Americans Describe Gentle Treatment After Russia Detention
Maj. Victor Milner Jr. and his father, a Hollywood cameraman, said they were kept in comfortable hotels by courteous Soviet guards who admired cheesecake magazine pictures. They were detained from Saturday until late Tuesday and released at Hersfeld before returning to the United States.
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Berlin
Maj
Victor Milner Jr
Hollywood
U. S
Hersfeld
Milners
Emily Post
Maj. Milner
U S Steel Rejects Board Peace Proposals During Labor Crisis
Pittsburgh United States Steel Corp rejects presidential fact finding board’s pension and insurance plan, signaling likely resumption of a national strike by CIO steelworkers. President Murray demands straight acceptance as Truman deadline nears. Union and management remain at odds over 10 cent per hour pension plan and workers’ coverage.
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U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
CIO
USU
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
United States Steel
Murray
Truman
Fairless
Talk Strike Threat Looms Over Coal Pension Fight
John L. Lewis warned of a strike in the coal industry as United Mine Workers negotiators met with the Southern Coal Producers Association in Bluefield West Virginia. He pressed Cleveland Trust to force Island Creek and Pond Creek Pocahontas to pay welfare fund royalties, while trustees clarified ownership and lack of current contract obligations.
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Bluefield
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producer’s Association
Lewis
Cleveland Trust Co
I. F. Freiberger
Cleveland Trust
Island Creek
Pond Creek
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
Freiburger
UMW
International
John Owens
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers
Owens
Goldwyn Urges War On Censors
Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn called for film industry resistance to censorship by organized pressure groups. He spoke at the Theatre Owners of America convention urging defenders against state and city censorship and defending film honesty despite the production code.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Theatre Owners of America
Goldwyn
Hollywood Pioneer
County Surveyor Returns After Home Accident
County Surveyor W. P. Havenor was welcomed back by courthouse officials after more than a week absent due to severe facial abrasions from an accident at his home. He spent a busy day catching up on accumulated business.
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W. P. Havenor
Havenor
Attlee Denies Pound Devaluation Plans Amid Washington Talks
Prime Minister Clement Attlee met with six ministers at No 10 to discuss Washington tri power talks and reiterated there would be no pound devaluation. Cabinet members included Harold Wilson Hugh Gaitskell and John Starcey as they plan a 25 percent cut in dollar imports, pending Marshall aid authorization.
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London
Clement Attlee
No. 10
Downing Street
Washington
Treasury
Stafford Cripps
Attlee
Minton Boomed For High Court
WASHINGTON UP report says former House Speaker Minton, a New Deal liberal ally of Roosevelt, is being touted as a possible successor to the late Justice Rutledge on the Supreme Court. Rutledge died last Saturday in York Maine and was cremated Wednesday. Some officials in Washington see Minton as having an inside track for the vacancy.
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WATON
Sidgeronernien
Minton
Truman
Wiley B. Rutledge
Supreme Court
Rutledge
York
Chicagoan On Program Here For Idaho League Meet
Carl H Chatters of Chicago former executive director of the American Municipal Association will headline the Idaho Municipal League convention in Boise September 22 24 Mayor W W Halsey announced. The Bannock hotel hosts a three day program with panel discussions luncheons and banquets for visiting Idaho city officials.
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Carl H. Chatters
Chicago
American Municipal Association
Idaho Municipal League
W. W. Halsey
Bannock Hotel
Idaho
Fair program at Blackfoot set with horse-pulling and vaudeville
The Eastern Idaho State Fair program features horse pulling on stone boats on the track in front of the grandstands. Six in hand hitches of draft horses appear at the night show, along with a complete change in vaudeville acts for the evening performance.
Nine-Year-Old Battista Bets, Wins Big Pool Payoff
In Verona Italy Battista Peruzzo the youngest of a 13 member family invested 50 lire in a football pool and correctly chose all 12 winners. Her $29 000 payoff highlights a remarkable upset for a child gambler.
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Verona
Italy
Battista Peruzzo
Council To Pass On City Bus Franchise Question
Nation endures topcoat weather as sub freezing winds sweep the country. The first cold wave of the season hits the eastern seaboard and New York City fog lifts while the north central plains and Dakotas endure deep cold.
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Chicago
New York City
North Central States
Dakotas
U. S
Canada
Gulf Coast
California
Man Admits Injury in Child Case in Washington
Police said Hugh J. Mencey a 33 year old roving steelworker with four children confessed to injuring a 5 year old girl and left her near passing last night in Washington.
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Washington
Hugh J. Mencey
Two-Year Chicago Printers Strike Ends
Chicago publishers and the AFL International Typographical Union reached a settlement after nearly two years of striking. About 1500 printers who left on November 24, 1947 will return to work Monday with a ten dollar weekly wage increase. Union ratification was scheduled for Sunday.
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AFL International Typographical Union
John J. Pilch
John F. O’keefe
Chicago Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Pilch
International Organization
Steer Prices Reach New Peak at Chicago Stockyards
Steer prices rose to a new yearly high at Chicago Stockyards as hog prices slipped. Slaughter cattle gained 50 cents to top $35 a hundredweight, while top midwest live stock terminals reached $33.25. USDA blamed tight supply of choice steers amid rising demand for better beef.
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Chicago
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Woman Guilty In Speeding Case In Fifth District Court
Flora Hansen was found guilty of reckless driving on appeal in the fifth district court. A six member jury affirmed a prior justice court conviction from April. Judge Isaac McDougall ordered $100 fine and suspended her license for one year.
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Flora Hansen
Fifth District
Hansen
California
Isaac McDougall
Mayor drafts action plan to revoke Pocatello transit franchise
Mayor W W Halsey outlined a plan to seek council approval for a notice of franchise violation against Pocatello Transit Co after it suspended Sunday bus service. He said the move would compel the company to show cause why the franchise should not be revoked or service improved to satisfaction.
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Pocatello Transit Co
W. W. Halsey
Stages Sue for 50 000 Over Burley Fall Injury
Helen M. Jolley of 805 No Garfield Ave filed a $50,000 damages suit in fifth district court against Union Pacific Stages and Fred J. Judevine of Burley. She alleges a tin strip at the Burley depot caused her to trip while leaving a telephone booth, injuring her eye, flesh, and bone and breaking her glasses. Jolley claims negligence by the stage company and Judevine.
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Helen M. Jolley
Garfield Ave
Union’ Pacific Stages
Fred J. Judevine
Burley
Fifth District
Jolley
Judevine
Legion Meeting Set At Memorial Building
American Legion Post No 4 in Pocatello will hold a meeting tonight at the Memorial building with Commander Bob Bailey announcing the agenda. Ben Jex will supervise refreshments and entertainment.
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Pocatello
American Legion
Bob Bailey
Ben Jex
Nurse testifies in Maxey trial over forced marriage and assault
Nurse Anne Pierce 35 testifies that professor Russell B. Maxey wooed her with blackmail and nude photos. She recounts an August night home invasion where Maxey struck her with a pistol and hid under her bed, leading to a two and a half hour struggle before police intervened and he was arrested.
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Columbia
S. C
Anne Pierce
Russell
B.maxey
Armba
Air Corps
University of South Carolina
Pierce
Myrtle Beach
Maxey
Miss Pierce
Rose
Yugoslav pro Russian underground floods Belgrade with leaflets
In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, pro Russian underground activists openly distribute posters and pamphlets denouncing Premier Tito and Interior Minister Rankovic. Leaflets slipped under doors and into mailboxes in a six square block area prompted security forces to mobilize.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Gestapo
Moscow
Alexander Rankovic
Ranpei
Two Hunters Arrested for Slacks Gun Attack in Hollywood
Hollywood police arrested Theodore Gustavesen and Robert Ross, 19 and 20, on suspicion of assault after they admitted firing at women in tight slacks on Hollywood Boulevard. They claimed rules limited shots to sunset hours, but officers called the act out of season and dangerous.
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Hollywood
Law
Theodore Gustaveson
Robert T. Ross
Hollywood Boulevard
Gustavesen
Ross
Dewey orders probe of Robeson riot disturbances
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey ordered a special grand jury investigation into the riot following Paul Robeson's concert near Peekskill on September 4. He called the incident a shame and a disgrace and blamed provocation on Communist groups.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Paul Robeson
Peekskill
Dewey
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George Rasmussen
Annetta Jensen
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