Berlin rail strike ends on Tuesday
Berlin officials announced the five week railway strike would end tomorrow morning after the Railway Union bowed to Allied orders. Strikers won pay gains and currency conversion, but the union did not achieve official recognition. The action disrupted traffic, cost lives and caused significant economic losses.
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Berlin
Anti- Communist Railway Union
UGO
West Berlin
Paris
West Germany
Ferlin
Soviet Zone
Ray Lyman Wilbur Dies at 74 in California
Ray Lyman Wilbur, educator, doctor, and former Stanford University president, died of heart disease at 74. He served as Interior Secretary under Hoover, led medical and conservation efforts, helped found the California Physicians' Service, and led the Hoover and Baruch commissions. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stanford Memorial Church with memorials requested to Lane Medical Library.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
California Physicians’ Service
American Academy of Medicine
American Medical Association
Wilbur
United States Food Administration
France
Belgium
German Red Cross
Hoover Commission
Baruch Commission
Stanford Memorial Church
Lane Medical Library
Stanford Medical School
Your Illinois Exhibit Touring County Fairs
Illinois residents will view a colorful state services exhibit as the Your Illinois mobile units tour 32 towns from July 1 to late September. Dioramas and slides depict work of 13 code departments and two commissions including agriculture, health, revenue, public welfare, conservation, labor, education, safety, public works and the Illinois Veterans Commission. The tour includes Mt Vernon Fair and towns such as Kankakee Edwardsville Belleville Danville Peoria and Alton among others.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Your
State Departments of Agriculture
Aeronautics, Finance
Public Health
Mines and Minerals
Revenue
Illinois Veterans Commission
Ilinois Development Council
Plane Goes into River Injuring 24 in Maine Crash
A transport plane carrying 24 National Guard bandsmen crashed from a municipal runway into Fore River near Portland Maine. Twenty four aboard were injured with one in critical condition. The group, the 195th Ground Forces Band, was en route to an American Legion parade at Old Orchard Beach. most passengers hailed from Bangor and nearby areas. An unrelated line about car engines follows.
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Tional
Fore River
195Th Ground Forces
Old Orchard Beach
American Legion
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Associated Press
West Marks
Benoist Bros
S. 10Th
Pate Txsuvatise Co
Franklin School
Onaia
Mt. Vernani
Newton Brown
Armstrong
Broadway
Mt. Vernon Fair
Mt Vernon Fair
Kankakee
Metropolis
Griggsville
Edwardsville
Mt. Vernon
Carrollton
Martinsville
Harrisburg
Pincknesville
Vienna
Decatur
Belleville
Danville
Taylorville
Benton
Lincoln
Mendon
Anna
Carmi
Nashville
Warren
Greenville
Fairbury
Roseville
du Quoin
Peoria
Aledo
Melvin
Sandwich
Oblong
Normal
Alton
Schenley
Schenley Distributors,inc
N.Y.C
Portland
Bangor
Shell
Featherston’s
PUREX
BATH
Kentucky
del Monte
Granger
PET Carnation
Garrison Super
RCA Victor
Seegely Tt
Ceiter
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