Coal and steel strike widens across the nation
About one fifth of John L. Lewis coal miners returned to work while nearly a million steel and coal workers remained on strike for pensions. The crisis hits 53 steel plants and 50 iron ore mines in 27 states, risking billions in wages and sales as talks stall and federal mediation nears.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
America
CIO
American Can Co
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworker
Murray
Emanuel Butler, Jr
Cavalier Coal Co
Altoona
Big Steel
Truman
U.S
White House
Bac
Cyrus S. Ching
U.S. Conciliation Service
Washington
Polio cases in Ohio near 1947 peak with new record
Ohio reports eight new polio cases bringing total to 1476, just four shy of the 1947 record. Dr. Charles Freeble says charts show the outbreak slowing as the year progresses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Freeble
State Health Department
Actress Adrienne Kroel Dies After Noted Stage Career
Adrienne Kroel aged 57, known for co starring opposite John Barrymore in The Girl of the Golden West, died Sunday night in Chicago. Her stage work spanned several decades with prominent roles and critical acclaim.
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Chicago
Adrienne Kroel
John Barrymore
Vessels Collide Off Williams Island. Crews Escape Injury
Two small vessels collided Sunday night off Williams Island, 30 miles west of Prince Rupert, B C, but both crews escaped injury. No further details were provided about the cause or resulting damage.
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Prince Rupert, B. C
Williams Island
Prince Rupert
Russia Recognizes China Red Regime and Attacks Bonn
Moscow confirms diplomatic recognition of the central people's government in Peiping and accuses the Western powers of plans to split Germany. Romania joins Soviet-led democracies in breaking with Tito's Yugoslavia amid rising tensions and troop movements reported from Belgrade.
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Moscow
Russia
China
Germany
Central People’s Government
Peiping
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bonn
U. S
Britain
France
Romania
Boslavia
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Cominform
Belgrade
Parties Clash On Social Bill In House Debate
Republicans charge Democrats with a double cross over pressure to vote on an expanded social security program. Brown and Mason cite an agreement delaying action until next January while Rayburn says no such pledge exists. The bill is set for debate this week pending Rules Committee clearance.
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Washington
House
Clarence Brown
Rohio
Mason
R-Ill
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Highway Department Hires First Woman Civil Engineer
Columbus report: The state highway department hires its first woman civil engineer. Dorothy Mainey, 22, of Columbus, a 1949 Purdue civil engineering graduate, joins a three year training program and will work in Newark.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Dorthy Mainey
Mainey
Purdue University
Highway Department
Newark
Bridgeport CIO Union Votes to End 21 Week Strike
Local 277 of the CIO United Electrical Workers endorsed ending the 21 weeks long walkout at the Singer Sewing Machine Co. plant in Bridgeport. The strike began May 5 and involved about 9000 workers nationwide.
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Bridgeport
Conn
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Boy 12 hailed as hero for saving Aldridge children
In Dayton Michigan Valley, 12 year old George Mann saved four Aldridge children from a blazing home. He entered the house as flames burst through upstairs, grabbed the baby, and led the others outside. Georgie suffered a minor burn from a hot doorknob.
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Dayton
Shucks
George Mann
Georgie
Subhuran
Miami Valley
George Horn
Horn
Albert Aldridge
Lois Ann
Billy
Charles
David
Aldridge
Don t Whistle It Might Be Your Grandmother Sign
A Upper Darby beauty parlor posted a cheeky sign telling male passersby not to whistle at any girl leaving. It quips the remark might offend their grandmother prompting a humorous warning.
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Upper Darby, Pa
Little Red Riding Hood
Upper Darby
AFL Charts Shorter Day In Industry
Leaders of the American Federation of Labor chart a union drive for shorter hours and work week as an economic goal. AFL President William Green says the executive council backs the plan to spread employment and give more leisure amid upcoming elections. He notes efforts to merge with the CIO but allows local cooperation with CIO groups.
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ST. Paul
Minn
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Executive Council
William Green
George Meany
New York City
Herbert Lehman
William O'Dwyer
U. S
New York
Green
CIO
Bride and groom marry as family death withheld
In Dayton, 68 year old Minnie Grunewald died early Saturday. Her son Rev W R Grunewald requested newspapers and the undertaker delay reporting the death until after his son Rev Harold C Grunewald married Miss Jean I McNair. The wedding proceeded with the minister reading the service.
Housing Bill Sponsors To Remove Contested Section
Washington sponsors of a housing bill agreed to drop a disputed section to win Senate support. The measure would be debated later this week. One provision would authorize up to 1 billion dollars in government loans to cooperatives and other non profits, repayable over 50 years at three percent interest.
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Washington
Senate
Horse Team Retains Weight Pull Crown in Troy
Prince and Silver, a 4300 pound team owned by Clyde Montgomery of Vincennes Indiana, won the heavyweight weight pulling world championship in Troy Ohio. The team repeated its title and was the only squad to haul a 7000 pound load the required 28 feet, using cement blocks on a specialized sled.
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Troy
Ohio
Prince and Silver
Clyde Montgomery
Vincennes
Ind
Congress Delays Civil Rights Action to January Session
Washington leaders and President Truman agreed to postpone civil rights measures until the January session. The decision comes as Democratic congressional leaders confirm a delay in considering bold reform proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Killed As Train Rips Into Bus At Crossing
A westbound City of San Francisco streamliner derailed at a crossing near Ames. One man, Ernest Riggs of Oakland, died. four were seriously injured, including Norman Craig of Urbana. Passengers described breaking glass and cars torn open as they were transferred to another train.
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Ames
City of
C.S.T
Ernest Riggs
Oakland
Calif
California
Mary Greeley Hospital
Norman Craig
Urbana
Ohio
Horger
New Philadel
Streamliner
P. O. Redmond
Palo Alto
Ace
Ontario
U.S. Air Force
March Air Base
Ontario Hostess’ Club
Ruby McLaughlin
Juanita MelLaughlin
Edward P. Doyle
Crash Kills Buddy Clark in Midtown Plane Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board investigates a midtown crash that killed crooner Buddy Clark after a Stanford-Michigan game trip. Five passengers aboard a two-engine Cessna were on board including NBC’s Sam Hayes who was injured along with four others.
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Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board
Midtown
Buddy Clark
Sam Hayes
NBC
Palo Alto
James N. Peyton
Food Spending Down and Quality Unchanged
Government studies show consumers spend less on food this year yet eat about the same. The Agriculture Department reports the average person spends about 26 percent of income for food versus 28 percent last year, with the decline tied to easing retail prices since 1948.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Man Fails In Fifth English Channel Attempt
Egyptian Fahmy Attallah failed Monday in his fifth attempt to swim the English Channel. He was hauled from icy waters after 16 hours, about six miles from France, blaming the cold as the cause. Eleven swimmers had completed 17 attempts since spring, marking a record channel swim season.
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Folkestone
Eng
Fahmy
Attallah
English Channel
Gap Gris -Nez
France
Solons Tell Spy Story in Poland Shadow Chase
Five Democratic congressmen touring Eastern Europe reported being shadowed by a blonde woman and a mystery car during a Poland visit. Rep Wayne Hays described the flirtatious stalker across a Warsaw hotel corridor while Rep Anthony Taudello recounted a routine car following. The group said the episodes, aside from routine police checks, did not disrupt their study trip.
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Prague
U. 8
Poland
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Anthony Taudello
N.Y
Kays
Thomas Kennedy
Congressional Committee
Warsaw
Mays
Miami Herald Warehouse Fire Faces $750000 Loss
A stubborn blaze in the Miami Herald storage warehouse in Miami caused estimated damages of 750000 dollars. Fire Chief Henry R. Chase called it the worst fire he fought in the city, with two more days anticipated to control the blaze. 225 firefighters worked to suppress it, 10 hospitalized, 55 treated and returned. Newsprint losses are about 600000 dollars, but operations continued with supplies on hand to avoid publication interruption.
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Miami, Fla
Miami Herald
Henry R. Chase
Miami
James L. Knight
The
Herald
Knight
Weekend Accidents Claim At Least 10 Ohio Lives
A warm weekend in Ohio left at least ten people dead. Eight died in traffic crashes including a rider at Butler County fairgrounds in Hamilton. A 10 year old drowned in an abandoned pool near Lima.
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Columbus
Ohio
Butler County Fairgrounds
Hamilton
Lima
Texas Coast Braces For Gulf Hurricane Approach
Corpus Christi reports a hurricane moving slowly from the Gulf of Mexico toward the Texas coast. At 6 45 a m the storm, with winds up to 90 miles per hour, lay about 135 miles southeast of Brownsville threatening the lower coast.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Crescent Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Farm Bill Sparks Senate Scrutiny Across Party Lines
The Senate faced a renewed clash over farm legislation as lawmakers argued across party lines. The farm bill remains a political hot issue with wide regional impact and potential policy shifts pending further debate.
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Washington
Senate
Jurist Hurt as Supreme Court Braces for Term Start
Justice William Douglas was gravely injured in a Cascade Mountains fall. He suffered 13 broken ribs and a punctured lung, but improved with blood transfusions and emergency care in Yakima. Doctors warned pneumonia risk remains, while the Supreme Court opens its fall term with nine justices uncertain and Senate action stalled on new appointments.
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Yakima
Wash
William ©. Douglas
U. S. Supreme Court
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
Senate
President Truman
Sherman Minton
Wiley B. Rutledge
Senate Judiciary Committee
Minton
Truman
Tom Clark
Attorneyeneral
Rank Murphy
Pope Urges Action on Refugee Crisis and Detention Camps
Pope Pius XII warns the western world faces grave dangers if the refugee problem is not swiftly solved. He calls for prompt and responsible community action to end peacetime detention camps and the suffering of millions subjected to expulsion.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Floating Bomb Delays Potomac River Traffic
A floating bomb observed Sunday interrupted Potomac River traffic for an hour as police harbor boats and Navy officials investigated. Investigators found a float attached to a demolition charge but no charge remained. the device had exploded Saturday during a demonstration.
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Washington
Potomac River
Navy
American Ship Flees Shanghai Blockade
The American merchantman Flying Trader docked in Shanghai after slipping through the blockade while nationalist gunboats escorted two sister ships to the Chusan Islands. The vessel was four days overdue from Hong Kong and spent time near the Yangtze mouth where two Chinese warships immobilized Flying Independent and Flying Clipper.
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Shanghai
Flying Trader
Chusan Islands
Hong Kong
Yangtze River
Flying Independent
Flying Clipper
Aid Reaches Tanker That Lost Propeller In Atlantic
A 10,000 ton American tanker named SS Clarke's Wharf has lost its propeller about 400 miles east of Wilmington North Carolina. A tug from Baltimore was dispatched to aid the vessel as reported by the Coast Guard on Monday. The Clarke's Wharf, operated by Trinidad Corporation of New York, was en route from Aruba to Boston.
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New York
Atlantic
Wilmington
N. C
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Trinidad Corporation of New York
Aruba
Netherlands West Indies
Boston
Governor names Ellsworth Ireland to Ohio Development Commission
Gov. Frank J. Lausche announced the appointment of Ellsworth F. Ireland a Cincinnati hotel executive to the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission. The move fills a key regional post as the commission pursues state growth and promotional initiatives.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ellsworth F. Ireland
Cincinnati
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
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