Coal Strike Expands as Taft-Hartley Action Looms
President Truman uses Taft-Hartley powers to curb the soft coal strike. A Board of Inquiry led by David L. Cole will report within a week as production halts across Pennsylvania West Virginia and spreading to Kentucky Illinois Indiana and Tennessee. Anthracite miners in Eastern Pennsylvania stay at work.
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Washington
Truman
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
William W. Wirtz
John Dunlop
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Union
John L. Lewis
UMW
Gunman Kidnaps 2 Steals 3 Cars In Wild Attempt To Stay Free
Golden Colorado February 6 AP report details a 23 year old Andrew Cecil McCauley who stocked a mountain cabin with weapons and supplies and abducted two people while stealing three cars in a five hour pursuit across icy mountain roads. Barbara Jean Carroll 28 of Houston Texas was arrested with him. Authorities say McCauley boasted of 12 state warrants for bad checks and showed no clear link to the Brinks Boston incident.
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Golden
Colo
Andrew Cecil McCauley
Carl Enlow
McCauley
Strike Vote Result Delayed for Railroad Unions
Chicago Feb 6 The results of a nationwide strike vote among two railroad unions were postponed today to later in the week.
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Chicago
Suspect Arrested In Hospital Slaying Of Nurse
LAS VEGAS Feb 6 A former Johnstown Pa man is held on suspicion of murder in the hospital slaying of his nurse girlfriend Margaret Gabler 43 at Clark County General Hospital Costlow 23 stood over her body with a .32 revolver in his hand Witnesses described a confrontation after a visit by the suspect who had been estranged from her husband Police linked Miss Gabler born Margaret Hooley Ridgway Pa home Kingman Az had married Gabler two years ago in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas, Nev
Johnstown, Pa
Costlow
Mrs. Gabler
Gabler
Margaret Hooley
Ridgway
Kingman
Aziz
Las Vegas
Johnstown
Rains Return As Surging Rivers Drop
Rains returned across the Midwest and Pacific Coast with floods easing. The Ohio River crest at 59.1 feet, 7.1 feet above flood stage, began falling as 1,200 lowlanders moved back. Snow plows opened Cascade passes after a blizzard. Food and clothing aided marooned ranchers and Indians in Northern Montana.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Washington
California
New England
Canada
Plains States
Arkansas
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cascadeountains
Montana
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports Prof. Hugh C. Wolfe of the Federation of American Scientists urging atomic policy be treated as a political issue with U S S R negotiations and possible tradeoffs. Albany Governor Thomas E Dewey warns the Republican Party risks revival of 19th century politics. Oscar R Ewing cautions on a looming crisis in higher education comparable to K 12 challenges.
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International News Service
New York
Hugh C. Wolfe
The
Federation of American Scientists
United States
Russia
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Union Open to Two-Week Delay in Phone Strike
Union leaders in New York say they are willing to consider a two week postponement of the planned Western Electric walkout if there is a basis for it. Ernest Weaver notes no proposal yet, while negotiations with company reps and federal mediators continue and a 6 am Wednesday strike deadline looms for up to 100000 workers. The union seeks higher pay shorter hours and better conditions amid federal mediation efforts led by Cyrus Ching and aide William Margolis.
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New York
Ernest Weaver
Communications Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Weaver
Western Electric
Cyrus Ching
William N. Margolis
Ching
Editor Claims Soviet H Bomb Predicted by Editor
London reports Kenneth De Courcy of Intelligence Digest asserts Russia has built and tested three hydrogen bombs, with one explosion, though he offers no dates or locations. He previously predicted a 1949 atomic blast by the Soviet Union.
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London
Soviet Union
Kenneth de Courcy
Intelligence Digest
Russia
de Courcy
Seven Die Violently in Arizona Weekend Report
Seven people died violently in Arizona over the weekend. Traffic crashes killed four, raising 1950 highway deaths to 38 and surpassing last year’s weekend total. A boy, Jimmy Ray Sears, age four, was killed when a rifle discharged as he ran near Avondale. Other fatalities included a Phoenician crushed by a dump truck at South Mountain Park jail compound and an alleged holdup man killed near Duncan after a gun battle. The wrecks claimed Lisner, Shirley, Robinson, and Wootan, with Lisner’s death linked to a Phoenix car-truck collision at 13th Street and Palm Lane. Funeral services for Lisner were set for Tuesday.
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Arizona
Jimmy Ray Sears
Vernon Session
Delmar Stilwell
Avondale
Sears
James A. Reed
George D. Stilwell
South Mountain Park
Duncan
Seymour Lisner
North 16Th Street
William J. Shirley
Wickenburg
Russell T. Robinson
Edinburg
Tex
Donald R. Wootan
T. K. Wootan
Phoenix
Lisnek
13Th Street
Palm Lane
F. C. Botkin
East Oak Street
Grimshaw Mortuary Chapel
Beth el Cemetery
Chicago
Lenora
Herman
Eleanor Clausman
Sidella Siegel
Miami Bus Auto Crash Injures 24 in Miami
A Miami Transit Company bus and a car collided today, injuring 24 persons, three seriously. The impact hurled the bus across the street and buried its nose 16 feet into a building.
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Miami
Fia
Miami Transit Company
Senate Guns Ready To Pop Over Water
The $708.78 million Central Arizona Project bill faces Senate debate as California opposes water rights claims and advocates urge resubmission to committee. Arizona figures praise the Rescue bill to divert Colorado River water for farm lands and power, with a potential Supreme Court battle looming if passed.
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Senate
Washington
Central
Arizona
California
Colorado
Carl Hayden
Colorado Basin
Supreme Court
Southwest
Four Perish In Hotel Fire in Eureka Montana
A Montana Hotel fire in Eureka killed four people and possibly a fifth remains missing. Bodies of Ed La France, Charles Cameron, John Powell, and Delano Gray son were recovered. A search for William Peterson, a Great Northern railway worker, continued as coroner Roy Livengood ruled no chance of survival. The Browning High School basketball team members were among the deceased.
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Eureka
Mont
Montana
William Peterson
Great Northern Railway
Roy Livengood
Ed la France
Charles Cameron
John Powell
Delano Grayson
Browning
Two Officers Wounded as Bandit Killed Near Duncan
Two Greenlee County officers were wounded in a late Saturday night gun battle near Duncan after holdup suspect John C. Jacobson was killed. Jacobson, 35, of Dover Idaho, allegedly stole 40 dollars from a Wilcox service station and more than 400 from Safford Packing offices. Deputy Bob White and Ben Brooks were shot. White was released after treatment, Brooks in Morenci hospital in good condition. White intervened, Brooks aided by officers chasing Jacobson who fired from under a house.
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Duncan
Greenlee County
Cochise
I V. Pruitt
John C. Jacobson
Dover
Ida
Graham
Pruitt
Jacobson
Wilcox
Ben Brooks
Bob White
Clifton
White
Brooks
Morenci
Safford Packing Company
Mickey Cohen Evades Gangland Bomb Blast at Home
A booby trapped home in Los Angeles wrecked by an early morning blast damaged half the seven room house and $50,000 in property. Mickey Cohen his wife and a maid were unhurt. Police suspect a bomb likely tossed or propped against the house. This follows a prior year July attack at Sherry's Restaurant that wounded Cohen and killed associate Neddie Herbert.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Mickey
Cohen
Kathryn Jones
West Los Angeles
Miss Jones
Southern California
Sherry
Sunset Strip
Neddie Herbert
Vice
Police Department
Temperatures Today at Sky Sarkar Station
Readings show varied temperatures across morning hours with values ranging from 4 to 55 degrees and time stamps from 5:30 am to 9:30 am. Notable lows near 4 and highs near mid fifties per listed observations.
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Sky Sarkar
Y Goal Expected To Be Made At Victory Dinner
YMCA leaders predict reaching the $500000 campaign target today with 500 volunteers set for a victory dinner at First Presbyterian Church. With $422636 pledged, $77364 remained to raise by nightfall. Bids for a $1200000 new building will be opened tomorrow. the program includes a cappella singing and color awards, with Dr. J C Norton leading volunteers.
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First Presbyterian Church
J. Howard Pyle
Dewey Swihart
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Nowell
Les Miller
Miller
Oscar R. Ewing
Coney Island
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Peoria
Norman Anderson
Anderson
William Temple
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Havasu
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McDowell
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Salt-Gila
Buttes
Charleston
Tucson
Safford Valley
Hooker
Bandit
Coast
Young Men’s Christian Association
Morey-Babcock
Lehman-Walker
King-Weld
J. C. Norton
YMCA
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Executive Club
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