GM Workers Get Three-Cent Hourly Increase in Living Cost Rise
Government data show the consumer price index rising to 173.7 and triggering a three-cent hourly pay raise for about 265000 GM hourly workers under a new UAW CIO contract. Salaried GM staff receive $25 in September and $15 in December, totaling $19 in cost of living adjustments from Sept to Dec. The changes affect about 333000 GM employees. The index rose 9.7 percent from a year earlier and 3.6 points since June.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
United Auto Workers Cio
CIO United
BLS
Bureau
Food costs reach new record peak in June
The family market basket cost rose to 705 dollars in June from 603 in May, topping the previous record and outpacing WWI and 1935 39 averages. Farmers received 359 dollars for food products that cost 705 at retail, with 49 percent going to marketing charges.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Russia Cuts Off Consulates Here and Demands Office Closed
The United States faces a heated diplomatic clash as Russia cuts off its consulates in the U.S. and demands the closure of an American office. In Washington, HUAC chair Mundt says witnesses will be subpoenaed as part of a long-running probe. J Peters, claimed prewar Red underground chief, faces deportation in New York.
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Russia
U. S
Washington
J. Peters
United States
Peters
New York
Mundt
R-Sd
House un-American Activities Committee
Chaplains Die In Air Crash near Newton New Jersey
Nine killed when a C-47 transport collided with another plane and burned. Among the dead were seven Air Force chaplains assistants and the two crew members. The crash occurred while en route to a religious meeting in West Redding Connecticut. bodies described as mangled and burned beyond recognition.
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Merting
Middletown
Jesse Lee Academy
West Redding
Conn
Stewart Field
N. Y
Mitchelfield
Connecticut
Air Force
Russell Blakeslee
Newton Dairy Farmer
Blakeslee
Elizabeth Snover
Newton
N.Y
Charles I. Carpenter
Dansbury
Two Die In Crash Of Hired Plane Near Cameron
Beckley witnesses report a single engine private plane crashed between Beckley and Whitesville shortly after noon. Pilot James Harrison Beckleheimer 23 of Harper and passenger Elmer Phipps 25 of Stover were killed. The craft owned by L Sessler from Beckley Mt Hope airport was rented by Beckleheimer who had a private pilot license.
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Beckleheimer
Phipps
Winifred Sias
Groy
Roy Chambers
Mra Lorene Sarver
Clyde Saulf
Davis Quesenberry
Sessler
Beckhheimer
Air Lift Planes Collide Killing Four in Germany
Four Americans died when two C47 planes collided near Ravotzhaußen in the American zone. The crash halted the Berlin airlift as officials noted nine total fatalities since June 26. Bodies were recovered as flames hampered rescue efforts.
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Germany
Air Force
Berlin
Wiesbaden
Air Force Headquarters
U. S. Air Force
U. S
County Boards Set Registration Days for Selective Service
Brig. Gen. Charles Fox announced Kanawha County boards will operate in the Berman Building at 612 Virginia St. E. to process selective service registrations. All men 18 to 25 must register, with specific dates set by birth year from 1922 to 1930, exempting active-duty servicemen.
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State Selective Service
Kanawha County
Berman
Virginia St. E
Charles IQ. Fox
Israeli Accused Of Broken Truce In Red Cross Zone
Lake Success Aug United Nations mediator's aide Gen Ange Lundstrom accused Israel of violating the Palestine truce by entering the Red Cross zone in Jerusalem. The charge followed an inquiry after Israeli and Arab troops moved into the zone on Aug 16 17.
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U. N
Lundstrom
Shertok
Bernadotte
Stockholm
International Red Cross
U S to Repair Planes At New British Base
The U S Air Force opens a large central repair and maintenance base at Burtonwood Lancashire England to service B 29 Superfortresses and C 54 Skymasters in Britain. The move follows increased U S Air Force activity in Europe and supports C 54s carrying supplies to blockaded Berlin and B 28s in training. Equipment including trucks cranes Jeeps ambulances and bomb carriers has been shipped to Liverpool and en route.
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London
British Air Ministry
U. S. Air Force
England
Burtonwood
Lancashire
Britain
U.S. Air Force
Europe
Rankin Leads Mississippi Primary With Early Margin
In Mississippi Rankin held an early majority lead in the Democratic primary across several districts. Rankin tallied 12 634 votes in 179 of 224 precincts, ahead of Raymond Jarvis and Claude Clayton with notable support in Gulf Coast and other counties. In South Carolina James B Hare won the runoff over Johnny C Taylor for the 3d district seat.
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Rankin
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
John E. Rankin
D.-Miss
Jamie L. Whitrolee
Will M. Waitting
Arthur
Stead
Raymond Jarvis
Booneville
Claude E. Clayton
Tupelo
Gulf Coast
William M. Colmer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Grover C. Doggette
Laurel
John Hell Williams
Decatur P. Hutler
Meadville
Willams
G. Abernethy
John E. Aldridge
James O. Eastland
U. S
W. J. B. Dorn
Burnet R. Maybank
Baybank
Dulles Denounces Marxist Communism In Global Rift
John Foster Dulles addressing the World Council of Churches states that Marxian Communism denies moral law and rights, aiming for peaceful regimes but driven by power. Czech theologian Joseph L. Hromadka counters with warnings that Western supremacy is ending and underdogs rise, amid East West policy debate.
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Netherlands
World Council of Churches
U. S. Republican Party
John Foster Dulles
Jay
Republican Party
U.S. State Department
Dulles
Assembly
Stalin
Czech
Joseph L. Hromadka
Prague
Hus
Czechoslovakia
Russia Postpones Election in Zone Berlin
Berlin reports say the Russians postponed elections in their zone for one year to avoid diverting attention from economic issues. Marshal Sokolovsky cited focus on living standards and problems in the Russian sector. Observers note the move signals political bankruptcy and a tactical delay in the 81 day crisis.
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Berlin
Moscow
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
der Kurter
Potsdamer
Red Army
Frank Howley
U. S
Decision Is Based On Teacher Case In Soviet Action
Washington reports Russia rejects U S protests over the Kasenkina Samarin teacher case and closes New York and San Francisco consulates. Moscow also seeks Vladivostok consulate closure and cancelation of a Leningrad opening. The United States recalls the New York consul general amid ongoing dispute.
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Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
U. S
Michael McDermott
Department
Oksana Kasenkina
New York
Lomakin
New York State
McDermott
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Moscow
U . S. State Department
Mra
London
Ussr
U.S.A
Kasenking
Samara
Ithe State Department
Mine Blast Kills Two at Harmar Pit in Pa
Two coal miners died and one was badly burned in an explosion at Consumers Mining Co Harmar pit in Harmarville. Seven hundred workers were at the mine. the victims were Glen Johnson and John Yohman, both of Harmarville, Burl Johnson was burned and hospitalized in fair condition. Company officials blamed a gas buildup and state mine inspectors would provide a fuller report.
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Harmarville
Consumers Mining Co
Harman
Wheeling Steel Co
Consumers
Glen Johnson
John Yohman
Burl Johnson
Citizens
Nation Sweats Under Hottest Summer Wave
Heat sweeps the nation from the Rockies to the Appalachians with readings often above 100. Chicago hit a 98 degree high while Lacrosse Wisconsin reported 102. The East Coast faces the heat wave tomorrow as San Francisco stays cooler at 76 and Burbank at 78. Snow is seen in some Canadian Rockies regions at high elevations. Officials warn real relief may wait until the weekend with possible Canadian air by Friday.
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Chicago
Rockies
Appalachians
U. S
Lacrosse
Wis
San Francisco
Burbank
Calif
Canadian Rockies
Canada
British Exports Hit Record in July
Britain posted a record export value in July at 145,600,000 pounds about 582 million dollars, beating the prior July 1920 record by 8,200,000 pounds. Imports also rose to 185,600,000 pounds, with re-exports at 8,300,000 pounds, leaving an adverse visible trade balance around 33,600,000 pounds.
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London
Britain
Forrestal Defends Newport Conference Outcomes
Secretary of Defense Forrestal said the Newport conference of military chiefs produced no decisive victory for the Air Force nor defeat for the Navy. He told 300 planning officers that the aim was to clarify the roles of both services in strategic air warfare and to outline broad policy. The meeting's secrecy left little detail, though some thought the Air Force gained momentum in strategic bombing.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Newport
R. I
Air Force
Navy
Judge declares new law on hover race rules
A coastal judge announces a new legal stance affecting hover racing. The remarks imply scrutiny of a competitor named Stan Arnold and suggest personal background details. The item frames the legal shift as timely and noteworthy for local readers.
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Tle
Hla
Stan Arnold
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