New Labor Union Formed As CWA Opens Convention
A new labor union, the Communications Workers of America, is born at its first convention in Miami Beach led by Joseph A. Briene. It aims to recruit 570000 telephone workers, lure Telegraph and radio techs from CIO unions, and decide whether to affiliate with CIO or AFL or stay independent. The federation dissolved last month and a prior strike unsettled Bell companies.
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Miami Beach
Fla
The
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Joseph A. Briene
APL
CIO
AFL
CTO
TWOC
Telephone Workers Organization Committee
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Yestrday
Denver
Bega
Bell Telephone
Resurfacing Route 118 Begins in City Limits
The Route 119 resurfacing project starts at the Blueville intersection and moves along Main Street toward the business district. One way traffic is in effect from Bridge Street red light to the intersection. No parking on Main Street from tomorrow except for loading and unloading. Completion is expected in about a week with West Virginia Blackrock Co. of Clarksburg contracted for the work.
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St. Mary's Bridge
Blueville
Bridge Street
Main Street
Olice
Hugh Woodford
Harley Haller
State Road Commission
West Virginia’ Blackrock Company
Clarksburg
Haller
Tonight's Theatre Double Feature at Strand and Dixie
Present this clipping for ad mission to Strand or Dixie theatres. Tonight at Strand shows Tomorrow Is Forever with Claudette Colbert Orson Welles and George Brent. Dixie screens Humoresque with Joan Crawford and John Garfield. Identification may be required at entry.
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Strand
Dixie
Claudette Colbert
Orson Welles
George Brent
Strand Theatre
Joan Crawford
John Garfield
Dixie Theatre
French Unionists Bid To Negotiate Transport Strike
Paris June 9 Union leaders offered a tentative peace bid in a nationwide rail strike that halted passenger trains across France. The government, silent on talks, pressed ahead with an emergency transport system using buses, private cars, and soldier drivers. The National Railroad Workers Federation, on strike since Friday for pay and job reclassification, said it was willing to negotiate, while Socialist Premier Ramadier remained noncommittal. Transportation Ministry planned to broaden substitute services, tripling long distance bus runs and increasing Air France flights.
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Paris
France
National Railroad Workers Federation
Paul Ramadier
Union
Transportation Ministry
Air France
Government Line
Milk Train Collision Injures Fifty Near Potsdam
A milk train collided head on with New York Central passenger No. 17 at Eben station four miles south of Potsdam, injuring 50 people. Fireman Alfred Farnsworth 48 of Norwood engineer David Blake 65 of Watertown and passenger Herman Jaffa 43 of Albany were hospitalized. Forty eight others were checked and released.
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Potsdam
New York
Private plane crashes at gravel pit. one dead
In Owosso Michigan a small private airplane propeller struck a water filled gravel pit last night killing James Evans. Two other youths swam free as the craft sank. Harold Ferrell a 19 year old Flint resident and Lamont Fisher 21 of Durant were held without charge pending a coroner's inquest.
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Owosso
Mich
Harold Ferrell
Flint
Giand
Lamont Fisher
Durant
James Evans
Eleven Injured by Lightning Bolt in WV Church Services
A West Virginia storm injures 11 at church services while one man, William Leslie Britton, 70, is found dead in Clarksburg from a lightning strike. The bolt also damages two churches, with high rainfall totals across Charleston Huntington Wheeling and the Ohio River crest near flood stage.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
William Leslie Britton
Clarksburg
Little Hardy County
Mountainview
Rogers
Burlington
W. Va
Chariston
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Ohio
House expediter halted by Washington action
The House Appropriations Committee recommended liquidating the Office of Federal Housing Expediter by month’s end while shaping the Government corporations supply bill. It calls for curtailing National Housing Agency activities and seeks TVA repayment of 348 million dollars over 40 years, as Congress sets agency revenue allowances.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Office of Federal Housing
National Housing Agency
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gasoline Fire Injuries Five Burned Six Homes
A truck carrying over 7000 gallons of gasoline crashed into a power pole in Philadelphia. Sparks ignited leaks from the tanks, injuring five people and setting six houses ablaze. Firemen fought the blaze for nearly three hours as gasoline spilled into a sewer, causing explosions that blew off manhole covers.
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Philadelphia
Director Of Local D P A Dies In Auto Collision
Mrs. Lillian Mae Coffman 36 director of the Taylor County Department of Public Assistance died Saturday evening at City hospital after severe injuries from a collision on U S Route 50 east of Grafton. Her husband William Coffman and their five year old son were injured but not seriously. Arnold Ogden Hall 19 of Clarksburg drove the Pontiac involved. he was uninjured. The Coffmans had been returning from Paradise Beach after a picnic when the wreck occurred during a heavy rainstorm on Thornton hill.
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Victor Stout
W. D. Sergent
Stout
William Poling
Newburg
Grafton
Poling
Sergent
Maple Run
Preston- Taylor County
Evansville
Paul P. Warden
Lillian Mae Coffman
Taylor County Department of Public Assistance
City
William G. Coffman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William Keith
Coff
Minister Says Young Negro Tried To Rape His Wife
A Brooklyn minister, 69 year old Rev. Alvin E. MaGary, said a 20 year old Brooklyn man named George Smith invaded his home and tried to rape his wife Marion. The intruder fired at the minister and fled through a second story window, breaking his left knee. He was held at Bellevue hospital prison ward and charged with attempted rape burglary attempted felonious assault and violation of the Sullivan anti weapon law.
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New York
Alvin E. MaGary
MaGary
Marion
Brooklyn
George Smith
Bellevue Hospital
Fairmont to vote on charter change tomorrow
Fairmont residents will decide on a charter change at municipal election. Voters will also elect city officials and an 11 member board to draft new proposals if the charter change is approved.
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Fraimont
Fairmont
Floods drive many from homes along Mississippi in Missouri and Illinois
Floodwaters from the Mississippi swell and spread across farms and towns in Missouri and Illinois. Alexandria reports 630 evacuated as Des Moines River flood moves into the Mississippi near Keokuk. Ottumwa sees deaths as Des Moines flood causes heavy damage. Quincy hits a record high before levees fail. Each side of the river endures multiple levee breaches while rail and road links between St. Louis and Burlington halt. Louisiana and surrounding areas evacuate dozens as the river fluctuates and rescue crews mobilize.
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Hannibal
Mississippi
Missouri
Iinois
Ree Levee
Alexandria
Keokuk
Iowa
St. Louis
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Quincy
Clarksville
Warsaw
Ill
Coast Guard
Corps of Engineers
Louisiana
Burlington
Morgan County Opens First Airport This Week
Berkeley Springs June 9 Morgan County announces its first airport, a field 1200 by 300 feet, will open this week. Oakland Maryland manager O W Davison confirms the opening with a forecast of fair weather and little rain. By noon the temperature stood at 79, with a low of 55 overnight and 63 at 8 am yesterday’s high 78.
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Berkeley
Springs
Morgan County
O. W. Davison
Oakland
Graftonians
Mercury
Diggers Idle In Pennsylvania Over Labor Bill Protests
In Southwestern Pennsylvania about 19 000 miners faced idle shifts after Congress backed a labor curbing bill. Some 6 600 quit work during the weekend, with 6900 more warned to idle as protests spread across Greene, Washington, and Payette counties. United Mine Workers District President William Hynes called the actions unauthorized and said miners are protesting the bill. Meetings were planned, and a 10 day vacation under government contracts may delay a general strike until July 7, amid stalled negotiations with mine operators.
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Uniontown
Congress
Pennsylvania
Warners
Payette
Greene
Washington
William Hynes
United Mine Worker District
Lowtown
Fields
Coe
Bill
Hynes
Minera
Weirton Sreet
Ard Laughlin
Repuptie Steel
Ioyalty
Mite
John L. Lewis
Tinsel Rac He Oe
Andrew
Rayner
Thi Seme
Death toll from floods and tornadoes rises
The Red Cross reports over 12,000 displaced across a four state area as floods and weekend tornadoes push deaths to at least 23. Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Nebraska face millions in damage with about 2,962 homeless families. Ottumwa shows heavy impact with 1,545 affected as Des Moines River recedes. Red Cross officials warn of more missing potential and note 13,000 typhoid antitoxin doses sent to Ottumwa. In Hannibal and six Illinois counties, 400 families are affected and 350 remain homeless.
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Associated Press
American Red Cross
Mississippi
St. Louis
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Ottumwa
Red Cross
Des Moines
Hannibal
Ilinois
Quincy
Man and wife leap to death in penthouse tragedy
In Greenwich Village a 36 year old attorney and Singer executive Horace Marshall died after leaping from a 11th floor penthouse. Minutes later his wife Amelie Edgerton Marshall 36 also an attorney jumped. Police call both deaths personal crisis reports. Relatives note Marshall descended from Chief Justice John Marshall. Page 3.
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New York
Horace
Marshall
Amelie Edgerton Marshall
Greenwich Village
Singer Sewing Machine Company
John Marshall
United States
Marelall
Recall Plan Before Congress Will Adjourn July 1
Republican leaders weigh recalling Congress this year to address foreign policy and Greek Turkish project amid stalled action this session. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Vandenberg signals stance as State Department drafts overall plan for next year. Some leaders fear shifting Republican power if an international crisis erupts. See CONSIDER Page 4
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Congress
Washington
Vandenberg
R. Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Vaneeeee
Communist bid and threats unfold in Hungary
Budapest reports the Communist party offers to buy out Hungarian American Oil Company Mort and threatens to banish American executives. Informants say nationalization of the firm is under consideration as a drastic state move amid economic turmoil. The mood shifts toward creating a new national structure with foreign assets at stake.
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Budapest
Mort
Amerciin
Hune Gray
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City Hospital
Volga Jankel
Chicago
Cynthia
Joy
International Soundphoto
Lillian Coffman
TVA
H. L. Woodford
Jerusalem
Jane Ine
British Palace
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