Court Dismisses Ban On Coal Miner Walkout
Washington report that Justice T Alan Goldsborough dismissed his court order banning United Mine Workers from walking out. The action followed a motion by the Justice Department as Goldsborough had previously upheld John L Lewis's plan to pay retired miners a $100 monthly pension.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Justice Department
H. Graham Morison
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Matthew F. McGuire
Nearing Agreement Averts Mines Shutdown As Talks Extend
Washington AP government labor officials say John L. Lewis and soft coal operators near an agreement to avert a mine shutdown in July. A temporary extension of the current contract would allow pay of 100 monthly pensions to retired miners and retroactive terms of a new contract starting July 1.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Soft Coast
Lewis
Miners and Operators Bark on New Coal Contract Talks
Lewis presses for pension fund payments as a precondition for contract talks on a June 30 expiry. Truman’s inquiry board awaits Van Horn’s decision on pensions, while talks resume with serious bargaining after a period of deadlock.
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Lewis
Otber
Goldsborough
Truman
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Firebug Changes Plea Sentenced to Reformatory
Charles Dahl aged 20 from the town of Maine pleaded guilty to two counts of arson. He was sentenced yesterday in Green Bay to two concurrent terms of one to five years in the state reformatory. Dahl had previously pleaded innocent.
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Reformatory
Rhinelander
Charles Dahl
Green Bay Reformatory
Dahl
Maine
Platform for Peace Adopts Republican Platform Aims at Communism Defeat
The 1948 GOP platform was adopted by acclamation calling for world peace cooperation and opposition to communism. It endorses civil rights, anti-lynch and anti-poll tax measures, nonsegregation in the armed forces, federal housing aid, social security extensions, and anti inflation policies. The document highlights public housing, federal aid for slum clearance, and equality under law while inviting Truman to convene a special session to challenge GOP promises.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
Notano
Joseph Martin
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Marines to Demonstrate Readiness at Cherry Point Maneuvers
The organized reserve training command plans annual maneuvers at Cherry Point Air Base starting July 10. About 3,000 reserve officers and men will participate, with drills spanning 27 eastern U S cities to show how quickly they could act if war were declared.
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Cherry Point
Marine Corp
Organized Reserve Training Command
America
Stassen McCarthy urge Wisconsin delegates to stay loyal
Harold E. Stassen and Senator McCarthy urged 19 Wisconsin Stassen pledged delegates to continue supporting Stassen for the GOP nomination at a Warwick hotel dinner in Philadelphia. The MacArthur pledged group was absent amid hotel lobby gossip about possible defections to Dewey or Taft.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
McCarthy
Stassen
New York
Dewey
Douglas MacArthur
Lan Sing Hoyt
Milwaukee
Taft
Wisconsin
MacArthur
Delcaste
Warren Knowles
New Richmond
Wis
Helen Eby
Madison
Walter J. Kohler
Colorado
South Carolina
Florida
U N Battle Looms Over Atomic Energy
The United Nations faces a fall clash as Russia blocks a nine-member majority on an atomic control plan proposed by Bernard Baruch. Gromyko vetoed the council decision sending records to the assembly, delaying action as the commission awaits full Assembly debate.
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Lake Success
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Council
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Soviet
Ukraine
Gromyko
Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
Faris el Khouri
Syria
Said Russi
Commission
Madison Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash
W. Nelson, 17, of route 4 Madison, was fatally injured when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve and struck an iron fence early today.
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Macuso
W. Nelson
Route 4
Madison
Bride to be hurt as car overturns near Monroe
Aliss Delores Willing of Beloit received a cut and bruise after the car driven by her fiancé Howard Grossen of Monroe rolled over on highway 1181 near Schwarzenverger hill four miles east of Monroe. Grossen uninjured. vehicle badly damaged.
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Aliss Delores Willing
Beloit
Howard Grossen
Monroe
Schwarzenverger Hill
Grossen
Miss Willing
Monroe Bottling Co
Ball School Corner
Herbert Baumgartner
Kenneth Nick
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Soviet rejection of Western Berlin currency sparks tensions
Western Allies void the new Soviet currency in western Berlin after Moscow forbids use of other money. Russia calls Latvia and other Eastern European puppet states to a Warsaw conference while Greek civil war spillover draws in Albania and neighboring states. Mississippi Democrats pledge to walk out if Truman is nominated at the national convention. country notes include Israeli military action and patrols in the region.
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Associated Press
U. S
Britain
France
Berlin
Russia
Europe
Warsaw
Germany
Greece
Albania
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Israel
Tel Aviv
U. N
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Truman
Armed Forces Decide How To Enlist Communists
The army weighs policies for communists drafted under the selective service act. Officials note lack of directive may lead to induction with removal from sensitive duties if identified as communists. National guard enrollments exceed the July 1 fiscal year quota, with 375,000 signups anticipated and a push to select only the best volunteers.
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Washington
Army
Congress
National Guard
Air Force
Navy
Guard
Kenneth F. Cramer
National Guard Bureau
Hoover urges GOP to lead world peace drive at convention
Former President Herbert Hoover, greeted by ovation as he appeals to Republicans to combat Stalinist tyranny and lead world peace. He warns against imperial economics and overburdening the U.S. economy while urging aid to Western Europe with strict reconstruction and German productivity.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Soviet Russia
Mr. Hoover
Carroll Reece
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Sol
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America
Europe
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Russia
Kremlin
Halleck Issues Ultimatum to Reds at GOP Convention
Indiana congressman and House majority leader Halleck told the Republican National Convention that the party seeks peace and will avoid war while warning Stalin to heed a hard line. He blamed Roosevelt and Truman era conferences for current foreign policy failures and urged decisive negotiation.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
Russia
Halleck
Indiana
House of Representatives
Stalin
Roosevelt
Truman
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
Temporary Rate Boost For Wisconsin Truck Operators
The Wisconsin Association of Common Carrier Truck Operators is authorized by the state public service commission to raise rates by 20 percent temporarily, replacing a 10 percent boost from December 10 1947. The increase targets loads under 16 000 pounds and overlaps with a pending 25 percent permanent-rate request. In related news Lester Vertgen announced his candidacy for assembly in Outagamie county's second district.
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Madison
Wisconsin Association of Common Carrier Truck Operators
State Public Service Commission
4-H Club Advisory Committee Formed
A state 4-H club advisory committee was announced at a leadership conference at the University of Wisconsin. The group will work with local clubs and state groups to plan programs and activities. Members include Erwin Eckert Green Lake County Mrs. Milton Koegel Milwaukee John Mathias Polk County Mrs. R. J. McCarthy Dane County Mrs. John Ramsey Marinette George Schneidt Lincoln County La Verne Ausman Dunn County John Butterbrodt Beaverdam Helen Kitterow Brown County Pauline Sacheammier St Croix County James Tomkin Town County Patsy Woods Outagamie County.
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Stadison
University of Wisconsin
Erwin Eckert
Green Lake County
Milton Koegel
Milwaukee
John Mathias
Polk County
R. J. McCarthy
Dane County
John Ramsey
Marinette
George Schneidzt
Lincoln County
la Verne Ausman
Dunne County
John Butterbrodt
Beaver Dam
Helen Kitterow
Brown County
Pauline Sacheammaier
St. Croix County
James Tomkin
Town County
Patsy Woods
Outagamie County
Farm workers vote 9 to 12 cent wage raise at Allis Chalmers
Members of CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Local 120 at the Allis Chalmers plant voted yesterday to accept a wage increase of nine to twelve cents an hour. The decision follows collective bargaining negotiations with the company and reflects ongoing labor action at the facility.
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Pringueia
CIO United Farm Equipment ‘Workers Local 120
Allis Chalmers Co
Coalition Formula Revealed Ahead of Republican Balloting
AP dispatch from Philadelphia notes Haold E. Stassen says leaders of a stop Dewey movement have outlined a program to be disclosed at the Republican convention. Dewey backers gain with Driscoll endorsement while Taft and Stassen push to deny Dewey a majority and rally around other candidates.
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Philadelphia
Haold E. Stassen
Lewes
Stassen
Taft
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Sigler
Michigan
Jack Bell
Thomas E. Dewey
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
New York
Driscoll
Dew
Robert A. Taft
Jarold E. Stassen
Dewey
Arthur A. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
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