Rail strike shuts most Western railroads except Great Northern
Four Western railroads ordered massive freight and passenger cancellations as switchmen strike loomed at 6 am Sunday. Only Great Northern planned to operate. 8,000 miles of routes from Chicago to the Pacific would be affected. The walkout follows a failed peace effort after a June 15 finding board proposal.
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Chicago
Western
Great Northern
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Francis A. O'Neill
National Railway Mediation Board
Glover
Pacific Ocean
Rock Island
Willis Smith Wins North Carolina Senate Primary
Willis Smith, Raleigh lawyer and Truman opponent, leads Frank Graham in the North Carolina senate primary with 24 758 votes from 1 724 precincts to 258 565 against 233 807 as Graham concedes. Graham congratulates Smith and wishes him well for service to state country and world.
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Raleigh
N. C
Willis Smith
Truman
North Carolina
Smith
Frank Graham
Graham
Sir Walter Hotel
County History Pageant Opens Four Day Sesquicentennial
The Tazewell county sesquicentennial kicks off with church services and a 2:15 pm invocation at the fairgrounds. Dr. James Shelby Thomas, Burke's Garden native and Clarkson College president, delivers the opening address followed by a 3:15 pm concert and a finale awards ceremony Wednesday recognizing outstanding local farmers.
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Tazewell County
Burke’s Garden
Virginia
James Shelby Thomas
Thomas
Burke's Garden
United States
Clarkson College
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
Milligan College
University of Chicago
Oxford Univery
Newberry Trial Seeks Impartial Jury from Outside Bland
Bland Virginia June 24 The prosecution failed twice to move for jurors from another county in the Samuel L. Newberry murder case. Special Commonwealths Attorney Boggess argued a fair jury cannot be drawn in Bland, while defense noted 11 jurors already qualified. By day’s end 14 jurors qualified, 56 disqualified, 23 needed. Mrs Mary Katheryn Newberry headless body found 17 months ago on Walker Mountain. Turn to Page 3, Column 6.
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Bland
Samuel L. Newberry
Walter C. Burton
Bland County
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Special Commonwealth
Hn R. Boggess
Boggess
W. S. Snidow
Mary Katheryn Newberry
Walker Moug
Burglary at Queen Mary's Mansion Shocks London
A burglar snuck into Marlborough House in London and attacked two housekeepers with a penknife and fists. Gerald O'Brien, a 26 year old Irish gardener, was arrested after a police search. preliminary hearing set for Bow Street.
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London
Queen Mother Mary
George VI
Marborough House
Christopher Ae
Scotland Yard
King George
Buckingham Palace
Gerald O'Brien
Bow Street
Trade Pact Ends Boosts Coal Trade in U S
Walter R. Thurmond says the cancellation of the U S Mexico reciprocal trade agreement will help American coal only to a limited degree. State department estimates show tariffs on half the oil imports rising to 21 cents, influencing employment in related industries. Thurmond praises Senator Neely and the Senate subcommittee for hearings with 60 witnesses from 18 states and D C.
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Charleston
W. Va
U. S
Mexico
Walter R. Thurmond
Thurmond
Southern Coal Producers Association
U.S
State Department
Senate
Senator Neely
Wva
District of Columbia
United States and Mexico end seven year trade pact
Washington reports both governments will terminate the 1943 reciprocal trade agreement effective December 31. The move raises American import duties on goods from Mexico and other MFN partners including Venezuela Canada Peru and Australia with oil and coal sectors especially affected. Tariffs on many imports are expected to double and hurt prices globally.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
State Department
Foreign Office
Venezuela
Canada
Perustralia
Mine Worker Injured At Coalwood
Coalwood W Va June 24 Laymen Woods 22 of here employed by Olga Coal company suffered a broken arm when his limb was caught between an end gate and a header. He was taken to Grace hospital at Welch for reduction of the fracture.
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Coalwood
W. Va
Woods
Here
Olga Coal Company
Grace Hospital
Welch
Brewster Promotes Enough Is Enough Slogan For 1950 Campaign
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine and GOP leader Guy Gabrielson rally 200 eastern delegates in Atlantic City. They frame peace as a major 1950 issue, criticize Democratic handling of world events, and urge unity to defeat a common foe. Hiss perjury case cited with McCarthy link.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Owen Brewster
Maine
Brewster
Guy George Gabrielson
Florida
Gabrielson
United States
America
Republican National Committee
National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Rep
Leonard Hall
New York
Accused Slayer Held For Jury In Va. Murder
Roy E. Bryant, 31, unemployed iron worker, is held for the grand jury on a murder charge in the stabbing death of his 23-year-old waitress wife Virginia Bryant. The victim died about 40 minutes after being stabbed as she left a Roanoke restaurant. Bryant admitted the slaying. taxi driver William M. Shelton, 31, was fined 100 dollars and jailed 12 months for aiding and abetting in a felony. Shelton had earlier misled police about Bryant’s location.
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Roanoke
Roy E. Bryant
Virginia Bryant
William M. Shelton
Bryant
Shelton
Body Found In Lake May Be U S Officer
In Lake Orta near Trieste Italian authorities identified a recovered body as U S Army Maj William Holohan who vanished after a 1944 parachute mission to join Italian partisans The body was raised after a search that began in 1945 Officials say he was reported killed by Germans but police claim he was killed by fellow conspirators in a card game and robbed of 6000 dollars
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Trieste
U. S. Army
William Holohan
Italy
Lake Orta
Here
Holohan
Olphan
Invasion Of South Korea By North Unfolds On Wide Front
North Korean troops attacked across the 38th parallel with ships tanks and planes. U S advisers said invasion halted by afternoon but heavy artillery continued. Kaesong area reportedly partly occupied as amphibious landings were noted along the east coast.
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Seoul
North Korea
South Korea
U. S
United States
Kaesong
Fall Of French Cabinet Shocks Europe Unity Drive
Paris reports that Premier Georges Bidault and his cabinet resigned after a 352 to 230 vote against a government salary measure. The move unsettles Indo-China talks and the Schuman plan, with observers speculating on a new French government amid a delicate postwar European unity effort.
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Europe
Paris
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Henri Queuille
Schuman
Bonn
Oldsters To Honor Memory Of McGuffey Early Educator
Oxford Ohio will host the Federation of McGuffey Societies reunion commemorating the 150th anniversary of William Holmes McGuffey birth. Five of his grandchildren will attend along with members recalling childhood days and hearing declamations from McGuffey reader stories. The group notes McGuffey taught at Miami University and held several college presidencies before dying in 1873.
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Federation of
McGuffey
William McGuffey Hepburn
Emory (Ga.) University
Andrew Hepburn
New York
C. K. Hepburn
Indianapolis
Henrietta Hepburn
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Sam Hepburn
Palo Alto
Calif
William Holmes McGuffey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Tuscarawas County
Miami
Paris
Old Cincinnati College
University of Cincinnati
Ohio University At
Athens
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Wreckage and oil found as Northwest Airlines plane vanishes
Milwaukee observers report oil slicks and possible wreckage on Lake Michigan after Northwest Airlines DC-4 Air Coach disappeared with 55 passengers and three crew en route from New York to Minneapolis. Coast Guard ships and 60 search aircraft scoured frigid waters, but fog and darkness hindered the rescue. Divers found nothing conclusive as the search paused until daybreak with no survivors confirmed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Northwest Airlines
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Michigan
Coast Guard
Minneapolis
New York
West Coast
C.S.T
South
Navy
George Parkinson
Racine
Robert Lind
Hopkins
Ludington
Mich
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
No. 21
Daniel A. Joy
Eastern Air Lines
Washington, D. C
600 Stranded Students Get Transport To Europe
In New York on June 24 six hundred American and Canadian students, stranded after the Norwegian ship they planned to sail on was deemed a firetrap, were offered transport to Europe. President Truman ordered military aid and an admiral arranged transport by General Ballou.
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New York
Europe
Truman
Coast Guard
Ballou
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Pope Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
Jfime
Tazewell
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Top Sing
Newberry
Queen Mary’s Mansion
England
Alice Knight
Iier
Winifred Ralph
Scpa Official Lands
Nora
Williams
Harrison County
W. L. Doolittle
Consolidation Coal Company of
West Virginia
Doolittle
GOP
Secretary of
Dean Acheson
Alger Hiss
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hiss
Lake
Oldsters
Oxford
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