Long Distance Phone Strike Threat Ended
In New York the CIO union and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company reached a 21 month contract ending a threatened nationwide walkout by 25 000 long distance operators. The pact has no basic wage increase but allows wage reopeners once during its term. Cancellation possible after June 2, 1949 with 60 days notice if no settlement is reached. The union sought 30 cent hourly raise and will press for higher wages when conditions permit.
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NEW York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
Lewis Ready to Negotiate With Soft Coal Operators
John L. Lewis, under injunction from Justice Goldsborough, agreed to reopen contract talks with the Soft Coal Operators on Monday. The move follows union demands for wage increases and pension fund issues, with only four weeks until June 30 expiration. It is unclear if Lewis will attend in person.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
SCPA
UMW
Police Seize Dope Peddlers in Istanbul Raids
Turkish police with a U S narcotics agent arrested four suspected drug peddlers and seized heroin worth about a million dollars. Raids occurred in Istanbul and at a farm across the Bisporus, closing a key smuggling source. George H White, the U S agent, said the operation disrupted a major supply line.
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Istanbul
United States
Bisporus
U. S
George H. White
American counter intelligence agent kidnapped and beaten in Vienna
British sources report Russian soldiers abducted an American counter intelligence agent in the British sector of Vienna Thursday night, beating him severely before releasing him the next day. The American provost marshal's office would not confirm or deny the report.
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Vienna
Taft Tours North Carolina During GOP Presidential Bid
Senator Robert A. Taft continued his North Carolina tour as he campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination. He discussed labor law reforms he coauthored and spoke on foreign and domestic issues during a swing through Lenoir and other towns ahead of the Tar Heel state's 26 convention votes.
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Lenoir
N. C
Robert A. Taft
North Carolina
Ohio
Tar Heel
Wife Of Farmer Calm At Funeral In Slaying Case
Marie Abbott 40 wife of Morris Abbott 46 a Reily Township farmer faced murder charges in his death as Cyril Gordon 27 and she were linked to a two year love triangle. Funeral at Riker Funeral Home drew family, friends, and guards before graveside rites at Springdale cemetery. Grand jury to hear 12 witnesses Wednesday.
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Farmer
Morris Abbott
Reily
Marie Abbott
Butler County
Cyril “Scotty” Gordon
Morris
Riker Funeral Home
Charles Walke
Springdale
Abbott
Butler County Grand Jury
Paul A. Baden
Cyril Cotty” Gordon
Oxford
Marie Conn Abbott
Reily Township
Gordon
Price Of Milk Up One Cent In Cleveland
Cleveland AP report notes Telling Belle Vernon Company raises the price of milk by a cent per quart for home delivery to 20 cents a quart. President Frank W Edwards cites higher dairy costs and says further increases may follow if the trend continues.
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Cleveland
Cleveland (Ap
Belle Vernon
Frank W. Edwards
Explosion in Shanghai Leaves One Fireman Dead
A powerful blast in downtown Shanghai destroyed three buildings, injuring another firefighter and shattering windows for blocks. Authorities pin the cause on stored sulphur in an abandoned match factory.
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Shanghai
Ohio oil land sale confirmed in West Virginia
The Okmar Oil Company of Marietta Ohio bought several hundred thousand acres of oil and gas land in Roane Ritchie and Calhoun Counties West Virginia for 126000 dollars. U S District Judge Ben Moore confirmed the sale in a suit brought by William T Woodson of Chicago against J D Ackley of New York City. Partners named in the Marietta firm include Adolph Beren Harry H Beren and Israel H Beren.
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Charleston
W. Va
Okmar Oil Company
Marietta
West Virginia
U. S
Ben Moore
William T. Woodson
Chicago
J. D. Ackley
New York City
Roane
Ritchie
Calhoun
Marietta Oil
Adolph Beren
Harry H. Beren
Israel H. Beren
New York City Population Tops Eight Million
New York City is estimated at 8 005 000 residents as of January 1 marking a gain of over 1 000 000 in three years. The Consolidated Edison industrial and development department prepared the estimate noting wartime declines to under 7 000 000.
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NEW York
New York City
Industrial and Development Department
Consolidated Edison Company
Ex-Band Leader Hal Grayson Escapes Hospital
Hal Grayson, 39, former top-flight orchestra leader, fled Camarillo State Hospital for the second time in less than two weeks. He had been committed at his own request after a drunkenness arrest and was admitted May 14 for psychiatric treatment.
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Los Angeles
Hal Grayson
Camarillo State Hospital
Grayson
Odds Against Twins For Princess Elizabeth
British historians say the odds of Princess Elizabeth bearing twins are extremely low after 900 years with no twin royal births. Experts note twins occur about once per 90 births and caution that predictions by heartbeats or other signs are not certain.
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London
Elizabeth
Britain
William the Conqueror
Jews claim Arabian forces are cut off
Cairo AP dispatch says Israeli forces recaptured Yibna and threaten to isolate a sizable Egyptian force moving along the coast toward Tel Aviv. Meanwhile Jordanian reports cite heavy fighting around Jenin, with conflicting tallies and a proposed UN mediated truce run into delays as Nekrasky Pasha tours the region.
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Cairo
Yibna
Tel Aviv
Dunkerque
Local Woman Dies In Despondent Suicide At Middletown Home
A Middletown woman Crissie Hale 42 apparently despondent over ill health shot herself with a .38 revolver at 3222 Yankee Rd her husband Milton Hale found her body about 715 am on a bed. Deputy Shultheiss said the bullet struck the head. Hale said she had been ill since an operation last fall and rose for breakfast in fairly good spirits. Foster son James McLean 25 notified sheriff. Coroner Boone had not issued verdict by noon. Hale born Menifee County Kentucky lived there until moving to Middletown three years ago. She attended Nazaren Church Trenton and Crawford St. Church of God Middletown. Surviving husband foster son four sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements pending at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Middletown
Yankee Rd
Richard Shultheiss
Crissie Hale
Milton
Schultheiss
Crissie
Hale
James McLean
Garrett J. Boone
Menifee County
Nazarene Church
Trenton
Crawford St. Church
Friend Slays Father Of Five In Fight Over Baseball Game
In Pittsburgh area Iskara's Bar, Frank Skertich, 35, of Etna, was shot dead after an argument sparked by a baseball game. His friend Michael Zack, 37, of Etna, admitted shooting him with a 1.25 caliber pistol and faced murder charges. Zack described wagering on the Pirates, then paying after Boston led 10-7 in the seventh inning.
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Pittsburgh
Jay Madine
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Iskara
Etna
Frank Skertich
Michael Zack
Madine
Zack
Tective
Boston
Pirates
Skertich
Rivera Restores Phrase After Mural Vandalism in Mexico City
In Mexico City a Diego Rivera mural in the Prado Hotel dining room had the phrase God Does Not Exist scratched out by 100 to 150 youths who overpowered three detectives. Rivera, nearby, restored the words with a paint box. Police pursued the engineering students. Rivera sought readmission to the Mexican Communist Party.
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Mexico City
Diego Rivera
Alameda
Prado
Rivera
Luis M. Martinez
Mexican Communist Party
Sets Trap For Cats Ends In Tragedy At Bolton Garden
Thomas Mann arranged electric wires around his garden to deter nocturnal prowlers. The fatal shock electrocuted his wife and left seven children orphaned, according to police reports from Bolton England.
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Bolton, Eng
Thomas Mann
Duluth Blaze Destroys Retail Blocks Estimated Loss Millions
In Duluth Minnesota a major fire swept two retail blocks injuring one firefighter and disrupting telephone service. Firefighters fought the blaze across a four story Duluth Furniture Co building and the nine story Duluth Board of Trade housing Grain Exchange offices. The fire threatened nearby Wolvin Building and other facilities as flames spread with dozens of small stores burning and utilities interrupted.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Duluth Board of Trade
Grain Exchange and Grain Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Wolvin
Duluth, Mesabi and
Iron Range Railway
Oliver Mining Company
Superior
Wis
Duluth Furniture Company
Third Ave
First St
Superior St
Board of Trade
Aged and Blind Payments Hired in Senate Vote
A multi million dollar boost in social security payments to dependent children the aged and the blind awaits only the President's signature to become law. The House quickly approved after the Senate backed it 74 to 6. The plan raises monthly federal contributions by five dollars for the aged and blind and three dollars for dependent children with ceilings of fifty and twenty seven dollars respectively. The package accompanies a bill to block extending social security to many workers lacking direct employer control. President Truman criticized Congress for narrowing coverage.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Abandons Infant Faces Mental Test
Canton Ohio AP reports a 30-year-old mother who abandoned her newborn boy on an ash heap was ordered to undergo psychiatric examination. The infant, weighing six pounds, was found and in good condition at a Canton hospital after cries drew neighbors. Police say the mother, once a patient at Massillon State Hospital, is a divorcee with an eight-year-old child.
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Canton
Massillon State Hospital
Car Thief Jailed In Indianapolis
Charles D. Hysell age 20 of Middleport Ohio received a two year federal prison sentence in U S District Court He was among six defendants who pleaded guilty to charges of interstate transport of stolen vehicles in the case Salt Lake AP report from Indianapolis Indiana
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Indianapolis
Charles D. Hysell
Middleport
U. S. District Court
Northwest Faces New Crest Of Flood Tide
Northwest flood threat rises as Columbia River flood crest nears, threatening lower valley dikes. Forecast to reach 30.8 feet at Vancouver and 30.5 at Portland, surpassing previous peak by about six inches. Vancouver and Portland brace against rising waters, with Vanport including 26 dead and vast damage across Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
U. S
Elmer Fisher
Columbia
Vancouver
Wash
Fisher
Fraser
United States
Canada
Vanport
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
British Columbia
Pacific
Hodge Demands Soviet Apology Over North Korea Shooting
Lt Gen John R. Hodge called for a full Soviet apology after North Korean constabulary shot Karl S. Smith of Huntington West Virginia and two others while inspecting a drain near the 38th parallel. The 38th parallel marks the boundary between the Soviet-occupied north and U S zone under Hodge's command.
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Seoul
John R. Hodge
Karl S. Smith
Huntington
W. Ve
38Th Parallel
North Korea
U. S
Hodge
All Or Nothing Is Deweys Goal
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York says he will seek the presidential nomination at the Republican national convention and would not accept a vice presidential offer He stated this in a Boston news conference yesterday and emphasized his position clearly
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Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt to Head California Department Store Chain
John A. Roosevelt son of the late President will head a California department store chain. The Roosevelt-Good Corporation filed articles of incorporation with headquarters and first store in Beverly Hills. Lee Good, ex Marshall Field, becomes vice president.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
John A. Roosevelt
California
Roosevelt-Good Corporation
Lee Good
Marshall Field and Company
Plunges to Death on Detroit Superior Bridge
Leland P. Covert aged 60 fell about 100 feet from the Detroit Superior high level bridge in Cleveland. The tragedy followed three weeks after his wife died in a Cleveland hospital.
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Cleveland (Ap
Leland P. Covert
Detroit - Superior
Cleveland
Auto Auction At Cleveland Reported Weak
Cleveland weekly auto auction teeters due to dealer not buying policy and a possible state halt over unlicensed sales. Inspector George E. Rich of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles warned a sponsor must be a dealer or licensed dealer representative. Jack Peltz faces possible certificate requirements as he paused selling cars not owned by him. Second week sees rock bottom sales of nearly new used cars amid a nervous market. Dealers trade among themselves while retail demand remains weak and inventories stay high.
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Cleveland (Ap
Cleveland
George E. Rich
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Jack Peltz
Rich
Peltz
Marion to Get Atomic Plant
Marion Ohio AP reports ground will be broken Monday for a 5 million dollar atomic energy research plant by Monsanto Chemical Company. The project spans 1200 acres of the old Scioto Ordnance site four miles northeast of town, with 300 workers at start and full completion planned within a year. Initial employment about 100 workers.
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Marion, O
Monsanto Chemical Company
Scioto Ordnance
Ere
Springfield Faces Strike Over Bus Wage Demands
Springfield confronts a citywide bus strike planned for Monday at 4 am after drivers and mechanics of Local 851 rejected a 12 cent per hour offer. About 150 workers earn 40 to 50 dollars weekly. public officials warned of disruption without further comment. A separate Los Angeles transit dispute threatens 1,000,000 riders if 4,000 AFL workers walk out at midnight tomorrow.
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Springfield
Walter H. Mercer
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
Chester E. Baker
Springfield City Lines, Inc
Oscar Fleckner
Mercer
Los Angeles
AFL
Benes May Resign in Prague Rumor Buzz
Prague hosts talk of President Eduard Benes possibly resigning next week while Soviet official A Zorin returns to the city. The AP report notes capital chatter on political moves and foreign affairs activity.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
A. Zorin
Seven Goals of Abundance Key to Talks
President Truman tours the nation to promote seven goals of abundance housing health social security full rights of citizenship universal free schooling good jobs with fair wages and a brake on inflation He urges voting support while railing at Congress for price controls and endorsing a displaced persons immigration bill in Chicago and Gary Indiana stops and plans a war memorial dedication in Omaha
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Omaha
Truman
Nebraska
Chicago
Edward McKim
129Th Field Artillery
McKim
White House
Boys Town
Swedish Pioneer Centennial Association
Mr. Truman
Fontenelle Hotel
Pacific Northwest
California
Congress
Gary
Ind
Love wins British Derby at Epsom with 750,000 crowd
The Aga Khan's Love, a 10 to 1 shot, captured the 169th British Derby today. Royal Drake finished second and Noor third as 32 colts from four nations contested the race before King and royal family members.
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Epsoment
Aga Khan
Lord Volterra
Royal Drake
Noor
Home Building Tab Offered Sunday for Middleton Readers
The Journal, along with local contractors, builders, and suppliers, presents a 40 page tabloid Sunday focused on home building. Prepared by Associated Press, the tabloid offers guidance, ideas, and plans for those building or planning to build, urging readers to save it as a building guide for weeks of reading.
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Journal
Associated Press
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Jenin
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Tulkarm
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Frank Lausche
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