Crew Walks Off Liner America to Prevent Sailing
Nagship of United States Lines the liner America, at New York, 2:30 PM, crew walks off in sympathy with longshoremen refusing to load. About 450 of 637 crew members quit, leaving passengers aboard as the ship’s 4 PM sailing is delayed by a day. Union dispute with New York employers cited as cause.
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Detroit
Ernestine F.berry
Nellie Fox
Europe
New York
America
Carol Landis
Associated Press
United States Lines
U. S. Lines
Tvildeat
International Longshoremen's Association
Americas to Parley on Economics in Hemisphere Forum
Tentative agreement reached among most delegations at a 20-nation hemisphere defense conference to call a special hemispheric economic conference. Cuba pressed for joint action to protect economic independence. the U S opposed. A plan would be prepared by an Inter American Economic Council after Bogota talks set for January.
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Quintandineta
Brazil
Cuba
United States
Bogota
Inter: ‘American Economic Council
Truman Names New Defense Heads in Unified Military Recall
President Truman appoints Kenneth C. Royall as Secretary of the Army and John S. Sullivan as Secretary of the Navy. W. Stuart Symington becomes the first Secretary for All with James V. Forrestal as National Defense Secretary. All will be junior officials without cabinet status. Sullivan serves as Undersecretary, Symington as Acting Secretary of War.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Truman
Army
Armed Forces
Royall
John S. Sullivan
Navy
W. Stuart Symington
James V. Forrestal
National Defense
Sullivan
Symington
Spentane
Marriage Rush in Japan Ends Today for American Husbands
Hundreds of Japanese brides rush to wed American men as a U S immigration ban loophole deadline ends. Many brides are Nisei partners or white civilians seeking to return with their spouses to the United States. About 75 marriages occur on the final day at Yokohama and Kobe consulates as brides appear in kimonos and western dress.
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Yokohama
United States
U.S
Frank White
Somerset
Pia Kurusu
Kobe
Armed’ Forces
Nctia
America
British Crisis Triggers Plea for Early Congress Session
Associated Press reports Rep Chester Merrow urged President Truman to reconvene Congress in special session this fall to address worsening British and Western European crises. Britain faces looming $400 million credit shortfall as authorities warn of food and import shortages after suspending dollar pound convertibility.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Congress
U. S. Treasury
London
W.S
Chester Merrow
R.new
Merrow
Europe
Great
Britain
Greece
Union
Congress of the United
Great Britain
Treasury
United States
Senator Bilbo Dies in New Orleans Ending Senate Fight
U S Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi, long noted for filibuster tactics and white supremacist stances, died in New Orleans after a career marked by controversy over his fitness for the 80th Congress. His death leaves unresolved whether he was entitled to a third Senate term as Congress had postponed a verdict amid health declines and scandals.
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New Orleans
U. Sen
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate
Congress
Bilbo
Vicksburg, Miss
van Aug
Foundation Hospital
Bomb Explodes at Soviet Legation Quarters in Havana
A small bomb exploded early today in the building occupied by the Soviet legation in Havana. Police report sight damage and no casualties.
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Havana
Aub
Legation
Longshoremen Challenge Taft Hartley Law Clash at Waterfront
San Francisco reports the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union drawing up plans to test the Taft Hartley Labor Act as of tomorrow. The dispute with the Waterfront Employers Association centers on whether walking bosses can join unions. a choice to strike against firms employing them is expected. If walking bosses are fired, picket lines could be respected and a broader waterfront tieup feared. The ILWU has already targeted Luckenbach Steamship Co. ships in California and Los Angeles for not recognizing walking bosses.
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San Francisco
U.P
International
Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
EL. 1. U
Bey
Esses
Metlin
Frank P. Foisie
W. E
Luckenbach Steamship Co
Los Angeles
Unin
Brake Lining Makers Named in Price Fixing Indictment
U S. Attorney General Tom C Clark announced indictments against 20 braking lining and clutch fabricators 53 company officials and the Brake Lining Manufacturers Association Inc of New York City for conspiring to fix prices. The grand jury in the Seventh New York District handed up the charges. The defendants include Tiber and Metal Products Downey Firestone Tire and Rubber Co Firestone Tire and Rubber Export Co Grizzly Manufacturing Johns-Manville Corp Johns-Manville Internvenel Corp.
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New. York
Tom C. Clark
Triction Materials
New York
Clark
Justice Department
U S S relations with Moscow under tension
Diplomacy strained as United States protests Russian occupation of Dairen port and blocking of U S ships. Moscow and London clash over German industry talks while Potsdam limits on Germany spark debate. Italy Austria blocked in UN. Korea Austria outlook dark as both sides hint at new approach.
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Moscow
United States
Dairen
U. S
China
Britain
Great Britain
France
Londo
London
Fice
Russia
Germany
Geri Lucius D. Clay
U.S
United Nations Security Council
Italy
Austria
Korea
Tolks
Library of Congress
Eee
Europe
Sikh Bands Rampage and Burn Jullundur City
Rampaging Sikh bands invaded Jullundur in East Punjab burning, looting, and sword swinging against Muslims. Police did not intervene as fires spread through the 75 000 population. Civilians fled while Sikhs hunted Muslims amid destruction and terror.
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Jullundar
India
Punjab
Poultry Man Seeks Egg Salvo From Four-Legged Hen
New York report notes Murray Weiss of Brooklyn exhibits Mabel a Plymouth Rock hen with four legs and double egg-laying vents. The five month old freak reportedly laid its first egg and hinted at a second egg on the way, suggesting possible doubled production.
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New ‘York
Mabel
Brooklyn
Plymouth’ Rock
Fiest
Murray Weiss
Weiss
Heat Wave Kills 28 Across Midwest. Record Temps Persist
Associated press reports at least 28 deaths linked to intensifying Midwest heat. Chicago records 24 deaths since Monday. Indiana and Minnesota each report two. Forecasts expect 6 to 102 degrees in several states with more record highs and little rain to save crops.
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Chicago
Indiana
Minnesota
U.S
Appalachians
Rockies
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mercury
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
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North Dakota
Iowa
Ilinois
New England
Middle Atantic
Pacific Coast
Liberty Ends as Chile Fights Reds
In Santiago gov ernment moves to suspend individual liberties and seize essential industries amid Communist led strikes. The Chamber of Deputies approved the measure 82 to 29 to counter threats to stability. Industrial regions like Concepcion and Aratuco faced shutdowns as coal mines and railroads were disrupted.
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Santiago
Chile
Chamber of Deputies
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Concepcion
Aratuco
Sightseeing Plane Crash Near Las Vegas Kills Three
A private airplane crashed 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas killing three on a sightseeing trip from Sky Haven Airport. The passenger couple were identified as Mr and Mrs Rutledge, and the pilot was John Goodwin a post office employee.
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Las Vegas
Nev
John Goodwin
Post Office
Rutledge
Sky Haven
Pilot Unhurt as Plane Crashes in vacant Lot
A two place Aeronca aircraft fell near Sixty Eighth Street and Cherry Avenue around 11 am. Pilot Thomas W. Kemp, from Long Beach Army Airport, escaped injury. Two boys on horses Gary Pfeuffer and Bob Smith narrowly avoided harm as the plane skimmed ten feet above them.
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Aeronca
Cherry Ave
Thomas W. Kemp
Long Beach Army Airport
Haskell Air Service
Gary Edward Pfeuffer
Prosecution Hammer Beaten from Evidence in Overell Case
In Santa Ana on August 21 the court barred the ball peen hammer and the stanchion as murder weapons in the Overell yacht explosion case. Defense motions success denied the state key physical evidence while both defendants prepare to take the stand in about three weeks.
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Santa Ana
U.P
Walter E. Overell
Society
George Gollim
Beulah Louie Overell
Overell
Miss Overall
Gollum
Overel
Eugene Williams
Miss Overell
Eugene Willams
Tropical Storm Moves Along Mexican Border
The third tropical storm disturbance was reported centered about 30 miles south of the Mississippi River mouth with winds 40 to 50 mph. The storm moved slowly toward the Texas border as squalls extended 200 to 250 miles north and east of center. small craft were advised to remain off the Louisiana coast.
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Mississippi River
Texas- Mexico
United States Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Gulf
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