Truman pledges to speed farm price plan in 1950 race
President Truman told the American veterans convention in Des Moines that the Democratic party will modernize farm price support laws despite opposition in Congress. He urged timely action to avoid costly surpluses and claimed the List congress is moving forward, while critics slow progress.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.P
Truman
Democratic Party
Congress
Dexter
Republican Farm Records
Allegheny County
New
Brannan Farm
Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Labor Day Activities Highlight Tucson Park Picnic
A long Labor Day program at Santa Rita park features a 3 to 5 p.m. picnic with 100 pounds of frankfurters and 1,000 hot dog buns, games for all ages, a pie pan throwing contest for married women, 5 to 7 p.m. dancing with a six piece band, and an 7 p.m. speech by AFL regional representative Lewis G. Hines. Evening softball games cap the event, followed by a second baseball double header at Randolph park with Tucson Cowboys and other teams in action.
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Bill Funk
Bert Mustin
Charley Park
Hal Harris
Art Pepin
Lewis G. Hines
American Federation of Labor
Santa Rita Park
Eagles
H & R Auto Shop
Crossroads Spoilers
Tucson Cowboys
Randolph Park
Waddies
Globe-Miami Browns
First Big Labor Group Was Secret
Washington notes recount the Knights of Labor as the first major U S labor organization founded in Philadelphia in 1869. It grew to 700000 members by 1885, led by Uriah Stephens, promoted reforms like eight hour day and child labor abolition, and influenced laws though it faded by the late 1890s.
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Washington
Noble Order of the Knights of Labor
Knights
America
New York City
Oregon
New York
New Jersey
Colorado
Europe
Second
Socialist International
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
Uriahs. Stephens
Stephens
Yugoslavia Defies Russia As Tito Solidifies Unity
In Belgrade Moshe Pijade, vice president and Politburo member, denounced Soviet anti Tito campaigns as futile. He said Russia’s pressure strengthened Yugoslav unity and condemned Moscow’s stance, while crowds welcomed volunteer brigades building a Belgrade Zagreb highway amid a calm border rumor period.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Moshe Pijade
Pijade
Yugoslav Communist Party
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Adolf Hitler
Zagreb
Yugoslav
Washington
London
Milan Police Battle Communists Kills Reported
Milan police and Communist workers clashed in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni district with machine guns and armored cars. Initial reports cite one police officer and two workers killed with fighting breaking out in the afternoon.
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Milan
Italy
Sesto San Giovanni
Wacbesaid
P.O
Writ Restraining Hospital Continued in Mohave County
KINGMAN September 5 A writ restraining the Mohave county board of supervisors from barring three Kingman physicians from using county hospital facilities has been continued to September 29. Judge J W Faulkner ordered the continuance to allow more time to study case records. The board had barred Dr William F Orlando hospital chief of staff Mrs Francis M Findlay and Walter Brazie for allegedly refusing to cooperate with county physician Dr Arthur A Arnold. The continuance writ was granted at the request of the doctors' attorneys.
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Kingman
Mohave
Walter Brazie
Arthur A. Arnold
Ube
Ground Broken for Tucson Crippled Childs Clinic
Labor day ceremony at 2900 E Broadway marked the start of a $50,000 crippled children clinic in Tucson. Barbara Bettis symbolically turned the first shovel as Gov Dan Garvey and other officials attended. Plans call for completion by Christmas with a cornerstone ceremony about 30 days later.
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Reggie Russell
Katherine Nagel
Jacqueline Knox
Barbara Bettis
Anna Lou Beck
Ted Walker
Square and Compass Board of
W. R. Pinkerton
Arizona
Masonic Order
E. T. Houston
Frank Minarik
Square and Compass
Dan E. Garvey
Tucson
Gov. Garvey
J. Byron McCormick
University of Arizona
Lewis G. Hines
The
AFL
Masons
William H. Johnson
Citizen
Lee Garrett
Superior Court
Lewis H. Howard
Pima County
Fred O. Goodell
Lillian Retzloff
Arizona State Crippled Children’s Division
A. V. Humphreys
Central Trade&s Council
Herman Berlowe
Trades Council
John S. Sundt
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
K. P. Cole
Blanton & Cole
T. E. Moore
Pioneer Construction Co
Robert S. Smith
Pioneer Hotel
Walker and
Minarik
Organist Dies At Double Wedding In London
In London at St Nicholas church a double wedding proceeded as organist Miss Mary Marney aged 53 collapsed and died while playing Wings To Heaven. The Rev Cecil Barren, once at Old Plaza Catholic Los Angeles and Sacred Heart Prescott Ariz, found her deceased from heart disease.
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Cecil Barren
Old Plaza Catholic Church
Los Angeles
Sacred Heart Church
Prescott, Ariz
Mary Marney
Dodgers Triumph In Morning Game 7-2 Over Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers win 7-2 in an 8.5 inning relief no hitter partial. Boston Braves fall as Dodgers capitalize on early offense in a morning game witnessed by 22 052 fans.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Boston Red Sox
Bobby Doerr
Mel Parnell
Washington Senators
Washington Beats Boston in Tight League Showdown
In a classic American League game, Washington scores two runs in the ninth to edge Boston 4 2 after a pitching duel. Hudson and Calvert start for Washington with Evans, Parnell, and Tebbetts providing key hits while Boston struggles to finish.
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Washington
Boston
Hudson
Calvert
Evans, Parnell and Tebbetts
Glendale to Vote on 40000 Bond Issue
Glendale residents will vote tomorrow on authorizing the city council to issue $40,000 in bonds to acquire sites and drill two new wells. The plan would raise the total number of wells serving domestic water customers to seven and improve existing wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
U.R
Police Arrest 11 In Robeson Riot at Peekskill
Eleven local residents were charged after an anti Robeson demonstration turned violent as 15 000 supporters left a concert. Police reported 83 injured from sticks stones and bottles with injuries ranging from skull fractures to minor cuts. Among the injured were Irving Potash and Paul Ross. Robeson was uninjured.
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Peekskill
N. Y
U.P
Paul Robeson
Justice of the Peace
Herbert M. Chase
Robeson
Army
Navy
American Legion
Peekskill Hospital
Mohegan Lake
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Irving Potash
The
Furriers Union
CIO
Paul Ross
William O'Dwyer
Thompson Race Eyes 600 MPH at Cleveland Air Races
Lt. Walter C. Rew won the Allison jet trophy with 572.959 mph in an F-80. Jet and civilian divisions feature 600 mph hopes, a $40,000 purse, and crowd forecasts above 58,700 as pilots race daybreak through records and prizes. Grace Harris wins women’s trophy amid evolving speeds.
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Cleveland
Walter C. Rew
California Air National Guard
Indianapolis
Ohio
Air Force
Thompson
Burt Cashin
Palo Alto
Calif
Vernon J. Henderson
Fresno
March Air Force Base
Langley Air Force Base
Maj
Gus Lundquist
Bill Odom
Cook Cleland
Cleland
Odom
Jacqueline Cochran
Benjamin Walter McKillen Jr
Willoughby
McKillen
Grace Harris
Kansas City
Revolt in Yunnan as Nationalists face setback in Chungking fire
Nationalist government reels after Gen Lu Han's bloodless seizure of Kunming and a deadly fire in Chungking that killed about 1000. Reports say Nationalist troops encircle Kunming while arson suspected in the Canton fire. France doubts Communist assault on Indo China amid Acheson's warning.
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Associated Press
China
Yunnan
Chungking
Lu Han
Kunming
Indochina
Himalayas
India
Dean Acheson
Canton
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Merriman Smith
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Threepower
Britain
Bevin
Sir Stafford Cripps
Mauretania
State Department
Douglas Abbott
Pearson
Acheson
Cripps
By James Marlow
United States
Writ Restraining Hospital
St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church
Brooklyn
Spahn
Crandall
Hatten
Erskine
Minner
Campanella
Rita
Aly
Prince Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Deauville
France
Prince
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