Briton Blames US for Threat To Money Values
London reports John Platts-Mills a Labour MP says Britain faces an unparalleled economic disaster and blames US pressure to devalue the currency. He warns the pound could fall toward 2.50 to 3.50 dollars as devaluation would lower costs for exports.
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London
John Platts-Mills
Britain
United States
Platts-Mills
Congress of Peace, Trade and Friendship
Labor Party
Strikes Continue On Anglo Rails
London reports fourth consecutive Sunday of rail disruption as eastern and north eastern British lines struggle with engine crews on strike. Some long distance service operates while local routes are near standstill. Only 180 of 1,113 engine men reported for duty despite Isaacs radio appeal.
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London
Eastern and
North Eastern British Railways
George Isaacs
Communist Guerrillas Penetrate 20 Miles South of Kastoria
Greek government reports Communist guerrillas from the Vitsi area moved 20 miles south of Kastoria. The army says 88 rebels killed and 31 captured. eight soldiers dead and 38 wounded. East of Larisa saboteurs derailed a train with no casualties.
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Athens
Kastoria
Vitsi
Larisa
Italy’s Lire Backed by Gold and Hard Money Says Bertone
Rome reports Italy’s currency is backed by gold with hard money as before the war. Foreign commerce minister Bertone says Britain and Argentina owe Italy sums, trade deficit at $381 million, and aims for value for value trade with Britain. An Italian mission heads to Buenos Aires to resume exchange.
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Great Britain
Sydney
Joseph B. Chifley
British Empire
New South Wales
Australian Labor Party
United Kingdom
Chifly
England
Sterling
America
Chifley
Rome
Italy
Giovanni Battista Bertone
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Senate
Britain
Argentina
Bertone
Messaggero
Buenos Aires
CIO To Reopen GE Wage Talks
The CIO United Electrical Workers said wage talks will reopen with Westinghouse in Pittsburgh on June 21 after earlier talks set for June 14 in New York City. The union seeks a $500 package per worker, including wage increases and benefits, with about 205 000 workers affected. GE opposes increases as inflationary but will consider the union's demands. GE sets regional pay patterns.
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New York
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Pittsburgh
General Electric Company
New York City
General Electric
Goebbels' Brother Dies After Release
P Konrad Goebbels, 57, brother of Nazi propaganda minister, was found dead in a forest near Huettental. Police said he died a few hours after being released from Darmstadt labor camp on completion of a three year sentence last Friday.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Konrad Goebbels
Huettental
Communist raid targets Warsaw children camp killings reported
A communist newspaper alleged a fascist underground band raided a Warsaw children's summer camp last Monday. The report says three people were killed and two wounded, with an unspecified cash haul and the attackers fleeing.
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Warsaw
Trieste Votes in Free City Election for 60 Seats
Trieste holds its first local election since 1922 with 12 parties contesting 60 council seats under Allied guard. Italians and Slavs vote from 6 am to 9 pm amid tensions over Cominform Tito split, with hopes for Italian restoration and a free state governed by the region.
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Trieste
Triestinos
Communist International Information Bureau
Commuist
Italian Slav Popular Front
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Cominform- Tito
Italy
Free State
Venezia Giulia
Russia
UN Security Council
Dallas Rent Control Action Due by Tuesday
Mayor Wallace Savage said the Dallas city council would act Tuesday on local rent decontrol but did not reveal the measure. Officials found a 1918 WWI ordinance allowing inquiry into rent profiteering with a $200 fine, challenged as unconstitutional by the Dallas Apartment House Owners Association.
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Dallas
Wallace Savage
D. A. Franks
Dallas Apartment House Owners Association
Beauford H. Jester
J. Frank Wilson
Tighe Woods
Texas
Grace Line Cargo Ship Halted South of Point Reyes
The 6,500 ton Santa Adela, departing Sunday for Seattle, was halted southwest of Point Reyes by engine trouble. The vessel is not in danger and will be towed to San Francisco, per the marine exchange report.
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San Francisco
Grace Line
Seattle
Point Reyes
Marine Exchange
Fire Extinguisher Distributor Wanted in Austin Territory
Fyr-Fyter Company seeks a responsible distributor for Austin territory. 1948 fire losses were high with many deaths. demand for extinguishers is vast in homes farms stores hospitals and offices. Only top caliber, financially responsible distributors need apply. send complete qualifications to George Lutz.
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Fyr-Fyter Company
Crane Street
Daytona
Ohio
Austin Territory
Fyr-Fyter
George Lutz
Donna Describes Deserter as Perfect Lady at Public
Betty Ardoino, an English resident, said Delbert E. Hill posed as a woman named Donna during a yearlong deception with the American Air Force deserter. She recounted sharing a room, then learning Hill was a man, until he left with another woman. Hill received a two year hard labor sentence from a Burtonswood court martial.
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London
Delbert E. Hill
Betty Ardoino
Donna
Hill
Betty
Burtonwood
Phone Strike Leader Shot at in Hospital
Marion Ohio June 12 Thomas S. Mitchell 30 of Cleveland director of the violence torn Ohio Associated Telephone Co strike was shot through a hospital window. The shotgun blast hit the wall above his head and pellets lodged in his pillow but he remained unharmed. Mitchell asleep at 12:50 a m police say the shooter stood on a terrace outside and fired into the room.
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Marion
Ohio
Thomas S. Mitchell
Cleveland
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
City Hospital
Mitchell
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
William E. Marks
Greeks Visit Spain Show Early Colonization
Greeks established colonies along the Spanish Mediterranean coast in the 6th century B C. The account notes early Greek presence in Iberia shaping regional trade and culture.
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Spanish Mediterranean Coast
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