Coal Strikers Defy Back-to-work Order
The coal strike led by 370,000 miners faces a 2 p m Monday resumption of talks after a federal mediation board met with President Truman. David S. Cole and Cyrus Ching indicated the mood is improving, with back-to-work orders in doubt and no seizure decision by the White House.
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Truman
Cole
Cyrus
Ching
U. S
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Charles G. Ross
United Mine Workers
Ross
John R. Steelman
He. Stiszestions
Collision of Trains Crashes Rockville Centre
A fatal two train collision near Rockville Centre injures 105 and kills 29 as emergency crews extract victims from mangled cars. Rescuers fought through debris with saws and torches while crowds gathered and a church became a morgue. Thousands watched the grim scene through the night and dawn.
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Long Island
New York
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Long Island Vllages
Sunrise Highway
Car Owner Repeats Careen After Repairs in Mesa
Henry Reynolds of Superior Arizona paid a 350 repair bill then left the garage. Ten minutes later his car crashed again, prompting a return to the shop for a fresh damage estimate.
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Ariz
Henry Reynolds
Superior
Yankee Captive Vogeler pleads guilty as spy in Hungary case
Hungarian defendants pleaded guilty yesterday as Vogeler, longtime ITT Europe official since 1945, admitted he was a U S Army intelligence officer since 1942 and that espionage in technical fields was his specialty He said he aided efforts to find radar rocket uranium oil and help atom physicists escape while using business as cover The court considered his leniency plea and the possibility of a harsher sentence.
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Chile
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Soviets Blasted Camera Plane, Briton Claims
Kenneth de Courcy, editor of Intelligence Digest, said a recent attempt to photograph Russia's main atomic industrial site was shot down by a new anti aircraft fire. He told AP that Russia's atomic industry is practically invulnerable and declined to name the nation involved. The claim follows reports of a hydrogen bomb test two weeks earlier, though AP found no authoritative confirmation.
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French Morocco
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Kenneth de Courcy
Intelligence Digest
Associated Press
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Lberty
Soviet Union
Beneke Files Divorce Suit in Fort Worth
Fort Worth reported on February 18 that G. u Tex Beneke, orchestra reader, filed for divorce from Marguerite Beneke citing cruel treatment. He stated the couple had been separated since January 1, following their marriage on November 1 in Fort Worth.
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Red Cross Projects Held Educational in Long Beach
Louis H. Carlson led a Long Beach dinner launching a new advisory committee for Junior Red Cross projects. The aim is educational and creative rather than routine or relief oriented, with Newcomb noting the program as a key social education tool.
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Velma Bertsch
Burbank
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Jefferson Junior High
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Fatechim Schools
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Board Ofucation
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Parent-Teachers Association
Roger Gare
Red Cross
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Helen
Investment Broker Heads Grand Jury
The 1950 Los Angeles County Grand jury has been sworn in with investment broker Carey S. Hill as foreman. Superior Judge Stanley N. Barnes administered the oath to 3 men and six women yesterday. The name of Contractor William J. Ripling was the first drawn by lot for jury duty, and the 19th was Walter Luer, packing company executive.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Carey S. Hill
Stanley N. Barnes
William J. Ripling
Walter Luer
Packing Company
Assembly group votes to cut disaster funds in state budget
Sacramento February 18 The Assembly ways and means subcommittee voted to remove the State Disaster Council funds from the 1950 51 budget following a recommendation by the legislative auditor. Council secretary Burton Washburn objected noting federal plans to reactivate civil defense and a civic air raid warning system. The auditor urged eliminating the council’s 19993 budget and proposed a reorganization placing work under the adjutant general attorney general highway patrol public works and public health officials with their staffs. The Disaster Council created in 1945 to replace the wartime body has two paid staffers, Washburn and a secretary.
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Assembly Ways and Means
Legislative
State Disaster Council
Burton Washburn
Council
Washburn
A. Alan Post
California
Post
Disaster Council of States and
State War Council
Czechoslovak Priest Expelled by Church
The Rev. Jan Dechet, named apostolic administrator in Czechoslovakia, was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church in Vatican City. Quotidiano harshly condemned his nomination to the diocese of Banska Bystrica as a grotesque gesture in a Communist country.
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Vatican City
Jan Dechet
Roman Catholic Church
Quotidiano
Italian Catholic Action
Banska Bystrica
Russian Plot Claimed by Berlin Paper Weighs Leningrad Plan
Berlin based Der Abend alleged nearly 200 high Russian officials in Leningrad conspired to overthrow the Soviet government after WWII. It cited Govorov as plot leader and warned of a purge. claims reference Soviet Control Commission sources and named Leningrad officials, army officers, and security service members.
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Leningrad
der Abend
Noecow
Soviet Control Commission
Germany
Karishorst
Soviet Union
Marshal Govorov
Leonid A. Govorov
Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Communist Party
Zhdanov
Govorov
Ministry of State Security
Dep Abend
Serge Kirov
Warren outlines 75 million state hospital program
Warren unveils a 75 million plan to shift California from the asylum era to a hospital era for mental health. He calls the program the finest in the country and cites moving patients from firetraps to hospitals. He also proposes a rehabilitation program for elderly patients who constitute about one third of state hospital admissions.
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Los Angeles
Warren
California
Southern California Society For Mental Hygiene
Phone Workers Threaten Strike Over wage demand
Washington February 18 UP Telephone workers say they will strike next Friday unless firms begin negotiations on their 15 cent an hour wage demand. CWA president Joseph E Beirne said orders to place the contract demand before management were sent to all 25 union divisions. The next move is up to the company.
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Cc. LO
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Communications Workers of America
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Beirne
Mrs Henry Ford 83 In Serious Condition At Hospital
Mrs Henry Ford, 83, remained in serious condition at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit after entering for heart ailment three weeks ago. A company spokesman said she was not critical despite a fall in her room causing shock yesterday.
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Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford Hospital
Valentine Cheese Drops From Sky For Beloved
Not Limberger. Mrs. Joan Slater finally got wind of her valentine a pound of Roquefort cheese found hanging from a tree near her home yesterday. Her husband Jeff parachute dropped it from 700 feet on Valentine's Day. She’d probably have got it sooner if it had been limburger.
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Joan Slater
Valentine
Jeff
Attlee to Reply to Churchill in Final Election Radio Talk
Prime Minister Clement Attlee will answer Winston Churchill tonight in a final radio address after Churchill urged another Big Three meeting on atomic issues. Bevin’s rejection of the proposal remains firm as Attlee’s election campaign ends with next Thursday’s vote. Churchill attacked Bevin and warned of a “monster state” if socialism expands, while urging unity in world security and a path to freedom.
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Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Churchill
Altop
Josef Stalin
Bevin
United Nations
Attiee
Labor Party
Social mixup ends in ban at Stork Club
Elliott Roosevelt and his girlfriend Gigi Durston were barred from the Stork Club after a social mixup over an engagement announcement. The club said Roosevelt, a 15 year patron, and Durston, who worked there, were upset by the plan. Roosevelt and Durston had not confirmed any engagement.
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Stork Club
Elliott Roosevelt
Gigi Durston
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Roosevelt
Miss Durston
Sherman Billingsley
Palm Beach
Fla
Misa Durston
Faye Emersor
Indifference to Ballot Called National Danger
Justice Thomas P White warned Lions Club that absence of voting endangers democracy citing Los Angeles County’s two general election defeats. He urged Franklin’s republic over democracy and pressed for active electoral participation as defense of liberty. Special guests included Long Beach officials and local judges.
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United States
Thomas P. White
Division One
District Court of Appeals
Lions ‘Club
Los Angeles
Justice White
Goveeramen
Lberty
Fred Miller
Long Beach Superior Court
Lions Club
Mildred L. Lillie
George Francis
Percy Hight
J. Carl Harris
Railway-dispute Board Likely Named Soon
Washington February 1 The White House plans to appoint an emergency board next week to avert a nationwide strike by railroad trainmen and conductors. The National Mediation Board says the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors have set a February 27 strike. The parties seek a 40 hour week with no pay cuts for about 85 000 yardmen and contract improvements for roadmen and dining car stewards.
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Truman
National (Railway) Mediation Board
White House
Brothershood
Jalaa
Weather and tide data with surf and temperature notes
Foregoing statistics by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Sunrise 6 33 a m Sunset 5 41 p m Moonset 8 31 p m 4 9 ft 11 02 ain Low 4 22 a m 12 5 4 43 p m 0 3 ft Condition of surf calm Water temperature J.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
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