Miners Idle In Unofficial Labor Stoppage Over Pensions
In western Pennsylvania and nearby states striking miners abstained from the 6 am shift in a campaign for renewed pension and welfare benefits. UMW leaders say the pension fund is too low and wages a push for a new contract. Five U S Steel mines were idle and no workers reported for duty at several pits in the Pittsburgh area. The first walkout occurred at the Isabella Mine near Uniontown.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewitt
Lewis
Westginia
United States Steel Corporation
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Isabella
Weirton Coal Company
Uniontown
Britain Devalues Pound In Bid To Sell More Goods
Britain slashed the pound’s value by 30.5 percent from $4.03 to $2.80 in a government effort to spur exports and avert bankruptcy. Global markets froze as banks closed and exchanges halted, with many nations following suit to devalue.
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Britain
London Stock Exchange
France
Holland
Greece
South Africa
Europe
Sterling
London
British devaluation may trigger lower world prices
New York AP reports at least Britain trims the pound from 4.03 to 2.80, with a 301 percent fall cited. observers expect dollar prices on foreign goods to drop. Analysts warn the extent and duration of price cuts remain uncertain while the impact on American exports and domestic goods will unfold over weeks and months.
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London
Europe
Asia
Britain
America
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Soviet
Kremlin
Australia
South Africa
India
New Zealand
Ireland
Israel
Norway
Denmark
Egypt
Burma
France
Italy
Sweden
Holland
Greece
Finland
Canada
U. S
Douglass Abbott
New York
Balchen Returns to Oslo After 27 Hour Arctic Flight
Col. Bernt Balchen, Arctic aviation pioneer, arrived in Oslo after a 27 hour nonstop flight from Alaska. A crowd including Crown Prince Olav and Prince Harald welcomed the veteran airman, who narrowly missed an air show he came to see.
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Oslo
Norway
Bernt Balchen
Alaska
Olav
Prince Harald
Balchen
Connally Leads Senate Fight On Arms Measure
Texas Senator Tom Connally, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, leads the debate on a $1.31 billion foreign arms program. He forecasts victory and opposes amending to cut Europe aid, while opponents push a North Atlantic police force idea. The China aid dispute eases as the bill retains 75 million for non communist forces.
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Connally
Senate
Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
D4a
Western
Europe
Atlantic Defense Council
Tlantic
China
Soviets Agree To Peace Talks With Austria
The State Department said the Soviet Union agreed to resume Four-Power negotiations on an Austrian treaty. Talks, halted in London on September 1, will restart Thursday in New York with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meeting American, French, and British ambassadors.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Austria
London
New York
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
France
Taft Opens Ohio Farm County Tour Ahead of 1950 Bid
Senator Robert A. Taft undertakes a three week Ohio tour covering all 88 counties with Mrs Taft at his side. He plans open meetings at Miami County Piqua Sidney Lima and Wapakoneta then returns to Washington for the House session.
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Troy
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Miami County
Rotary and
Kiwanis Club
Piqua
Sidney
Wagner Hotel
Rotary
Kiwanis
Wapakoneta
Auglaize County
Allen County
Lima
Washington
Congress
House
Posse Scours Brown County for Missing 23 Month Old Janet Walker
A Brown County posse led by Sheriff Dwight Harmon searched rough terrain for Janet Walker, last seen at her grandparents' farm near Eagle Creek. The 23 month old vanished after her parents arrived at the Blake farm. authorities fear she wandered off or was swept away.
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Maysville
Brown County
Janet Walker
Dwight Harmon
Janet
Elmo Walker
Six Train Cars Derailed In Newton North Carolina
Six cars and the locomotive of a Southern Railway passenger train jumped the track at Newton, injuring about 50 persons. Two Negro cooks in the diner were trapped and probably dead. Emergency crews used cutting equipment to reach them as ambulances rushed victims to Catawba General Hospital. The 5 10 a m wreck halted No 15 inside Newton city limits.
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Newton
N. C
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Catawba General Hospital
Frank Jones
Board Rejects Rail Demands in Diesel Fireman Row
Washington AP The Presidential Emergency Board rejected union requests for a second fireman on Diesel locomotives and for firemen on rail motor cars. It also declined pay equalization between oil electric and coal diesel locomotive firemen. The Brotherhood must wait 30 days before strike action. engineers did not strike after the denial.
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Washington
Presidential Emergency Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Carson Approved as Federal Trade Commissioner
The Senate approved President Truman's appointment of John Carson as Federal Trade Commissioner by a 45 to 25 vote. Carson, 59, a former Indianapolis and Washington newspaperman, has held government posts over seven years and most recently served as director of information for the Cooperative League of the U.S.A. headquartered in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
John Carson
Carson
Indianapolis
Eeven
Cooperative League of the U.S.A
Jamestown Man Dies After Truck Collision
Dana L. Smith, 48, of Jamestown Pennsylvania, died in a Warren hospital from injuries suffered in a two truck collision near Kinsman Saturday.
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Warren, O
Dana L. Smith
Jamestown
Kinsman
Death Toll Reaches 121 In Noronic Ship Fire
Divers comb submerged cabins on the Noronic after a blaze left 121 known dead and 84 missing from the cruise ship fire in Toronto. Red Cross officials fear many unaccounted passengers traveled home. most of the 511 aboard were Americans.
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Toronto
Ont
Noronte
Red Cross
W.S. Stanbury
Canadian Red Cross
United States
Frank Morgan Dies Veteran Actor at 59
Hollywood reports the death of Frank Morgan the veteran stage film and radio comic known for his roles in The Stratton Story and The Great Ziegfeld He died in his sleep at 59 shortly after completing The Keys to the City Survivors include his wife Alma son George Morgan and siblings Funeral arrangements are pending
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Hollywood
Frank Morgan
Honolulu
Alma
Morgan
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Stratton Story
Ziegfeld
Wupperman
New York City
George Wupperman
California
George Morgan
Ralph
Josephine Langdon
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Zoyla Cook
Santa Barbara
Cal
Father Learns College Costs From His Son
A mother cries as Junior heads to college and a father learns lessons about spending on books and campus bills. The piece humorously weighs tuition, extra fees, and the education a father gains from his college bound son.
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Junior
Steel union presses bargaining over pensions to avert strike
CIO Steelworkers leader Philip Murray urged settlement at government arranged talks to head off a looming strike of about 1,000,000 workers. He backed the presidential fact finding board's pension plan while some firms push for worker contributions and questioned ongoing collective bargaining. Reports from mines in Johns town and Moundsville noted coal shutdowns as eastern Pennsylvania miners walked out, with scattered turnout elsewhere as tension rose ahead of a nationwide steel stoppage.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Chinese War Likely To Surface At United Nations
Report says the Chinese conflict may be raised at the UN as Canton contemplates bringing its struggle against Communism before the General Assembly or the Security Council. UN observers cite Ambassador Jessup's remarks as signaling U S support if China files a case.
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New York
United Nations
Canton
General Assembly
Security Council
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
China
Jessup
Asia
Europe
Carlos P. Romulo
Dean Acheson
Vishinsky
Ohio Coal Mines Idle as Union Miners Stay Away
Ohio coal mines were shut down tight with about 21,600 miners staying home. Unofficial surveys showed 100 percent absence in principal fields including Bellaire and Hocking Valley. New Lexington area mines were idle and no official union comment was available.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Union
Bellaire
Athens
Hocking Valley
New Lexington
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