Joe Louis backs Stevenson for president in California
In San Francisco and Oakland, former heavyweight champion Joe Louis campaigned for Adlai Stevenson calling him a statesman who will be elected president while criticizing Dwight Eisenhower as offering nothing to Black people. Louis said Sparkman’s voting record matters little as voters choose the president.
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Jor Louis
Adlai Stevenson
Statesman
Dwight Fisenhower
Louis
Stevenson
Lewis
Oakland
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Local bake-off winner heads to Washington
Eleanor notes invitees from clubs and homemaker groups compete after county and state wins to qualify for a history making bake-off in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower Gains Ground In Midwest Survey
Editors and political correspondents report sweeping strides by Eisenhower and the GOP in a mid-October Associated Press survey of the Midwest. The schedule aims to carry him through election day, starting Monday in Bakersfield, following a Labor Day check and noting gains since 1948.
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Paign
Bakersfield
Midwest
Associated Press
Eisenhower
GOP
Aberdeen-Angus sales and area auctions at connected venues
The sales directory lists events including Virginia Aberdeen Anguss at Staunton Verona with registered cattle, Leetown machinery and livestock sale, Gore real estate auction near Frederick County Court House, Orange Va purebred pen sale with 59 animals, and Kernstown furniture and household goods auction with respective auctioneers and dates.
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Aberdeen-Angus Assn
Staunton
Verona
Joseph Seal
Leetown
W. Va
W. D. Orndorff
A. B. Solenberger
W. E. Edwards
Frederick Nty Court House
U. S. Rt
Gore
Devall
Aberdeen Assn
Orange
Dave Canning
May Greele
Kernstown
Charlies Duvall
Virginia votes on amendment to state constitution
Virginians will see a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize state appropriations to multi state educational bodies for regional higher education facilities. Gov. Battle and leading educators support the measure, while some opponents fear its effect on segregated access.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia State College
Battle
Ike Says Military Reserve Training Program Is Failure
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower says the Truman administration’s military reserve training program is a failure and conditions will worsen unless changed at once. The GOP nominee promised a sound program if elected and warned of apathy among reserves and a likely reduction in numbers as commissions expire in April 1953.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP National Committee
Eisenhower
Russian Buys For the House in Austrian Village
In a Austrian zone village a Soviet officer at an inn bought wine for locals calling it Austro Russian friendship. After two hours the officer left without paying, the mayor later received a bill from the innkeeper for entertainment of population but the Kommandantur refused collection.
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Vienna
Austria
Home Cures Still Used for Livestock
The Americas Foundation for Animal Health reports some farmers still rely on medieval cures for livestock ailments. Practices include tobacco and kerosene for tetanus in horses and a chicken leg bone on calves for scours, with other beliefs like hollow horn and zodiac-based surgery proving long obsolete.
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Richmond
Americas Foundation
Foundation
America
Old Friend Kills Pal With Russian Roulette
In Miami two men, Carlos Gomez 28 and Ricardo Rodrigues 23, drank as Rodrigues, claiming no future, urged a Russian roulette game. Rodrigues spun a single live chamber, fired at Gomez, killing him, then surrendered to police and was booked for murder.
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Miami
Fila
Carlos Gomez
Ricardo Rodrigues
Det
C. T. Hall
Rodriguez
Gomez
Rodrigoz
Rodrigues
Mall
Gomes
Hall
Murer
New Flowers for U S Gardens From England
New varieties arrive from England with 300 plants to evaluate at the New York Botanical Garden. T H Everett notes rare imports include a yellow lilac and five new geraniums and says Britain has long supplied diverse garden blooms. The plants will be tested for alien blight before distribution.
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New York
England
America
U. S
T. H. Everett
New York Botanical Garden
Everett
British Isles
Why We Give Note by Community Chest Supporter
County resident C A Robinson Jr of Stephens City explains giving to the Community Chest unites citizens to support agencies aiding children and molding tomorrow's citizens. He notes the Chest benefits many in misfortune and frames the drive as a national good through local effort.
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Ous
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Winchester Day Nursery
Negro Day Nursery
Children's Home Society of Virginia
Sacred Heart Boys’ Club
C. A. Robinson, Jr
Stephens City
Community Chest
Young suspect arrested in Nashville kidnaping spree
Virgil LeMay 15, youngest of three suspects in a Georgia Tennessee kidnaping spree and auto theft case, was arrested at a Nashville home. FBI agent A. I. Means said two others, James Francis Hill 29 Framingham Massachusetts and Charles Edward Hopkins 19 Jacksonville Florida, are still at large. Spree spanned Georgia Tennessee and Atlanta, with 20 hostages taken and three cars plus a pickup stolen.
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Tenn
A. I. Means
Memphis
FBI
Virgil LeMay
James Francis Hill
Framingham
Mass
Charles Edward Hopkins
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Means
LeMay
Chattanooga
Georgia
Tennessee
Atlanta
British Bet Maker Reports Heavy Wagering on Stevenson
Douglas Stuart Ltd. said bets on Adlai Stevenson surged with a 100 pound limit set as heavy wagering in the past 48 hours kept Stevenson and Eisenhower at four to five odds. A spokesman noted Gen Eisenhower had been the favorite prior to the latest shifts and expected more changes.
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Stevenson
London
Adlai Stevenson
Douglas Stuart, Ltd
Gen Fisenhower
U S Settles Tax Claim With Charlie Spivak
The Internal Revenue Bureau says it will compromise a back tax claim of 42 426 against bandleader Charlie Spivak for less than 25 cents on the dollar. The settlement covers 1944 through 1948 taxes with a $10,000 payment plus over $10,000 in interest, reflecting Spivak's waning popularity and weak finances as he reportedly earned up to 2500 a night in engagements.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Charlie Spivak
Spivak
Bureau
Harrisonburg Judge And Wife Injured In Auto Collision
Judge Hamilton Haas of Harrisonburg and his wife were hospitalized at the University of Virginia Hospital after a two car collision near Charlottesville. Haas 51 and his wife suffered multiple fractures and lacerations. Passengers in the other car included Mrs. Hilling-Smith and Air Force Private Archie Delllem, both admitted with serious injuries. The crash occurred on Rt 250 six miles west of Charlottesville.
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Hamilton Haas
Harrisonburg
University of Virginia
Haas
25Th Judicial Circuit
Hilling - Smith
St. N. W
Washington DC
Air Force Pfe
Archie Delllem
Washington National Airport
Rtane
Fulbright Says Truman Not a Campaign Issue
Senator Fulbright states President Truman should not be an individual issue in the campaign and predicts a heated Democratic speech at Thomas Jefferson High School. He notes Byrd is a personal friend and declines comment on Byrd’s endorsement. Broadcast plans include 22 stations and Virginia carriers tonight.
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Richmond
Sen Fulbright
Harry Truman
Democratic Party
Fulbright
Virginia
Byrd
Sen. Byrd
Truman
Sen
Jenner
McCarthy
Nixon
Robert L Stone
Thomas Jefferson High School
Arkansas
WRNL
WMBG
WTAR
Norfolk
WSVA
Harrisonburg
WINC
Winchester
WBTM
Danville
WDBJ
Roanoke
Stevenson
Albent Barkley
J. Vaughan Gary
Hit and Run Death Probed in Petersburg
The body of Annie Beil Ruffin, 33, was found near a curb on Petersburg's west side and sent to Richmond for examination. Police pursue a hit-and-run theory and consider she may have died elsewhere and been moved to the found spot. Coroner Dr. Pope noted a broken leg and a large facial bruise. marital status and survivors were not yet known.
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Petersburg
Annie Beil Ruffin
Richmond
Thomas B. Pope
Early uses of the phrase the common man
The query traces origins of the phrase common man. It cites St Luke on not calling anyone common, Shakespeare’s Henry IV uses a related sense, and John Hanna in 1942 NYT notes protecting the noncommon man while caring for the common man.
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A. St. Luke
St. Peter
Shakespeare
John Hanna
New York Times
Middlebury Woman Held for Perjury
Dorothy Sutphin of Middlebury alias Dorothy Brown is jailed in Winchester on £2500 bond charged with perjury. The perjury stems from Frederick County Trial Justice Court proceedings where she allegedly lied about who drove the car during a drunken driving charge. A later witness testified Sutphin was driving.
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Dorothy Sutphin
Middlebury
Dorothy Brown
Winchester
Frederick County
Quiz Answers From Page Four
The page lists ten quiz answers including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as item one and a mix of misprints and corrected phrases. Other responses reference monetary units, a purported outlaw, Virginie, and a noted revenue provision.
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Snow White
Virginie
Southwest
Houes of Representatives
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