Huge fire hits Safeway grocery warehouse in San Francisco
A six hour blaze at Safeway Stores Inc large warehouse on army and Evans streets caused an estimated 4 million dollars in losses. The 600 foot building stored groceries and merchandise for Safeway. More than 35 firefighters were injured. four hospitalized. About 600 off duty firefighters answered the general alarm as 5000 spectators watched. Cause under investigation. walls and doors hampered firefighting.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UPA
Safeway Stores, Inc
G. H. Branlund
black square
army and
Evans streets
Safeway stores
John Bolts
Safeway
CIO
bay area
Union Challenges Decontrol Law
The CIO and its national housing committee sued in federal district court to block the home rule decontrol provisions of the federal rent law. Walter Reuther said the suit marks the first of several to protect members nationwide, arguing the provisions illegally delegate congressional power to states and cities to end rent controls.
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WASHINGTON
CIO
union
national housing committee
Walter Reuther
CIO auto workers’ union
Finn Cabinet Faces Ouster
HELSINKI Finland August 30 independent newspaper reports Communists will join the Agrarian party to topple Premier Kar A Fagerholm s Social Democratic government when parliament opens Thursday.
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HELSINKI
Finland
Agrarian party
Kar
A. Fagerholm
National League Action Sees St Louis Split Pair With Boston
St Louis and Boston played to a 12 run finish as St Louis scored in two games with Musial and Salkeld contributing for St Louis while Pickford and Staley secured the mound work. Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 4 to 6 as Hodges drove in key runs for the visitors. Only game scheduled.
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St. Louis
Boston
Munger
Saley
Wilks
Brazie
Martin
Caragiola
Bickford
Hogue
Salkeld
HUES
St.L
Musial
Bos
Heath Listi
Pickford
Staley
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Dickson
Masi
Barney
Campanella
Bkn
Hodges
Hawaii Court Upholds Pickets In Dock Dispute
HONOLULU Aug 230 The Territory of Hawaii will resist picketing of its dock operations by CIO long shoremen. U S District Judges McLaughlin and Metzger ruled both government stevedoring and picketing lawful. The ILWU can continue picketing the government operated docks as 2,000 stevedores struck 122 days for a 32 cent raise to 1 40 per hour.
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HONOLULU
Territory of Hawaii
CIO
U. S
J. Frank McLaughlin
Delbert E. Metzger
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
British Aid Plan Studied
The United States weighs a plan to buy more strategic materials from Britain to aid long term economic recovery. Tin and rubber are the key items Britain offers while the United States debates whether to relax synthetic rubber rules. Officials warn loosened regulations could threaten national security if war requires synthetic plants.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Britain
Reds Increase Church Pressure in Soviet Zone
LEIPZIG Germany Aug. 30 Soviet zone Communists sharply increased pressure against the Catholic church officials report. Russian soldiers arrested the Catholic chaplain of the University of Rostock in Mecklenburg. Negotiations are under way for his release as the anti church campaign grows.
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LEIPZIG
Germany
University of
Czech Reds Crush Revolt Revealed After Secret Trial
Prague reports it crushed an anticommunist underground plot just as it moved to start an armed uprising. A Prague state court trial sentenced six to death and ten to prison, while many conspirators were acquitted or unidentified. The government linked the group to a Western power and described it as spies and terrorists in high treason.
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PRAGUE
Josef Charvat
Jaroslav Borkovec
Early Action On FEC Sought
Rep Sabath said President Truman seeks early congressional action on a bill to establish a permanent fair employment practices commission to outlaw employment discrimination. The FEPC bill is before the House Rules Committee, with action urged after the September 21 recess along with other must measures.
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WASHINGTON
Sabath
D-Ill
Truman
fair employment practices commission
house rules committee
White House
FEPC
house
Korea
statehood
Alaska
Hawaii
Military Communications Office Established Under Joint Chiefs
Washington announces a new agency to coordinate and develop military communications. Maj. Gen. Harold M. McClelland, an air force communications expert, is named director of the office of communications electronics. Secretary Johnson says the office aims for economy and efficiency across army, navy, and air force systems, reporting directly to the joint chiefs of staff.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
Harold M. McClelland
air force
office of
communications electronics
Johnson
army
navy
joint chiefs of staff
Senate Pivots On Arms Aid Cut And Wage Bill
Washington August 30 AP Senator Vandenberg proposes a 161 million cut in arms aid to European Atlantic pact members after earlier failure to trim the administration plan. Senate debates continue on defense funding, while a separate minimum wage bill aims for 75 cents an hour, potentially sending the measure to a conference with the House.
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WASHINGTON
Vandenberg
Mich
Seee eerare
Byrd
senate
foreign relations and armed services
Tydings
Pepper
Fla
house
Tension Mounts In China War
Canton report: Communist forces gain in southeast Hunan and Kiangsi while advancing toward Lungchuan near Canton. Juncheng lost in Hunan as Nationalists rush reinforcements and civilians flee toward Kukong. Reinforcements from Hainan reportedly headed to Canton for northern deployment.
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China
CANTON
Jucheng
Canton-Hankow
ministry of national defense
Kiangsi
Lungecuan
Kwangtung
Lungehuan
Hong Kong
Lungchuan
Hsunwu
Juncheng
Hunan
Kwantung-Hunan
Kukong
Hainan island
Plants Help Cancer Study
NEW LONDON Conn Aug 30 Beautiful ferns and flowering plants aid cancer research Harvard botanist Dr Ralph H Wetmore says new plant based techniques open up study of growth and development. Researchers hope these methods reveal factors involved in the wild growth of cells known as cancer.
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NEW LONDON
Conn
Harvard
Ralph H. Wetmore
High Grapefruit Price Forecast
LAKELAND Fla Aug 30 A citrus industry expert predicted record grapefruit prices this season due to the hurricane damage to Florida supplies Frank Seymour secretary of the federal citrus marketing agreement committees said the price year may be the highest ever recorded Robert C Evans Florida citrus commission general manager added the price outlook remains strong regardless of the crop loss percentage
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LAKELAND
Fla
Florida
Frank Seymour
federal
Robert C. Evans
Florida citrus commission
Housing Sought for Quake Victims in Ecuador
Dallas salesman Tom Collins seeks a circus tent to house 8,000 homeless people in Ecuador after a powerful quake. The plan calls for temporary shelter with capacity to protect families until housing is rebuilt.
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DALLAS
Tom Collins
Ecuador
U S Approval Of Tito Loan Request Seen
Washington reports Secretary of State Acheson backs Yugoslavia's loan to buy American machinery for copper lead and zinc mines. Tito must stay alive and independent from Moscow. Export-Import Bank weighing a around 25 million dollar credit to ease economic blockade and boost metal shipments to the United States.
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WASHINGTON
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Acheson
United States
national advisory council
Offer Mediation In Steel Dispute
New York August 30 Representatives of labor and management weighed a presidential fact finding board mediation offer to resolve a wage dispute that could lead to a steel industry strike on September 14 The CIO steelworkers and major steel firms signaled possible responses during the day The board aims to collect replies from the union and all 63 companies by tomorrow The mediation suggestion was unveiled last night by the three board members after private hearings The parties said they were considering it John A Stephens U S Steel vice president noted the difficulty of mediating 63 companies and one union
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NEW YORK
CIO
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Greek Guerrillas Retreat Under Fire Near Albania
Greek Army and air power battered a small Communist guerrilla pocket at Mount Grammos, aiming to close two escape routes into Albania as guerrillas retreat toward the border near Kamenitsa. The fighting marked a frantic effort to trap the fighters before they can flee across the frontier.
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ARGO
Greece
Albania
Mount Grammos
Kamenic
Vaughan Admits Collecting Campaign Funds
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan acknowledged he took campaign money in 1946 from businessmen he aided with government dealings. He named $2,000 to $3,000 from race track owner William Helis and about $2,000 from John Maragon, with questions over how the funds were used. Senate investigators pressed for full details on all contributors and dispositions as Hoey ordered a recess.
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WASHINGTON
Harry H. Vaughan
William Helis
Vaughan
Tanforan
California
McCarthy
R-Wis
Law Sanctions Uniquely Marrying Uncle and Niece in Rhode Island
In Providence Rhode Island an uncle Mendel Rosenbloom 55 and his niece Regina Porstrong 36 were wed by Rabbi Morris G Silkat at Ahavath Sholom. They chose Rhode Island as the only state allowing a Levitical law sanctioned marriage. Both had spouses who died in Nazi camps. Rosenbloom fled Poland in 1942 after losses and Porstrong arrived as a displaced person. The union stemmed from hardship and Jewish law allowing the uncle niece bond.
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PROVIDENCE
R.I
Rhode Island
Brooklyn
Mendel Rosenbloom
Regina Porstrong
Morris G. Silkat
Rosenbloom
Poland
Porstrong
Warring CIO factions meet in New York turmoil
Left wing labor leaders facing possible ouster from the CIO gather at Manhattan Center to plot counter action. CIO President Philip Murray orders unions to align with policy or exit. A showdown at the Cleveland convention October 31 is expected, with fears of a secession by the left.
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NEW YORK
CIO
Philip Murray
Cleveland
Manhattan center
Murrey
Bakersfield Press Suspends Publication
Bakersfield Aug. 30. Publisher Hugh Sil announced that the Bakersfield Press, the morning daily, will suspend publication tomorrow due to huge financial losses. A page one editorial cited unsustainable finances as the reason for the shutdown.
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BAKERSFIELD
Calif
Hugh Sil
Bakersfield Press
Press today
Rebels Endanger Middle-Road Bolivia Rule
In Bolivia rebels attack La Paz and key towns as government mobilizes citizens. Rebel DC-3 planes shell La Paz airport and a military college while anti air defenses drive them off. Draft and mobilization orders issued for men ages 19 to 50 to confront the revolt. Rebels hold Cochabamba and Santa Cruz areas as fighting shifts across southeast regions.
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La Paz
Bolivia
Cochabamba
Cochamamba
Camiri
Sucre
New Red Note Hits Yugoslavs
London report says Soviet Russia issued a new note to Belgrade accusing Premier Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia of acting on Western instructions. Broadcast via Moscow radio and recorded in London, it marks the eighth bitter exchange in the two communist rivals' feud. The note denied Yugoslavia's Aug 20 claim that the Kremlin had abandoned Yugoslav claims to Austrian territory at the Paris Big Four ministers conference.
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LONDON
Russia
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow radio
Soviet Monitor
Moscow
Kremlin
Paris
Phoney Stamp Charges Filed Against Barra Brothers
New York reports warrants issued for Morris Mickey Mouse Barra and his brother Joseph as top bosses in a nationwide counterfeit stamp ring. Assistant U.S. Attorney Roy M. Cohn ties them to Michael Maione, indicted on counterfeiting, describing Maione as the broker who distributed phony stamps for a 25 cent commission per 100 sheets.
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NEW YORK
Morris
Mickey Mouse
Barra
Joseph
U.S
Roy M. Cohn
Barra brothers
Michael Maione
Cohn
Maione
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