Truman names inquiry board on coal strike
President Truman invoked the Hatch Hartley act and appointed a three member board led by David L. Cole to probe coal disputes. Wil liam W. Wirtz and John Dunlop join, with a one week deadline for findings. The move aims to prompt miners back to work for up to 80 days, amid 360000 idle soft coal miners.
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Washington
Truman
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
William W. Wirtz
John Dunlop
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
I Raman
Charles G. Ross
Boy 8 Causes Freight Train Derailment With Bridge Blockade
A police sergeant says the 8 year old admitted placing bricks and a board on railroad tracks near Point Pleasant West Virginia to test what would happen. A Baltimore Ohio freight train derailed eight cars after colliding with the blockade. no injuries reported and no charges filed.
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Point Pleasant
W.a
Queen Mother Illness Slashes Government Payroll
London reports Queen Mother Mary suffers a painful ailment at Marlborough House. Byrd notes civilian payroll falls from 2,000,000 to about 1,981,156. Two downto? nurse attend. Mary cap 82 on May 26. Winnfield governor Long rests after heart attack, hospitalized.
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INS
Mary
Wankington
Marlborough House
Byrd
D-Va
Arment
Dow
Winnfield, la
Fe’ Gav
Farl K. Long
Winnfield General Hospital
Fog to Pay Return Visit San Antonio Weather Report
Dense fog has recurred in San Antonio with foggy mornings on two February days and light fog on four other mornings. Humidity remains high due to drizzle and cloud cover. Forecaster Oren Edrington explains clear evenings allow fog formation from ground radiation and air pollution. Temperatures forecast at 72 Monday and 75 Tuesday with a low of 58.
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San Antonio
Oren Edrington
Duke of Windsor relaxes at Mexican hunting hacienda
The Duke of Windsor and his American-born duchess relaxed at Clint Mureht’s hunting hacienda near Tampico Mexico on February 6 1936. The couple traveled from their special villa and car for a 25 mile hunt and expect to stay until mid month before visiting Mexico City.
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Tampico
Mexico
Duke of Windsor
Clint Mureht
Texas Oilman
Mexico City
Priest Visits Ingrid Bergman Amid Baptism Speculation
Catholic priest visits Ingrid Bergman in her Stoom maternity apartment at Sarita Marghevita clinic boosting talk she may arrange baptism for her baby son Robertina. Two monks were seen with the priest during the visit, details unclear.
Lila Leeds Announces Marriage to Erwin Arvey in Memphis
Ex movie starlet Lila Leeds and Erwin Bud Arvey of Chicago announced last night they would be married. No date has been set. Arvey is 32 and the son of Jake Arvey, Democratic leader in Cook County.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pep
Lila Leeds
Erwin
Bud” Arvey
Chicago
Jake Arvey
Milnsis
Cook County
Arctic Blasts Cut C-54 Search
Whitehorse Yukon Territory February 6 bitter cold snapped as temperatures dipped to 62 below zero limiting the hunt for a U.S. air force relief plane missing 11 days with 44 aboard. Only 14 search planes from American and Canadian forces could operate yesterday as weather halted most missions. RCAF Commodore Martin Castello said the search would continue despite the harsh conditions and that the raft is likely south of the airways between Snag and Whitehorse.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Yukon Wilds
RCAF
Martin Castello
British Editor Claims Soviets Already Tested Hydrogen Bomb
London ap reports Ken nett De Courcy editor of Intelligence Digest asserts evidence shows the Soviet Union has made and exploded a hydrogen bomb. He predicts a series of further blasts starting March 3 at a location near latitude 40 20 north longitude 80 10 east, and ties the program to the Davidoff project.
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London
Soviet Union
Kennett de Courcy
Augsis
de Courcy
Russia
Haile Re
Sinkiang
Marrakesh
Morocco
Army Secretary To University Post Name Change
Chapel Hill February 6 Gordon Gray today was elected president of the greater University of North Carolina. The Army secretary will lead the UNC system, signaling a shift in university administration and potential impact on state higher education policy.
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Army
Chapel Hill, N
UPK
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
British Labor Hails Income Cut
London report says Labour Party claims Britain’s rich face new income measures after minister John Strachey stated only about 250 top earners pay more than 314,000 annually in taxes, marking the party’s key step ahead of the February 23 parliamentary elections.
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London
Nns
Labor
Uon
Britain
Monister John
Strachey
Scotland
Mysterious Blast Shocks Houston Area
A strange explosion lit the northeast Harris County area near Houston, felt for 35 miles with no injuries or clear source. Sheriff Kern and deputies investigated from Sheldon to Crosby, noting widespread reports from Aldine to Baytown and Humble, while theories ranged from dynamiting to meteor impact.
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Houston
Harris County
CV. Kern
Jimmy Scarborough
San Jacinto Yiver
Sheldon
Crosby
W. R. Lynch
Lyneh
Sim Bergdah Jr
Aldine
Sherkff
Bellaire
Lierts
Baytown
Humble
Ali
San Jacinto
Phone Truce Bid Faces Nationwide Telephone Strike
High government sources said federal conciliators may ask for postponement of the nationwide walkout. Conciliation Service Chief Cy S. Ching studies reports from 30 local sessions as CIO Communications Workers of America President Beirne calls the walkout inevitable.
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Washington
Fen
INS 1
Cyys S. Ching
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
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Weather forecast for upcoming days in garbled OCR
Forecasts partial cloudy and warmer Monday evening with Cloudy periods late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Expect mild afternoon Tuesday with light to moderate southerly winds. Monday high near 72, Tuesday low 58 and high 75. Sunday high 62, Monday low 50.
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Sentle
Sun Pops Holes In Dreary Skies Over Texas
Warm sun breaks through clouds across Texas on Monday with a steady breeze. Morning readings show mild temps across major cities from Galveston to Dallas, while coastal and Panhandle areas report low to mid 60s and 30s in places, with a forecast for continued mild, springlike weather into Tuesday.
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Texas
Panhandle
Blockade Test Delays Berlin Traffic on Freezing Day
Weather froze roads across Berlin delaying a planned blockade test. Only a handful of trucks reached the Soviet checkpoint at Helmstedt. Soviet guards cleared those vehicles with minimal incident as daylight limited transit.
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Brlin
Berlin
Germany
Auobahn
Japan reports postwar peak in industrial output
Tokyo announced that Japan's industrial production reached the end of December at a postwar high, marking a notable rise from the 1982-46 level and signaling a strong momentum for the economy.
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YOKYO
Decuyntion
Japan
River Near Danger Level Near New Orleans
Mississippi River sits within half a foot of the twenty foot danger level at New Orleans today. Engineers say river conditions based on current measurements suggest the levee system may hold without Bonnet Carve spillway activation.
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New Orleans
Fey
Mississippi River
Aving
Prolonged FBI Testimony and Atomic Inquiry Report
The hearing featured J Edgar Hoover and top aides detailing an FBI probe into foreign control over atomic secrets. British scientist Cer tha reheat Kiaws Packs was arrested in London Friday on two charges. Lt. Gen Leslie R Groves, head of the US atomic program, did not appear for a later session. Bridges detailed a search for any American ties to the suspect while public scrutiny rose over national security.
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Fry
J. Edgar Hoover
Roo Digge
Toisui
PRL Jalivecion
Re 'Nie Hinds
Histimy
Will ‘Avert
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Wittrime
U.S. Atomic Enterprise
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Hoover
Bridges
Morks
London Snez
Racketeer Escapes Home Bomb in Los Angeles
A gangland bomb wrecked Mickey Cohen’s $100000 home in Los Angeles before dawn. Cohen, his wife, and a maid were unhurt though windows and the front yard were damaged. Police said the blast, the second attempt this year on Cohen, likely involved a bomb left against the house as an eye protecting system failed to stop it. The event tied to Cohen’s role in gambling rackets and the LAPD shakeup.
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Mickey Cohen
Mickey
Micky
Cole Cole
Wave
Katheyan
Cohen
West 1St Ane Wal
Soke
Dom Ramen Gohen
Janer
Jess
Tess
Southern Calleformia
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