Copper Wage Board Returns Copper Dispute to White House
The Wage Stabilization Board sent the copper wage dispute back to President Truman after emergency hearings failed to end a three day strike by Kennecott and other unions. Affected mines and smelters include Kennecott Anaconda Phelps Dodge and American Smelting.
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Washington
U.P
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Kennecott Copper Company
Kennecott
Unions
White House
McGrath
National Defense
Anaconda
Phelps-Dodge
American Smelting and Refinery Company
John R. Clark
Orville Larson
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Federal
Larson
Cyrus S. Ching
AFL
Transient Dies After Beating in Dillon
A transient believed to be George Wiggins, about 60, died in Barrett hospital after a brutal beating. Four transients in the hobo jungle, two men sought for questioning, and 12 others detained in Butte were connected to the Dillon slaying as authorities investigated a possible skull fracture and autopsy.
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Dillon
George Wiggins
Barrett
Beaverhead
Paul Temple
Wiggins
Ryan Hotel
Spokane
Raymond Schwartz
Temple
Butte
President Arranges Arlington Burial for Indian Soldier
President Truman intervened to authorize a hero's burial in Arlington National Cemetery for Sgt John R. Rice, a Winnebago Indian veteran killed in Korea, after his body was initially barred from Sioux City burial due to his ancestry. The widow Evelyn Rice accepted the offer, with protests rising over the cemetery denial.
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Washington
Korea
Sioux City
Iowa
Arlington National Cemetery
Truman
Evelyn Rice
Winnebago
Neb
National
United States Army
John R. Rice
Association of American Indian Affairs
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Arlington Cemetery
Six West Point Men Reinstated
A New York bar association hearing heard lawyer Robert Daru say at least six of about 90 accused cadets in the West Point cribbing scandal have been restored to duty. An academy spokesman noted several have been cleared for lack of evidence, though none of the 82 cadets who left have been reinstated.
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New York
Bar Association
West Point
Robert Daru
Committee On Justice of the
New York Civil and Criminal Courts Bar Association
Military Academy
Anaconda Copper Medical Coverage Extended For September
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte allows employees not at work due to the strike to pay 1.50 to continue medical and hospital coverage for September. Starting August 30 1951 payments are accepted at the Pay Office on East Quartz Street 9 am to 5 pm. After August 31 1951 midnight any unpaid employee loses coverage until payment is made.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
East Quartz Street
Connally Opens Debate on Foreign Aid
Senator Connally urged a Senate vote on a $7.54 billion foreign aid bill to aid nations against Communism. The plan aims to strengthen the United States by strengthening allies and promoting world peace, with leaders urging action this week despite objections about size and speed.
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Washington
United States
Connally
Texas
Senate
Congress
McFarland
Dariz
Moody
D-Mich
McMahon
D-Conn
Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Wherry
R-Neb
Taft
Ohio
Truman
House
Predicts Truman Will Win Again
New York dispatch reports Jonathan Daniels editor of the News and Observer says Truman will run in 1952 and win re election by an even larger margin. Daniels cites Truman’s vote getting power among unorganized voters and believes Dixiecrats will not revolt.
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New York
Truman
American Magazine
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Democratic National Committee
South
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Far East
Gen
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Alben Barkley
Detroit
Blair Moody
Senate
Police recapture 23 of 76 Kingston jail escapees
Kingston Jamaica Aug 29 Colonial police report 23 of 76 convicts who escaped the Kingston jail during the Aug 17 18 hurricane have been recaptured. Officials say more arrests are expected soon and they are not greatly worried about the 53 still at large.
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Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Ray Gardner to Face Firing Squad Sept 29
Ray Dempsey Gardner, 29, sentenced to die by firing squad September 29 at Utah’s new prison after conviction for raping and strangling 17 year old Shirley Gretzinger of Ogden on July 20, 1949. The prior death sentence was overturned on appeal. Gardner also confessed to another 1949 slaying of Sue Horn.
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Ogden
Utah
Ray Dempsey Gardner
Gardner
Utah Supreme Court
Shirley Gretzinger
Bertoglio Heads Butte Civic Center Board
Dr. John D. Bertoglio was elected chairman of the Butte civic center board at the organization meeting. W. P. Donnelly was named vice chairman with D. C. McAuliffe as secretary and Fred C. Searle assistant secretary. Other members include Judge T. E. Downey County Commissioner Joe H. Sullivan Mayor Thomas R. Morgan Jack Duggan and Kendrick Smith. Next meeting to be called by the chairman.
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John D. Bertoglio
Butte Civic Center Board
W. P. Donnelly
D. C. McAuliffe
Fred C. Searle
T. E. Downey
Joe H. Sullivan
Thomas R. Morgan
Jack Duggan
Kendrick Smith
Civic Center
Montana Rancher Killed by Baler
BIG TIMBER Aug 29 Paul Fetter a rancher north of Springdale died Tuesday when he was caught in a hay baler. His body was found Wednesday after his family reported he left Tuesday to bale hay on his son's ranch. The baler caused fatal head injuries, severed one arm, and the other hand. The tractor kept the baler running and belt friction started a fire destroying the baler. Funeral services are set for Saturday afternoon.
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BIG Timber
Paul Fetter
Springdale
Fetter
Feisinger Named Chairman of Wage Stabilization Board
Nathan P. Feisinger a University of Wisconsin law professor and labor relations expert was named chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board Wednesday. He succeeds Dr George W Taylor who is returning to the University of Pennsylvania faculty.
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Washington
Nathan P. Feisinger
University of Wisconsin
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Feisinger
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Carrier Princeton Returns From Korean War Duty
The United States Aircraft Carrier Princeton docked in San Diego after nine months in the Far East including seven months of Korean War duty.
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San Diego
Calif
Far East
Princeton
Missing British Diplomats Located Report
The Daily Herald says the British foreign office located two missing diplomats, Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess, after a three month search across western Europe. American born Mrs. Melinda Mac Lean, wife of one, vacationing on the French Riviera with their three children, has received a message from her husband.
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London
The
Daily Herald
British
Foreign Office
Donald MacLean
Guy Burgess
Labor Party
Europe
Melinda MacLean
French Riviera
Herald
Senate Finance Committee Votes New Taxes on Banks and Co-operatives
The Senate finance committee approved corporate taxes on mutual savings banks and building and loan associations and tightened co operatives tax treatment. The move adds about 150 million dollars in revenue and delays tax effect to January 1 1951 for the large corporate rate increases already approved by the House. About 600 mutual savings banks 5980 building and loan associations and thousands of co operatives are affected with exemptions mainly for smaller farmer groups.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Mutual Savings Banks
United States
RFC
CCC Reports Large Net Loss in Farm Price Supports
The Commodity Credit Corporation posted a net realized loss of 345.6 million dollars for the year ending June 30, mainly from eggs potatoes butter and milk. This compares with a 249.2 million dollar loss in the prior year, according to the Agriculture Department.
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CCC
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
Young Man Kills Two and Plans More in Kansas City
In Kansas City police report a 29 year old Richard Donaldson killed Alfredo Ortiz Vargas a 54 year old university professor and Mrs William Lay in their apartments on Fiftieth and Oak. He planned to kill his mother in law an aunt and a Lay son before killing himself. He told detectives Vargas was a former business partner. He had just hidden a 25 caliber automatic in a paper sack behind a room and offered no resistance.
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Kansas City
Alfredo Ortiz-Vargas
University of Kansas
William Lay
Negro
Richard Donaldson
Marvin Crowley
Donaldson Calmy
University of Kansas City
Donaldson
Vargas
Crowley
East 18Th Street
Lay
Final Children’s Day of Year Planned at Gardens
Today in Butte, Columbia Gardens hosts the last children’s day outing of the season with 1000 to 2000 expected. Free bus rides under 14 are provided by Anaconda Copper Mining. first bus leaves Park and Main at 9 30, last returns at 4. Trained supervisors oversee the playground activities.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Anaconda
Park and
Hugh White Re elected Mississippi Governor
Wealthy lumberman Hugh White aged 70 won a second term as Mississippi governor on August 29 defeating Paul B. Johnson Jr. of Hattiesburg. White becomes the second person in state history elected to two terms, joining Theo Bilbo as the only others to hold the office twice.
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Jackson
Miss
Hugh White
Mississippi
White
Paul B. Johnson, Jr
Hattiesburg
Theo Bilbo
Commies Silence on Kaesong Talks Amid Ridgway Row
Peiping radio denounces Gen Ridgway as lying over a U S plane bombing Kaesong. The broadcasts vent anger but omit any mention of his proposal to resume Kaesong talks.
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Peiping
Gen
Ridgway
Tokyo
Red
Kaesong
Munsan
Korea
United States
Forty Red Jets Fight Brief Battle With U S Planes
North Korea clash sees forty Russian built MIGs engage twenty U S Sabres with no air damage. Allied fighters claim about 400 enemy troops killed or wounded amid heavy strafing as weather clears and Red air activity resumes.
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United States
Eighth Army
Korea
North Korea
Red Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
Pyongyang
Manchuria
Com
Oatis case declared legally closed by Czech envoy
Czechoslovak Ambassador Vladimir Prochazka said the Oatis case is closed legally and that Prague will not yield to pressure to free William N. Oatis. Secretary Acheson delivered a sharp rebuke after a 30 minute meeting, amid a congressional trade boycott resolution against Czechoslovakia. Oatis, former AP bureau manager in Prague, was sentenced to ten years in prison.
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Washington
U.P
Vladimir Prochazka
William N. Oatis
Dean Acheson
Truman
State Department
Acheson
Prochazka
United States
Czechoslovakia
Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
Weather Forecast Summary for Thursday
Partly cloudy to cloudy Thursday night with scattered showers and little temperature change. Readings expect a low near 38 and a high around 66. Across regions the map shows varying conditions with highs 60 to 72 and chances of rain in central and eastern areas.
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Divide
City Bosses Get Salary Increases
City council grants police and fire department leaders a $25 monthly raise, restoring earlier gaps without changing the budget. Raises, totaling $75 for some, bump several officers and chiefs to new annual pay scales while maintaining anticipated revenue. August payrolls approved: $39,074.71 for regular rolls and $10,041.59 for corral rolls.
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Butte
Poelice
Counccil
Ways and Means
B. J. Riley
Poe Ict
Ed Malthen
James Clark
John O'Donnell
Jack McCarthy
Fire Deepartment Machinist
Police Bureau of Identification
Elmer Powell
O'Donnell
McCarthy
Ways and Means Committee
Corral
FBI to Get Senate Crime Probe Files
The Senate crime committee’s files will be handed to the FBI as the Senate commerce committee takes over its duties. Chairman Edwin C. Johnson said the move, due to expire Friday midnight, follows a sense of the members to transfer records and responsibilities. The FBI will review the vast files detailing nationwide criminal activities for potentially useful information.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
FBI
Senate Commerce Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
de Colo
Commerce Committee
Crime Committee
Johnson
Underworld
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