Mackenzies Column on OPA coal rise and atomic policy
June 21 report notes OPA raises soft coal prices by 40 1/2 cents a ton to offset wage gains won by United Mine Workers. Price hikes vary by district and may raise retail costs by about 3 1/4 percent. Truman unsure when government mines will revert. Mackenzie contrasts Soviet atomic proposals with American aims and warns of strategic dangers in a new world order. Ninety-two percent of the Irish Free State population is Roman Catholic.
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Washington
OPA
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Lewis
Moscow
America
Sam
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Uncle Sam
United States
Kyber Pass
India
Miners Discuss New Government Price Contract Terms
Ezra Van Horn of the bituminous operators committee says the union must study the new government UMW contract first. The deal includes 18 1/2 cent hourly wage rise, 5 cent per ton health fund levy, and vacation pay increase from 75 to 1.00 dollars.
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Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Woman Injured in Auto Crash at 6th and DeSiard Streets
Mrs. Helen Burnett of West Monroe Tourist Park sustained head and arm lacerations when her car collided with a stopped truck driven by Louis Brown in Baton Rouge at 10 15 p m on Thursday. The crash at 6th and DeSiard involved Raymond Burnett as the striking vehicle, and she was taken to Charity Hospital by Mulhearn ambulance.
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Helen Burnett
West Monroe
Louis Brown
Baton Rouge
6Th
DeSiard Streets
Brown
DeLiard Street
6Th Street
Raymond Burnett
Mulhearn
Mrs. Burnett
Charity Hospital
Returning serviceman arrives in New York on troopship
Among returning servicemen arriving at New York on the troopship General Squier Tuesday was Pfc. Willis M. Redding of Monroe.
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New York
General Squier
Pfc
Willis M. Redding
Monroe
Three Lustig aides convicted in Longchamps tax fraud case
Henry Lustig 55 head of the Longchamps Restaurant chain and two aides were found guilty on all 23 counts alleging evasion of 2.87 million dollars in income taxes from 1940 to 1944. Co-defendants E Allen Lustig 44 and Joseph Sobel 56 faced possible maximums of 112 years and 220000 in fines. Sentencing set for July 10. Two former Lustig employees had pleaded guilty and testified.
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New York
Henry Lustig
Longchamps
Harold M. Kennedy
Lustig
E. Allen Lustig
Chain
Joseph Sobel
Kennedy
Staten Island chauffeur convicted of killing spinster cousin
Gordon DeHart, 34, of Staten Island, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the bludgeon slaying of his 81 year old spinster cousin May DeHart. Sentencing set for June 28. another indictment involving Viola DeHart is held in abeyance.
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New York
Gordon DeHart
Staten Island
Rchmond
May DeHart
DeHart
Thomas J. Walsh
Viola
Mariner’s Harbor
Richmond County
Farrell M. Kane
May
de Hart
Processing Goat Skins Takes Six Weeks Across 45 Steps
About 45 processes are required to finish goat and kid skins from stiff hides into shoes, bags, belts and related items, a six week timeline for completing the tanning and finishing work.
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Mackenzie
Fy DeWitt Mackenzie
Irish Free State
Ladislas Basil Horowitz
Lucky
City
Ann's
Ruston Road
Dyar
Oscar
Grandma’s
Brogan
Duncan-Phyfe
Ding & Furniture CO
9Th and
Washington Sts
Treasury Department
Lustig’s
Martin
Wallace Platt
Dixie Margarine
Milani
Ricardo
Dorset
Chateau-Moritz
Ic. A. C
Kopper
Whitaker Electric Company
North Third
Lousville Ave
Fashion
Asus
Olie
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