Unemployment Rising in Nation's Coal Industry
The soft coal sector faces cutting output and rising job losses as miners, transport workers, and mines face closures. US output drops from a 1947 high toward 400 million tons, with 50k miners and 50k transport jobs at risk, amid competition from oil natural gas and diesel shifts. Local Pennsylvania and West Virginia impacts cited. Officials urge readiness for retrenchment and market adjustments.
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Pittsburgh
United States
National Coal Association
NCA
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Permian On
St. Gentoo
Hanna Coal Company
United Mine Workers Union
James Boyd
United States Bureau of Mines
One Phone For Every 115 In Sandy Hook Ky
Columbus AP reports Sandy Hook Kentucky has 115 residents and only one telephone in town the bank phone line the sheriff must use with no courthouse line. Sheriff Paul of Franklin County notes the lack highlights rural telecom gaps and intercounty communication.
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Manning
Sandy Hook
Trio Found Beaten And Stabbed To Death In Fire
In Huntington West Virginia a couple Mil dred Blanks 40 and William Blanks 40 and their 10 year old daughter were found beaten and stabbed to death in a burning home. Their son 18 year old William Blanks Jr was hospitalized with unknown wounds. Police tiedliest found a 16 inch knife and a hammer at the scene. The dog was killed by knife wounds. The fire was discovered by a passerby who tried to wake the family.
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W. Va
William A. Blanks
William Blanks, Jr
Hercil H. Gartin
Rooney and Martha Vickers Have Third Son
Hollywood reports Mick Rooney and his wife Martha Vickers welcomed a baby boy born at Valley Hospital last night. The couple already has two sons.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Martha Vickers
Valley Hospital
Funeral set Friday for David S. Smith in Niles
Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for David S. Smith 60, general superintendent of the Niles Rolling Mill Company, a division of Sharon Steel Corporation. He died Tuesday in Warren, Ohio.
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Niles, O
David S. Smith
Niles Rolling Mill Company
Sharon Steel Corporation
Warren
Truck Drivers End Cincinnati Strike After Offer
In Cincinnati area, 210 AFL Soft Drink and Mineral Water Drivers and Helpers voted to return to work after accepting a Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Bottlers Association offer. The five day walkout affected 21 bottlers and distillers as Local 152 sought shorter hours and a wage rise. Coca Cola Bottling Works declined to walk out, continuing negotiations with the Independent Soft Drink Workers Union amid an NLRB petition. Violence flared with a windshield smashing incident in Newport, Kentucky, and three arrests as drivers reported attacks on another Coca Cola driver.
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AFL
Cincinnati and
Northern Kentucky Bottlers Association
Newport
Battle ends with trooper and truck driver dead in Michigan
In rural Michigan a 26 year old state trooper George R Branny was killed at a cabin door during a disturbance call. A 44 year old truck driver Clarence Tier was also dead in the siege after tear gas and gunfire from about 50 officers. Tier probably shot himself after being wounded by police.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
George R. Branny
Branny
Plants
Two Lads Face Juvenile Court After Church Burglary
In Youngstown Ohio a 13 year old was shot in the shoulder by pastor Rev Peter Eid while trying to break into St Maron Church. A 14 year old accomplice faces a similar delinquency charge. The clergy member said about 500 dollars had been stolen from the church in two months and he hid in the sacristy to catch the thief.
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Youngstown, D
Ted O'Connor
St. Maron
Peter A. Eid
O'Connor
O’connor
Eid
Mystery Witness May Be Called In McCarthy Probe
Senator McCarthy may call another witness described as a former Communist to bolster his case against Owen Lattimore. Budenz testifies Thursday before a Senate subcommittee as disputes over staff appointments erupt between Chairman Tydings and Senator Lodge.
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Red
Buden
Lattimore
Tydings
Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
Budenz
Fordham University
State Department
Lodge
Ayer
Doctor Sander May Return To Practice Soon
In Concord New Hampshire Dr Hermann N Sander may learn within a week if he can resume medical practice after being acquitted March 9 of murder in the death of Abbie C Borrote 59 of Manchester The New Hampshire Board of Registration in Medicine said the decision could come in less than a week after a three hour meeting with the physician
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N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Abbie C. Borrote
Manchester
New Hampshire Board of Registration In Medicine
GOP 10 Fight Shift Plan In Crime Inquiry
Republican Senate leaders vowed to oppose a Democratic move to shift a crime investigation from the Judiciary Committee to a five man special panel. Senator Taft charged the tactic would keep two Republicans from the panel who know the case best, while Democratic Leader Lucas called it political propaganda and said no bar on membership was intended.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
Michigan
Donnell Missouri
Lucas
Illinois
Rent Control Compromise To Be Proposed
Washington AP The Administration backs a compromise to keep rent controls only where cities vote to retain ceilings before January 1. Senator Lucas and Senator Myers push a one year extension of the current law expiring June 30. The plan aims to preserve controls in large cities where state or local ceilings would lapse.
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Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
Pennsylvania
Hungary rejects U S claim on compensation for nationalized property
Budapest says Hungary will negotiate compensation for nationalized American owned property and disputes any accusation of treaty violations. The reply notes Hungary is open to talks, as with other countries, on the issue.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.S
Fatal Rut Keeps Firms From Adapting To Change
A cautionary piece on business stagnation. The unadaptable leader clings to old methods, missing evolving market trends. Innovation supporters embrace new approaches, while outdated practices lead to decline and a figurative graveyard for failing ventures.
Russians Move Into Shanghai Amid Flight of Foreigners
In Hong Kong reporting, about 68 Russians and around 1,000 others are said to be in Shanghai after a ban on foreign train travel eased. The arrivals, mostly civilian technicians and political workers, complain of crowded conditions and housing as 2,000 more foreigners seek departure. U S officials note exhausted efforts to remove the group, with negotiations for transport failing and calls for safer exits continuing.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Heinrich Jessen
Tientsin
North China
International Refugee Organization
Palestine
Emile
Dean Acheson
Washington
United States
W. H. Gordon
Dewey proposes bi partisan foreign policy plan
Governor Thomas E Dewey urged a genuine bi partisan foreign policy during a Princeton University lecture. He called on President Truman to give the GOP a real chance to help guide the cold war and outlined a nine point program stressing bipartisan planning and an end to isolationism.
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Princeton
WN. J
Thomas FE
Dewey
Truman
Princeton University
Democratic National Administration
Republican Party
Stalin
80 Killed In Clash Near Rangoon Port
Burmese press reports that 80 rebels were killed in a clash between three insurgent factions near the rice port west of Rangoon Burmа.
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Rangoon
Burma
West Coast
Burglars Flee After Gun Real or Pretend
In Cleveland two teen burglars attempted a shop break in. Butcher Charles Borcher confronted them and directed them to a fire station claiming a gun. Firemen were summoned and a real weapon surfaced, prompting the pair to flee.
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Cleveland
Charles Borcher
Search graft scanning Baltic area for missing Navy plane
Reports from Copenhagen say U S search craft follow possible wreckage off Oceland near Sweden as Russia hints the missing four engine Navy plane with 10 crew may have been shot down by Soviet forces. Debris sighted near Bornholm described as wooden spans with papers and biscuit packets. Officials say life rafts could keep survivors alive for days, while search continues toward Latvia and Lepeya.
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Baltic
U. S
Oceland
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Sehoard
Per
Jane
Deland
Sweden
Fcrom
Latvia
Us&s
Navy
Moscow
V. S. Ity
Lepeya
Oceland Land
Lepaya
Ceremunist Party
Pravda
T.T Ewtd
Bernhard Revens
Revens
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Bornmheim
Airforce
Republicans Discuss Foreign Policy Stand
Senate Republican Policy Committee weighs a new official stance on foreign policy. Senator Taft heads the group and says one week may yield a clarified position amid calls for greater bipartisan input on international matters.
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Senate Republican Policy Committee
Soan
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
Ee Polic
Ives
R-Ny
Senate
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