Byrness Sharp Showdown Notice On Peace Conference
Secretary of State James Byrnes delivered a sharp warning that a vote on calling a 21 nation peace conference would take place at tomorrow's meeting. He pressed Molotov to decide the issue, while Molotov argued over remaining agenda items and suggested a Sunday session.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Byrnes
Pente
Molotov
Amer
Trieste
Georges Bidault
Scratey
Danube
Molov
Ders
Finland
Five Workmen Die As Pier Collapses In Philadelphia Disaster
A 150 foot double deck pier collapsed into the Delaware River near Philadelphia killing five workers and leaving several others missing or injured. Twelve men were on the pier when it split and dropped into 20 feet of water amid tumbling cranes and timber. Seven survived with hospital treatment. The dead include Vincent Gentile 27 Tealsh Wright 42 James Brown 8 James Walker 32 and Frank Harley 31. The cause was not yet determined though dredging nearby was noted. The pier belonged to Bauch and Sons Co and Delaware Chemical works, with rail cars on street level and two cranes overhead. A woman worker Mary Hatterson survived after being rescued from a floating tin shack.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
George Hink
Vincent Gentile
Tealsh Wright
James Brown
James Walker
Frank Harley
Bauch and Sons Co
Delaware Chemical Works
Mary Hatterson
Coal Association Estimates Production Declines From Last Year
The National Coal Association reports current year output through June 23 at 285 663 000 tons, 22 2 percent below the same period in the prior year, with January 1 to June 22 total at 222 270 000 tons. The U S Bureau of Mines shows weekly production at 12 780 000 tons for June 8 and 12 140 000 tons for June 15.
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National Coal Association
Ieie
NCA
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Hoover Says Mass Starvation Halted Except China
Ottawa June 28 Herbert Hoover announced in a Canadian broadcast that mass starvation has been prevented worldwide except in China where interior transportation and weak organization limited relief. He warned the crisis is not over and urged a new international emergency food council to aid millions in Europe and Asia.
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Ottawa
Herbert Hoover
China
United States
Truman
Hoover
International Emergency Food Council
Europe
Asia
South America
Father Confesses Slayings Of Daughters In Beating Case
Redwood City Calif June 28 A man James Newton 24 facing murder charges in the deaths of his two young daughters admitted striking them after viewing their battered bodies at a Burlingame mortuary. Deputy district attorney Fred Wyckoff said Newton described how he hit his wife first with a bottle and later killed the children during a family drive. He said he did not know why he attacked them and claimed memory loss during questioning. The wife remained hospitalized in critical condition.
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Redwood City
Calif
James Newton
Fred Wyckoff
Wykoff
Coast
Newton
Burlingame Mortuary
Agencies Blamed For Shortage Of Pepper
Baltimore June 28 John N Curlett vice president of Mc Cormick and Co Inc blamed the U S shortage of Black pepper in America on government agencies charged with handling it during the war He said agencies have missed opportunities to bring pepper into the country using the war and price control as an alibi and ignored industry import suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John N. Curlett
McCormick and Co., Inc
U. S
America
Fingerprints Tie Suspect to Degnan Kidnap Slaying
Chicago authorities report that fingerprints and a palm print on the Suzanne Degnan ransom note match those of William Heirens, 17, a University of Chicago student. He is being questioned on burglary and alleged involvement in the Degnan kidnapping and murder amid a Phoenix denials of a similar claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William J. Tuohy
Suzanne Degnan
William Eivens
Univer=i
Eirens
Degnan
Phoenix
Ariz
Tuohy
Miners get $100 vacation pay in West Virginia
West Virginia miners receive a $100 vacation bonus under the new soft coal agreement with about 03,000 workers affected. The retroactive pay totals roughly $3 million, with distribution completing in the coming days and affecting those who worked during the strike period.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Will
Chamber
Great Lakes Shipments Given Preference For Coal Traffic
The Solid Fuels Administration ordered priority for Great Lakes shipments of soft coal for the remainder of the navigation season. Lakes movements have first priority, followed by retail dealers. June projections show Great Lakes tonnage nine million behind last year. District eight producers in parts of Virginia and surrounding states must ship monthly tonnages equal to last year for most sizes, excluding domestic sizes capped at 90 percent.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Great Lakes
J. A. Krug
Lakes
Krug
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Italians protest award of areas to France by Big Four
Rome reports Alcide de Gasperi condemns the Tenda Brigo region ceding to France as a grave error harming Franco Italian friendship. Milan's Arturo Toscanini and Scala Orchestra boycott Paris concert in protest amid border region allocations and railway line implications through Mount Cenis and Saint Bernard routes.
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Rome
Alcide de
Tenda-Brigo
France
Milan
Arturo Ba 9
Scala Opera House
Paris
de Gasper
Tunisia
Andanvey A
Italy
Prance
Europe
Walter Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
la Scala
London
Mount Denis
Modane
Mount Cenis
Turin
Dass of Tittle Saint Bernard
Mont Blanc
Anrea
Bardomnechia
Automobile Licenses Extended Until July 10
Charleston West Virginia June 28 extension due to Sunday month end extends 1945 46 automobile licenses to July 10. Secretary Don McClaugherty registrar notes Sunday break will slow bureau work and enforcement agencies will honor old tags. The day saw a larger rush than any this week with all window applications completed by day’s end.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Don McClaugherty
Commission
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
McClaugherty
Wage Board Warns Inflation Risk in Proposed Price Act
The national wage stabilization board told President Truman the compromise price control extension would cause uncontrolled inflation. The White House released the letter after senate action on the measure. The board urged inviting industry labor and agriculture to discuss impacts before a strike risk breeds instability.
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Washington
National Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
White House
Senate
Oo Phaney
Ohana
Willard Wirtz
Jack G. Day
Phillips L. Garman
Earl Cannon
A. Coleman Barrett
Baruch Urges Rapid Action on Atomic Energy Control
New York June 28 Bernard M Baruch urged the United Nations atomic energy commission to act quickly saying time presses and the world grows more perilous He repeated President Truman's support and confidence and presented a personal chart outlining areas of agreement and conflict with Russia to push toward a decision on the deadly bomb.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Baruch
U. S
Commission
Truman
U.S
United States
Russia
Sed Femel
De Nicola Elected President of New Italian Republic
Enrico de Nicola, 68, a veteran Neapolitan statesman, won 396 of 504 votes in the constituent assembly to become the first elected president of the new Italian republic. Cirolano Facchinetti received 40 votes and Otta via Penna 32 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrico de Nicola
Rome
de Nicola
Constituent Assembly
Cirolano Facchinetti
Republican Party
Ottavia Penna
Uomo Qualunque
Common Man
Policemen Describe Sally's Costume in Court
In San Francisco on June 28 a dancer Sally Rand faced indecent exposure charges after testimony by two officers. The officers described a patch or G string worn during her San Francisco night club performance, with details about its presence and absence during arrest.
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San Francisco
Rand
Miss Rand
William Sullian
Sue
Marie Toomey
Sullivan
Sally
Toomey
Sal Nahoe
Main Features Of OPA Bill Passed By Congress
Major price control bill provisions include extending the Office of Price Administration to June 30 1947 omitting meat dairy tobacco and petroleum decontrol board with power to overrule OPA and remove ceilings appoints a president nominated board prohibits cutting prewar margins on reconversion goods sets ceilings for producers based on 1941 costs plus industry wide cost increases caps subsidies for food and metals at 1 billion ends food subsidies except sugar and shifts farm commodity price control authority to the agriculture secretary
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Office of Price Administration
Senate
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Authority
Curb On Unscheduled Planes Over New York Amid Crash Probe
The Army Air Forces ordered planes to avoid New York City in bad weather and to report within 50 miles of Manhattan when not scheduled. Unscheduled aircraft must land at Mitchel Field, Long Island, rather than Newark or LaGuardia. The order follows a May 20 crash of a C-54 that killed five aboard, blamed on pilot disorientation in fog. no aircraft defect found.
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Washington
Ae Army Air Forces
Bank of Manhattan
New York City
Manhattan
Mitchelfield Long Island
Mitchelfield
Newark
Air Base
LaGuardia
Atlantic
Ira Cer
Air Forces
War Department
Foremen’s Unions Ban Debated In Labor Bill Action
Senate appropriations committee wrote a virtual ban on foremen's unions into a labor-social security bill as part of the Case measure. The move targets supervisory employee unions and faces a House fight while coal mine talks with the UMW proceed without John L. Lewis.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Murdock
Utah
Ball
Minn
Overton
House
Local bakeries resume Sunday operations after flour shortages
A carload of flour is due at Cole's Kew-Bee bakery today and baking will resume on Sunday for Monday delivery. Feuchtenberger's bakery reports two flour carloads and plans Sunday reopening at Williamson W Va Pikeville Painteville Ky and Grundy Va plants, while Ashland Ky plant may close this weekend due to flour depletion. U S department rep E W Hartsook surveys local meat bread and eating supplies amid miner concerns.
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Cole's
Bluefield
Feuchtenberger's Bakery
Feuchtenberger
Williamson
W. Va
Pikeville
Painteville
Grundy
L. D. Peuchten , Jr
Ashland
E. W. Hartsook
Morgantown
U. S. On Department
West Coast maritime pay rift risks broader labor split
Government shipping officials see a looming dispute as AFL Sailors union wins a $22.50 monthly raise for able bodied seamen in San Francisco contract, while CIO dominated NMU negotiates $17.50. WSA fears protests if the AFL deal is approved or not. Curran aims for similar terms with east coast operators led by Frank J. Taylor.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
War Shipping Administration
San Francisco
Harry Launeberg
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Pacific American Ship Owners Association
Committee For Maritime Unity
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Luneberg
WSA
National Wage ‘Stabilization Board
Lunedeberg
Curran
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
NMU
Government To Exit Butter Market This Sunday
The agriculture department said it will withdraw from butter markets after Sunday leaving civilian output to meet demand. Production and supplies are expected to fall short of consumer needs into next spring’s peak milk season. The cheese market will continue through July and August. An order requiring 20 percent butter allocation to armed forces and war services ends June 30.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Armed Forces
War Services
OPA Price Control Extension Sparks Resignations and Debate
The OPA bill to extend price controls for a year passed the Senate 47 to 33, with concerns it would trigger inflation. Chester Bowles resigned as stabilization director effective July 10, urging a veto to avoid economic collapse. President Truman did not reveal his decision, promising to fight inflation with all tools while awaiting further guidance from industry, labor, and agriculture spokesmen.
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Washington
Vane
Congress
Chester Bowles
Truman
Acre Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
Bowles
White House
Senate
Barkley
Congressional
Senators vote split on OPA extension across four states
In Washington on June 28 the Senate gave final congressional approval to the OPA extension. Democrats supporting the bill were Burh, Byrd of Virginia Kilgore of West Virginia McKellar and Stewart of Tennessee Radcliffe of Maryland. Bev ercomb of West Virginia voted for the Republican side.
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Washington
Senate
Bureh
Byrd
Virginia
Kilgore
West Virginia
McKellar and Stewart
Tennessee
Radcliffe
Maryland
Bevercomb
Virginia Side Man Killed In Plunge Near Christiansburg
Maynard Cole 30 of Radford and Hubert L. Cundiff of Bluefield Va died after an automobile left the highway and plunged into an embankment about a mile west of Christiansburg. A small boy narrowly escaped injury as the car hurled over him. Coroner R H Grubbs and Sheriff G W Jainenan investigated noting skull fractures as the cause. Gratton Thompson and his son reported the car plowed into the earth in his garden. No clear explanation for the straight stretch crash could be given.
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Christianburg
Maynard Cole
Grove Avenue
Radford
Richard A. Cole
Hubert L. Cundiff
Bluefield
New Atlamant Hospital
Christiansburg
R. H. Grubbs
G. W. Jainenan
Gratton Thompson
A. S
Dr. Grubbs
Cundiff
Te Ieee Walle
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Nails Molotov
Coal Association
Bridewell Hospital
Jens
Michael Ahern i
Rogers Park
North Side
Tiffin
U. G. War
Evelyn Peterson
The
Associated Press
Curb
United Mine Workers
Coal Mines Administration
Ben Moreell
Mines Administration
Admiral Moreell
UMW
John McAlpine
Bosses
John L. Lewis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Martsook
Bee
Mr. Truman
Plunge
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