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September 20, 1952

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Headlines from September 20, 1952

Vice Presidential Nominee Says 'Crooks' Attack Him; He Also Delays His Train on Coast to Reply to Query on $16,000 Aid Nixon Declares He Is 'Smeared' By 'Communists' on $16,000 Fund

By Lawrence E. Daviesspecial To the New York Times

s, Calif and Oregon, on pol fund, agr and dams

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Chaplin Is Facing Barriers To Re-entry From Abroad; McGranery Orders Inquiry Based on Accusations Actor Is Subversive CHAPLIN IS FACING IMMIGRATION CURB

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

Leaves US on world cruise; Atty Gen McGranery orders probe of alleged subversive activities to determine his readmission; Justice Dept aide comment; '42 and '44 trials and House Un--Amer Activities Com hearings linked

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Police to Travel in Uniform In New Move to Curb Crime; POLICEMEN TO WEAR UNIFORM IN TRAVEL

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Monaghan cancels days off for gun practice to stretch manpower

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BACKED AS HONEST; Possibility of Getting Him to Quit Race Weighed but Is Not Pushed GENERAL ATTACKS RIVAL Asserts in Kansas City That 'Bosses' Blocked Kefauver to Boost Stevenson EISENHOWER BACKS NIXON ON TICKET

By James Restonspecial To the New York Times

voicing confidence in Sen Nixon on pol fund issue and attacking Adm and Gov Stevenson, Kan City

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' Amateur' Bank Robbers of Bronx Were 'Pros' Who Fled Lewisburg; 3 PRISON FUGITIVES ROBBED BANK HERE

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3 escapees identified as robbers of Mfrs Trust Bronx branch

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Historical Context for September 20, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people^[†]