Strike Threats Increase Amid Wage Board Fire From Sides
The article reports U S Yugoslavia reparations moves after unarmed planes were shot down, warnings to marshal Tito, and possible UN Security Council action. It also covers wage stabilization board fights in maritime unions, a looming seafarers strike, Nash car plant stoppage settlement, NYC trucking parley, and Norwalk school contracts.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Associated Press
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL Seafarers International Union
John Hawk
Nash
Nash - Kelvinator Corporation
Milwaukee
New York City
Pacific Employers Association
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
J. B. Bryan
Pacific Employers’ Group
CIO National Maritime Union
AFL
Maritime Commission
New York
Joseph M. Adelizzi
Philip A. Jakob
Norwalk, Conn
Vets Call Probe of Food Shipments to Former Enemies
The 47th national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged U S investigation of shipments to Germany Japan and Italy as long as any American lacks adequate food. Delegates criticized promiscuous combat awards and urged sanctions against unearned honors.
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Boston
United States
Veterans of Foreign
Paes
Veterans’ Organization
Germany
Japan
Italy
California
Strike Closes Coast Paper in Los Angeles
The Evening Herald and Express suspends publication after about 500 non mechanical workers from the American Newspaper Guild strike as contract expires. Pickets form outside the Herald Express while the Los Angeles Examiner may continue unaffected. Key issue wages with a $100 weekly minimum demanded for senior roles and proportional increases down the line.
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Los Angeles
Evening Herald and Express
American Newspaper Guild
CTC
Herald Express
Victor Dunsmore
Herald- Express
William Randolph Hearst
Los Angeles Examiner
Hearst
Guild
Richard Edwards
Truck kills Boisean in hit by truck incident
Boise resident Ben C. Lawrence, 85, died after being struck by a vehicle in a suburban area. The incident occurred yesterday when he walked into the path of a moving truck.
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Boise
Ben C. Lawrence
Wiliam Wald McBratney
Maquest
Crashes Take 50: Lives From Paris to Copenhagen Tragedies
Paris air disaster updates report Air France liners crash toll rising to 50 after three days. A Paris to London flight hit a factory roof at Le Bourget killing 17 passengers and five crew, following another crash near Copenhagen. The dead include Hartfield of Denver, director at the University of Denver's national opinion research center.
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Paris
Air France
London
le Bourget
Line
Copenhagen
Villacoublay
Grenoble
le Bourget Field
Hartfield
Denver
Colo
National Opinion Research Center
The
University of Denver
British Institute of Public Opinion
Marine Cuts Romance Ends With Wedding Cancelation
Pretty Dot Edwards of Pittsburgh recalls her engagement to William Erickson, a former Marine flier from Minneapolis, who telephoned to call off the wedding hours before the planned ceremony. He checked out of his hotel and disappeared, after meeting Edwards 18 months earlier when he piloted Navy Commander Frank T Edwards home.
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Pittsburgh
Dottie Edwards
Eight gendarmes found after Kastoria incident
The ministry of public order confirmed that eight of fifteen gendarmes seized by a band northwest of Kastoria on Sunday have been recovered. Officials also verified a report that forty soldiers were seized at the same time.
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Athens
Ministry of Public Order
Kastoria
Local Hogs Ceiling Prices Set in Boise OPA District
Boise OPA district price executive Lloyd Bell announced new overriding ceiling prices effective Sept. 1 for cattle and hogs. Zone 2 Idaho cattle and calves cap at 20.45 per hundredweight, Malheur County Oregon zone 1 at 20.65, with deductions for bulls. Caldwell hog ceiling set at 16.30, Malheur County hogs at 16.40 per hundredweight.
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Boise
Boise, Idaho
OPA
Lloyd Bell
Idaho
Decontrol Board
Adgt
Secretary of Agriculture
Malheur County
Ore
Bell
Caldwell
Pioneer Local Woman Jane M Foley Dies in Pocatello
Jane M Foley widow of James Foley died at her home 734 North Garfield Tuesday afternoon. A pioneer resident of Pocatello she was daughter of John and Bridget Cooney of Scranton and longtime member of St Josephs church. Survived by daughter Mrs R S Chandler and two grandchildren James Robert and Susan Jane Chandler. Rosary at home Wednesday 6 30 p m funeral Mass at St Josephs 9 a m with Rev Edmund Cody. interment Mountain View Cemetery.
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Jane M. Foley
James Foley
North Garfield
Pocatello
James Robert
Susan Jane Chandler
Ellen Marie Dwyer
John C. Dwyer
L. C. Cody
el Paso
Texas
Charles Wilson
San Diego
Calif
Francis Bennett
Los Angeles
St. Joseph's Church
Edmund Cody
Mountain View
Downard Mortuary
Record High State Fish and Game Arrests in July August
The state fish and game department reports 173 arrests in July and August, surpassing last year’s 138. For eight months in 1946 the total reached 447, noted by Chief Clerk R. E. Hoffman.
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Boise
State Fish and Game Department
R. E. Hoffman
Vanderbilt Weds Reno Heiress in Reno Ceremony
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr marrying Maria Feliza Pablos in Reno at the home of Samuel Platt with Rev. Brewster Adams officiating. Vanderbilt, 48, is a scion of the New York family and widens his set of marriages to a 29 year old Mexican cattle fortune heiress, a grandniece of Porfirio Diaz. Prominent attendees included Sen. Pat McCarran.
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Reno, Nev
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Maria Feliza Pablos
Samuel Platt
Reno
Brewster Adams
Pat McCarran
Pravda Sees War Talk by U S Ambassador
Pravda quotes George S. Messersmith, U S ambassador to Argentina, claiming he urged war against the Soviet Union. The Pravda article blames the State Department for his remarks and declares war between the United States and Russia inevitable. William L. Clayton denies Messersmith’s assertion of war inevitability.
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London
Pravda
Communist Party
Georges. Messersmith
U.S
Argentina
Soviet Union
State Department
Messersmith
United States
Russia
Washington
William L. Clayton
Henryetta Police Strike Seizes City Offices
The entire Henryetta police force except the elected chief walked out for higher pay. Mayor took over desk sergeant duties as seven officers demand pay raise from 140 to 155 dollars monthly.
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Henryetta
Okla
Heirens Enters Guilty Plea To Three Murder Charges
Bannock county Republicans invite the Idaho Falls GOP rally at Taut phaus park on Thursday at 5 p.m. with speaker C. A. Robins and other candidates. The event offers free ice cream and watermelon, plus a children’s play program, with addresses about 8 p.m.
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Heirens
Bannock County
Idaho Falls
Tautphaus Park
F. L. Dale
C. A. Robins
Soviet Victory Narrative Reframes Japan War Opening
Moscow touts its V-1 style celebration as proof of Russia's pivotal role in the Japan conflict. Stalin's daily press downplays Allied aid while stressing a Russian-led knockout, citing the Manchurian invasion and Russia declaring war on Japan on August 8, 1945.
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Moscow
China Delays Armistice Stalemate in Truce Talks Widens
Chiang Kai-shek refused to promise a nationwide armistice delaying Stuart committee talks. Government forces move into Communist north as Peiping reports tense operations east of Peiping. Sino-American truce team led by Col J H Rustmeyer has not been heard from since Chengteh. Social Welfare cites government offensive in Hopeh and Chou En-Lai refuses meetings amid ultimatum pressure.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Stuart Committee
John Léighton Stuart
Peiping
Chengteh
Col
J. H. Rustmeyer
Leavenworth
Kans
Social Welfare
Hopeh
Chou En-Lai
Shanghai
Election Springs Surprises As Two Write-ins Triumph
A surprise school board election resulted in Grant Stowell and Clarence Stephenson elected as trustees of Grant Stowell No. 1, with Leroy Jones and Harry Yearsley defeated. Ballots had only the two names, others written in. Three-year terms. results show Stowell and Stephenson winning at Bonneville Roosevelt and Tyhee precincts. The board will reorganize at the next meeting with Stowell, Stephenson, Bohrer, Dale, Johnson, and Sorensen remaining members.
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Pocats
Grant Stowell
Clarence Stephens
Leroy Jones
Harry Yearsley
Ja'e
Stowell
Stephenson
Jones Yearsley Stowell
Stephenson High School
Bonneville
Ccsseseeeee
Roosevelt Scesssrseesee
Charles Bohrer
E. L. Dale
Lavern C. Johnson
Ephraim Sorensem
Clarence Stephenson
Riots in Bombay Kill 132 and Harm 484
Casualties rose to 132 dead and 484 wounded as Hindu-Muslim clashes in Bombay spread from the north to the business district. Police fired to disperse rioters while stores closed and a food shortage emerged. 1,163 people were arrested.
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Bombay
Ich
Sugar Supply Remains Low as Cuban Crop Backs Next Year
The commerce department said sugar stocks will not rise until the Cuban harvest arrives next spring. Domestic production for 1946-47 is seen at 1.74 million short tons, with a 5 percent cane drop offsetting gains. Puerto Rico output may reach 1.05 billion pounds with most US-bound. Philippine imports depend on island industry rehabilitation.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
U. S. Commodity Credit Corporation
Puerto Rico
United States
Philippine Islands
Pocatello to Host Air Show Invitations Issued
Mayor C. D. Moore announced an air show at Pocatello airport on September 15 with Army and civil air patrol flyers. Attendees from southern Idaho invited to see aircraft including a P-80 Shooting Star and a B-29 Superfortress on display.
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Army
Civil Air Patrol
Pocatello Airport
C. D. Moore
Idaho
Jap Condemns Self After North China Collaboration Charges
Former chairman T Wang Y Tang of the Japanese organized North China political affairs commission faced 12 charges of collaboration and, after the reading, commented in a stark remark that he should be shot.
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Peiping T—Wang Y.-Tang
North China Political Affairs Commission
Aga’ li
Jury Clears Bergdoll in Assault Case West Chester
A Chester county grand jury cleared Grover Cleveland Bergdoll of assault and battery charges filed by his former butler Clements Klein and Klein's wife Julia. Klein testified Bergdoll punched him during a July 21 argument over a household grocery bill and then pointed a rifle at him.
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West Chester, Pa
Chester County
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Clements Klein
Julia
Klein
Dionne Quintuplets Await Name For New Baby Brother
The Dionne family welcomes a new boy born last night weighing about eight pounds, making him the 14th child of Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne. The 12-year-old quintuplets are excited as doctors call the infant a beautiful boy, with four additional brothers among their thirteen other siblings. Mrs. Dionne is 37 and her husband 43.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Leftists Challenge Greek Ballot Validity in Supreme Court
In Athens the leftist EAM announced a plan to challenge the Sunday plebiscite in Greece’s Supreme Court alleging fraud violence and falsification. The government reported a large turnout with King George II winning about 69 percent as civil servants and soldiers not on electoral lists received slips.
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Athens
EAM
Greek Supreme Court
George II
Ministry of Interior
Twin Falls Telegram Suspends Newsprint Amid Shortage
The Twin Falls Telegram suspended publication due to wartime newsprint limits. The Statesman Publishing Co said no increase in allotment before 1948 forced the pause, with the building retained and staff reassigned, including editor John Harvey who returns to the Statesman.
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Twin Falls
Statesman Printing Company
Boise
Telegram
Statesman Company
John Harvey
Idaho
Statesman
Harvey
Army Grants Furloughs for Enlisted Men at Separation
The War Department announced a new practice of granting furloughs to enlisted soldiers when they report for discharge at separation stations. Initiated September 1 to comply with the GI terminal leave pay bill, it allows up to 60 days of accumulated furlough at enlistment expiration, a benefit previously limited to officers.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Quadruplets Born to Paris Suburb Worker Family
Four daughters arrived Monday to Mrs. Pierre Walzer 39 wife of a metal plant worker in a Paris suburb.
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Paris
France
Pierre Walzer
Actress Asks Divorce From Morgan Ryan
Los Angeles actress Anne Judge files for divorce from Chicago and New York advertising executive Morgan Ryan citing cruelty. The suit marks a high profile separation with ongoing legal proceedings in state court.
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Los Angeles
Annne Judge
Chicago
New York
Morgan Ryan
Student May Escape With Life Sentence
Seventeen year old William Heirens pleaded guilty to the murders of Suzanne Degnan Mrs Josephine Ross and Miss Frances Brown in Chicago. Heirens stood silent as charges were read then said Guilty. Chief Justice Harold G Ward warned him of his constitutional rights and the jeopardy of a guilty plea.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Jekyll.Hyde
Suzanne Degnan
Josephine Ross
Frances Brown
University
Ronge
Heirens
Harold G. Ward
Cook County
Bunker Wins Spot in Nevada Race
Las Vegas businessman and Mormon church leader L A Bunker won the Democratic senatorial nomination in Nevada. He led Sen. Carville 9414 to 8545 as sparsely populated precincts reported. Bunker had been appointed to fill the unexpired term by Carville after Key Pittman’s death.
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Reno
Ney
L. Bunker
Bunker
B P. Careille
Nevada
Carville
Key Pittman
Las Vegas
James G. Scrugham
Washington
Scrugham
GOP selects Tom Dewey in New York gubernatorial race
In Albany Republicans renominated Thome as E Dewey candidate for governor while Democrats chose U S Senator James M Mead as rival. Mead, 60, son of Irish immigrants, heads a slate with Herbert Lehman and Erastus Corning. Ives seen as GOP U S senator choice amid Don ovans floor challenge.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Thomeas E. Dewey
U.S
James M. Mead
Comeng
Mead
Herbert H. Lehman
Erastus Corning
Lehman
Corning
Saratoga Springs
State Assembly
Irving M. Ives
Dewey
Ives
Ham J
Wild Bill) Donovan
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George Thompson
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Vanderbilt
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Pocatello Air Show
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Gop
Tom Dewey
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