Coal Strike Ends As Miners Return To Work
Washington reports the soft coal strike ends with miners back on duty through March 31 to ease Supreme Court pressure and allow a court review of contempt fines totaling 3.51 million dollars. President Truman plans a nationwide radio address tonight to discuss the crisis.
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John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
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Lewis
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Court of Last Resort
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A. F. Whitney
The
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CIO
Philip Murray
Fire kills 114 in deadly Winecoff Hotel blaze in Atlanta
A pre-dawn fire devastated the 15 story Winecoff Hotel on Peachtree Street Atlanta killing at least 114 and injuring about 100. Firemen worked through the night to reach bodies on upper floors and identify victims amid charred rooms and widespread destruction.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Theater
Dr W A Hayes Dies After Heart Attack
Dr William Augustus Hayes prominent High Point dentist dies after a heart attack today shortly before noon. Survived by wife Helen Snow and three children Mrs Dallas Mrs Wall and William Snow Hayes all of High Point plus sister Miss Lily A Hayes of Charlotte and niece Miss Idelia Hayes. He lived at 418 Edgedale Drive and was active in First Presbyterian Church. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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William Augustus Hayes
High Point
Helen Snow
Edgedale Drive
Sanders Dallas
Frank W. Wall
William Snow Hayes
Lily A. Hayes
Ilotte
Idelia Hayes
Southern governors elect Cher chairman at Miami Beach meeting
Dixie governors conclude three day conference in Miami Beach with Gov. R Gregg Cher of North Carolina chosen as chairman succeeding Gov. Robt Kerr of Oklahoma who will depart the governorship. Rumors place Kerr as a possible successor to Robert F Hannegan if the Democratic National Committee chair resigns.
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Miami, Beach
Fla
R. Gregg Cher
North Carolina
Cherry
Robt. Kerr
Oklahoma
Robert F. Hannegan
Democratic National
Weather update for North Carolina includes fair skies
North Carolina forecast shows fair and slightly warmer conditions tonight. Sunday will be partly cloudy with mild temperatures and light winds.
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North Carolina
Alan
Tragedy as Streamliner Hits Stalled Car In Lauderdale
In Lauderdale Mississippi the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Rebel struck a stalled car on a grade crossing. A Negro father killed his wife and three children along with three other teens, all named Jones Mitchell and Calvert. Coroner Louis Boyd declared no inquest.
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Mary Lee Jones
D. C. Jones
Bernice Jones
Elitha Mitchell
Janis R. Naylor
Ernett Lee Calvert
Boyd
D. H. Jenkins
Meridian
Jones
Industry Braces For Coal Strike Fallout In Nation
Pittsburgh dispatch reports renewed unemployment fears as coal workers in West Virginia and Pennsylvania drift back to scattered ops. Nationwide 5 million idle by year end possible. weekly output in late November at 2 million tons signals slight increase amid strike pressure and union tensions.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virgina
Jesse V. Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
John L
Lewis
Navy Coal Mines Administration
Ohio
Freight Rates Set To Rise Across Rail And Water
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a 17.6 percent freight rate hike, effective January 1, adding about one billion dollars to annual freight costs. The increase replaces a temporary 6 percent boost and trails the 19.6 percent railroads asked. New York rail circles say the move won’t erase losses and a further request may come soon. The commission also dropped the six month expiration on a 10 percent passenger fare rise from 1942.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Commission
Aged Woman Rescued From Winecoff Fire After Hours
Mrs. Banks Whiteman, an elderly Winecoff Hotel permanent resident, was carried to safety from the top floor more than four hours after the blaze began. She stayed calm in the water logged lobby as firemen moved her down smoky stairways and joked with a helper who nearly slipped.
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Atlanta
Banks Whiteman
Winecoff Hotel
Worst Hotel Blaze In History
Boston reports that the Atlanta hotel fire is the nation’s deadliest hotel blaze with over 100 fatalities. Horatio Bond of the National Fire Protection Association notes the tragedy marks a historic loss of life in a hotel fire.
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Boston
Atlanta
Horatio Bond
National Fire Protection Association
Bond
Four powers open talks on Germany peace and Austria
In New York the big four foreign ministers begin discussing Germanys fate and Austria settlement. Byrnes and Bevin push for Austrian treaties while Molotov signals willingness to compromise. The council aims to draft a plan for deputies to investigate reparations frontiers governance and disarmament with Belgium and the Netherlands consulted.
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Europe
Germany
Byrnes
Austria
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Ministers’ Council
Molotov
Italy
Balkan States
Finland
Foreign Ministers Council
Belgium
Netherlands
Plasma aid begins in Winecoff fire casualty effort
Red Cross officials started identifying dead and injured in the Winecoff hotel disaster as Clifford B. Fligg said the process would be slow and confusing. A carload of blood plasma, much from overseas, was made available to Atlanta hospitals and radio appeals for donors followed. It would take several hours to prepare the first casualty list.
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Atlanta
Red Cross
Winecoff Hotel
Clifford B. Fligg
Area Public Information
Fligg
Baade Calls Winecoff Fire Worse Than Combat
Maj. Gen. P. W. Baade of Washington, D. C., who spent 10 months with the 35th division, said the Winecoff hotel fire in Atlanta was worse than any battlefield. He described the helplessness of trapped guests as flames roared, noting air was cut off and escape nearly impossible. Mrs. Coner Rowan, a hotel night operator, recalled rising to a fourth floor room when the alarm sounded around 3 45 a.m.
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Atlanta
P. W. Baade
Washington, D. C
35Th Division
Winecoff Hotel
Coner Rowan
Eyewitness account of deadly Winecoff fire on Peachtree Street
A chilling report from Atlanta describes four women leaping to their deaths and others injured in the Winecoff Hotel blaze on Peachtree Street. The witness recalls flames on the upper floors, improvised ropes, and bystanders watching dramatic escapes and fatal falls as firefighters worked to control the inferno.
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Chick Hosch
Associated Press
Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Peachtree Street
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