Humid Weather Persists Across Eastern Regions
Weather report from Associated Press notes continued warm and humid conditions over eastern and southern areas with scattered showers in the central Atlantic states. Dew points rise in Missouri and central Mississippi valleys as Montana and Washington see rains. Forecasts show no relief in heat for Texas and Gulf states with another scorcher anticipated.
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Four Thousand Die Over Labor Day Weekend Says AP
Detroit August 28 Associated Press automotive editor warns that about 400 Americans will die in traffic accidents over the Labor Day weekend. He cites driver carelessness fatigue and failure to yield as key factors and notes the nation has seen nearly one million motoring deaths in five years.
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David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
Detroit
Air Liner Circling Too Low in Oakland Crash
Federal probes indicate United Air Lines DC6 was circling too low before it crashed near Oakland. Fifty killed as the four-engine craft struck a hilltop and burned. Officials warn of high highway travel next weekend and stress trip planning to reduce fatalities.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Missing Child Beverly Potts Believed Seen
A railroad engineer in Cleveland says he is pretty sure he saw missing 10 year old Beverly Potts hitchhiking east with a boy about 14 on Saturday morning. He described the girl as wearing a similar outfit with blonde bobbed hair and a tired appearance. Police have yet to confirm the sighting amid a large search of Halloran Park and surrounding areas.
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Halloran Park
Navy Opposes Broad Korea War Vet Education Plan
Navy Secretary Dan A. Kimball urged limited educational benefits for Korea war veterans, opposing wide GI Bill scope and the 52 20 unemployment provision. He supported aiding veterans to resume study but cautioned against overreach, while Gen. Clifton B. Cates praised Korea’s defense impact. The group also discussed William Oatis and Truman, with the ICC approving a 6.6 percent rail rate hike nationwide, plus grain holdbacks and OPS warnings.
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Senate
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Marine Corps
Korea
Cates
United States
Truman
William Oatis
Associated Press
Red Czechoslovakia
Harry Vaughn
Mr. Truman
VFW
Charles C. Ralls
Seattle
Wash
Goodyear Workers to Get Pay Boost
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers announced a wage agreement raising hourly pay 13 cents for nearly 26,000 workers in Goodyear plants across 10 cities. The increase lifts the average wage to about $2 an hour, with piece workers' 13 cents added to incentive rates for average hourly production.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
CIO
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Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
U. S. Rubber
UAW
Parachute chest respirator fails to save GI
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 28 The dramatic sea parachute delivery of a portable chest respirator failed to save Corporal James A Williams 22 of Brooklyn New York. He died of polio after the device was dropped aboard 871 miles from here Sunday by a Coast Guard B17 in a 12 hour flight delivering two waterproofed packages.
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James A. Williams
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Forest Fires Ravage Cracroft Island in Vancouver area
A fire on Cracroft Island driven by a 30 mile per hour wind carved a six to seven mile path. One logger died, three logging operations were wiped out, and seventy women and children were evacuated from a camp. Cracroft Island sits at Vancouver Island's northeast corner where fires have been heavy for three weeks.
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Cracroft Island
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