Renew Efforts To Avert Ship Halt
CIO union leaders and ship operators pressed to avert a maritime strike as the June 15 walkout looms, with talks on compensatory time off and a 44 hour work week at sea. The complex dispute involves multiple unions and the National Maritime Union, while market and military notes loom in the background.
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Major
Washington
CIO
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
CIU
Nationallnes Council
Gilbert Stewart
Air
AFL
Independent
Labor Department
National
Two Graceton residents hurt in Westmoreland crash
A head on collision near Delmont in Westmoreland County injured two Graceton residents, Harry and Harriet Taylor, while Latrobe occupants including Edward Richwine were treated for multiple injuries. Edward Fox, 22, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Floyd and Vaughn Taylor, ages 5 and 9, escaped unharmed.
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Graceton
Harry Taylor
Westmoreland County
Delmont
Taylor
Floyd
Vaughn
Edward Fox
Vyoetms
Westmoreland Hospital
Harriet Taylor
Westmoreland Co
Elmer Richwine
William Penn Highway
John F. Murphy
Joseph Geary
Emer Richwine
William Hawkins
Paul Fry
Latrobe
Confer OnUS Policy For Spain Break
Herschel V. Johnson, US interim delegate to the UN Security Council, travels from New York to Washington for a weekend conference with top policymakers to shape American policy on Franco Spain. Britain and the United States oppose the subcommittee plan, fearing it could backfire. debate may return Tuesday on a collective UN break with Madrid planned for September.
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New York
Herschel V. Johnson
United States
United Nations Security Council
Washington
Corferenses
Spain
Council
U. N
Madrid
Johnson
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Franco
Milk price boost eyed as subsidies end in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania dairy farmers and consumers face a 3 to 5 cent per quart price rise as federal subsidies wind down by June 30. AAA secretary John A. Smith says subsidies should rise to 75 cents or $1.00 per hundredweight to cover higher feed and labor costs, while farmers warn higher prices may cut milk consumption and harm the dairy industry. A one cent price increase authorized by the OPA already took effect in six Pennsylvania marketing areas.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Andrei A. Grom
Spain
General Assembly
John A. Smith
AAA
Smith
OPA
Anthracite Miners Win 18 1-2 Cent Raise in Pact
Pennsylvania's 75,000 hard coal miners return to work Monday under a new contract granting an 18 1-2 cents per hour wage increase and a $2,700,000 health and welfare fund financed by a 3 cent per ton royalty. The agreement ends a week-long anthracite strike after five weeks of talks with the AFL United Mine Workers led by John L Lewis. The welfare fund is to be administered by three trustees, two named by Lewis and one by the operators, and adds eight holidays a year plus vacation time. Operators estimate the higher costs add about $1 per ton to anthracite prices. the pact also accepts Workmen's Compensation and Accident Disability Laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
John Jb. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Ralph Taggart
Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company
Price Curbs Seen Doomed in Senate Split Report
Four members of the Senate Banking Committee warned that amending the price control extension bill would doom price wage and rent stabilization. They argued the revised measure threatens economic safety and could defeat inflation battle if enacted. The minority report contrasts government intervention with unrestrained market forces amid looming expiration of current controls.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Wagner
Congress
Banking Committee
House
Redhead Woman Found Strangled in Philadelphia Home
The nude body of a redheaded woman, 40, identified as Mrs. Mary Duffy, was found in a second floor apartment after a beating. A 16-year-old painter who led police to the scene said she had been estranged from her husband. Investigators questioned him without charge as brutal marks and branding were noted.
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Washington
Kronberg Castle
Germany
Ilinois Central
Chicago
Jack W. Durant
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
War Department
Hudson
Wis
Cal. J. W. Durant
Cal. A.C. Miller
Mary Duffy
Bee
Wormin
Truman Considers Major Message On Labor Bill
President Truman weighs a new Congressional appeal on labor legislation and whether to veto or sign the Case Labor Disputes bill. Lawmakers say a June 12 decision looms, with a longer report if vetoed, while Manchuria and China truce developments echo in Asia amid civil war pause.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Gill
Communist Movement In US Rapped
Washington report says the House Un American Activities Committee released a 73 page study accusing Soviet backed groups of urging revolution and class warfare in the United States. It cites propaganda, front groups, and radio commentators while urging unions and others to purge Communist elements. Also notes a Fascist club network and a 1945 orientation fact sheet disputed by the committee. A separate notice calls supervisory mining employees in the Indiana district to a meeting at Knights of Malta Hall in Indiana PA on Sunday at 3 p.m. EDT.
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Washington
iHouse Committee On Un-American
Soviet Union
U. S
United States
War Department
Mndiana
Knights of Malta
Recruiters for Marine Corps Here in Indiana
The U S Marine Corps will invade Indiana on June 10, 1946, to interview men ages 17 to 25 about joining. Sergeants Sewell and Fisher, Pacific veterans, will conduct the interviews. Enlistment terms cover two to four years. Marines offer high school completion or college credits through the Marine Corps Institute in academ ic business science automotive aviation and technical fields. A recruiting station opens in the Court House on June 30.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Indiana
Marine Corps
David E. Sewell
Fisher
Marine Corps Institute
Academc
Business
Science
U. S Marine Corps
Court House
Sixty Victims Die In La Salle Hotel Fire
Chicago reports the La Salle Hotel fire has claimed 60 lives with a coroner's inquest ongoing. Ann Palackis, 24, of Waukegan, and other victims died at Henrotin Hospital after the blaze swept the Loop hotel. Witnesses offered conflicting times for when flames were first detected.
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la Salle Hotel
Ann Palackis
Wauke NL
Henrotin Hospital
Loop
Londoners V Parade Ends Nine Mile Victory Pageant
London observed Victory Day with a nine mile parade through the Mall to Buckingham Palace. Attlee and Churchill rode in an open carriage as leaders from Canada and South Africa joined Allied dignitaries. Thousands lined the route, 450 were carried away by noon, and 130 Americans joined the procession alongside London’s war heroes and factory workers.
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Russell CO
Landstrom
London
British Empire
United Nations
Buckingham Palace
Axis
Attlee
Winston Churchill
L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Jan Christiaan ‘Gmuts
South Africa
Leurly
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Joseph T. MacCarney
H. Kent Hewitt
Franklin A. Hart
Coventry
Plymouth
Hull
Southampton
Liverpool
Wolfenden Heads County Bond Drive
A new U. S. Savings Bonds committee is formed in Indiana County with C. Gilbert Wolfenden as County Chairman for Geo. T. Buchanan Company. Other officers include Payrolim Wilfred E. Helwig of Indiana County, P. J. Strauiff of First National Bank of Indiana as banking, Dewitt Ray of Indiana Evening Gazette for publicity, Clark B. E. Hay for education, and Charles M. Metllen for agriculture.
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U. S. Savings
Indiana County
C. Gilbert Wolfenden
Geo.t. Buchanan Company
Payrolim Wilfred E. Helwig
Indiana
P. J. Strauiff
First National Bank of Indiana
Dewitt Ray
Indiana Evening Gazette
Clark BE. Hay
Londiana County
Charles M. Metllen
The Shoes On The Other Foot
Cecil Leroy Warner of Almongahela City was arrested by Borough Police at 11 39 p m after reporting his car stolen from Schoyl Street. An observant patrolman had seen the parked car with an illegible license plate and towed it in. Superintendent Edward Allen said the vehicle bore a 1938 plate altered to 1946 with no registration or operator's license.
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Cecil Leroy Warner
Almongahela City
Poalice
Schoyl Street
Tse
Ilegal
Edward Allen
Hold Action On Leave Pay For Veterans
Washington June 8 The House postponed action on the furlough pay bill delaying it until next week as many members were away. Veterans are assured the bill’s passage is likely, with an expected near unanimous vote when a vote occurs next Thursday. The measure would provide cash pay for unused furlough time for about 15 million past and present service personnel, averaging about 230 dollars per man, with a maximum carryover of 120 days. It applies to all enlisted personnel since Sept. 6, 1999.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Messure
Death and flogging blamed on Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta
In Atlanta on June 8 a fatal stabbing and a flogging were attributed to the revived Ku Klux Klan. Grand Dragon Samuel Green denied involvement while Assistant Attorney General Dan Duke cited undercover reports of an inner group boasting of the killings. The Milwaukee case linked to an August stabbing and an unsolved Dekalb County murder is mentioned as context. Punk.
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Atlanta
Samuel Green
Green
Chicago
Dan Duke
Duke
East Point
Ku Klux Klan
Tee Stalterg
Tegal Proceer
Porter Ene
Turner
Dekalb County
Hugh Johnson
Youth and Age Tie the Knot in Louisa Court House
In Louisa Kentucky Delbert Sprouse 18 and Mrs Mattie Lyons Large 78 wed in a brief ceremony at the Lawrence County Courthouse conducted by County Judge J F Wellman. The unexpected couple from Gladys 15 miles away drew a crowd of over one hundred witnesses in the courtroom and hallway. The bride wore a black hat and striped ankle-length dress while the groom wore blue denim trousers and a jacket with no necktie.
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Louisa
Del
Bert (Shorty) Sprouse
Mattie Lyons Large
J. F. Wellman
Lawrence County Court House
Gladys
Here
Aall
Sprouse
Youth Dies While Trying to Save Girlfriend in Central Park
A 20 year old man, Jack Hyland, died after a fierce fight to defend his 18 year old girlfriend, Yvonne Kenny, from three assailants in Central Park between 97th and 98th Streets. Kenny was reported in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital. The attackers seized Kenny and Hyland intervened. Police describe Hyland’s fatal injuries as resulting from the assault. The incident follows a broader pattern of violent crime in the area and is under investigation. The article also notes a real estate firm John Hill Real Estate, Inc. expanding with new offices in Altoona and Indiana, managed by Paul Primel.
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New York
Central Park
Jack Hyland
Yvonne Kenny
Mount Sinai Hospita
Hyland
97Th
98Th
John Hill Real Estate, Inc
Altoona
Fed
Johnstunt
Indiana
Murphy
Paul
Saspitel General Real Estate
Ater
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