Owners Must Pay The Bill Says Lewis
Washington June 12 AP John L. Lewis opened talks on a new 1948 1949 coal contract with soft coal operators a move aimed at easing UMW and mine owners tensions. He spoke in vagues denouncing operators and warned they would pay the bill though the amount was not disclosed. A welfare fund ruling to continue distress benefits beyond June 30 sits as a turning point in negotiations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Board of Trustees
T. Alan Goldsborough
John &. Lewis, Jr
Baltimore
O'Neill
Farm Price Bill Wins House OK
The House passed a stop gap farm price bill in a Saturday session sending it to the Senate. It extends price supports through June 30, 1950 at 80 percent parity for key commodities while lowering some rates to 60 percent for others. The measure aims to keep current supports for cotton, wheat, corn, oats, rice, peanuts, dairy, hogs, poultry, eggs, and potatoes harvested this year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Finnish Steamer Finnborg Sinks After Collision Off Jersey
The 2410 ton Finnish vessel Finnborg sank off Jersey after colliding with the American steamer Southport. No loss of life was reported. Coast guard authorities confirmed the incident occurred June 12 amid a sea collision in the Channel near the British coast.
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London
British Coast Guard
Finnborg
Island of
Jersey
Southport
Truman Attacks Soviet Union In California Speech
President Truman accused Russia of obstruction and aggression endangering world peace in a major foreign policy speech at the University of California. He urged genuine peace efforts, warned against great power deals, and pressed for action in Greece and Korea while sparing no critique of Henry A. Wallace and offering sharp notes about Stalin.
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Berkeley
Calif
Truman
Russia
America
Soviet Union
Greece
Korea
University of California
United States
United Nations
Congress
Roseville
Henry A. Wallace
U. S. Congress
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Eugene
Ore
Joe” Stalin
Stalin
Polit-Bureau
Truman Crack Takes Expert by Surprise in Washington
President Truman's remark that Stalin is a prisoner of the politburo shocks diplomats and experts who see Stalin as captain of the Soviet high command. The remark contrasts with official U.S. theories and notes the politburo’s alleged global campaign to discredit the United States and hinder Western Europe rebuilding.
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Washington
Truman
Josef Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Eugene, Ore
American State Department
United States
Western
Europe
Senate panel restores world aid cuts in European recovery program
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 4 billion for the European Recovery Program, restoring cuts made by the House and setting the program on a 12 month basis. Total ECA funding rises to 5.055 billion, with debate over the final amount and allocations including shifting 150 million for Japan to relief in occupied areas.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Economic Cooperation Administration
Bridges
R-Nh
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Appropriations
Congress
Japan
Korea
Senate
Monday Voting Decides Draft
Washington notes that a House Rules Committee vote on the draft bill will determine if it advances to the floor this session. A Reuters poll showed 6 in favor, 5 opposed, 1 not committed, with Rep Harness undecided. A tie would keep the bill in committee as action stalls before the recess. Harness, WWI veteran, has opposed both the draft and universal military training.
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Harness
Rules
Indiana
Yules
House
Armed Services Committee
Wallace Party Cut From Oklahoma Ballot
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Henry A. Wallace progressive party not a political party under state law. The decision follows an appeal by May A. B. Cooper of Oklahoma City, challenging the progressive petition and affidavit and seeking to block ballot recognition.
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Oklahoma City
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Oklahoma
State Supreme Court
A. B. Cooper
Wilburn Cartwright
Cooper
Holy Land Cease-Fire Tensions Rise Amid Violations
Both Arab and Jewish forces accuse each other of breaking the cease-fire marked by cross-border front lines. UN truce mediator Folke Bernadotte tours key cities including Amman Jerusalem and Damascus as Arab officials warn of swift action against Zionist attacks. Reports say Syrians and Jews exchange heavy fire around Ein Geb Mahnayim and Kfar Szold with threats of reprisals and counterattacks.
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Cairo
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Damascus
Syria
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Arab League
Bernadotte
Israel
Army
Ein Geb
Lake Galilee
Mahnayim
Kfar Szold
Jewish Agency
Nazareth
Beersheba
Mohsen Bey Berazi
UN Truce Observers Reach Holy Land
First United Nations truce observers four U S navy and marine officers arrived from Cairo to enforce armistice provisions in Israel. Commander H D Huxley said they would monitor immigration and movement of war materials. Officials reported Arab violations in Ein Geb Kfar Szold and Mishmar Hay Yarden, while other sectors remained quiet.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
United States Navy
Cairo
H. D. Huxley
San Francisco
Ein Geb Kfar Szold
Mishmar Hay Yarden
Truman vetoes Bulwinkle bill on carrier rate groupings
President Truman refused to sign the Bulwinkle bill allowing railroads and other carriers to fix rates with approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said sanctioning rate control by carrier groups would depart from regulated competition and harm the economy. Senator Reed may seek an override early in the week.
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Washington
Truman
Reed
R-Kan
Senate
Virginia Dual Lane Speed Limit To Rise
Motorists may zip through Virginia countryside at 55 mph on dual lane highways starting June 29. The amendment, approved by the last session of the general assembly, raises the speed limit from 50 mph on these routes. Unpaved-divided highways keep the old 50 mph limit.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Steak Sells At Five Cents An Ounce In Syracuse
Syracuse shoppers found signs listing steak at five to seven cents an ounce with per pound prices of 80 cents to 1.12 dollars. Butchers stated scales register to 60 or 80 cent marks, explaining the odd pricing method.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Change Your Name Brides Change to Work for State Auditor
In Bismark North Dakota on June 12 1939 three brides named Helen learned they must change their names to Helen and take jobs with state auditor Berta E Baker. Helen Schumacher married Tuesday Helen Reis Wednesday and Helen Burau planned wedding for today to join the auditor’s office.
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Bismark
N. D
Helen
North Dakota
Helen Schumacher
Helen Reis
Helen Burau
Berta E. Baker
West Virginia parties name likely leaders for fall campaign
West Virginia Democrats and Republicans move to set up headquarters and pick leaders for the November election. Democratic chairman J Howard Myers plans retirement with Ernest L Bailey eyed as successor. Republicans consider Herbert Boreman or other Wood county figures as next chairman as they prepare for the Philadelphia national convention.
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Charleston
W. Va
Democratic State Executive Committee
Daniel Boone
J. Howard Myers
State Senate
Berkeley County
Road Commission
Ernest L. Bailey
Myers
Jim H. Shott
Wood County
GOP
Senate
Herbert S. Boreman
Parkersburg
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Henry D. Hatfield
Huntington
Walter Hallanan
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Rawson
U. S
Chapman Revercomb
Adelphia Hotel
National Democratic
Arthur B. Koontz
State Committee
Carl Galbraith
Wheeling
Democratic Committee
Engineers labor to save aluminum plant as Columbia flood rises
Army engineers began dropping a plug in a narrow flood channel to drain water away from the Reynolds Metals Co. aluminum plant near Portland Oregon. The flood crest rose to 30.2 feet as deaths reached 38 with Vanport missing dwindling. authorities warned the worst stretch spanned 120 miles from Portland to the sea.
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Portland
Ore
Army Engineers
Vanport
Red Cross
Boundary
Wash
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Grand Coulee Dam
Vancouver
Reyonlds Metals Co
Upper Columbia
Snake River
Lower Columbia
Cana
Fraser River
Trail
B. C
Handicapped Benefit From New Measure
President Truman signed a bill prohibiting discrimination against physically handicapped persons employed by the government. The measure was introduced by Senator Langer of North Dakota.
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Washington
Truman
Langer
R-N.d
World group warns Russia could sweep to Atlantic in short time
The International Committee for the Study of European Questions says Russia could reach the Atlantic and Mediterranean quickly in a westward invasion. It notes Britain and France reorganizing, U S atomic and biological weapons edge ahead, and oil resources favoring the United States while peasant uprisings could follow any Soviet assault.
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Atlantic
World Group
London
International Committee For the Study of European
Russia
Mediterranean
Europe
Rus
Western
United States
Russians End Berlin Rail Blockade Amid Squeeze Talks
In Berlin the Russians abruptly ended an hours-old rail blockade that would have cut food and coal to two million in the western sector. Freight trains could move again from western Germany to Berlin. the first American zone train entered the Russian zone from Helmstedt. No reason was given for the reversal, and British and American officials will meet Russian transport officers next week to discuss rail reforms amid Allied efforts and Russian reparations pressure.
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Berlin
Germany
Helmstedt
Russia
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Anhalter
U. S
McDowell Bus Travel Halted In Driver Row
A strike against Consolidated Bus Lines halted all county schedules in McDowell county as UCW Local 638 and drivers confront management. A temporary injunction barred interference with operations while arrests and hearings proceeded.
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McDowell
Consolidated Bus Lines
McDowell County
Consolidated
J. E. Craft
Bluefield
Welch
Thomas H. S. Curd
United Construction Workers Local No. 638
Craft
UCW
Newton
M. M
E. Lonnie Mitchell
Elmer Akemon
Akemon
Nelson Haun
Marytown
United Construction Workers Union
Police Seek Shotgun Slayer In Bluefield Area
A manhunt is underway in Stony Ridge for Crystal Skeens 23, suspected in the shotgun murder of Jessie Freeman Fletcher 41. Skeens, a Bluefield sanitary department employee and in-law, may have fled toward Hurricane Ridge after the 9 PM shooting that left Fletcher dead from blood loss.
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Stony Ridge
Jessie Freeman Fletcher
E. O. Burner
Crystal Skeens
Burner
Hume
Lewis Cook
Ed Fletcher
Jessie Fletcher
Skeens
Jessie
Bluefield Sanitarium
Sanitary Department
Bluefield
Hurricane Ridge
Cop Killed in Hyattsville Knife Fight Fracas
In Hyattsville Maryland officers intervening in a knife fight left Officer Charles Caldwell dead at about 32 and Officer Wallace Baker wounded with shots to the thigh leg and arm. Baker was struck with a bat and the assailants detained for questioning. Baker listed as in fair condition.
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Hyattsville
Charles Caldwell
Wallace Baker
Frn
Baker
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