Coal strike threat rises as Lewis backs pay hike
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, galvanizes miners with a demand for a $1.90 daily wage increase and royalty payments to the UMW welfare fund by Nov. 18. Washington eyes a final wage hike vote by the Wage Stabilization Board amid inflation concerns and potential split among labor and public members.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
WSB
Ris
UMW Welfare Fund
UMW
Cincinnati
Lewis
Mossadegh Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Britain Over Oil
Tehran announced by broadcast that Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh’s government will sever diplomatic relations with Britain due to failure to settle the oil dispute. He stressed friendship remains and urged Britain to adjust policies to the present world situation as Fatehmi noted notice of the break.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
Bank Manager Faces Charge Of Embezzlement In Grimes
Ara Francis Beauchamp 52, longtime Grimes Des Moines Bank and Trust branch manager, held on $5,000 bond as FBI says he admitted embezzling about $73,000 from the Grimes office since 1949. He kept double ledgers to hide thefts and surrendered to agents after closing the office Wednesday.
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Grimes
Francis Beauchamp
Federal Grand Jury
FBI
Des Moines Bank and Trust Co
Beauchamp
J. L. Dalton
Omaha
F. S. Lockwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eisenhower Intensifies Eastern Seaboard Campaign Swing
Dwight D. Eisenhower pushed a grueling Eastern Seaboard campaign drive after arriving in New York from a 16 day tour through 18 states. He planned a tight schedule with only weekends off as he targets key states while denouncing opposition claims of harming social gains and public power development.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Eisenhower
Hackensack
Paterson
N. J
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation
Waldorf-Astoria
Wilmington
Del
New Jersey
New England
Pennsylvania
East
Mid-West
Texas
Louisianna
Tennessee
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Shreveport
Memphis
Knoxville
GOP
Dixie
Carpenter Union President Backs Eisenhower Endorsement
M. A. Hutcheson the AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America general president announced his support for Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hutcheson a Republican said Eisenhower pledged to work to remove unfair provisions of the Taft Hartley act.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
AFL Carpenters’ Union
M. A. Hutcheson
AFL
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Hutcheson
Eisenhower
Hearing Set for Accused Sheriff in Estherville
A preliminary hearing for Emmet County Sheriff Emmet Twite, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in justice court here.
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Estherville
Emmet County
Emmet Twite
Justice Court
Duffy Pleads Innocent in Murder Case
Cedar Rapids 21 year old George C. Duffy pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the shotgun death of rival James P. Hackman 18. Duffy was arraigned by District Judge M C Hamiel and held without bond. Witnesses listed include police and neighbors. missing from the list is Shirley Arnold 18 who was engaged to Duffy before she chose Hackman.
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Cedar Rapids
George C. Duffy
Duffy
James P. Hackman
M. C. Hamiel
Linn Co
Willis Glassgow
Hamiel
James and
Sherman Hart
Waukon
William Duffy
Hackman
Shirley Arnold
Bail Denied to Iowa Man in Coffe Cup Slaying
Philip M. Hegstrom age 48 was denied bond after a preliminary hearing in Sioux City charging him with the September 29 death of his wife. Judge George M. Paradise ruled the strong presumption of first degree murder justified refusing bail. Hegstrom, a real estate dealer, remained jailed as the Woodbury county grand jury convenes in November. Police Capt. Joe Davidchik testified Hegstrom admitted striking his wife with a coffee cup. defense argued self defense and lack of premeditation.
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Sioux City
Philip M. Hegstrom
Woodbury County
George M. Paradise
Joe Davidchik
Hegstrom
Father Sentenced to Nightly Baby Sitter Duty in Tucson
Justice of the Peace Clark H. Johnson sentenced a Tucson father to an indefinite term of baby sitting after his wife complained he spent all his pay on beer and failed to provide for his children. The man said he stayed home nightly while his wife worked. Johnson ordered him to pay his wife $10 weekly and serve as babysitter every night.
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Tucson
Ariz
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Johnson
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower Crusade in California Speech
Adlai E. Stevenson campaigned in California delivering prepared remarks in Sacramento and Berkeley accusing Eisenhower of riding two political horses. He mocked Nixon for calls to investigate Marshall fund questions while stressing Communist threats to intellectual freedom and criticizing supporters who undermine free ideas.
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Stevenson
California
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Illinois
Capitol
Sacramento
Warren
Nixon
George C. Marshall
Iowans Spend More on Food and Auto Care in 1951-52
A Iowa Tax Commission report shows 1951-52 sales tax revenue on food reached 13.1 million dollars with growth of 805 thousand over prior year. Motor vehicle maintenance and repair rose to 5.54 million, while general merchandise declined. Use tax receipts fell to 7.94 million, with a sharp drop in new car use-tax receipts offset by gains in other consumer items.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Muscatine
Southeastern Iowa
Down
GOP Truth Squad Effective View of Hickenlooper
Sen. B. B. Hickenlooper told about 3000 at a high school auditorium that the GOP truth squad forced Truman to curb offhand remarks during a whistle stop tour. He praised the 80th Congress as one of the greatest and contrasted 1948 farm speech claims with Brannan grain storage surpluses.
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Gop
Truth
Hickenlooper
Carroll
B. B. Hickenlooper
Truman
Iowa
Dexter
Brannan
80Th Congress
UN Debate on Korea Near Peak of Election Campaign
The United Nations faces a full debate on Korea during the height of the American election season. Despite Soviet pressure, early steps show limited opposition to taking up Korea now. Acheson plans a broad policy speech outlining U.S. stance, while Vishinsky may respond Friday. The French and British worry about political repercussions before the Nov. 4 vote.
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United Nations
N.Y
Korea
Russia
Andrei Gromyvko
Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
U. N
Critical Phase In Oil Dispute With Britain Looms
London officials say Iran’s break with Britain marks the bitter oil dispute entering its most critical phase. Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden were briefed and officials planned to consult with U S diplomats in effort to resolve the dispute.
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London
Iran
Britain
Foreign Office
Churchill
Anthony Eden
U. S
British Iran oil talks break down as Mossadegh demands payment
Britain rejected Mossadegh’s terms as unreasonable after a Tuesday note on a joint settlement plan. The standstill follows Iran’s 1951 nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co and Abadan refinery closure, with Britain and the United States facing diplomatic setbacks.
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Mossadegh
Britain
Churchill
Truman
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Iran
United States
U. N. Security Council
Abadan
AIOC
Tehran
Red Attacks On Triangle Hill Foiled
American machine gunners crouched behind barbed wire as they repelled waves of Chinese forces on Triangle Hill. ROK troops and U S Seventh Division forces held and counterattacked, with artillery and air support pounding Red approaches as fighting raged across nearby Pinpoint Hill and Sniper Ridge.
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Seoul
Triangle Hill
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper Ridge
Papa- San Mountain
U. S. Seventh Division
Trian Hill
Reds Propose to Renew Peace Talks
Tokyo Peiping Radio reports top Communist commanders in Korea sent the Allies a letter proposing immediate resumption of Korean talks. Gen. Mark Clark’s headquarters says the letter offers no new constructive proposals for an armistice. Meanwhile Seventh Division troops captured the last of three Chinese helab knobs on Triangle Thursday before a Red counterattack drove them off. Americans held the knob after a 90 minute fight as Chinese forces countered with heavy machine gun and mortar fire driving Gis 400 yards downslope.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Korea
Mark Clark
Seventh Division
Triangle
Peace at Stake Truman Warns New England Voters
President Truman urged New England voters during a Connecticut swing to keep the country in the right groove or risk sending it toward the “most disastrous war in the history of the world.” He spoke in North Haven during an auto tour that began in New Haven and included Hartford and Wallingford, criticizing a pro soldier image and the Republican stance led by Taft.
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Truman
Connecticut
New England
North Haven
New Haven
Hartford
Wallingford
Sen. Taft
Bride Killed in Tractor Upset Near Swedesburg
Mrs. Kenneth Tolander, 21, a newlywed about two months, died on her Swedesburg area farm when a tractor she was driving overturned. The accident occurred Wednesday, ejecting her to the ground.
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Mt. Pleasant
Kenneth Tolander
Swedesburg
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