Labor Leader John L. Lewis Urges United Front Rally Ends Reuther Critique
In Detroit on June 23 John L. Lewis urged a united labor front addressing 40 000 to 50 000 workers from CIO Auto Workers and UMW districts. He attacked Walter Reuther calling him a pseudo intellectual nit wit and denied aiming to absorb UAW members while praising union dues and bold steps for labor unity.
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John L. Lewis
United Labor Front
Walter P. Reuther
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CIO Auto
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Auto Workers
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
UAW
Psuedo
Nit
Walter Reuther
Russia
Europe
Labor Movement
Guests From Four States Attend Buchanan Chamber Outing
Over 200 guests from Ohio West Virginia Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky joined the Buchanan Chamber of Commerce outing at Dismal River Country Club eight miles above Grundy. The all day event featured golf horseshoes shuffleboard and porch relaxation with a luncheon and ham fried chicken dinner. C C J Carleton said out of county and state guests were invited to showcase Buchanan County as a fast growing Virginia industrial area.
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Buchanan Chamber of Commerce
Buchanan County
Virginia
Ohio
West Virginia
E. M. Bane
Layton Howerton
W. B. Quigley
John Thomas
C. M. Hurst
E. N. Harris
E. F. Talbott
Frank Simmerman
R. V. Venable
Sam Beinhorn
J. M. Stanley
E. M. Band
Drys Lead In Ashland Local Option Vote
With 24 of 48 precincts counted in Ashland Kentucky the drys lead the vets nearly two to one in today’s local option election.
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Drysman
World Court to hear Iran oil case next Saturday
The Hague June 23 emergency session set for judges including a Russian to hear Britain's bid for interim measures in the Iran oil nationalization dispute The British application warns of extreme urgency as Iran's policy could devastate the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and risk fires at the world’s largest refinery Iranian police guarded AIOC offices in Tehran and Abadan conducting searches to prevent document removal.
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Netherlands
World Court Today
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Iran
United Kingdom
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Tehran
Abadan
AIOC
Governor doubts if vets will get their bonus soon
Governor Patteson answered four questions from veterans about the cash bonus amid bond financing trouble. He said banks and building and loan associations cannot fully fund the issue, insurers prefer higher yielding securities, and state funds would incur losses if diverted. The constitution requires cash, and only a special session or voter amendment could change payment methods.
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National Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee
Defense Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
West Virginia
Patteson
NICRC
Dewey Plans Far East Tour With Truman Backing
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will visit the Korean front and other far eastern trouble spots next month with President Truman's approval. The trip follows Dewey's earlier public statements on U.S. policy in Asia and comes as the administration seeks allied support amid ongoing conflicts in the region.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Senate inquiry flags Ridgway stance on China attack plan
Senator Russell pressed the defense department on Gen Ridgway's views amid the MacArthur ouster inquiry. A December 1950 Ridgway message urged Nationalist forces on Formosa to strike the mainland, while Knowland noted U.N. allies must send more troops to Korea. McMahon called for Harriman to rebut Hurley who attacked Yalta concessions.
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Russell
D - Ga
Defense Department
Matthew B. Ridgway
China
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Douglas MacArthur
Senate
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Ridgway
J. Lawton Collins
Army
D-Conn
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Yalta
Manchuria
Russia
Harriman
US Ready to Engage if Malik Sees Real Peace Move
The US State Department said Washington is ready to help end the Korean conflict if Soviet Envoy Malik’s cease fire proposal is more than propaganda. It urged Malik to present concrete ideas and warned against public posturing as diplomacy. Capitol Hill showed skepticism but some lawmakers urged careful consideration.
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State Department
United States
Korea
Russia
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Malik
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38Th Parallel
Truman
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Lincoln White
New York
Warren Austin
U. N
Friedly
White
Mr. Malik
Navy Pilot Dies In Jet Crash
Newburgh New York June 23 One navy pilot was killed and another injured during maneuvers testing air defenses A second pilot First Lt Wilmer C Hepner of Reading Pennsylvania was hurt when his jet fighter crash landed at Georgetown Delaware The accidents were announced by the eastern air defense force at Stewart Air Force Base
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N. Y
Navy
Elizabeth City
N. C
Air Force
Wimer C. Hepner
Reading
Georgetown
Del
Eastern Air Defense Force
Stewart Air Force Base
Truman Opens Desperate Fight To Save Controls
President Truman launches a last ditch push to extend and broaden price wage controls as Congress debates bills limiting the president's authority. He warns that relaxed provisions invite disaster and inflation while defense production act expires June 30 and must be extended.
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House Banking Committee
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Senate Banking Committee
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Rayburn
National Advisory Board
House Banking and Currency Committees
Korea
All Believed Dead Aboard Airliner Crashed In Jungle
In Liberia the Pan American Constellation Great Republic crashes near Sanaghie killing all 31 passengers and nine crew. Wreckage located 50 miles northeast of Monrovia. authorities report complete disintegration with no survivors.
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Funeral today for Pvt. Kenneth Shadrick in Beckley
Pvt. Kenneth Shadrick, 19, the first American soldier killed in the Korean War from West Virginia, will be laid to rest at the Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 cemetery in Beckley. A Skin Fork native, he joined at 17 to see the world and served in a bazooka squad of the 24th division in Korea. Funeral 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Beckley with burial proceeding.
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Kenneth Shadrick
Skin Fork
Wyoming County
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Sojong
South Korea
Pineville High School
Pvt Shadrick
Lucille
Skelton
Kenneth
Japan
Korea
First Baptist Church of
Prince, W. Va
New York
John Wentz
Pittsburgh
Ex Train Robber Nabbed By FBI
The FBI captured Thomas James Holden near Beverton Oregon. Holden, once on the ten most wanted list, was sought for the murder of his wife and her two brothers in Chicago and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He had been released from Leavenworth in 1947.
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Washington
FBI
Thomas James Holden
Beverton
Ore
Holden
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kas
Mickey Devine Weds New York Fire Laddie
Greenwich Connecticut June 23 Former showgirl Martha Mickey Devine 39 ex Horace E. Dodge wife and heiress marries William Gerlach 35 New York fireman at St Pauls church She previously settled nearly 1,000,000 in Reno 1944 and later wed William Cahill Jr a New York attorney
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Greenwich
Conn
Martha
Mickey) Devine
Horace E. Dodge
William Gerlach
New York City
Dodge
Reno
Nev
William Cahill, Jr
New York
Gerlach
St. Paul's
Malik calls for Korean cease fire conference
United Nations in New York reports Jacob Malik Russia's chief delegate urged belligerents in Korea to begin talks for a cease fire and mutual withdrawal from the 38th parallel. He condemned Western policies and urged that the Soviet Union seek peace through direct discussions. He offered no immediate comment from U.N. officials.
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United Nations
N. Y
Jacob Malik
Russia
U.N
Red China
U. S
U. N
Price of Peace
New York
West
38Th Parallel
Korea
Formosa
New York Park Avenue
Chr stening of the United States liner at Newport News
The 51,500 ton SS United States received the champagne baptism by Mrs. Tom Connally amid a hot crowd. Fireworks and cameras captured the moment as the ship began slow sternward movement from the drydock, with tugs guiding it toward an outfitting pier for completion next summer. The ceremony highlighted wartime readiness with warnings of possible conversion to a troop transporter.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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America
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Elizabeth
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