Heat wave eases in some areas but Michigan braces
Adrian shows 161 degrees as heat persists statewide with only light showers and no relief until late week. Rocky Mountain cold air may not reach southern Michigan. highs may stay around 90s through weekend while others in Upper Peninsula see cooler temps. Water supply remains adequate amid high pumpage.
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Michigan
Rocky Mountain
North Dakota
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
City Water Board
Water Board
Adrian Soldier 5 Killed in Alaska
Pvt. Ronald Dennis Patterson age 18 and Adrian high school graduate of 1946 died after a shooting accident at Fort Richardson Anchorage while struggling with a taxicab driver over a German Mauser revolver. The driver was wounded in the stomach but expected to recover. Patterson was stationed in Alaska and had played on the high school baseball team for three years.
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Ronald Dennis Patterson
Adrian High School
Anchorage
Alaska
U. S. Army
Leonard A. Olson
Dennis
Fort Richardson
Pvt. Patterson
L. J. Patterson
North Main Street
Frank Street
Lansing
Toledoans Drown in Windstorm at Little Vineyard
Jackson, Aug. 20. Dwight E. LaFollete, 26, and Robert Jahing Jr., both of Toledo, drowned Tuesday night at Little Vineyard Lake about 15 miles southeast of here. They were 250 feet off shore in a fishing boat overturned by a sudden windstorm while wearing firemen's raincoats. Bodies not recovered.
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Jackson
Dwight E. LaFollete
Robert Jahing Jr
Toledo
Little Vineyard Lake
Here
Indonesian cabinet plans move of capital to Sumatra
The Indonesian cabinet, fearing full scale war with the Dutch, planned to relocate the Republican capital to Sumatra if needed. Dutch forces attacked 160 Islamics at prayer, causing casualties. Netherlands army headquarters accused Indonesians of truce violations and reported 214 Dutch casualties since the UN cease-fire order became effective.
Canadian highway collision claims St. Clair Shores woman
An automobile truck crash on a Canadian highway near Sudbury Ont Tuesday killed Mrs Pufus Perry 25 of St. Clair Shores. Her husband and three other auto passengers were injured.
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ST. Clair Shores
Sudbury
Seasonal Temperatures Highlight Mixed Summer Heatwaves
The record recalls July days with highs around 79 and lows near 47 to 48 degrees, noting a season that alternated between cold and hot. Readers complain of persistent chill in mid July, then comment on current heat as summer arrives.
Michigan property value set at nine billions
The state board of equalization confirmed an equalized Michigan property valuation of 9.0885 billion dollars, up from 7.68765 billion the previous year. It rejected three protests from Oakland, Washtenaw, and Dickinson counties, citing new construction worth about 0.5 billion and a 12.5 percent boost in the base, with valuations raised from 80 to 90 percent of 1941 values and plans to add ten more points in two years. Jackson County appeal was dismissed after a veto by Jackson City and Jackson school district due to lack of county board authorization.
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Lansing
State Board of Equalization
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Oakland
Washtenaw
Dickinson
Louis M. Nims
Tax Commission
Jackson County
County Tax Allocation Board
City of
Jackson and
Jackson
County Board of Supervisors
Daily Mail Says Attlee Will Quit
LONDON August 20 Attlee plans to resign as soon as the British American loan revival talks reach a critical stage due to deteriorating health and nerve exhaustion The Daily Mail reports Bevin as his likely successor amid internal Labor party criticism of Attlee over the economic crisis and steel nationalization vote He is currently in Wales and due back at No 10 in about a week
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Mail
Attlee
Washington
Britain
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
Labor
Wales
No. 10
Downing Street
Nineteen new teachers to join public and parochial schools
Nineteen new teachers will join public school faculties as the new term opens on Sept. 3.Assignments have been made by Superintendent George H. Litue with staff at McKinley Garfield Lincoln Jefferson and other schools. New hires include Marjorie Van Winkle Chaline Shepherd and Marian Reed plus multiple teachers across Jefferson and Washington schools. St Stephen's St John's and St Mary's St Joseph's parochial schools also announce openings and enrollments.
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George H. Litue
McKinley
Marjorie van Winkle
Michigan State College
Chaline Shepherd
University of Nebraska
Garfield
Richard Kuster
Michigan State
Marian Reed
Northwestern
Lincoln
Dagmar Newstead
Pontiac
Lenore Fuller
Pennsville
New Concord
Ohio
Richard Youngs
Central Michigan College of Education
Jefferson
Frances Adams
Detroit
Eunice Jones
Lenawee County
Arline Shepherd
Shepherd
New McKinley
Mary Ost
Iowa
Washington School
Alice Filter
Michigan State Normal College
Washington
McKinley Primary
Mary Stark
Bowling Green University
Mildred Harbor
Monroe County
Richard Bystrom
Elmer Evans
Harvard
Belding
Mich
Lindsey Gordon
Gaylord
Luedtke
Bowésity
St. John’s
St. Mary's
St. Joseph's
No Inquest Planned in Mighell Death
Prosecutor Rex Martin and Coroner Ed Braun after a conference decided not to hold an inquest into the death of James Mitchell a Adrian high school junior who died Sunday from injuries in an auto crash near Palmyra Saturday night. Driver Carl Hense 17 and Tom Mitchell 17 were slightly injured. Eugene Spangenberg 16 remaining patient in Bixby hospital improving. Prosecutor said talks with Tom Mitchell and Mr. Hense led him to believe little would be gained by an inquest.
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Rex Martin
Ed Braun
James Mitchell
Adrian High School
Palmyra
Carl Hense
Tom Mitchell
Eugene Spangenberg
Bixby Hospital
Martin
Mr. Hense
Adrian High to Get Dual-Control Car for Driver Training
Adrian high school moves toward a full driver training program as the Automobile Club of Michigan accepts an application from George H. Little for one of more than 100 dual-control Chevrolet cars. Adrian will be the 19th Michigan high school to offer both classroom and behind the wheel training, with Max B. Sweet to teach the course.
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Adrian High School
Automobile Club of Michigan
George H. Little
Chevrolet
Michigan
Adrian
Ernest P. Davis
Auto Club
Davis
Max B. Sweet
State Department For Public Instruction
Sweet
Little
Urges Intense Fortification of Alaska
Rep Howell urged intensified fortification of Alaska as a strategic defense line against Russia noting its location along the closest Arctic route. He cited a congressional aviation survey showing army training and a push to expand air ports and aviation for both defense and economic growth.
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Alaska
America
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Howell
Rtil
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Russia
United States
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Tlincis
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Mrs Edison 82 Is Seriously Ill At Harkness Pavilion
Mrs Mina Edison 82 widow of Thomas A Edison remains seriously ill at Harkness Pavilion where she has been hospitalized since July 16. Attendants describe her condition as not good.
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New York
Mina Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Harkness Pavilion
Waitress Provokes Outburst Ends in Street Clash
In Baltimore on August 20, Emma Sullivan, a lunch room waitress, reports a disgruntled customer who snapped when asked how he wanted his hamburger. He smashed a cash register, shattered a glass pie case, and threw a patron to the floor before fleeing in a car. A second man outside the eatery was then struck by the aggrieved customer.
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Baltimore
Emma Sullivan
Cadiz Explosion Toll Seen Near Two Hundred
Cadiz Spain Aug 20 rescue workers push through wreckage from Monday night torpedo and mine factory blast two miles from downtown with 34 bodies recovered and authorities say the death toll may reach about 200 led by Mayor Francisco Sancio and acting civil governor Antonio Fernandez Pernia.
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Cadiz
Spain
Francisco Sanchez Cossio
Antonio Fernandez Pernia
Youth and Age Pilot Plane Ride in Compton
In Compton California Mrs. Duja Chesney aged 70 flew as a passenger with her 13 year old granddaughter Mary Glee Chesney acting as pilot with F H Gallagy as instructor. The young pilot has 18 flight hours and may be authorized if the Civil Aeronautics Authority grants an age waiver.
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Compton
Calif
Duja Chesney
Mary Glee Chesney
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mary Glee
F. H. Gallagy
CAA
Gray-haired lawyers clash at hearing in federal building
In Los Angeles two gray-haired lawyers, Irving McCann and Joseph Padway, fought in a federal building hearing room during a session on Hollywood film labor. Reagan and others separated them after Padway charged McCann with gestapo tactics.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Hollywood
Carroll D. Kearns R.pa
House Committee On Education and Labor
Irving McCann
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
Padway
McCann
Ronald Reagan
Rep
Kearns
Explosion injures several in Los Angeles
Police report a major explosion at Vernon and Main Streets injuring several persons. Details were not available immediately. The incident is under investigation with no further information provided.
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Los Angeles
Aus
Vernon
Main Streets
Soviet veto halts Balkan peace plan 16th time
SOVIET VETO kills U S plan aims to halt Balkan warfare. Andrei Gromyko used the veto twice to block peace proposals as the Yugoslav Greece Bulgaria Albania dispute deepens. Britain and the United States consider taking the issue to the General Assembly. The council turns to Egypt Britain Sudan and Indonesia disputes as the UN debates continue.
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Russia
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Balkan
Council
Faris el Khoury
Syria
L Nation
General Assembly
New York
Charge Girl 9 Locked in Attic During Heat Wave
In Cleveland a nine year old girl Jacqueline Breese was kept in a hot unfinished attic by her parents Kirby Breese and Anna Breese. Neighbors complained prompting arrest on neglect of a minor charge. A previous warning had been issued last July.
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Cleveland
Kirby Breese
Anna
Jacqueline
Mildred Wilcox
Breese
Warren
Thief grabs $1600 spread for adoration on walk
DETROIT Aug 20 A sidewalk scene ends in a theft as William Greenwood 63 and Charles Briscoe 57 count a combined $1600 in cash on the pavement after Greenwood receives $1000 disability pay. A passerby snatches the money and escapes. Briscoe chases the thief through downtown streets but cannot recover the funds.
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Detroit
William Greenwood
Charles Briscoe
Greenwood
Briscoe
Say Victory at Hano Buenos Aires Rebellion Near End
A dispatch from Corrientes on the Paraguayan border reports Col Rafael Franco, a Paraguayan rebellion leader, arrived with thousands of rebels taking refuge in Argentina and government victory appeared imminent.
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Buenos Aires
Corrientes
Rafael Franco
Argentina
Dowagiac clash as CIO and Sigler spar over plant reopening
In Dowagiac Michigan state police backed a peaceful CIO picket as Heddon Bait Co reopened after a mass demonstration by about 200 unionists. Fifty to seventy troopers stood by while 110 nonstrikers walked through a 30-man line. Gov Sigler and CIO official R J Thomas traded sharp charges over a 73 day wage dispute. Thomas warned against turning police into strike breaking agents. Sigler accused goon squads of aiding strikers. The UAW CIO local 796, on a 270 member walkout since June 9, sought a ten cent wage rise. company offered six cents plus small adjustments.
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Dowagiac
CIO
Heddon Bait Co
Charles Grayson
Kim Sigler
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers
Sigler
Big Auto Union
Thomas
Michigan
Justice Swift Re-elected Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus
Boston on August 200P John E. Swift a Massachusetts superior court justice was re elected unanimously today as Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus.
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Boston
John E.swift
Massachusetts Superior Court
Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
Gamble Heads Joint Housing Committee After Senate Feud
Rep. Gamble R New York assumed chair of a joint Senate House housing probe committee. The move follows a clash between Sen Tobey and Sen McCarthy over the post. McCarthy hailed Gamble’s election as a setup to get work done while Tobey accused a real estate lobby of blocking housing and left for New Hampshire.
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Rep. Gamble
New York Republican
Joint
Committee On Housing
Sens. Tobey
McCarthy
Washington
Gamble
Tobey
Harmony
Las Vegas
New
New Hampshire
Harry Truman
Truman
Congress
jLohey
Senate
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Senate Banking Committee
Taft-Hartley ignored as 0 day Murray strike ends
Detroit August 20 A contract bypassing court action under Taft-Hartley and calling for a 15 cent hourly wage increase for 7000 CIO United Auto Workers of Murray Corporation of America awaited official approval. The pact ends a 30 day strike, with production to resume Thursday and maintenance workers to report this afternoon. The agreement limits strike rights, keeps retroactive pay to May 1, and runs to January 31, 1949.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Murray Corporation of America
Ford Motor Company
Studebaker Corp
Murray
Uaw-Cio
UAW
International Union
Fair official stands by US resignation
Detroi t August 26 CP Rob ert Myers Lapeer newspaper editor whose objections to horse racing at the state fair grounds during fair week sparked a state wide controversy said he would not withdraw his resignation from the fair board My resignation stands Governor Sigler said he would not accept it The State Administrative Board ruled the Detroit Racing Association may operate during the Aug 29 to Sept 7 window while the fair runs Detroit officials plan to protest the revenue provisions of the contract with the racing association and protect city revenue interests Lt Gov Keyes supported Myers and said his office had been flooded with letters and calls supporting his stance.
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Robert Myers
Lapeer
Fair Board
Myers
Sigler
Detroit Racing Association
Eugene Keyes
Michigan
Racing Association
State Fair Board
Homer Marson
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