France seizes coal mines as troops crush strike
Paris reports thirty thousand troops and security guards swept 300 square miles in northern France and seized the nation’s richest coal mines from Communist led strikers. Interior Minister Jules Moch announced the operation covered 30 by 10 miles from the Douai Lille road to the Belgian border and warned foreigners and strikers of severe penalties.
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Paris
France
Jules Moch
Douai- Lille
Moch
St. Etienne
Firming
Andre Marie
le Havre
Marie
AFL to launch third major political party at convention
William Green president of the AFL said in Cincinnati that the federation will propose a national labor political structure at the November convention. A resolution will be submitted outlining plans for a third party and the AFL may lead or team with other labor groups while remaining active in politics in non presidential years as well.
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Cincinnati
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Green
Cincinnati Post
Lockheed airliner missing with 13 aboard amid NZ search
An intensive national search is under way in New Zealand for a Lockheed airliner that vanished on Saturday with 13 people aboard. Rescue teams and aviation authorities coordinate across air and sea routes as weather hampers efforts. The fate of the passengers and crew remains unknown while officials appeal for any sightings or information.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Mekota and Scott Wed in Linn County Court Office
Joe Mekota age 82 and Emma Scott age 66 were married in Linn County Courthouse clerk of court’s office at noon Saturday. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Waldemar W. Argow with clerk Arthur Axmear and Frederick J. Witousek as witnesses. They will live at 526 Eighth Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Mekota
Linn County
Democratic Party
Emma Scott
Waldemar W. Argow
Arthur Axmear
Axmear
Frederick J. Witousek
Eighth Street
Help Sped to Stricken Ship
Two destroyers and a tug battled heavy seas to reach a disabled landing craft large 140 miles northeast of Cape Henry. The LCIL carried 30 to 40 naval reservists from the First Naval District en route Miami to Boston. The Junius Smith reached the scene at 3 am and stood by pumping oil to ease the seas while awaiting help. Three patrol bombers were held ready at Norfolk Station if needed.
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Norfolk
Junius Smith
Norfolk Naval Station
Margaret Truman Plans Opera Role
Margaret Truman daughter of the President plans to sing in two or three operas, likely this fall or early next year. The coloratura soprano named Lucia and Rigoletto as possibilities and possibly Le Traviata, but she did not specify the company or venue.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
Miss Truman
Chinese Exit from Manchuria Seen
Nanking reports that Chinese government forces plan a withdrawal from Manchuria to China proper. About 200000 troops, largely American trained and equipped, may be evacuated by sea through Yingkow within two months before ice closes the port. Communists control most routes, with only a small area around Mukden held by Chiang Kai-shek troops.
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Nanking
Manchuria
China
Iwhco
Yingkow
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Mukden
Continuation of Mild Weather in Cedar Rapids
Clear skies and milder temperatures are forecast to continue through Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. Tonight's low is expected to reach 40 degrees, with highs around 58 reported Sunday afternoon. Monday morning started at 25 degrees before a 67 degree reading at 2:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Streptomycin Aids All Tuberculosis Forms, Study Finds
A 2.5 year study of 4000 TB cases shows streptomycin helps all TB forms. Dr E R Long of the Henry Phipps Institute at Penn notes it greatly aids rapid-spreading pulmonary TB and can arrest miliary TB and tubercular meningitis when used with standard treatments. The report, presented at a VA and military sponsored conference, calls for dosage revisions to reduce toxicity and notes dihydrostreptomycin matches efficacy with less nervous system toxicity.
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Long
Progressive Ban In Georgia Upheld
A three judge federal court in Atlanta upheld Georgia’s refusal to place the Progressive party on the state ballot. The court ruled the suit involved a political matter and cited state write in options as allowing progressives no serious inconvenience. It upheld that Henry Wallace remains on the ballot.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Ben Fortson
Candidates Square Off for Closing Week of Campaign
REPORTS from EN ROUTE WITH TRUMAN and Albany detail Harry S. Truman accusing Republicans of backing a Communist-inspired third party to split the Democratic vote and secure a GOP victory. Dewey, recovering from a head cold and bursitis, plans a unity-focused swing through Chicago Cleveland Boston and New York with a major rally at Madison Square Garden and election returns in New York City.
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Truman
Harry S. Truman
Albany
Thomas E Dewey
Dewey
Albans
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
New York City
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester
Framingham
Providence
Westerly
R. I
Connecticut
New London
New Haven
Bridgeport
New York
Madison Square Garden
Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel
Truman denounces Communists as Dewey tours key states
President Truman accuses Republicans of aiding Communists as he campaigns by train to major voting centers. He labels Dewey a political user of the Palestine issue and asserts support for the original UN partition plan while criticizing the Bernadotte proposal. He speaks in Chicago tonight to about 4,000 listeners.
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Dewey
Truman
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Washington
Chicago
Palestine
United Nations
The
Holy Land
U.N
Count Folke Bernadotte
Don’t Forget Herman
When fire struck their home Robert L. Schroeder led his family to safety then reentered to rescue Herman the pet skunk. He emerged carrying the animal to safety in a dramatic tale of quick thinking and courage.
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Boston
Robert L. Schroeder
Herman
Hertman
Community Chest Goal Is Reached
The 1949 Community Chest surpassed its goal of 185 948 44 by reaching 197 163 23 under Campaign Chair B D Silliman. Six city groups fell short of last year, while remaining divisions exceeded prior contributions as funds may aid Public Welfare bureau needs and building maintenance for Red Feather agencies.
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Cedar Rapids News
Community Chest
B D Silliman
Montrose
Nean
Silliman
Public Welfare Bureau
Red Feather
Police Inspect House Where Rat Bit Child
Police investigators described a two room converted dwelling at 2260 Cold Stream Ave NE as unfit for human habitation. They found filthy conditions, improvised additions, a fire hazard chimney, and a shared water source two blocks away while reporting abuse complaints involving the Kelley family and five children including seven month old Elean who was bitten by a rat.
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Cedar Rapids
Cold Stream Avenue
Paul Kelley
Ther
Elean
Kelley
Bruce
Eilean
Last Dutch crash survivor dies in Scotland
BALLOCHMYLE Scotland UP The final survivor of 40 aboard a Dutch airliner constellation wreck near Prestwick last week died Sunday night He named W H Phillippo a Dutch citizen as the deceased survivor.
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Ballochmyle
Scotland
Prestwick
W. H. Phillippo
C-47 Crashes at Chanute Field Killing Three
A C-47 air force plane crashed at Chanute Field killing the pilot co pilot and crew chief. Nineteen were injured as the twin engine craft hit two empty barracks in heavy fog while en route from Dayton to Long Beach with reserve officers. The wreckage cut power lines plunging the hospital into darkness and rescuers worked by flashlight.
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Chanute Field
F R. Upthegrove
Dayton
Long Beach
Albuquerque
Scott Field
East St Lous
Chanute
Book Ban Upheld By High Tribunal
The Supreme Court of the United States sustains New York State ban on Edmund Wilsons Memoirs of Hecate County as obscene. Decision 4 to 4. no written opinion issued. Doubleday and Company appealed, arguing free press, while the state cited New York law against obscene literature and one tale The Princess with the Golden Hair as overly explicit.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York State
Edmund
Fire traps nurses' home. eight injured in Mishawaka
MISHAWAKA Ind AP eight nurses and firemen were injured early Monday in a fire at St Josephs hospital nurses home. The blaze trapped 23 people on the second floor, with most injuries from jumping to mattresses. Fire Chief Pressler estimated damage at 10000 dollars.
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Mishawaka
Ind
St. Joseph's Hospital
Walter Meinke
Thomas H. Pressler
Hunger strike by 1200 D.P.s at Munich area camp
Twelve hundred displaced persons mainly Jews, Ukrainians, and Poles hoisted a black flag and began a hunger strike at an International Refugee Organization camp near Munich. They protested that refugees have not been given priority for emigration to the United States.
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Frankfurt
INS
D.P
International Refugee Organization
Munich
United States
Paraguayan Revolt Reported by La Nacion
La Nacion said on Monday that another military revolt has broken out in Paraguay. The report came from its Formia correspondent near the Paraguayan border.
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Buenos Aires
la Nacion
Paraguay
Formia
Veto Sinks UN Berlin Settlement Plea
In Paris on the UN Security Council, Andrei Vishinsky of Russia vetoed the compromise plan to end the Berlin crisis. The 9 to 2 vote defeated the neutral proposal to lift the blockade and resume Four Power talks, as Western powers rejected staged concessions and pressed for immediate action.
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Paris
Andrei VisShinsky
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Council
Council Actiuon
Vishinsky
Dmitry Manuilsky
Ukraine
Palais de Chaillot
U.N
France
Britain
United States
Juan A Bramuglia
Argentina
West
Moscow
Stalin
Roberto Urdaneta Arbelaez
Security Council
Nazi Doomed for Dunkerque Crime
Hamburg AP says British military court sentenced Fritz Knoechlein to death for ordering the massacre of more than 90 British soldiers at Dunkerque in 1940. Two surviving prisoners testified he commanded an SS company and pleaded innocent. Witnesses described the brutal march to a pit and machine gun fire.
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Hamburg
Fritz Knoechlein
Dunkerque
Knoechlein
Gersmans
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AFL Building Service Union
G.O.P
KCRG
KCRK
Harry S Truman
Garrett
Thomas E. Dewey
Lena Vogt
Leonard Bruce
Felix Barta
George Malias
Miss Vogt
Chief Carstens
Nurses
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