Threatened Pilots Strike Averted By Presidential Action
The Associated Press reports a potential nationwide airline pilots strike was halted as President Truman named a fact finding board to study wage disputes involving 13 airlines and the AFL Airlines Pilots Association. TWA pilots seek raises from 13200 to 16000 and shorter hours, with 1000 members ready to walk out tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Truman
Airline Pilots association
AFL
Trans-Continental and
Western Air, Inc
Trans World Airline
adva
TWA
AFL pilots association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Harlan
International Harvester company
Benham
Progressive
Galbreath
Lewis
UMW
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s union
Penn railroad official cites need for 25 percent freight hike
Walter B Franklin of Pennsylvania Railroad told the interstate commerce commission on May 5 that a 25 percent freight rate increase likely would be insufficient to provide necessary earnings. He said the figure was set reluctantly and that further increases may be needed as total traffic falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Walter
Franklin
Pennsylvania railroad
interstate commerce commission
the
Pennsylvania
Arias Taken From Jail To Hospital In Hunger Strike
Former Panama President Arnulfo Arias, who has been on a five day hunger strike protesting delays in his trial, was moved from his jail cell to a hospital today in Panama City. The incident underscores continuing legal battles surrounding his case and his ongoing health concerns during confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PANAMA
Arnulfo Arias
Lack of Home Costs Broncs Grid Coach
Santa Clara University’s football coach Larry Mullins resigned after the housing shortage forced his family to live in a hotel in San Jose for months. Mullins said keeping six children and his wife displaced was highly unsatisfactory and the athletic board accepted his departure.
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SANTA CLARA
Calif
Santa Clara university
Larry {Moon} Mullins
Knute Rockne
Mullins
athletic board
San Jose
university
Suit Shortage Into 1948 Seen
Washington May 7 CPA Chief John D Small warned that men’s suits may remain scarce into 1948 as demand surges. The civilian production admin discusses steps to raise output by 10 to 30 percent, citing cotton fabric pockets rayon linings and woolen cloth shortages and noting potential gains of 2 to 6 million suits annually if materials are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
CPA
John D. Small
Small
Buddhists Seek Converts in Japan Nationwide Drive
Tokyo May 7 Gei-JiJi reports that Japanese Buddhists, freed from state religion, will launch a national drive for converts. The aim is to save the Japanese people from postwar social unrest and demoralization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKYO
GEI—JIJI
Romania Granted 1938 Boundaries In Peace Talks
Paris May 7 The foreign ministers council agreed to grant Romania its 1938 boundaries with Hungary and Bulgaria but adjourned over Danube navigation and Black Sea access. Romania gains Transylvania and the pre Vienna line, with Dobruja returned from Bulgaria. Bessarabia not mentioned. Molotov clashed with Bevin and Byrnes over Danube navigation and free trade in Romania. Bevin called for a Danube conference within six months. Molotov resisted.
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PARIS
foreign ministers council
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Transylvania
Vienna
Dobrudja
BESSARABIA
Russia
Thrace
Greece
Aegean sea
Ernest Bevin
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Molotov
Britain
America
Danube
Europe
Bevin
Left Promises To Back Draft
Paris May 7 French Socialists and Communists acknowledged defeat in Sunday's referendum on the fourth republic constitution and pledged to cooperate with other parties to draft a more acceptable document. Revised figures show 10,490,581 to 9,355,791 against the proposal as the left parties say a new constituent assembly elected June 2 could finish a new constitution in a few weeks.
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PARIS
128 Cases of Rye Whiskey Dumped to Ease Jail Jam
Fremont Ohio May 7 Officials poured 128 cases of whiskey down the drain to clear space in the city jail after seizure from unlicensed haulers. Mayor Bernard Hawk ordered the disposal to make room for more prisoners.
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FREMONT
Ohio
Bernard Hawk
Coal Sales Barred As Supplies Fail
Washington May 7 The solid fuels administration barred soft coal deliveries to most domestic consumers unless they have under five days supply based on actual needs. The move aims to conserve dwindling bituminous coal during the United Mine Workers strike begun April 1. Delivery limits include utilities railroads hospitals and certain plants, with exceptions for ships bunkers and safety cases. Krug warned an estimated 65 million tons of potential production are lost and weekly output has plummeted from about 13 million to 750,000 tons.
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WASHINGTON
solid fuels administration
United Mine Workers
J. A. Krug
Great Lakes
tidewater
SFA
Krug
Iran envoy presents new poser to United Nations
New York May 7 The United Nations security council heard a statement from Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala claiming verification that all Soviet troops left four northern Iranian provinces as scheduled but unable to confirm Azerbaijan province due to Soviet interference since 1945. Britain and the United States may provide independent information to decide whether to close or pursue the case. talks continue in Tehran with Azerbaijani authorities who self governed during Russian occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
United Nations security council
Hussein Ala
Azerbaijan
Iran
Trygve Lie
Ala
Red army
Khorssan
Gorgan
Mazanderan
Gilan
security council
council
Washington
Russia
Tehran
Flashing Light Leads Rescuers In Montana Search
In Livingston on May 7 army fliers prepared to search the Crazy mountains for a missing transport plane with six aboard en route from Billings to Spokane. A resident reported a blinking light, aiding a dawn raid by five Great Falls based search planes. One occupant parachuted to safety. weather hindered ground visibility as joins from Ogden and San Francisco began aerial efforts.
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LIVINGSTON
Mont
Crazy mountain
Billings
Spokane
Great Falls
army airbase
Geyser
here
Crazy mountains
Frank Avry
Youngstown, O
Jack Klinger
Franklin
66th air force
Shield river
Klinger
Ogden
Utah
San Francisco
Missoula
army
Walla Walla, Wash
Attacks Soften By Fees of OPA
Senator Wagner says attacks on price controls appear to be softening as public hearings near the end. He notes some critics in peacetime are swinging around and says price controls may continue beyond June 30 for a year.
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WASHINGTON
Wagner
D-NY
senate banking committee
OPA
New York
Primaries in Four States Signal CIOPAC Test
Four states held primaries including Ohio Indiana Florida and Alabama with focus on the CIO PAC’s influence in Ohio’s Democratic Senate race and Alabama’s fifth district contest. Early indications showed light overall turnout while Alabama anticipated a record vote due to high veteran registration.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
cio Political Action committee
Ohio
Indiana
Florida
senate
house
congress
Alabama
PAC
Carl R. Gray
Seabee
Panama City
Fla
Albert Edward Payne
Springfield
CIOPAC
Marvin C. Harrison
Cleveland
James W. Huffman
Vic Donahey
Stephen M. Young
Edward A. Huth
Dayton
John W. Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Payne
GOP
Frank J. Lausche
Albert Rains
Joe Starnes
Rains
Starnes
Dies committee
Burglars Use Walkie-Talkie Radios in String of Thefts
Four youths were booked on burglary and weaponized tools charges after police say they used walkie talkies for protection in 75 burglaries and 42 safe robberies since Christmas. Acting Capt. Hannigan named Alan Coulter 20, a former Navy radio technician, as the group’s brains, noting he obtained and improved the devices after leaving the service. the robberies yielded more than $10,000.
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NEW YORK
Thomas Hannigan
Hannigan
Alan Coulter
navy
Lexington
Coulter
Prison Revolt Evidence Grows
Investigators at Alcatraz piece together evidence against surviving mutineers after a 36 hour siege that left five dead and 15 wounded. Guards name Sam Shockley and Clarence Carnes as possessing weapons. Carnes seen with a butcher knife, Shockley with a tear gas club. Cretzer and Day were killed during the uprising as new weapons surfaced, while Myron Thompson is being questioned. U.S. Attorney says convicts unlikely to testify in murder trials with guards serving as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN FRANCISCO
Alcatraz federal prison
Sam Shockley
Oklahoma
Clarence Carnes
Shockley
Carnes
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Los Angeles
Bernard Day
Louisville
Myron Edgar Thompson
Texas
U. S
Frank J. Hennessy
Alcatraz
Breakdown in talks stalls India independence talks
Simla May 7. Congress circles forecast gloom as negotiations falter a 40 hour suspension is declared to give conferees time to think over and discuss the problems confronting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIMLA
India
Congress party
Myth Disspelled of Stinking Spring Creek in Utah
Salt Lake City May 7 The phantom creek in Emery County with the odiferous name appeared on Utah maps since 1885 as a feature in a primitive area. Geologist Charles B. Hunt declares Stinking Spring creek is not there after five years of searching for the supposed stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SALT LAKE CITY
Emery county
Utah
Charles B. Hunt
Hunt
U S Trained Force For Two Americas
Washington May 7 AP An inter American military system would be a tightly organized force all U S armed and led by American trained officers. President Truman asked Congress to allow training organizing and equipping armed forces of American nations including Canada to standardize methods and gear for quick action against aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
United States
U. S
Canada
Myr
Italy
Mr. Truman
Brazil
Argentina
Juan Peron
British commonwealth
Pan American union
Pilot Swoops On Youths With Rifles
CUT BANK Montana May 7 Pilot Alva Atkins was flying low near Cut Bank when a small caliber bullet pierced the plane and wounded his wife in the arm He landed in a field and confiscated .22 rifles from two boys aged 12 and 13 who had been shooting at the plane The wife’s wound was described as slight at a Cut Bank hospital County Attorney Wilbur Werner said the boys would be prosecuted in juvenile court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CUT BANK
Mont
Alva Atkins
Montana
Atkins
Wilbur Werner
Drive Against KKK Opens New Albany Probe
New Jersey move targets the Ku Klux Klan charter as Deputy Commissioner Horace A. Demarest is dismissed for alleged ties. Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein announced he seeks to rescind the Klan charter, citing Demarest as an incorporator in Alpha Pi Sigma.
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ALBANY
N. J
Ku Klux Klan
Horace A. Demarest
motor vehicle bureau
Queens county
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Dewey
Demarest
Alpha Pi Sigma
Knights and Women of the
Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Goldstein
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Broncs
France
Byrnes
Potsdam
POSER
U. N
Midwest
CIO
Spring Creek
U.S
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KKK
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