80 British Miners Killed In Underground Blaze
Creswell England September 26 a raging underground fire trapped and killed 80 men at the Creswell coal mine Eighty of the men were caught behind a wall of flame and gas and fumes Three were found dead by fellow workers who reached safety The fire burned nine hours and rescuers faced intense heat as officials declared rescue attempts futile and sealed off the affected section Dozens of miners escaped through smoke and rubber fumes while rescue teams rushed from nearby mines to aid the effort
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Creswell
England
Sir Hubert Houldsworth
East Midlands
National Coal Board
Hubert
Hubert and the Mineworkers Union
Steel Workers May Take Raise as Down Payment
Pittsburgh September 26 The United Steelworkers the world’s largest aluminum maker and major steel employers negotiate wage boosts and benefits. ALCOA offered a 10 percent raise to its 45000 workers including 20000 USW members. The union may accept as a down payment while pressing for broader wage demands and union shop elections. USW plans talks with 1400 steel firms on October 9 ahead of November 1 contract reopeners.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
USW
ALCOA
AFL Aluminum Workers
CIO’ Steel
National Labor Relations Board
Carnegie-llinois Steel Corporation
The
Steel
Basic Steel
Carnegie TL Lineis
Philip Murray
NLRB
Chicago
Inland Steel Company
Inland
Liberation Of Seoul Becomes UN Victory As Reds Retreat
General MacArthur announced the envelopment and seizure of Seoul as United Nations forces push through a flaming, smoke-filled city. Marines advance past burning buildings toward key targets while Reds defend from houses and rooftops amid heavy bombardment and artillery. The fallen city glows red at dusk as stories of combat and strange scenes emerge from the shattered streets.
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Don Whitehead
Seoul
MacArthur
Tokyo
United Nations
Mapo Street
Seourail
Namsan Hill
South Mountain Park
Ove Ware
High Command
GOP Lawyer Shot To Death On Chicago Street
Chicago report details the slaying of Marvin J. Bas, 45, a Republican attorney active in Cook County sheriff campaign efforts. Bas was shot while fleeing two young men on a northwest side street, a robbery motive was discounted. Witness Julie Bosbisch, 68, described the chase and shooting under elevated tracks. Bas carried a deputy sheriff badge, $90, a $500 check, and wore a diamond ring. Joan E. Babb noted Bas planned to meet with him and claimed Bas had concrete information on crime politics alliances.
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Chicago
Marvin J. Bas
Cook County
Bas
Joan E. Babb
GOP
Julie Bosbisch
UN Diplomats Cautious On Soviet Peace and Atomic Talks
In New York diplomats tempered verdicts on Malik's Moscow proposals branding them propaganda. They pressed for action over words, while noting U N discussions on atomic control and peace moves.
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New York
United Nations
U. S. State Department
Jacob A. Malik
Maryland
U. N. Assembly
Russia
U. S
State Department
Washington
Malik
Stockholm
John Wertheimer
Baltimore
U. N
Soviet Union
Lincoln White
U.N
Russig
Voice of America
White
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
Germany
Austria
Japan
Trygve Lie
Truman
Stalin
Lie
Security Council
Indonesia
India
Republic of South Ores
Hoffman Quits As ECA Head Foster Named
Paul G. Hoffman resigns as administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration after two and a half years. President Truman names William C. Foster to succeed him, praising Hoffman's service and the ECA's work on the Marshall Plan. Hoffman cites confidence in the ECA organization and leaves with his conscience clear.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
ECA
Europe
Asia
Truman
Murphy Named New York Police Commissioner
Thomas F. Murphy, a plant of a man who prosecuted Alger Hiss for the Federal government, takes over today as New York's graft shaken police department head. He inherits an 18,000 man force amid a graft scandal and a demand to root out rotten apples, replacing Commissioner O'Brien who quit after a rackets probe. Acting Mayor Impelliteri endorses the switch, making Murphy the first non policeman to head the force in 16 years, with the Brooklyn grand jury backing the move.
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New York
Thomas F. Murphy
Alger Hiss
William P. O'Brien
O'Brien-Murphy
Brooklyn Grand Jury
Forsyth Woman Sues For Breach of Promise
Neilt Schairer of Forsyth County North Carolina filed in U S district court in Richmond seeking 525000 in a breach of promise suit alleging Charles J Verlander Jr promised to marry last year but later refused. A jury trial was requested.
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Richmond
Neilt Schairer
Forsyth County
N. C
United States District Court
Miss Schairer
Charles J. Verlander, Jr
Erwin Mills Announces 8 Percent Wage Increase
Durham report says Erwin Mills Inc raises wages eight percent for its workers effective tomorrow amid ongoing negotiations with the Textile Workers Union of America CIO seeking fifteen percent. Union previously rejected the offer.
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Durham
Erwin Mills, Inc
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Jackson Allows Bail to Convicted U S Communists
Justice Jackson postponed jail for 10 U S Communist leaders on bail stating immediate imprisonment would risk martyrdom claims and harm to American freedom. He ordered continued release pending Supreme Court review, while the government urged detention. Eleven leaders were convicted last October. Dennis remains jailed for contempt with a year left.
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Washington
Jackson
Supreme Court
U. S
Communist Party
High Court
Department of Justice
New York
Eugene Dennis
Congress
Max Wilson Prison Term Reduced
Max C. Wilson former state senator had a three year sentence for mail fraud reductions to two years by federal Judge Wilson Warlick. A thousand Caldwell county residents petitioned for leniency and the parole board reviewed the case in Washington. The reduction makes Wilson eligible for parole after eight months with future plans to live in Detroit Michigan.
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Lenoir
Max C. Wilson
Wilson Wartick
Ashland
Warlick
Caldwell County
U. S. Paroles Board
Washington
Wilson
Federal Land Bank
Columbia
S.C
Detroit
Mich
100 Reported Dead In Morocco Floods
Casablanca Morocco September reports a sudden torrential downpour in the mountainous region of Sefron causing about 100 deaths and estimated damages around 2 million dollars. A flash flood swept the Aggai river destroying bridges homes and severing roads with surveys incomplete.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Sefron
Moon Eclipse Seen Clear Across Nation by Astronomers
Washington reports last night’s lunar eclipse unfolded without incident as observers in Detroit and Milwaukee enjoyed clear skies while smoke from Canadian fires muted views elsewhere. Astronomers noted eclipses recur in cycles of about 18 years with seven solar or lunar events, but a lunar eclipse covers a broader hemisphere.
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De _troit
Milwaukee
Canada
New York
Bluefield
W. Va
Library of Congress
Louis le Debonnaire
Charlemagne
Burt
Stock Market In Narrow Range
In New York on September 26 the stock market moved in a narrow range with little direction. Leaders traded mostly unchanged, while radio television issues rose from the start and surged at times. The Washington delay of the manufacturing tax on television receivers to November 1 gave a sales spur, lifting stocks like U S Rubber J T Case Admiral Emerson Philco Zenith Dow Chemical American Cyanamid McIntyre Porcupine Homestake Mining Southern California Edison.
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New ‘York
Washington
Wall
U. S. Rubber
J.T. Case
Admiral Corp
Emerson Radio
Philco
Zenith
Dow Chemical
American Cyanamid
McIntyre Porcupine
Homestake Mining
Southern
California Edison
British casualties in misdirected bombing of Zith brigade
A British army spokesman reported 71 soldiers killed and 20 wounded in an error bombing by American planes on Saturday. The count was confirmed by Air Vice Marshal C. A. Bouchiér, during a two day tour of the front in South Korea.
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Tokyo
C. A. Bouchiér
South Korea
Russia builds Baltic defense line toward Gibraltar like fortifications
Stockholm reports Moscow speeding a Baltic coastal defense system from Porkkala to Ruegen with a fortified island chain dubbed a northern Gibraltar. The piece cites 12,000 to 15,000 workers, including slave laborers, and about 6,500 Soviet troops on the Oesel island area as part of the ring.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Gibraltar
Stockholms - Tidningen
Moscow
Porkkala
Finland
Ruegen Island
Baltic Sea
A. Sverd
Oesel
Bay of Riga
Southern Front Is Crumbling Showdown Near Seoul as Linkup Aims to Trap North Koreans
U S troops south of Seoul reported first contact between First Cavalry tanks and Seventh Division units between Osan and Suwon, signaling a potential trap for thousands of North Korean troops. General MacArthur announced Seoul’s liberation from Red control, with UN forces and ROK troops taking the city after three months of siege. The advance included Marines with Pershing tanks and heavy flame throwers, while a parade of heroes met the victory.
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Chongju
Chochiwon
7Th Division
Osan
U. S
Seoul
Haeju Bay
Pusan
Yongdok
Andong
U.S. 24Th Division
Kumchon
Songju
Hyopchon
Chinju
U.S
First Cavalry
Southeast
Korea
Russell Seines
Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
U.N
William George Ferrina
West Quincy
Mass
Ferrino
Stan Swinton
Kunsan
Haman
Swinton
Republic of Korea
Rok
U. S. 7Th Army
First Marine Division
U. S. 24Th Division
22 Are Missing As Korea Bound Transport Crashes
A Korea bound C-54 transport plane crashed on take off from a southern Japan airbase. Fifty one aboard. twenty eight rescued, twenty two missing, one body recovered. Navy casualties high last week in a similar A-50 crash. Survivors included a nurse and medical staff. unclear if hospital flight.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Kawajalein Island
Korea
Pacific
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