Owners Take Lewis Care To Make Bid
Soft coal operators accepted John L. Lewis challenge to present a new contract offer by July 1 to avert a strike. Negotiations resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. Lewis said no wage proposals but expected improvements and guarantees under welfare provisions. He and operators fought over a $50 million welfare fund with court action filed to block pension payments, as Judge Goldsborough set June 19 for arguments.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
T. Alan Goldsborough
van Boern
Bruacces
van Hore
Welfare Fund
Arabs Claim Ring Around Tel Aviv Amid Truce Talks
Cairo reports June disclosures that Folke Bernadotte asked Arabs and Jews to halt fighting in Palestine by 6 a.m. GMT Friday. Amman dispatches show dimming truce prospects as Arab states resist Jewish terms. Israeli patrols reach Jenin. Tel Aviv bombed. Jerusalem fronts tense as Arab forces fortify around Tel Aviv and preparations for a potential U.N. mediated ceasefire continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Isdud
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jenin
Ienin
Associated Press
Bernadotte
U. N
Jerusalem
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Jordan
Bertnadotte
U. N. Security Council
GE Offers Eight Percent Raise To 125,009 Workers
General Electric reversed its wage stance and offered an eight percent raise to 125,009 workers. CIO United Electrical Workers Union officials weigh the proposal, while the UE had pushed for 11 cents with inflation indexing and a flat 13 cent option. Present weekly take home pay averages $55.99.
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New York
General Electric
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
General Motors
Chrysler
U.S. Department of Labor
Illie Willis Warty Recalled In Quirky Town Tale
A fragmentary item notes a local figure named Illie Willis Warty in a quirky, restless note about desire and stubborn wit. The snippet hints at a humorous street texture and colloquial speech without full context.
Wolcott pushes housing bill to boost nation’s homes
Rep. Wolcott with GOP backing introduces a housing bill aiming to build over one million new homes yearly. It contrasts with the Taft Elender Wagner plan by including low cost public housing slum clearance urban redevelopment and rural housing aid.
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Washington
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
House
Jeaders
House Banking Committee
Senate
Buchanan
Veterans' Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corp
GOP hopefuls scramble for second choice votes
Republican presidential hopefuls race to win second choice ballots as no clear majority emerges. Taft targets Midwest delegates, Stassen seeks third or fourth ballot path, Dewey leads with implied first ballot strength, and Baldwin and Martin eye later support as delegates wooed in Maryland Virginia and North Carolina. Democratic notes hint at page continuation.
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Associated Press
GOP
Philadelphia
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Midwest
Taft
Harold E. Stasson
Hartford
Conn
Raymond E. Baldwin
Thomas E. Dewey
The
New Yorker
Dewey
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Joseph E. Martin
Massachusetts House
Bay State
Senators Limit Draft Law To Two Years In Senate Vote
The Senate narrowed the proposed peacetime draft to a two year duration, down from five. The change came as lawmakers also approved a Lodge amendment to allow 25 000 aliens to enlist with eventual citizenship after five years. Debate touched on fears of militarization and accusations of mercenarism.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Lodge
R-Mass
Morse
Ore
United States
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sen Pepper
D-Fla
Foreign Legion
Columbia's Waters Crack Another Dike
Flood waters breach a dike at Clatskanie Oregon flooding 976 acres as 31 deaths are confirmed. More than 6,000 men battle dikes and levees on the lower Columbia. nationwide relief and evacuations continue amid costly damage and river forecasts.
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Portland
Gore
INS
Columbia
Clatskanie
Ore
Lower Columbia
U. S
Willamette
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
National
Florence Beadle
Lorena Smith
Vanport
Bank Examiner Jailed For Bank Robbery Case
Preston Idaho June 8 assistant national bank examiner Rudolph B. De Packh of San Francisco waited in bail for court action on bank robbery charge. He was arrested two hours after the First National Bank at Grace was robbed of 3800 dollars. Sheriff Lee Hansen said De Packh carried 700 and 3100 more was found in his car.
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Preston
Idaho
National Bank Examiner
Rudolph B. de Packh
San Francisco
First National Bank
Grace
Franklin County
Lee Hansen
de Packh
Senate GOP abandons June 19 adjournment plan
The Senate Republican steering committee near unanimously rejected a June 19 Congress adjournment. Taft chaired the panel which endorsed resuming business for two weeks between party conventions. Vandenberg's regional defense pact resolution, a one year renewal of the reciprocal trade act, and a long range price support program for farm products were approved for floor action.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Republican Steering Committee
Congress
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
U.S
U.N
Finance Committee
Agriculture Committee
Taft
Sen
R-Mich
Truman Dedicates Airfield to Vet Finds She's Girl
President Truman dedicates an Idaho airfield to a war casualty at Carey while en route to Idaho Falls. He misgenders the deceased after learning Wilma Coates, 16, died in a February 1947 plane crash, and apologizes to the grieving parents as he continues toward Butte.
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Truman
Butte
Carey
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Montana
Sheldon Coates
Immigration Bar to Palestine Truce Complicates Ceasefire
United Nations officials in Lake Success report immigration of Jewish military age may block the Palestine truce. Bernadotte’s plan would let him decide on immigration during a four week armistice, provoking Israeli protests and Arab calls to stop all Jewish immigration. If terms fail, the issue returns to the Security Council.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine
Security Council
Count Polke
Haps
SR suaUure
U. N
Cairo
Israel
Bernadotte
Washington
U. S
The
Holy Land
House Passes Bill to Cut Price of Federal Houses
Washington June 8 The House moved to limit the price of 225 Ordnance Park duplexes in St Albans to the actual construction cost freeing veterans from profit marks the bill would apply nationwide for similar federal housing projects Ex-GIs would receive same price preference under the measure Frank Miskell said no sale applications had been received since April and next steps were unclear
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Washington
House
Ordnance Park
St. Albans
Senate
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
Charleston
Naval Ordnance Revercomb
Ans
Sen
Revercomb
Frank Miskell
Public Housing Administration
St Albans
Holy Land Stand Of U S Mystery To Most Britons
Sir Oliver Franks new British ambassador to the United States says differences over Palestine will be settled in the tragic state of affairs through the United Nations. The U S recognizes Israel while Britain has not, and seven naval officers join seven Army and seven Air Force observers in Palestine to monitor the four week UN requested truce.
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France
Germany
Hidault
Robert Schumann
Bidault
National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Britain
Benelux
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe
Ruhr
Washington
Oliver Franks
Franks
National Press Club
U. S
United Nations
Israel
Holy Land
State Department
Palestine
Court upholds ban on party delegate appointment of election officials
In Kanawha County a Democratic committee dispute affirming the state Supreme Court rules the county executive committee may not delegate its right to recommend election officials. The ruling says delegation would undermine local party self-government and conflicts with legislative intent. The opinion, by Judge Lovins, clarifies the court’s denial of a request to force the county court to appoint officials chosen by the committee chairman.
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State Supreme Court
Kanawha
Democratic Committee
William T. Lovins
Democratic Executive Committee
G. C. Robertson
Fred L. Fox
James B. Riley
Lourt
Robertson
Snem
Eisenhower Leads as Bid for Presidency Gains Steam
A garbled dispatch hints at Dwight D. Eisenhower gaining momentum toward a presidential bid. Calls arise for support even as election timing remains undecided and public sentiment appears to favor his leadership.
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Robert Quillen
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Vincent Auriol
Pierre Abelin
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Solons
Stand
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