Lewis Signals Possible Coal Strike Time
UMW president John L. Lewis warned in a letter to about 400000 members that coal operators have violated the 1947 wage agreement governing a welfare fund. He pressed the public to urge a settlement on fund use while avoiding a direct strike pledge.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
George F. Campbell
Illinois Coal Operators Association
Chicago
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
Thomas E. Murray
Truck driver shoots wife then wounds self in Youngstown
In Erie Street apartment Lee Jones 28 opened fire killing Helen Jones 24 and wounding himself. Detectives found the couple’s two young daughters unharmed as they slept. Police said the half-brother alerted authorities after a call describing the quarrel.
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Youngstown
South Side Hospital
Erie St
Lee Jones
Helen
Jones
William McNally
Rent control battle looms in House vote
The House Banking Committee voted 12 to 8 to strip federal rent authority and give local boards named by governors power to raise rents. The measure passed 12 to 3 after Senate approval, extending modified control until March 3, 1949, with a showdown vote scheduled for Tuesday.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Missing Plane Found Over Lake Como Area
Swiss air officials reported an American aircraft missing since Thursday en route from Geneva to Rome was sighted near Lake Como. U S Army planes confirmed the sighting as authorities investigated the incident and possible wreckage.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Rome
Lake Como
Italy
Princess Helena Victoria Dies in London at 77
Princess Helena Victoria cousin of King George VI and granddaughter of Queen Victoria died at her London home aged 77. Buckingham Palace said she had been in poor health for some time.
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London
Helena Victoria
King George VI
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Actress Lana Turner injured on set in Hollywood fall
Hollywood AP report says actress Lana Turner was hospitalized with back and arm injuries after a fall during filming. She was whirled through a doorway in a scene and tripped on a door threshold.
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Hollywood
Latha Turner
Lek
Chile asks UN study of Czech coup and world trial
Chile requests a United Nations inquiry into the Czechoslovak Communist coup pushing Russia to face global scrutiny. The Security Council added the case to its provisional calendar, signaling a potential East‑West clash as the United States signals support and Russia faces direct indictment.
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Chile
United Nations
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Europe
Security Council
Ussr
Death Wins Last Toss In Dice Game Slaying
Floyd Dace, 22, was executed by electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus after being convicted for the 1946 killing of Henry Lee Webb during a Cleveland dice game dispute. accomplices James Griffen and Robert Britton were executed last year. Dace prayed aloud as guards covered his face and the warden oversaw the procedure. The body was to be sent to Laurel, Mississippi for burial.
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Columbus
Floyd Dace
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
John Brmn
Dace
Henry Lee Webb
Anderson To Seek Senate Nomination
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced today he will run for the Democratic nomination for U S senator from New Mexico.
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Anderson
Senate
Two People Treated For Cuts After Early Morning Incident
Two persons were treated for cuts at Middletown Hospital by attendants in the early hours. Arthur Hall, 34 South Main Street, required stitches for a cut to his left arm from a fall down stairs. Mrs. J. D. Connelies, 1801 Garfield Street, received two head cuts during a quarrel with her husband, police said.
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Middletown Hospital
Arthur Hall
South Main St
J. D. Connelies
Garfield St
Mass at Prague for Masaryk as West blamed by Communist leader
In Prague thousands gathered for the funeral of Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk. Communist Premier Klement Gottwald blamed Western criticism for his death and asserted Masaryk joined the new government’s program. Crowds filled streets, flowers and memorials were laid, and hundreds of thousands paid respects.
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Prague
Jan Masaryk
Eduard Benes
Masaryk
Kiement Gottwald
Gottwald
National Museum
Foreign Office
Byrnes urges new US draft amid Soviet pressure warning
Former secretary of state James F. Byrnes tells Charleston audience the United States should act now to deter Soviet expansion. He urges immediate revival of the wartime draft to raise the Army to 669,000, strengthen air power, and preserve the status quo until the UN Security Council investigates alleged aggression. He spoke as a private citizen and did not consult President Truman or Secretary of State Marshall.
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United States
Truman
George C. Marshall
Hernan Santa Cruz
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Santiago
Chile
Trygve Lie
Jan Papanek
Charleston
S. C
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Greece
Italy
France
Moscow
Byrnes
Citadel Military College
Marshall
Congress
Molotov
United Nations
Security Council
Dayton Jury Deliberates Rights Suit
A U S District Court jury in Dayton is to resume deliberations today in Fred Hamlet s 25 900 civil rights suit against Greyhound Lines After nearly two hours of talks yesterday a verdict was not reached Judge R R Nevin had dismissed jurors to 10 30 a m today Hamlet a Negro from Eaton Ohio seeks 500 for alleged civil rights violation and 24 500 for personal injuries from removal from a Greyhound bus at West Alexandria on April 26 1946
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Dayton, D
Fred Hamlets
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc
R. R. Nevin
Hamlet
Old Eaton
West Alexandria
Japs Allowed To Print Raps At MacArthur
Tokyo AP report says General MacArthur allows Japanese press to publish American political attacks against him. Col. M. P. Echols says some stories on MacArthur’s presidential bid were delayed by censorship but others passed. Censorship had blocked criticism of MacArthur as supreme commander.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
M. P. Echols
Supreme Commanders
30 Aboard Missing Plane
Seattle air traffic control reported a four engine Northwest charter flight with 4 passengers and 4 crew, overdue after leaving Anchorage. A fire sighting was reported on Mt Sanford by the Gulkana range station 200 miles east of Anchorage. contact was lost at 11:36 p.m. PST. The flight planned checks at Gulkana and Northway and was due in Edmonton.
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Seattle
CAA
Northwest Airlines
Tamonton
Alberta
Gulkana Range
Mt. Sanford
Anchorage
Alaska
Gulkana
Shangheii
Northway
Edmonton
Freed GI Captor Arrested After Warsaw Escape
In Toledo Ohio PFC William Schildmyer, 20, held three Miamisburg railroad workers captive after a break from Fort Hayes bound for Fort Knox. He and two companions fled by car, later ditching the patrol car at Warsaw. Schildmyer was captured on a Woodsdale bridge after police traced the hold up to Tipp City.
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Toledo
William Shildmyer
Warsaw
Shildmyer
Charles Kirkendall
Kirkendall
Plumm
Miamisburg
Tipp City
Dayton
Senate ready to pass foreign aid amid Taft defeat
The Senate moved toward final action on the European recovery program after a late night vote of 36 to 31 defeated Senator Taft's bid to cut $1.3 billion from the Marshall plan’s first year funding. The disputed amount stood at $5.3 billion.
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Senate
Taft
Washington
Ohio
Senate Republican Ce Committee
Connally
Congress
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hull
Michigan
Kem
R-Mo
Europe
Meyers Faces Additional Charges Before Court
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, convicted yesterday of pressuring a business associate to lie to a Senate committee, awaits sentencing Monday. He also faces tax fraud charges in Baltimore and Dayton, a possible Army court martial, a slander suit, and a $19,000 legal claim. The witness tampering verdict could bring up to 30 years. Meyers remains free on bond pending appeal.
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Senate
Meyers
Air Forces
Sill
Baltimore
Dayton
Hoitzoff
Hoitroff
Bileriot H. Lamarre
LaMarre
Senators
Aviation Electric Corporation
Civil Rights Rift May Shape 1948 Democratic Platform
Washington reports indicate officials aim to delay a civil rights clash until the July Democratic convention. A resolutions committee will consider Truman’s race equality proposals and may craft a compromise pledge, with Southern governors poised to influence the outcome despite northern and western Democratic strength.
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Washington
Resolutions Committee
Truman
Hearing Looms on Kaiser-Frazer Stock Deal
SEC officials discussed a possible full-scale probe into the withdrawal of Otis and Cleveland bankers from a Kaiser-Frazer stock offering. The inquiry, nearing completion, examines why Otis and Company and The First California Company pulled from the contract to sell 900,000 shares at 13 dollars each and Kaiser-Frazer sues for over 7.7 million dollars claiming the actions spurred a stockholder suit to block issuance.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kaiser- Frazier
Commission
Otis
Compen
Cleveland
Firstlifornia Company
San Francisco
Motor Company
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Otis and Company
Kaiser-Frazer
Printers Offer to Restore Rights in New Work Contracts
New York fourteen daily newspapers posted notices offering printers the return of the closed shop and other historic rights in future contracts if made legal again. William Mapel said the move aims to dispel charges that publishers intend to bust the union after the AFL ITU accused printers of refusing to bargain.
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York
William Mapel
Publishers’ Association of New York City
AFL International Typographical Union
National Labor Relations Board
Ham champion brings record price at Little Kanawha show
Ripley restaurant owner Gene Penor paid 83.3 per pound, $494.75 total, for the grand champion ham at the Little Kanawha Regional Council Ham and Bacon Show. John Hoff of Spencer entered the winning ham. Penor plans to serve it as ham and beans on Easter morning. Fad Knight called the bid the highest ever in WV and possibly the nation.
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Parkerari
Yesterdas
Ripley
Little Kanawha
John Hoff
Spencer Gene
Fad Knight
West Virginia
Byrd Sees Override Chance On Tax Cut Bill
Senator Byrd of Virginia said Congress could override a presidential veto on a Senate bill to cut income taxes by 4.7 billion dollars and hopes the House will accept the Senate figure as they iron out differences. He cautioned chances against larger overrides.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Senate
Virginian
Gesy Committee
House
Marshall Field to Sell PM New York Daily
Negotiations proceed for sale of Marshall Field III’s PM, the New York afternoon tabloid, to a west coast buyer. Clin ton J. McKinnon of San Diego proposed as new publisher. PM editorial staff of 170 notified that their jobs may end March 26. McKinnon seeks March 28 restart for a three month trial with possible layoffs during that period.
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NEW York
Marshall Field
Clinton J. McKinnon
Bg Diego
Calif
Thomas J. Murphy
New York City
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Urphy
McKinnon
ANG
Stolen radio and coat reported in city thefts
Woodrow Cowgill of Route 1 Trenton reported a $50 radio taken from his car on North Main St. downtown. Virlin Whitt, YMCA resident, said a $37.50 topcoat was stolen from a downtown restaurant. Police investigated two thefts yesterday.
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Woodrow Cowgill
Route 1
Trenton
North Main St
Virlin Whitt
YMCA
Curbs Sought On Communism In Labor Law
Rep resen Landis proposes three amendments to the Taft Hartley Act to curb Communist influence. He would require management officials and union leaders to sign non Communist affidavits, extend oath coverage to union business agents, and provide safeguards against turncoats.
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Washington
Represen Landis
R-Ind
Landis
House Labor Committee
Hebrew College Head Flags Anarchy If Partition Fails
Dr. Nelson Glueck, installed as fourth president of Hebrew Union College, warns abandonment of partition could spark international anarchy and world upheaval while urging interfaith conciliation. He pledges to fuse Jewish traditions with American values, as leaders praise his unity vision. President Truman commends faith as a force for world peace.
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Cincinnat
Palestine
Nelson Glueck
Reformed Jewish Seminary
Glueck
Juliana
Assembly of Eaten
America
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Lana Turner
Elfriede Elias
Vienna
Jack Grunden
Portland
Ore
110Th Station
Grunden
K. E. Walls
Ralph W. Alvis
Laurel, Miss
U.S
Groeter
Woodsdale
Hamilton
Kent
Bennett E. Meyers
District of Columbia
New
Ham
Hebrew College
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