Talks Fail to Halt Copper Industry Strike Across Nation
The independent international union of mine mill and smelter workers begins a nationwide strike at 7 a.m. with 58 000 members across the copper industry leaving jobs from east coast smelters to midwest plants. Pickets form while talks in Washington fail to avert action as union leaders urge President Truman to intervene.
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Associated Press
America
Truman
Independent International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Midwest
Big Barber
American Smelting and Refining
Independent Union
Washington, D. C
Iummsw
Washington
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Kennecott Copper Company
Utah
AFL
Cyrus Ching
Mediations and Conciliation Service
Metal Trades Council
Military Rites Here Wednesday For Capt. Legge
Remains of Capt. Allen K. Legge who died in Korea January 14 1951 will arrive at Jones Funeral Home. A graveside service at National Cemetery will be held Wednesday at 2 PM with the American Legion in charge. Legge born May 8 1924 in this city attended Yandley High School and served from 1943. He leaves widow Ann Wagner son Allen K. Legge Jr and several siblings.
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Allen K. Legge
Korea
Jones Funeral Home
The
National Cemetery
L. Flickinger
American Legion
Capt. Legge
Clark
Irene Hawkins Legge
Yandley High School
Fort Benning
Georgia
Ann Wagner
Allen K. Legge, Jr
Donald
Maurice
Frederick County
John
Air Force
Spokane
Washington
Cpl
Clark Legge
Fort Meade
Shirley Legge
Dorothy Anderson
Arlington
Charlotte Anderson
Winchester
Quadruple Amputee Sets Wedding Date
Pvt. Hubert Reeves a 19 year old quadruple amputee from the Korean war will wed Beverly Jean Hall 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Hall of Wilmington Illinois. Reeves met her through letters written to him in Valley Forge State Hospital and later resumed courting in Joliet after his return.
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Joliet
Reeves
C. E. Babb
Millwood Avenue
Belmont
Rexall Drug
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Byrd Picnikers Hear Fraser Costs Could Wipe Out Profit
At Senator Byrd’s apple picnic Samuel Fraser of the International Apple Association told 3,000 attendees that the crop on the nation’s trees is valued at 100 to 120 million dollars. He warned rising costs could push consumer prices beyond 500 million, urging early sale of apples before December 1 to avoid glut and losses.
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Samuel Fraser
International Apple Association
Byrd
Thomas G. Flaven
South Australia
Fraser
Central States
Colorado
New Mexico
West
Senate Tax Writers Eye Cooperatives In New Revenue Hunt
The Senate Finance Committee targets tax exempt earnings of cooperatives and mutuals including banking savings and loan and insurance groups. Leaders discuss tapping undisturbed earnings for potential taxes totaling 75 to 100 million dollars, amid broader moves to raise personal and corporate taxes.
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Senate Tax Writers Eye Cooperatives
New Revenue
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George Ee
George
Senate Committee
House
Senate
Federal Civilian Employment Passes 21 Million Mark
Federal civilian employment rose to 2,505,400 as of August 1, up 18,900 from July. The Civil Service Commission reported slower hiring growth in the Washington area while defense agencies continued to expand, though more slowly than in prior months.
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Washington
Civil Covee Commission
Eisenhower candidacy gains cautious momentum in Congress
Republican boosters report no rush to push Ike as Senate figures weigh a slow build. Duff postpones bushwhacking until October while Galtonstall endorses Ike on NBC. Dewey’s return to the East could invigorate support, Taft seeks delegates, Brewster backs Taft, and Smith stays distant from the New England visit.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Duff
R-Pa
Senate
Enn
Pennsylvania
Galtonstall
R-Mass
Eisenhower
NBC
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Far East
Dewey
Taft
Rohio
New England
Seaboard
Middle West
Brewster
Margaret Chase Smith
Bus Overturns Near Petersburg Injures Ten Passengers
A Trailway bus skidded on wet pavement and overturned on Route 301 ten miles south of Petersburg in Prince George County this morning. About ten passengers escaped serious injury. three women were taken to St. Phillips Hospital in Richmond. Sheriff B. R. Belches said the crash occurred on a curve shortly before 8 a.m.
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Petersburg
Trailway
Here
Prince George County
St. Phillips Hospital
Richmond
B. R. Belches
Harriman Tito Meet Sparks Talk of Defense Bloc Formation
The weekend talks between W Averell Harriman and Marshal Tito fueled expectations of a strong defensive bloc in southeastern Europe. Plans eyed collaboration among Yugoslavia Greece Turkey and other Atlantic Pact partners to counter Russian influence. Talks covered Greece Turkey aid and Western arms support as Tito sought Western backing after split from Stalin.
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Blec
Yugoslavia
Europe
W. Averell Harriman
Marshal Tito
Harriman
Truman
Tehran
Iran
London
U. S
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Russia
U. S. State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tito
Kremlin
Stalin
Rep. Fellows Dies at 61 in Bangor Maine
Rep. Frank Fellows an R Me congressman and member of the House Judiciary Committee died at Eastern Maine General Hospital. He had represented the Third Maine District since 1941 and succumbed after a relapse while being treated for circulatory and abdominal ailments.
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Bangor
Frank Fellows
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Fellows
H. C. Scribner
House Judiciary Committee
Maine
Body of Kidnaped Woman Found In Miami Farm Area
The body of 23 year old Lewana Newman, abducted from the Gold Coast hotel, was found in underbrush on a dairy farm near 184th street and the old Dixie Highway. An arrest was reported. authorities believe a kidnap robbery occurred.
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Miami
Fla
Lewana Newman
Angus Tindall
Tindall
Ocean Front
Miami Beach
O. D. Henderson
184Th Street
Dixie Highway
Newman
Henderson
War Games End In U S Victory at Fort Bragg
The Carolina War Games closed in a decisive U S victory as the 43rd and 28th Infantry Divisions with 6 000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne linked up to overwhelm the enemy. The two week exercise Southern Pine involved 110 000 soldiers and airmen and was described by Lt Gen John Hodge as worth five times its cost.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
U. S
Southern Pine
Carribbean
South Carolina
North Carolina
Raleigh - Durham
Southern Pines
John Hodge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
European Defense Army
Virginia Traffic Toll Nearing 600
Virginia's 1951 road toll neared 600 after three weekend fatalities raised the total to 598. LeRoy Bunch of Newport News Harrison R. Morris of Linwood and Albert Lundy of Emporia died in separate accidents Saturday and Sunday on U S Route 17 State Route 18 and U S Route 58. Lundy's death pushed pedestrians fatalities to 134 for the year.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Old Dominion
LeRoy Bunch
Newport News
Harrison R. Morris
Linwood
Albert Lundy
Emporia
Bunch
James River Bridge
U.S
Nine Drown As Hurricane Hits Eastern Mexico
The mayor of El Mante reports nine people drowned in floods from a hurricane on the Pan-American Highway area. The hurricane struck Tampico on Mexico's eastern coast on Wednesday.
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Mexico City
el Mante
Tampico
Mexico
TV Prices Cut in New York by Sylvania and Rivals
Sylvania Electric Products Inc cut television set prices by 30 to 50 dollars today in New York. Several other major manufacturers have implemented similar reductions in the past two weeks.
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New York
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
Skirmish Near Pyongyang Marks Cold War Frontline Action
U N and Red troops clashed in the old Iron Triangle area of North Korea in a three hour skirmish as Allied patrols probed toward Pyongyang. Weather hindered air operations while weaking propaganda claimed varying battlefield gains and losses for both sides.
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U.N
Old Iron Triangle
Associated Press
U. 8 S. Eighth Army
Korea
Red
Iron Triange
North Korea
U. N
Pyongyang
East Central
Red Korea
George A. McArthur
East Central Front
Eighth Army
Kaesong
Fifth Air Force
Mass Paratroop Jumps May Soon Be Outmoded
Army and Air Force generals predict mass paratroop jumps may be replaced by assault landing aircraft after successful C-122 tests during maneuvers at Fort Bragg North Carolina. They say heavy equipment and troops can be landed more efficiently, though paratroopers would still operate behind enemy lines in small numbers. One paratrooper was killed and 26 injured in the recent drops.
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Bragg
Army
Air Force
John Hodge
W. R. Wolfinbarger
UVA Board Probes Charges Against Three Officials
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors is examining charges that the Woodrow Wilson School officials including the director and two associate professors are socialistic. Barron Black stated the inquiry on the board’s behalf.
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Norfolk
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
University
Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs
Barron Black
Wday
Col Wright Earns Greek Citation for Malaria Work
Col Daniel E. Wright retired U S Army sanitation officer received a Greek government citation and the Order of the Golden Phoenix after reducing malaria in Greece from 1944 to 1948. He was loaned to WHO and UNRRA after serving with Middle East Command and previously worked with the Rockefeller Foundation in Greece. He was born in Frederick County and began foreign service as a sanitary engineer in 1904.
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Walter A. Bowman
Daniel E. Wright
S. Stewart Street
United States Army
Government of
Greece
Order of the Golden Phoenix
Paul
Egypt
Arabia
Col. Wright
World Health Organization
UNRA
Army
Middle East
Rockefefter Foundation
Frederick County
Panama
Plane Crashes In Vandila City Street Killing Four
A small plane plummeted into Vandila Illinois South Sixth Street injuring no one else but killing four occupants all unidentified. The victims included a pilot a woman and two children. One child was a boy and the other’s sex could not be determined due to damage. The Fayette County Sheriff’s office believes the craft may have originated in Arizona as authorities check identification numbers. The crash damaged an unoccupied parked car in a residential area.
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Vandila
Vandilla
Fayette County
Arizona
South Sixth Street
Many Descendants Claim General Morgan Heir Status Declared
University of Baltimore professor B Floyd Flickinger says General Daniel Morgan has many living descendants contradicting Ms Josephine Neville Callahan's claim to be the sole direct descendant. Citizens of Cowpens seek removal of Morgan's remains from Winchester's Mount Hebron Cemetery aided by letters from kin in the South.
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B. Floyd Flickinger
Department of Political Science
University of Baltimore
Daniel Morgan
Josephine Neville Callahan
Redwood City
Calif
Gen. Morgan
Cowpens
S. C
W. Nelson Page
Mt. Hebron
General Morgan
Roger Taylor
Charleston
8. C
Mount Hebron
Winchester
Frank Taylor
Pulaski, Va
Jap Treaty Rejection Expected To Change U.S.-India Policy
India refuses to sign a U S backed peace treaty with Japan nine days before a 50 nation conference in San Francisco. Nehru signals a separate pact with Japan while criticizing the draft over Formosa, Kurile Islands, Ryukyu and U S occupation terms.
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Washington
India
Nehru
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Russia
Moscow
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
U. S
U.S
State Department
Formosa
China
Kurile Islands
Sakaralin
Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands
Far East
Community of Free Nations
Door Open to Resumption of Koreas Armistice Talks
North Korea and China rejected Ridgway's reply on Kaesong neutrality but left room for renewed discussions. They accused the UN and United States of provocations and urged joint investigations into the Aug. 22 aircraft incident while signaling unwillingness to end the stalemated truce talks.
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Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
U. N
Tokyo
High Command
Ats
Koreas
Reds
Brox
Matthew B. Ridgway
Peiping
Kim 1 Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Ridgway
United States
Red
Rabies Outbreak Eases in Richmond
Richmond health officials report the rabies outbreak has eased but caution is warranted as no new positive cases among examined animals since last Wednesday. The rat baiting program continues and dogs and cats remain under quarantine. Seventy two people receive Pasteur treatment and police court fines for animal at large rise amid ongoing sharp response.
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Richmond
Mon & Pri
Leroy Franklin
Dial
Shenandoah Valley
Blatt'’s Cleaners
Harrisonburg
American Legion
N. Cameron St
House Committee
Vin Capon Bridge
W. Va
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Byrd Picnikers
Ike
Harriman-Tito
Morgan
Nectarines
L. O. Dick Packing House
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