Government moves on coal mine contract talks
Washington acts on two fronts to return soft coal mines to private ownership. Adm Ben Moreell invites John L Lewis committee to meet Sept 10 with Ezra Van Horn group to craft a labor management contract replacing the May 29 government deal. Union foremen status likely tested in court as operators weigh participation.
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IAM
Adm
Ben Moreell
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horm
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Lewis
Moreel
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Burke
Byron Canon
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators’ Association
Moreell
Chicago
AFL
United Mine Workers
Chinese note threatens attack on Yenan Kalgan and Chengteh
Government dispatches a blunt memorandum to the Chinese Communists threatening to attack Yenan Kalgan and Chengteh to relieve besieged Tatung. The warning follows reports of renewed fighting along the Tatung Puchow railroad with Tatung's imminent fall cited.
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Yenan
Kalgan
Chengteh
Beseged
Tatung
Tsai Wen-chih
Executive
Cheng Kai-min
Yeh Chien-ying
Cheng
Yi Shih Pao
Shansi
Rhinelander Teen Dies in Minneapolis Polio Case
Laila Somwa Marks, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs B M Marks of Rhinelander, died yesterday in a Minneapolis hospital from bulbar poliomyelitis. She fell ill last Thursday and was brought to Minneapolis on Saturday.
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Minneapolis
Laila Somwa Marks
B. M. Marks
Rhinelander
Man gets one to two years for stealing auto near Prairie du Chien
Robert W. Heisler, 21, of Dubuque Iowa, received a one to two year sentence for operating an automobile without the owner's consent after taking a car near Prairie du Chien with a 17 month old child asleep in the back. He claimed intoxication and ignorance of the child. The car was found abandoned 15 hours later along Highway 61 between Fennimore and Lancaster.
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Wis
Robert W. Heisler
Dubuque
Prairie du Chien
State Reformatory
Heisler
A. W. Kopp
Jimmy Meng
Irving Meng
Bagley
Jimmy
Fennimore
New Michigan Legion Commander Named
Earl Granshaw of Saginaw was named unanimous new commander of the Michigan department of the American Legion, succeeding Carl Matheny of Detroit. The election followed a department convention and tabulation showing Granshaw's votes ahead of all others. John P. Collins of Negaunee was elected vice commander. A proposal to establish a department newspaper was debated and approved by a wide margin.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Earl Granshaw
Saginaw
Michigan Department of the American Legion
Carl Matheny
Detroit
Ganschow
John P. Collins
Negaunee
Lords' Tutor Gives Up Teaching
The Rev. Hubert Bancroft Allen a 90 year old tutor to the House of Lords lives alone in a Cotswold cottage with his collie dog surrounded by Greek and Latin books. He has taught aristocrats for 70 years but blindness forced him to send away his last pupil. He calls the aristocracy decent and labels the working class as snobbish.
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Fairford
England
Hubert Bancroft Allen
House of Lords
Gloucestershire
Legion Listening Post Calendar and Meetings
The Legion Listening Post lists events for Monday through Saturday including drum corps meetings on Tuesday August 20 and rehearsal adjustments on Tuesday evening. It notes vacancies in the corps and invites new memberships while updating attendance at Saturday dances and auxiliary activities.
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Goodfellowship
Herb Flag
Clyde Allen
Harold Jones
Harvey Mann
William Bumford
B. O. Fredrickson
C. C. Tank
Adrian Littlejohn
Robert Dunn
L. V. Weisensel
Charles Wisensel
Some Cold Facts On Temperatures
Observations from Great Britain show coal miners in 81F seams have 41 percent lower working efficiency than at 66F. Other tests indicate excessive cold lowers output, with bicycle chain link assemblers at 50F taking 12 percent longer than at 62F.
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London
Great Britain
Truman Cruise Resumes On New England Coast
President Truman resumes his vacation cruise off the Massachusetts Cape Cod area after a prebreakfast walk at Quonset Point. The presidential yacht Williamsburg left Quonset Point at 6 15 am as Truman returned aboard at 5 15 am with aides and counsel.
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President Truman
New England
Truman
Quonset Point
R. L. Naval Air Training Station
Williamsburg
James H. Foskett
Clark Clifford
Movies Again Resumes in Netherlands by Small Groups
Production of motion pictures in the Netherlands has been resumed by three small groups of producers. Two of the groups specialized in documentaries before the war, signaling a return of local film activity after disruption.
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Netherlands
College Class Inspects Farm Practices at Conservation Station
A group of 33 State Teachers college students toured the U S soil conservation service experiment station on Grandad bluff. Engineers H B Atkinson and Clyde Bay explained contour plowing strip cropping terracing and rotation to control erosion and comparison over years showed terracing as the best method for this part of the Mississippi valley.
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State Teachers College
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Grandad Bluff
Margaret Chew
H. B. Atkinson
Clyde Bay
Mississippi Valley
Photographer Ravenscroft Reaches 75-Year Milestone in Hermanus
D Ravenscroft, 95, marks 75 years of photography in Hermanus South Africa. A lifetime behind the camera amid coastal scenes and local portrait work.
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D. Ravenscroft
Hermanus
South Africa
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