Lewis Dismisses Duty to Bargain With Southern Coal Group
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis argues he is not required to bargain with the hostile Southern Coal Producers Association. He asks a federal court to dismiss a Taft Hartley injunction action by the NLRB, contending the 1947 soft coal contract excludes the group and that the law or its enforcement would undermine the contract.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Group
Welly K. Hopkins
Labor Relations Board
Denham
International Typographical Union
Luther M. Sweert
ITU
NLRB
Hopkins
Southern Association
Southern Coal
Joseph FE. Moody
House Appropriations Keeps Tax Refund Cost Indefinite
The House Appropriations Committee cannot set a precise 1949 income tax refund total and recommends an indefinite appropriation to ensure prompt payments. Refunds typically run 2-3 billion yearly. the final amount depends on factors not measurable in advance. The bill allocates 57,875,500 to the Post Office and 190,538,755 to the Treasury, trimming postal funds due to assumed mail growth.
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Treasury
House
Post Office Department
Second Power Unit Aims 2.5 Million Tons Annual Capacity
Work on a major coal mine in the Ohio West Virginia area to supply the Philip Sporn power plant and other stations was slated to begin. The utility mine, run by Ohio Power Co, is designed to produce 600 000 tons annually at first with expansion planned to reach 2.5 million tons per year. H B Kress, Powed manager, described the project aims.
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Graham
Ohio-West Virginia
Philip Sporn
H. B. Kress
Pome
Ohio Powed Co
Kress
Jones Misco
Chauncey Mine
Graham Station
Ohio Power and Appalachian Electric Power Co
Ohio River
American Gas and Electric Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
The
Central Coal Co
Ohio Power
Appalachian Electric Power
Israel Accepts UN Cease Fire Appeal Amid Arab Talks
LAKE SUCCESS Israel announced it had accepted the United Nations appeal for a Palestine cease fire with an unconditional stance but noted its interpretation of terms. Arabs met in Amman to decide their course as observers report renewed fighting on a front north west of Jerusalem. The deadline for replies from Jews and Arabs was 6 p.m. EST today.
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United Nations
Security Council
Cairo
Amman
U. N
Jerusalem
Rolling in Grass Saves Boy from Fatal Burns
Cleveland report says 15 year old George Cole was saved from serious burns when his stepfather Joseph Yezzo rolled him in grass and extinguished the flames after lighter fluid spilled on his clothing. The burn injuries covered more than a third of his body and he remained in serious condition in a local hospital.
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Cleveland
George Cole
Joseph Yezzo
Holiday Accidents Kill 21 in Ohio During Weekend
Ohio reports 21 fatalities over the Memorial Day weekend with 12 traffic deaths, 3 drownings and 6 from other causes. Miss Shirley Lucas, 23, of Zanesville died when her car overturned north of the city. Nationwide toll neared 400 with an estimated 30 million autos on the roads and 200+ traffic deaths.
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Columbus
Ohio
Shirley Lucas
Zanesville
Oregon
Arkansas
Oklahoma
National Safety Council
Anti-Red Bill Protest Threatens Capitol Demonstration
Belligerent opponents of the Mundt Nix anti communist bill vow a protest at the Capitol on Wednesday. Len Goldsmith of New York announces thousands will demand a senate hearing after public hearings were closed. Paul Robeson and Joseph Kehoe refused to answer party membership questions, citing rights and solidarity.
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Washington
Capitol
Len Goldsmith
New York
Committee For Democratic Rights
Senate Judiciary Committee
Paul Robeson
Joseph Kehoe
Ferguson
R-Mich
Communist Party
Robeson
Kehoe
CIO American Communications Association
Rail Dispute Talks Resume at White House
President's aide John R. Steelman pressed negotiators from major railroads and three labor unions at the White House seeking a resolution to the deadlock. Unions with about 190000 members halted a planned May 11 strike after government seizure and a restraining order from Judge Goldsborough, extended to June 11. A hearing on dissolving the injunction is set for June 10.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
White House
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Drys Win Liquor Ban In 93rd Kentucky County
Pike County Kentucky voted to ban liquor sales becoming the 93rd county in the state to prohibit sale. The midnight rule marked the culmination of years of political struggle and a victory for prohibition forces in eastern Kentucky.
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Drys
Kentucky Ave
Pikeville
Pike County
Kentucky
Royal Wedding Delay Revealed by Attache
A palace source in Athens said the marriage of former King Mihai of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma may be postponed four or five days beyond Saturday. The couple was to arrive tomorrow but would be delayed about a day or so, with plans still moving forward.
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Athens
Mihai
Romania
Anne of
Boubon-Parma
Anne
Female Fliers Compete In Powder Puff Derby
Five light private airplanes carrying six feminine fliers took off from Palm Springs California for a 2 600 mile powder puff air derby to Miami Florida The race limited to stock model planes of 250 horsepower or less The first away was Jeanne D Ambly of Palm Springs
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Palm Springs
Calif
Miami
Fla
Jeanne D'Ambly
Evacuations Start As Swollen River Brings Peril to Oregon Farms
Flooding along the Columbia River prompted mass evacuations across a 120 mile stretch downstream from Portland Oregon. Army engineers ordered 43 drainage districts evacuated while Vanport city losses reach 27 million dollars. The crest nears Portland as Willamette River breaches flood defenses and power supplies tighten across the Northwest.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Columbia
Army
Portland Housing Authority
Vanport
Union Station
British Columbia
Peace Move Is Claimed By Greek Guerrilla Broadcast
The Greek Army General Staff said it intercepted a guerrilla radio broadcast last night claiming Markos Vafiadis leading the provisional government would welcome any peace initiative not involving foreign interference. The Morse broadcast demanded democratic rights and national independence, phrases common in Communist propaganda.
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Athens
Greek Army
Markos Vafiades
Train topples into washout near Carlsbad
A Santa Fe Railway passenger train fell into a washout near Lake Avalon after a cloudburst. The engineer was killed and five crew members plus one passenger were injured. Fifty families evacuated from South Carlsbad as a precaution as a flash flood roared from the southwest.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Santa Fe Railway
Lake Avalon
Coroner Rules Murder In Butler County Death
The body of Morris R. Abbott, 46, a Butler County farmer, was found near the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad tracks. Coroner Garret Boone reported Abbott had been murdered, with the head crushed and the killer staging the scene to resemble suicide or accidental death.
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Butler County
Hamilton
Morris R. Abbott
Garret Boone
Boone
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Run Warm
Temperatures will average 5 to 8 degrees above normal with normal highs 72 to 76 and lows 51 to 54. Continued warmth with minor fluctuations through Saturday followed by a brief cooldown Sunday. Precipitation near one tenth inch, scattered thundershowers expected Sunday.
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Columbus
Columbia to Honor Vandenberg Byrnes With Degrees
Senator Arthur Vandenberg and former Secretary of State James Byrnes will receive honorary degrees at Columbia University’s 194th commencement exercises today. The event marks the university’s annual ceremonies and honors notable national figures.
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Columbia Awards
New York
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
James F. Byrnes
Columbia University
Safecrackers Clean Up Lima Ohio Heist Over Weekend
Safecrackers stole cash and goods worth 3250 dollars in Lima over the weekend. The Ohio Bar reported losses of 1800 to 2200 dollars in cash plus some liquor.
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Lima. O
Lima
Ohio
Vandals smash Cincinnati pottery lab causing near ten thousand damage
Police reported vandals broke into the Rookwood Pottery and Laboratories of Sports Inc in Cincinnati yesterday. Estimated damage runs to nearly ten thousand dollars as investigators comb the scene for clues.
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Cincinnati
Rookwood Pottery and Laboratories of Sports, Inc
Twenty-two Sailors Die When Navy Launch Swamps
A 50-foot open launch swamped off Norfolk as it returned 90 liberty men to the carrier Kearsarge. Twenty-two members of the ship’s party, nine Marines and 13 Navy men, perished in the accident amid wind and rain. Rear Admiral Sprague ordered further checks as the carrier prepares to sail for the Mediterranean.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
C. A. F. Sprague
Mediterranean
Kearsarge
Norfolk Naval Station
Midway
Pomeroy Considers One Percent Municipal Income Tax
A third reading on a proposed one percent municipal income tax for Pomeroy is scheduled at a special city council meeting at 8 p.m. Mayor D A Canaday announced. The ordinance, favored 5-1 on Jan. 5, aims to fund street and civic improvements without reliance on state or county aid.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Canaday
State Highway Department
County Organization
Heavy vote predicted in Cuban elections today
Havana reports a high turnout expected as 2,506,754 Cubans are eligible and about 2,000,000 may vote. Four presidential candidates represent a wide ideological range from right to far left among 572 candidates for 132 offices.
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Havana
Cuba
Rooney divorce settles for Betty Jane Rooney
Betty Jane Rooney Miss Birmingham 1944 wins divorce from actor Mickey Rooney. She receives 100000 over ten years plus 25000 for a house and 5000 annually for child support.
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Betty Jane Rase Rooney
Birmingham
Mickey Rooney
Alabama
Soviet Reply Sought Again on Trieste Return
Washington reports the United States bids Moscow again for a quick answer to the Western proposal to restore Trieste to Italy. The State Department notes Britain and France are sending similar inquiry. Moscow objects to amending the Italian peace treaty as a private conference, though it has not rejected the return in principle.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Trieste
Italy
State Department
Michael McDermott
Moscow
Explosions Rip Through Pittsburgh University Lab
A blaze and blasts gutted the University of Pittsburgh chemical engineering laboratories. Fire Chief William Davis estimated damage at $500,000. Firemen faced at least nine dynamite and ten gasoline explosions as investigators worked to determine the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Chemical Engineering Laboratories
University of Pittsburgh
William Davis
Davis
Six Boys With Rifles Cause $1,000 Damage
Cleveland police report six teenage boys caused about $1,000 in damage by shooting at neighborhood targets with small calibre rifles. Detective Edward Lotter said the youths were ordered to appear in juvenile court today.
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Cleveland
Edward Lotter
Military Air Service Unifies Army Navy and Air Force Transport
The Military Air Transport Service assumed air transportation for the Army Navy and Air Force today under the National Defense Unification Law of 1946. The consolidation places Mars under the Air Force chief of staff.
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Washington
Military Air Transport Service
Air Transportation
Army
Navy
Air Force
Mars
Doctor Morrell Died After Release from Camp
Giessen Germany reports the death of Dr Theodore Morrell once Adolf Hitler s personal physician. He died last week after being released from an American internment camp a few months earlier.
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Giessen
Germany
Thedore Morrell
Adolf Hitler
Stockyard Fire Loss Estimated at 600000
A Prairie Lake fire in South St Paul Minnesota destroyed a fifth of the stockyards area. Three firefighters were overcome by smoke while flames engulfed tin sheds corrals and stock chutes. About 2000 cattle were driven into swampland. 50 cattle perished. None of the firefighters was seriously hurt.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
Prairie Lake
Mississippi River
Man dies after being hurled from amusement ride
Wilkes-Barre police report 22 year old Martin E. Kane was thrown from a spiral twirler car while attempting to comfort two frightened women. John Red aged 21 rode with him as the car in a high speed curve swung out of control.
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Wilkes-Barre
Martin E. Kane
Fred Swanson
John Red
Kane
Retirement Approved For SE Ohio Ministers
Two Southeast Ohio Methodist ministers received retirement approval at the annual conference in Columbus. Rev. Elmer G. Roessner of Athens Central Ave. Methodist Church and Rev. H. H. Lafferty of Jacksonville Chauncy Millfield Jacksonville and Trimble churches were approved, and Rev. Henry W. Stoady of Marietta was granted a one year sabbatical leave.
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Southeast Ohio
Columbus
The
Methodist Church
Associated Press
Elmer G. Roessner
Central Ave
Athens
H. H. Lafferty
Jacksonville
Chauncey
Millfield
Trimble
Henry W. Stoady
Marietta
American Red Party Director Arrested
Washington The Justice Department announced the arrest for deportation of Jacob Abraham Stachel national director of education for the American Red Party. Stachel is accused of illegally entering the country and joining a subversive organization after his entry.
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Washington
Justice Department
Jacob Abraham Stachel
American Communist Party
Stachel
Taft Says GOP May Delay AEC Appointments Over Bill
Senator Robert Taft warned Republicans may let Atomic Energy Commission appointees remain unconfirmed if Democrats mount a lengthy fight to extend the commissioners’ terms. With a June 19 adjournment looming, Taft said a swift passage is possible, sending the measure to President Truman for a veto or recess appointments if opposition stalls.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Taft
Truman
Ohioan
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