Miners Strike Grips Pennsylvania While Nation Faces Maritime Tension
75000 Pennsylvania hard coal miners walk out delaying supply as union leaders demand wage and health fund terms. President Truman vows to keep ships moving using navy coast guard and army if needed amid broader labor unrest and stalled negotiations with anthracite operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Navy
War Shipping Administration
Coast Guard
Army
Pennsylvania
Hazelton
UMW
John L. Lewis
Afl-Umw
New York
Two City Crashes Cause 500 Dollars In Damages
A car rammed a parked vehicle and a tree on Jackson street causing 535 dollars in damages. Rey Gilles said another car forced him to swerve and strike Percy Reatz’s vehicle. both drivers reported no injuries. A separate West Avenue Jackson street collision left 80 dollars damage to Rudolph Rohde’s car and 60 dollars to Vida Steinbrink’s, with no injuries.
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Jackson Street
Rey M. Gilles
South 20Th Street
16Th
Jackson Streets
Percy Reatz
Gilles
Reatz
West Avenue
Jackson
Rudolph L. Rohde
Travis Street
Vida Steinbrink
Johnson Street
Rohde
Veterans Pension Hike Debate Voice by General Bradley
General Omar N. Bradley told the House Veterans Committee that a 15 percent pension increase granted two years ago should not be followed by another boost now. He argued against an immediate hike in retirement benefits for veterans.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
House Veterans Committee
Weather Update for La Crosse Area Tonight Through Saturday
Local forecast calls for low showers tonight and early Saturday with much cooler conditions. Low tonight around 44 and high Saturday near 65, with strong shifting winds tonight.
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la Crosse
CAB Assures City Full Consideration of Plea
La Crosse receives assurance from the Civil Aeronautics Board that its air service needs will be thoroughly considered. City Attorney Fred E. Steele filed an itemized statement seeking feeder service with Parks Air Transport, direct La Crosse Milwaukee and La Crosse Chicago lines, with Milwaukee possibly included. Brown of the CAB notes the statement will be filed in the north central docket but not as formal evidence, and reiterates full attention to local and trunkline service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
la Crosse
Aviation Board
Francis W. Brown
CAB
Fred E. Steele
North Central
Washington
Steele
City of la Crosse
Parks Air Transport
Milwaukee
Brown
Oshkosh Mayor Snaps At Jokes About City's Name
Oshkosh Mayor George F. Oaks grows irritated by taunts about his town’s name after a Fort Bragg telegram. He replies in a mock General McAuliffe tone, invoking "nuts" from the Battle of the Bulge.
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Oshkosh
George F. Oaks
Fort Bragg
N. C
Truman Says He Invited Stalin to Washington Visit
President Truman disclosed that he invited Marshal Stalin to visit Washington about 30 days ago during the Paris foreign ministers conference. Stalin declined citing health, and Truman noted this was his second invitation after Potsdam. He has no immediate plans for a meeting elsewhere and did not rule out future talks.
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Washington
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Paris
OPA Dairy Hike Too Late For Production Rise
OPA price boosts for milk butter and cheddar cheese came too late to lift output. M Richards of the American Dairy Association cites 1946 milk production to fall 6 billion pounds from 1945 and 16 billion below needs. Farmers slaughtered over 1 million cows as grain costs deter replacements.
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Chicago
OPA
M. Richards
American Dairy Association
Richards
Two People Injured on Memorial Day Fall Incidents
On Memorial Day two ambulance runs reported. Thomas Manning 75 fell on the Harry Keppel driveway on highway 16 suffering a head injury and shock then taken to a local hospital. Arndt Anderson 75 of West Salem fractured her hip after a fall and admitted to a La Crosse hospital.
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Thomas Manning
Harry Keppel
Highway 16
Arndt Anderson
West Salem
la Crosse
County Drafts Only One Man
Allison Jerome Brewick of 2214 Prospect Street was the sole inductee from La Crosse County in May after a new congress directive limited 18 and 19 year olds from service. Brewick completed his May 22 physical in Chicago and reported to Fort Sheridan.
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Draft Board No 2
Chicago
Doris Schultz
la Crosse County
Allison Jerome Brewick
Prospect Street
Brewick
Fort Sheridan
Tfl
Congress
Major Goes To Leprosy Hospital With Wife
Major Hans Hornbostel 65, a Bataan death march survivor, and his wife Gertrude a leprosy patient traveled by special railway car to the Carville leprosarium in Louisiana. He stated plans to settle there after an army release and spend his remaining years with her.
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San Francisco
Hans Hornbostel
Bataan
Gertrude
Federal Leoprosarium
Carville
Flag Pole Sitter Plans Height Boost At Coshocton Fair
Marshall Jacobs sits 176 feet high on a flag pole at the Coshocton county fairgrounds watched by about 1000 attendees. He plans to lengthen the pole by adding three 44 foot sections using pulleys and stays set up around his perch and will remain atop the pole until July 4.
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Coshocton, O
Marshall Jacobs
Jacobs
Coshocton County Fairgrounds
Whalen Promoted to General Superintendent Middle District
W J Whalen, La Crosse and River divisions superintendent, to general superintendent of the Milwaukee road middle district with Milwaukee HQs. Promotion includes seven other transfers. M P Ayars to replace Whalen in La Crosse. Ayars, formerly trans Missou division superintendent, to arrive in La Crosse soon.
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W. J. Whalen
la Crosse and River
Milwaukee Railroad
la Crosse
Middle District
Milwaukee
The
Transportation Company
J. P. Kiley
Lines East
Presi
City Honors War Dead On Memorial Day
Citizens of La Crosse joined Americans worldwide in paying tribute to the dead along Market Square to Riverside and Oak Grove and Catholic cemeteries. Veterans and scouts led the parade as services at Riverside park Campbell Oak Grove and Catholic cemeteries remembered fallen sailors and soldiers with prayers, taps, and speeches stressing duty to the living and unborn.
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Riverside Park
la Crosse
Market Square
Camp McCoy
Veterans’ Organizations
Boy Scout
West Avenue
King Streets
Oak Grove
Campbell Cemetery
Lincoln
A. J. Niebruegge
Airforce
Niebruegge
Missing Marine Vincent Graf Sought After River Dragging
Vincent Graf 25, a former Marine, is missing after returning from California. Firemen and bloodhounds traced a river trail near the Cass Street bridge as officers drag the Mississippi, searching for any sign of Graf, who left La Crosse two months ago. Ray Graf appeals for information.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi Bridge
Cass Street
Vincent Graf
South 16Th Street
California
Graf
Ray
16Th Street
la Crosse
New York
Ray Graf
Vincent
George Brooks
Brooks
la Crosse Tribune
Marine Corps
A. and P. Company
Service Transfer Company
Milwaukee OPA Chief Smith Resigns to Lead Kalamazoo College
Harold T. Smith, Milwaukee district OPA director since June 1 1944, said he submitted his resignation to take effect June 7 and will become business manager of Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo Michigan on June 10. He joined the OPA staff as district price specialist in foods on June 8 1942 after leaving Carroll College Waukesha Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Harold T. Smith
OPA
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Smith
Carroll College
Waukesha
Prison Farm Barn Leveled By Flames
A dairy barn on the state prison farm near Oregon was destroyed by fire last night at a loss of several thousand dollars. The barn measured 40 by 100 feet and was reported by the state welfare board.
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Madison
Wis
Oregon
State Welfare Board
President Truman balks at Stettinius UN resignation
Edward R. Stettinius Jr submitted his resignation as the U S representative on the United Nations Security Council but President Truman said he would refuse to accept it. Byrnes and Truman want Stettinius to remain as U S delegate. Stettinius says he has finished his UN work and wishes private life. No comment from Stettinius or White House. He rose to prominence as wartime lend lease administrator and later undersecretary after Dumbarton Oaks.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Truman
White House
J. A. Krug
Ben Morell
UMW
John O’leary
NEA
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations Security Council
Mr. Truman
Secretary of
Byrnes
Stettinius
United States
United Nations
U. N
New York
United Nations Organization
State Department
Roosevelt
Dumbarton Oaks
Plane Crash on Farm Near Nigger Nathan Hill
A Piper Cub piloted by Gomer Roberts Jr. crashed on the R. C. McKenzie farm along US 16 near Nigger Nathan hill at 3 30 p m Memorial Day. Roberts escaped injury and was taken to Fanta Reed Air Service headquarters.
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R. C. McKenzie
Nathan Hill
Gomer Roberts, Jr
Bangor
Roberts
Fanta-Reed Air Service, Inc
Jack Fanta
Air Service
Fanta
Hirohito Makes Secret Second Visit to MacArthur
Emperor Hirohito, in a plain suit, paid a secret second call on General MacArthur at the U S embassy in Tokyo. They reportedly spoke of food reconstruction and Japan's vast changes since Hirohito first visited last September 27. Interpreter Hidemasa Terasaki was present and said many topics were discussed.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
General MacArthur
U. S
Japan
MacArthur
Hidemasa Terasaki
Imperial Household Ministry
Three GI Babies Sick After Ship Arrivals
Fort Hamilton army medical authorities treat three more brideships babies for diarrhea and bronchitis after the John Ericsson delivers 552 war brides and 71 children from Southampton. Nine infants had died recently on the same voyage from Europe.
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New York
Fort Hamilton
Europe
Brrideships
John Ericsson
Southampton
La Follette Proposes Sweeping Congress Overhaul Plan
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin formally presented a broad program to reorganize and modernize Congress. The plan calls for fewer standing committees with larger staffs, higher salaries, policy committees, an executive council, lobbyist registration, and regular recesses, at an annual cost of about 12 million dollars.
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Washington
la Follette
Congress
Senate
Legislative Executive Council
Plan Grossly Misrepresented Truman Charges
The Senate rejected Taft's bid to limit Truman emergency labor law to public utilities transport steel oil and coal by 45 to 35. Truman said his plan was misrepresented and would not draft workers but citizens in an emergency. He warned the bill would be weakened if strikers were exempted and pressed for swift action amid broader labor turmoil.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Truman
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
House
Senate Republicans
New Deal Democrats
Murray
D-Mont
New Deal
Barkley
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Mr. Truman
Burch Named Interim U S Senator to Succeed Glass
Thomas Granville Burch, Democratic representative from Virginia’s Fifth District since 1931, named interim United States senator to replace the late Carter Glass. Gov. M. R. Tucker announced the appointment, effective until the next general election in November, with Burch not seeking re election. He will be 77 on July 3 and had already announced retirement from the House.
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Richmond
Thomas Granville Burch
House of Representatives
Virginia
United States
Carter Glass
D-Va
Washington
M. Tuck
Tuck
Burch
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Health Fund
Lewis
Labor Department
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
New York City
New Jersey
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U.S
County
Major
Whalen
Ayars
Senate Coalition
Shelley
Rev. Niebruegge
Adonais
Edmund Burke
Henri Barbusse
Rev. Niebruegga@t
Lend-Lease
Congress III
la Follette States
Sen. Carter Glass
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