Fire at Cannon's Food Market in Logan and Old-time Marshal Tale
A morning blaze gutted Cannon's Food Market at 232 W Main St Logan damaging the front and endangering a second floor tenant. Firefighters confined the flames to the front area while residents escaped from a rear porch aided by bystanders. The cause is under investigation with wiring or electrical faults suspected. Also in Perkins, former Indian territory marshal Frank Eaton and his companion Chief Big Bear Two Hands plan to visit Denver to learn the secret of longevity from scientists, meeting Jesse James III who claims descent from the outlaw.
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Pete
Eaton
Chief Big Bear Two Hands
Denver
Jesse James III
Big Bear Two Hands
Iowa
Jesse James
Jesse
Indian Territory
Logan
Cannon
W. Main St
Peace with Union Ends in Disturbance at Harrison Sheet Steel Co
In front of Harrison Sheet Steel Co a disturbance led to arrests after a confrontation involving Mrs Quigley who claimed her husband Andre, a union steward, entered their home following a one week lockout over the strike. She argued the strike was illegal as the contract had not expired and a lawyer noted forgiveness in a separate case.
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Prete
Harrison Sheet Steel Co
Andre
Toca
Quigley
Five Day Forecast Update Shows Mixed Temperatures
Forecast indicates normal highs around 79 with regional variance from north to south. Expect a warmer weekend followed by cooler Tuesday. Showers are likely Monday with total rainfall between one to two tenths of an inch.
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Grees
Hard bargaining over Japan defense role noted in US talks
Washington weighs hard bargaining with Japan over postwar defense duties. US officials push for rapid buildup of a 350000 ground force and a 1300 aircraft air arm by 1960 1961 while Japan seeks slower expansion and continued US protection at sea and in the air. Talks with Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu reflect a clash between broader US policing plans and Japan’s home defense preferences.
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Wasrington
Japan
United States
Western Pacific
Pentagon
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Asia
U.S
Jpan
Li Rentagon
State Fair Winds Up at Exhibition Amid Crowds
The State Fair closes with record and last year’s attendance surpassed at 425,420 by Wednesday. Visitors faced orderly scenes as shows and races dominated the program including cattle, fashion, and championship judging.
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Mtions
Agra
Ordare
Tnerellal
Union Tai Ahee
PFA
Raya
Aes Fame
Eee Bane Ieee Seca
Heat Wave Burns West Killing Four in West
A searing heat wave shattered records across Los Angeles and surrounding areas, causing four deaths and 57 cases of heat prostration. Temperatures peaked near 110 degrees with Tu Ju nha reaching 120, sparking fires, crop losses, and halted construction as power and water usage surged.
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Los Angeles
Tujunga
Mojave
Bellflower
San Diego
Farm Bureau
Warren Hooper
Santa Monica
Psat
Torrance
Britain pushes calm on Soviet spying fears over inspections
Britain seeks to reassure Russia in UN Disarmament subcommittee talks that proposed inspection teams will be non spying. Anthony Nutting offered assurances that early stages avoid atomic installations while the control organ gains experience in staged confidence building. Moscow remained silent on Eisenhower’s plan for exchanging military blueprints and aerial inspections.
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Britain
West
Diplom Tle
Nion
Anthony Nutting
Eisenhower
First of Little Three in Car Industry Settles on Big Three Pattern
Detroit based Motors Corp becomes the first of the Little Three to settle with the CIO UAW on the Big Three contract pattern. The accord ends a midnight strike and sets a three year pact with wage boosts and benefits. GM and Ford would follow by June after brief walkouts.
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Detropt
Coerce Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Lens Peeeel
Pease
Renessis
Colt
Grubock
UAW
Hudson
Hse
Joe Dueea
American American Motors
Nash-Kel
Crp
Haden
American Motor Corp
Woodcock
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
Tudebaker
Packard Corp
Kaiser Motors Corp
Nos” Americas
Motors Auto
Wisonsin
Deama
Eisenhower Signals Campaign Role in GOP Push
President Eisenhower is expected to play an active role in the Republican campaign even if not a candidate. White House aides say he will confer in Denver on September 10 with party leaders and campaign chiefs. James Hagerty says the meetings aim to boost campaign techniques, organization, and activist energy as GOP seeks to regain Congress. The president, on vacation, attended social golf at Augusta National and stayed in the hotel's Presidential Suite.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Hepatines
White House
Washington
Maonard W. Halt
GOP National
Snairman
Congress
Rep
Richard Simpson
Pennsylvania
House
Republican “Congressional Cameraiin
James Hagerty
Washlington
Augusta, National Club
Georgia
John S Dowd
Three Ransom Money Bills For Greenlease Boy Found
A Chicago discovery reports three ransom money bills linked to the Greenlease case. Police traced the bills to a suspect group, noting destruction and recovery of notes amid a broader theft investigation. Investigators and FBI agents coordinated to verify the bills and track involved individuals through the city’s factory district.
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Greenlease
Mixed-Staff Mason Hospital Ethics Debate Emerges
A contentious Mason County medical society session centered on a mixed staff hospital and the ethics code of the American Medical Association. Key figures include Dr. Walter Huntington and Dr. James McMullen, with discussions on staffing, osteopathy integration, and state committee action to address the project. Funds are sought for a hospital site.
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Son County
Mason County
Mason County” Society
House of Delegates of
West
Virginia
Plouisville
FBI
American ‘Medical Association
Mammoth
National Park
Chicago
Mason ‘County
Lievel
Thomas J. Roe
Bcton
Milwaukee
Aon Society
Lakin State
Mason
Thompson
Chuckle: Skirt and Tide Behind Man and Woman
A lighthearted column riffs on old fashioned gender roles hinting at what a man should do and mocking a woman's tides and constraints with playful wording. The fragment hints at social norms of the era in a humorous tone.
Jobless Pay Hike Initiative Faces Signature Scan
The Ohio CIO seeks to put unemployment benefit increases on the November ballot. With 13 of 85 counties still to report, valid signatures may fall short or just meet the 77994 threshold. Brown’s office forwards 5989 supplemental petitions with 132,251 signatures to 83 county boards for validation.
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Columbus
Ohio Cio
CIO
Tea W. Brown
CIO Council
Brown
U S Clamps Down on Hungarian Information Activities
The United States imposed strict limits on Hungarian information operations here and against the American legation in Budapest. In a related action, Secretary of State Dulles ordered the Hungarian legation to remain in its current building and halt distribution of publications.
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Washington
United States
Budapest
State Dulles
Legation
Peron Drives State of Siege For Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires faces a state of siege as Congress approves Peron’s measure to curb opposition. The Senate and lower house, both Peronist dominated, voted through the proposal allowing habeas proceedings and emergency powers while restricting civil liberties in the capital. Radical opposition cried foul as Peronists chanted support, aiming to quell unrest after the June revolt and military challenges.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
ul-Peronista Senate
Peron
House of Deputy
Enrique Peralta
Pro Peron
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Sere
Ti Radical Party
Santiago Carlow Fassi
Perom
Attorney General Brownell probes Mississippi Democratic primary
Brownell pledges immediate vigorous action if rights were violated in Mississippi last month. TDl agents conduct inquiry into alleged ballot denial and intimidation of Black voters. Mississippi Democratic leaders doubt any misconduct will be found.
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Washington
Tom Tubb
Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee
Brownell
Three Wives Draw Roark Punishment in Court
In Dayton a 25 year old father of two, Rhenus Roark, was sentenced to two years in the workhouse and fined 2000 dollars after pleading guilty to acting in a way tending to the delinquency of a minor. The case involves Jess Barker, 41, and two 15 year old girls as Roark’s alleged partners while legally married to his original wife. Barker fathered a child with Roark’s wife and the complaint surfaced when a teen wife wrote to Roark’s real wife.
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Dayton
Rhenus Roark
Los Angeles
Yeerpld
Roark
Jess Barker
Susin Hayward
Barker
Bell and Unionists Resume Negotiations
Ohio Bell Telephone Co and the CIO Communications Workers Union resume talks with a midnight deadline for a settlement. The union threatens a strike if no agreement is reached, while officials suggest postponement and authorities convene a federal fact finding board to review the dispute amid national travel impacts.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
CIO. Communications' Workers Union
New York
jTransport
Ohip Bell
Thas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wh.cn
Michael J
TWU
National Mediation Board
Eisenhower
Point Pleasant
Union Orders Strike Of Pennsy Postponed
The union called a long standing grievance dispute and postponed the strike in Pennsylvania Railroad territory. Telegrams to 52 locals directed workers to report as scheduled to prevent interruption while mediation and presidential actions influenced the delay.
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Pennsy
Pennsylvania Rairoad
F.C. Thompson
National Mediation Board
Union
CIO
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Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Zapotocky
Gottwald
Jane Lause
Ohio
Frank Lausche
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Tex
Mesa
First Baptist Church
Lester Bartholomew
Death Row
Bartholomew
Phoenix
Nene Deer de la Tour
Remy Gent
Tunisia
France
Gilbert Grandval Dent
Grandval
State Fair
NEGEV
Gaza Strip
Egypt
United Nations
Gop
Louis
Leu
Hall
Mix Hind
Eure Sontag
Hepsomm
Dandie
Sars Dames
Carnival
Spa Bates
By County Medical Association
Mason Hospital
Grandma
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Engle Bridge
N. Y
Grettina Moses
Okay
Peron Drive
Bell
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