Trainmen Gather for Token Strikes With Threat of Walkouts
Two major rail unions announce token strikes near the 6 am Monday deadline, targeting terminals in Louisville Cleveland and Minneapolis St Paul and short line routes from Chicago and Pittsburgh. They seek higher wages and a 40 hour week with no pay loss for yard workers, while awaiting possible government seizure.
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Mid-West
White House
Louisville
Cleveland
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Truman
Catoctin Mountains
John R. Steelman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Hurricane heads toward Nova Scotia from New England
A tropical hurricane moving northeast off the Atlantic will skim New England and threaten ships in Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy area. Winds near the center reach about 110 mph with gale force extending hundreds of miles. precautions urged for New England fishermen and coastal residents as the storm tracks offshore.
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Washington
Atlantic
New England
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Mass
New Rnhem
Cool 80s Promise Shorter Summer Heat Monday
The forecast calls for milder temperatures with an afternoon high in the upper eighties and morning lows around 65. Skies will be fair as the Weather Bureau reports calmer summer conditions for the day.
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Weather Bureau
UN Powers Demand Russian Accounting for Missing POWs
The United States Britain and Australia move to force Russia to account for 1.8 million missing German and Japanese POWs before the UN General Assembly. They seek to place the issue on the agenda and demand repatriation or explanation from Moscow.
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United States
Britain
Australia
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Soviet Union
UN General Assembly
Douglas MacArthur
Trygve Lie
United Kingdom
General Assembly
Ussr
Warren Austin
Gladwyn Jebb
K. C. O Shann
Austin
Malik
Norway
France
Council
Asia
Tass
Bonn
Boy Swallows Pennies Then Father Removes them
In Jacksonville Illinois Kevin Ryan a toddler broke his piggy bank and began swallowing pennies. His father Carroll Ryan struck the boy to force the coins up, dislodging 14 cents in total as the child was treated later.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Kevin Ryan
Kevin
Carroll Ryan
Ryan
Votes in the dark haunt House closeout rush
The piece notes MPs confessing they vote on unseen measures as closing business rushes through the House. Also mentions private grumbling about last minute bills read or read aloud, reflecting on legislative opacity.
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House of Representatives
Three Austin Auto Crashes Injure Three People
Three people were injured in Austin automobile accidents over the weekend. Forrest Linderman, 21, suffered a fractured skull and facial lacerations in a collision on South Congress Avenue and was in Brackenridge Hospital in critical condition. A second crash on South Congress injured Jack Page, 49, who had facial lacerations and was treated and released. A motorcycle crash at 12th and Guadalupe left Clara Bell Tobin and James H. Hoyle with minor injuries after emergency care at Brackenridge.
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Austin
Forrest Linderman
Avenue D
South Congress Avenue
Linderman
Brackenridge
South Congress
Jack Page
Route 4
Clara Bell Tobin
State Hospital
James H. Hoyle
FHA Dorma
University of Texas
12Th
Guadalupe Streets
Doctor Polio Patient In Good Condition In Austin
Dr Ruth Bain an Austin physician was in good condition Sunday at Brackenridge Hospital where she remains a polio patient She is 38 lives at 1801 Alameda Drive and was admitted to the polio ward after a stay at St David s Hospital She is the 15th polio case in Travis County this year according to city health officer B M Primer
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Ruth Bain
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Bain
University of Texas Health Service
Alameda Drive
St. David's Hospital
Travis County
B. M Primer
Whole Blood Asked For Troops in Korea
The Red Cross urged Americans to donate whole blood for Korea and the expanding armed forces. It said Japan stationed volunteers had supplied most blood to date and emphasized increasing need for plasma and blood nationwide.
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Korea
Washington
Red Cross
Japan
United States
CIO Declares Economy Bill Costly Fraud in New Amendments
The CIO blasted the Senate economic controls bill as costly fraud and warned amendments would raise consumer costs. It condemned riders on wage price controls and urged rejection of anti- Communist provisions and other measures seen as weakening inflation controls.
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Labor Organization
Truman
House
Maybank
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OPA
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R-Neb
Bricker
Ohio
CLO
Nathan Cowan
Cowan
Williams
R-Del
Britain to Send 1500 Troops to Reinforce UN Forces in Korea
British forces from Hong Kong will deploy about 1,500 troops, led by Brigadier B. A. Coad, to join American and South Korean units fighting North Korea. The contingent includes the First Battalion Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and Wiltshire Regiment with additional squadrons and Gurkhas, expected to sail in September.
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Hong Kong
United Nations
Korea
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
Middlesex Regiment
Britain
John Harding
Far East Land Forces
Singapore
Wiltshires
Fourth Hussars
Malaya
B. A. Coad
London
Harding
United Kingdom
Forest Fire Hops 2 Road Barriers
San Diego reports a Cleveland National Forest fire pushing toward a four mile fire break between the Al Bahr Shrine Camp and a state prison camp near Sheepshead Mountain. Winds hamper containment as thousands evacuate and Julian remains cut off from phone service.
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Calif
Cleveland National Forest
Cleveland Forest
Hamilton Pyles
al Bahr
Sheepshead Mountain
Communists gain 4000 yards in TaeguMas an area north of Taegu
North Korean forces launch a night attack 15 miles north of Taegu and push 4000 yards against South Korean and American troops. MacArthur reports a reinforced southern drive on Masan with a full division. US air and artillery bombardments, plus South Korean Marines, check advances near Masan and Kosong.
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Taegu
Douglas MacArthur
Masan
MacArthur
Pusan
25Th Division
Kosong
United Press
Robert Vermillion
Vermillion
Chongyong
United Nations
Changnyong
Nehru weighs Peiping invitation amid Korea peace bid
Prime Minister Nehru ponders an invitation to Peiping from Chinese leaders seen as a potential path to peace talks on Korea. Officials say he may visit China or lead an Indian delegation to the United Nations, pursuing a practical route to ease the deteriorating international crisis. India also proposed a six nation “Little Security Council” at Lake Success to draft a Korean peace plan, with Yugoslavia and France showing early support.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Peiping
India
Korea
Nehru
United Nations
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Benegal N. Rau
Yugoslavia
Cuba
Egypt
Norway
Ecuador
Security Council
France
Korean War News Blackout Continues Into Third Day
Tokyo reports a virtual blackout of fresh Korea war news into a third day as Pacific radio transmissions fail intermittently. Eighth Army limits correspondents to about 60 words daily and shifts filing to Pusan with teletype access.
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Tokyo
Korea
Pacific
Eighth Army
Pusan
Taegu
Japan
Associated Press
Jack MacBeth
Leif Erickson
Burma Surgeon Seagrave Arrested on Suspected Rebel Aid
Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave known as the Burma surgeon was arrested in Namkham near the Chinese border on suspicion of aiding Karen rebels. He is held in Rangoon with no charges yet and will face a Burmese court. the US embassy seeks details while noting his health and treatment.
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Burma
Gordon S. Seagrave
Seagrave
Joseph Stilwell
India
Namkham
Naw Seng
Kachin
Toungoo
Lashio
China
Tharrawaddy
A. S. Seagrave
Johns Hopkins
Mission
Baltimore
Gilmer Wife Hurt In Wreck Near Comfort
Claud Gilmer former Texas House speaker was injured in a wreck on US 87 near Comfort. His wife, riding with him, suffered head injuries and was listed in serious condition at Fredericksburg hospital. The crash occurred about 9 30 p m Sunday night.
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San Antonio
Claud Gilmer
Texas
House of Representatives
Fredericksburg Hospital
Comfort
Recess Ends Hopes For Packard Strike Settlement
Detroit August 20 A scheduled work return by 8 000 Packard Motor Car Company employees was stymied by a Sunday night recess in bargaining with the CIO United Auto Workers Key issues included contract length and union shop while pensions and modest wage gains emerged as potential concessions from Packard General Motors offered a four cent per hour raise annually and a modified union shop Chrysler De Soto plant near Detroit shut after trim workers walked out idling about 700 over operating method disagreements
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Trim
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