Coal union head gives 60 day notice to end hard coal contract
John L. Lewis filed 60 days notice to end the UMW agreement covering 80,000 anthracite miners with a request for a new contract by July 10 and wage conferences starting May 20. Similar notice was given to soft coal operators for a June 30 expiry. Bituminous talks start May 18 in Washington.
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Truman
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
United Mine Workers
W Hose
New York City
Mrs Charles Kimble Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Margaret Malissa Kimble 78 widow of Charles Kimble died at 11 15 PM Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs Robb 532 Henrietta Ave following a long illness. She had lived in Logan all her life. Funeral at 2 PM Tuesday at Leonard Funeral Home officiated by Rev A N Grueser. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Charles Meryl Ralph and another daughter Mrs Laurence Stillwell.
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Charles Kimble
Jacob Robb
Henrietta Ave
Mrs. Nne
Logan
Kimble
Leonard Funeral
A. N. Grueser
Oak Grove Cemetery
Robb
Charles
Lancaster
Meryl
Ralph
Springfield
Laurence Stillwell
Rail Strike to Hit Newspaper Delivery
A threatened railroad strike will interrupt Daily News mail deliveries by train starting Tuesday. If the strike occurs, deliveries to usual mail-train points will be delayed as emergency truck service has proven inadequate for second class mail in past interruptions.
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Daily News
Burns Prove Fatal in Delaware Farm Death
Burns died from burns suffered Thursday when kerosene poured on a coal stove fire. Paul Miller, 23, Madison County farmer, was identified as the victim. Authorities said Miller caused the blaze by pouring kerosene on the stove.
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Delaware
Paul Miller
Madison County
Marble blocks kill 13 pilgrims in Naples truck crash
Marble blocks toppled from a truck and struck a group of sightseers in Naples killing 13 and injuring four as they gathered near the port area on May 10. Local authorities investigated the accident and identified the truck owner.
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Naples
Italy
Big Circus Ends Long New York Stay
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus closed its 33 day Madison Square Garden run in New York after setting attendance records. Officials reported about 924000 attendees and roughly 1500000 dollars in gate receipts during the season opening engagement before beginning a railroad trek to Boston.
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New York
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Nation Feels Ripple Effects of Imminent Rail Strike
The looming strike caused 88 major railroads to halt perishable freight, raising fresh produce prices and prompting layoffs across fruit growers and shipping agencies. New York warns against panic buying as officials project broader food and fuel shortages with coal and maintenance strains.
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Chicago
New York
O'Dwyer
Rooftop Preacher Accused in Baltimore Death
Baltimore May 10 police charged William Lane 39 with kicking and causing the death of Lorenz A. Dolle 63 a deputy fire chief after Dolle fell 25 feet from a fire ladder Lane was found on the roof in robe and pajamas preaching to save the world Dolle died in hospital after a fractured skull was sustained in the fall.
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Baltimore
Lorenz A. Dolle
Dolle
William Lane
Louis J. Mitchell
Lane
Girl Drowns While Playing Hide and Seek in Ohio Cistern
Patricia Ann Estes seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Estes of Cincinnati drowned yesterday after falling into a cistern while visiting an uncle in Miamisburg Ohio.
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Miamisburg
Patricia Ann Estes
Robert Estes
Cincinnati
Rail unions clash in Cleveland hotel picket action
About 50 AFL Building Service and Maintenance Union members picketed the Park Lane Villa Hotel in Cleveland demanding a contract with retroactive wage increases and a union shop. The action came as Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members faced a looming nationwide rail strike and criticized hotel management over union rights and Taft Hartley concerns.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
AFL
Park Lane Villa Hotel
AFL Building Service and Maintenance Union
Park Lane
East End
Sam Fisher
Rail Brotherhood
Red Cross Seeks Aid for Family Struck by Fire
The Hocking County Chapter of the American Red Cross seeks furniture bedding and clothing for a Salem Hollow family whose home near Murray City was destroyed by a Thursday fire. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wright and their child lost all possessions. Mrs. Wayne Hamrick urged residents to donate through the Red Cross office. The blaze caused unknown origin flames that leveled the home while the family was away.
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Hocking County
American Red Cross
Salem Hollow
Donald Wright
Murray City
Wayne Hamrick
Red Cross
Korean Voters Confront Violence in Self Rule Election
In Seoul and across the U S zone 80 percent of South Korea's 8 000 000 eligible voters reportedly defied communist violence and threats in the first self rule election. The weekend toll rose to 73 killed with attacks on polling sites. Police arrested 60 suspected communists amid bombings rail sabotage and fires including a woman who admitted taking orders to burn the telephone office in Igchon.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
Taegu
Grandmother Wins Big in Stop the Music Broadcast
Providence R I May 10 Mrs Lillian Fenneran a 67 year old grandmother won 18500 in prizes after naming Army Duff on the Stop the Music radio show Bert Parks phoned her and read a prize list including a cabin cruiser TV set car a chased sales watch a 1000 Pers lamb coat and a Cab Calloway orchestra appearance for her
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Providence
R. 1
Lillian Fenneran
Army Duff
Bert Parks
American Broadcasting Company
Parks
Cab Calloway
Sabotage Clues Found at Scene Of Train Wreck
Valley Forge Pa May 10 The Reading Railroad and the Montgomery County district attorney said indications of tampering with rails may have caused a wreck last night killing two crewmen Butch Demmy 51 engineman and Howard R Jackson fireman both from Allentown Pa The rail had been damaged but the bond wires remained intact allowing a proceed signal The wreck occurred near the George Washington Memorial Chapel as the train from Allentown to Philadelphia derailed with coaches and baggage cars toppled and coal spilled
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Valley Forge
Reading Railroad
Montgomery County
Reading Company
Allentown
Philadelphia
George Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge Park
E. Arnold Forrest
Butch Demmy
Howard R. Jackson
Allentown-to
Jewish Forces Seize High Ground Flanking Jerusalem Supply Line
A May 10 report says 4000 Haganah fighters occupied strategic heights around Bab el Wad to reopen the Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway and allow food to reach Jerusalem's 100000 Jews. Arabs blockaded the road. clashes were reported near Beit Mahsir.
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Jerusalem
Bab el Wad
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Here
Beit Ma
Truman endorses Anderson for Senate seat from New Mexico
President Truman formally accepted Secretary of Agriculture Anderson's resignation and endorsed his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate from New Mexico. He expressed hope Anderson will return to Congress next time as a senator, noting his prior service in the House.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Anderson
Senate
New Mexico
Congress
Mothers Take Over As Traffic Cops
In Muskegon Michigan on May 10 mothers began directing traffic near schools to aid children on their way to classes. The effort, authorized and aided by a parent teachers group, involves police cooperation.
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Muskegon
Mich
Ex Legislator Robert J. O’Brien Dies at 89
Cincinnati report says former Ohio senator Robert J. O’Brien who served in 1916 and 1918 died in Good Samaritan Hospital last night at age 89.
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Cincinnati
Robert J. O’brien
Ohio Senate
Good Samaritan Hospital
Equestrian Funds Traffic Regulations Apply to Horses Too
In Chillicothe Ohio Ray Grubb was fined 15 dollars plus costs for riding a horse on the left side of the road after a motorcycle ridden by Robert F. Turner of Columbus crashed into the horse. The incident established that horses are subject to the same traffic rules as motor vehicles.
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Chillicothe, O
Ray Grubb
Robert F. Turner
Columbus
U S Investigator Slain in Germany
In Munich on May 10 an American Army investigator and a German policeman were found shot and stabbed to death in a burned car. A 16 year old German prisoner they were taking to jail is sought as the fugitive Wilfred Helm.
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Munich
U.S. Army
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
Wilfred Helm
Mother's Day Surrender of Fugitive
A 32-year-old Buffalo man identified as B. F. Fallon surrendered to Cleveland police vowing to return home to see his mother on Mother's Day. Dr. Lt. Dennis Lynch confirmed the man was wanted for a Buffalo robbery of a filling station worth $34 three years ago.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Dennis Lynch
B. F. Fallon
New York City
Georgia Senator Groomed For Democratic Nomination
Senator Walter George of Georgia is being groomed by southern Democrats as their candidate to oppose President Truman for the Democratic nomination. Russell says George’s name could be placed in July at Philadelphia on a states rights platform if Southern support is assured. Nearby discussions at a Jackson Mississippi meeting with other southern Democrats heighten speculation of a George bid alongside names like Wright and MacArthur.
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Washington
Walter George
Mr. Truman
Jackson
Miss
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Douglas MacArthur
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Russell
McCellan
D-Ark
Truman
Army Seizes Railways to Head Off Nationwide Railroad Strike
President Truman ordered seizure of U S railroads to prevent a planned strike by three major brotherhoods. He placed operation under the U S Army and urged workers to stay on the job. Some unions indicated they would confer with strike committees.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Army
White House
Alvanley Johnston
David B. Robertson
A. J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Logan
Frank Brown
Columbus
Vinton
Hocking County
Musician Byron Briggs Dies at 84 in North Adams Hotel
Byron Briggs aged 84 died in a North Adams hotel after suffering a heart attack Friday. The veteran musician began a long and varied career about 75 years ago and passed away last night.
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North Adams
Mass
Byron Briggs
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