Army May Seek Rail Wage Pact
The White House renewed efforts to settle the rail wage dispute with a morning conference led by Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman and later talks with management. If no agreement emerges, the Army may pursue settlement with the three unions Locomotive Engineers Firemen and Engine men and Switchmen, now under permanent injunction to stay on the job. Justice Goldsborough ruled rail workers are government employees, exempt from Norris La Guardia act limits, and cited the 1946 United Mine Workers precedent upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Steelman
Army
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Royall
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Surplus for 1948 Records Largest Ever Says Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury announces the true fiscal year 1948 surplus at 8.419 billion dollars, the biggest in U S history. Congress shifts 3 billion to 1949 credits for the European recovery program to avert year end deficits.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Treasury
Coolidge
Pact To Be Signed In Nanking On US Aid Deal
The American embassy announced that a $400 million U S aid package to China will be signed Saturday afternoon. The agreement provides the bulk of the aid to China and governs its disbursement and terms.
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Nanking
China
U. S
Truman Pressed To Call Congress For New Session
Democratic leaders urge a summer special session and a challenge to Republicans to deliver on 1948 platform promises. Senator McGrath says pressure grows after the Democratic convention opens July 12 in Philadelphia. Rep Spence supports a call while criticizing GOP delays on cost of living and housing. Senator Sparkman notes it would test Republican promises.
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Congress
Associated Press
Senator McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
McGrath
Novemer
Rep
Spence
Kentucky
House Banking Committee
Sparkman
Ala
Georgia Democrats Endorse Eisenhower For President In 1948
Georgia Democrats at the state convention approved resolutions backing Dwight Eisenhower for President and urged Truman to step aside to avert party chaos and to serve national and world welfare. The move makes Georgia the first state openly supporting a draft-Eisenhower ticket and directs delegates to shift to Russell if Ike declines.
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Truman
Georgia
Alabama
Ike
Russell
Eisenhower
White House silent on Ike removal from Democratic race
Democratic chairman J. Howard McGrath said the White House has taken no steps to urge Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to withdraw as a possible Democratic presidential nominee. A Washington dispatch had claimed a White House kitchen cabinet planned sending George E Allen to New York to press Ike to quit. Allen, Ike’s guest in New York, declined to comment.
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J. Howard McGrath
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Washington Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Truman
Eisenhower
New York
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Senators Endorse Richard Russell for Vice President
The passage notes Senator Richard Russell being urged for the vice presidency. It records political supporters advocating Russell and aligning with a campaign effort. The text implies a push within the party to elevate Russell to national office.
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Richard Russell
Minister and Wife Killed in Auto Train Crash Near Dayton
Prominent Presbyterian minister Dr Charles Ryan Adams aged 73 and his wife Myra Oldfather Adams 72 died when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Bachman Ohio 17 miles west of Dayton. Identification by friend E A Twitchell who was on the train. The couple were on vacation from Parkville Missouri where Adams led the Parkville Community Presbyterian Church and he was due to speak in Springfield Ohio. Mainline traffic was halted for three hours as debris was cleared by workers bringing the engine under torch work.
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Bachman
Charles Ryan Adams
Parkville
Myra Oldfather Adams
E.A. Twitchell
Springfield
Dayton
Twitchell
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charles
Evelyn Adams
Eighteen Firms Refuse Coal Pact Amid UMW Clash
Eighteen major steel and coal firms refuse to sign the new coal mining contract and file unfair labor practice charges against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The dispute signals a possible strike at captive mines, with miners' actions due after July 6 when a mining holiday ends. Charges proceed with the NLRB as leaders push for prompt judicial decision on Taft Hartley Act compliance.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Harry M. Moses
Moses
U S Seeks Turkish Independence Amid Alliance Talk
Secretary of State Marshall asserted U S interest in Turkey’s independence while denying a formal alliance would be pursued. He noted U S military and economic support under the Truman Doctrine and warned any treaty would demand Senate approval and full foreign policy considerations.
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Washington
Marshall
Turkey
United States
U.S. Senate
Bus crash traps passengers near McHenry Illinois
State police report an undetermined number of passengers were trapped in a burning bus that overturned near McHenry in Lake County. Three Elgin police squads were dispatched to the scene. Gil Hutchison 28 Circleville Route 4 was killed when his motorcycle hit a car at South Bloomfield on Route 23.
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Ill
McHenry
Lake County
Columbus
Gilbert Hutchison
Circleville
South Bloomfield
Wash Day Rescue: Government Sends Pipe to Illinois Family
A Hillsboro Illinois housewife wrote to the president about needing two inch pipe to bring city water 700 feet away. A White House secretary routed the plea to the Commerce Department and a steel company official arranged truck delivery of pipe for Mrs Paul Ondrey and three neighboring families. The company official asked not to reveal his name.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Paul Ondrey
Hillsboro
Ill
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Drey
Kinkead Road
White House
OIC
Greek Rebels May Lose Support In Red Crisis
The Yugoslav Soviet split weakens the aid chain to Greek guerrillas as Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania drift apart. Western officials expect Moscow to push to isolate Tito while seeking a broader shift against allied Eastern Bloc leaders.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Moscow
Europe
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
Woman Slain and Others Attacked in Tulsa
In Tulsa Oklahoma a 42 year old woman, Ruth Norton, an elevator operator, was found beaten to death in her apartment. Earlier, J B Cole 38, her daughter Doris 13, and neighbor Levon Gabbard 14 were found savagely beaten in their home with Doris near death from a skull fracture. Police arrested four suspects including two teenage boys.
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Okla
Ruth Norton
National Bank of Tulsa
J. Fred Lawrence, Jr
J. W
Bud) Hollingsworth
J. B. Cole
Doris
Levon Gabbard
Coles
Levon
GM Hikes Cost On Some GM Parts
DETROIT AP General Motors Corp raised prices on selected replacement parts after a part by part cost study. The weighted average increase is about 5.9 percent, and the overall rise in retail parts prices since fall 1940 totals 46 percent, versus a 70 percent rise in the consumer price index.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Reds Tamper With Planes Beam Belief
Berlin reports cite US Air Force investigators probing possible Soviet interference with radio beams guiding food deliveries to Berlin. Pilots flying west corridor were briefly off course by a strange beam, diverted east of Berlin but landed at Tempelhof. Officials expect enhanced airlift by July 15 to secure supplies for about two million Germans through September.
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Air Force
West
Templehof
Frankfurt
Tempelhof
Cotton Wins British Open For Third Time
Henry Cotton of England clinched the British Open at Muirfield Scotland with a 72 hole total of 184. The 42 year old previously won at Sandwich in 1934 and Carnoustie in 1937 after setting a course record 66 in the second round. He led by four strokes entering the final rounds and held on with a 72 in the afternoon to finish ahead of the field, including seven Americans.
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Scotland
Henry Cotton
England
Cotton
Sandwich
Carnoustie
Polio Germ Hunt in Cleveland Grows as Clues Narrow
Medical detectives piece together scant clues to locate the polio germ after nine children in two downtown homes were struck in six days, one fatally. Inspectors join doctors to probe drinking fountains and sandboxes as Lois Ray, 14, dies and siblings fight the disease.
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Cleveland
Theodore G. Duncan
City Health Department
St. Claire— Playground
Cominforms Charges Are Called Lies
Secretary Marshall said the State Department consults with congressional leaders and allies in handling the Berlin crisis. Yugoslav Communists press Stalin to dismiss the Cominform attack on Tito while Russia tightens a Berlin blockade and plans to sustain food aid by mid July.
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Marshall
State Department
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France
Berlin
Secretary of State
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Faton
R -Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stalin
Cominform
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Russia
Tito
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Austria
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Bus Driver Shot and Killed in Ambush Near Pineville
A Cumberland coach lines bus driver Silas Henderickson aged 25 was shot and killed while driving on a highway about 15 miles from Pineville Kentucky this morning around 9 o clock Deputy Sheriff M S Baker said Sheriff John J Howard and County Attorney Martin Wilson went to the scene to investigate and it was unclear if any passengers were aboard.
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Cumberland Coach Lines
Sherriff M. S. Baker
Baker
Silas Henderickson
John J. Howard
Martin Wilson
Boy Rings Old Bell Triggers City Traffic Jam
A 10-year-old boy in a disused watchman tower at Oakland Park Ave crossing rang a rusty bell, causing a traffic jam as motorists stopped to watch. Police admonished him after he explained he was just playing train and believed engineers didn’t mind.
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New York Central Railroad
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