Miners Accept Deal Ending Nine Month Coal Strike
John L. Lewis and coal operators reached a new contract ending the nine month dispute. About two thirds of the 370,000 striking miners would return to work Monday, delaying congressional seizure action and easing the nation’s coal shortage. The agreement includes wage and welfare fund changes and a new administrative board, with talks to run to July 1, 1952 and possible reopenings after April 1, 1951.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
United Mine Workers
Trumsan
New York
Lewis
Welfare Fund
Pennsylvania
Burly
Coverdale
John L
Indus
Try
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
Truman
Richmond B. Keech
Tru Aesan
Pan American
Statler Hotel
David L. Cole
Harry Moses
Moses
Cole
United Mine Workers of America
Communists Tie Up French Ports and Parliament
Communist driven port paralysis and a riotous session in the national assembly blocked measures to impose death penalties for saboteurs of U.S. arms aid. Longshoremen struck across France and Algeria while flights and transport were disrupted. Troops intervened as deputies seized the speaker’s rostrum, and a 315 to 180 vote moved to clause by clause debate on the first bill.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Edouard Herriot
Assembly
U. S
America
le Havre
Orly Field
Bourget
Main
North Atlantic
Work Party Prisoner In Escape From Santa Rita
A prisoner from Santa Rita prison escaped during a 1:30am work party. Mariano Gonsalves alias Joe Sanchez, 24, is sought by sheriff's deputies. He is 5'9", about 160 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes, wearing blue dungarees and a blue or tan jacket. He was serving 15 months for robbery in Oakland. Search points and an all points bulletin are in effect.
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Santa Rita
Mariano Gonsalves
Joe Sanchez
Sheriff's Department
Deuties
Gonsalves
Bayhquary
Superior Court
Oakland
Last in Concert Series De Pauls Chorus Impresses Hayward Audience
The Hayward Community Concert association closed its season with De Pauls Infantry chorus. Lead conductor Captain Leonard de Paur earned praise for musical precision, emotional depth, and strong ensemble unity across five parts including Latin American folk, WWII songs, spirituals, and sacred chants.
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de Paul
Lenn van Loucks
High School
Hayward Community Concert Association
de Paul's Infantry
Leonard de Pau
de Paur
Roger Young
Water Boy
Jerry
Strachey Denies Communist Ties Amid Cabinet Move
War Minister John Strachey repudiates Communist doctrine in 1940 and denies Evening Standard charges. He argues he never joined the party and cites his previous statements repudiating Communist policies, amid Conservative press attacks on his cabinet appointment by Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
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London
U.P
John Strachey
Strachey
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Clement Attlee
Communist Party
Truck overturns into marsh near Hayward bridge
A San Mateo Nursery truck plowed through 80 feet of guard rail on the eastern approach to the Hayward San Mateo bridge then overturned in mud flats. The driver Alex Schleining, 31, of San Mateo, said the truck went out of control before hitting the rail and tipping into the marsh. the vehicle belonged to the San Mateo Nursery company and no injuries were reported.
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Hayward San Mateo Bridge
San Mateo Nursery
Alex Schleining
San Mateo
San Mateo Nursery Company
Foothill Manorites Oppose Slaughterhouse Expansion
The Foothill Association directors voted last night to oppose West Coast Meat company expansion at 9638 Madison Avenue in Castro Valley. The resolution supports northeast Castro Valley residents opposing the plan to enlarge the slaughterhouse facilities.
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Foothill Manor Association
West Coast Meat Company
Madison Avenue
Castro Valley
Man Picked Up in Castro Valley on Investigation
Paul E. Reif, 32, was taken into custody yesterday in Castro Valley on a check changes probe after a teletype from Salinas sheriff Jack E. McCoy. He posted $500 bail later and investigators pursue a permanent injunction related to a local club expansion affecting Foothill Manor and nearby tracts. A charity whist and canasta fundraiser is planned March 24 at Thomas Jefferson school, chaired by John Boomer.
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Castro Valley
Paul E. Reif
Jack E.mccoy
Salinas
Valley
Foothill Manor
Lincoln Halcyon Drive
Groom and Groony
Hesperian Boulevard
Southern Pacific
Improvement Association
Beckett and
Wederight Tract
Thomas Jefferson School
John Boomer
Art Samish Linked Indirectly to Los Angeles Ring
Los Angeles reports link prominent California lobbyist Artie Samish to a large narcotics operation and the Capone of Los Angeles. Dragna’s henchman Joe Sica among 15 indicted. a state official accuses Dragna of involvement in a key government witness murder. A federal grand jury will probe the outbreak of lawlessness as state and federal officials pursue clues.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California
Artie Samish
Capone
Samish
Jack Dragna
State Crime Commission
Dragna
Joe Sica
Lynn White
California Crime Commission
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Commission
U.S
Ernest A. Tolin
Fresno
Abe Davidion
Rina
Fred Howser
Howser
Walter Creighton
State Department of Justice
Weather Outlook For Weekend In Oakland Area
The forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and tonight through Sunday with little temperature change. Yesterday's high and today's low data are noted at Oakland Airport as A3 and AA, respectively.
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Oakland Airport
New Greek Immigrant Grandfather's Service Earns Land Gift
The grandson of Greek immigrant Nicholas Dimitracapulos, who served in the Union Army, learns his grandfather’s citizenship grants him U.S. citizenship and a right to 150 acres of land under Civil War veteran heirs provisions. The tale follows the forebear’s journey from Tinos to New York, the gold rush, Civil War service, and pension connections through Milton, the uncle. Now the lineage may bring another Nikolas Dimitracopulos to America, seeking his birthplace and future.
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Leona M. Ward
Nicholas Dimitracapulos
U. S
Nicholas Dimitracopulos
Tinos
United States
Dimitracapulos
M.D. Milton
Wilson
Jepsi
Greece
Milton
Dimitrocopulos
Athens
America
Jubilant miners celebrate end of nine month coal strike
In Libary Pa a nine month contract fight ends with jubilant miners singing Happy Days are Here Again and Hooray for John L. Lewis. Celebrations fill taverns and homes as crowds toast the agreement and vow to return to the mines to dig big coal, sober or not.
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John L. Lewis
Wargo
Los Angeles Man Wanders to Niles Road in Confusion
A Los Angeles man, Alexander A. Pateracki, 47, was found wandering on Niles road near Decoto in a confused, dazed state. Sheriff deputies searched his clothing and found Oakland Los Angeles flight tickets. He said he wanted to reach San Francisco. he was kept at the sub-station, later taken to Highland hospital, and a Los Angeles family was dispatched to retrieve him.
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Alexander A. Pateracki
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Paterack
Highland Hospital
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Foothill
Emanuel Bono
Hooperian Boulevard
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Gram
Bono
Roberts & Gernert Studion
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L.A. Man
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