End of Coal Strike Hangs on Monday Hope
Washington Feb 18 AP The government keeps leverage over the nationwide soft coal strike while hoping many miners will return Monday under Lewis orders. Local unions vote against the leader and production slows as Ford may cut output. GM cancels overtime. Judge Keech to decide on extending the federal order.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John S. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
White House
National Coal Association
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
John D. Battle
N.C. A
Battle
New York City
Broadway
FORD
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Richmond
Keech
New York Rail Crash Death Toll May Rise
Ockville Centre February 18 UP The wreck two Long Island Rail Road trains on a single track killed 29 and left 115 injured. Death toll expected to reach 34 as 37 remain in hospital, nine in critical condition. Motorman Jacob Kiefer facing second degree manslaughter charges. state orders sweeping investigation. Kiefer, Baldwin resident with 24 years on the line, says they ran a red light. The disaster ranks as the line’s worst in history. Simultaneous report by George A Arkwright notes state investigation.
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Ockville Centre
Long Island
New York
Nassau County
Frank Gulotta
Gullotta
Jacob Kiefer
Baldwin
Long, Island
Kiefer
Brighton Beach
George A.’ . Arkwright
New York State
Tito Rejects Loans in Belgrade Campaign Rally
Tito told about 50,000 in Uzice that Yugoslavia would not knuckle under to Britain or the United States for loans. He warned the U.S. and Britain not to expect concessions for aid, listing three pending loans of 35 million, 25 million, and 6 million. He declared Yugoslavia a socialist state and pledged no concessions, stressing self reliance and equal trading footing.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Britain
United States
Tito
Titovo’ Uzice
Export-Import Bank
World Bank
Canadian Carrier Pilot Down In Atlantic Disaster
Charlestown Feb 19 A Canadian carrier Magnificent reports a fighter plane disappeared after takeoff from the ship in the Atlantic. The plane and its pilot are missing with search efforts underway.
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Charleston
8. C
Atlantic Ocean
Magnificent
Michigan Congressman 61 Jailed for Striking Man
Rep. Fred Crawford of Michigan, 61, chosen to stay in jail after officials refused a $200 cash bond. A warrant for assault was sworn by Ray Hansberry, 24, who says Crawford struck him in an afternoon quarrel near Crawford farm in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Crawford offered cash or bonds but authorities insisted on real estate bond or professional bondsman. trial set for next week, then moved.
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Marlboro
Fred L. Crawford
R.mich
William Hackett
Trains Collision in Rockville Centre Kills 27 Men
A Long Island crash involving two front smoker cars last night killed 27 of the 29 aboard, all but two men. One westbound train with about 200 passengers sped toward New York after leaving Rockville Centre as the eastbound 800-strong train entered a 300-yard one-way track section. Public hearings by the PSC and ICC set for next Wednesday will probe the accident. Eyewitnesses cited slow-down signals and right-of-way confusion.
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Rockville Centre
N. Y
Long Island
P. S.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gantler
New York
Gale and Snow Hamper Hunt for Fliers
Five missing American airmen who parachuted from a burning B36 Monday night are believed on Princess Royal Island in the Queen Charlotte group, 50 miles northwest of Vancouver. Fierce gale and heavy snow grounded search planes from the U S and RCAF for two days as five ground parties battled rough seas to reach the rugged island and continue the search with no definite results. Included is S Sgt Neal Stratey, 28, of Long Beach California.
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Vancouver
B. C
Princess Royal Island
Here
Queen Charlotte
U. S
Sea Island
Royal Canadian Air Force Base
Long the Island
S.sgt
Neal Stratey
Long Beach
Poly
Lakewood Park expansion boosts local jobs and housing
Developers Mark Taper and Louis H. Boyar announce Lakewood Park grows from 15 000 to 17 150 homes with a total cost over 136 million, creating hundreds more jobs in building and related trades. New acres east of Downey Ave and south of South St join the project, and 70 Skyknight fighters 53 Skyraiders for Douglas Aircraft plus 55 more planes for Lockheed underscore regional defense output as private homebuilding flags a peak season.
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Long Beach
Lakewood Park
Mark Taper
Louis H. Boyar
Lakewood
Downey Ave
South St
Douglas Aircraft Co
el Segundo
Southland
Lockheed
Burbank
Washington
North American Aircraft Corp
Downey
Fenee
Truman Takes Weekend Cruise Aboard Presidential Yacht Williamsburg
President Truman spends a weekend aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg enjoying clear weather. He hosts his brother J Vivian Truman and U S Marshall Fred Canfield of Kansas City at luncheon aboard the ship. He plans to return to Washington around 4 pm tomorrow.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
J. Vivian Truman
Fred Canfield
Kansas City
Huncheon
Central States Florida Hit by Cold Wave and Flood
A cold wave swept the north central states while the south faced flood refugees under clear skies. Temperatures dropped to 21 in Fort Clark Florida and 47 in Miami. Flooding displaced over 35,000 people across Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas Kentucky and Missouri with about 20,000 hogs drowned and damage estimated at a million dollars.
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Florida
Fort Clark
Gainesville
Miami
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Midwest
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana-Mississippi
Man Hangs Self Over Los Angeles Street
An unidentified man with one leg was found hanged from a belt on a bridge above a busy Los Angeles street. Police say he died within three hours. the scene showed crutches and a note reading I’m stuck. Queen Mother Mary to appear in a Temple Street film about her wartime activities. Board of Trade notes the film would be shown in the United States and Canada.
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Los Angeles
London
Mother Mary
Figueroa
Board of Trade
United States
Canada
Highlights of Today s News on the Local Front
Local briefs show plans for the first annual Western Equestrian Review April 15 16 and state education pay questions. Southern California hardware men meet Tuesday. teletype coverage notes international interest in Br opening tomorrow. Your Host wins Santa Anita Derby and various sections list sports news magazines classifieds puzzles and forums.
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Western Equestrian Review
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Souther
California Hardware
Municipal Auditorium
N. Sander
Spy Vogeler pleads guilty in Hungary for U S spying
UDAPEST Feb 18 U S communications executive Robert A Vogeler admitted guilt to spying for the United States in Hungary and asked the court for mercy He testified for two hours and 35 minutes detailing his work as a spy and saboteur in Hungary The trial included co defendants who also confessed and British officials questioned the motives and potential retaliation remains unclear
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Budapest
Hungary
People's Court
Imre Gaiger
Standard Electric Works
Zoltan Rado
Ministry of Heavy Industry
Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Edger Sanders
Standard Electric
Vogeler
Associated Press
Udapest
U. S
United States
Nathaniel Davis
London
Vienna
Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Edar Sanders
Imre Geiger
Zolan Rado
Foreign Office
Sanders
Vegeler
Masked Bandit Robs Western Union Office
A man wearing a handkerchief mask robbed the Western Union Telegraph Co main office at 127 E. Broadway early today. He forced Horace G Ostey the night manager to surrender $100 from the cash register, ignored a woman in the office, and fled likely by car. Police search for the gunman is underway.
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Western Union Telegraph Co
Horace G. Ostey
Tne
Planes Buzz Florida Area to Beat Frost
MIAMI Fla February 18 Farmers used fires in bean fields and low flying planes to ward off frost in the Lake Okeechobee region as Florida endures a three night cold wave. Some damage reported despite breezes, with citrus spared and Gainesville seeing 21 degrees. southern areas may rise to 26 with milder weather expected.
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Miama
Fla
Lake Okeechobee
Florida
Okeechobee
Miami
Gainesville
Two Girls 15 Die In Toboggan Crash Near Winnetka
ELGIN Feb 1 Two 15 year old girls Joyce Monk and Ann Alishire of Winnetka were killed when a car smashed into their toboggan. Also aboard were Robert Ralph 18 and Don Ortegel 17 of Wilmette. Ralph was seriously injured and Ortegel was hurt.
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Elgin
Joyce Monk
Ann Alishire
Winnetka
Chicago
Robert Ralph
Don Ortegel
Wilmette
Ralph
Ortegel
Dial Phone Pioneer Dies at Age 82
MANSFIELD Ohio February 18 UP Frank R McBerty a pioneer in dial telephones and the X ray process died here today at 82 He claimed to have developed one of the first successful dial telephones in 1898 while with Western Electric His secretary said he worked with Thomas A Edison on the X ray photographic process and that the first X ray picture taken in America was of his hand.
Stassen Proposes Mid Century Conference On Disarmament
Harold E. Stassen urged a bipartisan mid century conference between the United States and Russia with Asia and the hydrogen bomb on the agenda. Senators Connally and Wiley backed possible high level talks and a UN world disarmament poll. CIO leaders Philip Murray and Jacob Potofsky endorsed UN disarmament as essential for lasting peace. Rosenman doubted a broad settlement possible, noting Truman’s stance on foreign talks with Stalin.
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Associated Prose
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Russia
Asia
Connally
D.-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
U.N. Poll
Sen. Wiley
R.wis
United Nations
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
Jacob Potofsky
Co. T. O
International Committee
Grand Rapids
Mich
Stassen
Rosenman
Samuel Rosenman
New Yorker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
U. S
Truman
Statin
Secreta
State Acheson
White House
Stalin
Ex Wilmington Doctor Slain in San Francisco
Dr. Edward Muentzer, 35, was found bludgeoned and strangled in his Pine Street apartment in San Francisco. Police say the body showed three days’ time since death, his wallet missing, motive undetermined. Muentzer was a Vincennes, Indiana native who formerly practiced in Wilmington and Oakland.
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Edward Muentzer
Pine St
Ralph McDonald
Muentzer
McDonald
Vincennes
Ind
Wilmington
Oakland
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