Southern coal talks widen as Lewis eyes new pact
Washington reports John L. Lewis may push Southern coal producers to match the Northern contract terms. Joseph E. Moody plans informal talks before Southern committee meetings to decide how to handle a new deal as a strike deadline looms. Northern agreement calls for a 1.90 daily wage rise and a 0.10 per ton royalty increase to fund the unions.
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Southern
John L. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Moody
Board of
Lewis
W. Va
Southern Coal
Northern Soft
Harry M. Moses
Bituminous Coal Producers Association
Northern
Wage Stabilization Board
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Stevenson Denies Secret Cash Fund For State Officials
Governor Stevenson, rebutting a charge by Kent Chandler, said there was no secret or improper aid from private citizens to bolster salaries of some state officials. He noted one beneficiary was not an elected official, and emphasized the fund was for easing financial strain of men who left private work for state jobs. The weather portion reports autumn arriving, a cool front spreading south, and limited rain with seasonable temperatures across major regions.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
iNew York
Kent Chandler
United Press & Cash Fund
Contri
Chandler
Gulf States
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Great Lakes
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Upper Michian
New York City
The
Mercury
Six Persons Charged In Bank Shortages in West Tennessee
Jackson Tenn. Six persons including a 47 year old Methodist Sunday school superintendent were indicted by a federal grand jury on embezzlement charges at Farmers and Merchants Bank Adamsville and two assistant cashiers of the Peppies Bank of Sardis. The case alleges misappropriated funds totaling eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars and false entries on customer accounts. Hamm denied the charge.
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Jackson, Tenn
West Tennessee
C. G. Hamm
Methodist
Adamsville
Tenn
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Hamm
Peppies Bank of
Sardis
FHI
Mls
Barton Aiming For Mile Deep Diving Record
Deep sea diver Otis Barton plans an undersea expedition from the yacht Monsoon near Santa Catalina Island to test a 2,000 foot depth and photograph images in a one mile deep attempt. He will enter a six foot steel sphere with oxygen tanks lights and Life Magazine gear to capture rare footage as a new steel cable is tested.
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Otis Barton
Santa Catalina Island
California
Barton
Life Magazine
Tenn Highway Cutbacks Seen in New Administration
Tennessee Highway Commissioner Herbert A. McKee convenes division heads to review curtailing work on select highway projects. He notes Bond’s overstated pledges may force cuts on non system state aid jobs while denying cancellations of state system contracts.
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Nashville
Herbert A. McKee
McKee
Browning
C. W. Bond
Bond
Highway Department
Refrigeration Used In Heart Operation
In Minneapolis Minnesota surgeons used cooling to slow bodily processes during a heart operation on a 5-year-old girl. The heart kept beating as the body temperature dropped from 98.6 to 81 degrees during a one hour procedure. The cooling allowed blood flow to be controlled while veins were managed. The British Aviation Ministry reported a separate case where a Royal Air Force rescue plane assisted a landing on an ice cap to save 12 men, with a temp drop and vital signs noted.
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University
Minnesota
London
Britain
U. S
Theiaown
T Jand Ice
F. John Lewis
Royal Air Force
Rich
L. Varco
American
Mansur
Taufic
Train Kills Four Mich. Tourists on Local Trestle
Four Michigan tourists from Belding were killed when a Louisville and Nashville Southland passenger train struck them on a high trestle near Jellico. Two other Michigan visitors narrowly escaped. The victims were Leon Clifford 26 Evelyn Clifford 24 Harold Wilbur 30 Ruth Wilbur 23. Herbert Race and his wife escaped death.
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Jellico
Michigan
Yes Serday
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Southland
Belding
Mich
Leon Clifford
Evelyn
Harold Wilbur
Ruth
Herbert Race
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Final Argument In Long Murder Trial To Begin
The final argument in the Bill Long murder trial in Lee County Circuit Court was to be presented by six lawyers. Testimony concluded with Long not testifying in his defense. Defense contends Roop was killed by an unknown assailant and Long’s actions that night were elsewhere.
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Jonesville
Spl
Bill Long
Lee County
Long
Glen Willams
Hagan Roop
Commonwealth
Edgar Bacon
Bacon
Hill Long
Manhunt After Alabama Family Slayings Expands
In Eutaw Alabama a posse found the body of a fourth member of a single Negro family killed in a mystery. A young girl eleven year old Lucy Posey is semi conscious after being bludgeoned and crying Let me go. Three month old Cora Mae Posey was found dead in a creek near the other victims as police seek a motive and suspect.
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Eutaw
Ala
Lucy Posey
John
Cora Mae Posey
Stevenson Price Formula for Economy Upset Looms
New York dispatch reports Gov Adlai Stevenson presenting a proposed two-part plan to curb rising living costs through his election and a cooperative Democratic Congress. AFL delegates unanimously endorsed Stevenson for president, and he would unveil the formula tonight in a Baltimore speech broadcast nationally. He planned to fly from New York to Baltimore, then drive to the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore before returning to Springfield Wednesday.
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Petrillo
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
James A. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
New York
American Federation of Labor
Gov
Adial E. Stevenson
United States
Democratic Congress
Baltimore
Friendship International
Emerson Hotel
Springfield
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Campaigns In Ohio Hit Faint Hearts on Eisenhower Train
Eisenhower spoke aboard the Eisenhower Special in Columbus, home state of Sen. Taft, urging leadership from men with strength of mind and will. He attacked indecision amid the campaign against Adlai Stevenson and the Truman Administration, urging bold action as he pressed his bid for the presidency.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Taft
Alabama Bus Wreck Kills 1 Injures 36
A speeding Greyhound bus left Highway 43 near Warrior Alabama veering off a 65 foot embankment. The crash killed Dorothy Martin 22 of Nashville and injured 36 others, with 2 in critical condition. Rescue crews worked to stabilize victims as the bus rested upside down in a mule pasture. Mrs Mamie Sinard 50 of Detroit and Mrs Kathryn Spearman 31 of Memphis remained critical the day after the wreck.
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Warrior
Ala
Prase Figer
Dorothy Martin
Nashville
Tenn
Mamie Sinard
Detroit
Mich
Kathryn Spearman
Memphis
Texas
B 26s Bomb Convoys Destroy Red Trucks in Korea
U S B 26 Invaders attacked Communist supply convoys at night claiming 158 Red trucks destroyed the highest one night total since February. Ground fighting paused after days of fire on Saree iaegedra front near Songchon and Wonsan on the East Coast. Weekly toll shows 3,332 Reds out of action with 1,858 killed and 1,442 wounded plus captures, marking a high but far from the year’s record.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Saree Ae Iaegedra Ront
Alice Mines
Songchon
Nixon Tells His Story On 18000 Dollar Fund
Senator Nixon faces a nation of millions in a televised and radio address to defend his finances over an $18000 fund used for political activities. NBC CBS and ABC will carry the half hour program from 8 30 to 9 p m EST. Nixon vows to reveal all personal and political income and expenditures in a prepared studio talk without a script.
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Richard M. Nixon
Pacific Northwest
Los Angeles
Washington
California
Nixon
NEA Telephoto
NBC
CBS
MBS
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ben Brown, Jr
Citizens Committee For
Eisenhower
Senator Nixon
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Civic Auditorium
Harold Beckley
U. S. Senate Press Gallery
United Press
Beckley
James Bassett
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