Coal contract steadies southern mines after two year labor talks
United Mine Workers and southern coal operators reached a two year contract ending a threat of a work stoppage. Wages rise to 7.00 for basic daily pay, 0.40 more than earlier southern rates, retroactive to April 1. Agreement covers southern West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee with added per ton raises and plans to aid financially distressed mines.
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Washington
O’s
United Mine Workers Operators
Southern Mines
Hern
West Virginia
Irginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
UMW
South
Southern
Big Sandy-Elkhorn
Logan
Defense Mediation Board
AFL
Chemical Workers Union
Alton, Ill
Western Cartridge Company
Fred Olde
Olds
Union Ship Owners Clash on Red Charges
In Cleveland more than 300 delegates opened the CIO National Maritime Union third biennial convention. A Curran report accuses ship owners of branding the union Communist dominated and claims the union seeks to sabotage national defense through unwarranted strikes.
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Cleveland
CIO National Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
Marshal Takes Leave Amid Manslaughter Charge in Cedarville
Hayes A. McLean, long time village marshal, accepted a leave of absence after pleading innocent to manslaughter in the Thursday shooting that killed 19 year old Walter Collins during a fireworks display with five others in Cedarville.
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Cedarville
Hayes A. McLean
McLean
Walter Collins
Sino-Japanese War Enters Fifth Year Front Stalemate
CHUNGKING January marked the fifth year of the Sino-Japanese War as fighting along a 2,800 mile front remained largely stalemated. Chiang Kai Shek’s forces were said to be preparing an offensive aimed at achieving victory in 1941.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai Shek
Lightning strike kills 85 at crowded theater
In Guadalajara Mexico at least 85 people died and 11 were seriously injured when lightning struck a packed cinema during a storm. The building collapsed after a stampede to exits, with firemen police and soldiers aiding body removal and families missing.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Lawes Retires From Sing Sing After 21 Years
OSSINING N Y On a bleak winter day 21 years ago an automobile bearing a grim visaged passenger drove through the grounds of Sing Sing Prison where Lewis E Lawes began his 21 year tenure as warden Now at 57 he retires with a record of 36 years in New York penal institutions He submitted his resignation to state correction commissioner John A Lyons and asked July 16 as retirement date and pension eligibility of 6000 annually
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Ossining N. Y
Hudson River
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
New York State
Sing Sing
John A. Lyons
State Commissioner of Correction
Army Ground Unit To Enlist 1050 Men At Fort Hayes
Fifth Corps Area Headquarters at Fort Hayes announced enlistment for 1050 men in U S Army Air Corps ground units for three years. Training will be at Ellington Field Texas. The same area opens 535 three year posts in infantry field and coast artillery engineers corps and other branches.
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Columbus
Fifth Corps
Fort Hayes
U. S. Army Air Corps
Ellington Field
Texas
Infantry
Field and Coast Artillery
Engineers Corps
Sandusky Factory Workers Return After AFL Strike Ends
Work resumed at the Sandusky Manufacturing Company after a weeklong strike by Federated Labor Union AFL members. Albert Nebergall, president of the Sandusky Central Labor Union, said 42 workers returned once a closed shop agreement was signed Saturday night.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Manufacturing Company
Federated Labor Union
AFL
Albert Nebergall
Sandusky Central Labor Union
U S Cargoes Reach British In Middle East
Washington reports U S ships carrying arms to the British Middle East command are arriving at a high rate. Between 20 and 25 American flag ships sail monthly to Egyptian ports via Atlantic or Pacific routes, with munitions shipments accelerating since May 9.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Middle East
Maritime Commission
Atlantic
Pacific
Red Sea
Egypt
Draft Lottery Scheduled for 21 Year Old Registrants
Washington officials announced a forthcoming national lottery to determine the order of 21-year-old registrants who joined July 1 in the lists of older draftees. Local boards will insert new names into existing sequences by ratio, with S numbers guiding each placement.
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Washington
Columbus Man Calls Police Kills Himself in Home
James E. Edwards a 47 year old inventor and mechanic was found mortally wounded in his Columbus home after a caller told police lieutenant Creek to send a cruiser because a dead man would be found the line went dead after a shot was heard
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Columbus
James E. Edwards
Lieut
Joseph Creek
Lieut. Creek
Ravenna Tragedy Claims Wheeling Man in Pit Fall
Charles Walker, 20, of Wheeling West Virginia, drowned after slipping into a 12 foot water pit while his brother worked on a platform above. Rescue teams retrieved the body from the pit near Ravenna.
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Ravenna
Charles Walker
Wheeling
W. Va
Tydings Opposes Jackson as Supreme Court Nominee
Washington Senator Tydings fought solo against Attorney General Robert H. Jackson being confirmed as associate justice. The Judiciary Committee approved the nomination unanimously, with Tydings urging criminal libel prosecutions of columnists for radio statements in 1939. Jackson defended civil remedies as sufficient and protective of press freedom.
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Washington
Tydings
Jackson
Carter Glass Seen as Harrison’s Successor in Senate
Washington reports Carter Glass 83, veteran Virginian and longtime Roosevelts supporter, poised to become president pro tempore of the Senate this week. He was selected by the Democratic majority to replace the late Pat Harrison of Mississippi after 21 years as a senator.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Capitol Hull
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Border clashes flare as Ecuador and Peru clash over long disputed frontier
Ecuador accuses Peru of political and military aggression after a weekend of border fighting and bombing raids. Reports say Peruvian troops shelled frontier towns while Ecuadorian forces defended posts, with casualties reported on both sides and mediation efforts continuing unresolved.
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Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Simon Bolivar
Arroyo del Rio
Ministry of Defense
Foreign Office
Aguas Verdes
la Palma
le Chagal
Tenam
McNutt urges U S action in Asia to curb Japanese expansion
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt says America's stake in Asia is real and must not be abandoned to appease Tokyo. He warns that German victory in Russia could push Japan toward Axis collaboration and calls China and the United States to act to unite against totalitarian efforts across Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
America
Asia
Tokyo
Far East
McNutt
Russia
Japan
Axis
China
United States
Europe
Parking Meters Begin Operation in Cincinnati
The first 166 of 1,100 nickel-in-the-slot meters installed downtown Cincinnati went into operation this morning.
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Cincinnati
Moscow Hardens Defenses as Russian Counterattacks Rise
The third week of the Russo German conflict sees a stiffened Bolshevik defense and heavy Soviet counterattacks along the central Berezina corridor. Moscow reports initiative from the Reds, suggesting potential delays to Hitler's blitz schedule and possible shift toward attrition warfare if the Stalin line holds.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Berezina
Bolshevists
Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nazifuehrer
Stalin Line
Pripet
Pinsk
Luftwaffe
Germany
London News Chronicle
The
Daily Herald
Britain
Lille
Stimson Pushes Free Import Duty For Defense Materials
Secretary Stimson urged Congress to allow Treasury to waive duties on goods certified as useful to national defense. The plan would let articles imported by or for government departments or agencies be duty free, with officials saying it covers defense-related imports and reduces administrative delay. He argued paying duties to itself would waste funds and limit defense supplies.
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Washington
Stimson
Congress
The
Treasury
Defense
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reynolds
N. C
Senate Military Committee
United States
34 Deaths in Ohio During July Fourth Weekend
The Associated Press reports 34 Ohioans died in holiday weekend accidents. Highway crashes caused 25 deaths, five drownings, three gunshots, and one roller coaster fatality. National totals: 373 traffic deaths, 612 from all causes, with 237 other violent deaths coast to coast.
Poor Relief in Ohio Sets New Low Record
Ohio's relief caseload dropped to about 48 200 last month the lowest on record said State Welfare Director Nes L Sherwood Preliminary figures show the June relief bill at about 1 222 000 about 140 800 under May and 614 575 below June 1949
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Columbus
Ohio
Nes L. Sherwood
Tony
Sherwood
Woman Held In Shooting Case At Bloomington
Bloomington Indiana authorities hold Caroline Payne 43 as a suspect in the shooting death of Charles P. Mattingly 41 an Indiana Public Service Commission attorney examiner. Prosecutor Floyd E Cook suggests jealousy from a college era friendship as motive. Mattingly was shot five times while visiting Gus Nickas and died at a hospital. Payne was taken into custody and to stand before the county grand jury convening Sept 8 per coroner statements.
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Bloomington
Ind
Floyd E. Cook
Monroe County
Charles P. Mattingly
Indiana Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
Gus Nickas
Caroline Payne
Mattingly
R. A. Demotte
Two Women and Man Die in Connecticut Plane Crash
A New Haven area crash killed three people including pilot Harry Lesnow, 35, and two women Theresa Gans and Anna Lesnow, all from New Haven. Lesnow, piloting a new cabin plane, had commuted between New Haven airport and East Hampton, Mass., where his factory is located.
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North Haven
Conn
Sterling P. Taylor
Harry Lesnow
Theresa Gans
Anna Lesnow
New Haven
Leslow
East Hampton
Mass
Famous Weatherman Devereaux Dies at 67 in Cincinnati
William C. Devereaux 67 a renowned weather expert and senior meteorologist at Abbe Observatory died after months of illness in Cincinnati He served since 1911 and made his last forecast June 27 His work shaped flood warnings for the Ohio River in 1913 and 1937 and he died at Good Samaritan Hospital after entering the previous Wednesday.
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Cincinnati
William Charles Devereaux
Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Abbe Observatory
Devereaux
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lakewood man found dead at cliff likely accidental
Lakewood police believe 53 year old Charles E Reed died accidentally after his body was found at the base of a 50 foot Lake Erie cliff. The incident remains under investigation.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
Charles E. Reed
Lake Erie
Red Reports Say Advance Has Slowed
The Associated Press reports conflicting claims from Moscow and Berlin on the Soviet front. German high command asserted progress across occupied territories while Red Army reports said they halted the German drive from the Baltic to the Black Sea and pushed back lines along major rivers.
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Stalin Line
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Russia
Ukraine
White Russia
Bessarabia
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Lithuania
Latvia
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Black Sea
Berezina
DNB
Red Army
Cernault
Russian Ukraine
Germany
Dnestr
Bessarabian
Dnepr
Bobruisk
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