Berlin Rail Workers Return On Schedule
Berlin’s rail workers resumed duties on time as western Berlin stations shifted to Soviet control. Police withdrawn after clashes, with FDGB and UGO unionists returning to posts and barricades removed as tests planned for the routes amid ongoing East West talks.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Russia
foreign ministers’ council
Paris
Berlin zoo
UGO
Court upsets quorum rule in Christoffel perjury case
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that Harold Christoffel, former CIO United Auto Workers local president in Milwaukee, could not be convicted of perjury due to doubt over a quorum in the House labor committee during his 1947 hearing. The decision cites as few as six members present at the time of alleged perjury, undermining a competent tribunal.
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Milwaukee
congress
George Washington
Harold Roland Christoffel
CIO
United Auto Workers
house labor committee
Justice Murphy
Christoffel
Canada Liberals Win Election
Canada’s Liberal party led by Prime Minister Louis St Laurent won a sweeping national victory, taking 193 of 262 seats and sweeping most provinces aside from Alberta. The Progressive Conservatives earned 42 seats, Social Credit won 10 in Alberta, and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and independents shared the rest while 15 women candidates and all 19 Communist contenders lost.
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Liberal party
Louis St. Laurent
Liberals
Canada
Democrats
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Alberta
Progressive Conservatives
commons
George Drew
Ontario
Quebec
Drew
Maurice Duplessis
Camillien Houde
Montreal
Houde
Social Credit party
Socialists
cooperative commonwealth federation
GOP Leader Quits With Scott Blast
Vice Chairman Thomas E. Coleman quit the Republican strategy committee, blasting National Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. for failure to keep the group moving along. Coleman, Wisconsin finance chairman, told Scott he can no longer spend time or take responsibility for a committee not moving. Coleman’s move challenges Scott’s push for party harmony after his January confidence vote.
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WASHINGTON
Thomas E. Coleman
Republican strategy committee
GOP
Hugh D. Scott
Coleman
Wisconsin
Republican finance
Scott
GOP national committee
Omaha
New Strike Threat Menaces Coal Production
Coal operators in the north and west vote on John L. Lewis’s offer for a three day work week to avert a strike. They fear anti trust action if the week is limited, while some privately favor the idea if legal risks vanish. Central Pennsylvania group opposes the plan as too costly. Southern field talks continue as UMW rejects extending the current contract.
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John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Central Pennsylvania Coal association
PEACE HOPE
Southern Coat Producers’ association
Bluefield
UMW
War Prisoner Course Charted by Justice Douglas
International war criminals seek U S court review of their imprisonment. Justice William O Douglas notes the Supreme Court cannot hear appeals from wartime Japanese officials convicted by an international tribunal but says they may pursue U S lower courts to challenge their confinement if jailed by Americans.
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U. S
supreme court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Hideki Tojo
high court
Divorce Ensuing After Baby Sitter Realizes Divorce Ensuing
Hamilton judge Fred B. Cramer grants a divorce after a Hamilton woman testifies she earned two dollars a night babysitting the children of a friend, only to learn her husband was out with the children's mother on those nights.
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HAMILTON
Fred B. Cramer
Cramer
Strange Sickness Kills 4 Infants
In Lake Wales Florida a mysterious illness turned newborns blue, killing four infants and hospitalizing one more. Doctors suspect poisoning from a laundry dye used to mark diapers. autopsy results pending. Specialists treat the two surviving babies with blood transfusions as precautions are reviewed and dye use halted.
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LAKE WALES, Fla
Bree Kelly
Lakes Wales hospital
Kelly
American Medical Association Journal
Miss. Kelly
Miss Kelly
Coplon Trial Near Close and Hiss on Stand
Two prosecutors and the defense urge final verdicts in the Coplon espionage trial as Judge Reeves sets two hours for each side. Hiss testifies about a red rug and denies Soviet links while another witness recounts Communist Party denials in Illinois.
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Hiss
Judith Coplon
Albert L. Reeves
iso
Valentine A Gubitchev
New York
Alger Hiss
state department
FBI
congress
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Miss Coplon
Reevas
Gilbert Green
Communist party
Iinois
Production Hits Three Year Low In June Slump
The Federal Reserve Board reports a 10.8 percent drop in production from last November's peak to the end of May, with another 2 to 3 percent expected in June. The decline accompanies easing prices, factory closings or slowdowns, and rising unemployment as the economy slows.
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WASHINGTON
federal reserve board
House Committee Passes Farm Bill
The House Agriculture Committee approved a new farm bill authorizing a three crop trial program linked to Truman era production payments. Passed 17-9 amid GOP opposition, it heights the farm vote contest for next year’s elections. Farm groups criticize the plan as a subsidy or dole.
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WASHINGTON
house agriculture committee
Czech Leaders Accuse Church
Prague reports the Czechoslovak government accusing Vatican diplomatic staff here of subversive plotting against the state. Official statements and press articles frame the church state clash and liken it to the Vatican Mindszent plot against Hungary.
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PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia
vatican
Holy Lee
Rescuers Seek Trapped Miner
FRACKVILLE Pa June 28 A rescue crew works to reach elderly miner trapped 600 feet below surface after a rock fall at an independent mine. Earlier a second miner, Joseph Szwabowicz 68 Frackville, was found dead after nine hours of digging. The team led by Stanley Dixon and Stanley Blum hopes to reach Joseph Vinski 68 trapped 40 feet further down by tonight.
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FRACKVILLE
Joseph Szwabowicz
Stanley Dixon
Maizeville
Stanley Blum
Gilberton
Texas Sprays DDT In Polio Areas
Three Texas towns Iowa Park Burkburnett and Electra receive aerial DPT spraying to combat polio in north Texas. National Guard planes sprayed Wichita Falls and health officers estimated about 85 percent area coverage with the disinfectant.
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DALLAS
Texas
Iowa Park
Burkburnett
Electra
National Guard
Wichita Falls
Race Issue Raised On Housing Bill
Washington on June 28 AP Congress faces a quick showdown over housing legislation as Rep Marcantonio proposes an amendment barring segregation in publicly owned housing projects. Backers fear a delay as amendments are debated while key provisions include up to 308 million annually for 40 years for 816000 public housing units and a 262.5 million program for farm housing loans with grants in some cases.
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Congress
House
Marcantonio
AL-NY
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
banking committee
British Money Crisis Reaches Emergency Talks in London
London reports Britain's finance ministers will meet in early July to discuss the deepening crisis and preserving gold and dollar reserves. Invitations went to Australia, Canada, Ceylon, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, and South Africa, which has accepted.
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Britain
commonwealth
Australia
Canada
Ceylon
New Zealand
India
Pakistan
South Africa
treasury
Leopold's Throne Hopes Fail After Belgian Vote
In Brussels on June 28 UPi reports King Leopold's bid to reclaim the throne failed as the Social Christian Catholic party won 104 of 212 seats, short of an absolute majority for a referendum. The party gained 12 seats from 1946, solidifying Belgium's largest party status.
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Belgium
UPi
Leopold
Social Christian Catholic
chamber of deputies
Waterspouts Kill Girl and Injure Nine in Philippines
AP report says two waterspouts struck Bantayan Island north of Cebu in the central Philippines. A 9 year old girl was killed, nine others injured. five houses collapsed and a fishing launch was torn from its mooring.
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MANILA
APi
Bantayan Island
Cebu
Philippines
Baruch Challenges Truman on Mobilization Plan
Bernard Baruch criticized the Truman administration for not having a standby total mobilization plan for a possible new war. The 77-year-old elder statesman argued the cold war is as total as actual war and stressed the need for a swift mobilization plan to reach allies in time.
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WASHINGTON
Bernard Baruch
Truman administration
New Downtrend Hits Stocks
New York June 23 stock prices were chopped down along the line with losses ranging from fractions to more than a point. Only a few managed to move against the trend as the market failed to sustain an earlier upward move, an unsettling carryover from yesterday.
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NEW YORK
Senate Defeats Ban on National Emergency Strike
The Taft plan to handle national emergency strikes by court orders and plant seizure survived a Senate test 45 to 44 with an amendment from Senator Lucas. A separate vote rejected a bid to keep injunctions under Taft Hartley, 54 to 7, signaling key early gains for the Truman administration amid hurdles ahead.
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WASHINGTON
Taft
senate
Lucas
D-IL
Truman
Helland
D-Fla
Ohio
Illinois
Bendix Strike Settled and Plant Reopens
Washington June 28 UK Secretary of Air Symington announced a settlement to end the Bendix Aviation plant in South Bend Indiana 70 day stoppage. Terms were kept secret pending a vote by United Auto Workers officials and workers. Symington called talks with union and management spokesmen to address impact on airplane engine production.
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WASHINGTON
Air Symington
Bendix Aviation corp
South Bend
Ind
United Auto Workers
Symington
Senators Denounce New Trade Pact
U S senators denounce the Britain Argentina trade pact as a heavy blow to reciprocal trade policy. They accuse Britain of pursuing a policy that chokes off free world trade, amid a five year pact forcing most trade between Britain and Argentina. Signed in Buenos Aires yesterday.
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United States
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Buenos Aires
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