Strike Ends as Philly Transit War Resumes Routine
After ten days of disruption the Philadelphia Transportation Company resumes service as union leaders approve a wage boost and fringe benefits. The deal, ending the strike, raises wages by 48 cents since 1946, with sick leave pay, and prompts fare reviews amid ongoing cab negotiations and a pending state labor law amendment.
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Philadelphia Transportation Company
Rank and File
P T. C
Transport Workers Union
FP. T. C
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania General Assembly
A. Evans Kephart
Philadelphia Republican
Yellow Cab Co
A. F. L. Taxi Drivers Union
Peace talks near end as armistice pact reported
Rhodes February 21 The final armistice agreement between Israel and Egypt appears days away after a Bunche mediated compromise. The Beersheba dispute remains the last hurdle. A joint session adjourned for later decision. First prisoner exchanges hint war may end with 257 prisoners released.
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Taree
Egypt
Palestine
Ralph Bunche
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Beersheba
Israel
Bunche
Beershebe
Tmiake
Jerusalem
Hoover Commission Says Fear Hampers Foreign Policy
The Hoover Commission told Congress that suspicion of foreign affairs in Congress hinders U S policy. It cites fading social prestige, secrecy, lack of a domestic constituency, and a two thirds Senate vote for treaties as key friction points.
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Hoover Commission
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Fea Gartien
Ee Wa
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Senate
Rescue Crew Reaches Wreck, Eight Killed on Italian Border
Rescue crews reached the crash site of a 9000-ton Italian cruiser Ducal near the Botnvan border. Eight occupants died. American embassy said bodies would be delivered to Russia and flown to Buenos Aires under the Italian peace treaty.
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Italy
Botmvan
Genoa
Ducal
Group Weighing Truman's Industry Power Request
Washington February 21 UP The congressional economic committee will decide by next Monday on Truman's proposals for stand by price wage and allocation controls and government power to build plants. Senator O'Mahoney cautioned the verdict is not final while labeling opponents’ views as regimentation and totalitarian. He supports the measures for economy stability and worker jobs. The joint committee plans to probe unemployment more deeply and weigh inflation fears, as advisers remain divided on anti inflation controls and a public stance.
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Mit Truman
Capitol Hill
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House
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.wye
Mr. Truman
O'Mahoney
Joint Economic Committee
Organized Labor
Wyoming
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Navy Preps Massive Peacetime A Bomb Exercise
The Navy sails 35,000 men and 120 ships from the East Coast for a mid Atlantic test simulating atom blasts and new high speed submarines. Admiral Blandy will direct the Atlantic fleet with observers including Vice Admiral Radford and British commander McGrigor.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Missouri
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
W. H. P. Blandy
U. S
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Sir Bees Eee Weer
Rhoderlek
McGrigor
Couple’s Air Wedding Grounded Successfully
AUSALITO Feb 21 UP A couple married at Marin County Airport after weather postponed a planned plane ceremony over the Golden Gate bridge. George S Hutchings 31 and Jayne Houseal former Pontiac Daily Press fashion editor waited an hour and a half for skies to clear before having Police Judge John W Miller perform the vows.
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John W. Miller
Hutchings
Woman's Pistol Skill Wins Match at Detroit Meet
DETROIT Feb. 21 Police found an Annie Oakley in their midst as Rosemary Schneider, 28, a former schoolteacher and three year veteran of the women's division, won the individual pistol title with 179 points of 200 in the interprecinct matches.
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Detroit
Annie Oakley
Rosemary Schneider
Mia Schneider
Coaches Derailed in South Area
CHATSWORTH Ga Feb 2 UP Eight coaches of the Flamingo of Louisville and Nashville Railroad were derailed early today. No one was reported injured. L A West agent for the L and N railroad reported no casualties and that crews were assessing the scene.
Dog Returns After Six Years Silent at Home
KEARNY N J Feb 21 After six years away a black and white dog named Tinker returns and calmly settles in his favorite chair owner Bill Nichols says he is home to stay. The dog had last been seen when let out for a walk.
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Town Hall
International
Michael J . Quill
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Quill
New York
Kearny
N. J
Tinker
Bill Nichols
Bullet ridden Hog Escapes Police
DETROIT on February 21 three policemen fired at a 300 pound hog that escaped from a packing house after attacking officers. Shimmels East and Kastl reported shots hit the hog but it recovered and fled.
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Detroit
Deniel Shimmels
John East
Shimmell
Kastl
Congress to Get North Atlantic Treaty Proposal
Washington reports that the State Department aims to present Congress in about a month a comprehensive North Atlantic security treaty backed by a multibillion dollar Western European arms aid program. Discussions with Acheson and European negotiators proceed, with plans for a conference and a Senate briefing, while others weigh moral commitments and funding levels.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Europe
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Fulbright
D.ark
United States
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R.ohio
Kenton
Ohio
Taft
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Washington Post
Senate
Russia
Sen. Capehart
R.ind
Foreign Policy Association
Norway
Oslo
Sevenyearold Boy Injures Self in Run Into Car
Police report a seven year old Dennis R. Baugh ran into a car near his Linden Avenue home suffering cuts and bruises. He was taken to Seaside Hospital. The driver Owen C. O Connell aged 24 of Park Crest was not cited.
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Dennis R. Baugh
Linden Ave
Seaside Hospital
Owen C. O'Connell
Park Crest
Offi cer and dog pursue escape on railroad rack
An officer and the dog moved in with pursuit as the dog charged repeatedly. The animal finally broke free, allowing Buller to ride up the railroad rack.
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Buller
Couples Observe Golden Wedding in San Gabriel
SAN GABRIEL February 21 Fifty years ago a double wedding occurred in Vinton Town. Verne Spencer wed Nettie Culp and Theodore Culp married Ida May. The two couples now Californians held a double golden wedding celebration yesterday. Verne 78 and Nettie 68 live in Bassett Theodore 73 and Ida 74 reside in San Gabriel.
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Vinton
Town
Verne Spencer
Nettie Culp
Theodore Culp
Nettie
Ida May
Verne
Bassett
Theodore
Ida
Norway Vulnerable to Russ Skirmish
Norway faces a precarious security situation as Soviet forces could seize the North Cape with minimal resistance. Western powers seek collective defense, but no pact exists and a dangerous vacuum leaves Norway exposed to potential quick Soviet actions along the Arctic frontier.
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Slo
Norway
North Cape
Russia
Atlantic
Stalin
Arctic
Union
Finland
Kremlin
United States
Norwegian Communist Party
Oslo
Beasides
Wall collapses bury hundreds in Cape Verde famine area
In Praia capital of Cape Verde Islands a 25 foot wall collapsed and buried hundreds, with officials reporting 315 rescued from ruins and meals provided to the hungry. No confirmed death toll. disaster linked to famine conditions.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Prait
Cape Verde Islands
Praia
Masaryk Death Sat In Masaryk Suicide Theory
London reports an excerpt from Josef Josten's book Oh My Country claiming former foreign minister Jan Masaryk believed his death was a self sacrifice to inspire Czechoslovaks rather than a Communist murder. Josten rejects the murder theory and notes Masaryk’s father founded Czechoslovakia.
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GM Jan Masaryk
Saya
Country
Josef Josten
Masaryk
Josten
Czechoslovakia
Intelligence Chief Accepts Full Sorge Case Responsibility
Major General Charles A. Willoughby, head of military intelligence, said he bears responsibility for the Sorge spy case report’s preparation and transmission but not its public release. He criticized the Washington public relations handling and noted the report was a secret document based on unsubstantial evidence and not meant for publication.
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Douglas MacArthur
J. Agnes Smedley
Charles A. Willoughby
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Washington
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Sorge
Japan
Mys Lidle
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