Long Lines Out as Coast to Coast Telephone Strike Proceeds
AT T reports long distance service down to 20 percent of normal across 14 cities as union telephone workers strike nationwide. Dial phones remain largely operable, with roughly 85 percent of users still connected. The survey tracked duty levels in major cities including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit.
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Associated Press
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York City
Communications World
Washington
Tabor Department
OS Megas
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mermphis
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Louisville
Minneapolis
Chicago
Kanang City
St. Louis
Rose McCuen
Alicia Delanecy
Central
American Union of Telephone Workers
Chinese Issue Rises In Moscow Again In 1946 Context
Associated Press reports renewed U S and Soviet tensions over China troop withdrawals. Molotov claimed U S troops in China undermine Moscow December 1945 accord and cited Soviet evacuation of Manchuria by May 31 1946. Tass noted Marshall’s letter predicting U S troop withdrawal by June 1 except 6180 at China’s request.
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Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
V. .M. Molotov
U. S
Marshall
Tass
Molotov
U.S
China
Russia
Manchisua
Council
Washington
Senate
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Charles de Gaulle
France
Strasbourg
de Gaulle
Fire damages house at 6 Monroe Street
Assistant Chief Floyd Harris reported heavy interior fire damage at 6 Monroe Street owned by Carrie Mobley. Firemen arrived around 10 a.m. as flames burst from windows and the front door. the blaze was controlled quickly with considerable interior damage and no occupants present.
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Monroe Street
Carrie Mobley
Floyd Harris
Harris
Congress weighs strikes but delays emergency action
In Washington today Congress watched the coal and telephone strikes closely without moving to pass emergency legislation. A House Republican noted no request for aid from President Truman or federal departments, and leaders showed no rush to act. The House labor committee approved a bill to empower court injunctions but no floor plan emerged. Senate labor committee also began reviewing a draft strike-control bill with no swift action planned.
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Washington
Cup
Congress
House
President Truman
Truman
House Labor Committee
Robert A. Taft
Senate Labor Committee
Cancer Society Leader Stresses Early Cancer Care
Mrs. Ray Meade state commander of the American Cancer Society Field Army spoke in Dothan at the Rotary Club and at Dothan High and Young Junior High Schools. She urged public education on cancer dangers and early treatment via X ray radium or surgery. She noted government cancer research funding and contrasted it with larger agriculture and private research budgets. She cited 175000 cases last year with 92000 women and 83000 men affected and 90 percent of deaths in those 40 and older, plus cancer affecting children. She praised Houston County commander Mrs. E J Whiddon for local organizing efforts, noting 20 cancer deaths in the county last year.
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Ena
Ray Meade
American Cancer Society
Field Army
Meade
Five Children Left With Police After Mother's Crisis
In New Orleans on Easter Sunday five children aged two to ten were found after their mother Jewel Ledbetter Baskett, 25, left a suicide note. She instructed police to find Easter baskets and said she would be at the bottom of the river. The children were taken to city welfare agencies. Baskett's father O H Moore of Gatesville Texas prepared to fetch them.
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New Orleans
Jewel Ledbetter Baskett
Increase Shown In Houston County Taxable Property Value
Tax Assessor E G Collins reported a 296 988 rise in Houston County 1946 total assessed property value over 1945, boosting the year’s tax levies by 24 440 06. Total 1946 real estate and personal property taxes 312 347 59, public utilities 13 989 20, autos 2 323 05. Board of Equalization sessions begin June. protests must be written by last Monday in April.
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Houston County
E. G. Collins
Collins
Houston County Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Terracing Aid to Houston Farmers Set at 25000
Government aid through the Production and Marketing Administration for terraces in Houston County in 1947 totals 25000 dollars. Officials corrected a prior report of 2500000 dollars, noting aid at 1 dollar per 100 feet of terrace. About 3 million feet constructed, 2.5 million feet approved on 197 farms.
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Houston County
Jesse Culbreth
P and MA
Culbreth
Truck and Car Crash at Main and Lena Intersection
A car driven by Mrs. J. B. Tarmen and a truck driven by Willem F. Gates collided at the W Main and Lena streets intersection Saturday afternoon. The car was stopped and the truck struck the rear. No injuries were reported and damage was limited.
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J. B. Tarmen
Willem F. Gates
W. Main
Lena Streets
DOTHAN AND WIREGRASS TELEPHONE SERVICE UNINTERRUPTED
United Telephone says service in Dothan and the Wiregrass area was uninterrupted by the Bell System strike. Lois Riley chairs the local unit and reports no strike vote yet, with negotiations ongoing and another meeting this week. Long distance calls through Bell System lines are blocked except in emergencies. Mira Riley notes no outside calls had been completed by noon.
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Dothan
United Telephone Company
Bell System
Lois Riley
United Local Here
Mira Riley
Nationwide telephone strike shakes U S workers in 1930s era
Supervisory employees stepped in during a nationwide walkout affecting long distance and local services. About 340 000 workers demanded 12 a week in raises and contract changes. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company quit in Los Angeles as the first nationwide telephone labor action began in the East before 6 a m and spread westward over three hours. Turn To No. 10 On stage Two.
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Los Angeles
No. 10
Slocomb Resident W C Bell Dies at 58
W C Bell lifelong Slocomb resident and longtime Segrest Mercantile secretary treasurer died at home age 58. He was a Mason Shriner and city council member, survived by his widow four daughters his mother a brother and two grandchildren. Funeral at Slocomb Methodist Church with multiple pastors officiating. interment Oak Grove cemetery. Ward Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
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Oc. Bell
Slocomb
Bell
Segrest Mercantile Company
Oak Grove Church
Methodist Church
James A. Zeliner
Slocoumb
Oral] Dorriety
Slocumb
Reeder
Enterprise
WV. Wallace
Kent
Ala
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ward- Wilson
Jack Childs
Mattie Sue
Helen Bell
R. M. Brown
Fort Bragg
N. C
Robert C. Bell
R. C. Bell
Miners Strike Shuts Soft Coal Mines Across Regions
A safety strike by United Mine Workers cripples soft coal pits in Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia after the Memorial Week stoppage for Cen tralia disaster deaths. UMW members refuse to work pending federal safety inspections. rival PMW workers continue operating in some areas.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
Lewin
Centralia
Ohio
Lewis
Soft Coal Union Oo
Thomas Price
District 6
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tillnods
Progressive Mine Workers Union
UMW
Remberg
Union Pacific Coal Company
Wyoming
Northwest Florida Phone Service OK in 95 Cities
The State Railroad Commission said regular telephone service was maintained today in 95 cities across Northwest Florida and other areas where companies besides Southern Bell hold franchises. Tallahassee, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Fort Myers, Lakeland and nearby towns were listed as served, with long distance available where Southern Bell was not involved.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UOP
Wear
Florida
Southern Bell
State Railroad Commission
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Fort Myers
Lakeland
Boswell Of The Bivalves Sells Oysters On Tank Lite
Hal Boyle profiles Dr. Herbert Prytherch director at the U S Fisheries Laboratory Beaufort North Carolina the first to grow oysters in a laboratory tank. Prytherch spent years studying oyster behavior and environmental needs to improve tank culture and avoid the creatures moods and sensitivities.
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Boswell
Hal Boyle Beaufort
N. C
Herbert F. Prytherc
Prytherch
U.S. Fisheries Laboratory
Dr. Prytherch
Russia calls for junking arms and faster disarmament
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the UN armaments commission to begin disarmament quickly without waiting for Western guarantees. He pressed for outlawing atomic weapons before inspection machinery and signaled possible sharp critique of the Truman Doctrine and U S aid plans in Greece and Turkey. He planned a second address to the Security Council on alleged threats to peace.
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Soviet
Russia
United States
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Conventional Armaments Commission
Gromyko
ULN
Arma
Ul Nos
U. N
Gromvke
Hussite
Security Council
Sovet
Gromsvke
Trumann
Greece
Turkey
Alabama Telephone Service Curtailed in Birmingham Strike
About 241 000 Alabama telephone users faced service cuts as 3 090 workers joined a national walkout by the National Federation of Telephone Workers. Long distance calls were kept only on emergency basis. supervisors manned lines while pickups stayed off. Pickets lined telephone buildings as foremen and supervisors ran remaining operations after the 6 a.m. deadline.
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Birmingham
Cate Corgite
Truman Gains Democratic Prestige and Campaign Drive
President Truman launches a bold bid for a full White House term on a platform of debt reduction and foreign aid protection. He defends the budget against Republican cuts, vows a veto on tax relief, and campaigns with Jefferson Day events drawing large crowds and fundraising.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
White House
Truman Finaly
Democrater
Republican Congress
Bron Ten
Republican Party
Ita
Ball
Evacuation Ordered Near Chinese Marine Ammunition Dump
Residents within 1000 yards of the Hsinho Marine ammunition dump are ordered to evacuate after a Red attack killed five U.S. Marines. Maj. Gen. Samuel Howard reports two guards killed, three Marines killed aiding them as attackers seized shells and blew up ordnance.
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Tientsin
Hsinho
U.S
Meanwaile
Sermuel Howard
China
Detective's Easter Hat Saves The Day
Chicago AP report details Detective John McCarthy and three officers locating a prowler by a newly lost Easter hat blown from a housing project bin. The hat’s discovery halted the search and led to the prowler’s identification.
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Detective
Chicago
John McCarthy
Alan
McCarthy
Navy yeoman finally sails on first cruise after 34 years
Joe H. Simpson Sr. of Whitmire South Carolina begins a two week Caribbean training cruise aboard the USS Houston. Simpson had twice applied for foreign sea duty since WWI and was twice denied before finally earning this voyage with 33 reservists from the Fifth Sixth and Seventh Naval Districts.
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Charleston
S .C
Joe H. Simpson
Whitnure
D. C
Simpson
Houston
Caribbean
Tallahassee
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Cancer Society
W. C. Bell
Laurence Gonder
Hal Boyle
Alabama
Naval Reserve
Yeoman
Havana
Balding
Gray Chimpeon
Whitmire
Che
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