Coal Pay Negotiator Named by Steel Firm
US Steel announced Harry Moses president of H. C. Frick & Co. will lead company negotiators June 13 for contract talks with the United Mine Workers. About 30,000 miners across Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Alabama and Utah are involved.
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Pittsburgh
US Steel Corporation
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Doheny
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama
Utah
Peso Holds Mild Gain as Rates Steady in Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 8 the Mexican peso showed a small uptick with banks buying dollars at 6.21 and selling at 8.23. The exchange rate had been steady for five days near this level after dipping from 6.97 on April 25 to a low of 8.50.
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Mexico City
Colorado Area Declared Disaster After Arkansas River Floods
The Arkansas River Valley in Southeastern Colorado was designated a disaster area by Agriculture Secretary Brannan, enabling federal aid for flood damages. A fresh downpour hit Holly bringing up to seven inches of water and prompting sandbagging efforts as another storm looms from the Southwest.
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Denver
Arkansas River
Colorado
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Holly
Colo
I. M McDonald
Colorado National Guardsman
Red Cross
McDonald
Lt. McDonald
Striken
Guards Leave Prison To Bring Kimes Back
Two guards departed Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Wednesday to escort bank robber George Kimes from Burns Oregon back to Oklahoma. Kimes had been captured Monday night after walking away from the prison eleven months ago while a trusty.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
George Kimes
Burns
Ore
Kimes
Seattle Repeals 42-Year-Old Beach Nudity Rule
The Seattle City Council voted to repeal a 42-year-old ordinance allowing both sexes to wear topless bathing suits on city beaches. The previous rule required full coverage from waist to knee.
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Seattle
Chicago Wins Next Jaycee Convention 1950
Chicago was awarded the 1950 convention of the US Junior Chamber of Commerce in Colorado Springs. The dates are set for June 15 to 18 as announced by the National Board of Directors during their 29th annual meeting.
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Chicago
Colorado Springs
Colo
US Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Board of Directors of
the Jaycees
Hiss Trial Witness Links Five to Secrets
Whittaker Chambers testifies that five including Alger Hiss and Julian Wadleigh supplied government secrets to a prewar Soviet spy ring. He names Hiss and Wadleigh as sources from the State Department and cites three additional sources. Chambers says he received materials from Wadleigh and photographed original documents later returned to him.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Julian Wadleigh
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss and
Wadsleigh
State Department
Hiss
United States
Thomas F. Murphy
Samuel H. Kaufman
A. A. Berle
Murphy
Berle
Congressional
Grand Jury
Ray Murphy
Wadleigh
Department of Agriculture
Wada
Brooklyn
Maryland
Crash Kills Two At Williams AFB
Two student pilots died when an F5 training fighter crashed during a routine training flight at Williams Air Force Base Arizona. The aircraft rolled left then sharply right, plummeting from about 300 feet 500 yards beyond the runway end. Names of the victims were not released pending next of kin notification.
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Williams Air Force Base
Ariz
Truman to hold weekly news conf on Thursday
President Truman will hold his weekly news conference Thursday at 3 p m. in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
German Court To Try Ilse Koch For Murder
Bavarian Justice Ministry said Ilse Koch will face a German criminal court in Augsburg once investigations close. The so called Witch of Buchenwald faces murder and assault charges tied to the camp run by her husband. Her release from Landsberg Prison is due in October.
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Munich
INS
Bavarian
Justice Ministry
Ilse Koch
Augsburg
Buchen
Wald
Frau Koch
Landsberg
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