Heat drives U S death toll to 173 as cool air offers relief
Chicago reports relief from a Canadian air mass that lowered temperatures to 80 85 across Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan while the nation endures a hot spell. The toll reaches 173 with 45 drownings and 12 heat related deaths. New York leads with 32 deaths and Yuma Phoenix register 112 degree highs.
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Canada
Midwest
U. S
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Rockies
Atlantic
New York State
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Yuma
Ariz
New York
Boston
Washington
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Omaha
Des Moines
Denver
Los Angeles
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
San Francisco
Better Meat Supplies Expected for Fall and Next Year
Chicago reporters cite H M Conway of the National Livestock Producer forecasting improved fall beef and pork supplies as more grass fed cattle reach markets next month and late fall hogs arrive. Lamb supply may decline 10 percent, with better overall meat outlook into spring and summer as feed crops convert to livestock.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producer
Conway
National Association of It Grocers
Memrs
Boise Judge Plans Drive On Drunk Drivers
Boise's woman police magistrate Edith I Miller plans a crackdown on drunken driving. She will issue jail sentences with a $200 fine for first offenders and harsher penalties for repeat offenses, including a $300 fine and 60 days in jail for second offenses.
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Boise
Edith I. Miller
Miller
Texas Senate Race Closest In History
In Texas Democratic primary runoff for the U S Senate seat held results show Lyn don Johnson leading Coke Stevenson by 717 votes with 179 of 254 counties reporting. Johnson 489 718 Stevenson 489 001, early lead swung as counts continued and official totals expected September 13.
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Senate
Dallas
Tex
Lyndon Johnson
U. S
Austin
Coke Stevenson
Texas Election Bureau
Johnson
Stevenson
Morrison 17 In Critical Condition After Idaho Crash
Morrison, 17, the sole survivor of Idaho s worst auto crash this spring near Pocatello, remains in critical condition. Her father, mother, two sisters, and boyfriend died in the Saturday collision with a truck driven by Joe Williams in Boise family returning to Salt Lake City. An inquest is expected. a green car reportedly racing the Morrison vehicle remains unfound.
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Idaho
Boise
Pocatello City
Joe Williams
East Whitman Ave
Miss Morrison
Morrisons
Princeton Ave
Salt Lake City
Arthur W. Hall
Morrison Auto
Greeks Open New Drive On Soviets
Greek army launches a fresh operation against the Free Greek guerrilla zone east of Mt Grammo and near the Yugoslav border. The drive targets Gen Markos Vafiades forces in the Vitsi mountains and follows a recent successful campaign in the region.
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Greece
Vitsi
Markos Vafiades
Mt. Grammos
Truman Returns From Nine Day Vacation Yacht Cruise
President Truman arrived in Washington on Sunday after a yacht cruise aboard the Williamsburg. He appeared tanned and smiling, wore a gray gabardine suit, spoke briefly to reporters, and then proceeded to the White House.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
White House
Sam Hanson Honored as Pocatello’s Outstanding Citizen
Sam Hanson POST columnist in Pocatello received the VFW good citizenship medal as the city’s leading citizen for 1948. The surprise ceremony at Bilgeau ranch, attended by about 200 people, marked the first medal of its kind. Hanson, 34, praised for editorial campaigns, is the son of Mr and Mrs Guy E Hanson.
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Sam Hanson
Post
Pocatello
Pocatello Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hanson
Sam
Bilgeau Ranch
John Putnam
Washington
Lincoln
Guy E. Hanson
South Ninth Ave
Montpelier High School
Pocatello High
ISC
University of California
United Press
San Francisco
Gate City
Putnam
George A. Parker, Jr
LaVern Cardwell
Richard L. Royter
Ted McCurdy
Jerry Morgal
Dan O'Brien Found Dead After 1943 Missing Deer Trip
Boise County Coroner Reginald Melor said Dan O'Brien of Nampa was found 30 miles south of ere by Basque sheepherder George Aransolo. O'Brien died of starvation and exposure after getting lost during a October 1943 deer hunting trip with two sons. The .30 rifle was recovered with the body.
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Boise County
Reginald J. Melor
Dan O’brien
Nampa
Ere
George Aransolo
Emmett
O’brien
Lowman
Fred Richardson
Boise
O'Brien
Mellor
Aransolo
Convicts Recaptured After Escape From Idaho Penitentiary
Two 21 year old inmates Owen Robert Spence and Leo Elvin Sheldon captured after a tip from a 14 year old Nampa youth and two girls led officers to an orchard near Arrowrock dam. They had escaped from a work gang and were returned to solitary confinement in Boise.
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State Penitentiary
neeSday
Owen Robert Spence
Leo Elvin Sheldon
Arrowrock
Dam
France Gets New Premier Schuman to form coalition government
Paris reports former premier Robert Schuman agreed to attempt a new coalition after Vincent Auriol asked him to take the post. Schuman, who led France for eight months, planned conferences with political leaders to gauge backing while Ramadier declined to continue.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Vincent Auriol
Schuman
Paul Ramadier
France
Auriol
Ramadier
Marie
Quakes Recorded Near Pasadena From Distant Tremors
Seismologists at the California Institute of Technology reported two moderately strong earthquakes 5500 miles away. The events occurred at 10 49 06 and 10 59 09 Sunday with the direction of the tremors not determined.
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Pasadena
Cal
California Institute of Technology
Here
Draft registration opens for 400000 men born 1922
Washington reports about 400000 men born in 1922 will register Monday at 20000 stations under the peace time selective service act. Most veterans and many others are deferred. all must register, or face prison. The one day window runs 8 am to 5 pm for the not quite 26 group.
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Washington
Selective Service
Truman
U. S
United States
Battle at Wallace rally in Durham ends without further violence
National Guardsmen and plainclothes police moved to break up a free for all at Henry Wallace’s Progressive party rally in the National Guard armory. A clash erupted when youths with anti-Wallace signs paraded, but guards and officers ejected the pickets and restored order after a carbine shot was fired into the air.
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Durham
N. C
National
Hughes Funeral Set for Charles Evans Hughes in NYC
Public funeral service will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Riverside church New York for Charles Evans Hughes former United States chief justice. Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick to conduct in line with Hughes final wishes. Burial will be omitted. Hughes died Friday night in Osterville Massachusetts. Flags on government buildings to fly at half staff during mourning decreed by President Truman calling Americans to show reverence at home schools churches and other suitable places.
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Riverside Church
New York City
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hughes
Osterville
Mass
Truman
Northwest Airliner Crash Kills 36 Near Fountain City Wisconsin
A Northwest Airlines Martin 202 crash amid storm winds near Fountain City Wisconsin kills all 36 aboard. Debris crosses the Mississippi with reports of survivors unavailable and conflicting location details. An eyewitness describes the wreckage as a pancake fuselage and scattered bodies.
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H. M. Witt
Winona
Minn
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Wisconsin
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Charlie Guenther
Winowa
Missing Idaho plane sighted near Salmon River wreckage
State official Chet Moult confirms the blue Stinson wreckage seen on the Salmon River is the missing craft of Caldwell mayor R H McNeil and three others. Eight accompanying officials plan to reach the site Monday after traveling from Warren and ranger station access.
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R. H. McNeil
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Warren
Ranger Station
National Guard
Cards Win 8-6 Victory From Billings
The Po catello Cardinals rallied to beat Billings 8 to 6 at Billings. Ray Lewins tied the game with a ninth inning homer, Ed Mickelson and Dom Barczewski added key hits, and Bob Mahoney secured the win with a closing relief performance.
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Bob Mahoney
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Ray Lewins
Ed Mickelson
John Yelovic
Jim Glimpse
al Neil
Nat LeBlanc
Ned Sheehan
Dom Barczewski
Mickelson
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Torres
Adolpho Torres
Lou Briganti
Les Barnes
Briganti
Jack Calvey
Barnes
Charlie Root
Dave Wilson
Barczewski
Mahoney
Jack Skinner
Sports
Hudson Motors Resumes Today
Hudson Motor Car company will restart production Monday after a month-long shutdown caused by a castings shortage. About half of its 20 000 workers are expected back as the plant, idled July 30, ramps up to July levels, following a strike at the Campbell Wyant and Cannon foundry in Muskegon Michigan.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Campbell, Wyant, and Cannon
Muskegon
Mich
Hudson
Red Bluff Brewery to Dump 1,177,000 Bottles of Beer
In Red Bluff California United States Brewery officials dump 1,177,000 bottles of beer into the Sacramento River under a court order liquidation. Brewmaster C W Frizzell laments the loss as thousands of gallons flow away with the deadline at 5 p m Monday.
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Red Bluff
United States
Sacramento River
C. W. Frizzell
Hurricane Stull Off South Shores Threatens Atlantic Coast
Hurricane Stull churned off the southeastern coast with 120 mph winds as it neared Day tona Beach and Wilmington. Coastal areas issued precautions while naval yards and airfields prepared. the storm’s eye and gale bands covered wide radii and dangerous seas affected beaches from Florida to New Jersey, with hundreds rescued and two drownings reported.
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Fla
Weather Bureau
Daytona Beach
Wilmington
N. C
Florida-Georgia-Carolina
Charleston Navy Yard
Army
New Jersey
Coast Union Rejects Offer to End Waterfront Dispute
The CIO longshoremen's union refused the latest employer settlement, warning the wage offer is below the eastern agreement and that the hiring hall would not continue. The ILWU stated a strike is guaranteed by September 2 if no better terms are reached.
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San Francisco
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Pacific Coast
ILWU
Police Close In On Wanted Negro In Double Murder
Daytonna Beach Florida bulletin reports police in an undisclosed southeastern state chase a six foot unnamed suspect linked to a double murder and rape at Ormond Beach two weeks ago. Sheriff Alex Littlefield says the man is known to authorities and an arrest is expected within 24 hours as a five state alert broadened then narrowed after a confession by another participant.
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Daytonna Beach
Fla
Ormond Beach
A. Volusia County
Alex Littlefield
Air Collision Kills Five Near St. Louis
Five people died when two private planes collided in midair over Fenton Missouri near St. Louis Sunday night. Only Rich Arnold and his mother Loretta Arnold were identified immediately from descriptions of the crash planes and their origin at Fenton airport.
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ST. Louis
Fenton
Rich Richard Arnold
Loretta Arnold
Idaho Grocerymen Plan Convention in Sun Valley
Idaho grocerymen and food dealers will gather in Sun Valley for a three day convention September 12 to 14. The event is half business and half recreation, with Frank Hemingway, Pacific coast and intermountain newscaster, among the speakers. Officers will be elected at the close of the convention.
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Ida
Idaho
Frank Hemingway
Pacific Coast
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