UMW and Coal Industry Resume Contract Talks
In a tentative restart of talks in a New York hotel, United Mine Workers leaders press for a new hard and soft coal contract amid a memorial holiday that halts mining. About 75,000 hard coal miners stay home while 300,000 soft coal workers observe the day, with calls for arbitration and harmony between management and labor.
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New Oon
Lewis
UMW
Veetas
William J. Kennedy
Robena
Uniontown
Secosky
Ivania
Eisenhower Groups Move Toward State Alliance
Virginians for Eisenhower and Virginia Democrats for Eisenhower began joint talks to form a statewide alliance. The groups, including Democrats, Republicans and independents, sent 1000 letters inviting Democrats to join while pledging support for Eisenhower. Leonard Blackburn of Richmond leads Virginians for Eisenhower with 35 chapters.
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Eisenhower
Leonard Blackburn
Richmond
Virginians For
Not So Cool After All
Weather notes show recent days warm with August 26 beating past records. Temperatures reached 83 and 51, near 1951 levels, while the coolest August 26 in 22 years was 62 in 1940 and the low 44. James Wood Band welcomes new members. meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. for details see the news column.
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Mercury
James Wood Band
Stevenson Polishes Address Ahead of 1952 Campaign
Adlai Stevenson preps a speech for the American Legion convention while facing GOP pushback from Taft supporters and comments on Eisenhower. Nixon, Reuther, and Mississippi primary developments are noted with party strategy and labor policy debates shaping the race.
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Walter Reuther
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Stevenson
Eisenhower Reuther
Eisenhower
New York
Mississippi
Rankin
Thomas Abernathy
Democratic Stevenson
Truman
William Loeb
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Price of
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Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Probers Report Slack Backed Finnegan Vindication in St Louis
Washington reports that Ellis M Slack now acting head of the Tax Division approved a grand jury report vindicating James P Finnegan over tax cases in St Louis 1951 The probe seeks whether there was grand jury interference as Finnegan's bribery and misuse of office conviction on appeal stands.
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Ellis Slack
Finnegan
St. Louis
Washington
Ellis M. Slack
James P. Finnegan
Collector of Internal Revenue
St Louis
Robert A. Collier
Finegan
Chelf
D-Ky
Grand Jury
Colliers
Tax Division
Department of Justice
Truman
Slack
Hean
Moore
Finnegan Grand Jury
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McGrath
British Canberra completes first double Atlantic crossing in 10 hours
Royal Air Force jet bomber piloted by Wing Commander Roland Beamont completes a round trip from Aldergrove to Gander Newfoundland in 10 hours 4 minutes. The 4144 mile journey included a two hour stopover, setting a new record for West to East and East to West routes. Beamont and crew faced 100 mile per hour headwinds on the eastward leg but benefited on the return.
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Aldergrove Air Field
Northern Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
East Passage
Gander
Newfoundland
Jane
Royal Air Force
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Here
Beamont
Bank Teller Returns $28,000 After Weekend Flight
Richmond teller John F. Smith Jr., 26, walked out with $28,000 from the Bank of Virginia and after a New York trip returned $27,600. He said a change of heart prompted him to restore the funds, spent $200 on travel. He was jailed on a Federal Reserve Act charge, released on $500 bond. Smith, married with one child, is a native of Schenectady.
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Richmond
John F. Smith Jr
Bank of Virginia
New York
Ateas Smith
Smith
United States
Schenectady
N. x. He
Cenons Hove
Fertilizer Plant Worker Hurt In Platform Accident
Purman Combs, 54, of Route 1, this city, was reported yesterday to be seriously injured at the Baugh Fertilizer plant on N Kent 8. A platform board broke while he towed a fertilizer scoop along the platform, pinning him between a box car and the platform as workers lifted the scoop and held him. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Friendship.
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Purman Combs
Baugh
Kent
Mr. Combs
Memorial Hospital
Friendship Ambu
Truman to Launch Labor Day Whistle Stop Tour to Milwaukee
President Truman plans a whistle stop labor day trip by rail to Milwaukee with a 9 p.m. rally and talks in Parkersburg W Va. on Tuesday. He will depart Washington Sunday night and return Tuesday, with White House aides highlighting expected crowds and discussions with party leaders in Pittsburgh.
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Stevenson
Joseph Reporters
Truman
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Baltimore
Parkersburg
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Pittsburgh
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White House
Retired Grocer Kills His Invalid Daughter
In Miami Florida a 57 year old retired grocer killed his 18 year old disabled daughter Adela Moskal with a butcher knife. He told police he could not stand to see her suffer and described the act as a mercy killing. Detectives led officers to the bath room where the body lay and quoted the father saying my girl is all right now. He cited the daughter’s congenital brain condition as justification.
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Miami
Fra
Adela Moskal
Charles Sapp
John Moskal
Moskal
Mary
Sapp
Arson Charged in Orchard Blaze In Florida
A Florida man among itinerant apple pickers on H W Butler and Brother property is held for a Frederick County grand jury on arson charges. Harrell reportedly admitted setting a trash fire near cottages on the Nichodemus property which burned Saturday afternoon. deputies responded as smoke appeared and firemen saved a bunkhouse while another cottage burned.
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Henry Renner
Welltown Pike
Harrell
DeHaven
Renner
Winchester
Charles Sharp
Prisoner Fatally Hurt as POW Camp Unrest Surges
Civil unrest erupts at a POW camp with a Red prisoner fatally injured and 52 wounded after prisoners respond to tear gas and projectiles. Two days later another incident involves tear gas used amid continued security concerns. Maj. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner referenced.
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Een Kole
Kole
Rds
Haydon L. Boatner
Pride in Winchester earns praise from visiting professor
J O Faulkner former Winchester resident and English professor at Kansas State College praises the city for beauty and progress. He notes widening Loudoun Street and updating Indian Alley and historic structures while urging broader renovations in the business core. He recalls his boyhood and career with ties to The Star during school days.
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Winchester
J O. Faulkner
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kansas
Faulkner
Loudoun Street
Minesweeper rescues two survivors from downed B 17
Navy says a minesweeper recovered two unidentified men in a life raft after a B 17 was shot down in the Gulf of Mexico. Col Arthur R Debolt piloted a jet that fired a miscue causing the bomber to crash. The two survivors came aboard the minesweeper under their own power.
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Elgin Air Force Base
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Navy
Gulf of Mexico
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Gulf Coast
Panama City
Arthur R. Debolt
Col. Debolt
Pny
Traffic deaths reach 104 daily nationwide
Chicago report notes autos kill about 104 people per day on streets and highways. Last year toll hit 37,300 with 16,820 fatalities in the first half of this year, a 3 percent rise. Traffic accidents account for about one fortieth of all deaths in the United States.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
John Carpenter Dies Suddenly at 36 in Memorial Hospital
John William Carpenter 36 son of Mr and Mrs John H Carpenter of 5118 Cameron Sr died suddenly yesterday afternoon at Memorial Hospital He was born in this city attended Handley High School and later worked on local newspapers He is survived by his widow a seven month old daughter two sisters and other relatives Funeral services at 2 PM will be conducted by Rev William Eisenders at Grace Lutheran Church with pallbearers named and burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Memorial Hospital
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Winchester Evening Star
Ey Jefferson Republican
Char
Gee Lutheran Church
Leslie Gaye
Grace Carpenter
Elizabeth Bur
Richard Serpantes
Wiliam "Eisenders
Grace
Hedrick Mesers
George H. Ritter
Robert Grim
Wilbur Anderson Ae Tevalt
John Hughes, Jr
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Hunch by Police Chief Solves $65,000 Brink’s Robbery
Police Chief Robert W Murray’s hunch led to the arrest of a 26 year old truck driver for the $65,000 Brink’s armored car robbery. All money was recovered after the suspect buried the loot near Glen Echo Park Maryland. Federal agents Brink’s officials and bakery staff were questioned and the two children Jo Ann and Billy were noted in the inquiry.
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Washington
Robert W Murray
Glen Echo Amusement Park
Maryland
Farmer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brink's
Jo Ann
Billy
Manila Flood Kills Eight as Rain Deluges City
Ten inches of rain in 15 hours flooded Manila leaving eight dead. Six bodies were recovered from streets as floodwaters swirled. two persons drowned outside the city province and 14 injured with three missing. Swollen rivers swept away homes. one million residents marooned in waist high water. Cars and buses stalled amid destroyed streets.
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Manila
Weather Outlook for Richmond Sees Scattered Showers
Richmond forecast shows extended period of generally normal conditions with a slow, steady trend. Expect scattered showers totaling around one tenth inch as the period progresses.
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Richmond
Legion Parade Draws Crowd on Fitch Avenue
A two hour parade along Fitch Avenue showcased the American Legion masaiva display of national history. The event featured veterans and a presidential speech by Adlai Stevenson, with participation from former general Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Fitch Avenue
American Legion
T D. Hisenhower
Adlai B. Stevenson
Car crash leaves family unharmed but vehicle badly damaged
A Chevrolet with Mr Williams and his family as passengers ran off the road and was forced up a bank. The car overturned but none of the occupants were injured. Damage was about 700 dollars, nearly a total wreck.
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Band
Woods Named Head of OPS Amid Price Control Shakeup
Tighe E. Woods is appointed head of the OPS replacing Arnall in the price post. Roger L. Putnam announced the new role as part of a broader stabilization effort while Arnall’s tenure ends. The move coincides with a weekend push to adjust prices and close out inventories.
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Nat Party
Apeason
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Rennet
Aeteatee
Roger L. Putnam
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