Big Push In Fund Drive Opens Kickoff day for Community Fund workers
Kickoff events in Pittsburgh mark start of a drive to solicit Red Feather pledges from nearly 2 000 small firms. Men's team aims 9 000 and women's 5 000 with a combined 153 500 goal to fund the campaign. Leaders include V J Lucarelli and Mrs L O Denyes as team colonels and David L Phillips urging strong effort. Police guard mines as 1 100 non union miners return to work near Clearfield and Clarion counties amid injunctions and mass picketing arrests.
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Nash
Nash Motors
LaRayne J. Fuller
Bob Savage
Marinus
Weiner
Kloet
Speedball
Martin
Ed Koling
L. O. Denyes
K.Y.F
V. J. Lucareli
Elks Club
David L. Phillips
Territorial
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Clearfield
Clarion County
E. W. Bernitt
Ralph S. Kingsley
Howard Shankland
John Barrow
W. B. Tower
Community Fund
Earl J. Smith
Frenchy” Boutan
V. J. Lucarelli
Denyes
E. H. Kleist
Marrian J. Brister
Harry Chemeron
Leo C. Berres
Frank van der Wee
Three Congressmen Stand Against Truman Health Plan
Three congressmen Lindley Beckworth John B Bennett and Wilson Gillett reiterated opposition to President Truman s proposed health insurance plan after reviewing European state health systems aboard the Queen Mary. They studied England and Czechoslovakia health programs during the voyage.
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New York
Truman
Rep
Wilson D. Gillette
R-Pa
Lindley Beckworth
D-Tex
John B. Bennett
Rmich
England
Czechoslovakia
Cold front Ends Summer Heat Across Wisconsin
A cold air mass and clouds moved through Wisconsin last night bringing light showers. No area exceeded a quarter inch of rain with Kenosha reporting no rainfall. highs reached 82 in Prairie Du Chien and 74 elsewhere, while temperatures fell 10 to 16 degrees below yesterday across the state. Kenosha logged a noon temperature of 61.
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Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Kenosha
Thompson
Western
Prairie du Chien
Russia to Return 30 Vessels to U S Under Lend Lease
Russia agreed to return to the United States by December 1 three icebreakers and 27 frigates obtained under lend lease in World War II. The accord, signed at the State Department, ends postwar negotiations and specifies turnover at Bremerhaven Germany for the icebreakers and Yokosuka Japan for the frigates.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
United State
Alexander Panyushkin
Willard Thorpe
State Department
U. S. Navy
Bremerhaven
Germany
Yokosuka
Japan
Russia finds uranium mine in East Germany near Mansfeld
West Berlin papers report a uranium mine opened Sept 21 near Eisleben in Saxony. Russian engineers directed development in former silver mines at Mansfeld to aid atom bomb production.
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Berlin
Russia
East Germany
West Berlin
Mansfeld
Eisleben
Saxony
Squeamish Coed Traps Mouse With Fire In Wastebasket
Madison young woman reports a mouse in her wastebasket and lights a match under a cover. Firemen say the method killed the mouse but caused smoke to fill a three floor rooming house.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Tokyo Rose Fate in Hands of Jury at Treason Trial
The jury deliberates on Iva Toguri D'Aquino known as Tokyo Rose after a July trial in San Francisco. Prosecutors allege treason for wartime Radio Tokyo broadcasts aimed at lowering U.S. troops morale. The defense claims coercion and entertainment intent.
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Tokyo Rose
San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Toyko Rose
Radio Tokyo
Michael J. Roche
Nisei
United States
Radio
Tokyo
Ann
Roche
D’aquino
Japan
Felipe D'Aquino
Two 14 year olds from Keshena Held by Police in Appleton
Two 14 year old Indian boys who ran away from St. Joseph's school at Keshena were picked up by police in Appleton yesterday and were expected to be sent back to the school.
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Appleton
Wis
St. Joseph’s School
Keshena
Minton Asked to Appear Before Senate Panel
The Senate Judiciary committee voted five to four to invite Judge Sherman Minton for private questioning on his Supreme Court nomination. Acting Chairman Kilgore said Senator Ferguson moved to request the appearance. In Milwaukee druggists at their 69th convention discussed outlawing undesirable comic books.
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Minton
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
Kilgore
D-Wva
Ferguson
R-Mich
Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Veteran Canadian flier missing on 100 mile flight
Edmonton Alberta reports veteran pilot and prospector A M Matt Berry aged 57 is missing on a 100 mile flight in the northwest territories. RCAF authorities announced the search and investigation are underway.
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Edmonton
Alta
Matt” Berry
Northwest Territories
RCAF
Parking Meter Revenues Sought for Off-Street Lots in Kenosha
The Kenosha City Council debated segregating parking meter receipts into a special fund for off-street parking and traffic control. A Chamber of Commerce group urged a 75 25 split with 75 percent for off-street parking development. The council set Oct 6 for another committee meeting to pursue the measure.
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Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Harold Bode
Chamber
Council
Kenosha
Bode
Racine
Madison
Janesville
Eau Claire
Felix Olkives
Olkives
Lake Front Stadium
A. E. Axtell
Wisconsin
Four Airplane Accidents Kill At Least 24
The Associated Press reports four fatal plane crashes across three countries. A Mexican Airlines flight with 24 aboard plunged near Popocatepetl. a B 29 training crash near Talihina claimed ten bodies. a collision of two RAF bombers in central England killed twelve. two University of Tennessee students died in a single engine crash near Heiskell Tennessee.
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Mexico
England
Mexican Airlines
Popocatepetl
Ramos Millan
National Corn Commission
Smoky Hill
Salina
Kas
Talihina
Oklo
University of Tennessee
Heiskell
Tenn
China Accuses Soviet Backing Chinese Communists at U.N.
Nationalist China filed formal charges with the United Nations alleging Russia supports the Maoist forces seeking to overthrow the Kuomintang in Canton. T. F. Tsiang, chief nationalist delegate, presented two letters to Romulo and Trygve Lie seeking urgent action. Details of the charges were not immediately disclosed.
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Lake Success
China
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Tsiang
Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Trygve Lie
U.S
Mao Tze-Tung
People’s Republic of
Question Friend Of Quebec Jeweler Question Friend Of Quebec Jeweler
A woman friend of Quebec jeweler J. Albert Guay, Mrs. Arthur Pitre, 41, was taken to police quarters for questioning over a bomb plot tied to the Sept. 9 Canadian Pacific plane crash that killed Gary Guay’s wife and 22 others. No arrest warrant yet issued. Gary Guay has been declared sane by a psychiatrist and faces charges of planning to kill his wife to collect $10,000 in insurance.
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Quebec
Que
J. Albert Guay
Arthur Pitre
Gary
Canadian Pacific Airways
Here
B-29 Crashes Near Talihina Oklahoma Killing 10 to 13 Crewmembers
A B-29 bomber crashed near Talihina Oklahoma during a non stop navigational training flight from Smoky Hill Kansas. City Marshal counts 10 bodies near the scorched wreckage five hours after the incident with flames hindering rescue. Authorities withheld crew names and a search of a two mile area found no survivors as witnesses reported parachute activity and possible in air explosion.
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Talihina
Okla
Oklahoma
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Smoky Hill Base
Salina
Kas
Air Force
Jack Bishop
Talihini
Ozark National Forest
Prairie Country
Fort Smith
Ark
Robert Grubb
Mid-Continent Airlines
Deadline Thursday In Ford Dispute
The Ford UAW contract dispute nears a deadline with a 12:01 a.m. Thursday strike threat from the CIO United Auto Workers, risking closure of Ford Motor Co. for 115,000 workers. A two hour session produced little progress as talks focused on non economic issues and the pension question remained unresolved. Negotiators continue drafting a new contract to replace the expired agreement.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Indian authorities outlaw Communist party in Madras region
Provincial officials announced the outlawing of the Indian Communist party and reported that several hundred suspected Reds had been arrested in southern India including the Madras area.
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Madras
India
Indian Communist Party
Britain imposes profits tax hike and income freeze plan
London reports a Cripps led austerity push amid devaluation aims to curb inflation. The government seeks a 5 percentage point increase in profits tax from 25 to 30 percent and a total wage freeze until devaluation effects are known. The move faces a confidence vote, backed by a Labor majority supportive of unions.
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London
U.P
Stafford Cripps
Tha Dawaluatinan
Cripps
First General Boost Granted In 40 Years
Washington U P The House today unanimously passed and sent to the White House a bill providing for a 302 million dollar pay raise for the armed forces The senate approved the bill by voice vote with clarifying amendments The measure gives every rank in the army navy air force coast guard and marines a general raise the top brass gaining the most a 50 percent hike in base pay Enlisted men had a prior boost The changes would take effect Oct 1 and affect about 400 brigadier generals and equivalents The bill also contemplates executive pay raises but Congress may trim them to attract and retain officials including cabinet members and White House aides
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Washington
U.P
House
White House
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Marines
Ernest W. McFarland
D., Ariz
Senate Civil Service Committee
Talks Resumed In Steel Dispute Threats of Large Strike
In Pittsburgh talks between the CIO United Steelworkers and the Steel Industry show little progress over a pension dispute that could trigger a strike of 1,000,000 workers Saturday. Bethlehem Steel offered four cents an hour for an insurance program with employees paying three cents but no pension proposal. Union leaders warn the company must retreat to avoid a strike. Philip Murray says progress is unlikely while John A. Stephens of Big Steel offers no comment.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York
State Driver Killed as Car Rolls Into Ditch
Highland Wisconsin police report Orvail Ladd aged 54 died of severe head injuries after his car left a county trunk road near his home and rolled into an embankment. His body was found at the base of the embankment seven miles northeast of Highland.
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Highland
Wis
Orvail Ladd
Here
Czechs Arrest Score of Leading Communists
Police in the Hradec Kralovo district arrested a number of leading Communists and confiscated a hidden cache of arms. The disclosure came from a reliable source today in Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Hradec Kralovo
Dane County Seeks Ban On Dangerous Chicken Games
Dane County coroner Dr. David C Atwood announced an investigation to curb the hazardous teen driving stunt known as chicken Where groups race cars with no hands on the wheel the last to touch the wheel loses and buys beer The move aims to halt the hazardous activity in the area
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Madison
Wis
Dane County
David C. Atwood
Dr. Atwood
Nation's First Postwar Atomic Pile Nears Action
Brookhaven on Long Island readies the first postwar atomic pile. The reactor heads into final prestart tests as skeptics note secrecy over uranium quantities and critical size. The project aims to study controlled chain reactions and produce isotopes for medicine and industry.
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New York
U.2
Brookhaven
Long Island
U. S
Russia
University of Chicago
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Ili
Francis J. Myers
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Big Steel
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