No-Strike Pleas Mark Labor Day
Washington observers marked the second postwar Labor Day amid government pleas against crippling strikes as reconversion aims to steady inflation while production ramps up. Steelman urged labor and management to seek peace in the months ahead. Schwellenbach praised labor’s achievements but urged restraint. AFL and CIO leaders defended unions while criticizing Congress for blocking social legislation. Senator Wagner urged continued efforts to improve workers’ lot.
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Washington
Steelman
Schwellenbach
Labor
AFL
CIO
Green
Murray
Congress
Truman
Tito Says Yanks Still Flying Over Yugoslavia
AP reports Premier Marshal Tito protested to US Ambassador Richard Patterson that American planes violate Yugoslav sovereignty. Tito indicated Yugoslavia may file a formal protest note. A diplomatic informant said Tito’s note to the US embassy reflected assurances given at Bled on August 22 regarding the Aug. 19 attack.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
United States
Richard C. Patterson
Tito
Patterson
Bled
Traffic fatalities fall below early three day estimate
United Press reports holiday traffic deaths under initial forecast as bad weather kept drivers off the roads. At least 134 people died in the three day period including 96 in auto crashes, 15 drownings, and 23 in other accidents with California seeing the highest toll. The National Safety Council had projected 350 total fatalities and 210 highway deaths.
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California
National Safety Council
Girl Regains Voice After 17 Years Silent
Alice Henley of San Augustine Texas spoke again after being speechless for 17 years. A throat growth blocked her vocal cords following diphtheria and multiple surgeries restored her voice after expert treatment from Dr Claude Cody and Dallas specialist John Campbell Parker. She later spoke by phone with Roman Bruce in China Texas, her Navy friend.
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Beaumont
Texas
Alice Henley
San Augustine
Alice
John B. Goodhue
Claude C. Cody
Houston
Goodhue
John Campbell Parker
Dallas
Roman Bruce
China
Navy
Pacific
States
Meat prices to vary by class under OPA plan
Washington reports that OPA will allow higher ceilings on luxury cuts while keeping cheap cuts affordable to protect the workingman’s meat budget. Sirloin could rise eight cents a pound above June 30 levels, cuck roast two cents higher. New ceilings to be announced soon, effective Sept. 9, with almost 10,000 store prices to be recalculated nationwide.
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Washington
Sns
OPA
President Nears End of Vacation on Potomac
President Truman returns to Washington aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg after an 18 day vacation. The ship docked at the Washington Navy Yard at 5 pm after stopping in Hampton Roads to pick up Postmaster General Hannegan, Conversion Director Steelman and White House Secretary Hassett.
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Truman
Potomac
Washington
Williamsburg
New England
Bermuda
Washington Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Hannegan
Steelman
White House
Hassett
New York Tightens Urgency as Truckers Strike Grows
Mayor O Dwyer invokes emergency measures to keep essential supplies moving as a 25 000 strong truckers strike disrupts New York metropolitan area. Police receive strike orders, patrols at piers and trucking centers, and a city hall meeting with Teamsters and Truck Owners is planned. Some independents settle, keeping about 1 500 drivers on the job, while most owners reject the 1814 cents an hour offer. Rail embargo restricts nonessential shipments into the metro area.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
O’dwyer
Analyst predicts big reduction in meat supplies
CHICAGO AP H M Conway livestock analyst predicted meat supplies would be greatly reduced in the next two months. He cited heavy marketing since the removal of OPA ceilings and warned of lower production for 1947. He noted range cattle slaughter and reduced lamb, pig, and stocker supplies, with cows from breeding herds marketed.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producer
Conway
Soviet Unity Party Dominates Saxony Election in German Zone
Soviet sponsored Socialist Unity party won decisively in Saxony in the first postwar vote in the Russian occupation zone. CDU and Liberal Democratic groups trailed, Unity leading by eight to one with indications the margin could grow. Unity benefited from Soviet favors and printed a daily with over a million circulation.
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Berlin
INS
Socialist Unity Party
Germany
Saxony
Socialist Unity
Christian Democratic Union
Liberal Democratic Party
Unity Party
Christian Democratic Group
Social Democrats
Socialist Unity Organ
Mrs Patterson Heads News Syndicate Board
Mrs Elea nor Medill Patterson publisher of the Washington Times Herald heads the News Syndicate board of directors four days after Roy Holliss death. She is sister of Joseph M Patterson founder of the Daily News and was elected chairman following Holliss’s death.
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New York
Eleanor Medill
Cissie) Patterson
Washington Times-Herald
News Syndicate Company, Incorporated
New York Daily News
Patterson
Joseph M. Patterson
The
Daily News
Roy €. Holliss
Solon Assails G I Facilities in Korea
Rep Sheridan and a six member House committee harshly criticize food recreation and post exchange services for American soldiers in Korea in a letter to Maj Gen Eichelberger. They call morale at its lowest and cite a post exchange with nothing to exchange including no popular cigarette brands or even shoe laces. High army officers acknowledge the issues and expect normal conditions within three weeks due to supply personnel changes.
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Seoul
Korea
Rep
Sheridan
D-Pa
House
Robert Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Hawaii Sugar Union Strikes Weakened U S Sugar Supply
Honolulu AP reports Hawaii's first industry wide strike halts operations at 35 plantations, cutting nearly 1,000,000 tons annually or about 14 percent of U S sugar. About 26,000 CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union workers walked out at midnight Saturday over a 44 hour week and 65 cent hourly minimum.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
U.S
CIO International Longshoremen's and
Auto Crash Fatal To Fred Schwarz
Fred H. Schwarz, 77, Marion, died in a local hospital from injuries after an automobile was struck by a train in Marion last Thursday. Born January 5, 1869, he moved from Van Horne in 1898 and lived in Marion since. Survived by daughter Dorothy Jean Schwarz, brother Henry Schwarz of Herndon Kansas, sister Emma Gustafsson of San Francisco, he was married to Rosa L. Rindhart who died in 1945. A.M. lodge member, services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Yocom chapel with Rev. DeJong officiating. Burial Cedar Memorial Park.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred H. Schwarz
Marion
van Horne
Rosa L. Rindhart
Dorothy Jean Schwarz
Henry Schwarz
Herndon
Kan
Emma Gustafsson
San Francisco
Trojan Lodge
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. DeJong
Cedar Memorial Park
Byrnes and Bevin Hold Secret Meeting in Paris
Secretary of State Byrnes and Foreign Secretary Bevin conferred secretly in Paris on Monday, reportedly to address the ongoing deadlock of the peace conference. The talks aimed to find a path forward amid stalled negotiations and broader wartime diplomacy.
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Paris
Byrnes
Bevin
Government Moves To Stamp Out Huk Rebels
Manila reports the Philippine government deploying full military force to crush Hukbalahap units after the August 31 surrender deadline in Central Luzon. President Roxas ordered law and order measures, authorized armed actions, and pressed Taruc to surrender while denouncing Huk tactics and past abuses during the war.
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Manila
INS
Philippine
Hukbalahap
Luzon
Huk
Jose Zulueta
Manuel Roxas
Huks
Luis Taruc
Roxas
Taruc
Warren, Retired Merchant, Dies at 76 in Cedar Rapids
D W Warren 76 of 3140 Carroll drive SE Cedar Rapids died at home after a short illness. Born April 30 1870 in Effingham Illinois he worked with Northwestern Life Insurance later with Reps Dry Goods which he co owned with Charles Knox for about 15 years selling in 1932. Survived by wife two daughters and a half brother services to be announced. Admiral Halsey urges strong navy to meet any emergency.
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Cedar Rapids
D. W. Warren
Carroll Drive
Effingham
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Reps Dry Goods Company
Charles Knox
Old American Trust and Savings Bank
Presbyterian Church
James Stannard Baker
Detroit
Robert B. Davis
William Harrah
Chicago
51 Killed in Outbreak in Indian City
Bombai police with British troops rounded up about 500 suspects as a new riot outbreak loomed after 51 people died and 178 injured over the weekend in Bombay. Curfew imposed across riot zones, emergency status remains. Calcutta alerts 40,000 troops and 5,000 police.
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Indian City
Bombay
India
Quetta
Baluchistan
Calcutta
Cosmic Ray Research Could Yield Giant Energy Source
Washington AP reports army air force scientists say cosmic ray research may yield energy a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb. MIT collaborates on extensive studies. a B-29 with Geiger counters is stationed near MIT for high altitude tests.
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Washington
Army Air Force
A.A.F
Earth
Space
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit
China Nationals Trap Clears Last Gap In Eastern Hopei
Hsin Min Pao reports Nationalist forces have closed the final gap in a sweeping trap aimed at Communist forces in eastern Hopei and Jehor. Nationalists advancing from Cheng-Teh toward Lamping link with another column moving along the Peiping Chenteh railway from Miyun.
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Hsin Min Pao
Hopei
Jehor
Cheng-Teh
Lamping
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Miyun
Index Comics and Daily Record Page Fragments
A fragmented readable slice lists sections such as Deaths Editorial Features Farm Movies Sports and state pages. The text resembles a newspaper index with scattered partial headers and column names rather than a complete article.
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Cccecseces
Scacesnener Sports
Wscessevee
Sssseswee
Italian Warns of Results of Trieste Ruling
Paris dispatch reports Italian delegate Ivance Bonomi warning the peace conference that the Big Four decision on Trieste risks Venezia Giulia becoming a permanent threat to world peace. He urged drawing a line closer to Wilson’s 1919 proposal, placing more Italian areas in a Trieste free state if possible. The commission delayed further action awaiting Yugoslav response as foreign ministers’ speedup panel made little progress.
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lIvance Bonomi
Italy
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Bonomi
Venezia Galia
Trieste Free State
Molotov
Moscow
Yugoslavia
France
Wilson
Venezia
Guilia
U S Jet Plane Sets Unofficial 578 MPH Speed Mark
In Cleveland an army jet plane posted an unofficial speed record of 578.36 mph during national air races. Lt. William J. Reilly won the Weatherhead one mile dash as 50,000 spectators watched. The event featured six jets contending for a trophy with proceeds to military relief societies.
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Cleveland
William J Reilly
San Francisco
John J. Hancock
Wichita
Kan
Reilly
Howard Hughes
Santa Ana
Calif
National Aeronautic Association
Tama Woman Dies in Crash
Mrs. Clare Haight, 36, of Tama, was killed about 8 30 p m Sunday when a panel truck veered into a ditch on Montour road west of Toledo. Five others were injured, two critically. Driver Dale Capper said he was blinded by lights from another car. He escaped with a broken nose. Haight's husband suffered a probable broken pelvis. Also injured were Donna Capper, 8, with possible fractured skull, and Mrs Dale Capper with a fractured nose, cuts and bruises. Other passengers, Floyd Haight, Dale Capper Jr., and Joyce Capper, were uninjured. The two families had been fishing at Sportsman Lake. Haight and the Capper girl were taken to Marshalltown hospital. both were reported in critical condition Monday.
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TAMA
Clare Haight
Montour Road
Toledo
Dale Capper
Donna Capper
Floyd Haight
Dale Capper, Jr
Joyce Capper
Sportsman Lake
Haight
Capper
Marshalltown
Hap Arnold Reported in Tehran on Routine Iran Business
The Daily Telegraph reported from Tehran that Gen. Henry Hap Arnold, former chief of the U S Army Air Force, has arrived in Iran on routine business. He is retired and accompanied by two high ranking army officers.
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Hap Arnold
Tran
London
INS
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Daily Telegraph
Tehran
Henry “Hap Arnold
United States Army Air Force
Iran
Arnold
Japan
King George II Wins Greek Vote In Plebiscite Return
Partial returns show roughly a three to one majority favoring the recall of King George II from exile and restoration to the throne in Greece. Interior ministry notes final tally unlikely to fall below 75 percent. early counts indicate 209,636 for the king and 132,805 for the republic with hundreds dead in political violence amid a stormy campaign. The king’s return marks his second exile recall since 1923, having ruled briefly after 1934 plebiscite and long lived in retirement in England. Left-wing reaction uncertain as royalist assembly ballots favored king and blanks indicated support for or against the republic.
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Athens
Greece
Interior Ministry
George II
Britain
George
Cairo
England
Peter Mavromichalis
Air and Marine
Cool Weather To Remain In Iowa
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa enjoy ideal conditions with a 10 am temperature of 63 under bright sun. Forecasters predict continued cool weather with daytime highs in the low 70s. Overnight lows reached 37 at Spencer and 39 during early morning hours. Rain early Sunday brought .77 inch.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Desgrees
Spencer
Iron Lung Fire Burns Paralyzed Patient in Kansas City
Kenneth Wettengel, 24, an infantile paralysis patient, was burned when the iron lung that had kept him alive for three weeks caught fire. He was rushed to University of Kansas Hospital after attendants could not immediately loosen the clamps on the respirator. Wettengel received burns and was placed in another lung.
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Kansas City
INS
Kenneth Wettengel
Wettengel
Univer~sity of Kansas Hospital
Sunflower
Kan
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