Coal Walkout Threat Looms Over Production
Industry fears a new strike as United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis warns contract terms expire Sept. 30 for bituminous coal and similar notices affect anthracite. With 450,000 bituminous and 100,000 anthracite miners, talks face delays while UMW seeks raises and productivity gains amid weak exports and a high soft coal stockpile.
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Rowland Evans, Jr
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Moody Group
Indiana
Far West
Board of Directors of
Southern Producers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Philip Murray
CIO
Three Ministers Map Defense of Pacific
In Honolulu the foreign ministers of the United States Australia and New Zealand advance talks on areas of common concern in the Pacific amid Korea Indochina and Malaya. They formalize ANZUS pledge to mutual defense while planning annual meetings and ongoing consultations.
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Honolulu
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Korea
Indochina
Malaya
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
ANZUS
Washington
Wellington
Canberra
Oes
San Francisco
Casey
Webb
Acheson
Philippines
Formosa
Woman Found Dead In Ditch In River Grove
CHICAGO The body of a young auburn haired woman, about three years old, was found in a ditch in suburban River Grove last night. She appeared to have been dumped after a fatal beating. Her knees were tied with her skirt, arms pinned by her blouse, and her face showed severe injuries. Dry clothing suggested she was placed there after a rain. A blue purse with $2.50, a bracelet, a mirror, and an address book with many names were found nearby.
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Chicago
River Grove
Man Hiccuping Since June 418 Steps Up Pace
Los Angeles based Jack O Leary 26 former market manager has hiccuped since June 13 1948 after appendix rupture. Doctors say he hiccups at about one per second and has lost weight from 135 to 78 pounds. His mother Mrs Margaret O Leary reports the rate has surged to 70 per minute and he tolerates food for only about 20 minutes on a strict diet.
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Los Angeles
Jack O'Leary
Margaret O'Leary
Jack
First Jap Ship Lands In Italy Since War
GENOA Italy The Japanese ship Heian Maru docked here last night the first vessel flying the Rising Sun flag in an Italian port since World War II. It sailed from Yokohama June 30 and is bound for London. Japan's ambassador in Rome Ken Arada planned a reception aboard the ship for local Italian authorities.
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Genoa
Italy
Yokohama
London
Japan
Rome
Ken Arada
Two Greyhound Buses Crash Near Waco Texas Toll 28
In the wake of the disaster near Waco two Greyhound buses crashed and burned killing 28 people with 25 injured. Authorities faced difficulty identifying victims as civilians barred entry to the morgue while military personnel conducted the press and body identifications.
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Greyhound
Waco
Tex
NEA Telephoto
OPS Chief Reported Set To Quit
Washington price stabilizer Ellis Arnall was reported likely to resign to President Truman. He planned to return to Georgia to resume private law practice by Sept 1. Arnall opposed a steel price rise and said the ceiling should have been $2.84 per ton under existing standards.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Truman
Arnall
Ane
Georgia
Michael V. di Salle
United States Senate
Ohio
Defense
John R. Steelman
Woman Says Hero Hired Her To Fake Death Leap
A Virginia woman says she faked a sixth floor ledge leap to gain publicity for Maynard H. Smith the WWII hero now seeking governor’s race. Smith and Roland Bennett face charges of false report as Whomble recounted a staged incident planned with the two men to stage a dramatic act for publicity.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Ernestine Lucille Whomble
Maynard H. ‘Snuffy
Smith
Virginia
Clark King
Roland Bennett
Bennett
King
Mrs. Whomble
Whomble
Bennet
YWCA
Grow Trial Starts Russ On New Tirade
Moscow reports charged Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow with war-mongering views after his diary was seized in Moscow. The Literary Gazette alleged U S Army high command agreed with his cannibalistic views and urged exposing espionage while warning against publishing. The diary theft occurred during his post as U S military attache.
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Moscow
United States
Robert W. Grow
Literary Gazette
U. S. Army
Grow
Grows
Pentagon
Gazette
U. S
Soviet Union
Navy Plans No Protest In Attack
The Navy accepts a Communist jet fighter attack on a patrol plane as an operational hazard of the Korean War and does not expect protests from the United States. Naval officials cite roughly 12,000 sorties by American and British aircraft around Korea and China since hostilities began. The incident follows prior clashes near the Yellow Sea where a Russian bomber was shot down after firing on UN naval forces.
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Washington
Yellow Sea
U. S
Naval
Korea
China
Asia
Korean
Inchan
United Nations
Moscow
Tokyo
Disappearance of Patsy Ann Partridge Aboard Veendam
An 18-year-old art student Patsy Ann Partridge vanished from the liner Veendam in mid Atlantic after leaving a note. Her family, including father Jesse Partridge and sister Harriet, were traveling from England to visit relatives in New Jersey. The crew conducted a full search and alerted 15 nearby ships as the ship zigzagged for 12 hours before docking.
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Hoboken
N. J
Veendam
Mid- Atlantic
Patsy Ann Partridge
England
Short Hills
Patsy Ann
Jesse Partridge
London
Harriet
Partridge
Harm Oldenburger
Burnt Toast Fools Geiger Counters But No Housewife
In Albuquerque University of New Mexico scientists tested a black porous substance sent as a possible meteorite fragment from Macon Georgia. After laboratory work they showed it to Dr Lincoln La Paz and his wife who concluded the burnt toast explanation by sniffing and tasting, proving even experts can be fooled by burnt toast rather than a real meteorite.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Macon
Lincoln la Paz
Institute of Meteoritics
Guerrilla Attack Targets Polls In South Korea Election
In Pusan area guerrillas attacked a polling place as South Korea conducts its first direct presidential and vice presidential election. Police killed six attackers and wounded 10 from a 40-strong band, while voting resumed after a brief delay.
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Pusan
Korea
Here
South Korea
Kim Tai Sun
Syngman Rhee
Cho Bong Am
Lee Shi Yung
Japan
Hugh Cynn
Rhee
Five Die After Car Is Hit By Freight Train Near Pembroke
PEMBROKE Ontario five members of the Touscant family are dead when their car was struck by a freight train at a level crossing ten miles north of Pembroke. One child survived but is seriously injured. Percy Touscant, 30, his wife Evelyn 25, and their three sons died. their daughter was injured. Witnesses say Touscant swung out to pass another car that had started for the train.
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Pembroke
Ont
Here
Percy Touscant
Evelyn
Touseant
Leaflets Warn Civilians of North Korean Raids
The United Nations said 78 North Korean towns housing military installations were warned to evacuate before Allied air raids. Leaflets, dropped by B29s from Okinawa and Japan, aim to spare civilians and showcase air superiority. Two towns reported hits amid the warning program ongoing since mid July.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Glenn O. Barcus
U. S
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Okinawa
Japan
Far East Air Forces
United Nations Command
Fifth Air Force claims four jets shot down in Korea
The U S Fifth Air Force said Sabre pilots shot down four Communist jets and damaged six in aerial dogfights over North Korea. Civilians were urged to evacuate danger areas as Radio Seoul warned before the attack. The strike covered central and eastern Korea with reports of rail cars and buildings damaged amid limited ground skirmishes.
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Seoul
U.S. Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Radio Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Western Front
Old Baldy
Vail By Rocket On Display At Cologne Exhibit
A model postal rocket claimed to fly mail between Europe and America in six minutes will be shown at the German Inventors Exhibition in Cologne late this month. The model, built by the Society for Rocket Research, includes members who helped develop the wartime V1 and V2 weapons. The expo runs August 23 to 31 and will feature more than 300 inventions including a folding bass violin.
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Cologne
Germany
Europe
America
Society For Rocket Research
Trucker's Crash Slows Farm Hauling Near Amsterdam
Vernon Thomas 32 of Charles City Iowa was driving a tractor-train yesterday when a rough patch of pavement caused a skid. The truck overturned striking no injuries but Thomas will not recover his able body or his ability to drive again.
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Amsterdam
WN. Y
Vernon Thomas
Charles City
Iowa
Thomas
Jet Pilot with Shattered Arm Makes One Wheel Landing
Capt Edward Shamis, 28, of Pensacola Florida, a Marine jet pilot with a shattered left arm, landed his crippled Panther jet on one wheel after anti aircraft fire damaged the craft and left a bomb dangling. He and wingman 2nd Lt Richard Spencer guided the aircraft to a field, then a crash crew rushed him to a hospital. Shamis is recommended for the Bronze Star.
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Marine Aircraft Wing
Korea
Edward Shamis
Pensacola
Fla
Marine Corps
Shamis
Chorwon
Richard T. Spencer
Hanson Ave
Lima
Ohio
Man dies after feud end with fatal gunfire
OLIVER SPRINGS neighbors feud ends in deadly shooting as Hughes 63 is struck by Dunn 36 after Hughes fires a shotgun from a house. Dunn wounded in leg, Hughes dies from loss of blood. Sheriff Stinecipher says Dunn will face murder charges.
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Oliver Springs
Marvin Stinecipher
Stinecipher
Dunn
Hughes
Southern Solidarity Feeds Stevenson in National Roundup
National political roundup reports top Democrats predicting the South will stay loyal in November as Stevenson campaigns. Eisenhower moves to Los Angeles for a major speech while Negro voters lead civil rights debates, with key primaries in Missouri Michigan and Kansas and Georgia Senator Russell set for talks. The Atlanta Democratic committee quickly names electors for Stevenson and Sparkman, keeping independent electors from challenging the ticket.
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Associated Press
South
Dixie
Guv
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Stevenson
White House
Souri
Truman
Michigan
Kansas
Republican
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Agriculture Brannan
Clark Clifford
Atlanta
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Herman Tabmadge
Dwight D.ieenhower
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