Freeze Plan Affects Major Soft Coal Mines
The government plans to issue an order to halt shipments from many soft coal mines after Sept 18 to stockpile energy in case of a prolonged strike. The move targets Northern mines with notices from John L. Lewis United Mine Workers delaying wage agreement termination to Sept 20. Southern contracts run to Sept 30.
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Vernon D. Northrop
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John L. Lewis
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Southern Coal Producers Association
Truman Bids Defeat Notions Of Big Lie In Citizenship Talk
President Truman denounced the use of the big lie to attack government loyalty and General Marshall. He urged voters to back opponents of the lie, noting McCarthy Jenner and other Republicans accused Marshall and Acheson, while asserting communism has been beaten but remains a covert threat.
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Truman
George C. Marshall
National Conference On Citizenship
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Gen. Marshall
State Acheson
Marshall
Russia
America
William E. Jenner
Indiana
United States
Reis Suffering Heart Attack Sends Judge to Hospital
Madison Wisconsin Circuit Judge Alvin C Reis 60 suffered a heart attack at home Tuesday night and was taken to Wisconsin General Hospital. He was an unsuccessful candidate for state supreme court and was described as fairly good condition today.
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Alvin C. Reis
Wisconsin General Hospital
State Supreme Court
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Two Kill Elephant Which Went Crazy In Rifle Colorado
Two sportsmen Ernie Merrel and Bill Moulton shot and killed an elephant named Big Bertha 14 miles north of Rifle Colorado after it ripped a ranch fence and trampled a wheat field. The circus elephant had been in a bad mental state since being thrown from a truck in Montana six weeks prior.
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U.P
Colorado Rockies
Here
Ernie Merrel
Bill Moulton
Big Bertha
Cole and Walters Circus Company
Montana
Juror Lists For Circuit Court Drawn
Venire for the fall term of circuit court drawn by three commissioners in Kenosha. Judge Alfred Drury to open October 14 with 51 cases on the docket including nine criminal actions and 28 civil suits. Names of jurors to be released about October 20.
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Lloyd Landgren
Kenosha
Samuel Sorenson
Woodworth
Esther Colwell
Stevenson Planed Ohio Invasion From Springfield
Ohio invasion plans by Gov. Adlai Stevenson emerge with a Sept. 26 start from Springfield. He will campaign in Columbus and Cincinnati and extend to Indianapolis and Louisville as part of a broader eastern swing including Connecticut and New York. The trip targets Sen. Robert Taft and GOP nominee Dwight Eisenhower.
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John S. Battle
Executive Mansion
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National American Federation of Labor
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Milwaukee
McCarthy
Bonfire Tragedy Claims 83 Year Old in Oshkosh
In Oshkosh Wisconsin Richard Heinzl age 83 died after pouring gasoline into a bonfire mistaking it for kerosene. His clothing caught fire causing severe burns and he died at Mercy Hospital.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Richard Heinzl
Keron
Mercy Hospital
Charge Maid and Pals Looted Chicago Home
Chicago police charged 22 year old maid Lillian Hopkins with leading a party of friends to loot the Krechman home in Highland Park while the owners vacationed in Minnesota. The plot involved using charge accounts for purchases and a later attempted sale of the $30,000 residence, with $7,500 in loot recovered. Detectives Edward Hein and Maurice McCarthy aided the case amid suspensions of officers over a bawdy house raid.
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U.P
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David Krechman
Minnesota
7Th District
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Highland Park
Krechman
Edward Hein
Maurice McCarthy
Hein
McCarthy
Timothy O’connor
John T. Enright
Edward J. Kelly
O’connor
Enright
O'Connor
Barbara Rawlings
Lee Pait
Edgar
Eisenhower urges amend Taft Hartley law at AFL convention
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told the AFL that he favors realistic amendments to the Taft Hartley Act but rejects repeal. He urged preserving collective bargaining, the right to strike, notice before strikes, contract enforcement, and union finances reporting while opposing compulsory loyalty oaths for union officials. He contrasted his stance with Stevenson’s repeal position and attacked compulsion in labor politics.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor Today
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GOP
America
Adlai Stevenson
Executive Council
Eisenhower
United States of America
Midwest and West Coast Communists Arrested on Smith Act Charges
The justice department announced the arrest of 18 Communist leaders from the Midwest and West Coast on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government by force. Arrests occurred in St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland and other cities. Notable detainees include Helen Mary Winter, Barbara Hartle, Henry Huff, and Nathan Kaplan, among others.
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Carl Winter
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Henry P. Huff
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Early Larsen
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Perry Pettus
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People’s World
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State Committee of
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Thomas Dewitt Dennis, Jr
Nathan Kaplan
Nat Ganley
National Committee
Philip Schatz
Ford
Michigan Communist Party
Infant Death in Kenosha Attributable to Polio
Autopsy shows polio caused the death of an infant in Kenosha last spring, raising the county polio death toll to three and the year's total to 33. A 43-year-old woman is now hospitalized as a polio case, while a 7-year-old girl was ruled out. A 10-year-old girl was admitted today. diagnosis pending. Wisconsin’s 1952 polio cases reach 1,096 with 166 new cases last week.
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Kenosha Hospital
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Weather: clearing south and east with showers north
The region saw clear skies in the south and east, clouds in the northwest, and showers in the north. Tonight will be partly cloudy and Thursday turns more cloudy with showers and cooler, the weatherman notes. Indoor readings: 71 at the Sewage Treatment plant with a low of 48, noon 67, 74 at Nash Motors, and 71 downtown Kenosha.
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Nash Motors
Kenosha
Wake Island Evacuation After Devastating Typhoon
Rescue planes carried 350 evacuees from Wake Island to Honolulu as most fathers and husbands were set to depart Thursday. Towers and shelters were destroyed, with 90 percent of buildings leveled and damage estimated at eight to ten million dollars. Trans-Pacific air traffic will be disrupted for months and the scene described as worse than bomb damage by reporter Helen Hawk.
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Honolulu
Trans-Pacific
Helen Hawk
Transpacifican
Miss Hawk
Chicago
Military Air Transport Service
Tokyo
Accident Kills Youth Near Fort Atkinson
John Maloney aged 18 of Lake Ripley died Tuesday night when the car he rode in struck a tree off Highway 26 two miles north of Fort Atkinson near the Mid City airport. Local authorities investigated the crash and filed a report on the fatal traffic accident.
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Lake Ripley
Hwy. 26
Here
Mid-City
Train disaster kills twenty children in Korea wreck
A locomotive boiler explosion derailed three coaches on a trestle near Oryu, Korea. The crash left twenty children dead and at least 200 injured as passengers plunged into a pond below. U S Army doctors treated victims in 23 ambulances amid scenes of horror and rescue efforts.
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Korea
WUP
Inchon
Seoul
U. S. Army
Decorah Shifts as Ila Prime Minister Oscar Torp Hosts Warm Event
Norway's Oscar Torp met Decorah officials in a cordial visit, extending warm greetings and discussing bilateral ties. The Prime Minister praised local hospitality and explored potential cultural exchanges and economic collaboration during his tour.
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Ila
Oscar Torp
Norway
Interim pact keeps US hard coal production ongoing
John L. Lewis and the anthracite industry announced an interim agreement to continue hard coal production after the current contract ends on Oct. 1. A light plane crashed in a Minneapolis suburb killing the pilot. In Milwaukee, striking AFL truck drivers tipped over an unoccupied truck near Produce Row. police restored order quickly.
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John L. Lewis
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Columbia Heights
Milwaukee
U.P
AFL
Produce Row
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