Undersea Wil Nam mine blast claims many miners
Whitehaven England Aug 16 A blast in the undersea Wil Nam mine trapped 117 workers two miles out under the Irish Sea. Ten escaped and 16 bodies were found as rescue crews battled rock falls. The National Coal Board marked 54 bodies recovered and said little hope remains for 50 others entombed.
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Wil- Nam
National Coal Board
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Coal Board
Rock Falls
Ery- Inc
Irish Sea
Sam Aitken
Harry Allen
80 000 New Houses Started in July Set Records
Washington reports private contractors began work on 80 000 new houses in July, breaking 20‑year records and nearing 1925 highs. Seven month total up 38 300 units. 441 000 houses started for the year. Completion 65 700 in July, expenditures 421.9 million dollars.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Chrysler ups car prices by 45 to 143 dollars
Chrysler Corp announced price increases on passenger cars and trucks effective August 18, following similar moves by General Motors, Packard, Hudson, Kaiser-Fraser, and Nash-Kelvinator. The boosts average about 87 dollars on Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler cars and 65 dollars on most Dodge trucks, due to higher labor and material costs.
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Chrysler Corp
General Motor Corp
Packard Motor Car Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Kaiser-Fraser Corp
Nash- Kelvinator Corp
Chrysler
Plymouth
Dodge
DeSoto
Scottish Donor First To Offer Blood
Mrs Isabelle Rhinds of Glasgow is the first donor to register for Red Cross blood donation week Sept 22 26 She has given a pint every three months in Scotland and arrived July 1 living with her daughter at 410 North Locust Street The Red Cross hopes to enlist 5030 volunteers to support the drive
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Glasgow
Scotland
Red Cross
Elizabeth
America
Robert
Clinton UAW-CIO to Vote on Tentative Contract
The Local 608 at Clinton Machine Company set a Sunday vote at 2 PM in Adrian Armory to ratify a new contract ending a three week strike. About 700 to 800 votes are expected as the wage raise is ten cents an hour with a weekly bonus for motors produced over 890 daily.
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Clinton Machine Company
Clinton
Adrian Armory
Charles Badura
Adrian
Clinton High Schol
Murray Ford Talks With CIO Postponed
Detroit August 16 action toward settlement of the UAW CIO strike against Murray Corp of America and the Ford contract talks were delayed for the weekend. Negotiations will resume Monday with three federal conciliators. Chrysler Dodge workers idled 500, others disciplined for a V J day walkout.
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Cio
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Murray Corp. of America
Ford Motor Co
Murray
Uaw-Cio
Betwen
Emil Mazer
Ford
Chrysler Corp. Dodge
Dodge
Jilted Sweetheart Sues Over Bank Funds Drop
In Los Angeles on August 16, Frances Wells O'Donnell, a 24 year old war widow and mother, filed grand theft against architect Richard Barth after a joint bank account shrank from 46000 to 47.50. She alleges he drew funds to plan a divorce and new honeymoon, then remarried his first wife and bought new property. Barth is free on 3000 bond awaiting hearing.
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Los Angeles
Frances Wells O'Donnell
Richard Barth
O'Donnell
Peleliu
Barth
Netherlands lose another UN bid on Indonesia dispute
The Netherlands faced likely defeat in the U N Security Council as delegates favored keeping the Indonesian case in council. Dr Eeleo N Van Kleffens argued Indonesia is not sovereign. A Belgian motion to drop the case was unlikely to secure seven affirmative votes. An Australian proposal to send a mission to supervise a truce may follow, further disadvantaging the Dutch.
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Joseph Nisot
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Poland
Australia
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Colombia
France
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van Kieffens
Heat Wave Fades Across Most Regions
The nation’s oil heat wave ends for most areas as cooler air moves in from the north. New York and New England still face heat, with temperatures in the upper 80s to 90s easing elsewhere. Chicago reports cooler conditions as Wednesday approaches, while Washington D C and other eastern spots expect gradual relief. Adrian recorded a high of 101 and a low of 57, with about half an inch of rainfall pre dawn.
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Hitler Name Labeled an American Is Libelous
Alabama court of appeals ruled Adolf Hitler's name applied to an American citizen is inherently libelous. The decision upheld a $900 damage verdict from Hale County circuit court. The suit stemmed from a sign posted over nine bales of cotton comparing the plaintiff to the dictator.
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Adolf Hitler
Alabama Court of Appeals
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Hale ‘County
Michigan Ranks Second in Population Gain Since 1940
Census Bureau report shows Michigan added 797000 residents since 1940, second only to California amid a broad westward movement. California gained 2,485,000, while Ohio, Washington, Texas, Oregon, and Florida also posted notable increases as the nation’s population rose to 141,228,693.
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Washington
Michigan
United States Census Bureau
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Texas
Oregon
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Bureau
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South Dakota
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Oklahoma
Boy 34 Makes Good Stab At Seeing World
CHICAGO Aug 16 A man abducts his 34 year old son Vernon Zulbris who wanders off from home. A train conductor finds the boy unaccompanied on an Ottawa bound streamliner and police notify Chicago authorities. John Zubris drives 85 miles to retrieve him after the boy allegedly crawled under a fence and boarded at 63rd Street station.
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Ald
Vernon Zulbris
Ottawa
Vernon
Engle‘wood
John Zubris
63Rd Street
Pedestrian 63 Proves Himself Problem Child
Detroit August 16 AP Joseph Petty 63 planned to avoid downtown after collecting two pedestrian tickets in minutes for interfering with traffic. Police Officer Oscar Day observed Petty crossing unsafely, issued a ticket and pointed out the correct light, only for Petty to be struck by a car and hauled to Receiving Hospital with bruises as a second ticket followed.
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Detroit
Joseph Petty
Petty
Oscar Day
Pork and spaghetti diet fuels 55lb weight gain divorce
In Chicago a 24 year old bride was granted divorce on cruelty grounds after she testified she gained 55 pounds from a steady diet of spaghetti and pork pushed by her husband since their November wedding. She said she weighed 125 pounds at marriage and rose to 180 as he rebuked her for the weight and struck her. The husband and his parents ran a shop selling the two foods.
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Pia
Oliver Duan
Leonard C. Reid
Robert
Annexation Census Sought for Adrian Madison Townships
Residents in Madison and Adrian townships filed petitions with County Clerk Robert B. King asking a census be taken for areas proposed to join Adrian. A Sept. 9 special election will decide annexation. The county would bear no census cost. King will review the request, filed by Fred C. Culver on behalf of about 155 residents.
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Hudson
Groves Calls for Higher Class Soldiers in Atomic Era
Chicago August 11 Major General Leslie Groves ex director of the atom bomb project says only about 50 of 100 volunteers for a new regular army and air forces meet high enlistment standards. He notes manpower needs and predicts smaller units due to atomic threats.
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Leslie R. Groves
Army
11Th Armored
Thunderbolt
Groves
No 1 Communist Eisler guilty of passport fraud
Gerhart Eisler a 52 year old German Communist was found guilty by a federal court jury of passport fraud for concealing his Communist ties when applying for a permit to return to Germany. Sentencing was deferred pending a defense motion for a new trial. His attorney said an appeal would follow if denied.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
Joseph Isserman
Eisler
Bisler
House Committee On un-American Activities
America
Germany
Ruth Fischer
United States
Communist International
Communist Party
Violence at opening of Chicago housing project protests
Police dispersed a crowd estimated near 3000 at a South Side housing project opening after 84 people were arrested for disorderly conduct during protests over Negro tenants. Stones shattered windows and streetcars, one officer was hit by a brick, and up to 1,000 police were on scene. Forty white veteran families and seven Negro families moved in.
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Chicago
New South Side
John Prendergast
103Rd
115Th Streets
South Park Avenue
Halsted Street
Sergeant Claims He's In World's Largest Doghouse
Master Sgt. John M. Barksdale of Gladewater and wife Gladys are apart due to a travel mix up. He is at Fort Worth Army Air Field while she sailed from the U.S. to Yokohama, Japan, earlier this year. The army promised to return her on the first available transport.
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John M. Barksdale
Gladewater
Gladys
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Yokohama
Tokyo
Barksdale
Japan
Army
U.S
Seattle
Ainsworth
Patrick O'Malley Sailor Dies at 90 in Detroit
Funeral services were held today for Patrick O'Malley a longtime sailor who began on ocean going ships and spent 50 years at sea He moved to Detroit after retiring at the end of World War I and died Wednesday at age 90 in Detroit
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Detroit
Patrick O'Malley
O’malley
Runaway Tank Trailer Wreaks Havoc In Shelby
In Shelby Michigan on a August night a SUNAWAP tank trailer carrying 2,000 gallons of gasoline broke loose from a truck, overturned on main street, and exploded burning two cars and a house. Seven volunteer firemen were injured as gasoline sprayed and two explosions occurred. Deputy Sheriff John Hiddema quoted driver Clarence Colvin of Muskegon saying brakes failed on descent.
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John Hiddema
Clarence Colvin
Muskegon
Colvin
Factionalism May Divide Sinkiang Province
Meager reports from northwest China’s Sinkiang indicate internal political rifts threaten two warring domains. Animosity between Muslims loyal to Beijing and tribes opposing Chinese authority reportedly grew with Mesud Sabri’s appointment as governor. Deputy governor Mahomet Tekiang is said to bear a strong grudge against Sabri, fueling tension.
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Sinkiang
China
Mesud Sabri
Sabri
Mahomet Tekiang
Independent Producers Join Britfilms Embargo Over Tax
The Independent Motion Picture Producers join major Hollywood studios in refusing 10 export films to England after a 75 percent import tax on American movies is announced. Donald M. Nelson sends a telegram urging majors to press the tax through U.S. government channels while independents protest to the treasury and state secretaries, arguing the tax violates free trade principles.
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England
Donald M. Nelson
The
Independents
Eric Johnston
More Association
Amerged
United States
Treasury
New Ailments Crop Up For Sen. Bilbo
Doctors at Foundation Hospital in New Orleans report Mississippi Senator Theo G. Bilbo is ill with peripheral neuritis and acute infection with partial paralysis. They say the cancer history is separate and that an operation to restore part of his jaw is still under consideration. Leukemia has been ruled out, and he faces a two to four week hospital stay.
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New Orleans
Foundation Hospital
Mississippi
Theo G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Pair escapes death by leap from automobile
William Thomas Barber Jr. of Marine City and an unidentified passenger jumped free when a skidding auto could not stop as a westbound Wabash passenger train approached the North Morenci crossing at 9 15 p m Thursday In heavy rain the brakes failed and the car was demolished with no injuries reported from the collision
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Morenci
William Thomas Barber Jr
Marine City
Barber
North Morenci Crossing
Big Industries Seek Lancaster Advantages
Lancaster, Pa. Aug 16 Arm strong Cork Co and five other firms seek admission to Lancaster city jurisdiction. If no protests in 30 days, these industries and the McKaskey High School campus will be merged into the city limits, expanding borders for the 205-year-old borough.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Alexander Hamilton
Armstrong Cork Co
McCaskey High School
Plunge From Roof Claims Detroit Woman's Life
Mrs Anna Corbett forty five year old woman died Friday after plunging from the roof of her Detroit home. Authorities reported the incident as a fatal fall with no immediate signs of foul play.
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Detroit
Anna Corbett
Krupp Directors Indicted as War Criminals in U S Trial
Twelve directors of Krupp, the $2.5 billion German munitions giant, were indicted by U S authorities for war crimes. Alfred Krupp led the group. prosecutors claim Nazi ties, aggressive war, slave labor use, and rearmament. All face possible death sentences.
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Krupp Munitions
Germany
United States
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Bertha Krupp
Big Bertha
Paris
Telford Taylor
U. S
Alfred Krupp
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Senile
Taylor
Gustav
France
Russia
International War Crimes Tribunal
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Ono
Fritz Sauckel
Holland
Foreign Ministry
Japan
STEP TAKEN TO FORM RED STATE IN GREECE
Athens reports rebel forces under Gen. Markos Visiadis have assumed administration of a democratic government in free Greek areas. The proclamation calls for establishment of popular authority based on democratic principles and deposes King Paul and the royal dynasty as the plebiscite is deemed invalid.
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Markos Visiades
Greece
Markos
Paul
Car Dealer Ends Hope Of Return Of Lost 11800
Frank Wortenberg of San Francisco, an auto dealer in New York to buy cars, said he would drive home today after losing 11800 in cash in a Manhattan subway. He offered a 3000 dollar reward for the money’s return and said he would not carry that much cash again.
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New York
Frank Wortenberg
San Francisco
Manhattan
Wortenberg
Lightning Kills 23 Cows at Tay lor Farm
A thunderbolt struck the Vern Taylor dairy herd near Mendon on Friday killing 23 cows and injuring six of the 60 head. The loss was estimated at $5,000.
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Vern Taylor
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