Transit Strike Grounds Philadelphia Transport Network
Philadelphia reel from a city wide transit strike as CIO Transport Workers Union members walkout after rejecting a new contract. All public transport halted at midnight and thousands failed to reach work leaving buses, trolleys, subways idled and riders scrambling for alternatives. Downtown traffic mirrors a pre game rush at dawn.
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Philadelphia
CIO Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Truman Sees Prosperity and Economic Path Forward
President Truman reflected on 20 years of gains under his and Roosevelt's administrations. He cited growth from 345 billion to 380 billion dollars and urged private business to lead market creation while supporting wage increases and reduced prices and profits where appropriate. He called for expanded research, long term investment, new markets, and broader industrial reach. Government should avoid tax cuts but increase spending and credit guarantees, social security, public housing, and welfare programs.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Eisenhower Names Two Major Appointments After Key Meetings
President elect Eisenhower announced two top appointments after a two day meeting of 22 officials. T. Coleman Andrews was named commissioner of internal revenue and Roger Steffan became director of operations. Charles R. Hook Jr. and Elbert P. Tuttle were also named to high posts.
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Eisenhower
T. Coleman Andrews
Richmond
Charles R. Hook Jr
Cleveland
Elbert P. Tuttle
Atlanta
Hook
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Tuttle
Gia State Gop
The
Treasury
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Stassen
E.s.t
William Blakely
Dallas
Tex
Gabriel Hauge
Committee For Economic Development
Jewett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Gov
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Sen
Charles Tobey
Thomas Millsop
Weirton
W.va
Arthur
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Dean
Doan
FBI HUNTING MYSTERY SUSPECTS IN SPY PROBE
FBI agents search for unidentified suspects in a sealed indictment charging various persons with seeking to pass U S defense secrets to a foreign nation. The case involves high ranking Army officers and a secret indictment kept under seal to prevent tipping off suspects.
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FBI
Washington
U. S
Justice Department
Army
Alexander Holtzoff
Harold D. Koftsky
Oran H. Waterman
Virus Flu Closes Schools Across Nation
Virus influenza and related respiratory illnesses forced Pauw University in Indiana and many public and parochial schools across the United States to close. The outbreak caused hospital crowding, widespread student absences, and a rush of cases in states including Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, and New Mexico.
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United Press
Greencastle
Ind
Pauw University
Texas
Colorado
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas City
Oklahoma University
Muskogee
Denver
Former TVA Employe To Tell About Red Meetings
Howard Bridgman a Tufts economics professor testified in Knoxville that William Remington attended five or six Communist meetings in 1937 at Betty Malcolm's home. Bridgman said the sessions discussed building the Communist party and CIO and planned an AFL raid to recruit for the CIO.
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TVA
New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
Communist Party
Knoxville
Tenn
William Remington
Howard Bridgman
Tufts College
Remington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Bridgman
Betty Malcolm
Medford
Mass
CIO
American Federation of Labor Union
Sixteen new cardinals kneel before Pope Pius XII in Vatican
In a Vatican ceremony sixteen newly created cardinals knelt before Pope Pius XII and received their red hats. The event followed a secret consistory Monday elevating 24 cardinals while several could not attend for political reasons. Cardinal McIntyre of Los Angeles joined later with American pilgrims.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
America
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
Rome
Pius
Aloysius Cardinal
Stepinac
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Warsaw
Zuchettas
Women Carry Concrete in Bas Kets Build Karachi Hotels
In Karachi the capital of Pakistan women carry concrete in bas kets on their heads while workmen shape bricks by hand as modern hotels rise.
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Karachi
Pakistan
In ancient times trees were thought to have perception and reason
A fragment notes a belief that ancient cultures attributed passion and reason to trees, reflecting early myths about living nature and sentience in forests and groves.
Mine Explosion Kills Eleven in Belgian Mine
A violent explosion at the Wasmes coal mine near Mons Belgium killed 11 miners and injured 16 others. Cause of the blast was not immediately disclosed.
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Mons
Belgium
Wasmes
Superfortress Crashes Killing Twelve Near Gridley Calif
A B-50 Superfortress crashed in a flooded rice field twelve miles west of Gridley California during a training flight from Castle AFB Merced. All twelve crew members died and were moved to a Marysville funeral home as investigators from Wright Patterson AFB began the inquiry. The crash left the enormous bomber buried in mud with no radio contact at the time of impact.
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Gridley
Calif
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Strategic Air Command
Castle Afb
Merced
Here
Marysville
Sacramento Valley
Colusa
Pacific Coast air disaster toll climbs in 10th crash this period
Air Force officials report all aboard the military plane killed instantly as civilian aircraft and helicopters circle the scene. Rescue teams in mud use horse drawn wagons and tractors to recover bodies. Some victims appear to have died of concussion on impact amid the Pacific Coast spike, bringing the two month toll to 288.
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Air Force
Pacific Coast Area
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