Miners Seek $2 Daily Pay Increase Across Coal Trade
Washington reports a two stage $2 a day raise for soft coal miners may be announced. The plan would lift basic daily wages from $18.25 to $19.45 by Sept. 1 and to $20.25 by next April with time and half for Saturdays and double pay for Sundays. A second week of vacation with $140 pay is included.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
Harry M. Moses
Assn
Moses
Northern
Steel Industry
Southern
Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Farmers Touring Russia Dine at Ambassador's Spaso House
American farmers touring the Soviet Union dined Friday night with Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen at his Spaso House residence in Moscow. They are set to report today to the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture on a month long inspection tour.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Charles E. Bohlen
Spaso House
Ministry of Agriculture
Kohler Co. Labor Hearing Ends Conger Testimony
Kohler Co. chief counsel Lyman Conger completed seven days of testimony in the NLRB hearing on unfair labor practices raised by Local 833 of the United Auto Workers. He described union publicity as pressuring Kohler to promise permanent jobs to hires after the strike began, a claim Wed as not made when rehiring started after production resumed.
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Sheboygan
Lyman Conger
Kohler Co
National Labor Relations Board
Conger
Local 833
United Auto Workers Cio
Robert Burkart
Burkart
Kohler Products
Child Electrocuted by Defective Lamp Wire in Kaukauna
Kaukauna Wisconsin reports a two year old child died after apparently touching a lamp with defective wiring. Authorities say the accident occurred in the home of the Brux family. The incident is under investigation by local police and safety officials.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Pamcelia Brux
Northeastern Flood Disaster Shrugs Off States With 105 Dead
Floods across seven states cause billions in damage as Delaware and surrounding rivers overflow. Pennsylvania reports 51 dead and 70 missing while New York New England towns endure ruined homes and power outages. Civil defense, Red Cross, and troops deploy extensive relief work and airlift supplies to stricken communities.
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New England
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Virginia
Rhode Island
Red Cross
Armed Forces
Army
Trenton
N. J
Hartford
Conn
Arlington
Mass
Torrington
Camden
1St
2Nd Army
Bailey
Marion
Ohio
Navy
Coast Guard
Stroudsburg
Waterbury
Naugatuck
Francis T. Scully
Delaware River
Easton
Philadelphia
Camden, N. J
Blackstone
Mill
Horseshoe Dam
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
Port Jervis
N. Y
Neversink
Putnam
John Dempsey
Quinebaug
Heat Waves Hit Wisconsin State Fair Opening Day
The 105th Wisconsin State Fair opened for a nine day run as a heat wave pressed the grounds toward 100 degrees. Three hogs died from the heat amid sweltering conditions. cattlemen fought to keep animals cool while fans circulated air in barns.
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Milwaukee
Fair Grounds
Charles Maas
Evansville
Leather Co Union To Bargain on Contract
Fond du Lac union and the Fred Rueping Leather Co. will meet in a bargaining session on August 25 to iron out contract differences. Federal conciliator J. H. Lacy of Milwaukee announced the meeting after talks with officers from both sides.
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Fond du Lac
Fred Rueping Leather Co
J. H. Lacy
Milwaukee
Air Defense Command base planned near Kansasville
The Air Force moves toward building a new Air Defense Command base near Kansasville with projected cost of 16.6 million dollars. The Corps of Engineers will handle land acquisition and construction contracts, and the base is slated to house about 150 officers 1225 airmen and 250 civilians with an annual payroll near 4.9 million.
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Air Force
Air Defense Command
Kansasville
Lawrence H. Smith
News Today
Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Smith
Outagamie County Leads Nation in Polio Cases
Eight new polio cases in Outagamie county maintain its lead among hard hit U S areas. Iron lungs prepared for Wisconsin cities Madison Green Bay Milwaukee as Green Bay reports another polio death. Wisconsin totals include multiple deaths across counties and rising case numbers in Outagamie Neenah Menasha and Milwaukee.
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Appleton
Wis
Outagamie
Green Bay
Raymond Pitz
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Arnold J. Lee
Omro
Randy Haag
Merlin Haag
Plymouth
Sheboygan County
Harry van Straten
Neenah-Menasha
Winnebago County
Tension High In Morocco
In French Morocco tensions surge on the second anniversary of Sultan Ben Youssef’s ouster. Moroccans clash as 13 die and 34 wounded in rioting while French forces bolster Khenifra with paratroops and commandos. Curfews, U.S. personnel orders, and talks at Aix-Les-Bains mark the crisis.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Khenifra
Ben Youssef
Middle Atlas
Marseille
Algeria
Madagascar
Sultan Ben Moulay Arafa
U. S
Gilbert Grandval
Paris
Istiqlal
Aix-Les-Bains
Edgar Faure
Weekend Heat Persists With Scattered Thunderstorms
Forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with widely scattered thundershowers. Sunday highs mid 90s, tonight lows 66 to 73. Noon readings show 92 downtown at American Motors and 87 at the sewage plant.
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American Motors
Milwaukee Road Train Kills Two Year Old
Rose Mary Louise Smith aged two was struck and killed by a Milwaukee Road freight train near her parents home in Walworth County Springfield Wisconsin on Friday. Authorities stated the incident occurred as the child wandered onto the tracks in the rural area.
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Milwaukee Road
Springfield
Wis
Rosemary Louise Smith
Walworth County
Charlie Smith
Czech refugee held on espionage suspicion in Nuernberg
A Czech girl refugee formerly at the Valka camp was arrested in Nuernberg on suspicion of espionage for an Eastern power. Authorities kept details confidential as the investigation proceeds.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Valka
Police Question Cop-Killer On Three More Murders
Chicago police pursued confessions from Richard Carpenter 26 for the tavern slayings and a wounding of a rookie officer. He, captured after a hostage crisis, reportedly admitted killing Det. William Murphy and wounding Officer Clarence Kerr in separate incidents. An inquest into Murphy’s death is planned with a Grand Jury to consider the case.
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Chicago
Richard Carpenter
Carpenter
Leonard Powell
Powell
Diane
Robert
John Dillinger
William Murphy
Clarence Kerr
Lone Wolf
Murrhy
John
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