Trieste dispute deepens as Soviet rejects Western plan
Lewis and Union plead innocent to contempt amid a Soviet note rejecting the Western bid to return Trieste to Italy. France and Britain circulate the plan. Turin speech by Bi dault supported it as anti Communist election bluff. The Free Territory remains governed by UN Security Council deadlock with Yugoslavia backing a swap.
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Judge Overrules Move to Dismiss Federal Charge
Associated Press report from Washington states John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers pleaded not guilty to contempt of court in the coal strike. District Judge T Alan Goldsborough overruled attorney Welly K Hopkins motion to dismiss the contempt citation citing telegrams urging idle miners to return to work as evidence of compliance.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
T. Alan Goldsborough
Welly K. Hopkins
Lewis
Hopkins
John Owens
UMW
William L.P. Burke
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Welfare Fund
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W. Lewis Bassie
Commerce Department
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Federal Power Commission
Arthur H. Gas
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H. Graham Morison
Hartley Seeks Faster Action On Anti-Strike Plan
Representative Hartley Republican New Jersey said he will push a new anti strike remedy beyond the coal pension settlement as hearings loom on John L. Lewis contempt and a potential flare up. The Taft Hartley ally plans to narrow the bill to major national strikes while awaiting Lewis contempt trial results.
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Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
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Wanenee Antewaat
Lewis
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Ezra van Horn
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Martin
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van Horn
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National Safety and Welfare
Ohio River Flooding Rises Across Pittsburgh to Cincinnati
The Ohio River topped flood level from Pittsburgh toward Cincinnati with forecasts of a crest around 42 feet. Wheeling reached 38.9 feet and Parkersburg 40.5 feet, while Gallipolis and Portsmouth also showed high readings. Evacuations began on Wheeling Island as streets flooded and rail service moved goods to safety.
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Associated Press
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Il Messaggero Predicts De Gasperi Victory in Rome Elections
Il Messaggero, Italy's morning newspaper, predicts Christian Democrats will win decisively over the Communist-led Popular Front in Sunday's elections. The paper notes prior projections favored the Front but says CD victory is assured.
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Rome
Il Messaggere
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Il Mfessageero
Popular Front
Ti Messaggero
Christian Democracy
di Messaggero
Russia
Trieste
Italy
Pan American Confab Resumes After Bogota Uprising
In Bogota the Pan American Conference reconvenes after five days of disruption blamed on international communism. Delegates vote to resume sessions with likely first action a resolution against communism in the Western Hemisphere.
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Associated Press
Bogota
Colombia
Rewal
U. S
George C. Marshall
London
Moscow Radio! T
Tass
Eighty Three Drown As Gale Capsizes Boat Off Korea
Korean police report a fishing boat capsized off the West Coast on April 9 during a gale, drowning 78 women and 5 men. The incident occurred near Sequl as rescue efforts were underway.
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Associated Press
SEQUL
Korean Police Today
Korea
Reds Boycott Berlin Airplane Crash Probe
A joint British Russian inquiry into a fatal collision between a British transport and a Soviet fighter on April 5 collapsed when Russians refused to appear and hear witnesses. Fifteen people died. The probe was then conducted by the British team alone.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ameriane Team
Aimnand Tha Wietimne
Dance Sponsors Seek 2000 Coat Hangers for Event
M. A. Johnson, chairman of the Recreation building fund, announced a call for 2,000 coat hangers needed for Tuesday night’s dance. People with hangers should call the Boy Scout office at 9711. Johnson will arrange pickup.
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Police Seize Comic Books in Detroit Probe
Detroit authorities ordered a seizure of cartoon books after Commissioner Harry Toy charged they carried Communist propaganda racial prejudice and explicit material. Two confiscated titles prompted further seizures and a red squad police inquiry with findings to be handed to the FBI.
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Harry 5S
Toy
Red Squad
FBI
Tyree Proposes New Bus Stops For City
Captain Millard F Tyrer urged the city council to relocate the bus loading zone to the Heber street side of the Court House to ease traffic at Prince and North Fayette. The plan would remove the Lyric theater stop and free space for meters while improving southbound bus passage.
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City Police
Rily
Tree
Lyric Theater
Flames Devour Laramie Business Block In Downtown Fire
A downtown Laramie blaze destroyed about fifteen of thirty structures as flames started around 2 a.m. (MST). Firefighters from Cheyenne Rawlins and Fort Francis E. Warren aided by Fort Collins volunteers fought the four story W. Het Holiday building blaze for three hours with National Guard and UW ROTC students assisting.
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Laramie
Wyo
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Cheyenne
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Wyoming
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Colo
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National Guard
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Report on Hughes Meyers probes sparks new corruption law
A Senate War Investigating Committee report calls wartime talks between Howard Hughes and Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers corrupt and urges a new law requiring prompt reporting of bribery or extortion in government negotiations. Meyers was convicted for pressuring a former partner to lie to senators and faces income tax indictments and a possible court martial.
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Congress
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Bennett £. Meyers
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
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Meyers
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Moyers
Officials Seek Missing Youth Donnie McKinney
State county and city officials search for 12 year old Donnie Richard McKinney of Patton Drive missing since Monday evening. Mrs Huffman says no motive or clue and that Donnie left with neighbor boy Charles Horner around 6 30 pm to Skelten for coal. Police and sheriff alerted. no trace found as of Tuesday morning.
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A. A. Huffman
Patton Drive
Skelten
Charles Horner
Miners Back at Work in Region as Lewis Trial Looms
East Gulf and Helen Mines idle in region with only two Raleigh County operations at nearly full force. Other mines like Slab Fork Coal Company and Stanaford remain active while many miners wait on John L. Lewis's fate as UMW leaders and crews respond with varied back-to-work rates across West Virginia and Utah.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Helen
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associations
the &Te Mead Coal Company
East Ult
Slab Fork Coal Company
Stanaford
New River Coal Company
George J. Tiller
District 29
United Mine Workers
East Gulf
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Discount Given Early Tax Payers in 1947
The Raleigh County sheriff announces a two and a half percent discount on the second half of 1947 personal property and real estate taxes if paid before April 30. Those with deeds recorded since Jan 1, 1947 should verify with the sheriff’s office whether the seller paid the taxes. Passers will display the tax dates and taxes may be paid to the deputy or the sheriff’s office.
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C. Cy Lewis
Raleigh
Lewis
Sheriff's
Stassen Wins Nebraska Primary by Wide Margin
Republican Harold Stassen dominates Nebraska GOP primary led by large margin over Dewey Taft and Vandenberg. Stassen claims 3 874 votes to Dewey 41 167 Taft 13 972 Vandenberg 5 508 MacArthur 4 556 Warren 1 208 Marlin 566. Delegates pledged outlook favors Stassen at Philadelphia convention. Local results from 1 429 of 2 024 precincts show Stassen leading in 80 of 93 counties.
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Stassen
Nebraska
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