Strike Threat Grows as Coal Talks Collapse Again
Washington sees a nationwide soft coal strike threat rise after 75 percent of operators walk away from talks with John L. Lewis over a 35 cent per hour pay rise. Southern, western, and northern operators push separate offers as Lewis demands eight hour days with higher pay and a 30 minute lunch, plus a ten cent royalty and mining welfare fund control. Page 2.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Denver Apartment Blast Kills Three Residents
An explosion at 35 West Dakota Avenue, Denver, killed landlady Gertrude Rowan 60 and her 11 year old grandson Richard Rowan, plus a man 68 identified as M C Breckenridge. Eight others injured, two in critical condition, as police suspected a gas line blast. Rescue work continued amid debris.
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Denver
West Dakota Avenue
Gertrude Rowan
Richard Rowan
M. C. Breckenridge
Denver General Hospital
L. C. Morton
Wanda K. Ough
Granby
Colo
Dorsey Childs
Childs
Local Weather Outlook Sunday Showers and Cool Spell
Partly cloudy and cooler Sunday with morning showers. Highs reach about 70 in the afternoon.
Moe to Visit Boyhood Home After 40 Years
Kilmer O Moe 65 Hawaiian PTA leader attending national convention in Chicago plans a first visit to his La Crosse boyhood home in four decades. He left La Crosse at 25 for the Philippines to direct agricultural work, then moved to Hawaii 22 years ago. After the convention he will visit relatives in La Crosse and attend the June 14 Milwaukee wedding of his son Kilmer Jr. and Miss Marjorie Powers, Stout Institute students.
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Chicago
Kilmer O. Moe
Honolulu
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
la Crosse
Moe
PTA Congress
Philippines
Hawaii
Milwaukee
Kilmer, Jr
Marjorie Powers
Stout Institute
Menomonie, Wis
Taft Sees No Sense In Veto of Tax Reduction Bill
Senator Taft says a Truman veto of the tax cut bill would likely kill this year's income tax reduction and push possible action to next year. He doubts Congress will override, noting voters want bigger cuts and that a veto could be blamed on Republicans. Senator OMahoney foresees a delay to craft a more equitable measure.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
George
Dga
Finance Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Greece
Turkey
House
St. Lawrence Seaway
Central High Band Performs Park Concert
Central High School band under William Baker will present a public concert in Riverside Park on Monday at 7 p.m. The program is listed on page 8.
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William Baker
Central High School
Riverside Park
Camera Fiend Parachutes Over New York For Bird's Eye View
Leonard D Attolico 26 of Brooklyn parachuted from a plane over Times Square with a 16 milimeter camera landing in a 44th street backyard. He boasted of shots of the surrender and planned another try in Times Square. He claimed army service and that he rented a plane at Amityville and landed amid public danger. He was arrested for endangering public safety.
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New York
Times Square
44Th Street
Broadway
Leonard D’attolico
Brooklyn
503Rd
Union Ag Ig Company
Hoboken
D’attolico
Amityville
Long Island
Empire State Building
Lee Corbissiano
D'Attolico
Committee Reports On A C Strike
Washington committee finds evidence that Harold Christoffel and Robert Buse lied under oath about Communist ties in the Allis-Chalmers 1941 strike in Wisconsin. It urges that employers or unions be free to discharge any Communist party member to preserve free enterprise.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Allis-Chalmers
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Robert Buse
Cio-Uaw
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Company
Buse
Harold Christoffel
Christoffel
Rep. Hartley
R-Nj
Department of Justice
Reds
Allis- Chalmers
Congress
United States
Lawmakers Face June 30 Deadline For Key Budget Bills
Washington reports a looming jam in appropriation bills as Congress nears a June 30 deadline. House Republicans praise session gains while only one Senate appropriation has passed. Labor rent and international measures are at stake, with Marshall urging urgency on refugee, information, and arms policy.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Halleck
House
Senate
Marshall
Truman
White House
United States
International Refugee Organization
State Department
Voice of America
Miss Aline Neal Named Best Teacher of 1947
In Chicago the 46-year-old fourth grade teacher from Jackson Mississippi Miss Aline Neal was chosen as The Best Teacher of 1947 in a nationwide contest. Sponsors said more than 33000 letters were submitted by school children naming the teacher who helped them most.
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Chicago
Aline Neal
Jackson
Miss
Relatives Seek IDs of Victims in Port Deposit Air Crash
Relatives from the south and northeast travel to Bainbridge Naval Training Station to identify 49 passengers and four crew members from the Eastern Airlines DC-4 crash near Port Deposit Maryland. Investigators note the tail section may have separated before the craft wrecked. The Civil Aeronautics Board will set dates for hearings next week.
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Port Deposit
America
Eastern Airlines
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Newark
Iami
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Seaman
Frank Welch
Tonawanda
N. Y
Welch
Tornado devastates Leedey Oklahoma town
A tornado ripped through Leedey Oklahoma on Saturday night destroying three quarters of the town. Five bodies were found with reports of more casualties and severe injuries. Rescue efforts were hampered by outages as ambulances and medical supplies were requested.
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Leedey
Okla
Oklahoma
Jack Sapp
Sapp
Higgins
Tex
Texas
Arnett
Gage
Woodward
Oil finds trigger fatal kitchen fire in Mississippi
In Prentiss Mississippi Willie Durr a Black farmer who recently gained oil wealth used gasoline from his own land to rekindle a stove fire. The blaze engulfed him and his young daughter as they walked by, burning them as passersby watched.
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Prentiss
Miss
Willie Durr
Jeff Davis County
Durr
Fifth Army ROTC Encampments Announced for Six Week Program
Fifth Army headquarters said advanced ROTC students in the Fifth Army area will attend six weeks of summer encampments beginning June 21. Lieut. Gen. Walton H. Walker noted participants come from third and fourth year senior division units at colleges offering four year degrees. Training will be at Fort Sheridan for anti aircraft and military police, with other corps at various encampments. represented schools include Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Iowa State, Coe College, St Norbert’s College, West DePere, and Ripon College.
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Chicago
Fifth Army
Advanced Reserve Officer Training Corps
Walton H. Walker
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Sheridan
Infantry
Field Artillery
Armored Cavalry
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Fifth Army Area
Universities
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Iowa State College
Coe College
St. Norbert’s College
West DePere
Wis
Ripon College
Canton Riot Fatal To Five
A Canton riot left five Sun Yat-sen University students dead with many injured or missing. The event coincides with a wider civil war and falling currency as authorities impose a citywide curfew and armored patrols. Shanghai reports show arrests of alleged Communist agents while professors and students push for habeas corpus releases.
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Shanghai
Canton
China
Sun Yat-sen University
Memorial Day Death Toll Tops 299 Across Nation
The Memorial Day weekend deaths rose to at least 299 with more counts pending from Sunday. Auto fatalities led, totaling 125, while major air crashes killed 94 in New York and Maryland. Drownings reached 38 and other causes 40 as California posted the highest toll.
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Maryland
New Jersey
California
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Not One Veteran At GAR Encampment in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic encampment proceeds without any veterans present for the first time in 81 years. Cadet 101-year-old commander Lansing A. Wilcox and 99-year-old Josiah Cass are among those not attending. Ancel Goolsbey 98 and C L Hooker 98 also will not participate, said state GAR secretary Alma Cheesman.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Lansing A. Wilcox
Cadett
Josiah Cass
Eau Claire
Ancel Goolsbey
Chetek
C. L. Hooker
Virginia
Minn
Alma Cheesman
Milwaukee
GAR
Wilcox
Kenosha
Tripp to Write Sunday Human Interest Column in La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune unveils a new weekly human interest feature by Frank Tripp, veteran Gannett executive and wartime Allied Newspaper Council chair. Tripp aims to visit with ordinary people and entertain readers with American themes in a distinctive, Rogers-Cobb style.
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la Crosse Tribune
Frank Tripp
Gannett
Tripp
Allied Newspaper Council
U. S. Treasury
Ivory Towers
Will Rogers
Irvin Cobb
Tornadoes Roar Through Texas Oklahoma Area Hitting Higgins Shattuck
Reports say a tornado formed south of Higgins Texas and crossed the area, moving north toward Shattuck Oklahoma and Arnett before fading near Cave and east of Woodward. No injuries noted and telephone circuits to Arnett remained down.
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Shattuck
Okla
Higgins
Tex
Oklahoma
Arnett
Santa Fe Railroad
Peggy Gray
Egypt asks UN to address troop withdrawal and Sudan union
An Egyptian source says Cairo will submit demands for withdrawal of British troops and a permanent union with the Sudan to the United Nations soon. The move highlights key UN peace issues including Palestine, Balkan frontier troubles, atomic control, world disarmament, a global police force, and an internationalized Trieste governor.
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Egypt
Sudan
United Nations
Security Council
Palestine
Balkan
Trieste
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