Powers Seek Austrian Pact
The state department announced Soviet Russia agreed to resume four power negotiations on a treaty with Austria. Talks interrupted in London on Sept. 1 will restart Thursday in New York. Foreign minister Gromyko consented to new talks at a Moscow conference with the American, French and British ambassadors discussing Washington's Sept. 15 plea by Acheson Bevin and Schuman for Russia to join a treaty terms effort.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Austria
London
New York
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
France
Inquiry Into Noronic Ship Fire Opens Secret Probe
Toronto reports the government orders a closed inquiry into the Noronic fire that killed at least 119 in the dockside blaze. Divers search the hull for bodies while 171 remain missing and 361 passengers are safe. officials plan additional investigations by CSL, city officials, and Cleveland authorities.
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Toronto
Ont
U.P
Noronic
Canadian Transport Department
William N. Morrison
Canada Steamship Lines
Cleveland
Rail unions lose bid for extra fireman on diesels
A presidential fact finding board rejected demands by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for an extra fireman on all multiple unit Diesel locomotives. The panel found no need for additional personnel on diesel electric engines.
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Washington
UPR
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
George E. Osborne
Stanford University
Grady Lewis
Coal Miners Close Pits In Pension Fight
UMW leader John L. Lewis sees a nationwide no welfare no work strike as 480000 miners halt operations across Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois Ohio Indiana Utah and Wyoming over welfare fund payments. Western Pennsylvania locals vote to strike while Utah and Wyoming miners spark起 the walkout.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Utah
Wyoming
UMW
Lewis
Hugh White
UMW District 12
West
Welfare Fund
Mississippi
Southern
Bluefield
W. Va
Northern
White Sulphur Springs
Nine $100 Bills Blown From Lake Meade Cruiser
A dust devil blew nine $100 bills from Ray Ryan of Evansville Indiana onto Lake Mead. The incident occurred while fishing was good and he nap aboard a lake cruiser.
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Las Vegas
Lake Mead
Ray Ryan
Evansville
Ind
Train Wreck Injures Dozens Near Newton North Carolina
A Southern Railway passenger train derailed in Newton injuring about 50 people with reports two Negro cooks trapped in the diner and possibly dead. Rescue teams used steel cutting gear as doctors treated patients at Catawba General Hospital. The westbound No. 15 left Salisbury and derailed near the Newton station at 5 10 a m. pulling multiple cars off the tracks while four Pullmans rolled past.
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Newton
N. C
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Catawba General Hospital
Frank Jones
Hickory
Salisbury
Washington
Asheville
Famous Riverman and Wife Die in Plane Crash
Norman Nevills, 41, famed Colorado river runner, and his wife Doris, 35, were killed when their light plane crashed during takeoff near Mexican Hat Utah. An 8-year-old daughter witnessed the wreck, as did Nevills' mother. The bodies were burned in the flames.
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Utah
Norman Nevills
Doris
Nevills
Neville National League
Brooklyn
Chicago
Blanding
Barney & Campanella
Rush
Hacker
Owen
Steel Strike Threat Prompts Pension Settlement Push
CIO President Philip Murray told conciliation director Cyrus Ching and 70 steel executives that averting a 1,000,000 worker strike hinges on settling the pensions dispute at government brokered talks. He urged immediate negotiations on the fact finding board’s package proposal financing pensions and social insurance at up to 10 cents per hour per worker.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Murry
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Murray
Global prices shift after currency devaluations across nations
The Associated Press reports wide price adjustments as Britain and other countries devalue their currencies. Stocks fluctuate in London and New York while gold shares rise. commodities like wool, cotton, rubber, cocoa, and hides feel declines or gains. The impact on U.S. consumers varies with some items dropping and others not reflecting full cuts.
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Associated Press
Britain
London
France
New York
United States
Singapore
U. S
Devaluation shocks Britain and world markets
London suffers a 305 percent pound devaluation dropping from 4.03 to 2.80 dollars as banks close and exchanges shut. Europe and Asia slash money values, cabinets meet in emergency sessions, and global turmoil follows. Cripps promises a dollar boost to aid Britain's crisis.
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London
Londons Stock Exchange
France
Holland
Greece
South Africa
Europe
Sterling
Asia
Britain
America
Stafford Cripps
Pooler in Poor Condition After Heart Attack
Max A. Pooler director of the Bank of Douglas and former president of the Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co. is reported in very poor condition in a San Diego hospital after a heart attack. He and his wife live in La Jolla and a son Phillip resides in San Francisco.
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Max A. Pooler
Bank of Douglas
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
San Diego
Pooler
la Jolla
Calif
Phillip
San Francisco
West Coast
Tucson
Westerner opens as crowds gather in lively hotel lounge
Mr and Mrs John Winchcombe Taylor relax in a second floor card room as Rosemary Drachman compares Westerner luxury with boarding house life. Doorman Van A Myers welcomes G A Tex Oliver and Mrs Harold A Patten while William W Starns and guests mingle at a corner Stallion room table. Chef Henri Grigaut demonstrates hors d oeuvres to Mr and Mrs Walter Clapp amid a crowded venue.
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John Winchcombe-Taylor
William W. Starns
Henri Grigaut
Walter Clapp
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