Beached Turkish freighter sparks rescue efforts in Charleston Harbor
A Turkish freighter named Mardin ran aground in Charleston Harbor after a dying hurricane lashed the Carolina coast with 50 mph winds and heavy rains. Damages were reported across the region with Walterboro hit hardest. authorities estimated losses at 75,000 to 100,000 dollars while Seabrook Island residents were found safe in shelters.
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Charleston
S. C
U.P
South Carolina
Atlantic
Mardin
North
Miami Weather Bureau
Seabrook
Hus City
North Carolina
Carolinas
Florence
Charlotte
N. C
Walterboro
Mendel Smith
Bonn Urges East Germans to Stay Put Amid Exodus
West German officials appealed to East Germans to remain in place to curb the refugee flow. Jakob Kaiser urged locals to hold to German soil as record numbers flee after East Germany announced conscription and a border death zone. More than 56,000 East Germans fled in two months, including 6,000 youths.
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Brack Curry
Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Jakob Kaiser
Kaiser
RIAS
America
West Berlin
West Germany
Stevenson to Speak Next Sunday in Billings Auditorium
Gov Adlai Stevenson Democratic presidential candidate will attend church services and speak at the Shrine auditorium in Billings next Sunday. He will arrive by chartered plane from Cheyenne and speak in a nonpolitical address after meeting local and county Democratic leaders before a possible Montana stop en route to Portland Oregon.
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Billings
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Shrine Auditorium
Yellowstone County
Democratic Central Committee
Arthur R. Meyer
Stevenson
Cheyenne
Meyer
Illinois
Montana
Portland
Ore
Britain proposes 150 seat jet airliner
London reports Handley Page, Ltd., has on drawing boards a 150 seat jet airliner capable of three trans Atlantic trips daily. No aerodynamic details were released.
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London
Britain
Handley Page, Ltd
Ike Adlai and Truman Speak Today in Drive for Votes
Eisenhower Stevenson and Truman launch Labor Day campaign tours. Ike opens in New York City for the National Association of Letter Carriers before a southern tour. Stevenson heads to Detroit Grand Rapids and Michigan stops. Truman travels by special train to Milwaukee amid McCarthy election heat.
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Ike
Adlai
Truman
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
National Association of Letter Carriers
Organized Labor
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Flint
Pontiac
Hamtramck
Milwaukee
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
White House
Wisconsin
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Washington
Constitution Party
Douglas MacArthur
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Upton Close
Chicago
MacArthur
Byrd
Golden Ship Ends Finland Reparations Drain
Finland prepares to deliver a special anti-magnetic reparation schooner to Russia in mid September signaling the end of a decade of heavy payments. The ship named Golden stands out with brass fittings and no magnetic material. The event marks relief from an annual 10 percent output drain and raises questions about maintaining Finland’s industrial base and postwar recovery amid a $226.5 million reparations bill and prior penalties for late deliveries.
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ED Shanke
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
U. S
Mine Agreement Is Announced in Copper Industry
The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers says it has reached wage increases and benefits with Anaconda Copper Mining Company and American Smelting and Refining Company, mirroring the deal with Phelps Dodge. Kennecott Copper remains without a settlement after talks broke off last Thursday. Union members with Anaconda and AS&R are expected to ratify the agreement this week.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Big Four
John Clark
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
Phelps Dodge Copper Company
Kennecott Copper Company
Kennecott
Anaconda
As&r
Clark
John Kramarich Wounded in Korea While Serving
John Kramarich 22 son of Steve Kramarich of 1326 Madison was wounded in Korea. He writes to his father he will be hospitalized for months and does not reveal injury details. A Grant and Butte high school graduate class of 1948, he joined the Army Feb 23 1951 and served with Battery A 623rd Field Artillery. His brother George is in Germany and two other brothers Charles and Steve Jr remain in Butte.
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John Kramarich
Steve Kramarich
Madison
Korea
Pfe. Kramarich
Butte
623Rd Field Artillery
Grant
Butte High School
Pfc
Kramarich
Army
Winter Garden
George Kramarich
Germany
Charles
Steve Kramarich Jr
Missoula Boy Dies In Helmville Road Mishap
Robert Buck 17 of Missoula died Sunday afternoon when his 1951 Plymouth left Helmville highway one mile northeast of Drummond and overturned after hitting a ditch. Passenger Robert Whaley, also 17 of Missoula, suffered head injuries and was listed as fair at Deer Lodge hospital. Buck’s car may have had a flat tire causing loss of control. wreck discovered by Chester Hoover. Buck survived by parents and three brothers.
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Robert
Red) Buck
Missoula
Helmville
Drummond
Robert Whaley
Deer Lodge
A. G. Whaley
Granite County
Fritz Lueck
Buck
Whaley
Deer Lodge Hospital
Sheriff Lueck
Chester Hoover
Lueck
Shirley Hancock
Roy Wilson
Philipsburg
Montana Traffic Toll Rises to Four So Far
The Montana Labor Day weekend saw four traffic deaths in three incidents near Havre Vaughn Helmville and Great Falls. Victims include Ray T. Butts of San Francisco Sgt. Millan Dudukovich of Johnstown Pa and a Missoula youth. A fourth victim was William Lester of Somers. One car crash left a hospital patient Rob ert Whaley improving. another driver was unidentified.
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Montana
Air Force
Missoula
Ray T. Butts
San Francisco
29Th Air Defense Command
Havre
Millan Dudukovich
Johnstown
Great Falls Air Base
Vaughn
Robert Buck
Helmville
Deer Lodge
William Lester
Somers
Kalispell
Young Buck
Robert Whaley
Taxes Cost 412 Per Capita in Fiscal 1952
Census Bureau reports average tax burden of 412 per person in fiscal 1951 rising toward 1952. Total 1951 government levies reached 63.586 billion, with state and local collections up 8 percent from 1950. Federal receipts hit 64.97 billion in 1951, while 1952 state taxes were estimated at 9.838 billion.
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Washington
U.P
Census Bureau
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Purtell Appointment Shrinks Senate Democratic Majority
The appointment of William A. Purtell to the Connecticut seat reduces Senate Democrats to 49 of 96, potentially delaying a fall session as Republicans gain influence on key committees while future leadership remains contested. The move follows McMahon’s death and shifts in committee control mirror broader partisan dynamics.
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Washington
Senate
William A. Purtell
Connecticut
Congress
Truman
Ellis Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Purtell
Appropriations
Banking
West Hartford
Sen
William Benton
Brien McMahon
John D. Lodge
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Blair Moody
Vandenberg
Moody
Banking Committee
Daylight Saving Time Ends Tonight in Butte
Daylight saving time ends in the Mining City at midnight. Butte residents should turn clocks back one hour before retiring to gain back the hour lost when DST began on April 28. Morning to follow will mark a return to Mountain Standard Time.
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Mining City
Butte
Joint Chiefs of Staff Disagree on Armed Forces Size
The Joint Chiefs clash over the planned size and funding of the Army Navy Marines and Air Force for the next fiscal year delaying final figures to Defense Secretary Lovett. Disputes center on equipment roles expansion timing and Navy carrier construction amid uncertain future world threats.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Lovett
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs
Hull Is Reported Critically Ill At Bethesda Naval Hospital
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 80, is reported in critical condition at the Naval Medical Center Bethesda Maryland due to cerebral thrombosis. A hospital spokesman said Hull was placed on the critical list and had suffered severe attacks since admission with Mrs Hull by his side.
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Hull
Frances Witz
Stanton
Naval Hospital
Freezing Forecast Tests Butte Morning Check
Butte residents checked thermometers Monday to see if the forecast described by the weather bureau held true as below freezing temperatures appeared after a Sunday low of 33. A Monday forecast called for a 30 minimum with frost and a high around 64. The day also saw a tenth of an inch of rain as golf and tennis enthusiasts prepared for events at the country club and Montana Tennis tournament.
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Butte
Weather Bureau
Montana
Butte Weather Forecast Monday Through Monday Night
Partly cloudy and warmer Monday, then clear and cool Monday night with scattered frost. Monday minimum around 30 and maximum near 64. Period highs 54 to 65 for various Montana zones east and west of Divide with gradual cloud changes and little temperature variation Monday night.
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Montana
Divide
Raid Reaches 12 Miles From Russia
United States Navy aircraft in a 164 plane raid attacked North Korea near the Soviet border. The strike hit the Hoem-Dong refinery and a large iron mine and hydrogen plant at Musan on the Manchurian border, aiming to cripple northeastern industry. The mission received joint chiefs approval and marked the deepest penetration of Allied pilots into Korea.
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Tokyo
U.P
Hoem-Dong
Russia
North Korea
United Press
Robert Gibson
Boxer
Navy
Musan
Manchurian
Communist
Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
D. C
Manchuria
Aoji Hoem
Russia Blames U S Britain for Meddling in Iran Oil Row
Moscow radio cites Tass accusing the United States and Britain of interfering in Iran’s internal affairs over the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. President Truman and Winston Churchill presented a settlement proposal to Prime Minister Mossadegh, who rejected it as Parliament prepares official responses. The crisis leaves Iran’s oil industry idle and the country wary of a widening confrontation with Western powers.
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London
U.P
Russia
United States
Britain
Iran
Moscow Radio
Tass
Truman
Winston Churchill
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Churchill
Tehran
Senate
Peiping Radio Forecasts Peace at Asian Conference
Peiping Radio said the Asian and Pacific peace conference would seek to settle the Korean question on a fair basis and address peace in the region including Indochina and Malaya. The broadcast attributed to Liu Ning, vice president of the All China Federation of Labor.
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Tokyo
U.P
Peiping
Indo- China
Malaya
Liu Ning
All-China Federation of Labor
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Houston
Texas
Texas City
Bent
Wyo
Cincinnati
Scorpion
U. S. Air Force
Northrop
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