FDR Legal Adviser Cummings Dies at 86
Hormer S. Cummings, adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt and key proponent of the court packing plan, died at 86 from heart failure. A longtime Democrat and Connecticut national committeeman, he retired from public life in 1939 and left a grandson in Miami. Funeral services were planned tentatively.
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Hormer S. Cum’mings
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Schuyler Cummings
Miami
Fla
Cummings
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Connecticut
Paul M. Butler
Chicago
Yale
Julia
GOP Eyes Plank On Civil Rights
In Columbus Ohio Republican leaders push a civil rights plank for the state platform proposing a civil rights commission modeled after FEPC to call witnesses at hearings without police powers. The move aims to win black support and shift voters from Democrats. The convention opens Wednesday with Knowland to speak last in the day on a 12 station TV network.
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Ohio
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
W. O. Walker
Cleveland
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Walker
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Fair Employment Practices Committee
Supreme Court
Civil Rights Commission
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Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
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Ohio Milk Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
E. T. Karch
Transportation Brotherhoods of Ohio
Karch
Brotherhoods
Ray C. Bliss
GOP
William O'Neill
O'Neill
Bliss
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Fire devastates Seminole Hotel. guest dies in Jacksonville
Fire swept through 14 rooms of the Seminole Hotel in downtown Jacksonville last night. Deputy Fire Chief J. J. Harvey blamed smoking in bed for the blaze on the eighth floor. About 170 guests of the 240-room hotel were evacuated, with several needing first aid for smoke and cuts from broken glass. James Demps, 70, a longtime hotel resident, died apparently of a heart attack amid the excitement. Manager William M. Nolting estimated damage at $20,000.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. J. Harvey
James Demps
William M. Nolting
Asbestos Boom Rumors Reach Yukon Town of Dawson
In Dawson City Yukon Territory talk spreads of a new boom linked to asbestos. The Western Miner and Oil Review cites preliminary surveys at Cassiar Creek 37 miles north of town showing deposits of at least one million tons of processible asbestos.
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Yukon Territory
Klondike
Yukon
Western Miner and Oil Review
Cassiar Creek
Little Progress In Strike Talks In Ohio
Union and management negotiators met in Portsmouth to set tle a nine week old strike of 600 operators and service personnel at the Consolidated Telephone Co. Talks aimed at a new one year contract with the Communication Workers of America made little progress after Monday bargaining sessions.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Consolidated Telephone Co
Communication Workers of America
Union Talks Continue Over 18,000 Ohio Bell Pact
Ohio Bell Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America kept talks with federal conciliator T. W. Robertson through the night over a contract covering 18,000 workers. The union says the $2.50 to $5 weekly raise offer remains insufficient and has authorized a strike. no progress reports yet.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
T. W. Robertson
Ohio Bell
Pickets Limited At Wilmington Casting Co
A court order limited pickets to two per gate at Wilmington Casting Co. and barred entry or exit interference. The United Auto Workers strike began August 29 after failed wage and issue talks with the company.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Wilmington Casting Co
Common Pleas
Charles R. Kirk
United Auto Workers
Global Methodist Sessions Face Mixed Reactions at Lake Junaluska
About 2,000 delegates from 70 nations attend a 10 day global Methodist gathering at Lake Junaluska North Carolina with an average of six addresses daily. Leaders urge pulpit revival stressing divine call sacrifice clear message and conviction while warning of modern family distractions.
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N. C
Howard P. Buxton
Des Moines
Paul M. Garber
Richmond
Jesus Christ
Hazen G. Werner
Columbus
Ohio
Scientists Evaluate Army's New Weapons At Fort Bliss
About 50 top military and scientific leaders toured a desert proving ground near Fort Bliss New Mexico for two days of briefings and demonstrations. They heard news from Los Alamos of ongoing atomic power research for rockets and General Electric's shielding material for lighter atomic reactors, potentially accelerating missile development.
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White Lands Proving Ground
N.M. W
Ft. Bliss
Los Alamos
N.M
General Electric
New York
Ike Receives Ohio Peaches From Minshall Family
Rep. Minshall of Ohio presented President Eisenhower with a half bushel of peaches from Kelley Island Ohio picked by his wife Fran and their two sons. The president noted peaches are his favorite fruit and a campaign photo was taken with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Minshall
Ohio
Eisenhower
Kelleys Island
Fran
Rev John Green to Speak at Union Baptist Church
The Rev John Green will be guest speaker at Union Baptist Church tomorrow during the 8 p.m. service sponsored by the Deaconess Board led by Mrs Charles Cunningham J. The Rev Robinson serves as pastor. Most typhoons that lash Korea and Japan in late summer originate in the China Sea east of Formosa.
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Union Baptist Church
Deaconess Board
Charles Cunningham J
R. Robinson
Korea
Japan
China Sea
Formosa
Nebraskan Rep challenges Kirwan over public power stance
Rep. A. L. Miller of Nebraska accuses Rep. Kirwan of misrepresenting Miller's support for public power. Miller releases a letter claiming he backed about 96 percent of public power and related projects in 14 years and urges Kirwan to correct what he calls falsehoods.
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A. L. Miller
Neb
Rep
Kirwan
Ohio
Miller
House
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Fort Randall Dam
Missouri River
South Dakota
Grand Island
Congress
Sioux City
Iowa
Subcommittee
Tor
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Mrs Violet Feath Claims 35 Lb Loss With Rennel Concentrate
Barberton resident Violet Feath reports losing 35 pounds after using Rennel Concentrate. She says she never felt hungry and urges readers to ask a druggist for 4 ounces of liquid Rennel Concentrate to start weight loss.
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Barberton
Ohio
Violet
N.W
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