President Considers Seizing Bell System to Avert Strike
President Truman weighed seizing the Bell System to block an impending strike as unions pressed for a fair contract. Labor officials said seizure powers under the Smith Connally Act expired, but the Labor Department reviews the Communications Act for a possible exception. Beirne, NFPT president, urged AT T directors to press management for good faith negotiations to avert a strike.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
American Telephone and Telegraph Company Board of Directors
Bell System
MR. Truman
Labor Department
Secretary of
Labor
Schwellenbach
Tom Clark
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Beirne
Truman Polishes Tomorrow's Talk To Party Chiefs
President Truman refined his Jefferson Day remarks ahead of the Jefferson Day dinner. White House officials expect no firm 1948 campaign pledge in the address while Democratic leaders push for his support of budget requests and proposed national health and home construction measures.
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Truman
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Democratic National Committee
Robert FE. Nannegan
New York
Gael Sullivan
Misouri
Maryland
Elevare
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
UMW May Keep More Mines Idle
UMW safety director C. E. Red Jones says up to 40 percent of district mines could remain closed starting Monday if managements fail to meet federal safety codes. Safety committees cite factors such as rock dust levels and methane in airways. about 25 mines may be affected.
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United Mine Workers Safety
UMW
C. E
Red” Jones
Jones
Inferior Krug
Lawyers Prepare Final Arguments In Simon's Trial
Lawyers for James Edward Simon edge toward closing arguments in a Raleigh County ballot theft case. Witnesses describe Simon's honesty and charity while collateral security for the $10,000 bond is traced to W A Thornhill and former officials.
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Simon
James ‘Edward Simon
W. A. Thornhill
William Henry Lilly
Raleigh County Court House
Court House
Robert J. Ashworth
Nfoday
James Edward Simon
Ashworth
H. E. Dillon, Jr
Fayetteville
James Rowland
Beckley
John R. Smith
Raleigh
Ash Mankin
W. A.red Thornhill
Smith
Safety push in Congress after coal mine disasters
John L Lewis urged stronger mine safety as Congress promised help for widows and orphans, proposing government repayment of his union’s court fine. President Truman backed Krug, resisting Lewis’s call to fire the Interior secretary, while Krug noted a prior federal inspection found no imminent danger despite non compliance concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L
House Labor
U.M.W
Congress
Truman
Interior Krug
Krug
Fight Looms On Aid Bill to Greece and Turkey
Senate critics split over President Truman's 3.4 billion aid proposal for Greece and Turkey with one leader aiming to block aid to Turkey and offer Greece relief only while others back the bill, arguing UN involvement and non isolationism. The State Department issued a 48 page briefing defending aid as necessary to curb guerrilla threats and deny Soviet influence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Turkey
Greece
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
State Department
Congress
Guerrilas
Soviet Union
Department of State
Fears Rise Moscow Talks May End In Failure
The Moscow conference on German reparations and future government faces a stalling deadlock as Big Four discord grows. Britain pushes to refer Albania mine charges to the World Court with possible Russian veto. Soviet deputy Gromyko signals hesitation while Poland abstains amid ongoing council debate.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Lake Success
N. Y
Hague
International Court of Justice
United Nations
Security Council
Britain
Sedt
Albania
World Court
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Corfu
Gromyko
Poland
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
Smartly dressed youth enjoys old car horn display
A well dressed young man sits in the front seat of a 1917 model car shown in a Prince Street auto dealer window. He appears to take great pleasure from repeatedly honking a vintage square "squawker" horn, drawing attention from passersby.
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Prince Street
Britons urged to go barefoot over shoe shortage
In a Picture Post letter, Sinclair suggests an all summer barefoot fashion for women as a response to footwear scarcity. Readers debate health, style, and practicality with mixed reactions about foot comfort and fashion.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Watford
JR Ppv
ANE
Ganoce
Temene Sinclair
Picture Post
Portugal
Austria
Beckley Factory Plan Seeks 150000 Capital Mix
Subscriptions totaling 29000 are needed to complete a 150000 goal for preferred stock in Beckley Industrial Corporation proposed by Ted Sr. Decker of Chicago to establish a men s suit factory in Beckley. Decker will visit Beckley to select a site and arrange local finances while PHE CHICAGO MAN urges 350000 locally to fund site purchase and building construction with 25 year leases at 4 percent interest. The Beckley Chamber of Commerce has 121000 pledged and seeks a 200000 first mortgage from Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co, pending loan committee approval.
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Ted Sr. Decker
Chicago
Beckley
Decker
PHE
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Industrial Corporation
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Zephyr Derailment Kills Passenger in Downers Grove
One passenger died and about 35 were injured when the Burlington Zephyr derailed after a tractor fell from a westbound freight train onto the eastbound streamliner. The train, traveling from Minneapolis to Chicago, crashed into the suburban station at Downers Grove last night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Downers Grove
Minneapolis
Virginia girl found dead near Potomac in mystery
Beautiful Wy onora Harvey 25 a Philippine embassy secretary who sought guidance before her disappearance was found dead in a Virginia creek. Arlington police questioned Theodore Ruck 26 once engaged to her and held overnight on a technical charge. A pastor said she spoke of a “young man named Ted” who had returned from the war changed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wyonora Harvey
Miss Harvey
Virginia
Potomac River
W. C. Weldron
Arlington
Theodore Ruck
Charlottesville
Hugh C. Jones
Buck
Harry L. Woodyard
Frederick Harris
the Foundry Methodist Church
Harvey
Harris
Ted
Naperville
Ill
Burlington
Quote clarifies her lack of fear in Ted case
Dr Harrs asserts in a partial quote that there was never any impression she feared Ted during their conversation. The note references Story No 7 on Page 5 for full context.
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Ted
Dr. Harrs
York Fire Destroys McGann Plant In $350,000 Loss
Flames 200 feet high engulf the McGann Manufacturing Company steel plant in York Pennsylvania. The blaze damages the main fabricating shop storage sheds and a two story office building, halting nearby railroad traffic. Henry Mummert, the firm’s general manager, says the plant is a total loss with the Smaller War Plants Corporation involved.
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Associated Press
York
McGann Manufacturing Company
Henry Mummert
McGann
War Plants Corporation
Pickus Case Set For Trial Tuesday
Arson charges against Louis Pickus and his daughter Repinia, operator of the Cinthesline on Neville Street, will be tried beginning next Tuesday. Prosecutor Ned H Ragland says they are accused of setting a fire on March at the dress shop in the President Hotel building to defraud an insurance company. Fire Chief Bernard Martin and State Fire Marshal's office officials filed charges after an investigation. Evidence during the preliminary hearing included an extension cord with paper clips and other items used to short the circuit and ignite paper cartons.
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Louis
Pickus
Repinia
Cinthesline
Neville Street
Ned H. Ragland
March & Fit
President Hotel
Bernard Martin
State Fire Marshal's Office
Martin
Truman Urges Good Friday Observance
President Truman urged nationwide participation in Good Friday church services in a brief statement to the Times Herald. He said the world has learned many lessons from sorrow and asked Americans to meditate on Christian virtues by attending services during the sacred period.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Times Herald
Kneel In Jerusalem Worshippers Mark Good Friday
Worshippers of Jesus Christ in varied dress knelt along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem to reenact Christ’s path to Calvary. Other faiths observed holy days as Muslims prayed at Haram Esh Sharif and Nebi Musa, and Jews prepared to begin Passover at the Western Wall.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ
Christ
Calvary
Via Dolorosa
Haram Esh Sharif
Nebi Musa
Moses
Walling Wall
Old City
Good Friday Observances Begin at Holy Sepulchre Basilica
In Jerusalem the Good Friday observance started at dawn with services in the Basilica of Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Altars mark where Christ was crucified and laid to rest as Roman Catholics prayed to begin one of Christianity's holiest days.
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Solomon's Temple
Basilica of Calvary
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Coal Production Cut by 26 Percent Nationwide
The Solid Fuels Administration ordered the shutdown of 518 coal mines in 19 states for safety, cutting output by about 616000 tons daily or 26 percent. About 100000 miners in West Virginia and 15000 in Pennsylvania face layoffs as productions drop, with Chicago and Illinois stockpiling efforts amid the closures. Protests emerged from operators in two states as the measure takes effect after a mourning period.
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Associated Press
Solid Fuels Administration
Krug
Chicago
10000 Miners To Be Idled In West Virginia
West Virginia to idle 10 000 miners by Monday after a mourning period ends. William Blizzard, District 17 president, says workers will return only when safety standards are met. Krug ordered 518 mines closed as unsafe, with a list of operators affected across multiple counties.
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West Virginia
Higgest
Pennsylvania
Krug
Uy CJ
Associated Press
Charleston
United Mine Workers
District 17
William Blizzard
Logan
Interior
J. A. Krugg
Centralia Mine Report Revealed in Senate Probe
Secretary of the Interior Krug said a week before the March 25 disaster at Centralia No. 5 mine there was no imminent danger in a federal inspection. He argued no Krug-Lewis agreement violation occurred, while witnesses described miners calling for help after the blast and lack of oxygen masks hindering rescue.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Interior
Krug
Centralia Coal Company
Senate
John L. Lewis
Union Mine Safety Committee
Five day forecast for Middle Atlantic States April 5 to 9 1947
The outlook calls for a mile Saturday with colder Sunday and warmer Monday and Tuesday followed by cooler Wednesday. Temperatures expected about two degrees above normal in the north and four degrees above normal in the south. Rain likely late Saturday or early Sunday and again on Tuesday. Total precipitation expected from half to three quarters of an inch.
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Middle Atlantic States
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East Park
Charley Jones
Stratton Blrd School
John McCray
Ned HL Ragland
Witesses
Ruth Clark
Itra Marshall
Mary Crawl
Ed Bradshaw
East Beckley
William iGeorge
John Rogers
iEast Park
All
Ragland
Thornhill
Raleigh County Bank
New River Company
Mankin
Lewis
House
Cenwalia
Central
Pepper
Fla
U.N
Connally
Texas
Department
George
Marsha
Clay
Marshall
Ger M. Molotov
Sephyr
Harry. A. Sutter
Vice Press
Ald
Pacific
Europe
Blizzard
Wf Krug
Jie
Union
Soutrees
Hitchman Coal & Coke Co
Hitchman
Benwond
Costanza Coal Mining Co
Richland
Wheeling
Consolidated Coal Co
Fairmont
Kessler
Cowen
Bull Run
Preston County Coke Co
Cascade
Bergao
Pardee and Curtain Lumber Co
Clarksburg
Hode
Shinnston Coal Co
Shinniston
Driscoll, Scanlan
Ilinois
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