Boat Strike Strands Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard Tourism
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard suffer heavy Memorial Day losses as a state steamship strike halts regular ferry service since April 16. Island businesses report up to a million dollars in vanished tourism and occupancy losses, with auto transport bottlenecks and higher barge fares of 25 dollars a car. Hotel owners push for restoration of steamship service as officials and residents blame the stalled state highway.
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State House
Boston
Cape Cod
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Martha's Vineyard
Vineyard
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Hyannis
Nantucket Sound
Islands
George Woods
Superior Court
John Meilby
Telegraphers Reach Accord Avert Strike
Western Union reached a contract with the Commercial Telegraphers Union early today after the old pact expired. E. L. Hageman said signing was expected Thursday, delayed only by paperwork. The agreement provides most workers a 10 cent hourly raise from June 1 and a further five cent raise next January.
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Washington
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
E. L. Hageman
CTU
Hageman
Car Crash Triggers Fire Alarm Rescue in San Francisco
Gloria Tatro, 33, of Santa Cruz, was rescued after her car was struck by another and knocked into a fire alarm box. Firefighters pried her from the wreckage and transported her to a hospital for treatment of cuts and possible concussion.
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San Francisco
Gloria Tatro
Santa Cruz
House Members Altered Expense Accounts Across Years
Knight newspapers report dozens of altered or amended expense accounts by House members. The dispatch cites hotel and meal charges, including Royal Hawaiian Hotel bills for Rep. Oren Harris and other lawmakers, with secrecy around records and questions about improper charges. Burleson defends lax oversight while noting personal disclosures.
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House
Knight Newspapers
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Honolulu
Oren Harris
Harris
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Committee On House
Burleson
Royal Hawaiian
Biltmore
Plaza
New York
Casa Montego Hotel
Jamaica
Dulles the Spy Chief Hidden Behind Schoolmaster Image
Austin Minnesota Herald profile recalls Allen Welch Dulles as CIA director at 67, a former OSS spy chief in World War II Swiss networks, with Legion of Merit, deep secrecy, and lifelong dedication to intelligence work. Born 1893 in Watertown New York, he pursued Princeton scholarship, teaching, diplomacy, and law before key diplomatic roles and Geneva disarmament work.
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Washington
Allen Welch Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Switzerland
Halvorsen Named Iowa Bandmasters President
Harold V. Halvorsen of Storm Lake was elected president of the Iowa Bandmasters Association at the convention weekend. He succeeds LeLand H. Cook of Newton.
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Des Moines
Harold V. Halvorsen
Storm Lake
Iowa Bandmasters Assn
Leland H. Cook
Newton
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