Truman Trashes GOP Free Labor and Labor Wages
President Truman pressed a Labor Day rally in Detroit urging that a Republican administration would threaten economic freedom and democratic institutions. He called labor the main bulwark against Communism and condemned Taft Hartley as a dangerous corporate tool while warning of a boom bust cycle if Republicans gain White House and Congress. He urged labor to fight harder to preserve rights as crowds reached over a hundred thousand.
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Detroit
Truman
Iren
Cadillac Square
CIO
AFL
Kennedy Lawrence
White House
Congress
Grand Rapids
Lanning
Republican Mth Congress
Thomas E. Davey
New York
Ir. Truman
McGrath accuses GOP of hostility to labor on Labor Day
Democratic National Chairman Howard McGrath says Republicans are implacably hostile to labor welfare. He cites absence of prominent Republican speakers at Labor Day rallies and faults Congress for rolling back Roosevelt Truman era gains. He urges labor and unorganized workers to oppose the GOP.
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Washington
W. Howard McGrath
Democratic
McGrath
Providence
R. L
Republican Stth Congress
Republican Congress
Republican Party
United States
Congress
GOP
Longshoremen Walkout Joins East Coast Truckers in National Strike
The five day labor walkout spreads as 4 300 more longshoremen join the New York area truckers in New Jersey. West Coast longshoremen from Puget Sound to San Diego continue a fifth day idle over 25 000 workers idle and 160 ships sidelined. Army plans to secure supplies for the Far East while oil refinery workers strike in California and four western states involve about 16 000. In Ottumwa Iowa the United Packinghouse Workers CIO board recommends a vote to strike at John Marrell and Co mest packing plant. Local 478 Teamsters seeks 15 cent raise plus gains for NY truckers and sick and accident coverage. Newark group demands 35 mile pick up area and local-only deliveries. Local 807 in New York struck previously.
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Associated Press
New York City
Newack
N. J
Pacific
Puget Sound
San Diego
Far East
California
Aince
Ottumwa
United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO
John Marrell and Co
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
New York
Class of 1925 to Sign for Draft Today
Men born in 1925 will have their final opportunity today to register for the peacetime draft, state selective service headquarters reminded yesterday. Men born in 1924 will register tomorrow and Thursday.
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State Selective Service
Yesterny
Murray Leads Labor Rally Push Across West Virginia
The Associated Press reports thousands joined West Virginia labor rallies led by CIO President Philip Murray and other labor figures. Speakers denounced Taft Hartley, urged stronger support for unions, and criticized Congress while noting shutdowns and weather dampening Beckley attendance.
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Congress
CIO
Wheeling
Morgantown
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Logan
Associated Press
West Virginia
Clark blames Republicans on Communism in government
Des Moines September 6 Attorney General Tom C. Clark challenged Republicans and their Grundy bosses to name any Communists in the federal executive branch. He accused the GOP of inaction while Democrats acted within the law to protect free institutions, criticizing Taft-Hartley as the sole anti Communism measure. He urged Congress to pass further laws to curb undesirable aliens, noting repeated failures. Please Turn to Page 3 Cel. 9.
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Des Moines
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Legislative Branch
Congress
Byrnes Says Reds Broke Nearly All Wartime Pacts
Former Secretary of State James Byrnes charged in Seattle that Soviet Russia violated nearly all postwar agreements about Eastern Europe. He urged the U.S. to build up a middle ground where nations can seek peace, arguing the war pacts outlined by Churchill and Roosevelt offered little concessions to the Soviets. The speech, prepared for the American Bar Association convention, cautioned that while wartime agreements were not perfect they were not naive gifts to Moscow.
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Agri
Partlow Upholds Religious Class In W Va Schools
West Virginia legal opinion by Atty Gen Ira J Partlow says religious instruction may be taught in public schools under conditions, not funded by taxpayers, and school buildings may be used for such education if it adds little or no taxpayer expense.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Ira J. Partlow
West Virginia
W. W. Trent
Partlow
Trent
Supreme’ Court
Calipoor
Mllinois
Supreme Court
School Board
Champaign County
Commerce Pushes Steel Production
Washington reports the Commerce Department will push two initiatives to boost steel output and secure scrap. Secretary Sawyer aims to create an exclusive buyer for German scrap, allocate material among U S users, and gather iron and scrap dealers to discuss a private export vehicle. He also plans a drive to collect iron and steel scrap from industry auto wreckers and farms to speed mill feed.
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Germany
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Trade Association Executtives
Sawyer
Wallace Attacks Truman Labor Backers at CIO Convention
Henry A. Wallace assailed labor leaders backing President Truman as appeasers. Speaking at the CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America convention in New York, he drew cheers and boos, with chants of We want Wallace as he faced the crowd.
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Truman
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
CIO United Electrical
Radio
Ana Meine Workers of America
Vice P Lent
Bataan
Americans Hit Red Talks Call
Washington officials privately criticized a Russian request for four power talks on September 15 about prewar Italian colonies. They viewed Moscow as trying to embarrass the West and doubted any meeting could be arranged on short notice six days before the U N assembly. State Department declined comment while sounding out Britain and France for reaction.
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Russia
United Nations
Moscow
State Department
Radio Moscow
Roger Tubby
Violent Death Toll Hits 316 Over Labor Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 316 violent deaths nationwide during the Labor Day long weekend as millions traveled. Traffic mishaps caused 233 deaths, 39 deaths were from drownings, and 44 from other accidents. The National Safety Council expected the traffic toll to reach 260. Last year’s observance had 351 deaths.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Surprise winner in Thompson Trophy at National Air Races
Cleveland dispatch reports Tony L. Johnson won the Thompson Trophy and $16,000 at the National Air Races, flying an F-51 Mustang for a 383.707 mph average over 300 miles. Chuck Brown led early with a dead engine, while Bruce Raymond and Wilson Newhall finished second and third.
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Air Force
Cleveland
Anton L
Johnny) Johnson
Finlab
Ahohnson
Charles E
Chuck) Brown
Indianapolis
Brown
Johnson
Lyons
Bruce E. Raymond
Hammond
Jed
Thames
Wilson V. Newhall
Andlrinois National
Scientist Killed In B-29 Bail Out
A Chicago scientist, Prof. H. W. Baldwin, leaped from a burning B-29 over Georgia as another crew member toppled to safety. The parachute failed to open for Baldwin, and his body was later found near a wooded creek. Four men jumped. three survived, one with a broken ankle.
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Charles Dooge
Chatham
N. J
Office of Naval Search
Ramald Anthony
Inyokern
Cal
Naval Ordnance Training Station
Richard Baker
Major Baker
Maxwell Field
D. C
Gazette Miss Fair Escapes Identification at Fairgrounds
A search at the West Virginia Agricultural and Industrial Fair attracted several hundred teenagers as the unidentified entrant dubbed “Miss Fair” made two appearances at the wildlife exhibit and near the airplane ride before vanishing. The prize money rose to 55 dollars but the contestant remained unrecognized.
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Modern
The
Gazette
West Virginia
Aune
Family Saved After Fire Reported By Gazette Carrier
A 15-year-old Gazette carrier spotted flames from a garage beneath an apartment at 200 1 2 Shepherd Ave in South Charleston at 4 25 p m. He alerted H L Kyle across the street who roused the residents and notified fire crews. Marshall Dinkin of 270 Daniels Ave awakened Mrs Kyle and family, potentially saving three residents in the Lawrence apartment.
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Gazette
South Charleston
Marshal Dinkin
Daniels
T. R. Lawrence
Shepherd
Dinkin
Mrs. Kyle
Lawrences
Marshall
Mrs. Lawrence
Allied air war tests in London and factories hit
London witnessed a four day aerial exercise code named operation dagger with British and American bombers obliterating the war office area and targeting railway hubs bridges and electrical plants. Day long sorties involved 400 to 800 planes striking Coventry Nottingham Leicester Reading and Swindon while fighters contested airfields and 30 enemy aircraft were destroyed. Umpires will assess results, with final conclusions due December 1.
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War Office
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Leicester
Reading
Swindon
U. S
England
Southlands
Europe
Royal Airforce
Soviet Major Orders Yanks Yield In Berlin Police Clash
Soviet backed German police seized 19 Allied officers from Berlin city hall and ordered Western personnel to leave the Soviet sector building. The raid followed a day of rioting as police and reporters were beaten and city governance moved to Western Berlin amid four power talks.
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Liaiaon
Rin
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Lucius .D. Clay
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Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Red Action
Red Army
Maj
Davisson
Pole Patches Up Split With Reds
Warsaw reports Vice Premier Wladyslaw Gomulka told Poland’s Communist chiefs he had patched up his ideological rift with the party leadership after President Bierut issued an eight point purge plan. Gomulka attended the meeting as Bierut outlined the policy shift to end divisions over national and international communism.
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Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Boleslaw Blerut
Communist Workers Party
Moscow
Gomulka
Bierut
Woa
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
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Cominform
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Reber
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