Lewis calls for new coal contract meeting in Washington
UMW head John L. Lewis asks soft coal operators to meet May 18 at the Shoreham Hotel for negotiations on a successor contract before the current accord expires June 30. Key issue is pension payments from the welfare fund with trustees Bridges and Van Horn disagreeing over pensions and fund viability.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Shoreham
UMW
United Mine Work
Welfare Fund
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
CIO Electric Workers Meet Requirements
The CIO United Electrical Workers Union says it meets legal requirements for a possible strike by 200,000 GE Westinghouse and GM electric division workers. No strike vote is yet held, but Taft Hartley notices were filed and waiting periods expired. GE and Westinghouse oppose new wage increases citing inflation risks.
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New York
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
James J. Matles
Matles
Italy Labor Moves to Resist Communists in General Confederation
Independent Socialists led by Giuseppe Saragat publish a May Day manifesto warning Italian labor of Communist influence in the General Confederation of Labor and urging support for the Marshall Plan. The plan faces a possible nationwide strike May 6 by the Gas Workers National Federation if demands for better conditions are unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
Giuseppe Saragat
Christian Democrats
Popular Front
Pietro Nenni
Gas Workers National Federation
Tom Breneman Rites Arranged
Final rites for radio star Tom Breneman aged 47 will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale at 11 a m tomorrow. Dr Louis H Evans pastor of Hollywood Presbyterian Church will officiate with the King’s Men singing. Cremation follows and the ashes entombed in the Forest Lawn mausoleum. Honorary pallbearers include Bing Crosby Bob Hope Jack Benny Jimmy Durante Lou Costello Bud Abbott Ralph Edwards Ted Malone and about 20 others.
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Hollywood
Tom Breneman
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Louis H. Evans
Hollywood Presbyterian Church
Forest Lawn Mausoleum
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Jimmy Durante
Lou Costello
Bud Abbott
Ralph Edwards
Ted Malone
Short Corn Crop Shrinks Midwestern Cattle Feed Lots
Empty cattle lots across the Midwest signal a sharp drop in meat production as a short corn crop reduces cattle feeding. Analysts warn the effect will begin in about 30 days, with feeders halving herd sizes and prices sliding.
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Chicago
H. J. Gramlich
Chicago and North Western Railway
Omaha Stock Yards
Illinois
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Association
Conway
Drive Planned To Restore Old Fighting Ship Constellation
A nationwide drive to raise 1 million dollars to restore the ancient frigate Constellation was proposed by a group of four fleet admirals and leading citizens on the Navy’s 150th birthday. The Constellation, launched in 1797 in Baltimore, now lies tied up in Boston as restoration plans begin, inspired by the earlier recovery of the Constitution.
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Washington
Constellation
Navy
Baltimore
Boston
King
Nimitz
Halsey
Truman To Win Predicted By Barkley In Oklahoma City
Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky, Democratic minority leader, predicted Truman would be re-elected. He said Congress would backtrack on tax-cut promises after the election and that the Democratic National Convention would endorse part of Truman's civil rights program despite southern resistance.
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Oklahoma City
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Truman
Congress
Democratic National Convention
Truman backs five year term for Lilienthal
President Truman reportedly told Democratic lawmakers he would veto moves to cap atomic energy commissioners terms at two years or less and is prepared to push a five year term for Chairman David E. Lilienthal. He cited agreement among lawmakers on varied terms and warned of political capital over the issue. Senate Republicans dismissed the idea of broad terms, with Taft opposing a five year limit and Hickenlooper seeking discussion among Atomic Energy Committee members.
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Washington
Vinson
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
CIO
Lee Pressman
Frankfurters
Jesse Oimenko
Clark
Pressman
Charles Joo
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Capitol Hill
Mr. Truman
Brewster
Vandenberg
Rmich
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Lilienthal
Senate
Atomic Energy Commttee
Roller rink musician and stepson cleared of murder charges
In Springfield D AP report, a Clark County grand jury failed to return a true bill against Douglas Morrow 40 and Edward Keater 18 accused in the December death of Lee L. Marsteller 41 after a dispute over music style. Prosecutor Stanley Husted said evidence was insufficient for indictment.
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Springfield
Clark County
Stanley Husted
Douglas Morrow
Edward Keater
Lee L. Marsteller
Haganah isolates Jaffa while Jerusalem battles rage
In Jerusalem a bloody clash sees Jewish forces seize Arab strongpoints in the southern sector and threaten Jaffa. Haganah reports taking Salama and pushing toward Jaffa while main routes remain under fire and British forces maintain a corridor to the port. Trans-Jordan sources forecast 30000 troops to rescue Palestine before May 15 under Abdullah’s command.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Terusalem
Haganah
Katamon
Salama
Jaffa-Liydda
Ramle
Jaffa-Tel Aviv
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
Baghdad
Iraq
Cairo
Egypt
Abdullah
NEA
Atomic Show Impresses Students at Miamisburg Exhibition
Students from 32 southwestern Ohio high schools attended the largest nuclear energy show to date in Miamisburg. Dr. Malcolm Haring of the mound laboratory spoke as Monsanto technicians explained exhibits, with youths asking sharp questions about peace time nuclear possibilities.
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Miamisburg, C
Malcolm Haring
Miamisburg
New Mound
Eugene Egan
Germantown High School
Monsanto
Oxford -Mc-Guffey High School
Four Teens Accused Of Firing On Teacher Home
In Brooklyn four teen-agers faced charges for firing on a teacher's home after a warned algebra test. A stolen car carried seven .22 rifles while a 12 year old alerted others, and Margaret Jokiel 24 endured the ordeal under guard as the suspects confessed to the plan.
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New York
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Margaret Jokiel
Hitler Alive In Silesia Claim Sparks Skepticism
A Liegnitz resident Frau Dora Mai told American military officials she lived near Adolf Hitler on President Roosevelt Strasse and that he now uses a triangular mustache and poses as a Polish lieutenant. Officials remain skeptical, noting Liegnitz lies in Polish controlled Silesia and later dismissed the claim as a Russian worry.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Frau Mat
Liegnitz
Roosevelt Strasse
Hitler
Eva Braun
TPZ
Frau Mai
Berlin
Soviets Block Czech Inquiry in Security Council
The UN Security Council shelved work on an inquiry into Moscow's role in the Czechoslovak coup after Russia threatened a veto. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said the February events in Prague were an internal matter and urged nonintervention, prompting adjournment to next Thursday.
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Lake Success
Russia
Security Council
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Chie
Prague
Andrei A. Gromyko
Pan American Conference Ends With Peace Pact Signing
The ninth Pan American Conference in Bogota, after a bloody revolution, closes with a 22 nation pact for Western Hemisphere peace and security. Resolutions against international Communism and foreign colonies in America will be signed at a ceremony in Simon Bolivar's historic residence.
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Bogota
Colombia
America
Simon Bollivar
New Half Dollar Honors Benjamin Franklin Circulates Today
A Philadelphia release notes a new half dollar coin honoring Benjamin Franklin has entered circulation today. The coin introduces Franklin on the obverse and features the emblematic imagery of early American currency.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Two Children Burn To Death In Farmhouse Fire
In Hillsboro Ohio James Deaton three and his 17 month old brother Donald died in a blaze that swept part of a farm home. Their mother Mrs. William Deaton was milking in the barn and the father Mr. Deaton was plowing when the fire broke out. The children were believed to have been in the living room near a wood stove. Fire officials did not confirm the cause. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade and saved the house from destruction.
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Hillsboro
James Deaton
Donald
William Deaton
Deaton
Auto Union Sets May 12 for Walkout
The CIO United Auto Workers scheduled a strike for May 12 involving 75 000 Chrysler workers. Eight teen plants across Michigan Indiana and California would be affected. The union seeks a 30 cent wage boost plus fringe benefits while Chrysler has offered six cents per hour.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler
Michigan
Indiana
California
Noreman Matthews
Uawcio
Kentucky Derby Field May Be Smallest Since 1907
Seven three year olds entered for the 74th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with six possible starters. Calumet Farm’s Citation and Coaltown lead the list, while Galedo owner Charles O Neal may sit out if the track stays muddy. Post positions assigned. if seven start the purse is 84000. entry fee 1000.
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Louisville
Galedo
Charles O'Neal
Miami
Fla
Tommy Taub
Calumet Farm
Citation
Coaltown
R. W. MelIivain
Churchill Downs
William L. Brann
Ben F. Whitaker
John Payson Adams
Pink Star
Escadra Way
Grandpere
Billings
Super Speed X-Ray Movies For Medical And Industrial Use
Westinghouse scientist Dr. Charles M. Slack announced at the American Physical Society that super speed x-ray movies two thousand times faster than a wink are developed. The technique records x-ray exposure of ten millionths of a second at 100 frames per second and promises advances in medicine industry rocket research and safety engineering.
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Associated Press
Washington
Westinghouse
Charles M. Slack
American Mysical Society
Slack
Westinghouse Lamp Research Laboratories
Bloomfield
N. J
Navy
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Gramlich
Mark Pickell
Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Association
Drive
Barkley
Syria
Lebanon
Anthony Durso
Lero
Port Saud
Lesanor
LATAK
Hmman
Maan
Homs
Damascus
Palmysa
Silesia
Frank Douglas
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Alvanley Johnston
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Cleveland
Douglass
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