Stevenson calls for scrapping Taft Hartley Act at AFL convention
Governor Adlai Stevenson repeats his demand to repeal the Taft Hartley Act before AFL delegates. The crowd erupted in applause as Stevenson, introduced by AFL President William Green, urged repeal and critiqued Eisenhower's limited proposed changes.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Adlai E. Stevenson
AFL
Stevenson
Detroit
APL
Steve
Em Adlai
William Green
United States
Eisenhower
Wayne Morse
Ice Cream Co Safe Recovered Missing Cash and Checks
Police recovered the Imperial Ice Cream Company safe stolen Saturday from its N. Cameron Street office. The $800 in cash and $200 in checks and stamps were missing. The safe, found by children around 5:45 p.m. two and a half miles east of Winchester near Route 50, had its door forced open. Captain Francis Funk and Sergeant Warren Rudolph led the Winchester Detective Bureau investigation.
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N. Cameron Street
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Winchester
Francis Funk
Warren Rudolph
Detective Bureau
Winchester Police Department
Seven Highway Deaths Boost Toll To 622 In 1952
Seven weekend traffic deaths push the 1952 highway fatality toll to 622 in the state. One victim is believed to be a hit and run case, officials report.
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Richmond
Apple Service and Processors Charged With Price Fixing
The FTC charged five apple processing firms and a trade association with price fixing of raw fruit. Named firms include C H Musselman Co Biglerville Pa National Fruit Product Winchester Va Knouse Cooperative Peach Glen Pa Bowman Apple Products Mt Jackson Va and Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Winchester Va The Appalachian Apple Service Inc Martinsburg WVa and the trade association were also named. Officials and members are named individually. Miller counters that the industry is competitive and Appalachian handles no fruit or contracts.
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Martinsburg
Appalachian
C. H. Musselman Co
Biglerville
National Fruit Product Co., Inc
Winchester
Knouse Cooperative, Inc
Peach Glen
Bowman Apple Products Co, Inc
Mt. Jackson
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Corp
FTC
United States
United Appalachian Apple Service, Inc
Miller
Carroll R. Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Indicted Eleven by Corporation Court Grand Jury on Felonies
Eleven persons were indicted on felony counts by a Corporation Court grand jury. Charges include murder, felonious assault with intent to kill, forgery, breaking and entering, grand larceny, petty larceny, and passing bad checks. Several defendants pleaded not guilty with trials set for October. Additional cases included noted break ins and thefts at Winchester Milling Corporation. Grand jury members named.
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Corporation Court
Andrew Thomas Lillis
Neil Smith
Come Kos
Caen
Joseph Ritter
Harry R. Kern
Ps Haines
Wayne A. Whitham
Robert Jackson Timbrook
Winchester Milling Corporation
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Herbert A. Braithwaite
H. A. Braithwaite
Whitham
J. M. Harvey
Melvin Michael
Aeney H. K
John Ward
Miller and Anderson's
Stanley Cleaver
Milling Corporation
Stephen Verzich
Millwood Restaurant
Lockhart Sunoco Service
V B Unger Pure Oil
W. E. Bridgeforth
Marjorie Davies
Herbert Watson
Lemuel W. Brown
James Laws
Adelaide B. Kern
Ruth J. Leatherman
Chief Boyd Trails Ambulance Arrests Suspected Gunman
Police Chief J. T. Boyd chased an ambulance to 205 E Kern Street where Dave Warren was shot. He arrested Julian Edward Myers of 620 N Cameron Street for the shooting and Warren is listed in Winchester Memorial Hospital with a serious but improving left arm and side wound. Myers is jailed awaiting charges.
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J. Tom Boyd
E. Kern Street
Dave Warren
N. Cameron Street
Julian Edward Myers
Kern Street
Warren
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Myers
Henry Brown
Hunter Nelson
Four Die as Plane Slices Car on Highway Near Truax Field
An Air Force C-47 taxiing for landing struck a Milwaukee car on a Wis. highway near Truax Field. Lt. Col. Wicker piloted the plane which landed safely. Victims were Clark Dickie 58 Elizabeth Dickie 52 Fay Dickie 30 and Catherine Blank 70.
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Madison
Wis
Air Force
Truax Field
8. J. Wicker
Clark Dickie
Elizabeth
Fay
Dickie
Catherine Blank
Milwaukee
Weekend wrecks injure five and cause $10,000 in damage
Six accidents over the weekend in Clarke and Frederick counties sent three people to hospital and injured two others. The costliest crash occurred Saturday at 4:55 p m at Routes 12 and 50 Lone Oak Clarke County. A 1940 Chevrolet sedan driven by Herbert Johnson pulled into Route 12 as a 1952 Cadillac convertible driven by Rig Edmonds approached. Eliza Smith 56 a Chevrolet passenger suffered a broken arm and lacerations. Edmonds and another Marine were treated for minor injuries and released. Total damage 6000 with Johnson charged with reckless driving. A second major wreck happened Friday night at Double Toll Gate on Route 622 involving a 1949 Ford convertible driven by Jean Harkins.
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Lone Oak
Clarke County
J. H. Smith
Herbert Charles Johnson
Boyce
Rt. 12
Rig Turner Edmonds
Quantico
Eliza Smith
Chevrolet
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Edmonds
Cadillac
Smith
Johnson
Jean A. Harkins
Detectives Kill Two Escaped Convicts in Manhattan Shootout
Two escaped convicts, Joseph Nolan and Ballard Nolan, were shot dead in a five minute gun battle with New York City police after a car pursuit from Pennsylvania. Detective Philip Lamonica died from chest wounds. Detective Nicholas Cotter was seriously wounded. Captured was Elmer Schuer, 21, who aided the trio and provided their movements. The fugitives had escaped from a Pennsylvania federal prison and robbed a Bronx gun shop and a bank in daylight.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Manhattan
Joseph Nolan
Ballard
Harlan County
Philip Lamonica
Nicholas Cotter
Elmer Schuer
Chicago
Lewis
Schuer
Bronx
Pennae
Ar Ball
Elmer Eee
Harlema Tion
New York City
Joseph
Ian
Doama
Cornelius Scully Dies Early Today
Cornelius D Scully 174 died early today at Hill Crest Nursing Home He had lived in po yoo aa town West Virginia for years Born November 30 1878 in Pittsburgh Pa he was a retired attorney and former mayor of Pittsburgh He was a Mason survived by widow two sons two daughters two sisters and one brother Funeral arrangements pending
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Cornelius D. Scully
Movne
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Po Yoo
W.va
Pittsburgh
John 8
Mary Wregley Scully
Rosalie Pendleton
Nixon to Report to Nation Tomorrow on Gift Funds
The day begins with inquiries into Stevenson campaign funds as Nixon plans a nationwide broadcast. Reports from Chicago and Cincinnati allege a personal fund of Illinois state employees was used for Stevenson's presidential bid, with Forsythe unavailable for comment.
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Nixon
Nation
Stevenson
Tng
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago Daily News
Adilai
Gov. Stevenson
Chicago Tribune
Goven
the Tribune
W. Donald Forsythe
Downstate
Forsythe
New York
State
Democratic Central Committee
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago
Illinois
The
Forsyth
Sherpaign
O’Sullivan Charged In Price Violation
The Federal Trade Commission announced charges against O’Sullivan Rubber Corp and four major rubber heel and shoe repair suppliers for volume based discounts. The complaint alleges cumulative discounts within a year that lower prices by up to 1 half percent, with hearings set on the separate complaints. Winchester, executive VP Paul Terretta declined to comment until the formal complaint is reviewed.
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O’sullivan
Winchester
Paul Terretta
O'sullivan’s
Federal Trade Commission
O’sullivan's
Communists Indicted Over Plot to Oust U.S. Government
The Justice Department indicted six Communist party leaders in Detroit on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government by force. The action highlights federal efforts to curb subversive activities during the period.
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Washington
Justice Department
Communist Party
Detroit
U.S
Nightmare on Old Baldy Five Soldiers Endure 71-Hour Siege
Five U S Army soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division survived a 71 hour bunker ordeal on Old Baldy in Korea. Trapped during heavy shelling and enemy fire they played dead at times to avoid detection, while praying and hoping for rescue.
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Old Baldy
Seoul
Korea
U. S. 2Nd Infantry Division
Cpl
Ed Berlin
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Berlin
New Stripes
Allies Recapture Eastern Front Hill After 15 Hour Fight
Allied troops recaptured an Eastern Front hill northeast of the Punchbowl after 15 hours of continuous combat. U N forces had lost the peak in a pre-dawn clash with a North Korean battalion signaling a shift of pressure from West to East. Sabre jets battled MiG-15s with several damaged and a new air ace named.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Shenandoah grocer robbed of seven thousand dollars
Shenandoah Virginia police probe the assault and robbery of E. D. Lloyd, a grocer who was knocked unconscious in his store projections. He was found five hours later in his upstairs room, and the loot estimated between seven and eight thousand dollars. Lloyd was hospitalized in Harrisonburg in critical condition.
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Shenandoah
E. D. Lloyd
Lloyd
Abram Grubacher
Page County
Grubacher
Harrisonburg
Northern Soft Coal Miners Welcome New Contract
In Pittsburgh, soft coal miners cheer a new contract that ends the strike threat and raises daily pay to 18.25 dollars with 50 cents per ton produced. UMW President John L. Lewis and Stanistat Coal Producers Association chief Iry L. Moses announced the agreement before a 170,000 worker strike date. Local leaders hail the deal as a historic victory while operators anticipate coal price increases.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Iry L. Moses
Stanistas Coal Producers Association
Mer
Lewis
Alfred Cavalcante
Uniontown
UMA Roben
John A. Busarello
UMW District 16
America
Moses
Southern Coal Producers Association
Washington
Hollins Student Stricken With Polio
The State Health Department urges Hollins College to take normal precautions after a student was hospitalized with polio. Dr. Albert McCown advised against opening the swimming pool for two to three weeks and cautioned students to avoid strenuous sports. He said symptoms should be reported to the college physician immediately, and that no quarantine is deemed necessary. The student is in Roanoke hospital and appears infected before the college opened.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Hollins College
Albert 8. McCown
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
de. McCown
Roanoke Hospital
Nixon to announce television report from Los Angeles
Ike and Nixon discuss the campaign by telephone and radio. Nixon plans a nationwide address from Los Angeles at 8 30 p m EST to defend donations as legitimate and deny any personal gain. Indications rise that Eisenhower may stay the course as telegrams favor him staying on the ticket.
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Land
Ore
Los
NBC
CBS
Iamer
Cincinnati
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower Blames Diplomatic Failures for Military Action
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower charged the Truman administration with causing military action through diplomatic failures. He spoke in Evansville criticizing Berlin airlift diplomacy and predicted a major Cincinnati foreign policy speech with Sen Robert Taft. He also discussed Nixon’s expense account in a trainside stop.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Evansville
Tr Man
Cincinnati
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Frederick Coun
Cornelius Scully
O'Sullivan
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George A. McArthur
Robinson Risner
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Okla
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