Rail wage settlement ends year long dispute at White House
At the White House the three strike threatening railroad unions and carriers reached a wage and rule changes agreement ending the year long dispute. The settlement adds a 16 20 cent wage boost plus changes in operating rules retroactive to November 1 and standardizes future wage cases. Rail lines will be freed from Army control once papers are drawn.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
White House
Septemer
John R. Steelman
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Whitney
ECA Shifts Focus To Loans For Recovery Plan
Washington AP reports the Economic Cooperation Administration marks its three month anniversary by moving from grants to loans under the European Recovery Program. The act requires $1 billion, about 20 percent, of initial funds be lent for specific recovery projects. Richard Bissell says loan negotiations must be advanced promptly.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Richard Bissell
ECA
Three Women Paroled by Ohio Board
The State Parole Board announced parole for August 19 for three inmates of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. Annabell Brandon and Evelyn Martin, both from Hamilton County, were convicted this year of robbery and grand larceny respectively, and Esther Sonday of Franklin County was convicted this year of house breaking and grand larceny.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Annabell Brandon
Evelyn Martin
Hamilton County
Esther Sonday
Franklin County
Eastern Railroads Win 17 Percent Passenger Fare Hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern railroads a 17 percent average rise in passenger fares for lines north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi. The order supports a 20 percent coach fare increase and a 14.3 percent rise for sleeping and parlor cars, atop last year's 10 percent hike. Basic coach rates move from 2.5 to 3 cents per mile and sleeping/parlor from 3.5 to 4 cents per mile with proportional round trips.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi
ICC
Commission
Case Closed In death by own action Of Actress
Coroner declares the Carole Landis case closed though Rex Harrison and a deposition raise questions. Harrison says he did not know why she took her life and denies knowledge of a note. Miss Landis’ friend Mrs. Florence Wasson recalls a note about caring for Miss Landis’s cat but not a suicide motive.
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Los Angeles
Carole Landis
Rex Harrison
Ben Brown
Harrison
Miss Landis
Florence Wasson
West Los Angeles
Baboon Rampages Aboard Dutch Liner Amstelkerk
A 150 pound baboon on the Dutch liner Amstelkerk docked at Plymouth from West Africa broke from its cage during tea and roamed the decks for 90 minutes. Passengers fled in panic until a steward subdued the animal with a sack over its head.
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Plymouth
Eng
Amstelkerk
West Africa
Holland
Train derailment injures several in Dassel Minnesota
The Great Northern Oriental limited from Seattle derailed near Dassel Minnesota with 14 of 19 cars jumping tracks. One person hospitalized and several others bruised or shaken as dust cloud enveloped the town.
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Dassel, Minn
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Seattle
Minnesota
Seville hires Detrow as new superintendent
L. E. Detrow, former Brunswick principal, becomes superintendent of Seville schools succeeding E. H. Youngmen. The appointment announced in Medina Ohio. Detrow will oversee district operations and instructional programs.
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Medina
L. E. Detrow
Brunswick
Seville
E. H. Youngmen
Court to Act Wednesday in Coal Strike
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough set Wednesday for a hearing on whether to issue a stop strike injunction sought by Robert N Denham of the NLRB. The strike, now in its fourth day, began after steelmen refused the union shop in the new wage deal Lewis and the coal industry reached. Denham argues Lewis violates Taft Hartley by insisting on a union shop without a prior NLRB election, which Lewis cannot obtain due to his refusal to sign a non Communist affidavit. Pittsburgh announcement notes an 85 cent per ton rise in bituminous coal prices to cover costs and wage increases, with new prices for four inch lump coal at 10.85 per ton.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Denham
United Mine Workers Union
NLRB
Goldsborough
Truman Holds Final Cabinet Meeting Before Convention
President Truman met with his Cabinet in Washington for a last session before the Democratic national convention. Attorney General Tom Clark said he and other Cabinet members would leave for Philadelphia and many would speak for Truman on the campaign. Clark cited Senator O Mahoney as a likely but uncertain candidate for vice president. The session lasted about 40 minutes with routine matters the focus.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Philadelphia
Clark
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Jack Bell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Eisenower
J. Howard McGrath
Government Fans War in Henan and Central China
AP dispatches report government bombers battering yellow River ferries in western Henan to block Communist crossings. Battles rage at Suikikow and Lincheng near Hsuchow as Chiang Kai-shek orders large currency drops to Fifth Army and Yenchow defenders.
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Nanking
Yellow River
Henan
Suikikow
Hsuchow
Lincheng
Central Daily
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fifth Army
Yenchow
Struthers Council Defeats Sunday Tavern Vote Again
Struthers city council rebuffed a second bid in under a month to legalize Sunday tavern hours. The measure faced opposition over closing-hour impacts and local conduct concerns. Local officials cited public order and religious observance as key factors in the defeat.
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Youngstown, O
Struthers
Tel Aviv Bombed as Palestine Truce Ends in Renewed Warfare
Fires at Wright Field in Dayton and renewed fighting in Tel Aviv and Haifa mark a new phase after a four week truce. A fire at Area B Wright Field damaged half the air installations with no major documents lost. Israel reports counterattacks and village losses near Majdal as clashes resume across the Holy Land.
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Tel Aviv
Haifa
Palestine
Israel
Majdal
Fire destroys half of Cleveland warehouse
A warehouse occupied by U. S. Steel Supply Co. lost half its structure in a fire that caused $300,000 in damage. Fire Chief James E. Granger said flames crossed E. 39th Street, forcing 30 nearby families to evacuate. The blaze, brought under control after five alarms in about 90 minutes, origin undetermined.
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Dayton, O
Air Installations Office
Wright Field
J. T. Morris
Wright Patterson Air Base
Cleveland
U. S. Steel Supply Company
James E. Granger
E. 39Th St
UN Security Council Delays Palestine Truce Action
In an emergency session the United Nations Security Council let the Palestine truce expire without a decision. Delegates sought more direct information from the Holy Land and prepared for another emergency meeting to review Arab states Israel and Count Bernadotte once more.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Holy Land
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Ex-Convict Held After Killing Of Motorist in Canton
A 33 year old ex convict is held after a shooting spree that killed Elsworth Ruch Jr 26 and wounded three others. Vera Burson 39 and Marion Hasley 24 were hospitalized while Raymond McGinnis 40 was treated and released. The capture came after Mennonite workers stopped Burson in a cornfield and held him until arrest.
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Canton
Stark County
D. Deane McLaughlin
John Burson
Elsworth Ruch, Jr
Burson
Vera
Marion Hasley
Genoa
McGinnis
Mansfield (9
Reformatory
McLaughlin
Arab-Jew War Deplorable Says Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall condemned the renewed fighting in Palestine as deplorable. He said Arab forces renewed hostilities, with blame to be determined by the United Nations Security Council. He noted U S policy through the council and ongoing Britain-U S consultations. The four week UN brokered armistice ended today and he supported UN channels for arms embargo questions.
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Haifa
Jenin
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
Washington
Security Council
United States
Britain
Marshall
Price Control Return Urged By Henderson
Philadelphia AP Leon Henderson wartime OPA administrator urged the Democratic Platform Committee to pledge immediate action to restore price allocation inventory and credit controls to prevent further price rises. He warned inflation is a bomb harming prosperity and referenced a GOP stamp. Harold Ickes urged federal development of tidelands oil fields to fund education. Dan Moody questioned government competition with oil firms. Ickes said the government can do it.
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Philadelphia
Leon Henderson
OPA
Democratic Platform Committee
Henderson
GOP
Harold Ickes
Secretary of
Interior
Democratic Party
Tidelands
Ickes
Dan Moody
Humble Oil Company
Americans For Democratic Action
Greece
Israel
Union of Democratic Peoples of the World
Three Yankees Die In Crash On Berlin Run
Berlin dispatch reports three Americans were killed when a U S Air Force C-47 ferrying food to the Soviet blocked city crashed in the Taunus mountains near Frankfurt. Pilot and co pilot among the dead. identities withheld pending relatives’ notices. The loss marks the first American fatalities in the Allied airlift to Berlin despite bad weather and ongoing relief efforts. The story also covers Eisenhower’s refusal to be drafted, Pepper’s attempt to nominate him, and Allied notes on ending the blockade.
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Berlin
United States Air Force
Frankfurt
London
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Taunus Mountains
U.S. Air Force
Paris
France-Soir
Royal Air Force
Brandenburg
Janitor Admits Knife Slaying Linked Case In Rock Creek Park
Washington police say Eugene H. James, a Baltimore janitor held on an unrelated murder, admitted a similar throat-slashing of 11 year old Marsha Brill in Rock Creek Park the previous Tuesday. Baltimore authorities have first claim on him. no charge yet in Bardwell case.
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Washington
Robert J. Barrett
Baltimore
Barrett
Eugene H. James
Carol Bardwell
Rock Creek Park
Bardwell
James
Marsha Brill
Entertainment Starts Today For Democrats
The Democratic national convention shifts into entertainment phase in Philadelphia. A formal dinner for the Democratic National Committee and Cabinet members will be held at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel with J Howard McGrath delivering the principal address.
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Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Bellevue - Stratford
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic Reception Committee
Philadelphia Pen and Pencil Club
U. S
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wysoming
Pennsylvania
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Alex McLean
Clifford Peterman
Michigan Conservation Officers
C., D. Logsdon
Marquette National Forest
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Carol Ann Pomrankey
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Cabinet
BY Max Boyd
Cairo
Holy Land Front
Sherman
Columbia University
Franz Neumann
Social Democrats
Ernest Bevin
M. Arvey
Chicago
William O'Dwyer
New York
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