Thousands More Miners Quit Work Amid Stoppage Glare
Pittsburgh dispatch reports thousands more coal miners joined pre vacation walkouts as a fuel stoppage enters its second day. About half of the nation's 400,000 bituminous miners idle, with protests tied to Taft-Hartley and vacation timing. Carnegie-Illinois Steel shuts furnaces. U S Steel notes broad mine closures in PA and KY. Government probes possible injunction against John L Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Monongalia County
Coal Mines Administration
Sberators
Pennsylvania
Easterennsylvania
Panther Valley
Carnegie
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Bessemer
Youngstown
Firite
U. S. Steel Corp
Kentucky
Justice Department
John L. Lewis
Afl-United Mine Workers
UMW
Harlan
James Jones
Washington
North
Lewis
United Mine
Senator George Backs Re pass Tax Bill In Senate
Senator George of Georgia endorsed a Republican move to re pass the vetoed four billion dollar personal income tax cut. The measure would take effect next January 1. House Ways and Means chief Knutson reintroduced the bill and Speaker Martin said it would be taken up at the first opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-Ga
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin R-Massy
Congress
Martin
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
House of
Flying Fortress Crashes Into Sea Near Admiralty Island
A Flying Fortress crashed into the sea at dawn one mile from Admiralty Island airfield. Five of its eight crewmen are missing, three survivors were rescued by boat. Names withheld until relatives could be notified.
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Manila
Admiralty Island
1&Th
Air Force
Funds Approved for Gainesville Airport
A 82550 allocation from Missouri's airport aid fund for the Gainesville airport in Ozark County was approved by Gov. Phil M. Donnelly. The aid matches locally praised funds and is part of a 250000 state appropriation enacted by the legislature last year.
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Gainesville, Mo
Ozark County
Phil M. Donnelly
Hill Moves, So Does His House
Rapid City, June 25 AP John Fitchell and family moved as a hill slowly shifts their two story home toward a street. He left to escape day and night labor to stop the house from crumbling. The hill has taken the backyard, covered half the kitchen window with five feet of dirt, and buried a concrete wall built last summer. Heavy rains last week caused two feet of additional movement, placing the house within ten feet of the street.
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Rapid City
S. D
John Fitchell
Fitchell
Longer Licenses For Stations A Television Aid
Hearing before a Senate Commerce subcommittee heard Richard W. Hubbell urge 17 year radio licenses to spur TV growth. He noted 3 year renewals deter investment and tied patent terms to proposed license length. The measure backed by Senator White seeks broader FCC powers and may bar election day political broadcasts. Four Kansas City officials head to San Francisco to discuss repatriation and burial of WWII dead. Edna Helgerson petitions for divorce from Aimes Helgerson on grounds of desertion and non support. couple wed November 18 1943 and separated November 25 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard W. Hubbell
New York
Congress
Hubbell
Senate Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
Senator White
R-Me
FCC
San Francisco
Kansas City
Edna Helgerson
Aimes Herbert Helgerson
Assailant of City Detective Taken After Wild Chase
In St Louis on June 25 an officer was knocked unconscious as a city detective pursued a car thief. Edward R Foster, an automobile plant inspector, was charged after a 90 mile per hour chase ended in a wreck near Eureka Missouri. Detective William Williams suffered multiple facial injuries. Foster, treated for bruises, was jailed on assault to kill larceny resisting arrest and traffic violations. Also noted are injuries to Mrs. F W Gillham from a kitchen accident and two marriage license filings by Deeken Eveler and Nortleet Miller in Jefferson County.
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ST. Louis
Eureka
Here
Edward R. Foster
William Williams
Foster
City Hospital
Williams
Highway 66
Pet Parade to Be Held in uptown Tomorrow
Lions Club sponsors a three division pet parade at 12 10 pm in the uptown district with cash prizes of five three and two dollars for top groups including most unusual vehicle best decorated and best costumed characters. Winners announced by Raymond Bills and broadcast over a Lions Club loud speaker system.
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Uptown
Lions Club
Missouri Hotel
Raymond Bills
High
Madison Streets
Gray Burmeister
Charles
Chuck) Isely
Hugo Hollerotth
Anthony Schuermann
Celui
Father Schuermann
Chet Balmer
Dixie Gardens
Joseph Powell
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Eisenhower Warns Air Attack Likely On Great Lakes Industry
General Eisenhower told Congress that a future war would begin with air strikes on industrial hubs near the Great Lakes. He urged U S Canadian defense cooperation and hemisphere-wide unity, backing aid to standardize arms in the Americas. Navy secretary Forrestal and Admiral Nimitz joined in support of the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Great Lakes
Army
Hemisphere
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs —Committee
Marshall
House
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Forrestal
Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
Missouri River Crest May Top Records at 32 to 22.5
The Missouri River rose to 30 feet and crest estimates were raised as floods spread from Jefferson City upstream. Nebraska reports high stages and Boonville and Hermann show rising levels while rail and road routes face closures and diversions across Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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Weather Bureau
News and Tribune
Jefferson City
Rule
Neb
Boonville
U. S. Weather Bureau
Waverly
Hermann
Jefferson Ciy
Municipal Aire Park
Floods Wash Away Protected Lands on Missouri River
Kansas City reports 242,805 acres of protected bottomlands flooded as 54 of 250 levees between Rule Nebraska and St Louis remain intact. Engineers mobilize urgent repairs to halt further inundation affecting thousands of acres beyond protected zones.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
U.S
Rule, Neb
St. Louis
Food For Cedar City Taken In By Engineer's Boat
United States Corps of Engineers boat delivered milk and bread to Cedar City residents marooned by the Missouri River flood. The motor boat stood by in Jefferson City area, evacuated residents viewed the damage, and inspected the dump site to determine further needs. Crew included Joseph Benning and George Kishmer. Len Schachter led emergency operations with support from local patrol, police, firemen, and Red Cross.
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Cedar City
Ond
United States Corps of Engineers
Stefferson City
Cole
Beat
Joseph Benning
George Kishmer
Corps of Engineer
Len Schachfer
Glasgow
William Sprowls
Corps of Engineers
State Patrol
Lova Yylice
Red Cross
State Buys 300 Acre Brunk Peden Farm
The state of Missouri purchased 300 acres known as the Brunk and Peden farm for 18000, adding to the Church prison farm. The sellers were A T Peden and Austin J Brunk, each with half interests. Also recorded were a transfer by John Edward Thier to John E Thier Jr. for 4.8 acres along the Missouri Pacific river route and Gra Creek, with a sale price noted as 9000. Another transfer, Sunset Place tol, from Hannah Schaller to Samuel L Isenberg and William F Hollerman, was listed at about 500 dollars.
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State of Missour
Brunk
Peden
Church
Ure County Recorder
A. T. Peden
Austin J. Brunk
John Edward Thier
John E. Thler
Gra Creek
Sunset Place
Hannah Schaller
Samuel L. Isanberg
William FP. Hollerman
Sea Scout Earns Eagle at Special Court of Honor
Nicky Mendell of Sea Scout Ship 13 was advanced to Eagle at a special court of honor held at the Boy Scout Camp. Judge Harry M. Gambrel presided over the ceremony in Jackson County Kansas City. Mrs Mendell received the mother's pin for aiding his rank.
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Nicky Mendell
Sea Scout
Eagle Bank
Harry M. Gambrel
Jackson County
Kansas City
Mendell
Mather
Haskell Simmons
Frank K. Miller
Cole District Advancement
Heavy Rain Triggers Wears Creek Flooding and Backwater
Heavy rainfall to 1.97 inches, plus backwater from the Missouri River, drives families from homes and damages property. Wears Creek overflows, blocking streets as headwaters surge and traffic to west and south parts of the city is disrupted. KWOS recorders show 1.73 inches by 7 am and up to 4 inches by 7:45 am, with bursts of intense rainfall.
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Wears Creek
Kwos Frangmillers
Nan
City Acts to Get Chemicals For Flooded Section
City officials move to obtain flood area treatment chemicals with health officials and Red Cross urging avoidance of floodwater. James G. Bruce and Wy AL Curtis coordinate with the State Board of Wealth to secure a superior chemical from St Louis as Missouri and Mississippi Valleys face shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Bruce
Wity Phy
Richard Fowler
Wy AL Curtis
Steeel
State Board of Wealth
James T. Blair, Jr
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Red Cross
Wears Creek
West End Flood Blocks Main Street and Streets Crippled
Water up to three feet covered ten streets in the flood area as police and fire crews closed West End traffic and patrolled before dawn. Firemen in a Red Cross skiff rescued a resident from a submerged home while others remained at risk. Dunklin Washington Miller Mulberry and Broadway bore the worst damage with up to two feet of water in places and eight inches north of Walnut Street.
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Moreau
Gasconade
Osage
Maries
Ralph M. Aldrich
Kansas City
Missouri
Iowa
Nebrka
Missouri Pacific
Boonville
Wes
Omaha
Binwater
Katy
St. Louis
Nebraska
Glasgow
Gulf
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Harmony Station
Red Cross
Dunklin
Washington
Miller, Mulberry
Broadway
Dunklin Street
Mulberry Street
Highway
Mulberry and
Washington and
Miller Streets
W. A. Curtis
Walnut Ard High Street
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Tabor Schwellenbach
Justice Departimen
Kansas
Osace
Thomas
Capital City
Wheatlands
State Highway Patrol
Sen. George
Gainesville
Hill
N. Y
Wild
Chase
Mrs. Gillham
F. W. Gillham
Henry LePage
John J. Deeken
Frances Germaine Eveler
Wayne R. Nortleet
Evelyn M. Miller
Beau
Jefferson Vy
McClung Park
Lincoln Street
Great Lakes Area
Ike
Mureau
Cole Junction
State
Brunk-Peden Farm
American Legion Auxiliary
James It. Blair
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