Severe Tropical Storm Baker Seen Roaring At Sea
A tropical disturbance east of Miami churns northwest with winds up to 135 mph. Forecasters say the storm may stay at sea or turn northward, posing no land threat for now while Hurricane Baker nears Puerto Rico and moves northwest at about 12 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Baker
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Navy
Workers Urged To Vote Right On Labor Day
On Labor Day leading union figures urged U S workers to vote in November to defend labor gains. AFL President Green touted a Liberal victory as emancipation from the Taft Hartley Act, while CIO chief Murray stressed labor’s strong interest in 1952 elections. The CIO backs the Democratic ticket. the AFL has yet to endorse.
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Washington
William Green
AFL
Green
Philip Murray
CIO
Labor
America
Red Truce Envoys Protest After POW Incident
Red truce negotiators issued a protest following a U N report that 16 captured Reds on Kose Island were injured by guards during a protest and another prisoner was found hanged in what the U N called an apparent suicide. Gen Nam Ul demanded accountability for what he called barbarous treatment of captured personnel.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
U. N
Kose Island
Nam Ul
William K. Harrison
Miners Revive Coal Industry Across the Nation
Coal miners nationwide ended a 19 day memorial with 475 000 diggers resuming work after the United Mine Workers led a halt by John L. Lewis. The stoppage cut US coal stocks from 84 to 74 days as negotiations continued, with many Southeast Kentucky and Northeast Tennessee miners remaining out.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Worker
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Kentucky
Tennessee
Trick Knees Furnish New Ear Materials
Dr Leslie H Backus of the University of Buffalo Medical School describes ears fashioned from knee cartilage for use in plastic surgery. The process uses a half moon shaped cartilage from amputated knees and is stored in a bone bank until required. Skin grafting completes the artificial ear, offering a natural feel though perfect replication remains challenging.
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Chicago
International College of Surgeons
Leslie H. Backus
University of Buffalo Medical School
VePCO to Buy Virginia Power From Government Hydroelectric Project
Secretary of the Interior announced a 10 year contract under which Virginia Electric Power Co of Richmond will purchase power from the John H Kerr hydroelectric project on the Roanoke River near the Virginia North Carolina line. Two thirds of the output will be allocated to VePCO with 60,000 kilowatts sent into Virginia and North Carolina for sale to preferred customers.
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Washington
Oscar L. Chapman
Virginia Electric Power Co
Richmond
John H. Kerr
Roanok
Virginia
North Carolina
Vepco
Southeastern Power Administration
Interior Department
Power Market Agency
Buggs Island
Army Engineers
Oil Tank Explodes at Sloane Blabon Plant Injuring Many
Bulletin from Philadelphia reports a 400 gallon oil tank exploded at the Sloane Blabon linoleum plant today. Flames sprayed gasoline over nearby workers. Police say more than 20 persons were burned or injured.
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Philadelphia
Sloane-Blabon
Chinese Drive For Korea Hill Terrain Beaten
U N Infantry repulsed three light Chinese thrusts along Allied defenses in the Old Baldy and Bunker-Si hill sectors on the Korean Western Front. Clouds hindered Allied air raids over North Korea after U S Navy carriers struck a refinery at Aaji destroying many processing buildings. Carrier planes also hit Aoji stocks of coal and oil and damaged Musan iron works and hydrogen plant.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Baldy
Essex
Boxer
Princeton
Aoji
Musan
Siberian
Chonjin
Cordell Hull Remains In Critical Condition
Cordell Hull remained on the critical list at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland. Officials said he had a good night and his condition was unchanged. The 80 year old former secretary of state was admitted Friday for cerebral thrombosis.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda
100 Mile Gale Damages Carswell Air Force Base
A 100 mile gale at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth caused about 10 million dollars in damage. A transcontinental atomic B 36 bomber valued at 3.5 million was demolished and one fourth of the B 36 fleet was damaged. Runways and buildings were flooded and communications and weather instruments were knocked out. One person was killed and at least nine injured in surrounding communities.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Air Force Base
Carswell
Here
Casino Park
Indian Oaks
Texas
Principal Resigns As Rogersville School Opens
Rogersville High School faced disruption on the first day as principal Don Spargo quit amid student disapproval. Assistant Principal E A Price reported 35 to 50 students marched to the superintendent’s office but class schedules soon resumed with about 464 students in attendance, with enrollment expected to reach 500. Spargo’s resignation followed the board’s August 23 action replacing Mack Lawson with Hugh Day. Spargo cited a wish not to teach any longer.
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Rogersville
Spl
Don Spargo
E. A. Price
Price
Spargo
Rogersville Cijiy
Mack Lawson
Rogersville Board of Education
Hugh Day
Lawson
J. D. Harville
Back-To-School Buzz as Kingsport Kids Return
Virginia Davis reports the first day of school in Kingsport bringing relief to mothers and excitement to youngsters. Sixth grader Junior leads the rush with energy, while many students await homeroom assignments and teacher evening plans.
Tennessee Walking Horse Show Opens with 500 Hopes
Shelbyville hosts the 14th annual Tennessee Walking Horse Show with over 500 horses from 25 states. The event features 49 classes, 49 trophies and $18,000 in cash prizes, culminating Saturday with a world champion selection. Notable entrants include Talk of the Town, Old Glory's Big Man, and Midnight Merry, all in the Friday $3,500 stake. Emmett Guy of Jackson acts as master of ceremonies. judges Hulon Ferrell, E. E. Miller, and Lillard Smotherman are listed.
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Shelbyville
Tennessee
Emmett Guy
Jackson
Hulon Ferrell
Baxter
E. E. Miller
Murfreesboro
Lillard Smothermanj
Rockvale
Senate Cloture Effort Faces Long Odds in Senate
Washington report notes repeated attempts to end filibusters date to 1549 and fail. Campaigns by Stevenson and Lodge frame the issue as a test of will. Cloture requires 64 votes or a petition signers, but gathering support evades leaders amid civil rights debates.
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Washington
Senate
Adlai! Stevenson
Henry Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Violent Labor Day Death Toll Tops 500 Nationwide
National Safety Council dispatches report Labor Day fatalities exceed 500 across states with Tennessee noting high tolls. Thirteen killed in traffic, 68 in other accidents, total traffic deaths near last year’s peak. Hurricane Able and Baker threaten New York and Puerto Rico as Carswell Air Force Base suffers massive damage in a separate storm event.
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National Safety Council
Montgomery
Ned H. Dearborn
Jess
People Nation
America
Cau
Jarid
Caudie To Talk In Closed Tax Scandal Probe
Washington House investigators called T Lamar Caudie into a closed door session to explain his handling of tax cases before he was fired as an assistant attorney general last November 16 Caudie’s name appeared in two cases under review by a Judiciary subcommittee including an alleged effort to whitewash a grand jury investigation in St Louis that led to the indictment and conviction of Internal Revenue Collector James P Finnegan Caudle was in charge of tax prosecutions for the department at the time both cases were pending and it was unclear if he would testify at a public hearing
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Washington
House
T. Lamar Caudie
Caudle
House Judiciary Subcommittee
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
James P. Finnegan
Finnegan
Detroit
Subcommittee
Robert A. Collier
Gage
Justice Department
Rep
Keating
Marilyn Monroe Hurt By Ban On Photo
Atlantic City reports Marilyn Monroe said she was hurt after the army banned a glamour photo showing her in a low cut dress with four service women. Monroe consents to pose as Miss America grand marshal, wearing a white dotted dress, while an army official later pulled the image.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Marilyn Monfroe
Army
Ifs
Armed Service
Miss Monroe
Mude
United Press
Monroe
Eisenhower labels Truman a top to bottom mess in Atlanta speech
Dwight D. Eisenhower assails the Truman administration as a top to bottom mess of corruption and scandal in an Atlanta address opening a Southern tour. He vows a wholesale cleanup, charging many officials are unfit or overextended. Stevenson campaigns in Michigan and Springfield while Sparkman canvasses Southern California and Maine as 1952 campaigns heat up.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Washington
Atlanta
Dixie
Jacksonville
Miami
Tamba
Birmingham
2Nd Little Rock
Ark
South
Goy
Adlai BE
Stevenson
Springfield
Michigan
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
California
Maine
Detroit
Truman Lashes War Risk Talk At Parkersburg
President Truman accused the Eisenhower camp of increasing the risk of atomic war by loosely talking about liberating Eastern Europe. He blasted John Foster Dulles and other “masterminds” of the campaign for cruel politics with lives behind the Iron Curtain. He spoke at a Parkersburg West Virginia railroad station, naming a Republican leader without direct reference to Dulles.
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Truman
Eisenhower Command
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Parkersburg
West Va
Solunar Tables Forecast Periods and Hunting Times
The schedue of Solunar Periods explains major and minor periods for each day to help hunters choose the best sport times. It notes start times, durations of two hours, and the value of aligning activities with major and minor periods for better cover and success.
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