LegionAims to Halt Communism Amid Labor Day Rally
New York September 1 American Legion delegates at their 24th annual convention voted to combat communism and back Marshall plan aid for Europe. James F. O Neill was named national commander with the motto Stop The Red Menace. The convention also elected officers for the auxiliary and endorsed the Balkans policy while noting Hawaii’s 1880 territorial act.
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New York
American Legionnaires
Communist Party
United States
Europe
James F. O'Neil
Manchester N. H
Legionnaire
America
Harold KE. Stassen
Minnesota
U. S
George W. Malone
Legion Foreign Relations
Amrican Legion
Balkans
Lee Hutton
Excelsior
Cental
Franklin Bowersox
Fremont, Neb
Northwest Division
Rehearsals For Echoes of Peace Schedule Published
Rehearsals for Echoes of Peace run at Lincoln gym with daily slots from Sept 1 to Sept 4. Acts include Ballet Mexican dancers Bavarian dancers and the Storm Troopers with various episodes and historical tributes.
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Echoes of
Lincoln Gym
East Door
Storm Troopers
Labor Leaders Call for Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law
The AFL urges repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act on Labor Day 1947, warning it suppresses organized labor and weakens gains for workers. It predicts further anti-labor measures and calls for united action to protect wages, hours, and collective bargaining.
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Congress
American Federation of Labor
The
America
Federation of Labor
Fred Iiney
Taft-Hartley
Etx Ou
Orders Probe of Padded Payroll
Chairman Edward H. Rees of the house civil service committee ordered an immediate inquiry into government payrolls after a report showed 2,088,980 workers on July payrolls, including 911,119 war service and temporary employees. He warned agencies endanger the civil service system by keeping about a million such staff.
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Washington
Edward H. Rees
House Civil Service Committee
Kansas Republican
August Warmth Tops British Records
August stood out as one of the hottest and driest months in British records with 261.2 hours of sunshine at Kew, the most since June 1940 and just shy of the 1899 August record.
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Brita
London
Kew Observatory
Civil service strain on veterans cited by Rees
Rees warns that agencies refuse to re employ 10 000 career workers many of whom are veterans while retaining nearly 1 000 000 temporary staff. He says this endangers the civil service merit system and the federal payroll.
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Rees
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Eight Die In Iowa Accidents Over Labor Day Weekend
United Press reports ten people have died in Iowa during the Labor Day weekend. Tom Penery 16 Des Moines died when his car left the road west of the city. Glenn Sutton 60 St Joseph Missouri died from truck injuries in Des Moines. Ronald Wilkie six near Menlo died after running from a car driven by Floyd Faust of Stuart. Leon Schreiber Humboldt drowned in the Des Moines river. John Canning 36 Algona golfer burned to death as clubhouse fire swept through. Five Iowans killed in first 24 hours of the holiday period.
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United Press
Iowa
Department of Public Safety
Tom Penery
Des Moines
Acci
Glenn Sutton
St Joseph
Jack Moore
Ronald Wilkie
George Wilkie
Menlo
Stuart
Fitle
Floyd Faust
Wilkie
Leon Schreiber
Humboldt
John Canning
Algona Country Club
Canning
Clarence Dorncher
Algona
Philadelphia
President Truman Flies Over Jungle on Brazil Visit
President Truman departed Belem at 8 12 A M EDT for a cross jungle flight on the final leg to Rio De Janeiro. His four engined Independence landed at Belem at 7 23 A M after a four hour twenty one minute morning flight from Port of Spain Trinidad. Rio expected a festive reception and parade for the President. The journey offered views of the Amazon as the plane sped toward Brazil.
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Belem
Brazil
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
Independence
Port of Spain Trinidad
Amazon
Telephone Wages Arbitration Talks Fail in Grinnell
A Grinnell meeting between Local 1898 of the North Western Union of Telephone Workers and telephone company management failed to reach an agreement on wages. Union leaders prefer arbitration to avoid a strike, with a conciliator to be chosen from the conciliations service to hear both sides and issue a final binding decision.
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North Western Union of Telephone Workers
Telephone Company
Grinnell
Most Veterans To Cash Checks
Washington reports that about three quarters of the 3.9 million World War II veterans are expected to redeem terminal leave pay bonds when eligible. An Army Times poll shows 72 percent will cash bonds, 28 percent prefer holding them. Total face value around 1.83 billion dollars. redemptions unlikely to spark a retail boom. Bonds can be cashed starting tomorrow at 16,000 banks nationwide without charge.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Army Times
Commerce Department
Three killed in auto truck crash near Colfax holiday
Three people died Saturday in a crash near Colfax as a car or truck collision claimed Mansel Maine 26 Osceola David Bolton 45 Des Moines and Glen Berry 28 Madrid. Another death occurred when William Kulas 56 Cedar Rapids was struck by a Chicago and North Western train at a Cedar Rapids crossing. A pickup driven by Mrs Elmer Knapp 36 McGregor overturned after hitting the road shoulder west of McGregor killing her.
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Colfax
Mansel Maine
Osceola
David Bolton
Des Moines
Glen Berry
Madrid
William Kulas
Cedar Rapids
Chicago and Northwestern
Elmer Knapp
McGregor
Nation Weak In War Strength Sparks UMT Rush
Washington reports say the nation is shockingly weak militarily. Senator Chan Gurney cites confidential data showing a dire position, while Gen. Jacob L. Devers warns only two divisions and a few regimental groups exist for defense. Universal military training advocates urge rapid action.
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Washington
American Legion
Chan Gurney
Senate Armed Service Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Gurney
Truman
UMT
Mrs. E N Bliven of Columbus Junction Dies
Mrs. E N Bliven 85 lifelong Columbus Junction resident dies at home after a three week illness. Funeral arrangements by Richie Funeral Home pending. Born Lina Arning June 15 1862, wed E N Bliven March 1 1882. he died 1915. Survived by daughter Mrs Edgar Rabenold Columbus Junction 14 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. son Roy and daughter Mrs Oliver Manley are deceased. Mrs Bliven was a Methodist Church member.
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Columbus Junction
EB. N. Bliven
Richie
Lina Arning
William Arning
E. N. Bliven
Methodist Church
Edgar Rabenold
Roy
Oliver Manley
Fire at Rock Island coal chute causes little damage
Fire crews responded to a blaze at the Rock Island coal chute this morning. The fire, believed to have started in coal or slack, did not cause significant damage.
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Rock Island
Open air union services end for the year in Washington
The Washington open air union Sunday services conclude a season that ran through July and August. The final gathering on the lawn near the Methodist church featured an organ recital by John Yousling, a prayer by Dr. George Kerr, hymns on screen, and two religious films about a missionary rescue and the Good Samaritan. Attendance exceeded expectations as chairs ran short and some worshippers stood or sat on the ground.
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Washington
Union
Central Park
John Yousling
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Fred Miller
Methodist Church
Yousling
Lorden Music Company
Cais
High Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 170 Dead on Highways
The Labor Day exodus pushed highway fatalities toward 170 with 46 swimming and boating deaths and eight in airplane crashes. A family suffocated in Rice Lake after a cigarette dropped while a fireman saved a child. A race car driver Earl John was killed in Thompson Conn. The toll is rising but not yet near last year's 239.
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National Safety Council
Rice Lake
Wis
Samuel
Davenport
Kay
Dale
Earl John
Elkton
N. J
Thompson
Wainwright Retires From Army in San Antonio Return
General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, famed for Corregidor, began civilian life in San Antonio as he retired from the army after 37 years. He read his retirement order to 2,500 troops and saluted them before departing amid ceremony and reverent crowds.
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San*antonio
Tex
Jonathan Mayhevn Wainwright
Corregidor
Wainwright
Sidney J. Carson Dies at 52 in Des Moines Hospital
Sidney J. Carson, 52, Davenport Iowa, died at the Veterans Hospital Des Moines after a brief illness caused by a blood clot. He was born April 23 1895 in Rucker California and lived much of his life in Davenport where he worked for the Vieter Corporation. He is survived by his wife Rose Bowers and his mother Mrs Margaret Moberly.
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Sidney J. Carson
Davenport
Iowa
Veteran's Hospital
Des Moines
Margaret Moberly
W. Jefferson St
Washington
Mr. Carson
Rucker
Calif
Rose Bowers
Vieter Corporation
Virs. Moberly
Shower brings near half inch rainfall and heat relief
A brisk shower last night dropped nearly half an inch of rain with thunder and lightning. Sunday had a few drops and cooler skies, ending a drought period. Saturday’s high reached 101 degrees and Sunday’s was lower yet.
Trinity Sophomore Sings In Parade Farewell Address
Robert W. Carver, a Trinity University sophomore, sang the words of Auld Lang Syne as three bands formed a large parade around him. He delivered a farewell address praising military men as stewards of peace through an efficient military organization within peaceful government.
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Robert W. Carver
Trinity University
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Iwo Jima
Armory Field
Congress of Industrial Organizations
By William Green
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Sutton
Rio
Trinidad
Waller
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John W. Snyder
Nebraska
R. L. Mayr
Alexandria
Omaha
Mays
Grand Island
Columbus Jct
Dr. Miller
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