Lewis Seeks Private Coal Pact Returns to Talks
John L. Lewis resumed talks with operators on a private contract for coal pits, aiming to move government operations back to private ownership. The session offered a blueprint similar to the Krug–Lewis agreement but no new demands were announced.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Adm
Ben Moreell
Federal
Admiral Moreell
UMW
Eisenhower Mother Dies in Abilene Home
Ida Stover Eisenhower 84 mother of General Dwight D. Eisenhower died at the family residence in Abilene Kansas after a stomach complaint following a brief ride with her housekeeper Services were planned for Friday afternoon Dwight’s war service and wartime fame are noted along with her other sons Arthur a banker and Milton president of Kansas State College at Manhattan
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Abilene
Kan
U.P
Ida Stover Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Dwight
Trula B. Robinson
Fort Riley
Ike
Arthur
Kansas City, Mo
Milton
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Five Children Die in Sandstone House Fire
Five small children of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Pitts perished when a fire of undetermined origin destroyed their home in Sandstone Minnesota. Pitts, a powder milk plant employee, was working the night shift and his wife was waiting for him at 11 p.m. when the blaze began. They arrived home to find the residence in ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandstone, Minn
U.P
Howard J. Pitts
Pitts
Raiders uncover Nazi treasure trove in Frankfurt raid
U S Raiders seize a hidden hoard of jewels gold and silver in Frankfurt as Allied forces target Nazi treasure believed to fund a postwar revival. Officials say the value is uncertain but initial finds include about 2.5 million dollars in precious metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
U.S
Ecoreae
Cacrat
Maree
Reich Agency For Precious Metals
Berlin
Soviet Delegate Backs Ukrainia In Balkans Debate
In Lake Success New York Soviet delegate Andrei A Gromyko prepared to press Ukraine's charges that the Greek government threatens peace in the Balkans. A Brazilian motion to drop the Greek case and move on hovered, but action unlikely before Gromyko speaks again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Balkans
Gromyko
Lake Murder Victim Identified in Shoreline Case
The murdered woman found in Lake Michigan near the Wisconsin line is identified as Mrs. June Lambert, 42, a Chicago divorcee thrice married. Autopsy shows strangulation and death before entering the lake. The identification came from Miss Millie Greer of Chicago who had housed Mrs. Lambert before she vanished from a Labor Day lake excursion.
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Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
June Lambert
Chicago
Lake County
Millie Greer
North Wells Street
Lambert
Miss Greer
City of Grand Rapids
Mrs. Lambert
Daniel Dalziel
Waukegan
Ruthie
Eviction Notice Served on 1000 London Squatters
A process server in a dark coat served eviction notices to 1000 squatters inside the Duchess of Bedford House in Kensington. Stanley Henderson, squatters’ committee secretary, said a court appearance is planned next Tuesday amid government eviction efforts.
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London
Duchess of Bedford House
West End
Stanley Henderson
Ministry of Works
Labor
Birmingham
Sam Blackwell
Midlands District Communist Party
Duchess of Bedford
Kensington
Nurses Slain and Colleague Injured at Indianapolis Hospital
Alberta Green and Betty Overdeer, nurses at the Robert W. Long hospital, were attacked in a hospital corridor by a masked man who broke in through a screened window around 3:30 a.m. Green died from a fractured skull. Overdeer remains in critical condition. Police press a roundup in nearby Negro district as details surface.
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Indianapolis
Alberta Green
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Robert W. Long
Betty Overdeer
John D. van Nuys
Ozella Allen
Miss Green
Miss Overdeer
Miss Allen
Indiana University Medical Center
State Employes Strike Expands Across Northern Italy
Milan reports a broad protest by about 1,000 government justice and taxation workers, with nationwide spread planned to 28 northern provinces. Strikers demand 100 percent wage boosts and local price controls, disrupting public services and delaying arrests and burials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
U.P
Italy
Guiseppe di Vittorio
General Federation of Labor
Justice Department
Venice
Poliomyelitis Cases Rise in Wisconsin
Twelve new polio cases were reported to the state health board today, including three in Barron county. The monthly total now stands at 221.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Barron County
State Board of Health
School Board Accepts Eight Resignations
At a regular meeting the Board of Education accepted eight resignations. Two long serving employees left due to ill health, including Ellen East on 17 years as head cook and John Kramer with 23 years as custodian. Six teachers from Elementary Junior High and High School staffs also resigned. New appointments included Carl Young Ben Huberty June Jensen Harriet Leyson Agnes Walker and Elizabeth Wojdelko. Orville C. Leonard was welcomed to fill an expired School Commissioner term. The board set Sept 16 as opening day after health department restrictions were lifted. The 1946 census showed a drop of 304 in ages 4-20 since 1945, with more four and five year olds entering kindergarten. Vocational studies will use two Lincoln Elementary rooms for freshman UW Extension work. Final preterm preparations were reviewed.
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Board of Education
Ellen Easton
John Kramer
Grant School
Mary O’hare
Bess Gordon
Wauneta Hain
Melford Rund
Howard Sleeter
John P. Dicks
Carl Young
Ben Huberty
June Jensen
Harriet Leyson
Agnes Walker
Elizabeth Wojdelko
Orville C. Leonard
Seventy-fifth Street
James G. Wallace
Emil Meissner
A. J. Randall
F. E. Conner
Conner
Lincoln
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
J. W. Palmer
Club Fish Committee
State Department
Palmer
Benedict
Camp
Cross
Elizabeth
Maine
George, Hooker
Lily
Paddocks
Paschen
Powers, Rock and
Silver Lakes
Powers Lake
Ralph Hungerford
Lily Lake
New Munster-Bassetts
Stocks Recover Part of Losses After Active Trading
New York stocks rallied through today's session on active trading and recovered about 60 percent of yesterday's losses. Prices rose at the opening, with buying pushing the tape late in the first hour, and a late rally in the final hour lifted markets to their best levels of the day.
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New York
U.P
Jewish Problem World Wide Debate at London Conference
Faris Bey El Khoury president of the Syrian chamber of deputies declared that the Jewish problem is a world wide concern and that a solution cannot be found in Palestine He spoke for the Arab delegation to the London conference on the Holy Land saying no part of Palestine should be cut off to create a home for immigrants of other nationalities.
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London
Faris Bey el Khoury
Syrian Chamber of Deputies
Palestine
Holy Land
Faris Bey
Conservation Club Delays Naming Head At Annual Meeting
Kenosha county Conservation Club held its annual meeting at the Union Club with committee reports and no immediate decision on a president. Ben Zander declined re election, Howard Russell was elected vice president, Bert W. Schenning secretary treasurer, and Zander joined the executive board for four years. Russell announced a 1945 membership of 1,745 and urged new joiners to aid wildlife conservation efforts.
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Kenosha County Conservation Club
Union Club
Ben Zander
Howard Russell
Norman Madison
Bert W. Schenning
Silver Lake
W. K. Hubbard
Hubbard
Zander
Kenosha County
Allan Galston
O. E. Nickelson
Chiang Kai-Shek Refuses Cease Fire Demand in War Talks
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek rejects a Communist demand for a cease fire as a prelude to peace. He offers an undisclosed counter proposal, transmitted to Chou En-Lai by Gen. George C. Marshall during a two and a half hour meeting.
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Nanking
U.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Chou En-Lai
George C. Marshall
School Opening Definitely Set For Monday
The Kenosha School Board voted to reopen all public schools on Monday September 16 after City Health Director Dr A J Randall removed August polio restrictions. Elementary classes start 830 am and high school at 8 am with parochial schools following. Football practice will resume. The polio epidemic declined from 22 cases in a week to one, with one city fatality. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis aided treatment and nursing calls.
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Kenosha
A. J. Randall
City Health Department
Randall
Health
Kenosha County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
National Foundation
Five Year Old George Kunesh Dies From Tree Fall
Marinette Wis a fall from a tree eleven days earlier proved fatal yesterday to five year old George Kunesh son of Mr and Mrs James Kunesh of Marinette The event ends a brief family tragedy with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
George Kunesh
James Kunesh
Longest taxicab ride in company history planned
Jose M Tuason and his wife of Manila Illinois began a coast to coast sightseeing taxi trip from Chicago after Mayo Clinic eye treatments in Rochester. They hired drivers Clem Bremer and Lester Lawrence for a long mileage journey with plans to fly back to Manila at month end.
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Chicago
U.P
Jose M. Tuason
Manila
P. IL
West
Tuason
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
New York City Medical Center
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Clem Bremer
Lester Lawrence
Minnesota
Yellow Cab Co
24 Hour Labor Stoppage Urged by Seamen Union
The AFL seamen joint strike committee urged a 24 hour stoppage by all American labor if the Wage Stabilization Board rejects the union wage demands. Telegrams sent to CIO chief Philip Murray and AFL head William Green called for withdrawal of labor reps from the WSB if unresolved, framing it as a defense of labor rights.
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All American
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
WSB
Siu-Sup
CIO NMU threatens broad strike over wage push
Washington reports Joseph Curran of the CIO National Maritime Union warned a full industry payoff is needed as the NMU and AFL seamen strike widen. The Wage Stabilization Board contemplates AFL reversals of its August ruling with an AFL council vote possible on further union actions.
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Washington
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
AFL
WSB
William Green
AFL Executive Council
U S Renounces Italy Reparations Policy Shift
The United States abandoned claims to reparations from Italy for international stability. Willard Thorp noted roughly 20 billion of war costs tied to Italy. The U S has granted Italy over 1 billion in civilian credits and paid 100 million in occupation costs. The peace conference negated Australia’s world court proposal, ruling it belongs in the UN, not the treaties. Australia and New Zealand opposed. Russia and others abstained. The Australian delegation plans to revisit the issue.
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Paris
United States
Italy
Italian Economic Commission
Willard Thorp
Peace Conference Legal and Drafting Commission
Australia
World Court of Human Rights
United Nations
New Zealand
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Greece
Milwaukeean Killed in Car Collision at City Intersection
James Zoph, 40, Milwaukee, was killed when his car collided with a truck at a city intersection last night.
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Milwaukee
James Zoph
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Interior Department
Mississippi River
Miners’ Scale and Policy Group
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
Charles O'Neill
Altoona
J. A. Krug
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Howard Hughes
Culver City
Calif
Ukrainia
Identify Lake
Seaman
Federal Wage Board
Indiana Hospital
van Nuys
Indiana Rotary Convalescent Home
James Whitcomb Riley
Long Hospital
Ella May Green
Evansville
Ind
S. S
Frank J. Wilson
Secret Service
James J. Maloney
Binghamton
Treasury Department
O. C. Leonard
Conservation Club
OPA
George Manharsh
Kai-Shek
Associated Press
Curran
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