Phone Strike Set to Begin February 8
Washington AP reports the CIO Communications Workers seek a 35 hour week, improved pensions and vacation benefits, and shorter apprenticeship. A first wave of 100000 workers could strike at 6 am local time if unresolved, with 200000 observers due March 1. The conciliation service met with union president Beirne to avert disruption while emergency services remain operating.
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Washington
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO Communications Workers
Joseph A Reirne
Bell Telephone System
CIO
Beirne
Russia Recognizes Ho Chi Minh Regime in Indochina
Soviet press agency Tass announced Moscow has recognized Ho Chi Minh's Viet Nam Republic in Indochina and will exchange diplomatic representatives with the anti French leader. It labeled Bao Dai's Bao Dai regime a puppet government and noted Britain and the United States likely to recognize Bao Dai.
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Moscow
Russia
Ho Chi-Minh
Indochina
Tass
Bao Dai
Britain
America
Ho Chi-Min
Washington
Acheson
London
United States
Strike Spreads In Coal Fields As 100000 Idle
The three week old walkout widens across six states with nearly 100000 miners idle. Pennsylvania and West Virginia bear the largest toll while central Pennsylvania areas see mass stoppages led by Bethlehem Steel locals. Local unions urge resumed work or push to non-union sites amid mounting labor tension and food aid drives in Uniontown and Fairmont.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio
Kentucky
Strickers
Armstrong
Cambria
Indiana
Somerset
Rosedale
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria County
John Hanzel
Ocean
Amherst Fuel Company
Accoville
Logan County
Uniontown
Fairmont
W. Va
UMW
Williams Mine
Consalidation Coal Company of
Truman Ready to Move Into Coal Dispute
President Truman weighs using fact finding to resolve the 10 month coal dispute as 90,000 miners stay idle awaiting action. advisers hint at Taft Hartley machinery but no clear plan. Interior Dept warns stocks near record lows and national emergency looms amid stalled coal talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Byrd
D-Va
Lewis
Land
Interior Department
Senate
Woman sues over red rubles car ad in East Liverpool
Mrs. Ruth Rayl filed a breach of contract suit in Columbiana County Court at Lisbon seeking 1275 dollars in damages from the Faylor Lincoln Mercury Co and salesman Edward Lane. The suit centers on an East Liverpool Review advertisement offering a 1947 model coupe for 1275 rubles, a humorous insinuation by an advertising man. Lane said the ruble ad was not the auto firm’s idea. The husband, a former Marine, brought back rubles from China.
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Ruth Rayl
Columbiana County
Lisbon
East Liverpool Review
Lane
Auto Company
U. S
Raul
China
Man Exonerated In Dayton Death
Dayton police say a death bed statement by 20 year old William Walters exonerates his companion Amos DeHart in a fatal shooting. Walters died 37 hours after being shot in the abdomen by a 32 caliber bullet. DeHart is released after an investigation.
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Dayton, D
William Walters
Walters
Amos DeHart
C. M. Teeter
DeHart
Roosevelt Blasts Taft Moves At Baltimore Dinner
Rep Roosevelt of New York accused Senator Taft of plotting to undermine the Marshall Plan and defeat the administration's foreign policy to aid Taft’s political aims. He cited Korea aid votes and criticized Chiang Kai-shek as a fascist leader while addressing about 400 attendees at the Roosevelt Day event in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Roosevelt
D-Lib
Americans For Democratic Action
New York
House
South Korea
Northeast Asia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Asia
Maryland
Brown
Ohio
Auto Of Missing Publisher Found
DAYTON O AP An automobile driven by Thurman Miller Jr 35 Greene County newspaper publisher before he disappeared one week ago was found abandoned near downtown Dayton yesterday Sheriff George P Henkel of Green County said the car was not damaged Miller's wife Mary and his father Thurman Dus ty Miller Sr expressed belief the missing publisher may be an amnesia victim He attended a Rotary Club meeting last Tuesday in Xenia.
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Dayton, O
Thurman Miller, Jr
Greene County
Dayton
George P. Henkel
Green County
Miller
Mary
Thurman
Dusty) Miller
Muising
Rotary Club
Xenia
Plane crash in Yukon search for missing C-54
A U S Air Force C-47 crashed 21 miles south of a Yukon crash site during the hunt for a missing USAF C-54 with 44 aboard. Lt Charles Harden, the C-47 pilot, survived with injuries, while three of his crew were saved from the wrecked scene near Mount Cainou after fighting through deep snow and rugged terrain.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
Charles R. Harden
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Alaska
U. S
Tim
Yukon
Brise
Harden
Judh Borges
Midnight Sun Broadcasting
Civicai
Piet Harcen
Mount Cainou
N'Dnerning
Missing Cadet Cox Quietly Vanishes From West Point
Army investigators seek an unidentified civilian linked to the disappearance of Richard C. Cox 21 of Mansfield Ohio, who vanished 17 days ago in full dress uniform and a West Point gray overcoat. A civilian reportedly visited Cox the day he disappeared and another similar description visited him earlier. authorities check Germany unit records from 1947 for matches.
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West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Richard C. Cox
Mansfield, C
Academy
Cox
Armys Criminal Investigation Division
Germany
Dramatic Gun Chase Ends With Suspected Thief, Officer Shot
A dramatic Oakland police chase over a $75 robbery ended in a bedroom gun duel with officer Hunter wounded and suspect Moncrief B Silas critically injured. The pursuit began when four men fled a market robbery. three hid in a school yard and a housing project apartment before a gunfight in a closet left Brock wounded and Silas critically hurt. Bailey Harlan and James face murder-related charges as investigators pursue formal complaints.
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Qakland
Cal
William Hk. Brock
Moncrief B. Silas
Witner
Edward A. Hunter
Prescott Junior High School
Audiiorum
Hunter
Moncrief
Robert Bailey
Elmer Harlan
Brock
Police Homicide and Robbery Bureau
Hkuniter
Silas
Bailey
Harlan
John James
Story Time For A Cowboy Tale At Bedtime
A father crafts a bedtime tale for his daughter blending a ranch rescue with cattle rustlers. She dreams of dreamland as he tucks her in, kisses her cheek, and ends a perfect day with gentle bedtime magic.
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Dreamland
Soviets Renew Slowing Cawn Truck Traffic
Soviet guards at the Helmstedt border checkpoint renewed a slowdown on truck traffic between Berlin and West Germany with a one day truce ambush. The line formed as inspectors checked cargo papers and drivers' documents, reducing flow to about five trucks an hour from a normal rate of around 30.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
West Germany
GOP Split on Electoral Vote Change Faces Senate
Washington AP reports a split among Senate Republicans on a constitutional amendment to change the electoral college. Taft of Ohio and Lodge of Massachusetts take opposing sides on dividing each state's electoral votes by the popular vote, potentially aiding candidates from smaller states and broadening national campaigns.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate Gop
New York
Minnesota
Recommendation To Develop The Hydrogen Bomb
The Senate House Atomic Committee signaled support for developing the hydrogen bomb and potential presidential order. It has reviewed testimony from top atomic military and scientific leaders over months and weighs costs up to 4 billion dollars. Sandia base in New Mexico is noted for atomic weapons work. Senator Tydings urged maintaining strong defenses including a hydrogen bomb to deter war and seek future arms control.
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Washington
Senate House
America
Truman
German ship sinks near Borkum, eight rescued
The 743 ton German ship 8 S. Fidumus sank near the German island of Borkum. The British tug Rumania reported eight survivors rescued by radio, while search for eight more missing crew members continued.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Borkum
Effort to Free Missouri Failed in Chesapeake Bay Mud
In Norfolk AP report notes a 45 000 ton battleship Missouri stranded on a Chesapeake Bay mud flat failed to free. A second two hour attempt was planned for tomorrow as 13 tugs two salvage vessels and eight small boats worked from the ship. Weather and higher tide combined to thwart the effort. The zero hour was 6 45 am at high tide.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Lenge
Hampton Roads
Shappen
Freed On Bond in Embezzlement Case at Shaw-Rogers
Arthur F. Shrieve, credit manager for Shaw Rogers Jewelry Co. in Steubenville, is free on $5,000 bond after pleading innocent to embezzling $28,000 from the firm. A secret indictment charging the offense was returned last night. The company runs stores across Ohio.
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Steubenville, C
Arthur FE. Shrieve
Shaw-Rogers Jewelry Company
Storse
Ohio
Jones and Laughlin propose $1 million river dock upgrade
Cleveland plans show Jones and Laughlin Steel filing with the city for an 18 month improvement project on the Cuyahoga River docking area. The work begins May 1 and features a sheet steel pile bulk head extending 1,070 feet.
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Cleveland
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Cuyahoga River
Keep America Strong Is Appeal Of Johnson
Secretary of Defense Johnson in his first annual report urges America to stay powerful and alert until international cooperation is accepted by adversaries. He warns of possible surprise attacks from the opposite hemisphere and cites Russia’s atomic secret. He says war threat has diminished as strength grew, the Armed Forces are at their strongest since 1945, and readiness exceeds any peacetime peak. He credits Armed Services unification and defense cooperation, while stressing science and defenses against biological, radiological, and chemical warfare and noting other nations’ experiments with new poison forms.
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Maryland
Russia
Washington
Johnson
America
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