Grandma Moses 95 Years Old Today on Labor Day Observance
The nation marks Labor Day as Grandma Moses, famed for her primitive art, turns 95 at her farmhouse in New York with family only. Health concerns limit events but a birthday cake and congratulatory messages are planned, while she remains active in painting and reading local papers.
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Grandma Moses
Eapier Bridge
Anna May Robertson Moses
Otto Kallin
Hoosick Falls
Gresdma Moses
Grils
New York
Israel Apologizes After Border Clash With Egypt
Cairo reports show an Israeli patrol of 20 soldiers entered the Gaza strip and opened fire at midnight. Egypt fired back after warnings to withdraw, as the UN-brokered cease fire held, with both sides pledging not to attack but ready to defend.
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Egypt
Gaza
Israel
Gaza Strip
Tabet el Assra
U.N. Truce Commission
E. L. M. Burns
U.N. Truce Supervision
Baseball scoreboard snapshot with scattered league results
National League scores include Brooklyn 11 over Philadelphia 8 and New York 6 over Pittsburgh. American League shows Baltimore 6 over New York 5 and Boston 10 over Washington 2. Eastern League listings include Albany and Allentown versus Reading with several dense line items.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Kansas City
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Albany
Schenectad Hehenectany
Allentown
Reading
Binghamton
Elmira Binghamton
Elmira
Johustows
Ariitbaes
Sultan defies Moroccan terrorists amid sultanate crisis
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa defies nationalist threats by vowing to continue his divine rule. The move binds with French policy under Gen. Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin who fears abdication. A Casablanca strike by independence supporters risks paralyzing the protectorate ahead of any settlement.
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Carl Hartman Rabat
French Morocco
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
Moulay Arafa
Casablanca
Protectorate
Boyer de Latour
Air Force Sets First Official Supersonic Speed Mark
The Air Force announced 822.135 mph as the first official faster than sound record set by Col Horace A Hanes in an F100C Super Sabre near Palmdale California last Aug 20. He flew at about 4000 feet over a 11 mile course. Hanes is flight test director at Edwards AFB California.
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SY Vern Haugland
Philadelphia
Air Force
Horace A. Hanes
Palmdale
Calif
Hames
National Aeronautics Asso
Toeare
Charles Yeager
Hanes
Fred Crawford
Cleveland
Peement
Thompson Products
Edwards Afb
Ener
West Latayette
Storm Hits Mexico City Floods After Gladys Storm
The Mexican capital suffered severe floods after tropical storm Gladys dumped heavy rains. About four square miles of working class districts flooded. 2,000 people were rescued from rooftops and 3,000 more stranded. Two children drowned and five were missing. 2,300 houses flooded up to seven feet. 40,000 families affected as communications with northern Mexico failed.
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Tex
Mexico City
Texas
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Gladys
Hemisphere
Tampico
Manhattan Limited Hits Derailed Freight Near Bucyrus
The Pennsylvania Railroad Manhattan Limited struck derailed freight cars near Bucyrus Ohio injuring 26 passengers most holiday travelers. Five in hospital remain under observation. Fire followed the crash as 50 foot flames and heavy wreckage delayed officials while an early breakdown of the 130 car freight is suspected.
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Bucyrus, Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Ohio
Bucyrus City Hospital
Limited
New York
Chicago
Harrisburg
Labor Day Weekend Toll Reaches 400 Highway Deaths
The Associated Press reports 400 people killed on highways by midnight Monday as Labor Day weekend ends, with 73 drowned and 82 other misfortunes totaling 555. Safety officials warn toll may rise beyond forecasts with many deaths not yet reported. Terrible speed incidents near Warsaw Kentucky and Fulton Indiana highlight the weekend’s fatalities.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Eisenhower
Denver
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
Warsaw
Fulton
Ind
Soviets Free 3 American Prisoners After Seven Years
Three mystery men returned to U S custody from Soviet captivity after seven years. Pvt Wilfred C. Cumish, Cpl Murray Fields, and Frederick Charles Hopkins were handed to U S authorities in East Berlin. They were taken to the Army hospital for examinations and held incomunicado. The case involved confusion over homes and identity with a Russian delivery at Karlshorst.
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West Berlin
U. S. State Department
Wilfred C. Comish
Vienna
Cpl
Murray Fields
U.S. Constabulary
Nuernberg
Frederick Charles Hopkins
New York City
U.S
Hopkins
A. E. DuBois
U. S
Army Hospital
Cumish
Rowley
Mass
Burton Martin
Kumis
Martin
Nixon Indicates Ike To Seek Reelection
Vice President Nixon said the Republican leaders are optimistic Ike will run for a second term. He noted Eisenhower looks physically and mentally fit and concentrates on major issues as McCarthy fades as a threat. Nixon called the Democratic field a horse race between Stevenson and Harriman.
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Denver
Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
McCarthy
Sen
Wis
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson Raps Ike Policies in Look Magazine Interview
Adlai E Stevenson, likely 1956 Democratic nominee, told Look Magazine he would attack President Eisenhowers foreign policies and domestic farm issues if nominated. He called Eisenhowers approach blustery and appeasing, aimed at pleasing both Republican wings, risking national unity and credibility abroad.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Look Magazine
Republican Party
Truman warns unions in Labor Day gathering amid merger eve
Former President Harry S. Truman told a Labor Day crowd that the CIO AFL merger unnerves Republicans. His nationally televised speech urged union members to back the Democratic candidate in 1956, praising a leader who truly supports labor while criticizing misleading politicians.
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Detroit
Harry S. Truman
CIO
AFL
Truman
Eisenhower
Melrose Couple Killings Linked to Domestic Dispute
Police describe Melrose double tragedy as an apparent murder suicide after a family quarrel. Mrs Pearl Smith 52 is in critical condition with shotgun wounds while Leslie Smith 57 is found dead on the front porch with a shotgun blast. Further details await page 16 continuation.
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Melrose
Leonard Hospital
Pearl Smith
Smith
Mineral Springs Road
Leslie Smith
Joseph W. Sayers
Anthony E. Matera
Sayers
Troy
Mrs. Smith
Forest Fires Threaten Sierra Communities Near Fresno
In the Sierra Nevada east of Fresno a wildfire forced evacuations of two mountain towns and a Boy Scout camp. One fire leg neared the 272 foot General Grant redwood, as 7,000 acres burned with 1,006 firefighters deployed. Firefighting support arrived from the State Division of Forestry and Civil Defense. Elsewhere fires burned near Eureka and across Humboldt Trinity and Siskiyou counties under hot dry conditions.
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San Francisco
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Fresno
Sequoia National Forest
Sequoia Lake
Grant Grove
Hume Lake
State Division of Forestry
Sacramento
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American Federation of Labor
Walter Reuther
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mitchell
Sacred Heart
Patrick Tan
A. O'Boyle
Sultan
Melrose Man
Tom Reedy
Ike
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