Truman Stassen clash dominates Labor Day campaign
President Truman hammered at labor leaders and warned against Republican reactionaries while Harold Stassen prepared to deliver the Republican reply from Detroit. Dewey endorsed the Stassen speech as a major national event as Brannan and Clark challenged GOP accusations on price, farm policy, and communists in government.
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Associated Press
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Stassen
Detroit
NBC
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Dewey
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Pontiac
Cadillac Square
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Hamtramck
Flint
J. Howard McGrath
Brannan
Faribault
Minn
Clark
Des Moines
Phone Union Sets Date For Strike
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers sets September 17 as strike date. Dan Harris says 25 000 members in 2200 Bell Telephone locations in 43 states would walk out over wages and conditions. Company offers eight cents, union seeks 15 cents, talks ongoing since May 11. strike approved for July 1.
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Chicago
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Dan Harris
Portland
Ore
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
Harris
Bell Telephone Company
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Montana
Woman Found Half Conscious In Downtown Hotel Bath
Linda Stine a 25 year old Alliance woman was found nude and semi conscious in a bathtub at the Deshler Wallick Hotel in Columbus. Police said she had visited her sister on King Avenue and planned to return to Alliance with four friends when she accepted a drink and lost consciousness. She woke to a choking attempt by an unknown person and was hospitalized with bruises. No evidence of assault. investigation by the Detective Bureau began.
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Columbus
Alliance
Clark Baker
William Throp
Linda Stine
Gertrude Stine
King Ave
Deshler-Wallick
Baker
Throp
Miss Stine
University Hospital
Detective Bureau
Evansville notices death of famed hangman Phil Hanna
Phil Hanna a 78 year old wealthy Illinois farmer oilman and expert hangman who supervised 72 executions in Middle West prisons until his retirement in 1936 died last night in Evansville Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
C. Phil Hanna
Illinois
Middle West
Anson Johnson Wins Thompson Race At 383 mph Record
Anson L. Johnson of Miami Springs wins the Thompson trophy with a 383.767 mph average over 300 miles, besting a fast three‑plane field at Cleveland in front of about 80,000. The event, part of the National Air Races, features a near record pace and heavy mechanical attrition among contenders.
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Anson Johnson
Thompson
Cleveland
Anson L. Johnson
Miami Springs
Fla
Johnson
National Air Lines
Charles E. Brown
Indianapolis
Cook Cleland
Richard Becker
Toledo
Brown
Bruce EB. Raymond
Hammond
Ind
Wilson V. Newhall
Chicago
Herman R. Salmon
van Nuys
Calif
Steve Wittman
Oshkosh
Wis
Air Force
Muroc
Robert Downey
Whittier
No Settlement Seen In 3 Major Strikes
NY reports no settlement forthcoming in oil refining, trucking and shipping as strikes expand. In NYC a six day trucker walkout grows with 3500 NJ AFL drivers joining. West Coast CIO longshoremen idle, fueling cargo delays and potential gas rationing. Wage demands rise to 25 cents hourly in trucking, 21 cents in oil, while talks continue.
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New York
New York City
AFL
New Jersey
Metropolis
CIO
Puget Sound
San Diego
Far East
California
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
CIO Oil
Hartinger Case Jury Selection Is Launched
Prospective jurors questioned for the Dan Hartinger embezzlement trial as 12 jurors sat in the box at 11 15 a m recess. Twenty men and one woman were summoned amid charges tied to misused Meigs County funds per a state auditor report.
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Hartinger
Meigs County
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Near Normal
Temperatures will average near normal with a normal high of 72 and low of 53. Cooler midweek with only mild fluctuations afterward. Precipitation averages about one inch, with fairly frequent shower outbreaks.
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Columbus
Zanesville Man Victim Polio Delays Opening
Robert T Arbaugh 21 of Zanesville died at Children's Hospital marking Muskingum County third infantile paralysis victim this year. Defiance Health Commissioner Lenhart postponed opening of public and parochial schools due to polio outbreak. Johnny Lee Beard two, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob M Beard, died Sunday in Toledo hospital. Three other Defiance children were taken to Maumee Valley Hospital yesterday.
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Columbus
Robert T. Arbaugh
Zanesville
Children’s Hospital
Muskingum County
Defiance
Francis M. Lenhart
Johnny Lee Beard
Jacob M. Beard
Toledo
Maumee Valley Hospital
125th Anniversary Set Wilmington Church Plans
The First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington will observe its 125th anniversary on October 17 marking a century and a quarter since its founding with planned observances by the congregation and local officials.
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Wilmington, D
First Presbyterian Church
Heavy Rain Flattens Crops and Damages Across Georgia
Augusta reports millions in damage after 4.85 inches of rain in under four hours. Water 14 inches deep in a local furniture store basement. Crops, especially cotton, ruined across miles. Topsoil washed away and bridges and bridges washed out on Highway 1 near Wrens in Jefferson County.
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Augusta
Georgia
South Carolina
Highway 1
Wrens
Jefferson County
Three Die in West Side Candy Factory Fire
A spectacular blaze at the four story brick factory of E. J. Brach and Sons on Chicago's West Side killed three workers and injured more than a dozen others. An explosion preceded the fire trapping workers on the third floor where about 25 were employed. Damages exceed $1,000,000.
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Chicago
West Side
E. J. Brach and Sons
Garfield Park Hospital
Jump Fatal To Scientist Near Evansville Ga
Four men parachuted from a burning B 29 bomber near Evansville Georgia after a fire forced an emergency evacuation. Three enlisted crew landed safely at Maxwell Field Alabama while Prof H W Baldwin of the University of Chicago died when his parachute failed to open. The plane was en route from Inyokern to Washington D C conducting upper atmosphere research.
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Lagrange
H. W. Baldwin
University of Chicago
Evansville
Alabama
Richard Baker
Inyokern
Calif
Maxwell Field
Ala
Washington, D. C
37th Division Group Demands Housing Solution
The 37th Division Veterans' Association adopted a resolution at its annual convention demanding a solution to veterans housing. It calls the issue a political football and urges joint efforts from local state and national government to address the problem.
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Columbus
Veterans’ Association
Holiday death toll reaches 21 in Ohio
Ohio suffered 21 deaths over the Labor Day holiday in traffic and other accidents with three more victims in neighboring states. Victims included Victor Jarock 26 Harry Ruthig 24 and Frank Brooks 26 who died in a Cleveland area airplane crash near Parma.
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Columbus
Ohio
OL Udly
Vlichl
Lili Billy Crasi
Parma
Cleveland
Rex L. Bing
Pomeroy
Joan Person
Jasper L. Person
Pataskala
Carl Rose
National Safety Council
Canada
Ohio salesman faces hearing in murder case
Gustav A. Wiegner of Dayton appeared in court to face a murder charge for the slaying of John A. McComas. McComas was shot in the head. his body found near the Alaska Highway after Wiegner said he accidental shot him while squirrel hunting and hid the body. Wiegner traveled toward Alaska with McComas’s 12 year old daughter Louise, who will testify at the prelim hearing.
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B. C
Gustav A. Wiegner
Dayton
Ohio
John A. McComas
McComas
Alaska Highway
Wiegner
Kimball
Neb
Louise
United States
Alaska
Unconvinced Robber Kills Hotel Manager
A hotel night manager Harold Morris aged 34 from Brooklyn was shot dead at the Hotel Greystone on Broadway and West 91st Street after he failed to deter a robber. The assailant fled with $155 from the cash drawer and additional cash from Morris and Heintz Braunn the assistant night manager, plus a watch.
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New York
Harold Morris
Brooklyn
Greystone
Broadway
West 91St Street
Morris
Heintz Braunn
Battering in Rapids Described As Financial Flop
Niagara Falls Ont William Red Hill said his latest Niagara River Rapids barrel ride was a financial flop. He projects about 500 dollars net for the five mile ride after spending 1100 dollars on the barrel and related costs.
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Niagara Fall
Ont
William
Red) Hill
Niagara River Rapids
Bierut Chosen to Lead New Communist Socialist Party
Warsaw reports President-elect Boleslaw Bierut will head the new united Communist Socialist Workers Party. A purge targets Nationalists within the Communist Workers Party to align with Moscow. Premier Cyrankiewicz and Oscar Lange urged Bierut’s nomination at Belvedere Palace as the party seeks broad powers in government.
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Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierut
Communist-Socialist Workers Party
Poland
Communist Workers Party
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Oscar Lange
Washington
United Nations
Bierut
Belvedere
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
State Funeral Rites Planned for Eduard Benes
Mourners filed past the coffin through the night as workers from all over Czechoslovakia joined a four mile long line at dawn. State funeral rites are set for tomorrow in the Hall of Fame at the Prague Museum with burial ceremonies to follow at Sezimovo Usti villa.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Hall of Fame
Prague Museum
Sezimovo Usti
Potters to Convene in New York for December Meet
The United States Potters Association announced its annual convention will be held in New York on December 14 and 15.
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Potters
Liverpool
United States Potters Association
New York
Berlin Blockade Tensions Rise Over City Hall Riots
Western military governors weigh direct talks with Moscow as a third Communist storming of City Hall drives Berlin toward a split. 27 Western Berlin police hide in City Hall while Russian backed forces seize 19 officers from the U.S. liaison office.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Brian Robertson
Britain
Pierre Koenig
France
Vasesily D. Sokolovsky
Clay
Sokolovsky
Western Berlin
SED
West Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Western
Truman Front
Moscow
U. S Office
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Miss America Ceremonies Start With Mardi Gras Parade
Atlantic City hosts a Mardi Gras boardwalk parade as Miss America events begin. Fifty five contestants compete in the pageant while a separate Mrs America contest features 30 housewives in Asbury Park, 100 miles north.
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Atlantic City
Asbury Park
New Jersey Shore
Two Gunmen Captured After Detective Is Slain
In New Orleans two gunmen Dale Simpson and H E Miller were captured in Gonzales Louisiana after abducting Assistant Chief John J Jackson of the New Orleans detectives and slaying Detective Nicholas Jacobs. The arrests followed a nightlong search by State Trooper Jeff Lockey and Town Marshal Burke. The suspects were identified as Simpson 26 and Miller 23, last seen after hijacking the detective and his partner during a Gulfport theft investigation.
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New Orleans
Jeff Lockey
Lockey
Gonzales
Here
Hobart
John J. Jackson
L. E. Wright
Burke
Dale Simpson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nicholas Jacobs
H. E. Miller
Monsticello
Miss
Jacobs
Joseph Tardo
Miller
Simpson
Gulfport
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Phone Union
Hartinger Case Jury Selection
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Lake Pontchartrain
Robert Mitchum
Los Angeles
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