Long Island Strike Ends Restoring Rail Service
The Long Island Railroad resumes normal service after a two day engineers strike. Settlement reached between the road and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Independent on working conditions and rules. Full service restored between New York City and Long Island communities on the 400 mile system. The railroad serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and parts of Queens and Brooklyn with about 300 000 daily fares.
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New York
Long Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Independent
Movements Bureau
Long Island
New York City
Nassau
Suffolk
Queens
Brooklyn
VA Answers on GI Loans Vocational Training and Pensions
The Veterans Administration provides guidance on extending GI business loan maturities to reduce monthly payments to a 10 year maximum. It confirms WWII veterans may pursue vocational training as a normal progression from high school under the GI Bill. Widows of WWI veterans denied pensions due to income must file a new reconsideration claim after July 1 1952 and contact the VA Regional Office in Montgomery Alabama for more information.
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Montgomery
Ala.y
Informer Kills Black Man in Birmingham Slaying Case
Coroner reports 61 year old Black man Tommy McDay fatally struck by police informer Sam Jones yesterday. McDay was aiming at Jones with a disabled public safety item when hit. Coroner Joe Hilderbrand found the act justifiable.
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Joe Hilderbrand
Tommy McDay
Sam Jones
McDay
Jones
Hilderbrand
Thomas L Wann Promoted to Sergeant First Class in Korea
Thomas L Wann of Courtland receives a promotion to sergeant first class while serving with the Second Infantry Division in Korea. The division, early to fight in Korea, earned fame last fall for its role in the Heart- campaign.
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Thomas _L. Wann
Courtland
Korea
Sayreton Homicide Involving Officer and Suspect McDay
Detective Lt. J. C. Lance said Jones tracked suspect McDay to a Sayreton thicket three blocks from McDay’s home. McDay drew a 38 caliber pistol and fired three times. it misfired. Jones said he fired once into the ground then shot McDay in the chest with a shotgun as he advanced after the wife killing of Minnie McDay, 31, at their home Sunday morning.
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J. C. Lance
Jones
McDay
Sayreton
Minnie
State Senator Target In Suit
Federal suits filed in Birmingham accuse state Sen. Sam High of Ashville and relatives of Alabama figures of defrauding the Commodity Credit Corp. in cotton loans. Actions seek judgments totaling 50 000 against High and 44 000 against Campbelle plus 8 000 against Partlow.
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Alabama
Commodity Credit Corp
Sam High
Ashville
William T. Campbelle
Fackler
Ala
U. S
Albert Rains
Anthony A. Partlow
Alabama City
N. H. Partlow& Son Ginning Co
CCC
High
Senate Agriculture Committee
St. Clair County
Campbelle
Fewer Drownings in TVA Lakes This Year
Through June the TVA lakes reported 24 drownings this year, a drop from 1951. May was worst with nine deaths. April three. March three. January and February one each. Eleven of twenty eight lakes recorded fatalities with Wheeler Lake most affected.
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TVA
Wheeler Lake
Fort Loudoun Lake
Kentucky
Douglas
Chickamauga
Cherokee
Hales Bar
South Holston
Wilson
Watts Bar
Guntersville
John Fox Buys Boston Post
Boston financier John Fox, 45, agreed to purchase the 121 year old Boston Post. Mrs Helen D Grozier and Harry J Gallagher announced the deal as executors of editor Richard Grozier estate. Fox will take control on a date to be announced.
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Boston Post
John Fox
Fox
Post
Helen D. Grozier
Richard Grozier
Harry J. Gallagher
The
Richard Grazier
Boston Latin School
Harvard College
Western Union
Soldier Wann Joins Second Battalion in January
SFC Wann, a section leader in Battery A, 82nd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, joined the unit in January as part of its reorganizing efforts. The report notes his assignment within the second division.
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Sfc Wann
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