Maritime Strike Snarls Ports With 700 Ships Affected
New York June 16 Nearly 700 ships tied up in U S ports during a work stoppage under a no contract no work rule led by NMU President Joseph Curran. He warned 1 150 more ships could be added if negotiations fail. Tankers not affected, some 2 000 ships could be hit in days. Pickets were scarce as crews remained aboard to avoid a lockout. Local ports reported ships affected include New York Philadelphia Baltimore Boston and Portland Mo with Houston and Seattle also noting large impacts.
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New York
United States
NMU
Joseph Curran
CIO
Curran
East East
Hbor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Houston
Seattle
Puget Sound
West Coast
Cop
Stewards
Les Maritime Pate 6
Mass grave plan for unidentified victims in airline disaster
In Virginia a common grave was proposed for 13 unidentified victims of the Friday 13th air disaster as investigators pressed a four way inquiry into the crash that killed 50. With 37 bodies identified officials said the chance to identify the rest seems slim. Coroner William Frazer told families the unidentified may be buried today after transporting bodies from the stricken Blue Ridge area to a makeshift morgue. More than 100 searchers recovered fragments, with 48 bodies accounted for. Government and private safety specialists were named to recommend measures amid the probe.
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Ikesburg
Ap Potittes
William Frazer
Loudoun
Aurial
Pasengers
Blue Ridge
Mount Keys Gap
W. Va
Hington
Ruman
Pri
James M Tendseter
Sudden Weather Shifts Disrupt Grafton Residents
Grafton residents faced a sharp temperature swing from 90s to cool conditions over the weekend. Highs reached 72 while lows dipped to 42, with overnight 58 and 60 readings by noon. Saturday brought 2.2 inches of rain and expect continued cool, with a warmer trend tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Wallace May of May Not Speak in Washington Tonight
Federal Justice James M Proctor refused to bar Henry A Wallace from speaking at the Watergate amphitheatre in Washington tonight. He rejected a petition by the American Anti Communist Association led by Rep O Konski to deny Wallace use of the Watergate. The judge said the matter does not fall within the judicial realm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James M. Proctor
Henry A. Wallace
Watergate
American Anti-Communist Association
Rep. O'Konski
R.-Wis
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Wallace
Fertig
Justice Proctor
O’konski
Congress
Sulyok defies Hungary's rulers with anti Communist rally
UDAPEST June 16 Desze Sulyok freedom party leader defied the regime by calling an open political rally. He condemned the new government and argued Hungary has become a police state. Parliament speech accused the rulers of political terror. British and American reporters expected to attend despite possible interference.
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Jack Quinnudapest
Hungary
Desze Sulyok
Hungarian Freedom Party
Sulvok
Sulyok
Des Moines River Flood Crest Threatens New Peak at Keosauqua
Keosauqua Iowa reports a crest of 25.1 feet as the Des Moines River swells, flooding the entire business district to depths of four to nine feet. Downstream at Bona Parté three feet of water intrudes while Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids brace for high water across Iowa, with limited damage reported.
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Keosauqua
Des Moines
Mississippi
Keokuk
Iowa
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Norwood Teal
Bonaparte
Teal
Strand Will Join Manos Theatre Chain Next Year
Dr. E. P. Kostakos announced lease of the Strand Theatre with option to buy after July 1, 1948, as the Elkins Theatre Company plans a 120000 modernization. The project includes a 15 day shutdown for floor, seats, projection and sound upgrades, a new stage and screen, air conditioning, heating, and a balcony to raise capacity toward 1000 seats.
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E. P. Kostakos
Elkins Theatre Company
Strand Theatre
J. L. Bush
Mr. Bush
Clarence Kelly
Bonafedes, Forcellas
Kostakos
Wikins Theatre Company
Elkins Company
Zita
The
Strand
Heyden Contract Up For Ratification In Morgantown
A proposed Heyden Chemical contract was submitted for ratification today to AFL United Mine Workers District 50 members in Morgantown. The deal includes wage increases and a union shop and averted a strike by 900 employees scheduled to start last Thursday at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Heyden Chemical Company
AFL
United Mine Workers District 50
Mandamus filed to force Grafton to pay Cather judgment
Taylor County circuit court began mandamus proceedings to require the City of Grafton to pay Frank B. Cather the 1946 judgment of 5,082.23 plus 20.75 costs and interest from 1945. Judge W Merle Watkins ordered city officials to appear June 19 to show cause why a writ should not issue. The mandamus order was served on the defendants last Saturday.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Frank B. Cather
Circuit Court
W. Merle Watkins
C. O. King
John A. Newcome
John Knotts
City of Grafton
Cather
Seecather
Officers Forced To Shoot Tires Of Pursued Auto
Rich ard Lantz 20 Brownton was arrested Saturday night and charged with reckless driving. Deputies Canfield and Gibson and Flemington Chief Griffith pursued a car after a wild ride. Officers forced to shoot two tires before the suspect was captured and brought to Grafton for May arraignment.
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Richard Lantz
Brownton
Barbour County
Grafton
John Snider
W. H. Canfield
Ralph Gibson
Griffith
Flemington
Santa
Wild See
Flag Day Ceremony Draws Large Crowd
Several hundred people attended a Flag Day celebration in Grafton featuring a parade and station square ceremony by the Elks lodge to mark the 170th anniversary of the flag. Senator Don Eddy delivered the address urging vigilance against communism and other isms.
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Grafton Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Don Eddy
Morgantown
Taylor
Marion
Monongalia
Oliver Case Underway In Charleston Today
Fay D. Oliver, 47, Charleston hotel manager, was arraigned in Intermediate court on a murder charge for the March 15 fatal shooting of John B. Morrison, shipping superintendent for Libbey Owens Ford Glass. Morrison was found unconscious at a street intersection with a chest and hip wound. Oliver claimed he shot at a man on an adjacent garage roof whom he suspected as a hotel peeper.
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Charleston
Fay D. Oliver
John B. Morrison
Morrison
Kanawha City
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Oliver
Walter Cavender
Britain to work with Russia on Marshall plan talks
London reports Britain will consult Russia on George C. Marshall Plan details through regular diplomatic channels. Foreign Office said Ernest Bevin would discuss with Paris officials before potential Moscow contact, with exploratory talks planned with France and Russia at an early date.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Russia
U. S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Povin
Moscow
Paris
France
Europe
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Edwin Hall Patch
Man Bites Dog Hoax Draws Crowd in Rain
In Richards Virginia a 38 year old banker Grady Dalton allegedly bit a two year old dachshund named Snick to create news. About 250 people braved rain to witness the stunt outside Saunday’s National Bank as the publicized event drew reporters and a mock headline on page 3 of the Achlands Press.
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Dalto
Charlie Greever
Achlands Press
Greever
Dalton
Richards Press
Forty Families Report Missing in Mexican Flood Near Agua Caliente
In Agua Caliente Mexico on June 16 about forty families are missing and likely dead after flood waters from two broken dams Tullillo and Alcatara swept Viuda De Oriente 40 kilometers from town. The 4:00 a.m. dawn surge formed a lake up to seven feet deep. Troops Red Cross and civilians search boats and banks for survivors among wreckage.
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Red Cross
Civian
Quadruplets Not Named Known By Number
Miles City Montana reports a mother, 34 year old Mrs Edward Randash, gave birth to three girls and a boy on Saturday. The babies are unnamed but numbered by birth order. The smallest weighed 1 pound 12 ounces and the heaviest 3 pounds 12 ounces. Dr Elna Howard delivered the four and notes all are thriving. Mrs Randash, a beauty operator, awaits names.
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Miles City
Mont
Edward Randash
Staurday
Elna Howard
Randash
Woman Falls to Death From Eighth Floor Hotel Window
Mrs Helen Burlage 45 died after leaping from an eighth floor hotel window while her son 23 restrained her. He pursued and begged her to stop but she fell, survived briefly by awnings then struck concrete. Husband resides nearby and they own a farm near Olney Maryland.
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Washington
Helen Burlage
Thomas Burlage, Jr
Burlage
George Wallrodt
Thomas Burlage
Olney
Wallrodt
60 Persons Shot Or Burned Alive In Riot In India
The Indian News Chronicle reports that about 60 people were killed or burned during a mob raid on Tikri village in the Cura gan district near Delhi, with about 800 houses burned and 200 injured. A second report notes fighting near Khoi Iran with Barzani tribesmen encircled by 4,000 Iranian troops aided by tanks and aircraft.
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New Delhi
Indian News Chronicle
Tikri
Curagan
Delhi
Iran
Khoi
Truman vetoes four billion tax cut bill
President Truman vetoed the 4 billion dollar tax reduction bill, signaling the bill cannot pass Congress over his disapproval. Leaders expect a House vote tomorrow but the Senate is unlikely to override, with Truman criticizing the plan as ill apportioned and harmful to sound tax policy and finances.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Ieeo
Ate
Three Jews condemned to death in Palestine
A military court in Jerusalem sentenced three convicted Jewish terrorists to death as the United Nations Commission of Palestine opened its inquiry amid an Arab general strike. The defendants were linked to the May 4 incident that freed 251 from Acre prison and left sons dead. Two co defendants received life terms as Irgun warned of blood for blood retaliation against British actions.
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Jerusalem
United Nations Commission of Palestine
Iat
Acre
Trio
Irgun
Hoover Emerges As Top Economic Counselor For Both Parties Today
Former President Herbert Hoover rises as a key economic adviser to congressional Republicans in a rare popularity comeback. His public warning on U S foreign aid burden aims to safeguard national productivity and influence future policy positions.
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Hoover
Jack Bell Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Theatre Ticket Precent for Strind or Identification te MRS
Clipping notes a theatre ticket precent for a mission to the Strind or identification event. Mentions Mrs. W. Patton, James Stewart, Reed, Wallace Beery, and the Mighty McGurk. Read as a brief theatre listing with attendance details.
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W. Patton
Tate
James Stewart and
Reed
Mighty McGurk
Wallace Beery
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Grenadier of the Guards
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Heyden
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