Truman Vows To Fight Foes Of Fair Deal
President Truman pledged to finish the battle against what he called selfish interests opposing his Fair Deal. He urged repeal of Taft Hartley, calling it repressive, and urged support for the Brannan farm program amid argues from special interests. He spoke in Pittsburg and Des Moines in two Labor Day speeches echoing his 1948 campaign and aimed at labor and agriculture.
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Truman
Congress
Brannan Farm
Pittsburg
Des Moines
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Moscow Calls For New Party To Oust Tito
A Comintern report published in Bucharest urges Yugoslav Communists to form a new party to overthrow Marshal Tito. The article hints at underground organization under Cominform support and notes potential recognition by Crtinform nations as Western powers monitor the regional shakeup.
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Romania
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Belgrade
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Ronni Zalhacuna
Shirley Begins Channel Swim
Shirley May France, an 11 year old from Somerset, started her English Channel crossing from France toward Dover at 5 25 am French time amid choppy seas and a light rain squall. Her father J Walter France doubted but she persisted after a pre dawn breakfast of two steaks and a cup of tea.
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Anti Chiang Coup Shocks China In Civil War T
UPI reports a fresh Communist drive near Canton threatening key railway links as Nationalist forces clash with Reds. In Kunming, Lu Han declares independence, seizing city agencies while Canton plans quell. Kaiyuan hosts 26th Army as Chiang Kai-shek eyes possible counter moves amid regional turmoil.
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Liu Po-Cheng
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Lu Han
Yunnan
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Kunming
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Burma
Indochina
Accident Toll Sets Labor Day Record 457 Deaths
The Associated Press reports a Labor Day weekend toll of 353 traffic deaths and 104 other fatalities, the highest to date. The tally covers 6 p.m. Friday to 11:30 p.m. Sunday with 30 million drivers on the roads, and may rise with late reports. In 1937 the prior record was 428 deaths total for the holiday period.
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Police Beat Us and Political Controversy Ripple Through City
A jumble of dispatches covers Drew Pearson’s Senate testimony, Judge McGrannery’s denial of political influence in a major case, and Paul Robeson alleging police brutality at his Peekskill concert. Reports also note calls to impeach Governor Dewey and Westchester officials, with clashes between demonstrators and police leaving many injured and Robeson urging calm.
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Charles G Ross
McGrannery
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Harry Ho Vaughan
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Glasgow
Wiait
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Pearson
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W. T Burton
Lake Charles
Ladman Burton
Burton
Tom Clarke
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Fatton
Poaresa
Moerder
Peekswill
Paul Robeson
New York State
Got
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Westchester County
Robeson
New York Ciy
Howard Fast
Hhough
Htobeson
Uno
Dewty
Gehusky Negro Barytone
Peekskill
Westchester
Sheeruf
Fred Ruscoe
John A Gatines
Benjamin J. Dasieur
New York City
Czechs Fire On American Troops In Border Ambush
Reported border clash near Frankfurt Germany involves Czech forces firing on American troops. Details describe a confrontation with patrols exchanging fire and casualties while authorities investigate, with names and locations noted in scattered dispatches.
Unified U. S. War Games Get Underway
The postwar exercise begins as Exar cine Harved leads the first big arm forces drill under Americas new unified command. Over 11000 personnel join the eight nation air and sea maneuvers along the Rivne River and eastern front, with armor and infantry rehearsing combined offense and defense.
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Ametica
Exarcine
Apeveas New United Ram
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Rivne
Prite Paner
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Hatte
Secret Memo Revealed Churchill Proposed Europe Union In 1942
The European Consultative Assembly endorsed a plan for a federal Europe with limited powers and established a 28 member steering group led by Paul-Henry Spaak. It backed enlarging its authority, approving an economic program, and sending a delegation to Washington. The move mirrors Churchill’s secret memorandum urging unification to counter Russian influence.
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France
European Consultative Assembly
Europe
Winston Churchill
Russia
Fix
Fno
General Affairs Committee
Upstate Primaries Show Intra Party City Races Across New York
Albany reports intense intra party battles in Buffalo Utica and Binghamton as off year mayoral primaries unfold. Republican and Democratic factions clash amid rival council and county board contests with polls open statewide. Local battles feature figures like Eugene Conny Ewart Gomer and Vito Marcantoni amid a crowded primary field.
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Jadge
Tity Sours
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National League scores from Philadelphia and Cleveland games
Fragmentary scoreboard item lists multiple NL results with Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland, and Wilkes-Barre performances. Names like Bremer, Law, Pete, and J. Lowe appear amid scattered team notations and tentative scores, reflecting a busy late season tally.
Dollar Crisis Talks Open Tomorrow
Washington and Britain move to keep the American British and Canadian public posted on progress in urgent closed door talks opening tomorrow at the State Department. Sir Oliver Franks will propose daily briefings for reporters, with ministers from the United States Britain Canada and Canada aiming to reduce the dollar drain and strengthen the western free world. Abbott Cripps Pearson and Abbot stress hopeful but cautious expectations as preparations continue for the leaders’ meeting.
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Ernest Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Canada
Lester B Pearson
Douglas C Abbot
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Abbott
Heaweter
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Eroip
Tnd
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Peanton Minter
Janee
Kevin
Cripps Wall
New Tork
Plane Hits Home in Berea Killing Mother and Son
A Flying ace pilot Odum died when his green racing plane flipped and crashed into a Berea home. Mrs Jeanne Laird 24 and her son Craig died of extensive burns. Bernard Hoffman 35 grabbed the child outside as the house burned. Bernard and the dead pilot were among witnesses. The crash left a grisly scene echoing war memories.
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Cleveland
Odum
Berea
Funes
Jeanne Lard
Craig
Bernard J. Hoffman
Minneapolis
Hottom
Jacquéline Cochran
Floyd Bodlum
New York
Bradley Laird
Sheme
Odom
David
Arthur C. Young
Land
Wounded in Milan Labor Riot at Breda Plant
In Milan's Sesto San Giovanni suburb police use tanks to quell a riot tied to Breda heavy equipment works. Nine workers and four police wounded as police halted a parade of workers amid accusations of firearms misuse. A three hour general strike was called by the Chamber of Labor for the next day.
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Italy
Stalin
Shota
Commuunist
Breda Heavy Equipment Works
Price
Sesto
Fan Giovanni
Hoxaitat
Chamber of Labse
Providce Fartar
Ime
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San Giovanni
Chamber of Labor
Total Tyme
Ratte
Brouch Milan
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Aes
Tragic double child death and mother killed at train site
A mother died under a train and two children were found dead in their home in a sequence of events that began with a murder inquiry. Police believe the family faced a fatal act connected to the earlier deaths, with investigators focusing on the Bathurst area and reports mentioning a possible Canada link. Further details are unclear due to the damaged OCR text.
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Carel Hakes
Tim Metoes
Cage
Robert
Hurricane Heads Toward Bermuda From Atlantic Storm
A severe Atlantic hurricane with winds near 120 mph moves toward Bermuda. Expectations of dangerous winds and gales extend up to several miles from the center as the system nears the islands, with watches in effect and meteorologists tracking its path.
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