Unionists Push Unity as Labor Strikes Idle Thousands
As three big strikes halt about 54 000 workers across the nation union leaders urge unity and votes to bolster labor. CIO chief Reuther calls for united action to curb anxiety while AFL head Green and CIO president Murray blame Taft Hartley and monopoly for economic woes. No settlement seen as San Francisco oil and marine strikes persist and Gov Warren orders an oil field survey.
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New Jerey
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
William Green
AFL
Harald
Philip Murray
Jack Kroll
CI0
Daniel W. Tracy
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
San Francisco
CIO Marine Engineer
Marine Engineers Benefit Assoc
Pacific American Shipowners Assoc
Holiday Labor Day toll hits 160 in the U.S.
The Labor Day weekend saw 126 highway deaths 17 drownings and 17 other fatalities. Traffic was heavy on roads rails and airways with the toll below early forecasts. State tallies list Alabama Arizona California and others as the figures were compiled.
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Lindsey
National Safety Council
Ohio Valley
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Miss Fair Mystery at the County Fair
The Gazette runs a Miss Fair hunt offering a $50 prize for correctly identifying Miss Fair from clues. She will appear daily at the fair between 3 4 p m and 7 8 p m with clues published in Gazette editions and at the booth under the grandstand.
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Miss Fair
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Miss Falr
Bulgaria Keeps Push for U N Admission Amid Spy Hearings
In Washington and Sofia the day’s news centers on congressional efforts to compel testimony from suspects in spy inquiries and Bulgaria’s renewed bid for United Nations membership. Lawmakers study patterns in New York state rules to force cooperation and consider broader measures. Bulgaria’s foreign minister proclaims a consistent peace policy and seeks UN entry despite prior Security Council rejection.
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Washington
New York State
House Un-American Activities Committee
J. Petera
United States
Peters
Morris Ernst
Civil Liberties Union
Rep. Nixon
R-Cal
New York
New York Law
Sofia
Bulgaria
Vassil Kolarov
United Nations
Grand National Assembly
United Nations Security Council
Buska
Rusain
Poland
General
Two Injured In Hughes ton Gas Blast Fire
A gas explosion and fire at a five room frame house in Hughes ton injured Albert Daugherty 31 and Fiona Simmons 19, both of Ward. Daugherty with critical burns and Simmons with serious burns were taken to Laird Memorial hospital in Montgomery. The blast occurred at 2 40 am as Simmons lit a cigarette.
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Montgome Ary
Hoger Nowinskie
Montgomery
Laird Memorial Hospital
Albert Daugherty
Ward
Fiona Simmons
Nowinskie
Hiram Swinfo
Daugherty
Miss Simmons
John Proctor
Swinge
Lwest
Earl Buckner
Hughes Creek
Diplomatic condolence list omits key names in Moscow
A Moscow list of 31 diplomatic missions sending condolences on Andrei Zhdanov's death excludes U.S. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and the British chargé d’affaires. Pravda and Izvestia published the roll call, with most embassies named.
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U.S
Britain
Moscow
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Lst
Andrei Zhdanov
Pravda
Ivestia
Truman Opens Vote Bid Today in Six Speeches Detroit Trip
President Truman launches a six-speech Labor Day campaign from Detroit as he begins a two month drive to Election Day. The trip includes stops in Grand Rapids, Lansing, and talks aimed at attacking Taft Hartley and calling for housing and cheap prices. Margaret Truman accompanies him aboard the special train.
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Detroit
Michigan
Torrow
NBC
CIO
AFL
Margaret
Margaret Truman
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Staxgan
Thomas E
GOP
Harrisburg
Philip Mathews
Democratis
Grand Rapids
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
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Queen Juliana Enthroned Today
Amsterdam reports Queen Juliana ascends to the throne after Wilhelmina abdicates. The 39 year old will be enthroned tomorrow with formal morning ceremonies in Nieuwkerk church and a tradition light touch, including abolition of curtseying, amid empire tensions and East Indies unrest.
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Juliana
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Nieuwke Kirk
House of Orange-Nassau
Apeldoorn
Dutch, East Indies
Julie
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina
Berlin talks seek to end Berlin blockade impasse
Soviet National Zeitung reports a trade accord among the Western zones and the Soviet bloc to ease Berlin tensions. Big Four committees discuss Western demands for free trade and four power control of currency with Western credits. Officials caution against overoptimism as rumors of border concessions and rapid blockading lift circulate among Germans in the British zone.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Germany
West
United States
Britain
France
Berlin-Marienborn
Berlin- Obistelde
Brunswick
Aden
Leipzig
Neues Deutschland
Herlin
Police Seize 25 In Club Raids In Charleston
City police raided four Charleston night spots at midnight Saturday and arrested 25 people on gambling and whisky charges. Officers seized about 15 cases of whisky a dice table a blackjack table and betting equipment at the Oaks club along with several gambling house operators and aides. Targets named include Club Zanziber Paradise United Workmen and Oaks clubs.
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Charleston
Dewey
E. Williams
City Detective Bureau
Club
Zanziber
Court St
Paradise Club
United Workmen Club
Quarter St
Oaks Club
Summers St. X
Wilams
Mose Pushkin
James White
B. Berger
Haskel White
Joe Black
Phyllis, Burdette
Goldin Smalley
Laura Curry
Myrtle Thomas
James Burley
Soviet Proposes Big Four Meeting On Italian Colonies
Moscow says foreign ministers of the United States Britain France should meet by Sept 15 to decide the fate of Italy's former African colonies. Deputies had studied the issue for over a year but failed to reach agreement, with the UN General Assembly to decide if no accord is reached by the deadline. The note notes Western powers were noncommittal and that differences remained among the four powers.
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Moscow
Italy
Tass
United States
United Nations General Assembly
London
U. N
Chinese general Feng Yu-hsiang dies in sea fire
Moscow reports General Feng Yu-hsiang affectionately called China’s Christian general perished aboard the Russian motorship Pobede near Odessa after a fire blamed on careless motion picture film handling. He was 67 and had just left New York for China to rally opponents of Chiang Kai-shek.
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Feng
Yu-hsiang
Ching
Black Sea
Pravda
Tsvestia
New York
Odessa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
United States
Kuomintang
Government Party
Poland's Communist Party Split Over Tito Moscow Line
Warsaw dispatch reports Poland's Communist workers' party split over following Tito or Moscow. Vice-Premier Gomulks dismissed as secretary general. President Bicrutt named to lead. Pro Cominform faction warns of possible break up amid growing revolt within the party.
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Poland
Larry Allen
Warsaw
Communist Workers’ Party
Communist Iine
Remain
Wladyslaw Gomulks
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Comminform
Boleslaw Bicrut
Ferm
Moscow
Cominform
Gomulks
Communist Workers Party
France forms Schuman government orders living bonus
Paris announces a 2,500 franc cost of living bonus for most French workers with July and August retroactivity. The new cabinet, formed by Schuman from three middle parties, also considers a 1,600 franc monthly wage rise starting September. Socialists hold five of 14 ministerial posts. Rene Coty is Reconstruction Minister.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Schulman
France
Vincent Auriol
Viela
Socialist ‘Party
Schuman
Schumann
Andre Marie
MRP
Rene Coty
Foregn m
Marie
Marie Marie
United Nations General Assembly
Jules Moch
Jet Plane Breaks World Pace Then Fails Record
In Cleveland Maj. Richard L. Johnson in an Air Force F 86 flew at about 470 mph a new speed mark but the attempt failed as timing errors and a camera jam spoiled the record. Officials plan another try tomorrow as Air Force jets display speed and power for a large crowd.
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Cleveland
Air Force
Richard L. Johnson
Johnson
Mith
Navy
Muroc
Natives Accused With Vice Consul In Sofia Spy Case
Bulgaria announced that American vice consul Donald F. Ewing was caught July in Sofia while allegedly obtaining important espionage information from two Bulgarians who were said to be American agents. The State Department dismissed the claim as a fabrication and recalled Ewing.
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APY
Bulgaria
Sofia
States Department
Donald F. Ewing
Ewing
A. S
State Department
U. S
Robert Dreher
Moscow
Dreher
Sofie
Anti-People’s Group
Nicolas Petrov
Petrov
State Secreta
Legation
United States
Donald R. Heath
World War I Vet Is Killed by Train
A 21 year old West Side resident Bernard Young was killed yesterday when struck by a southbound New York Central freight train at Stop 6 on Dunbar road just outside city limits. He died at 4 20 p m in a Charleston hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries. City detectives investigated and the body rests at Cunningham mortuary.
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New York Central
Dunbar Road
City
Linits
Bernard Young
Zable
KR. L. Smith
J. W. Fisher
Young
The
West Virginia Explosives Co
Ora Young
Charleston
Mabel
Delphin
Clarence, Jr
Ralph
Franklin
James
Paul
Milton Edens
RFD 5
John Young
Cunningham Mortuary
Southern edict bowing to Wallace eggs ban
A playful notice cites a new rule against throwing eggs at Wallace. The quip notes prices and a humorous quip by Stan Arnolds, reflecting a lighthearted regional moment in local press.
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Wallace
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