Drivers End Chicago Gas Famine With 10 Cent Raise
AFL Teamsters vote to end a 22 day strike that halted gasoline in Chicago. About 1,200 drivers accept a compromise 10 cent hourly increase and a continued Monday through Friday shift with overtime on weekends. Independent dealers sign onto the raise via an escape clause. Gasoline queues and cross state drives eased as fuel deliveries resume.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
AFL ‘Teamsters
Union and Oil Company
Sam
Mexican President Praises Oil Sector and peso Stability
Mexican President Miguel Aleman told Congress that the state backed oil industry is strong and the peso stability yields expected results. He noted reduced discrimination against Mexicans in Texas and said U S courts have ended school segregation cases. He emphasized new migrant harvest worker terms favor Mexican people, aims to curb clandestine migration, and spoke of Mexico's ability to manage its own economy amid global tensions. He reported 85 of 137 wells producing oil and continued mining activity despite lower mineral prices.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Congress
Aleman
Texas
U. S
United States
Mexico
Sonora financier Soto’s career spans US Mexico roles
The article traces Soto from Banco de Moctezuma staff in 1912 to banker roles in Douglas Arizona, then founding Hermosillo banking and mercantile ventures. He backed Calles’ 1923 presidential bid, served in government posts, founded major utilities and cement operations, and leads Hermosillo Chamber of Commerce.
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Banco de Moctezuma
First National Bank of
Soto
Douglas
Bancaria Merecantily Agricola de Sonora
Sonora Mercantile and Agricultural Banking Company
Hermosillo
Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Calles Soto
Chamber of Deputies
el Popo Rubber Company
General Popo, S. A
Sonora
United States
Compania de Servicios Publicos
Agua Prieta
Nogales
Banco de Nogales
Cemento Portland Nacional
Truman Says Oil Loan Talks To Be Continued
President Truman announced that negotiations for an oil development loan to Mexico will be resumed after a weeks long suspension. The Mexican government has sought financing to develop oil resources amid ongoing discussions with U.S. officials.
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Truman
Washington
Mexico
Bolivian Rebels Bomb La Paz in Early Attacks
Rebel planes bombed La Paz twice as the six day uprising continued. A dud near state radio offices followed by three bombs near La Paz Airport. Government troops were ordered to seize rebel towns including Sucre and Potosi as Cochabamba fell yesterday. Rebel losses estimated in the hundreds with government casualties higher.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Sucre
Potosi
Santa Cruz
Villamontes
Amiri
Cochabamba
Sailor Faces Navy Court Martial for Desertion
James Patrick Ryan, who says he was shanghaied by the French Foreign Legion, was to appear before a Navy court martial at Anacostia to answer a desertion charge. The destroyer Dickson was in the Mediterranean when the alleged desertion occurred, and Ryan was missing for 19 months before reappearing in Canton, China.
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Washington
James Patrick Ryan
French Foreign Legion
Navy
R. H. Krodtz
Anacostia
Ryan
Dickson
Mediterranean
Canton
China
Phoenix Labor Day Rodeo Boosters Extravaganza
Labor Day festivities in Phoenix unfold with a Rodeo Booster event led by Peter K Thiesen of AFSCME Arizona State Council. Tickets available at 32 North Central Avenue or the council’s auxiliary office, with the fairground office selling Monday night. Master of ceremonies Bill Grant will describe parade floats from the American Legion, American Red Cross, and Salt River Valley Blood Bank, as Lindsey Doll House Band performs.
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Phoenix
Peter K. Thiesen
Arizona State Council
Afscme
North Central Avenue
Council
Bill Grant
Grant
American Legion
American Red Cross
Salt River Valley Blood Bank
Lindsey
Stores Banks to Close for Labor Day Holiday
Federal offices including the post office will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Retail stores banks and county state and city offices will generally close for the holiday. Post office boxes and special delivery service will be maintained but all windows will be closed.
Labor on Parade to Feature Hollywood Acts
Spangles will play a range of instruments as nine top Hollywood acts perform for Labor on Parade. Harry Bee harmonica virtuoso who has appeared with the Horace Heidt show for over a year, Johnson and Diehl the Mad Hatters with a dazzling hat routine, Deyl Sisters with hand balancing and stunts, Duke and Darlene Miller baton twirlers who led the Junior Chamber of Commerce World Championship Rodeo parade.
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Harry Bee
Horace Heidt
Johnson
Diehl
Deyl Sisters
Duke
Darlene Miller
Baton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Glendale Labor Day Band Concert Planned in City Park
A free 35 piece band concert in Glendale City Park kicks off Labor Day observances. The event is sponsored by American Federation of Musicians Local 586 and Glendale Carpenters Union Local 906, funded by the federation’s recording and transcription fund used for public free music. James H. Hart chairs Local 586 with Ralph Constable as secretary and treasurer, while the Glendale Carpenters Union is led by Wilkerson with D. A. Bennett as secretary.
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Phoenix Gazette
Glendale
Glendale City Park
American Federation of Musicians
Glendale Carpenters’ Union
Arizona
Local 586
Phoenix
Federation
J. Allen Sedberry
Golden Gate Settlement
East
Grant Street
Pete Bugarin
James H. Hart
Ralph Constable
F. H
Glendale Agage Union
Wilkerson
D. A. Bennett
Balkan Expert Sees Russian Plot Against Tito
Dr. Robert Wolff of the University of Wisconsin, visiting at Harvard, doubts a Russia Yugoslavia war but predicts Moscow and satellites may attempt to assassinate Marshal Tito and his close circle. He argues economic aid would not compensate for Russia's lost prestige and questions a Russian invasion of Yugoslavia. Capulin Mountain National Monument origin noted.
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Cambridge, Mass
INS
Robert Wolff
University of Wisconsin
Russia
Yugoslavia
Tito
Wolfe
Harvard
International News Service
Moscow-Belgrade
Wolff
The
United Nations
Suspect Confesses Seeing Woman Slain
ATLANTA Sept. 1 AP Police disclose a Negro, Johnny Stark Vanderbilt, 37, admitted witnessing the slaying of Mrs. Lydia Thompson near Pontiac Michigan. He said he rode with two white men who killed her and named them but refused to reveal their names. Vanderbilt, arrested on a minor swindle charge, provided a car detail and a lie detector indicated truth. Mrs Thompson was found Oct 13 1945 in an Oakland County swamp after a brutal murder that initially eluded identification. Her husband Louis V Thompson and his secretary Helen Budnik faced indictments later dismissed in Common Pleas Court.
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Atlanta
Lydia Thompson
Pontiac
Mich
Delmar Jones
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Johnny Stark Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Thompson
B. G. Ragsdale
GBI
Georgia
Captain Jones
Michigan
Louis V. Thompson
Helen Budnik
George B. Murphy
Common Pleas Court
Endurance Fliers Pass 185th Hour
Yuma endurance fliers Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward, Navy veterans, reached the 185th hour aloft in their bid to surpass the 1,008 hour endurance record. They reported smooth flying with no side trips planned today.
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Yuma
Bob Woodhouse
Woody Jongeward
Navy
Two Escape From Mount Lemmon Prison Camp
Raymond Vera and Casimiro Marquiz serving sentences for illegal entry into the United States escaped the Federal Prison Camp at Mount Lemmon near Tucson about 9 o clock last night. Both were wearing blue prison garb.
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Tucson
Raymond Vera
Casimiro Marquiz
United States
Mexico
Mount Lemmon
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