Lewis Nears Agreement On Coal Wage
Washington reports John L. Lewis and top coal mine owners near a tentative wage pact for United Mine Workers allying with "Big Steel" producers. The proposed 41 1. cent basic hourly raise could set a national pattern, while many operators brace for whether others will accept and a strike threat looms as the vacation period ends.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
CIO
Midwest
Far West
UMW
Army Checks On Discs Report Over Pacific Northwest
The Idaho Daily Statesman reports Lt Gen Nathan Twining of Wright Field says the army air forces are investigating flying disc sightings in the Pacific Northwest. He says there is nothing here that matches the described objects and asks witnesses to report information to Wright Field headquarters. The report follows Kenneth Arnold’s sighting between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in Washington.
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Boise
Idaho Daily Statesman
Nathan Twining
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Army Air Forces
Pacific Northwest
Twining
Statesman
Wrightfield
Kenneth Arnold
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Adams
Washington
Idaho Warns on Fireworks as Holiday Fire Risk Rises
State Forester Stanton Ready warned Boise residents and July 4 celebrants that fireworks and discarding lit material are illegal in Idaho grazing lands. Violations are misdemeanors and the Idaho State Police will assist in enforcement.
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Boise
Idaho
Stanton Ready
Ready
State Department of Law Enforcement
Widow Helps To Rout Convict Band
In Mindoro’s Calapan, Mexican widow Mary Aceveda and Filipino veteran Lt. Antonio Banta aided in halting a 32-convict breakout. Aceveda challenged sentries at town gates, leading to surrenders while 26 convicts were recaptured and two dead. Reinforcements from Batangas continued pursuit of the fugitives.
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Bataan
Calapan
Mindoro Island
Florencio Selga
Roxas
Batangas
Seiza
Antonio Banta
Banta
Mary Aceveda
Mindoro
Aceveda
Nestor Romero
Bus Drivers Seek Higher Pay as Strike Looms
Pacific Trail Ways workers threaten a midnight strike affecting service from Portland east to Bend Klamath Falls Burns Boise and Salt Lake City. Drivers seek 5.85 cents a mile up from 5 to 5.5, shop men demand $1.60 an hour for 40 hours with overtime after 40. Company president is in Portland unavailable for comment and no settlement talks were scheduled.
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Pacific Trail Ways
Bend
Klamath Falls
Burns
Boise
Salt Lake City
Oregon
T. S. Beguin
AFL Union
Beruin
M. P. Hoover
Beguin
Hoover
Army Training Youngsters In Experimental Program
At Fort Knox Kentucky a group of about 650 teenage "Umtees" completed the first six month course of universal military training in an experimental program. The first company graduated June 23 followed by two more companies on June 30 as Congress weighs proposed UMT legislation.
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Army
Fort Knox
Apmon
Umtee
Word to the Wise for Fourth of July Warnings
The writer warns against firecrackers due to city ordinance and safety risks. Notes potential legal trouble if misused and cautions about clothing sparks and heat from fireworks. Adds to take a raincoat as weather is likely to vary with scattered thundershowers and temperatures around the mid 80s to low 90s.
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Mother
Pocatello
Railroads Seek Major Freight Rate Increase Nationwide
The nation's railroads petition for a new freight rate hike totaling about 1.091 billion dollars annually. They request a 25 percent rise in the eastern territory north of theOhio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi, and a 15 percent increase in western and southern states. The proposal also seeks higher charges for special services including refrigeration heating switching pickup and delivery diversion and reconsignment.
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Washington
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi River
Wright field probes saucer shaped sightings in Pacific Northwest and Texas
Wright field public relations says the air materiel command investigates saucer shaped objects sighted over the Pacific Northwest and Texas over several weeks. Officials promise findings later. The second item notes the Republican backed bill to cut income by 4 trillion dollars passes Ways and Means 18 to 6, signaling possible override of a veto.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Air Materiel Command
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Truman
Senate panel okays war dept operating fund rise
A senate appropriations subcommittee approved an increase of nearly $600,000,900 for the war department operating fund, boosting current house allowances and advancing funding for wartime needs.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
Dorseys to Split Over Reno Divorce Plans
Actress Pat Dane Dorsey plans to leave for Reno Nevada soon to divorce trom bonist Tommy Dorsey her attorney said today.
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Hollywood
Pat Dane Dorsey
Reno, Nev
Tommy Dorsey
Flood Costs May Reach 500 Millions
Grand Tower Missouri and surrounding areas face severe flooding as levees fail and rivers rise. Army engineers estimate damage across Missouri Iowa and Illinois may exceed 500 million dollars with 48 000 affected by floods in four states.
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Grand Tower
St Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Degognia
Chester
Tll
St. Louis
Red Cross
Nebraska
Idaho Couple Die In Truckee Plane Crash
A light plane crashed at an emergency landing field near Truckee, California, killing Idaho residents Elmer J. Hoffman, 35, and his wife, about 33, who were identified as from Jerome and Route Three. Mrs. Hoffman died after rescue. Mr. Hoffman died instantly. The couple were en route to lunch when the accident occurred. cause is not yet known.
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Truckee
Calif
Elmer J. Hoffman
Jerome
Idaho
A. Miller
CAA
Hoffman
Miller
Jury Convicts Ex-Representative May in War Bribe Case
Washington AP An ex Kentucky congressman Andrew J. May was found guilty of selling influence as wartime military chairman. Munitions makers Henry and Murray Garsson were also convicted of paying more than 50 thousand dollars in bribes for favors during World War II.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Henry
Murray Garsson
Kentucky
George F. Wells
Mayr
War Department
Garsson Munitions
Vicksburg Plans Independence Day Carnival With Eisenhower
Associated Press reports Fourth of July festivities across the nation with fireworks parades and pageants. In Vicksburg Mississippi the city marks its third Independence Day observance led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Vicksburg
Miss
U.S. Grant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vickshuro
Girl Born After Mother's Death Has Even Chance
In Clarksville Arkansas a six pound seven ounce girl delivered by caesarean section after her mother died en route to a hospital has an even chance to live. The mother Mrs Adolph Kreipke 31 died from a right lung blood clot. doctors say artificial respiration and oxygen were used for thirty minutes before the infant cried.
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Clarksville
Ark
Adolph Kreipke
James M. Kolb
Plane crash kills two Idaho men dropping handbills
A Taylorcraft plane crashed one-fourth mile south of Kooskia after hitting a high power line. Don Wayne Little and William Harris of Grangeville, Idaho, were returning from a Fourth of July handbill distribution when the fiery wreck ended their lives.
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Lewiston
Don Wayne Little
William Harris
Grangeville
Idaho
Taylorcraft
Kooskia
Possession of Firecrackers Illegal in City
Police Chief R J Roubidoux warns residents to avoid owning or storing fireworks inside city limits during the holidays. Judge Don Bistline fines a store manager $50 for offering safe caps.
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R. J. Roubidoux
Don Bistline
Bistline
Roubidoux
T. C. Coffin
Des Moines Steeplejack Performs 300 Feet Above Street
A 39 year old steeplejack in Des Moines climbed a 300 foot flag pole during Hawkeye holidays opening day. He swayed for two hours and teased police while crowds watched. He descended after a $500 check lured him down. authorities held him for investigation.
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Des Moines
Ore Franklin
Nklin
Dixie Blandy
Franklin
Baseball Scores From Today's National League Matches
New York defeated Brooklyn 15 to 10 with Koslo and Cooper as notable pitchers. Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 7 to 3 behind Hetki Mueller and Bagby. St. Louis toppled Chicago 2 to 4 in a low scoring affair. Detroit edged Cleveland 6 to 5 while Boston lost to Philadelphia 8 to 7 in a tense game. Only games scheduled.
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New York
Brooklyn
Koslo
Cooper
Warren
Gregg
Hatten
Behrman
King
Edwards
Hodges
Group Seeks Land Transfer to Boost Wildlife Preservation
Wildlife conservationists testified that transferring government land to states for game purposes would advance the national wildlife management program for years. Albert M. Day of the fish and wildlife service supported the bill, with Sen. Wherry noting little opposition and describing much of the land as waste. The bill would transfer lands no longer needed by federal agencies and allow reversion to the U S if states discontinue wildlife use.
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Washington
Albert M. Day
Fish and Wildlife Service
Senate Public Lands
Sen. Wherry
R-Nebr
United States
16 Year Old Girl Plans To Raise Five Orphans
Irene Gable, eldest of five orphaned sisters, vows to keep the family together after parents Henry and (Mrs.) Gable die in a Montana accident. She aims to finish high school, study business, and become a bookkeeper while caring for children aged 2 to 14 with local support of about 2000 dollars.
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Irene Gable
Henry Gable
Superior
Mont
Irene
Becme
Holiday market closures for July Fourth weekend
Two day holiday closure for domestic security and commodity markets across the United States Friday July 4 and Saturday July 5. Grain exchanges will operate as usual on Saturday.
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United States
Senate Republicans set unification of forces and tax cuts as priority
Senate Republican leaders agreed to push first the unification of the armed forces and then tax reduction. Chairman Taft of the senate Republican policy committee said the plan was decided at a closed-door session. We will take up unification first and taxes next, keeping them busy all next week.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Parent Chains Daughter on Her 16th Birthday in Tennessee
Geraldine Massencill, aged 16, was found chained to a bempost at her Knoxville home on her birthday. Police chief Joe Kimsey said the girl claimed her father chained her to keep her from going out and that she suffers weekly belt whippings. Her father and stepmother, William Massensill and his wife, were detained for questioning.
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Knoxville. Tenn
Geraldine Massencill
Joe Kimsey
Kimsey
Fork Kills Worker in Wyoming Haystack Accident
Ernest Douglas, 25, was found dead at the foot of a hay stack in Wheatland Wyoming after a pitchfork handle broke. The puncture to his jugular vein caused his death, discovered by his wife yesterday.
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Wheatland
Wyo
Ernest Douglas
Fire Kills Two In Dumas Train Collision
Two men Brant B. Mills of Amarillo and H R McMillan of Pueblo Colo died in a truck fire after colliding with a Rock Island train at a crossing twelve miles north of Dumas Texas. Three railroad tank cars derailed in the crash.
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Dumas
Texas
Rock Island
Here
Brant B. Mills
Amarillo
H. R. McMillan
Pueblo
Colo
Solon Advises Republicans Must Treat West Fairly
Washington Republican Rep Russell V Mack warned GOP leaders at a Washington luncheon that the west will repudiate the party if reclamation and power appropriations are not fair. Mack spoke after defeating Democrat Charles Savage and urged fair treatment to keep western support.
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West
Washington
Washington State
Martin
R-Mass
Majo
Rity
Halleck
R-Ind
Russell V. Mack
Ren Homer R. Jones
R-Wash
Mack
Charles Savage
Democrat
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