UN charges communists staged Kaesong bombing ruse
U N command accused the Communists of faking a bombing in Kaesong last Wednesday and blaming the Allies. Gen Ridgway’s office said no U N planes were near the area and that Communist aircraft perpetrated a deliberate fraud. Evidence showed no crater or fragments.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Public Information Office
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Korea
Ridgway
Reds
Fice
Ridge Way
Wednesay
U.N
United Nations
Us Lng
Seven Jailed as Leaders of Reds in Hawaii
Honolulu reports the FBI arrested seven Hawaii leaders of the Communist party on charges of conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force and violence. Among them is Jack Wayne Hall, longtime Harry Bridges union figure. Bail set at 75000 each. defense warned of custody until arrangements to post bond.
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Honolulu
FBI
Hawaii
Communist Party
U. S
Jack Wayne Hall
Harry Bridges
Longshore Union
Harry B. Steiner
Communist Party of Hawaii
Eileen Toshiko Fujimoto
Fujimoto
Jack D. Kimoto
John Ernest Reineck
Dwight James Freeman
Hawaii Territorial
California
Utah
Copper Walkout Parley Tonight in Denver
Two union leaders head to Washington for a pivotal meeting with government officials over a nationwide copper mine strike. The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers rejects the Wage Stabilization Board back-to-work request and demands a government settlement formula offering a 203 percent increase per hour, widening rift with Kennecott Capper.
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Denver
Washington
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Wage Stabilization Board
Kennecott Capper
John Clark
George W. Taylor
Father Arrested for Peddling Child in High Bid Basis
Boone Iowa August 28 UP a 33 year old construction worker Lawrence H Stewart admitted offering his 8 month old daughter Patricia Lynn for sale to at least five families for sums from a few hundred dollars to 5000. Stewart was charged with neglect of a child in juvenile court and held in county jail awaiting trial next week.
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Boone
Iowa
Lawrence H. Stewart
Patricia Lynn
E. L. Peterson
Stewart
Truman berates Czechoslovak envoy over Oatis release
President Truman scolded new Czechoslovak ambassador Vladimir Prochazka at the White House urging Prague to free imprisoned American journalist William N. Oatis. Witnesses say Truman cited deteriorating relations since Jan Masaryk’s alleged murder and demanded Oatis’s return as proof of cordiality. Acheson plans a thorough discussion with Prague, backed by Congress which seeks to halt trade until Oatis is freed.
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Washington
Truman
William N. Qatis
Vladimir Prochazka
White House
Prochazka
Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
Short
William Oatis
Six Major Fires Roar Across California Forests
In California's dry forests, six major fires blaze, drawing 550 firefighters including smoke jumpers. A 11,000 acre blaze in Los Angeles National Forest, plus a 6700 acre Trinity National Forest fire, cause injuries and prison inmate firelines. Over 2,000 acres burned in Pony Peak area of Klamath National Forest.
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Noone
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles
Jit Jam Ridge
Trinity National Forest
California
Soledad
San Quentin
U. S. Forest Service
Ernest L. Baxter
Klamath
Mendocino National Forests
Pony Peak
Klamath National Forest
Boy 13 rescues three youths by swimming 1.5 miles
Jimmy Geraghty, 13, captains YMCA junior team, swam through cold choppy Puget Sound to reach and pull to safety Shirley Whittaker 13 Garvie Nordley 12 and George Hockley 14 after their skiff swamped. A 15 minute chase with Abies and son saved the trio as they clung to the craft.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Jimmy Geraghty
YMCA
Shirley Whittaker
Garvie Nordley
George Hockley
Truman creates buying agency to secure key materials
President Truman established a new defense materials procurement agency with authority to buy strategic resources at home and abroad. Jess Larson, head of General Services, was named to lead the agency created under the Defense Production Act.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Materials Procurement Agency
Jess Larson
General Services
Where to Find It in the Newspaper
A concise guide lists location cues for sections including Boyle-Page A-3 and Bridge-Page A-9, with Classifieds on Pages B-6 to B-5, Comics on A-6, Crossword on A-4, Editorials on A-8 and A-9, Financials on B-4 and B-5, Obituaries on B-6, Radio and TV on A-4, Shipping on B-5, Sports on A-10 and A-1, Theaters on A-7, Tides and Temperatures on B-5, and Women’s Activities on B-2 and B-3.
Three powers pledge 50 million aid to Tito's Yugoslavia
The United States Britain and France will provide 50 million in economic aid to Yugoslavia to support Marshal Tito. The ECA said initial installments totaling about 41 million have been allocated for cotton coke and steel, with France to contribute around 5 to 6 million. The aid covers the next six months and follows Harriman's talks with Tito on boosting Yugoslavia's military and economic strength against potential Soviet aggression.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Free World
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Marshal ‘Tito
Moscow
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Tito
Russia
Balkan
New Atom Tests Set To Begin In Nevada
Washington August 28 The Atomic Energy Commission announced a new series of atomic tests to begin soon in Nevada The agency stressed that radiation should be only slightly above normal and far below harmful levels for people animals or crops Tests will be conducted with usual secrecy but officials hope to stage a later Nevada test viewable by press radio Civil Defense representatives and others
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Washington
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Just Can't Die death by own action Fails Three Times
In San Antonio Texas on August 28 a man survived multiple self harm attempts including drinking poison attempting electrocution and releasing gas. A fuse blew during electrocution and a draft carried gas away. police and firemen treated him with oxygen and released him as not seriously ill.
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San Antonio
Texas
Upla
Truman to Fly to San Francisco for Japanese Peace Conference
President Truman will depart Washington Monday for San Francisco to attend the Japanese peace treaty conference and open the session Tuesday evening at 7 p m California time. He will also speak from the Fairmont Hotel Monday night about the Treasury bond drive before flying to Kansas City and Independence Missouri later in the week.
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White House
Truman
San Francisco
Washington
D. A. TM
State Department
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Senate unit cuts corporate tax boost in House reform
The Senate finance committee tentatively trimmed about one fourth of the House corporation tax rise. They kept a 5 percent corporate levy but lowered rates for small companies earning 25000 or less, projecting about 2280 million yearly revenue, 760 million less than the House bill. They aim to drop total tax hikes to roughly 5 billion while seeking up to 100 million more from untapped revenue sources and extend corporate boosts to end December 31, 1953.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vkee
Truman
Tfe-Operatives
Savings and Load
Weather Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Rain Tonight
weather update shows mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight and likely rain tomorrow. cooler tomorrow afternoon with a high near 72. winds from the west to northwest at 15 to 25 miles per hour.
Fourth Victim of Blast Alot Gravely Hurt
A blast aboard a crosscountry flight near Hanford today killed pilot Joe Buzzi and three trainees, including Mrs Martha Cannon and John Cowie, with two more in critical condition at Tulare Hospital. Trainee Terry also suffered severe injuries. the group from Compton Air Coffee was en route from Compton to Fresno.
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Hanford
Compton Air Coffee
Tulare Hospital
Joe Buzzi
Lawndale
Martha Cannon
Knoxville Ave
Long Beach
John Cowie
W.J . Bennett
Bessie
Jimmy
Robert
John
Terry
Pacific
Navy
Bennett St
Doris Irene
Kathleen
Earl Woodley
The
Air College
AFL quits Labor Policy Committee in defense era shift
AFL president William Green announced the withdrawal of the American Federation of Labor from the United Labor Policy Committee formed nine months earlier to present a solid labor union front during defense mobilization. He urged CIO merger with the AFL as the ULPC had a temporary basis and could not substitute for unity in the labor movement.
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Washington
AFL Today
United Labor Policy Committee
CIO
AFL
William Green
APL
ULPC
Free American Trade Union Movement
USPC
Truman
ULFC
Fugitive kills self during eight-car chase in Hayward
Robert F. Kerstetter, 20, accused of raping his sister in law, escaped Sonoma State Hospital in 1941 and fled from police in a high speed pursuit reaching 80 mph. He shot himself as officers surrounded his home, killing himself and injuring three officers. one patrol car wrecked by a pole. He had prior convictions and a probation record.
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Hayward
Calif
Robert F. Kerstetter
Kerstetter
Jack Carlton
Carlton
Sonoma State Hospital
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Mass
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Hinsdale
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L.B
Veronica Burke
Philadelphia
Children's Welfare Bureau
Wil
U.S
Japan
S. F
Senate Unit Cuts Corp
Compton Air College
By George Henderson
Quits Labor Policy Committee
Sugitive
Self
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