Lewis Presses Broad Mine Closures Amid Safety Row
In a letter to Interior Secretary Krug and coal chief Collisson, John L. Lewis urged keeping all but two soft coal mines closed pending federal safety re inspections. The two exceptions are Stansbury and Reliance in Wyoming. The move risks delaying reopening of about 2,013 mines and shifts responsibility onto the government.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Isafe
Interior
Krug
N. H. Collisson
Stansbury
Reliance
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Lewis
Collisson
Crossing Flagman Crashes. Hardy in Critical Condition
Cedar Rapids news reports Thomas Hardy, 47, of 122 First Avenue NW, in critical condition at St Luke's hospital after being struck by an automobile while on duty as a flagman at the First Avenue E crossing Friday night. Police say Hardy was thrown 100 feet. Willard Freed, 29, of Iowa City, faced reckless driving charges in police court. case postponed until Monday for full condition updates.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas Hardy
First Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Avenue E
Hardy
Willard Freed
Iowa City
Freed
Johnson
Flames Rout Women Government Employees
Three women were burned and several hundred night shift female government employees evacuated from Alcott hall in West Potomac Park. Fire officials said the fire started from a cigarette in the hall wing, with about 300 occupants due to Easter holidays.
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Washington (Ap
West Potomac Park
Alcott Hall
Easter Weather Cloudy Cold with Rivers Flooding
Heavy rains swelled Iowa creeks and rivers causing flood warnings and highway closures. Des Moines river rose to 17.4 feet at Eddyville with further gains expected. Ottumwa Des Moines reached 11.5 feet with a 13-foot forecast. OttumwaLowland areas threatened. Miles Montana saw seven inches of snow. Williston North Dakota five inches.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Montana
Dakotas
Miles
Mont
Williston
N. D
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Eddyville
Indianola
Middle River
Train Busies Through Washout Stop Delays Milwaukee Trip
Passengers traveling from Milwaukee to Ottumwa on Saturday morning reached Williamsburg where a washout east of Sigourney halted the train. They then rerouted back and resume the journey to Ottumwa by bus.
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Milwaukee
Ottumwa
Williamsburg
Sigourney
Weather Halts Flight of B 29s Over Midwest Cities
Bad weather Saturday forced cancellation of a planned formation flight of 40 B 29 Superforts with 160 P 51s for fighter cover over Midwest cities including Cedar Rapids Kansas City St Louis Toledo Detroit Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids Municipal officials said the flight was off on the day as radio messages reported the plan had broken up.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Kansas City
St. Louis
Toledo
Detroit
Milwaukee
Ana Sa
Ceder Rapids
Rapi
Government Presses for Phone Peace
Washington labor officials hold continuous talks with Bell System leaders and unions to avert a nationwide telephone strike with under 40 hours to the deadline. NFTW president Beirne questions President Truman seizure authority while governors threaten anti strike laws as a possible lever.
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Washington
Labor Department
William Margolis
United States
John W. Gi
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Clark
Truman
Beirne
Former diplomat sought in probe of girl's death
Arlington detectives turned to Manhattan to question former diplomat Andrew S. Gilchrist Jr., in New York, over Wynona Harvey's death whose body was found near a Virginia shore culvert. Miss Harvey had been missing from her Washington apartment since last Sunday. The former fiancé Theodore Buck, 23, was released after questioning.
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Washington
INS
New York
Arlington County
Manhattan
Wynona Harvey
Virginia
Potomac River
Hugh Jones
Andrew S. Gilchrist, Jr
Czechoslovakia
Phillips Export Company
Miss Harvey
Gilchrist
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Theodore Buck
Charlottesville
Yva
Senate Holds Up Withholding Tax Cut Plan
Senate Republican leadership placed labor legislation ahead of tax reform, delaying any July 1 withholding tax reduction. Chairman Millikin of the finance committee said May 1 is the earliest the bill could reach the Senate floor, with a likely window between May 1 and May 15 if no delays occur. A treasury official warned the delay would prevent lowering withholding taxes by July 1 even with a new rate ready.
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Washington
ULP
Senate Republican
Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
Milwaukee Soldier Killed at Japanese Airbase
Pfc. Joseph Agnello of Milwaukee was killed at a Nagoya airbase on Saturday when he stepped into the rotating propeller of a fighter aircraft.
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Nagoya
Japan
INS
Joseph Agnello
Milwaukee
Pilot of Air Cripple Keeps Going to Fairfield Landing
Lieut. Robert C. Johnson piloted the B 29 weather reconnaissance plane from Elmendorf Alaska to Fairfield Army Air Base after losing a propeller and engine power. He landed safely at 7 30 pm with seven crewmen, having navigated rough weather and long distance to reach repairs.
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Air Cripple
Fairfield
Calif
Fairfield Army Airbase
Alaska
North Pacific
Robert C. Johnson
Monroe
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Kodiak
Seattle
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
N“T
Shelter Cove
Pacific Coast
Johnson
Window's So Clean He Walks Right Through It
An unidentified springer was nursing minor cuts and bruises Saturday after a mishap in Springfield. Police reported the incident injured a passerby who walked through a storefront window. No further details were released.
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Springfield
INS
Springer
Five Marines Die in China Ammunition Dump Raid
Chinese Communists looted and sabotaged a United States marine ammunition dump near Tanghu 22 miles east of Tientsin, killing five Marines and wounding 16 in a four hour battle. Rebels, estimated at 400, attacked from three directions around 12 20 am, loading shells and detonating part of the dump before retreating. Marines reinforced from Tangku and allied units pursued the attackers as Chinese government troops joined the chase at dawn.
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Tientsin
China
Tanghu
Emil Radic
Hightstown
N. J
Tangku
North China
Julian N. Frisbie
Fifth Marines
Peiping
North
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Truman May Strike Keynotes Tonight on Campaign Radio
President Truman plans a radio address targeting the 1948 Democratic campaign. The speech, set for 9:30 P.M., will reach an audience of Democrats with a focus on rallying support and outlining campaign themes.
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Washington
Truman
Bute
Floods In Chicago Crowd Homes Evacuated By Rescue Boats
A heavy rainstorm drenched Chicago and surrounding suburbs, raising water four to six feet. Police and coast guardsmen in 20 boats evacuated hundreds, with Lt. Carl Relli reporting 100 people already rescued and more awaiting evacuation.
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Chicago
INS
Carl Relli
Blue Island, Ill
Southern Michigan Faces Worst Flood Threat in History
Detroit AP reports a two to three inch rainfall left Southern Michigan under flood threat with many cities evacuating families as streams rose. No lives were lost but property damage mounted rapidly while meteorologist H M Wills warned the crest may not arrive for two days.
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Detroit
Michigan
H. M. Wills
United States
Deserter Reprieve for G I Who Joined Paratroops
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D Taylor at West Point reduced the six month prison term of James Minker to six months with execution of a dishonorable discharge suspended until release. Minker, 25, had been convicted of desertion from May 5 1942 to July 24 1946 and sentenced to two years hard labor. His attorney said Minker left for Europe under an assumed name and served as a paratrooper in France, later becoming a POW under the name James H Rowley.
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West Point
N. Y
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States Military Academy
James Minker
Syracuse
Anthony F. Caffrey
France
Caffrey
Europe
James H. Rowley
Four Perish in Oklahoma Storm
A wind storm struck Glendale in eastern Oklahoma early Saturday killing four members of the Vaughn family Andrew George Jewell and Nancy. The Red Cross confirmed the deaths and noted ages were not known. The storm hit around 2 am destroying houses and uprooting trees.
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Wister, Okla
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Glendale
Oklahoma
Red Cross
Vaughn
Andrew
George
Jewell
Nancy
Tornadoes Hit Nevada Missouri and Dixie Prairie Areas
A tornado struck near Nevada Missouri injuring none and causing widespread damage in El Dorado Springs and nearby rural areas. Another tornado 150 miles northwest destroyed four farm homes a rural store and two churches in the Dixie and Hams Prairie communities.
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Nevada, Mo
el Dorado Springs
Here
Dixie and
Hams Prairie
Negro Soldiers Children to U S Sent on Chartered Liner
The Daily Mail reports 5 000 children fathered by American Negro troops in England will be sent to the United States on a chartered liner. Aged 1 to 5, they were left behind by troops during the war. The Negro Welfare Societies in London and Liverpool plan to place them in colored communities in the U S to avoid social stigma.
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London
The
Daily Mail
England
United States
Britain
Newspan
Ontenne
Negro Welfare Societies
Liverpool
Gales States
Kendall Fe
Nollettee
America
No Parking Enforced Downtown As City Lines Resume
Traffic Captain L W Remington said Sunday at 7 a m for six hours during Easter truce, vehicles parked in downtown bus loading zones will be towed to the ag station. Second avenue terminal points have been jammed with parked cars since the strike began Tuesday, towing charges apply.
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City Lines
L. W. Remington
Second Avenue
City Lines union talks stall over wage offer and Easter transport plan
Oliver told Dr. Roberts that drivers would provide services free if the company furnished buses and charged no fare. Prochaska said the company would join with the union to offer Easter morning transport without charge if drivers and union maintenance men are on duty early and protect company property. Union accepted the driver conditions, but the city may halt transportation again at 1 p.m. without a contract by then.
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Bayne Freeland
Cedar Rapids City Lines
AFL
Cedar Rapids
Marion
C. A. Oliver
Carroll C. Roberts
First Christian
Cedar Rapids and Marion
Oliver
Dr. Roberts
E. A. Prochaska
Prochaska
Java
John D. Randall
Four Point
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Raccoon
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Rock Island Railroad
Davenport
Burlington
Mercury
Associated Press
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Ellison
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