Seamen Tie Up Ships Across Many Busy Ports
AI tied up 700 ships nationwide in a sit-down strike as CIO seamen protested with a "no contract, no work" approach. John W. Gibson arrived to urge a quick resolution while union leader Joseph Curran warned of 2000 ships idle if talks fail.
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New York
CIO
John W. Gibson
Washington
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
Gibson
War Department eases wartime marriage ban for cadets
The War Department suspended a yearlong restriction on marriages of second lieutenants commissioned after July 1 1949. West Point cadets still cannot marry before graduation. Congress also moved two bills to aid veterans and service members marriages by extending alien fiancé eligibility and permitting interracial marriages to join husbands in the United States, primarily affecting Koreans and Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Conom
Cupid
Army
United States Military Academy
Dwight D. Eisenhowser
West Points
House
Senate
America
Overload Suspected in LaGuardia Crash Findings
Civil Aeronautics Board chair James M. Landis says new runway limit calculations suggest the United Airlines DC-4 may have been about 2,000 pounds overloading but cautions against jumping to conclusions. Investigators have not ruled out gust lock or other factors. no structural failure suspected. The crash at LaGuardia May 29 killed 43.
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Washington
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Airlines
LaGuardia Field
N.Y
Landis
United
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Comerce Department
Russia Aims to Return World Police Issue to UN
Lake Success June 16 The Soviet Union proposed returning the entire world police force question to the United Nations military staff committee for further study after the Security Council finishes its discussion. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned a vote on controversial parts could trigger a veto, though the proposal seemed likely to pass. The council agreed to continue the debate in open session on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. EDT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Military Staff Committee
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Poland
Lions Convention Elects District Governors Today
West Virginia Lions clubs conclude their state convention with the election and installation of district governors this afternoon. International President Clifford D. Pierce addressed the crowd at Ramsey auditorium after a banquet at the West Virginian hotel.
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West Virginia Lions Clubs
International
Clifford D. Pierce
Memphis, Tenn
Ramsey Auditorium
West Virginian Hotel
Appalachian Assembly Room
Roy P. Herold
International Board of Governors
Genoa
Pierce
Lions International
Edwin R. Kingsley
Parkersburg
Melvin Jones
Chicago
Eugene 8. Briggs
Enid
Okla
Board of Governors of
Wheeling
Harry D. Holmes
Bluefield Lions Club
John V. Anderson
Dean F. Waring
Vienna
Dasfrnet
C. E B. Jones
International Convention Committee
E. R. Kingsley
A. Harry West
Bluefield
Lions Clubs of
West Virginia
Ralph W. Bailey
Mount Hope
W. Va
Memphis
Tenn
Wallace urges Truman Stalin meeting for world peace
Henry A. Wallace urged President Truman to invite Premier Stalin to Berlin as a first step toward peace. Wallace, speaking at Watergate amphitheatre, proposed a new party if both major parties persist on a crisis policy, and urged a ban on international weapons traffic, nationalization of munitions, and vigorous housing health and education programs. The event was sponsored by the Southern Conference for Human Welfare with nine thousand tickets sold.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Stalin
Berlin
New Republic
Watergate Amphitheatre
American Anti-Communist Association
Wale
Democratic Party
Party of Peace
United States
Wallace
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House
J B Wooldridge Dies at 61 in Bluefield
J B Wooldridge 61 of 133 Mt View avenue died last night at Bluefield sanitarium after a period of ill health. A Welch native who moved to Bluefield in 1919, he started the New National Dry Cleaners and later sold it. He served two terms as city civil service police commissioner and led the commission at his death. He belonged to the Elks Masons Shriners Lions and Bland Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Carrington Ann White and children Paige J B Jr and Mrs Wwen Bowling. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hawkins Funeral Home for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Wooldridge
Mt. View Avenue
Wooldridge
Elks
A. F
A. M
Shriners and
Lions Clubs
Bland ‘Street Methodist Church
Carrington Ann White
Paige
J. B. Jr
Bluefield
Wwen Bowling
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hawkins Funeral Home
Britain Eyes Russian Help in Europe Aid Plan
London reports Britain seeks Russian participation in an aid to Europe program led by Secretary of State Marshall. Moscow shows reluctance as Pravda denounces dollar diplomacy and observers doubt Soviet willingness to join. If Russia accepts, eastern Europe may follow, boosting continental economic cooperation.
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London
Britain
Marshall
Moscow
U. S
Foreign Office
Maurice Peterson
Pravda
Communist Party
Truman
Sovet Union
Russia
Kremlin
Europe
Witnesses Disagree On Eastern Airlines Crash Details
Civil Aeronautics Board hearings in Bainbridge Maryland hear eye witnesses differ on whether the DC 4 disintegrated before crashing near Port Deposit on May 30. Testimony points to a possible structural defect as the cause, with several Port Deposit residents and naval staff citing tail section fragmentation.
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Eastern Airlines
Bainbridge
Port Deposit
Civil Aeronautics Board
Robert W. Chrisp
Beatings Attributed To Huntington High Gratroop
Huntington West Virginia June 16 Prosecutor Edward H Greene said his office is investigating a series of gang beatings tied to a Huntington Central high school fraternity not recognized by authorities At least two cases including an eye gouging will be presented to the October grand jury The probe began after a 17 year old member of a prominent Huntington family was attacked at home by five youths whose act appeared linked to a date dispute with a girl friend of one assailant A sister in law attempting to intervene was bitten drawing blood
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Huntington
W. Va
Edward H. Greene
Huntington Central
Greene
Woman Leaps From Hotel Balcony in Washington Tragedy
Mrs. Helen Burlage, 45, jumped from the Jefferson hotel eighth floor after her son tried to restrain her. She fell past a seventh floor awning, through an eighth floor shelter, then to a sixth floor awning before striking the driveway. She died at the hospital. coroner ruled death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Helen Burlage
Jefferson Hotel
16Th
M Streets
N. W
Thomas Burlage, Jr
Truman Veto Blocks GOP Income Tax Cut Overriding Vote Lacking
Washington reports Republican tax committee chairs dispute President Truman's claim that an income tax cut would be unsafe. Treasury Secretary Snyder endorses the veto as protecting finances. Senators Malin, Knutson, and Holland debate economic impact and fairness of the proposed cuts.
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Washington
Congressional Tax Committees
Truman
Court Denies Curley's Appeal in War Contracts Case
The Supreme Court denied Mayor James M. Curley of Boston an appeal for the second time, leaving probation or executive clemency as his main path to avoid a six to 18 month jail term for mail fraud connected to Engineers' Group. Curley, 72, is hospitalized in Scituate, Mass, due to high blood pressure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James M. Curley
Boston
Curley
High Court
Massachusetts
District Court
Engineers’ Group, Incorporated
Truman
Scituate
Mass
General Products Company
Record Flood Levels Seen From Keokuk to Ottumwa
Mississippi and Des Moines river flood threats spread across Iowa with rising waters forcing Keokuk plant shutdowns and prompting warnings of new record crests between Keokuk and Quincy. Iowa City pumps operated as water intruded basements while Ottumwa remained heavily inundated and residents stayed displaced.
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Keokuk
Weather Bureau
Here
Quincy
Til
Des Moines River
Mississippi
Alexandria
Des Moines
Iowa
Bonaparte
Farmington
Iowa City
Iowa River
University of Iowa
Fine Arts and Union
Ottumwe
Wife Refusal To Bear Children Declared Criminal Partnership
In New York Supreme Court Referee John F. Carew rules that a wife's refusal to bear children constitutes a criminal partnership in marriage and recommends an annulment for Robert G. Strom and Iva Withers. Strom, a former naval officer, sought a home and children while Withers pursued her stage career, with the couple wed in 1943 and having lived together only a month. Carew cites biblical law and an 18th century British precedent tied to contraception and loot-sharing. Withers stars in Chicago stage musicals as Strom pushes for dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
Robert G. Strom
Iva Withers
Carousel
Strom
Carew
Chicago
Communists Break Up Meeting in Szeged Hungary
In Szeged on June 16 a clash broke up a Freedom party meeting as about 150 communists armed with weapons fought with around 15,000 protesters. Police ended the violence after firing in the air and dispersing crowds. Freedom party leader Dezso Sulyok did not attend.
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Szeged
Hungary
Fokes
Sza‘badsax
Freedom
Freedom Party
Tisza
Dezso Sulyok
Russian Loan Proposal Rejected by UN Commission
The United Nations Economic and Employment Commission defeated a Russian proposal to withhold approval of foreign loans to countries like Greece and Turkey. The 9 to 0 vote supported a resolution urging loans and credits toward economic stability and reconstruction, opposing Soviet terms restricting loans for military or political aims.
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Sage
United Nations Economic and Employment Commission
United States
Greece
Turkey
Alexander P. Morozov
Truman vetoes Republican income tax cut as risky
President Truman rejected a GOP plan to cut income taxes by four billion dollars saying it would harm the economy and widen relief for high earners. He warned the time for tax relief would come only after inflation and price stability improve, with no clear date. Republicans forecast a veto override in the House, but the Senate and party leaders doubt success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woenerel Beetrer
Avareaetraar Lew Tne
Senate Finance Committee
Millikin
Washington
Truman
House
Senate
McCormack
Mass
Congress
Carroll Reece
Roosevelt
Officials Piece Picture Of Plane Crash
Preliminary investigations show a Capital Airlines crash occurred during descent in zero visibility from 3 000 feet into Washington. Fifty aboard died. 11 bodies buried in a Fairfax cemetery at Leesburg, Virginia, with Mrs. Dewar and Miss Harman among identified victims. Rep Bender pressed for radar altimeters and ground control at airports citing CAA delays.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Landis
Blue Ridge Mountain
Chicago
Building Material Shortage Probe Urged
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia urged the Senate to investigate building material shortages and market cornering. He cited scarce gypsum products including sheet rock and rock lath, saying independent builders face deprived access and exhorbitant prices. The resolution was sent to the Small Business Committee.
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Washington
Revercomb
R-Wva
Senate
Ismall Business Committee
Miss Harman Rites To Be At Tazewell
Miss Minnie Harman Red Cross executive at national headquarters in Washington identified among Leesburg crash victims to be buried in Maplewood. Her brother James Harman expects to bring the body to Tazewell for Christian church services Wednesday afternoon with interment at Maplewood. Surviving siblings include Mrs J H Jarman Doran Va and Misses Hattie and Margaret Harman along with brothers J N Bartels Te Welch and James W Harman of Tazewell.
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Fairfax
Leesburg
John R. Dewar
Ambridge
Minnie Harman
Tazewell
Cleveland
American Red Cross
Washington
Red Cross
National Headquarters
James W. Harman
Red Cross Service
University of North Carolina
J. H. 7Man
Doran
Hattie
Margaret Harman
J. N. Bartels Te
Welch
James W. W. Harman
Terewell
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Disute
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Brand
Union
Taylor
War Bureau
Lions
J.B. Wooldridge
Marshall Plan
Knutson
R.-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Workers of America
Holland
D.-Fla
Miss Harman
Tazewell County
National
Bender
Rohio
Blue Ridge
CAA
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