Coal Walkouts Add to Britain's Economic Woes
Wildcat coal strikes spread in Yorkshire leaving 10 000 to 15 000 miners idle and 12 pits shut. About 82 000 tons of coal lost since Aug 14 as government austerity measures face sharp criticism from The Times and unions amid a worsening British economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yorkshire
Britain
National Coal Board
Will Lawther
National Union of Mine Workers
Times of London
Clement Attlee
The
Times
Laborite
May Have to Pay More Washington-U.P.-Europe
A fragmented page note hints at rising costs and looming pressures among nations including Washington and European powers. The text suggests financial strains and policy notices, with continuation on another page. The exact details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Bigamist Pleads Guilty in Kenosha Case
John Peter Mark 36 pleaded guilty before Municipal Judge Edward J. Ruetz to having too many wives. Three former locals were returned to Kenosha on non support charges. Sentencing is set for Sept. 5 as investigators review the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peter Mark
Kenoshan
Kenosha
Mark
Edward J. Ruetz
Felix Miller
Edward Hoff, Sr
Marshfield
Leonard Seklinski
LaCrosse
Fish
Oklahoma City
UN Refuses to Order Egyptian British Talks Over Sudan
The U N Security Council rejected a Brazilian move urging Egypt and Britain to resume direct talks on British troops in Egypt and Sudan. The motion failed by one vote with Poland opposing, Colombia Syria and Russia abstaining, and Britain not voting. The United States Brazil China France Australia and Belgium supported it.
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Lake
Security Council
Egypt
Britain
Sudan
Poland
Colombia
Syria
Russia
United States
Brazil
China
France
Australia
Belgium
Council Chamber
United Nations
U. N
Lake Success Village
Nassau County
Faris el- Khoury
Trypve Lie
U.N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cairo
Gromyko
Council
Trygve Lie
Frank Begley
Ahmed Kamel Kotb
Mustafa Momen
Heating Oil Price Boost Announced by Standard Oil
Chicago Standard Oil company Indiana announced a half cent per gallon price increase for distillate heating oils and diesel fuels in 11 states effective Sept 1. The hike covers Stanoplex furnace oil Standard heater oil Stanolex diesel fuel Standard light diesel fuel and Stanolind HS diesel sold in Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Barn Struck by Lightning Burns in Bonduel Wisconsin
Lightning hit a barn near Bonduel Wisconsin last night causing a fire that destroyed the structure. Owner Louis Barkhaus estimated the loss around $5,000 including 20 tons of hay and 750 bushels of grain.
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Bonduel
Wis
Louis Barkhaus
Undertaker Unearths Indian Burial Ground in Dig
San Francisco takes note as undertaker W M Ringen, while digging for a new home, uncovers an old Indian burial ground with skulls. He remains unfazed by the discovery, treating it as part of the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. M. Ringen
Ringen
Undertaker
Housing Price Probe Widened By Grand Jury
A federal grand jury in session widens its anti trust inquiry into housing prices after indicting two real estate groups for conspiring to fix commissions in DC. Former Washington board president H Clifford Bangs says investigations cover Chicago and California as well. Attorney General Clark links artificial restraints to high housing costs.
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Grand
Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
The
Washington Real Estate Board
District of Columbia
H. Clifford Bangs
Washington Board
Grand Jury
Chicago
California
Clark
Anti-Trust
Labor Day Observance Program Set With Speeches Music
Preparations for Labor Day next Monday include a program of music and addresses led by former Congressman An drew J. Biemiller. Centered at Washington Bowl, the event features Kenosha civic and labor leaders, the Congdon conservatory of music, and the American Legion concert band with entertainment. Speakers include W. G. Kult and Hartwick Dahl, along with Richard Lindgren, Gregory Wallig, and Paul Whiteside. City officials Axtell Molinaro and Lourigan are also slated. The program begins at 1 30 p m with music by Paul Scott and his party liners.
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Andrew J. Biemiller
Aflcio
Washington Bowl
Kenosha
Congdon Conservatory of Music
American Legion
W. G. Kult
Kenosha Industrial Union Council
Hartwick Dahl
Kenosha Trades and Labor Council
Richard Lindgren
Gregory Wallig
Paul Whiteside
Uaw-Cio
Federal Labor Union
Brass and Copper Workers
A. E. Axtell
George Molinaro
Joseph Lourigan
Paul Scott
Bodies of Man and Woman Found Near Boys Town
Omaha sheriff officials found the bodies of a young man and a woman in bushes beside a blood-stained highway near Boys Town Nebraska. Chief Deputy Hugh Cutler said he believed the pair had been murdered and said they were not immediately identified.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Boys Town
Hugh Cutler
Truman to address Inter-American defense conference in Rio
President Truman plans a six day Rio De Janeiro visit to attend the Inter American defense conference and Brazil's independence celebration. Secret service outfits the new Independence plane with jungle knives carbines parachutes. A black limousine and armored car are en route to Brazil for security duty during the six day stay.
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Washington
White House
Independence
Secret Service
Truman
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Inter-American Defense Conference
Mr. Truman
Rio
Trinidad
Dewey Endorses Universal Military Training at Legion Convention
New York Governor Thomas K. Dewey told American Legionnaires at their 29th convention in Madison Square Garden that universal military training is essential. He urged a permanent armed force capable of defending peace and fulfilling UN obligations, warning of rising communist threats and noting the fight against communism as a Legion priority.
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New York
Thomas K. Dewey
Madison Square Garden
Dewey
GOP
United Nations
Republican Party
United States
American Legion
New York City
Legion
Truman to Visit Rio. US Delegation Announces President’s Flight
Committees at the Inter-American defense conference worked to finalize the Rio de Janeiro treaty as delegates anticipated next week’s visit by President Truman. The United States will be represented by Mrs Truman and their daughter Margaret aboard the DC-6 Independence en route from Washington to Rio. The president is to address the conference.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Inter-American Defense Conference
Treaty of Rio de Janeiro
Truman
United States
Margaret
Rio
Washington
Water Meter Reader Forges Readings Remote from Home
In Phoenix, a meter reader inflated water bills by guessing readings while staying home. The water department faced protests as Mrs Jessie Rice saw bills rise from 6.62 in May to 33.46 in July. Superintendent Joe Thurman blamed Milton M Leminx for May and June inactivity. A second reader corrected the July bill.
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Phoenix
Ariz
City Water Department
Jessie Rice
Joe Thurman
Milton M. Leminx
13 year old boy killed riding bicycle on Highway 42
Achille Infusino aged 13 of 6618 Sixteenth Avenue was killed instantly when struck by a car while biking along Highway 42 a mile south of the city around 9 46 p m The companion Richard Winter escaped with a bruised ankle The driver Ralph F Reynolds 47 said he passed another auto and failed to see the bicycle in darkness Coroner James Crossin opened an inquiry Infusino was a St Mark's Parochial student and altar boy Surviving are his parents and grandparents from Kenosha.
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Achille Infusino
Sixteenth Avenue
Infusino
Richard Winter
Ralph F. Reynolds
Route 1
Box 490
Leo Sikora
Frank Odar
Kenosha
Reynolds
Odar
Sikora
James A. Crossin
Frank
Rose Reade Infusino
St. Mark's Parochial School
John Rende
Rasmussens Return From Arctic Journey To Kenosha
Kenosha naturist Lew P Rasmussen and his wife Betty returned after a three month arctic sojourn. They filmed caribou herds and a daytime drum dance of the Padlemiut Eskimos at Eskimo Point in Hudson Bay. They gathered Eskimo souvenirs and note the weather ranged from 30 to 45 degrees with gale winds.
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Kenosha
Lewis P. Rasmussen
Betty
Rasmussens
Sixteenth Avenue
Hudson Bay Company
Northwest Territories
Rasmussen
Eski
Eskimo Point
Hudson Bay Area
Rain Makers Succeed But in Wrong Place
Anadarko Oklahoma report where three Chickasha men named Son King Gordon Jones and Claude Welch released 105 pounds of dry ice into a cloud 13 500 feet high to force rain over Chickasha. The cloud drifted to Anadarko 19 miles away and produced a half inch shower there while Chickasha remained dry.
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Anadarko
Okla
Chickasha
Son King
Gordon Jones
Claude Welch
Kenosha School Building Plan Focuses on McKinley Area
The Board of Education asks the City Council to approve a $1,000,000 program adding a McKinley Elementary School a McKinley Junior High addition and a Kenosha High School home economics and industrial arts building. Since 1930 population shifted south and west prompting portable schools for two decades.
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Board of Education
Kenosha
C. R. Nicolazzo
McKinley
McKinley Junior High
Kenosha High School
Lincoln
Washington
Child Fatally Struck Crossing Highway 18 Near Madison
Six year old Mary Huddlestone daughter of Mr and Mrs H P Huddlestone was fatally struck by an automobile while crossing Highway 18 in front of her farm home near Madison Wisconsin yesterday.
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Madison
Wis
Mary Huddlestone
H. P. Huddlestone
Here
Norway Plane Crash Kills 35
A British-built short Sunderland flying boat crashed in fog above Klub ben mountain near Loeddingen Norway killing all 27 passengers and eight crew on the Oslo to Tromso flight. Rescue parties found wreckage burning with no survivors. weather conditions were cited as the cause.
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Loeddingen
Norway
U.P
Klubben
Arctic Circle
Jess
Borkennes
Oslo-Tromso
Truck Runs Over Four Year Old in Wisconsin Accident
Four year old William Chariton son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Chariton of St Paul was killed when a truck ran over him on a filling station platform in Spencer Marathon County Coroner John W Hildensperger said the mother watched as Chariton changed a tire and the gasoline truck pulled away.
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Spencer, Wis
William Chariton
Raymond Chariton
St. Paul
Marathon County
John W. Hildensperger
Chariton
Hildensperger
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Hoff
Genevieve Hoff Allen
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Evening News
Oscar Rennebohm
Sevey
Rir
Charles G. Ross
Dewy
Jay Demming
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Cleveland
Demming
Boy
Arctic Region
Mrs. Lewis P
Arctic
McKinley Area
McKinley School
Page Seven
Highway
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