Truman and Lewis End Strike A Pact For Coal Workers
President Truman urged John L. Lewis to resume work as mining talks shift from the wage board to government reconsideration of a possible $1.90 daily raise. The board cut the raise to $1.50, while the union and industry seek override from Roger Putnam. Lewis and Truman then met at the White House, signaling a thaw in relations as both back Stevenson.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Lewis
White House
Roger Putnam
Econome Stabilization
John Busarello
Pittsburgh
Busarello
Union
Adlai Stevenson
Musician and two others nabbed on dope charges
Three members of Woody Herman's dance band were held on federal narcotics tax charges and bonded at $1000 each after arrest in Salt Lake City. Comedians and musicians Louis Desanto 25, John Hafer 25, and Sam Staff 23 faced transfer tax violations and waived preliminary hearing. Federal agent John Stansfield indicated plans to pursue grand jury action while vowing a broader crackdown on touring bands.
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Salt Lake City
Woody Herman
U. S
Edward M. Garnett
John Stansfield
Louis
Michael Desanto
Philadelphia
John Richard Hafer
Wyomissing
Sam Staff
Long, Beach
Calif
Stansfield
Eisenhower Opens Final Drive in Pennsylvania Rally
General Dwight D. Eisenhower declared he will not be deflected by criticism over Korea policy and said he would go to Korea himself if elected. He spoke to a large crowd at the Pennsylvania Railroad 30th Street Station amid Democratic rebuttals and a booster crowd applauded his pledge.
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Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Relum
Pennsylvania Railroad
30Th Street
Hiserlhower
Detroit
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Hisenhower
Moscow
GOP
D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
New Peace Talks Urged by British
British government urges resumed Korean truce talks at Panmunjom with United States. Diplomatic sources say there is a very good chance of U S agreement. London and Paris papers publish headlines on possible resumption of negotiations. Daily Mirror cites secret talks with the Communists to end the war.
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London
United States
Pantumjom
London Daily Mirror
New York
McCarthy Channel 7 Speech Broadcast Planned
Senator Joseph McCarthy will address Chicago tonight at 6 30 p m on KECA channel 7 The speech will be televised with Radio KAS to rebroadcast the taping at 8 30 p m in Chicago viewers can tune in for the event and the later radio rebroadcast
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Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Chicago
KECA
Channel
Radio
KAS
Yugoslavs Defeat Czechs for U.N. Council Seat
United Nations vote ends Czechoslovakia’s bid for a U N economic and social council seat as Yugoslavia defeats the Soviet backed rival 40 to 18 after 13 ballots. U S pressure repeatedly blocked Czechoslovakia’s path while debates on equitable geographical distribution continue.
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United Nations
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
U. N
Economic and Social Council
U. S
General Assembly
Tremors Hit Northern Honshu Prompt Flee to Hills
A sequence of 85 tremors struck Sheke Northern Honshu on Sunday night. Tokyo officials reported no damage beyond nerves as residents fled to mountains seeking safety.
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Sheke
Honshu
Tokyo
Weather outlook hazy sun with fog and low clouds
A hazy sunny day ahead with morning and late night fog or low clouds. Little change in temperature is expected, keeping conditions fairly stable.
Comet Belly-Lands at Rome Airport No One Hurt
Britain's eight mile a minute jet airliner belly landed at Ciampino Airport Rome. The four engine jet, traveling about 120 mph, crashed onto the runway and stopped near a fence but all 36 passengers and six crew escaped unharmed. Pilot Capt. R. E. Foote was praised for tense handling. BOAC ordered another Comet to continue the trip.
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Rome
Britain
Ciampino
British Overseas Airways
Cr. H. G. Kent
BOAC
R. E. Foote
Derek Harris
Los Angeles
U. S. Air Force
London
Fires Ravage Arid Forests in 15 States
Absociated Press reports fires devastate arid forests across 15 states. Sheriff Leon J. Doster died from overexertion while fighting a grass fire in Hastings, Michigan as thousands of volunteers battled blazes. Open fires banned in rural New England amid critical conditions.
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Great Lakes
Dakotas
United States
Leon J. Doster
Hastings
Mich
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Virginia
West Virginia
Charlestown
W. Va
Arkansas
Kentucky
Ohio
Columbus
Todelo
Cleveland
Waters
Boonville
Ind
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Missouri
Python Elephant Battle to Draw in Calcutta Jungle Clearing
In Calcutta India a huge python fought a calf elephant in a jungle clearing near Man chik Forest Reserve. The snake seized the elephant by a hind leg and fought for hours, smashing undergrowth. Villagers killed the python and freed the elephant after the ordeal.
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Calcutta
India
Manchik Forest Reserve
Where to Find It In The Daily Journal
A terse listing directs readers to location sections within the newspaper for features such as beach combing, obituaries, comics, crosswords, editorials, financial matters, classifieds, and sports. It notes page references including Beach Combing on B-1 and Obituaries on B-7 among other areas.
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Boyle
Southland
Tides
Marines Win Grim Test On The Hooks Ridge
In fierce close quarters near The Hooks, U S Marines of the First Marines repelled a well-planned Chinese assault. They counterattacked to recapture the crest and outposts, killing an estimated 300 Reds and driving the attackers from bunkers and trenches. The action left the ridge secured about 10 to 12 miles east of Panmunjom.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Hilh Oranad
Ros
Panmunform
U. S First Marines
Milo Farnell
Milelong
Stevenson slams McCarthy as big smear in speech
Adlai Stevenson denounces a nationwide broadcast by Sen. McCarthy as the most magnificent of smears. He rallies 2000 in Quincy Mass accusing Republicans of planning a late smear campaign while Eisenhower moves toward Korea and warns voters a World War III could loom if missteps occur.
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Don Whitehead
Stevenson
New England
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph McCarthy
R.-Wis
Renee Byers
Quincy
Mass
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Truman
Cleveland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
M'Carthy
Chicago
Long Beach
Quincy Gathering
Gen
Dwights
100-Mph Train Hits Truck in Tuscola
The Central Railroad's City of Miami collided with a gasoline truck at about 100 miles per hour. The 600-gallon capacity truck stalled on a grade crossing, bursting into flames and igniting nearby brush and a grain elevator. Driver Ted Russell, 25, escaped with serious injuries avoided. train stayed on track and no passengers were hurt. About $250,000 of grain was saved by concrete walls.
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Tuscola
Weather Plane Missing After Typhoon Flight
A U S B-29 weather plane with 15 crew members vanished after radio contact near Samar in the central Philippines while approaching a typhoon. Search teams comb 200 miles east of Samar as the second cyclone in six days devastates parts of the central Philippines.
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Manila
Pacific
Here
Guam
Samar
Philippines
Andersen Air Force Base
Clark Air Force Base
Leyte
Masbate
Sibuyan Sea
Mindoro
South China Sea
Legaspi City
Luzon
Saipan
Faraulep
Carolines
A. S. Air Force
Lost pilot searches continue for storm taming flyer
Coast Guard planes and surface craft scoured the ocean east of Miami for Gordon Clauser a 40 year old Norman Oklahoma man who flew a single engine plane from Miami International Airport toward West Palm Beach to test a secret formula he believed could halt a developing hurricane. Clauser reportedly told the tower he was heading to West Palm Beach and later reported being lost over water and running out of fuel as he described his south south east position near Miami.
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Miami
Coast Guard
Gordon Clauser
Norman
Okla
Clauser
Miami Herald
Florida
Plainview
Texas
Miami International
West Palm Beach
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G. L. Breame
Kansas City
David
Ike
By Belman Morin
U.N
Andrei Y.vishinsky
U.S
BIS
John H. Brown
Holly Springs
Ark
Dianne
Dorothy
Cary Wayne
Laverne
Jerry
John
Brown
Associated Press
Stan Carter
Adlai
Mid-Pacific
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