Soft coal strike looms in captive steel mines
As 400 000 soft coal miners face a holiday, 40 000 captive steel-mine workers may not return without a contract. Steel mills balk at union shop terms, offer a dollar a day wage rise and welfare fund increase. Government could seek court action to halt or seize mines if Taft-Hartley issues are violated.
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Washington
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
NLRB
Hard Coal Contract Extension Approved
New York reports a contract extension for hard coal operators employing 80,000 men with a dollar a day wage boost and doubling of employers' contributions to the United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund. The pact, ratified by the union scale committee, extends the current agreement to July 10 with wage and welfare changes and a 20 cent per ton welfare royalty.
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New York
United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund
UMW
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
London Plane Crash Kills 39 In Suburban Collision
A collision over suburban London killed 39 people including two Americans. The Swedish DC-6 from Stockholm to Copenhagen and a Royal Air Force York from Malta collided in heavy rain. Sir Edward Gent and Douglas Pobjoy were among the victims.
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Britain
Edward Gent
Federation of Malaya
Malaya
Scandinavian Airlines
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Frank Wederholt
Gustav Richard Boerger
Royal Air Force York
Malta
RAF
Gent
Amsterdam
York
Northolt
Douglas Pobjoy
Eisenhower Draft Moves Grow As Truman Silent On Nomination
Eisenhower supporters push toward a convention surge as delegates move to back the general despite Truman’s quiet stance. Hague’s New Jersey pledge and Farley’s expected Truman nomination heighten tensions while Dewey remains on the sidelines awaiting the outcome.
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Eisenhower
Panamanian government declares emergency after clashes
Panama faces a five day emergency session after a weekend of political clashes that left three dead and more than 20 injured. Police clashed with supporters of presidential candidate Arnulfo Arias Madrid in a gunfight, while a raid on Arias' party headquarters by Liberal Government party members also caused fatalities.
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Panama
Nation Assembly
Arnulfo Arias Madrid
Liberal Government
Arias
Rev A H Perkins Dies At Point Pleasant
The Rev. A. H. Perkins died at 5 45 a m in Point Pleasant at age 82 after serving several West Virginia Methodist churches and retiring to live here Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 30 a m in Trinity Methodist Church
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A. H. Perkins
West Virginia
Trinity Methodist Church
Human Chain Rescues Drowning Six Year Old
In Columbus P yesterday a six year old, Jimmy Stroup, sank in deep quarry water. More than 100 swimmers formed a human chain and reached the boy. One swimmer stepped on the submerged body and artificial respiration revived him.
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Columbus
Jimmy Stroup
Elks elect ruler in national ceremony
George S. Hall, a New York businessman, was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks today in Philadelphia. The appointment marks a high point in the fraternal organization’s leadership after a lengthy selection process.
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Philadelphia
George S. Hall
New York
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
NEA pushes higher per pupil education spending
National Education Association president Glenn E. Snow urged raising annual per pupil spending from 150 to 200 dollars and boosting total education funding from 3.5 to 5 billion dollars. He proposed a billion-dollar, 10-year program to modernize buildings and consolidate districts. Snow spoke at the 86th NEA convention in Cleveland as 441,000 members approve dues hikes from three to five dollars.
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National Education Association
Glenn E. Snow
St. George
Utah
NEA
Snow
Mark C. Schinnerer
Ohio
Riley Tippie Dies Sunday in Athens Area
Riley Tippie 76 of Alexander Township died Sunday at his home near Bates Church. Survived by wife Eva three daughters Mrs C D Marshall Toledo Mrs Roy Wogan and Mrs D R Cooley Athens and three sons Ross Wilbert and Wilford Athens RFC. Two infant sons preceded him. Funeral Wednesday at 10 30 a m Bates Church with burial adjacent. Friends may call Jagers funeral home.
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Alexander Township
Bates Church
Jagers Funeral
Car Hits Barricade Injuring Two Ohioans
A car crashed through a barricade on U S Route 40 near Richland County injuring two Ohioans. The victims were Rev. Fred McGowan 46 of Columbus and Miss Helen Finrock of Springfield Ohio.
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Here
Carl Sperling
Fred McGowan
Columbus
Helen Finrock
Springfield
Ohio
Weirton Steel plans wage increase for 10000 workers
Weirton Steel Company announces a scheduled wage increase for its 10,000 employees to be paid on or before July 13. The move affects unionized and non union staff across all plants. The specific raise percentage and timing details were not disclosed in the notice.
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Steubenville
Weirton Steel Company
Plane Found In Mountains Above Orizaba Vows Long Recovery
A rescue team climbs 18 225 foot Orizaba to recover 15 crash victims from a United States Mexico cattle disease mission plane that vanished en route from Minatitlan to Mexico City. Wreckage found 12 000 feet up at Cuevas Negras and officials expect three to six days to recover the bodies.
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Minatitlan
Mexico City
Andres Zubieta
Cuevas Negras
Black Caves
Volunteers Search For Missing Child in Somerset County
Volunteers renewed their search for 23 month old Donald Collier missing since Friday from a mountain vacation site. State police disagreed with the father's kidnapping fears. Lloyd Collier, the father and a coal miner from Rural Ridge, is cited in the report.
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Somerset
Donald Collier
Lloyd Collier
Rural Ridge
Two Men Held Over Death of Seattle Girl
Seattle police questioned two men after the death of nine year old Ellen Jane Fulchler. Her body was found in Carkeek Park North Seattle under dirt and leaves. Autopsy says she suffocated.
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Seattle
Ellen Jane Fulchler
Carkeek Park
Russians Plan Protests Over Allied Food Planes
Washington dispatch reports Russians planning protests against the Allied use of nearly 400 food planes to feed Germans in occupation areas. Yugoslavs protest Albania and Czechoslovakia over Cominform stance on Tito. trade ties with Albania severed. tensions rise in Trieste and Berlin air corridor debates.
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Trieste
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Germany
Berlin
Embers Only Sign Replaces Members Only Door
Fire destroys a Veterans of Foreign Wars club entry in Salt Lake City. Firemen used axes to break the door and removed one letter from the sign, leaving the phrase Embers only.
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Salt Lake City
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Truce Extended Sought in Palestine Developments
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte asked Jews and Arabs to extend the four week Palestine truce before Friday. If both sides accept prolongation, the length would be discussed. He also proposed demilitarization of Jerusalem and Haifa port, terminal, and refinery facilities.
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Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Haifa
CIO Workers Strike Over Contract Dispute in Ohio and Pa
CIO workers at 11 Harbison Walker Refractories plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania will strike at 12 01 a m tomorrow. Portsmouth local president C A Hatfield said the company offers a 10 percent raise and a two year contract. The union sought a one year pact.
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Portsmouth
CIO
Harbison- Walker Refractories Company
Ohio
Pennsylvania
C. A. Hatfield
Hatfield
Civil Service Announces Nautical Scientist Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces nautical scientist positions with salaries from 3397 to 5905 dollars a year. No written exam is required and qualifications details are available from W H Oldfield, the local secretary.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
W. H. Oldfield
Commission
Rev. Francis B. Overhamm Dies at 86 in Parma
The Rev. Francis B. Overhamm, 86, chaplain of the Convent of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word in Parma for 15 years, died yesterday.
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Cleveland
Francis B. Overhamm
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Parma
Missing whisky found in Bedford Pennsylvania
Ohio Highway Patrol reports a $35,000 truckload of whisky missing since Wednesday located in Bedford Pennsylvania. No further details available on suspects or disposition.
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Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Bedford
Angry students wreck city chamber in protest
In Peiping angry students attacked the city council chamber and maimed two officials and several policemen in a riot over a resolution to send students to military training camps.
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Peiping
Continued Heat Seen Across Nation With Highs Near 100
Weather forecast predicted hot humid conditions nationwide. Temperatures expected 90 to 100 degrees from the Great Plains to the Atlantic Seaboard with isolated thunderstorms in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Southeast readings reached 102 in Columbia South Carolina and 101 in Augusta Georgia.
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Great Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Maine
Ohio
Mississippi
Columbia
S. C
Augusta
Communists Lose Ground in Finnish Election Tabulation
Early ballot tabulation shows the Popular Democratic Union losing about a quarter of its 51 seats from 1945. The party is projected to finish behind the Agrarians and the Social Democrats as counts continue.
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Helsinki
Popular Democratic Union
Popular Democrats
Agrarians
Social Democrats
Carpenters Demand Higher Wages After Rejected Raise
Warren carpenters nationwide attention last January for opposing a pay rise to curb living costs. Yesterday J S Fray sier, president of Warren General Contractors, said the union turned down a 12 cent hourly increase and instead demanded a 25 cent raise.
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Warren
J. S. Fraysier
Warren General Contractors
Treasury ranks Skouras top earner in 1946 salaries
A Treasury report shows Charles P. Skouras, film theater owner, as the highest money earner in 1946 with a salary of $985,300. Betty Grable leads women with a salary of $299,300.
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Washington
Treasury
Charles P. Skouras
Betty Grable
Gallia Man's Body Found At Crossing
Funeral services are set for Donald Walter Castoe of Cheshire Route 1 after his body was found at Lucky Road crossing north of Cheshire by a northbound New York Central freight train crew. He reportedly was struck by a southbound train around 3 am. details remain unclear. He leaves parents, five brothers, two sisters, and is to be buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire.
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Donald Walter Castoe
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Castoe
Lucky—Road Crossing
New York Central
Robert Castoe
Robert, Jr
Lester
Floyd
Carvasso
Arthur
Gallipolis
Roy Davidson
Teddy Carter
Old Freewill Baptist Church
Old Rgger
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Ohio Fourth of July weekend death toll rises
The Associated Press reports at least 20 Ohioans died in July Fourth weekend accidents. Traffic crashes caused most deaths, with drownings and other incidents increasing the toll. Nationwide deaths reached 335 as travelers head home, with traffic fatalities at 195, 40 short of NSC’s three day forecast.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Highway Patrol Finds Crime Lab Chief After Missing Days
Ohio State Highway Patrol reports Emory Galloway chief crime laboratory technician has returned home after three days missing. Galloway left his London Ohio residence Friday intending to visit lie detector expert Bernard R Highley in Columbus but did not reach him. Reports had warned he may have faced foul play.
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Columbus
Emory Galloway
Ohio
Mobile Crime Laboratory
State Highway Patrol
Galloway
London
Bernard R. Highley
Truman Special Didn't Stop Here
President Truman's special train passed through Athens at 3 58 p.m. Sunday on its route to Bolivar Missouri and did not stop. State patrols and sheriffs guarded crossings as the three–engine carrier sped through. Officials said the return trip Tuesday would again pass through Athens at 11 26 a.m.
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Truman
Bolivar
Athens
Chicago Man Killed In Shootout With Officer
A man, alleged to have threatened neighborhood children during a July 4 celebration, was shot and killed in his home after a gun battle with Officer Francis Sloan. Sloan was hit in the jaw but not seriously wounded as he returned fire, killing James Coglianese, 52.
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Chicago
Francis Sloan
James Coglianese
Sloan
Twenty Nine Die In Bombay Hindu Moslem Rioting
Twenty nine people were killed and at least 63 injured in Hindu Muslim rioting in Bombay last night. Most victims arriving at the morgue were Hindus. The fiercest clashes occurred in Maharwouri where police used fire to break up rioters. Order was restored in Bombay today.
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Bombay
Maharbowri
French writer Georges Bernanos dies in Paris at 60
French essayist and novelist Georges Bernanos died in Paris today following a liver operation. He was 60.
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Paris
Georges Bernanos
Wild Motorcyclists Roar Through Riverside City Causing Chaos
Riverside faced a riotous Fourth of July weekend as about 2 000 bikers swarmed Main Street, launching races with traffic signals, clogging streets, and prompting bar closures. Sheriff Rayburn was assaulted while restraining riders and one rider, Robert E Murphy, died in a crash at a bridge abutment during a 100 mile Box Springs race.
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Calif
Box Springs
Carl F. Rayburn
Main St
Robert E. Murphy
Monterey Park
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