Miners Pension Checks to Be Mailed This Fall
Washington announces soft coal miners eligible for $100 monthly pensions will begin mailing in September. Requirements include 62 years old, 20 years in the industry, UMW membership, and retirement after May 28 1946. Welfare fund exceeds $50 million with death and disability payments already active.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
United Mine Workers
U. M. W. News
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Uill
New York Heiress Plans Catholic Convent Entry
Constance Murray, 19, heiress to a $50 million fortune, will enter the Convent of the Holy Child at Sharon Hill PA on Sept 15. Her mother Mrs John F Murray announced the decision after Constance returned from Europe where she served as a bridesmaid at her sister Catherine’s wedding. The Murray family fortune derives from Thomas Edward Murray, an electrical inventor and NY Edison official. one sister is married to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
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Constance Murray
John F. Murray
Southampton
Long Island
N. Y
New York City
Outhampton
Europe
Murray
Sharon Hill
Catherine
Stock Exchange
Miss Murray
Thomas Edward Murray
New York Edison Co
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Suffern
Crash Kills 4 G O P Heads in Oregon Plane Crash
Coroner reports no engine trouble in the fatal private plane crash that killed four Oregon Republican leaders. Rep. Earle Johnson, Rep. William Fluhrer, H. H. Evans, and Senate nominee are dead. John Snellstrom remains missing as searchers comb Lake of the Woods. Fluhrer, pilot, side-slipped in a sharp turn at low altitude before plunging into the lake. The incident follows a previous October crash that killed Gov. Earl Snell and two others.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Oregon
Medford
Senate
H. H. Evans
Waldport
House
John Snellstrom
Eugene
George Adler
Klamath County
Fluhrer
Earl Snell
Lake County
Transfer of Gen. Hodge Rumored
Seoul reports speculation that Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, American commander in Korea, will be transferred to a new assignment soon. The arrival of John J. Muccio, Truman representative, signals possible completion of Hodge’s tenure as headquarters aides prepare a forthcoming press release. Muccio received a 19 gun salute. flown from Tokyo by Maj. Anthony Story.
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Seoul
John R. Hodge
Korea
John J. Muccio
Truman
Korean Republic
Hodge
Maccio
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Maj
Anthony Story
Officers Seek Veteran's Slayer in Henderson Case
Henderson scene of a homicide as sheriff deputies search for the slayer of Donald Brown a 22 year old Navy veteran whose body was found in the desert near town He had been shot three times once in the throat and twice in the arms He was last seen Thursday night in a car at a service station in Boulder City where he worked Police believe theft of 91 dollars from the register sparked the kidnapping and killing hunt.
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Henderson
Donald Brown
Brown
Boulder City
Nebraska Setback No Surprise to Thomas
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President, will not appear on the Nebraska ballot in November. Thomas said the absence is unsurprising, recalling a 1932 convention in Grand Island with about 750 attending and noting Nebraska law requires 750 signatures to place a third party on the ballot.
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Lincoln
Neb
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Nebraska
Thomas
Grand Island
Nebraska State Fairgrounds
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