Hard Facts About Soft Coal Struggles and Family Costs
The piece outlines John L. Lewis national coal labor tensions and the Marin family hardship amid a three day work week in soft coal, unpaid contracts, and beltway welfare fund details. It notes miners earning mostly through company stores, and ongoing negotiations with operators, plus the Bridges Van Horn salaries from the welfare fund.
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John Marin
John
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Joan Marin
H. C. Frick Coke Co
National Mine No. 3
Marins
Muse
William Popich
Lewis
UMW
Ezra van Horn
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Sen. Bridges
van Horn
Homesick Chinese man sails 9000 miles to Canton by 18 foot boat
Tong Full Ng, 55, left Barry Wales in an 18 foot craft loaded with baggage and cheap jewelry for his Canton family. After 36 hours he ran aground 15 miles from start, later jailed for not notifying immigration. He faces deportation after two months, amid broader US Britain Canada talks on postwar economic aid and trade balances.
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Britain
Tong Full Ng
Canton
Barry
Wales
Great Britain
Land
Tong
Congress 81st Record in recess as key bills await action
The 81st Congress remains largely on break with the House not ending recess until September 21 and major legislation held over into the 1950 session. Leaders plan huddles to sort bills while the White House pushes a full Fair Deal agenda and a political fight to finish.
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Congress
Senate
House
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Berlin commandant Howley bids farewell with sharp wit
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley, retiring commander of Berlin, quips that the prevailing wind in Berlin is from the east and it is always hot air. Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder warns that a depression would be the richest low mood ever seen.
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Frank L. Howley
Berlin
U.S. Treasury
John W. Snyder
Notable Labor Day Toll Records Set
The report tallies 550 deaths from Labor Day incidents the highest national total. Cars caused 410 fatalities, 53 were from drowning and 87 from unclassified mishaps. The US Treasury announced special tax exempt dividends for veterans life insurance. Bill Odom died at the Cleveland Air Races when his racing plane crashed into a home, killing two residents.
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US Treasury
Veterans For National Service
Bill Odom
Cleveland
European Consultative Assembly debates federal union in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg 101 delegates from 12 nations of the European Consultative Assembly discuss a European central authority with limited powers, urge careful study, and consider a broader economic union with potential American aid and a common trading system.
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Strasbourg
France
European Consultative Assembly
Winston Churchill
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Churchill
Brabazon Flight Leads to Aviation Lab Testing
Britain’s 130 ton Brabazon made a successful first flight last weekend as the world’s largest civil land plane. It costs 48 million dollars and aims to carry 120 passengers London to New York non stop, but will be used as a flying laboratory by Bristol Aeroplane Co. to test future Brabazon designs.
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Britain
London
New York
U.S. Navy
Bristol Aeroplane Co
Howard Hughes
Washington
Hughes
Indonesia debate at The Hague moves toward sovereignty
The round table conference on Indonesia’s future gathers 150 delegates at The Hague to decide on sovereignty for the East Indies. Key disputes remain over a union versus closer links and the fate of New Guinea as talks proceed with Indonesian republic and federalist delegates drafting a provisional constitution.
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Round Table
Indonesia
The
Hague
East Indies
United Nations Commission For Indonesia
New Guinea
United States of Indonesia
Java-Sumatra
September observances noted for 1932 calendar
A listing of national and international observances from September 12 to September 18. It includes Defenders Day in Maryland and anniversaries tied to the American Hospital Association, World Bank meetings in Washington, quarterly tax payments, opening of a Canadian Parliament, several independence days in Central America, National Guard Day, Mexican Independence Day, Constitution Day 162nd anniversary, an Atlantic Defense Council meeting, and Chilean Independence Day.
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Maryland
American Hospital Association
World Bank
Washington
el Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
National Guard
Atlantic Defense Council
Atomic scientists discuss hazards at Harwell conference
ABC powers meeting at Harwell England last week focused on safety and waste handling for atomic piles. The six day talks, under a 1948 agreement, covered radiation effects on plants animals and humans and risks of pile sabotage.
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America
Britain
Canada
Harwell
England
Ministry of Supply
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