Feared maritime strikes loom over three coasts
James Marlow reports a looming labor crisis as seven unions, about 5000 seamen and ship crews, threaten nationwide strikes by June 15 over pay and hours. East and west coast unions, including ILWU, NMU CIO, and SIU, race to align as wage, hour demands collide across Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf routes.
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James Marlow
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Cone Big
AFL
Men's and Warehousemen's Union
CWU
The
ILUW
MCS5
Maritime Cooks and Stewards
CIC
Pcmfoww
Pacific Coast Marine Firemen
Sup—Sailors Union of the Pacific
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Mines Menace Pacific Mines Threaten Ships Near Pearl Harbor
An estimated 30 000 Japanese mines drift in the Pacific, classified as a continuing threat by Rear Admiral Arthur D Strubble. The Star Bulletin reports ships, including five American vessels, damaged by mines since V J Day with stray mines seen near Hawaii and one 600 miles off San Francisco. The piece also discusses labor union strikes among longshoremen and maritime workers, government wartime ship ownership, and potential implications for operations and contracts. Eleanor Boyd of Long Beach, Calif, was elected 1946 47 president of the American Gold Star Mothers.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Arthur D. Strubble
Pacthe
Star-Bulletin
Hawaiian
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Eleanor Boyd
Long Beach
Calif
American Gold Star
Britain and Russia at a crossroads in postwar peace
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes Britain's two day Commons debate on foreign relations showing appeasement of Russia rejected by both government and opposition. The article links a Paris Big Four ministers conference to possible resumption of European peace treaties and warns that Soviet aims to spread communism threaten wider peace. Bevin and Attlee stress Russia must join European settlement. Attlee cautions Moscow believes every nation must adopt Soviet system, jeopardizing stability.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Russia
Paris
John Bill
United Nations
England
Chamberlain
Hiler
Fuehrer
Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Nuernberg
Wilhelm Keltel
Hitler
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
London
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Inquirer Open Golf Tourney Opens With Wide Lead Scramble
Philadelphias 15000 Inquirer Open sees Mike Turnesa take a two stroke lead after a first round 67 on Lancrest Country Clubs 8405 yard layout. Ben Hogan trails eight back as 60 players sit within striking distance. Lew Worsham Cary Middlecoff and others close behind with scores around 67 to 69.
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Philadelphia
Ben Horgan
Mike Tur
Eusa
Turnesa
White Plains
N. J
Lancred Country Club
Byron Nelson
Lew Worsham
Bethesda
Capt. Cary 'Middlecoff
Memphis
Tenn
Hisky Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Ed ‘Porky' Oliver
Taunton
Mass
Bruce Coltart
Absencon
Bob Hamilton
Chicago
Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Texas
Lloyd Mangrum
Los Angeles
German Parade Marked Normandy Anniversary in Frankfurt
A 260 strong military police unit led a parade at Frankfurt hidesburg Platz to observe the Normandy invasion's second anniversary. A public address system failed four times as the army order of the day was translated into German, provoking smiles from the surprised crowd of about 3,000.
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Frankfurt
Hidenburg Platz
Parliament Grants Tax Exemption to Nobel Foundation
Stockholm reports the Swedish parliament voted to exempt the Nobel Foundation from all taxation. A foundation spokesman said the measure would add 40,000 Swedish crowns to each Nobel Prize, effective in 1848.
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Stockholm
Nobel Foundation
Foundation
Okinawa Military Government Abandoned by Navy
Allied HQ officials say the Navy will end the military government on Okinawa, established after the 1945 invasion to handle service problems. The Army will deploy 75 officers to Okinawa, as Japan faced demobilization and reconstruction amid postwar timing uncertainties.
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Japan
Okinawa
Tokyo
Lune
Navy
Brazil
Reward used to buy wife in Singapore case
In Singapore on June 7 an aboriginal hillman named Sakai found RAF Flying Officer William Leslie McLachlan of London who had been missing since May 28 after leaving Cameron Highlands. Sakai said he would use his $250 reward to buy the best type of wife, rather than the $40 option he had planned.
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Singapore
Sakai
RAF
William Leslie McLashlan
London
Cameron Highlands
McLachlan
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International Longshoremen's Association
CIO
WSA
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Inquirer
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Phila
Doan
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Lady Esther
Tangee
Chen YU
Woodbury Creams
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Blue Jay
Griffin
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Gazette
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