Peace Hopes Brighton on Pacific Coast
San Francisco reports optimism after longshoremen and employers resume talks over wages hiring halls and contract terms. officials say progress is possible though formal details remain undisclosed with wage boosts and hiring hall controls under discussion and other unions signaling alignment.
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Brighton
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
CIO
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Waterfront Employers Association
Supreme Court
Marine Firemen
Oiler’s and
Viper’s Union
Ind
Building Trades Council
AFL
AFL Teamsters
Heart disease cited as leading cause of death
The statement notes that heart disease remains the top cause of death among adults in the country, highlighting its prominence in national health statistics.
Scouts End Stiff Camp Session With Large Attendance
South eastern Idaho and Lincoln county youths wrapped two month Ideal Beach Bear Lake camp. About 700 boys and leaders participated with four new canoes donated by local groups enabling a 15 mile senior scout paddle to Lakota resort.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Lincoln County
Wyoming
Ideal Beach
Bear Lake
Cluft Johnson
American Falls
Wapello
Star Valley
Cokeville
Pocatello
Pocatello Jaycees
Blackfoot Lions Club
Lakota
Johnson
Cluff Johnson
Victor Jones
Dick Roberts
Liberals Blast at Third Party in ADA Endorsement Controversy
Americans for Democratic Action led by Leon Henderson endorsed Truman and Barkley for the 1948 ticket while accusing Henry Wallace's Progressive party of trying to split the liberal vote. Henderson cited two contests in Minnesota and Illinois and said ADA would establish its own speaking bureau to promote the Truman-Barkley platform.
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Chicago
Americans For Democratic Action
OPA
Leon Henderson
Truman
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
ADA
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
America
National Board
Democratic Campaign
House Committee On UN
Henderson
Wallace
Minnesota
Illinois
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Paul Douglas
C. Wayland Brooks
Joseph Ball
Truman-Barkley
Wallace proposes Marshall plan for the South
Wallace outlines a Southern Plan to fund a billion dollars yearly for four years to aid southern industry and agriculture, financed by taxing profits from southern farms, labor, and factories. He vows nonsegregated meetings when possible and stresses the plan supplements federal aid rather than replacing it.
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Durham
N. C
Henry Wallace
South
Progressive Party
Europe
Wallace
North Carolina
New York
Norfolk
Suffolk
Richmond
Norfolk Municipal Theater
Trumans
Deweys
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Dewey-Warren
Thurmond-Wright
Truman
Teen-Agers Blamed For Auto Wrecks
Moscow Idaho UP Dan E Warren state 4 H leader at the University of Idaho reports five times as many people aged 16 to 19 as aged 45 to 60 are involved in traffic accidents. He urges greater parental and youth leader supervision. Causes include speeding showing off dreaming at the wheel and one arm driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ida
Dan E. Warren
University of Idaho
Warren
Mystery booth found after winds collapse in Fort Worth
An American Legion recruiting booth vanished after high winds toppled it and was mistaken for debris by a construction crew. Inquiry revealed the booth had been picked up and added to the crew’s materials, ending the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth Tex
American Legion
Legion
U S Lodges Soviet Charge in Berlin Gunfight
United States military authorities charged a Russian lieutenant colonel and two Soviet soldiers after a gunfight in the American sector. American and Soviet personnel were released from Soviet arrest and one American private first class and one Russian soldier remained hospitalized with contusions. Pittsburgh native PFC James R. Petergal was involved in the incident, sustaining injuries from a Soviet amphibious jeep.
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Berlin
United States
United Press
Jack Meehan
James R. Petergal
Pittsburgh
New Stone stamp issued in honor of Chief Justice Stone
A stamp honoring the late Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone went on sale in his birthplace Chesterfield New Hampshire on August 25.
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Supreme Court
Harlan Fiske Stone
Chesterfield
N.H
Grace Registration By Postmaster Initiated
The selective service board announced that Grace residents required to register for the draft will be registered by the postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Selective Service Board
Schenk Wins Top Trapshoot Title In Shoot-Off
John W. Schenk of Sharpsburg Pa. earned America’s top trapshoot honor and $3000 after hitting 24 of 25 targets in a shoot-off against Jimmy Rasmusson of Waukesha Wis. The 49-year-old farmer also tied Rasmusson at 99 of 100 in the regular event before the extra round. A crowd of 15999 watched the competition.
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Vandalia
John W. Schenk
Sharpsburg
America
Pennsylvania
Jimmy Rasmusson
Waukesha
Wis
Schenk
Rasmusson
Pre-Revolution Relics Stand in Newport Rhode Island
About 400 pre revolutionary buildings still stand in Newport Rhode Island and remain in good repair according to local preservationists. The aging structures include notable homes and public buildings reflecting colonial era architecture. Residents and historians highlight the area's unique historic character and ongoing preservation efforts.
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Newport, R. I
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International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
State Supreme Court
Henry Clay Geenberg
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
C. Ray Balmforth
Tenday Council
Gerald Burnham
Montpelier
Ralph Hale
Groveland
Monte Fiala
Peter Williams
August “Bud” Miller
Alvin Anderson
Gene Richards
Andre Dimick
J. Gert Perkins
Keith McClellan
Allen Horsley
Darrell Nield
Auburn
Jimmy Hillyard
Max Beyeler
Merrill Brown
Fairview
Kendall Hyde
Clyde Stock
Larry Call
Larry Toland
Mel Vern Wood
Afton
Marlon Gardner
Clark Gardner
Harvey Tanner
Dee Bitton
Kenneth Smith
Wayne Wheeler
Earl Tanner
David Tanner
Alan Cannon Jr
Steve Clayton
Norman Oldham
Troop 35
Grace
Ronald Swenson
Wayne Hubbard
Maurice Cragg
Mark Tarbet
Glade Chadwick
Warren Allred
George Packer
Dixie
Tokyo
Allied Control Council For
Japan
Russia
Idaho Lumber
U. S
Warlan
Grace Registration
Cord
Coronado
Auto Supply’.Co
N. Main
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