West Coast CIO oil workers strike shuts refineries
About 16,000 CIO oil workers walk off at nine California refineries starting at midnight in a demand for a 21 cent hourly raise after proposed 1.24 dollar offers. Industry officials warn of gasoline shortages across California Washington Oregon Nevada and Arizona within days. The strike ties up 120 ships and affects 28,000 longshore and warehouse workers from Canada to Mexico.
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Associated Press
West Coast
California
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Moe
New York
Harry Bridges
Truman
Canada
Mexico
Waterfront Employers Association
Communist Party
William O'Dwyer
Fifteen Speed Pilots Begin Bendix Race in California
In Long Beach California fifteen entrants started the Bendix trophy air race to Cleveland. Six official entries were F11 navy jets, six civilian planes included five F-51 Mustangs and a Mosquito, plus three unofficial entries from the California Air National Guard. The event began after dense fog lifted with about 3 spectators watching Linton Carney of Houston take off at 11 47 30 a m amid early competition for prizes totaling 25 000 including 10 000 top prize.
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Wisconsin Utility Strike Law Faces First Legal Challenge
Local 18 CIO United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers filed suit in Milwaukee circuit court against Milwaukee Gas Light Co and the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board challenging the anti strike statute as unconstitutional. The union seeks a declaration of rights and argues the law deprives workers of bargaining power by forcing them to stay on the job during impasse.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
CIO
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
Milwaukee Gas Light Co
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Max Raskin
Utility
Natives Flee Hibokhibok Volcano Eruption
Manila reports say thirty thousand natives were evacuated from Camiguin island as Hibokhibok erupts with lava and ash. About ten thousand more remain fearful while the volcano continues to spew and open a new crater. An unidentified American volcano expert and Filipino researchers ascended the peak to study the activity.
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Hibokhibok
Camiguin Island
Philippines
Tragedy Baffles Family as Boy Killed by Farm Truck
In a Washington county field a boy named Karl Chesak was killed when his sister, eight years old, started backing a farm truck and he ran behind it. Deputy coroner Alvin Grundahil said the accident occurred as parents gathered corn nearby.
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Alvin Grundahil
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Berlin Reds Seek To Wrest City Control
Berlin Communists form a three party bloc to take control of the city while anti Communist leaders call it an action committee. Soviet backed groups push to recognize a single Christian Democratic party in Berlin complicating October elections.
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Action Committee
Bonn
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Germany
Allied Control Authority
Taegliche Rundschau
Alexander G. Kotikov
Christian Democrats
Christian Democratic
Kotikov
Grou
McGrath Targets GOP Link of Truman to Reds
Democratic National Committee chairman J Howard McGrath blasted Rep Hugh D Scott for linking President Truman to Communists calling it a blue blooded herring designed to distract from inflation. Secretary Brannan accused Dewey of attacking farmers price supports while denying inflation cause. Truman was expected to meet with Brannan as the speech continued.
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Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Hugh D. Scott
Scott
McGrath
Brannan
Thomas E Dewey
GOP
Dewey
Pawling
N. Y
GOP Congress
Wisconsin Assembly Member Becomes VFW Commander in Chief
Lyall T. Beggs a Madison attorney and former Dane County district attorney is named commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at its 49th annual encampment. Beggs has held multiple offices including state VFW past commander and Wisconsin Assemblyman. he served in World War I with the 65th regiment.
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Lyall T. Beggs
Madison
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Louis
ST. Louis
Wisconsin Assembly
Beggs
Dane County
Wisconsin District Attorneys Association
Order of Eagles
American Legion
Wisconsin
Plainfield
Wis
Cameron
Eau Claire State Teachers College
University of Wisconsin
65Th Regiment
Immell pledges dairy support at Rice Lake rally
Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful Ralph Immell told a Rice Lake audience that prosperity hinges on strong agriculture and dairy leadership. He urged state government to ensure representation for cheese makers and farm interests against monopolistic interference.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ralph Immell
Rice Lake
Wisconsin Agriculture
Immell
Agriculture Department
Grover L. Broadfoot
Green Bay
Brown County Lawyers For Broadfoot Club
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Thompson
Detectives Seize Slot Machines Aboard Lake Ferry
Three Chicago detectives on a Lake Michigan cruise seized 20 slot machines and arrested two men during a trip from Michigan City to Chicago. The devices were moved to two staterooms after reaching the three mile limit on the return voyage.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan City
Frank Murray
James Duffy
Timothy Allman
Reed
Typhoon Near Formosa Shifts Track Toward Luzon
A typhoon, initially set to strike north of Baler Bar, veered north and now lies 330 miles east of Aparri at Luzon’s tip. Winds near the storm center are about 70 miles an hour as the weather bureau says the storm is headed toward Formosa.
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Baler- Bar
Aparri
Luzon
Formosa
Wilhelmina Abdicates After Fifty Years On Dutch Throne
Queen Wilhelmina ends a 50 year rule in a quiet ceremony and abdicates in Dam square. Her daughter Juliana becomes ruler with Beatrix as heir apparent as officials prepare for investiture Monday at the Nieuwe Kerk.
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Amsterdam
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Apeldoorn
Moses Hall
Dam Square
Beatrix
U. S
Bernhard
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Thomas J. Watson
Herman Baruch
Truman
Schuman Seeks New French Cabinet After Resignation
Schuman plans to form a new French cabinet after leaving the Elysee palace without official acceptance of his resignation. The move aims to prevent a new investiture by the national assembly as socialists balk at joining his coalition. Over 100,000 workers nationwide held strikes and petitions demanding wage increases amid the political turmoil.
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Elysee Palace
Vincent Auriol
National Assembly
Schuman
Communist Party
Andre Marie
Matignon
Marie
Maine
Try For New Air Speed Mark
Cleveland buzzed with anticipation as Maj. Richard L. Johnson prepared to break the world speed record of 650.796 miles per hour in an Air Force F 86 fighter. Favorable conditions and a possible afternoon run depended on turbulence staying away while the Goodyear trophy midget race heats opened with Johnson aiming for the record.
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Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Municipal
Cleveland
Air Force
Johnson
State Rites For Benes
Prague reports a state funeral plan for former President Eduard Benes. He died yesterday near Sezimovo Usti where he will be buried after two days in state there and two more days in Prague. A week of mourning will close all state theater and cabinet activities with solemn programming.
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Eduard Benes
Ministry of Information
Benes
Sezimovo Usti
Antonin Zapotocky
Prague Museum
Mystery Girl Survivor Of Cabin Blast Identified
Sheriff Owens said the four year old survivor is Margaret Bleecker of Binghamton New York. Officials still seek identity of the Hibbing pair she lived with. The woman died in the blast and the man was injured. the child escaped unharmed.
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Minn
Sam M. Owens
St. Louis County
Margaret Bleecker
George H. Bleecker
Binghamton
N. Y
Hibbing
Here
John Laymee
Carrolls
Margaret
Sullivan
Mrs. Carroll
Jack Carroll
Storm shifts path as winds ease over New Orleans coast
A gulf hurricane battered New Orleans at dawn with 75 mph winds and 90 mph gusts, then veered into Mississippi as a milder gale. No fatalities were reported. damage under $100,000 in New Orleans, with some downed glass, uprooted trees, flooded streets, and widespread evacuees.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Noisant International Airport
Lake Pontchartrain
Jefferson Parish
Municipal Auditorium
Naval Air Station
Witte Named To Commission On Labor Relations
Edwin E. Witte from the University of Wisconsin was named by President Truman to a three member commission to study labor relations linked to the atomic energy program. The panel is led by William H. Davis with Aaron Horwitz as the third member.
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Washington
Edwin E. Witte
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin
Truman
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Office of Economic Stabilization
Aaron Horwitz
New York City
Dr. Witte
Industrial Relations Research Association
Regional War Labor Board
National War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Commission On Economic Security
U. S. Social Security Advisory Council
Buzzie Walks Again in Los Angeles Recovery From Polio
Curtis Dall Boettiger 18 grandson of the late President Roosevelt is on his feet again today in Los Angeles recovering from infantile paralysis.
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Los Angeles
Curtis
Buzzie) Dall Boettiger
President Roosevelt
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