that millions of Southern Democrats will vote for Gen Eisenhower in opposition to President Truman and his big government policies. He praised Len Byrd for withholding endorsement of Stevenson and argued the main campaign issue is avoiding a socialist path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Sen
Taft
Eisenhower
Virginia
Len Byrd
Truman
Byrd
Adlai Stevenson
Ohio
Stevenson
Ruma
Ohioan
China
Eight Survive Rugged Night On Triangle Hill In Korea
On Triangle Hill in Korea 18 men of George Company 31st Regiment Seventh Division endured seven Chinese assault waves. The men joked played Chinese baseball and sang during the night only eight of the 18 survived reheating the lines as they counted 305 Chinese dead before dawn.
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Central Front
Korea
Triangle Hill
George Company
Milton Peters
Worcester
Mass
Peters
Triangle
Pike's Peak
Post Office Probes McCarthy Free Mail Use Complaint
The Post Office Department said it is investigating a complaint that Senator Joseph R. McCarthy misused free mailing privileges. Department spokesmen declined to identify the source or the nature of the mailed material, noting the Bureau of Finance handles such investigations and the complainant received something they believed should not have been franked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-W
Bureau of Finance
Crest of Sniper Ridge Recaptured By South Koreans
South Korean soldiers recaptured the crest of Sniper Ridge on the Central Front after a nine hour battle with Chinese forces. The Reds seized the peak after daybreak but were driven back by a counterattack as mortar and artillery fire pounded the hill. Allied air strikes were limited by weather conditions.
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Seoul
Indian Summer Comes To Winchester After Cold Snap
A rare early snow and sub freezing weather gave way to milder temperatures in Winchester as an Associated Press report notes a warm up from 29 to 65 degrees. The mild trend spreads across the East and Midwest while the South feels cold air moving south from Texas to the Atlantic. Memphis posted 32 degrees in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Associated Press
Midwest
Virginia
Texas
Atlantic Coast
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Federal Judge Acquits May of Contempt Charges
George F May of Chicago a business man and promoter was acquitted of contempt of Congress charges by Judge Bernita S Mathews in a nonjury ruling. The court found May acted within his constitutional rights in refusing to answer questions from the Senate Crime Investigating Committee about the Tam O Shanter Club and related slot machine operations. May 62 appeared before the committee on May 23 1951 and faced questions about Eddie Vogel and Chicago underworld links.
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Washington
George F May
Chicago
Congress
Bernita S Matthews
May
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Tam O Shanter
Penny
Tom O'Shanter Club
Eddie Vogel
Sing
Cook County
Apples Wanted Buy juice apples at 1.25 per cwt
H. W. Butler & Bro Inc seeks juice apples at a price of 1.25 dollars per hundredweight. Call 38096 for details.
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H. W. Butler & Bro., Inc
Eisenhower drives to boost bid for presidency in key states
Ike presses toward victory with stops in Connecticut Massachusetts and New York as he seeks 266 electoral votes. He and Stevenson faced the New York Herald Tribune Forum showings with debates on economic alliances and cold war strategies while Boston hosts a massive turnout for the Republican candidate.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York State
White House
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
Pittsfield
Mass
Troy
Adlai Stevenson
New York Herald Tribune Forum
New York City
Free Nations
Polk County polio case reported in Frederick County
A sixth year old girl Lorraine Puffinberger, daughter of Ward and Mrs Burger, is hospitalized in Charlottesville for polio. She fell ill while weekending in Hancock and was diagnosed there by Dr Tabler of Hancock Md. The Frederick Winchester Health Department noted no hospital update on disease type or intensity.
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Frederick County
Lorraine Puffinberger
Ward
Burger
Whitacre
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Tabler
Hancock
Frederick - Winchester
Charlotesville
22 New Polio Cases In State Last Week
Virginia reports twenty two new polio cases in the past week raising the yearly total to 615. Arlington and Fairfax Counties each add four cases, with Augusta Chesterfield Frederik King and Queen Montgomery Rockingham Smyth Izewell Wythe counties logging one apiece. Alexandria and Roanoke cities record two cases each and Norfolk one. The week’s total trails the 1950 epidemic year figure of 48 in the comparable week.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
Arlington
Fairfax
Augusta
Chesterfield
Frederik King and Queen
Montgomery
Rockingham Smyth
Lazewell
Wythe
Alexandria
Roanoke
Norfolk
Absentee Voting Last Day To Apply For Ballots
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 pm for more information.
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Stevenson-Sparkman Club
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Ifanila
Sorsogon
Luzon
Tayabas Bay
Ito
The
Gorham
Parent-Teachers Association
Health Department
W. E. Bridgeforth
Harold Brown
Earl Clowser
Clifford Grim
Frank N. Hack
D. W. Lupton
Paul Rosenberger
Ike
Bulletin
New York
By Don Whitehead
Communist Party
Moscow
Adlai
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