Hard Coal Miners Set to Return Under New Contract
New York June 8 Pennsylvania's 75,000 hard coal miners resume work Monday under a contract raising wages by 18 cents an hour and creating a $2.7 million health and welfare fund financed by a five cent per ton royalty. The agreement ends a week-long strike after five weeks of talks between anthracite operators and the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis.
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NEW YORK
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine workers
WIN
Lewis
UMW
Ralph Taggart
Philadelphia Reading Coal and Tron company
The Hessian Jewels Theft Case Solved
Washington dispatch reports i Army intelligence closing in on two more suspects in the Rhine land castle treasure case. A honeymooning colonel and his WAC wife already in custody, with recoveries of most of the Hessian jewels, crowns, bracelets and diamonds, buried in a sub cellar of Kronsberg near Frankfurt.
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WASHINGTON
Rhineland
bride
Kronsberg
Frankfurt-on-Main
Hesse
war department
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hudson, Wis
J. W. Durant
Col
A. C. Miller
royal house of
George S. Patton
Frankfurt
Col. Miller
Miller
WAC
Greek Decree Sparks New Disorder and Threats of Civil War
In Athens on June 8, reports said new disorders rose after the royalist government imposed death penalties for actions against the state. The ministry of public order tallied 198 deaths since April 1, including 17 gendarmes and three soldiers, and said Communist bands attacked in Edessa district, while arrests were made of 12 alleged planners of the outlawed EAM KKE police. The government pledged harsh justice, labeling terrorism as high treason, while labor groups condemned the decree as fascist. The Communists warned the measure could trigger civil war and fascism, amid further attacks on gendarmerie stations and fires.
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ATHENS
Greece
ministry of public order
Edgessa
Macedonia
EAM-KKE
Constantin Tsaldaris
general confederation of labor
China Uneasy Under Truce in Manchuria
Government armies in Manchuria halted under an uneasy truce announced yesterday noon while Mukden's commander said occupation of the civil war battleground would finish after the 15 day truce ends. In Yenan the Communist leadership said Chiang Kai-shek’s terms must be settled before noon June 22, and reports placed nationalist forces 30 miles south of Harbin with the farthest advance to Hsuangshan on the Changchun railroad.
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NANKING
Manchuria
Mukden
China
Yenan
Chiang Kai-shek
Muxden
Tu Li-ming
Harbin
Peiping
Hsuangshan
Shwang-Cher
Changchun
Property Rights To Be Restored After Italian Seizures
Paris four power deputy foreign ministers agreed on restitution of all property and rights seized by the Italian government from United Nations nationals. Deputies prepare for the second Paris chiefs meeting opening next Saturday.
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PARIS
United Nations
Man Rejected Seven Times Finally Gets 'Greetings'
TROY N Y June 8 UP Joseph Villa anxious to enter the armed forces during the war was rejected seven times he was called for induction four times and tried to volunteer on three occasions came peace and greetings doe left this week for service as an army draftee.
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TROY
N. Y
Joseph Villa
doe
King's Backers Seek Review Of Italy Votes Amid Unrest
Rome dispatch reports monarchists demand Allied review of the Italy plebiscite that ended King Umberto II's reign. Demonstrations in Naples Rome and Palermo left two dead and many injured. Returns delay pushes formal republic proclamation by a few days as Umberto prepares to exile in Portugal.
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ROME
Italy
Umberto II
Naples
Palermo
Giuseppe Romita
Giuseppe Pagana
supreme court
republic
Tullio Benedetti
National Monarchial union
Ellery W. Stone
high court
Umberto
Savoys
Falcone Lucifero
Quirnale palace
Portugal
Marie Jose
Lisbon
Cadaval
Ho Ying-chin named head of China's UN military delegation
General Ho Ying-chin, formerly commander-in-chief of the Chinese national army, was appointed to lead China's delegation at the United Nations military staff meeting in Nanking on June 8.
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NANKING
Ho Ying-chin
Chinese national army
China
United Nations
Truman’s View on Case Bill Still in Darkness
Washington June 8 The White House announced President Truman will reveal his position on the Case labor disputes bill in a message to Congress whether he signs it or vetoes it. Press secretary Ross refused to disclose his views, saying no action today. The deadline for action ends at midnight Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Truman
congress
Charles G. Ross
Ross
capitol
senate
house
house rules committee
federal mediation board
CIO
Philip Murray
Ball
R-Minn
Byrd
D-Va
Ellender
D-La
Hatch
D-NM
Smith
Taft
Ohio
Japan approves revised war outlawing constitution
In an extraordinary meeting with Emperor Hirohito, the privy council approves Japan's proposed new constitution with minor revisions. The draft will go to the cabinet then the diet for final action.
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TOKYO
privy council
Hirohito
Japan
diet
Armistice Terms Reported By Italia Sera
Italia Sera reports terms of a new Italian armistice eliminating the Allied control commission and renewing Italian war prisoner returns. It describes a special Allied HQ section to oversee armed forces and war production, with Venice area and Udine under Allied control until peace, while colonies administration is not addressed. A British spokesman in London cautioned the terms may still change. The accord reportedly awaits final agreement before becoming in force.
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ROME
Italia Sera
Allied control commission
Paris
London
Washington
Allied general headquarters
Allied supreme command
Allied command
Venezia Giulia
Udine
Italy
Austria
Johnson Seeks Policy Statement on Franco Spain at UN
Herschel V. Johnson, U.S. interim UN delegate, travels to Washington for talks with top leaders to shape an American stance on Franco Spain. debate looms over a possible UN break with Madrid next September as Britain and the United States weigh the subcommittee recommendation amid tactics concerns. Hector McNeil may arrive to align London with the British line as delays push the council vote to Tuesday if delegations are ready.
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NEW YORK
Herschel V. Johnson
United States
United Nations security council
Washington
Spain
council
U. N
Madrid
Johnson
Alexander Cadogan
subcommittee
Britain
Franco
London
Hector McNeil
foreign affairs
Philip J. Noel-Baker
economic and social council
Senate rejects personnel director plan for staff hires
Congressional reorganization bill faced Senate defeat as a personnel director proposal to hire staff experts for committees was turned down by voice vote. Amendment allows committees to hire or fire staff by majority vote, while LaFollette's plan to assign four experts per committee with salaries of 6000 to 8000 a year faced strong resistance. The measure aims to streamline Congress, cut committees, tighten fiscal controls, raise salaries, and enroll members in the pension system.
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Senate WASHINGTON
senate
Johnson
D-Coro
LaFollette
congress
Senate Cuts Telegram Use Across Senate Action
Senators moved to cap government funded telegrams at 300 per senator each month amid disclosures of extensive sending by two colleagues. The appropriations bill also adds a $2,500 annual expense allowance, while requiring excess official messages to be billed to the senator at government rates.
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WASHINGTON
senate appropriations committee
senate
appropriations committee
senate telegraphic office
Eggs Arrive Prague From Illinois Gift
Sixty thousand hatching eggs landed in Prague by plane as a gift from the Illinois Poultry Improvement Association to Czechoslovakia marking a significant aid gesture amid ongoing food and agricultural support efforts in the region.
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PRAGUE
Ilinois Poultry Improvement association
Czechoslovakia
Korean Survey Group in Mukden Reported Investigations
Members of the U S reparations commission arrived in Mukden after completing extensive investigations of industrial plants in northern Korea. The commission’s chief Edwin W Pauley remained in Seoul to recover from illness and is expected to visit Mukden next week where his staff continues plant inspections.
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MUKDEN
U. S. reparations commission
Korea
Edwin W. Pauley
Seoul
Young Brothers Spree After Cashing Government Check
In Binghamton New York on June 8 two brothers aged 13 and 8 admitted to police they cashed an eighty dollar government allotment check and spent forty dollars on toys and goods including toy drums walkie talkies airplanes hats insignia bells flashlights mouth organs and other items. They capped their spree with sirloin steak dinners and a watermelon.
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BINGHAMTON
N. Y
Plan for Paid Furloughs Averts Shorter Ship Week
Government conciliators propose paid shore leaves to replace reducing the shipboard week for seamen facing a June 15 strike deadline. CMU negotiators consider a 56 hour at sea schedule with ashore time off for each two weeks worked. Potential costs include extra relief crews and higher payrolls. Latin American unions threaten to avoid U S vessels if Truman seizes ships. West coast operators signal applying any east coast agreement with modifications.
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WASHINGTON
committee for maritime unity
CMU
Lewis Goldblatt
U. S
Truman
Goldblatt
Latin American federation of labor
CTAL
Mexico city
Pacific
Pacific coast
CIO marine engineers
CIO
Bandits Seize Pantabangan and Spread Strife in Nueva Ecija
President Roxas reported that hundreds of armed bandits seized Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province and set up a self styled government. Officials fled as homes were looted and road blocks erected while MPs battled 400+ attackers near Pantabangan and more than 40 killed on Mindanao island amid a claim there are 20,006 firearms with outlaws.
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MANILA
Roxas
Pantabangan
Nueva Ecija
Mindanay island
Moros
Americans to testify in Tokyo on Nanking atrocities
Two American citizens and several Chinese witnesses who saw the Japanese rape of Nanking boarded a flight to Tokyo today to testify at war crimes trials. The group plans to provide firsthand accounts and documentary evidence to the tribunal.
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NANKING
Tokyo
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