City Heat Tops 105 Degree Mark in Charleston
Charleston recorded 105 degrees as the high in the hottest day across the nation, tying a 14 year Charleston record. West Virginia Water Service Co. station logged the peak while other sites reported similar heat. Officials noted heat lingered with low winds and high humidity. Local hospitals saw no heat prostration cases, while advisories warned of ongoing heat risk.
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Charleston
Weather Bureau
West Virginia Water Service Co
United States Weather Bureau
United Fuel Gas Co
Elk River
Kanawha
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mike L. Mullins
Water Laboratory Assstant
Atlanta
T. C. Green
Kurt Zilebarth
Alex
Highway Mishaps Injure Il Here In Charleston Area
Eleven people were injured yesterday in traffic incidents in the Charleston area. Bertha Conner and her son Cloyd were hospitalized after an East Kanawha Estates crash with back and pelvic injuries. Rex Miller and A. B. Hill suffered minor injuries at East Kanawha Estates. Four people were hurt when a car struck the Big Chimney bridge, with Helen Moore, Leo Thomas, and Mary Santonio sustaining facial and nasal injuries and others treated at Charleston General or Staats hospital. State police investigated.
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Charleston
East Kanawhe Estates
Mra
Bertha Conner
Chesapeake
Cloyd
M Pryor
Charleston General Hospital
Herr Gon
East Kanawha Estates
Rex Miller
Hunt
Stonewall Jackson High School
A. B. Hill
McCorkley
Simpson
Staats Hospital
Big Chimney
Johnson & Fisher
Helen Moore
Seth
Leo Thomas
Sandy
Mary Santonio
Mary Goode
Bownemont
Dune Hospital
Relax and stay cool on hot days with simple tips
A breezy, plainspoken guide urges relaxing in heat and sharing practical steps. It advises wearing minimal clothing, finding shade, using a fan, cooling with lemon mint water, dunking feet, and staying calm. The note identifies Mrs Barbara Dudderar as head majorette at Stonewall Jackson and Miss Colonel of North South fame.
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Iple
Barbara Dudderar
Stonewall Jackson
Colonel
Eus
Gale shifts as hurricane threat eases near Georgia coast
Miami dispatch reports a tropical storm strengthening to a hurricane with 115 mph winds, 600 miles east southeast of Daytona Beach. Forecasters note the storm’s forward pace slowing from 25 to 12–14 mph as it veers northwest. A Navy observer praises the eye as the most beautiful he has seen.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Teypdneti
Daytona, Beach
Navy
Comdr
Charles Deals
Norfolk
Stevenson Takes Lead In Texas Runoff Vote
Dallas Aug. 28 Stevenson wartime Texas governor led Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic U S Senate nomination 932,928 to 326,738 in a county by county tally from 60 of 254 counties. Total counted 659,668 votes 50.47 Stevenson 49.53 Johnson. Incumbent W Lee O Daniel did not seek reelection.
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Dallas
Tex
U— Coke Stevenson
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S. Senate
Stevenson
Gressman
Texas Election Bureau
Tancher
Johnson
W. Lee O'Daniel
You Needn t Bow to HCL Give This Plan a Whirl
Pittsburgh August report shows produce prices high at market and restaurant, yet wholesale buys reveal stark cheap per pound costs. A taxi haul of greens and fruit cost $451.20, with carrots celery corn peaches and tomatoes supplying a stark contrast between wholesale and retail pricing.
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HCL
Bart Hickman
Pittsburgh
New York State
U. S
Consulate Leap Victim Recovers From Knee Operation
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina underwent knee replacement surgery at Roosevelt Hospital after her fall from the Soviet consulate. Dr. Grant Pennoyer called the operation very satisfactory but said she must stay hospitalized at least three more months for healing of knee injuries and other serious internal, back, and leg injuries. The patient remains in good spirits and is described as in fine shape after the two hour operation.
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New York
Oksana Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Grant Pennoyer
So You Think It’s Hot Enough to Fry an Egg
A city hood held a heat joke as the Gazette’s wirephoto jeep reported 100 degrees in the shade. An egg allegedly fried on the hood, then moved to TRW an hour later, prompting disbelief at the extreme heat.
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Gazette
Wirephoto Jeep
Two French Officers Die On U N Gaza Patrol
Two French officers Lt Col Joseph Queru and Capt Pierre Jaennel were killed during a United Nations coast patrol near Gaza. An American pilot was wounded. the plane may have been shot down or damaged on landing. A U N team will visit Gaza for on the spot inquiry.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Gaza
Hewaresiine
U. N
U.N
Joseph Queru
Pierre Jaennel
Queru
Jaennel
Noble Brown
U. S. Air Force
Sfield
Haifa
Brown
Gaza Strip
USN
Jerusalem
Mountzich
Big Flying Boat Breaks Record
The U S Navy Caroline Mars set a new 4 748 mile distance record for flying boats from Honolulu to Ann Arbor and Chicago in 24 hours 2 minutes. The 6235 ton craft has a 120 foot length and 200 foot wingspan and landed at Supracetal Michigan amid crowds. Captain James G Lang said the flight was satisfactory and routine. The ship left Honolulu at 11 13 a m CST and reached San Francisco 38 minutes early before continuing toward Chicago.
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Honolulu
Chicago
U. S. Navy
Caroline Mars
Lover Land
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michi
IT - Sands
James G. Lang
Mapleton
Minn
San Francisco
Fires Still Harass Family After Move to New Cottage
The Willey family, burned out of their farm in a spate of blazes, report new fires at their five room Cottage in Macomb Illinois. Mrs Willey saw kitchen shelf paper on fire while canning tomatoes and extinguished it with water. The family, including Arthur McNeil and his two children Richard eight and Juanette twelve, had moved after their former farmhouse burned.
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Macomb
Charles Willey
Willey
John Burgard
Atate
Arthur McNeil
McNeil
Richard
Juaniette
Red Spy Hunt Balking Said To President
House un-American activities committee accused the White House of obstructive tactics hindering its espionage inquiry. It cited alleged failure of the Attorney General to enforce spying laws, called for harsher measures against communism, and raised concerns over Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.
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Washington
White House
United States
House un-American Activities Committee
Clark
America
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Communist Party
Russia
Paris Faces Uncertain Choice for New French Premier
Paris Aug 28 Former Premiers Robert Schuman Paul Ramadier and economist Pierre Mendes France were named as potential heads of a new French government as President Vincent Auriol pursued a successor to the toppled Andre Marie. The cabinet resignation sparked political chaos and long, cautious talks with party leaders including the Communists.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Paul Ramadier
Pierre Mendes-France
France
Vincent Auriol
Andre Marie
Marie
Auriel
Schuman
MRP
Romadier
Mendes-France
United Nations
Nine Day Fair Opens at Dunbar With 750000 Expected
West Virginia's 30th fair begins next Saturday at the Four-H fairgrounds two miles west of Dunbar. An estimated 750000 people are expected over nine days ending September 12. Finishing touches include an Industrial building display by Magic Valley manufacturers and new facilities for horse show and harness racing. The Kanawha State Park Association bans beer and burlesque to make the fair more family oriented, adding rodeo, model airplane meet, Hell Drivers, midget racing, flower show, hillbilly jamboree, and other attractions. An admission will be charged for the first time, except on Tuesday children’s day.
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West Virginia
Dunbar
Bern
Kanawha State Park Assoc
W. T
Lucy) Brotherton
Jole Chitwood
Lawrence Greater Shows
Hughes Service Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Charles Evans Hughes retired chief justice of the United States will be held in Riverside Church New York City Tuesday at 2 30 p m EDT. Burial will be private. Hughes died of congestive heart disease at the Wianno club Osterville Massachusetts aged 86.
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Osterville
Mass
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
New York City
Wianno Club
Riverside Church
New York
Rav
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Dewey
Hughes
Lberty
Hoover
I K
Justice Hughes
Draft Signing Begins Monday Exempts Certain Aliens
The White House announced almost all aliens in the United States within age limits must register for the draft as draft boards prepare to begin registration Monday for about 9,600,000 men aged 18 to 25. Eligible aliens will be called for service though certain exemptions apply under Truman changes.
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Washington
INS
White House
U. S
Army
Truman
United States
Soviet Jeopardy Darkens Berlin City Hall Crisis
An American occupied zone document accuses the Soviets of planning to use troops to oust Berlin’s anti-Communist city government. It describes a broader scheme by the Socialist Unity party to trigger spontaneous riots and potentially invite Red Army intervention. Reports detail gun brandishing Soviet soldiers driving through American sectors, a chased police incident, and protests by both sides over police protection and jurisdiction.
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Berlin
Red Army
Bitteriy
U. S. Maison
East Berlin
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Leutenant
Robert A. Willard
U. S
Alexander Katikov
Katikov
Alaska-Charleston Flights by Superforts Reach Kanawha
Two H-29 Superfortresses will land at Kanawha air port from Anchorage on Sept 18 to join Air Force Day observances. Fifty bombers will fly long range missions Sept 17-18 in a nationwide celebration marking Air Force Day.
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Kanawha
Anchorage
Alaska
Charleston
John &. Phillips
Kanawha County
Air Force
President confident of victory in polling satire
A satirical note questions the President’s claimed vote control as Stan Arnold references readers to polls. The fragment hints at public skepticism and media commentary on political gains.
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Job
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Probers
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Ris
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Ramadier
Lomakin
Jacob Lomakin
Sam
Alexis
Lora
Stockholm
Pier
Oksana Kasenkina
Lomatin
Lompkin
U. S. Bates
Hughes Service
Yank
Tance
Harry
Stan Arnold
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