Wildcat rail strike hits Pittsburgh steel output
The Pittsburgh strike disrupts Carnegie-Illinois Steel operations, cutting daily finished steel by about 16,000 tons and threatening 8,000 autos worth of products. 1,800 operating employees from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers walk out, with mediation efforts led from Cleveland.
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Wildcat
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Union Railroad
Pittsburgh Mills
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
National Mediation Board
Washington
A. F. Whitney
BRT
Railroad Brotherhood
Carnegie-Illinois
Co. R. Cox
The
Steel Corporation
Cox
Carnegie-Ilinois
United States Steel Corp
General Motors
Detroit
Cio-United Steel Workers
James Elliot
Carnegie Illinois Steel Mill
Young Answers Rail Charges Against C&O Freight Slowdown
Chesapeake and Ohio chairman Robert R. Young rebutted Office of Defense Transportation criticism of slow freight. He alleged congressional bias and accused ODT Director J. Monroe Johnson of dual ICC and ODT ties, calling Johnson's defense a coal smoke screen and contrasting C&O with western carriers on speed.
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Newport, R. I
Robert R. Young
Office of Defense Transportation
Chesapeake and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Young
C and O
ODT
ICC
J. Monroe Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Weather Whips Midwest With Heat Surges
The Associated Press reports a clash of heat and cool fronts across the Midwest as September heat in the Southwest pushes into the mid-Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. Temperatures rose past 100 in Tulsa 108 Wichita Falls 107 Little Rock 105 with scattered relief in Missouri while cooler air moved into Nebraska South Dakota Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and pushing toward New England.
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Midwest
mid-Missouri
Mississippi
Tulsa
Okla
Wichita Falls
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri and
Ohio
New England
Co-op Granted Loan To Adams Marquette Electric
The Adams Marquette Electric Cooperative in Adams Wisconsin received a $275 000 loan approval from the Rural Electrification Administration yesterday.
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Washington
Adams-Marquette Electric Cooperative
Adams, Wis
Rural Electrification Administration
Treasury Experts Debate Bevin Gold Redistribution Plan
U S officials remained cool to Ernest Bevin’s redistribution idea as economists argued it could raise inflation and timing problems. Analysts noted any price change requires Congress and warned foreign demand would lift prices, not aid recovery, while U S gold reserves hovered near 21.8 billion dollars with three fifths of world monetary gold.
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Washington
Ernest Bevin
Fort Knox
U. S
London
Europe
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
U S
Bevin
World Monetary Fund
United States
Chinese Communists Hold American Marine Pilot
Information from Chefoo on Shantung peninsula says Chinese Communists invited a U S Navy representative to negotiate the release of an American marine pilot held prisoner after his plane was forced down.
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Peiping
U. S. Navy
Chefoo
Shantung Peninsula
General Motors Asked to Reopen Pension Talks
The UAW demands GM reopen pension discussions for about 250000 production workers. Walter Reuther seeks a joint committee to study a GM pension plan, arguing Social Security payments for retirees are inadequate and noting Ford has offered a retirement package. Ford ballots begin Sept. 14 on choosing wage increases with or without a pension, under a two year deal finalized Aug. 21.
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Detroit
CIO Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Turkish Premier Peker reshuffles cabinet amid party split
Premier Recep Peker reshuffled a more moderate cabinet in Ankara amid doubts the changes will curb criticism of his administration. Observers note signs of a split in the People’s party that could threaten the one party rule dating to Turkey’s 1923 republic establishment.
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Ankara
Turkey
Recep Peker
Peker
People’s Party
Fireman Urges Gas Oven Shutoff During Brush Fire
Fireman Gordon H. McGrath radioed Patrolman Donald J. McDonough that while responding to a Gorham road brush fire, he needed the Cash Corner fire station to turn off his gas oven because his supper was inside.
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South Portland
Gorham Road
Gordon H. McGrath
Donald J. McDonough
McGrath
Cash Corner
Reports Slump In Construction In Kenosha August
The August building report shows a modest drop from July, with permits totaling 392,566 in valuation for 20 residences and various structures. Despite lower value, August issued 480 permits versus 439 in July, and total eight month permits reach 2,914. Major permits include a 60,000 industrial building and multiple garages and alterations.
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Kenosha
C. R. Nicolazzo
Nicolazzo
Future telescope to use radio waves for seeing
Dr Otto Struve described the 200 inch Palomar telescope and the future use of natural radio waves to study stars at the American Astronomical Society meeting. The pushbutton electronic eye attached to telescopes, described by Dr Olin J Eggen, records faint light and reveals Siamese twin stars in Bootes, whirling every six hours.
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Telescope
American Astronomical Society
Yerkes Observatory
Society
Chicago
Olin J. Eggen
Washburn Observatory
University of Wisconsin
Eggen
Bootes
U S Weighs Expanded Food Aid to Europe in Crisis
Agriculture officials study ways to offset falling grain exports to hungry nations. Options include boosting fats and oils shipments, pushing dried fruit to occupied areas, and government sugar purchases for relief. Anderson warns Europe may face tighter supplies this winter as U S grain exports likely fall short of last year's record.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clinton P Anderson
United States
Albuquerque
N. M. Anderson
Europe
Tts
Anderson
California
State Department
Hurry Sentenced For Hijacking. Chicago Man Gets Seven Years
Norbert Hurry, 31, of Chicago, received a seven year federal sentence at Columbus Ohio after pleading guilty to a five year old charge of stealing 679 cases of whiskey from a truck en route from Louisville Kentucky to Kankakee Illinois. He was captured Aug. 6 at Silver Lake after eluding authorities since 1941 with earlier Illinois prison terms. He faced potential life in Illinois if released from the federal term and the hijacked truck was found abandoned in Columbus.
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Norbert Hurry
Chicago
Leavenworth
Columbus
Ohio
Louisville
Kankakee
Ill
Hurry
FBI
Milton LaViolette
Silver Lake Village
LaViolette
Wisconsin
Illinois
Loren G. Windom
U. S
Harry
Illinois Supreme Court
Huge Wave Alarm Declared False by Navy Weather Station
The U S navy fleet weather station said the Royal Air Force pilot report of a huge tidal wave moving northeast between Luzon and Formosa was apparently a false alarm. Navy reconnaissance planes found no disturbance in the area.
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Manila
U. S. Navy Fleet Weather Station
Royal Air Force
Luzon
Formosa
VA Plans to Speed College Aid to Veterans
The Veterans Administration moves to accelerate subsistence payments for 1,325,000 World War II veterans enrolling in colleges this fall. VA official Robert J. Knauf said delays should be minor if veterans enroll promptly and institutions certify enrollment. First checks may arrive in November, covering the period from enrollment through the end of the first full subsistence term.
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Veterans Administration
Robert J. Knauf
Racine Veterans Administration Office
Knauf
Greek Premier Expected to Quit
Premier Constantin Tsaldaris was expected to resign with his Royalist Populist cabinet today to make way for a coalition government under Themistocles Sofoulis. Sofoulis said negotiations with the Populists had been resolved and, if King Paul grants the mandate, the government could be sworn in tomorrow.
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Athens
W&p
Constantin Tsaldaris
Themistocles Sofoulis
Liberal Party
Sofoulis
Paul
New York Restores Lost Sign From 1937 Legion Event
A sign reading express trains not running is returned to the New York Board of Transportation after a decade. It was mailed with a note claiming the sign was taken from the Lexington Avenue subway during the 1937 Legion convention and sent by Post 6 Lynn, Massachusetts.
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New York
New York Board of Transportation
Lexington Ave
Lynn
Mass
Group forms to direct reburial of war dead
The American Graves Registration Service announces October arrival of the first Midwest war dead shipment. Kenosha names memorial committee led by Carl Gardner to oversee burial of local dead. Escorted remains begin with about 37,000 casketed servicemen from World War II arriving in Chicago.
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American Graves Registration Service
A. E. Axtell
Memorial Committee
Kenosha
Midwest
Chicago
Hawaii
Carroll J. Grinnell
AGRS
Grinnell
Amvets Plan Large Charter Meeting for Kenoshans
Amvets Chapter 22 schedules a 7 30 pm meeting at the DAV building to sign the new charter and register Kenoshans. Floyd Guttormsen notes a state officer delegation led by H T Luther will attend and discuss affiliation benefits with entertainment and refreshments provided.
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The
Amvets
Floyd Guttormsen
Veterans’ Organization
DAV
H. T. Luther
Milwaukee
Amvet
Guttormsen
Loss May Total Millions as Prairie Fire Rages
Highmore area ranchers faced losses running into millions after a wind driven blaze swept 700 square miles. Fire Chief George Adams said virtually all grass and hay stacks burned, while livestock losses appeared limited. Back fires and fire guards saved yards and homesteads, with grain losses minimal but two granaries burned. Firefighters contained the blaze after burning three farm houses and a school, as townspeople paused their state fair traffic amid dense smoke. Continued coverage on page seven.
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Highmore
5. D
George Adams
Gettysburg
C. E.& Swartout
Faulkton
Huron
Five Appointments Made To Wisconsin Consumer Credit Board
Gov. Oscar Rennebohm named five new members to the Consumer Credit Review Board and added Arthur E. Schumacher Green as a sixth for veterans affairs. Appointees include Norman B. Cruser of Madison, J. H. Hendee of Milwaukee, Francis J. Conway of Thorpe, Frank Luick of Milwaukee, and Frank Cartier of Green Bay. Senate approval due when the legislature reconvenes.
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Madison
Wis
Oscar Rennebohm
Consumer Credit Review Board
State Banking Commission
Rennebohm
Arthur E. Schumacher. Green
Board of Veterans Affairs
Banking Department
Norman B. Cruser
Madison Credit Bureau
J. H. Hendee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Loan and Finance Co
Francis J. Conway
Thorpe
Thorpe Finance Corp
Frank Luick
Motors Acceptance Co
Frank Cartier
Green Bay
Senate
Gandhi to travel to Punjab amid communal unrest
Mohandas Gandhi announced plans to leave for Punjab tomorrow as communal massacres have claimed thousands of lives among Muslims Hindus and Sikhs. He ended a 73 hour fast after assurances were given that Calcutta violence would be stopped.
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Calcutta
Mohandas Rve
Punjab
Gandhi
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LeRoy Getting
Sanborn
C. M. Wilson
Des Moines
Harlin Russell
Ansarmoss
Army
Chicago Center
Gardner
Carl Gardner
Paul Chropovka
Conrad Gafney
Arthur Brodey
Alwin T. Hansen
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Edward Dayton
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