Peron Resignation Offer Triggers Mass Argentina Protests
President Juan D. Peron offered to resign provoking mass demonstrations as CGT leaders and the Peronista party urged workers to stay in Plaza de Mayo. Crowds gathered while offices and factories shut down. Di Pietro warned against violence and outsiders.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Hugo di Pietro
CGT
Plaza de Mayo
di Pietro
Alejandro Leloir
Delia D. de Parodi
Peronista
Peron
John William Cooke
Cooker
Latour Named Resident General In Morocco Shakeup
Paris announces Gilbert Grandval resigns as administrator of the Moroccan protectorate. Gen Pierre Boyer de Latour is chosen to succeed him, aiming to appease nationalists and colonials. Tunisian home rule is granted and a council of the throne replaces Ben Moulay Arafa as Morocco moves toward a protentional autonomous government.
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Paris
France
Gilbert Grandval
Pierre Boyer de Latour
Grandval
Tunisia
Rabat
Boyer de Latour
Morocco
Boyr de Latour
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Ben Youssef
Council of the Throne
Ben Moulay Arafaasa
Waule
Rubber Workers Call Off Strike
Beating a midnight deadline by less than an hour negotiators for the CIO United Rubber Workers and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co reached a tentative contract affecting 22,000 workers in eight cities. Settlement provides a general 12 cent per hour raise and lifts average hourly rate to 2.20 in Akron Des Moines Fall River Los Angeles Memphis New Castle Noblesville and Pottstown.
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Cleveland
CIO United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Akron
Ohio
Des Moines
Iowa
Fall River
Mass
Los Angeles
Calif
Memphis
Flood aid checkup as agencies review Northeastern relief
White House meeting with ten federal agencies examined flood relief programs in the Northeast. Officials sought speedups and possible new aid with existing funds and personnel. Meany urged Congress to curb unfair recruitment of plants to the South amid flood devastation.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Colorado
Meanwhite
AFL
George Meany
North
South Carolina
New York World Telegram
Sun
Defense Industries
All-Out Attack Planned Democrats Exploit Farm Price Drop
Washington reports a 2 percent fall in farm prices sparks Democratic plan to form a nationwide agricultural advisory committee led by Clayton Fritchey. The group aims to craft a 1956 farm plank and intensify campaigning on farm issues this fall.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Clayton Fritchey
Probers Eye Firring of Navy Worker
Rhode Island Navy Department metalsmith’s helper Joseph H Summer Jr was fired for suspected security risk tied to his parents alleged Communist links. He and his mother Pauline Summer testified as senators continued hearings on federal employee security practices and related cases at Quonset Point and beyond.
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Washington
Rhode Island Navy Department
Paul E Hadlick
Senate Civic Service Subcommittee
Eugene Landy
Merchant Marine Academy
Navy
Joseph H. Summer Jr
Province
Pauline Summer
Summer
Quonset Point
R. I
Sen. Johnston
D-Sc
Beatrice Murphy Campbell
Veterans Administration
Abraham Chasanov
Navy Department
Edward R. Dixon
Government Printing Office
Cool Canadian air brings storms to Appalachians and Great Lakes
A Canadian air mass moves south and east bringing violent electrical storms across the Appalachians and lower Great Lakes. Storms hit Pennsylvania and New York with an unconfirmed tornado reported in Townsend New York. The Miami Valley weather turns partly cloudy with highs in the 80s, cooling tonight and Thursday. Unofficial high yesterday reached 88 at 3:50 p.m. and the low was 61 at 6:30 a.m.
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Appalachian Mountains
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New York State
Weather Bureau
Townsend
N. Y
Miami Valley
Labor Day traffic toll projected at 400 deaths
The National Safety Council forecast 400 traffic deaths for the Labor Day weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. President Ned Dearborn urged drivers to reduce speeds, signal carefully, stay in right lanes, pass with space, and keep safe distances to prevent the 100 extra fatalities linked to holiday driving.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Council
Israel Rejects Cease Fire Plea Amid Gaza Tensions
In Jerusalem Israel rejects a Gaza frontier cease-fire urging Egypt to accept responsibility for week of violence. Burns mediated proposal backed by the United States and Britain, while Israeli casualties rise with 21 Israelis and eight Egyptians reported killed.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza
Egypt
Cairo
E. L. M. Burns
UN Palestine Truce Commission
Moshe Sharett
Burns
U.n.truce Commission
U.N
Arthur Lourie
Foreign Ministry
United States
Britain
Gaza Strip
Falujah
Savdiel
Kubeba
Nabalah
Salah Gohar
Palestine Department
Ministry of War
U.S
Henry Byroadee
Mahmouawzi
UN Studies New U S Arms Plan
UN Disarmament subcommittee reviews a U S proposal to merge American and Soviet inspection plans. Harold E Stassen outlines tying aerial inspection and defense blueprints exchange with ground inspection at ports and transport hubs to deter surprise attack. Soviet Arkady Sobolev expected to comment. If rejected, plan goes to Disarmament Commission and General Assembly.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Arkady A. Sobolev
France
Britain
Canada
U.S
Disarmament Commission
U.N. General Assembly
Stassen
Russia
United States
Officer Injures Leg After Motorcycle Incident
Officer A. F. Blackshore arrived at Mercy Hospital's emergency room with cuts and bruises after saying he kicked his motorcycle and it kicked back. He provided the brief explanation to attendants and received treatment.
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Oklahoma City
A. F. Blackshore
Mercy Hospital
Chrysler and UAW Near Accord to Avert Strikes
Detroit reports a looming Big Three accord to stop a Chrysler strike and backfill layoff pay for 139,000 workers. Negotiators resume talks as Ford GM deals set pattern terms and wage steps. Bendix and IH disputes also press ahead with active negotiations and ongoing plant actions.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
UAW
American Motors Corp
Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix
South Bend
Ind
Teterboro
N. J
Elmira Heights
N. Y
North Hollywood
Calif
St Joseph
Mich
Inglewood
International Harvester Co
Chicago
Blind man regains sight after collision near Riverhead
William Francis a 61 year old cigar stand operator blind for a decade reports his sight returning after an auto collision injuring his head at a stop light. He describes seeing lights faces and shirts faintly while a Riverhead eye specialist cautions full restoration depends on time and healing.
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Riverhead
N. Y
William Francis
Suffolk County
Francis
Mather Hospital
Belgium
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