King Bros Circus Coming to Grafton on May 14
The King Bros combined shows with Joe Mix, Western screen star, arrive in Grafton on Tuesday May 14 for 2 and 8 pm performances. Doors open 1 and 7 pm. The troupe travels with 600 people plus 30 billposters and advertising staff, featuring 250 wild animals and elephants, Mongolian Indians, cowboys, and rough riders. Acts include the Christians family of English Riders, Flying Jordans, Velarde Sisters, and John O'Brien liberty horses.
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King Bros
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Grafton
Moving Pictures
Flying Jordans
Silverton
John O'Brien
Coal Strike At A Glance
AP reports the nationwide bituminous coal strike reaches 40 days with over 1 million jobless. 41,000 miners affected, 215,000 more to be laid off. rail embargo limits shipments to essentials and trims passenger traffic. gas rationing may follow if coal stocks drop. Negotiations show no settlement. White House action contemplated to urge resolution.
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Associated Press
Civilian Productions Administration
Truman Proposes Coal Strike Settlement Plan
The Detroit News cites a White House backed formula tying an 18 1/2 cent hourly wage rise to an operator financed health and welfare fund. Operators fund the plan via payroll percentages, with a tri‑partite board managing the fund, as OPA treats fund payments as legitimate business costs in price increase reviews. Bowles and Krug seek a clear government stance to end inter‑agency discord from steel talks, while the UMW pushes for a wage boost.
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Truman
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Ill
CRA Annn
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UMW
Bowles
Interior
J. A. Krug
Solid Fuels
Teen’s death ruled violent at Independence creek inquest
Mrs. Loughry testified she found the boy in a creek near the converted school bus home at Independence. A coroner's jury ruled the death violent after physicians and an undertaker described the body as a mass of bruises.
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Lodge
Leaders seek voter sentiment on price controls debate
Private discussions reveal confidence lawmakers will reverse course on extending price controls. OPA chief Porter warned the agency would act, while state leaders mocked symbols and recalled the Guilford Battle, highlighting tensions over policy and symbolism in a tense political moment.
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OPA
Paul Porter
Wage Stabilization Board Chairman Wirtz Discusses Administration
A fragment notes W. Willard Wirtz serving as chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board alongside administration officials. The brief hints at coordination between the board and government leadership during wage policy efforts.
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W. Willard Wirtz
Wage Stabilization Board
Detroit workers seek higher wages and welfare grant
The News quotes a source stating Lewis is entitled to an extra grant from a health and welfare fund due to numerous accidents in the mine. Workers seek added protection amid rising prices and wage concerns.
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Detroit
Lewis
Talian on gut power after June 30
Analysis of yesterday's vote shows Rep Sparkman Alabama Democratic whip says housing vote signals future OPA and selective service patterns. Senate banking committee aims to finish hearings on an OPA measure as Truman's housing bill victory ends a month of deadlock and paves way for private home building. The abdication document of King Vittorio Emanuele amid Italy's plebiscite and constitutional debate leads to exile in Egypt for the monarch and Queen Elena.
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Vittorio Emanuele
Queen Elena
Egypt
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