Unions Halt Strike After Federal Court Order
Rail strike threats dissolved as four unions canceled planned action by 9:20 p.m. CST and ships resumed. Embargoes on perishables lifted, railroads reassigned cars to clear backlogs, and construction of a government led operation under Maj. Gen. Edmond Leavey took charge. New cases at Valley Polio Center rise to seven this year amid reports of subsiding illness.
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America
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Cnet
Une
Norroal
Jods
Washington
New York
Long Island Railroad
Railway Express
Fla
Ress
Ines
Ander
Hat
California
New Ross
Fremen
Edmond Leavey
Anay Transportation
DC-3 Missing On Maska Flight
A DC3 with an unknown number of persons aboard was reported missing today on a flight from Annette Island near Ketchikan to Anchorage Alaska. The plane is feared down and search efforts are underway.
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Alaska
INS
Avnnette Island
Chili Williams Denies Nude Pose In Moran Studio
Los Angeles May 11. Movie actress Chili Williams testifies she did not pose nude for artist Earl S Moran. Moran's wife Mara testified she found Chili nude in Moran's studio with the artist in shorts. Chili said the day was hot and Moran wore only shorts as he painted.
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Los Angeles
Chili Williams
Earl S. Moran
Moran
Mara
Chili
Royall to Name Rail Board
Army Secretary Royall said he would name a union management advisory board to help run the railroads under government operation. He reported rail lines are operating normally after the government seized them and a federal judge ordered a halt to a strike. Union leaders at a separate conference urged wage settlements and criticized government actions while signaling ongoing tension over control of railroad labor disputes.
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Washington
Royall
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pentagon
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Swalkout Isalere
Toads
Bayall
David
Robertson
Volunteer Teen Training Plan OK
Washington May 11 The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a volunteer plan for 18 year olds to train as a military reserve as part of manpower legislation. The package includes a draft for 1925 age men and training 161000 volunteers to offset universal service, plus a watchdog committee and a draft industry amendment giving the president authority over factories while keeping orders at a reasonable price.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Lot
Gurney
RSC
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Het
Armed Services
Chrysler Strike Time Set
The CIO United Auto Workers set 8 am Wednesday as the strike start time for 75,000 Chrysler workers amid stalled wage talks. Norman K. Matthews, Chrysler director, announced the hour with 24 hours left to reach an agreement as negotiations continued tonight.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Chrysler Corps
Int 76
Norman KR. Matthews
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler
Matthews
UAW
Walkout Averted at Chicago Stockyards by CIO
In Chicago on May 1 a threatened 400 member CIO stockhandlers strike at the world's largest stockyards was averted four hours before the 12:01 a m deadline. Frank Monaghan, president of Twent 44 CIO Stockhandlers, said the union accepted a new contract providing a five cent hourly wage increase.
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Chicago
CIO
Frank Monaghan
CIO, Stockhandlers
San Antonio Livestock Prices Up On Rain Affects Market
San Antonio Tuesday livestock prices rose as heavy rain tightened conditions. Increases ranged from 23 cents to $1.50 or more across cattle calves hogs and sheep, with buyers noting stronger demand despite wet weather.
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Weather forecast: cloudy with showers and thunderstorms
Forecast calls for cloudy conditions with occasional showery or thunderstorm activity Tuesday afternoon and night, then partly cloudy Wednesday with cooler conditions. Moderate to fresh northerly winds shift to variable by Wednesday. Temperatures: Tuesday near 84 rising to 87, Tuesday night low around 72. Monday highs 90, low 79.
House Un American Group Accuses U S Reds of Plotting Seizure
Washington May 1 The House Committee on Un American Activities accuses the Communist Party U S A of advocating the forceful overthrow of the government. It cites voluminous evidence that Marx Engels Lenin and Stalin doctrines guide American Communists and that Moscow directs the U S A party. The panel urges vigorous enforcement of laws to curb Communist activity and exposes past leaders’ calls for violent revolution.
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House Committee On UN- American Activities
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U.S. A
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Communist Parties
Truman fails to alter stance in Soviet talks bid
Washington reports President Truman stressed the American bid to Molotov shows no new policy shift and aims to clarify there are no hostile designs toward the Soviet Union. Moscow Radio welcomed a peace policy but cautioned that no immediate overall settlement talks were pledged.
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Luman
Molotov
Truman
United States
Soviet Union
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Ratlo Moscow
Russia
Moscow
Molotoy
State Department
Russia and United States ready to patch up quarrels
The People Moscow May 11 reports Russia and the United States expressed willingness to mend their quarrels. American observers see significance in the move. Newspaper stands sold out as editions with the story arrived. Laborers and office workers crowded newsstands to read on their way to work.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Pope Pius Seeks US Russia Talks for Possible Meeting
A Vatican official told International News Service that Pope Pius XIE follows the U S and Russia exchange with great care and believes a meeting between President Truman and Premier Stalin is indispensable. The pontiff hopes this may be the right time for talks.
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Rome
XIE
United States
Russia
Truman
Stalin
Vatican
Boudoir in Car Out Pasadena Arrest Lights Up City
Pasadena police arrest 46 year old Mrs Mary Carle Current 38 in her car on public streets under a 1902 ordinance forbidding lying or sleeping in cars on streets alleys sidewalks or public places. Mrs Current, renting in Altadena, says she cannot move back until October after months living in the vehicle near the police station. She says she feels safer there than elsewhere.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mary Carle
Wisse
Texas Floods Sweep Wide Texas Rains Break Drought
Heavy rains drenched a broad Texas area from the Panhandle to central regions and south to the sheep country, with seven inches in parts and high water closing Hill County milepost road. Officials noted the season’s highest water in two years as floods and damaged fields and roads.
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Texas
Panhandle
House Passes Air Fund Bill
The House approved a compromise measure to create a 70 group air force fund totaling 822 million dollars as part of a broader over 3 billion appropriation for the armed forces. Senate approval awaited before sending the bill to President Truman. Also notes describes county floods and rainfall in held areas with impacts on crops and water storage in Lake Travis.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Truman
Air
Navy
Rains Spread Across San Antonio Area Tops Crops
Wide rain event blankets San Antonio and surrounding counties with showers from 9:15 am to 12:30 pm. Totals reach up to 4.5 inches in Gonzales with reports of hail and thunder. At Natalia and Medina River regions crops are saved from drought as rains replenish pastures and corn. Fredericksburg and Von Ormy report ongoing showers, with winds up to 45 mph. Randolph AFB suspends flights as precaution.
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Seguin
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Liano
Kelly Afb
Randolph Afb
von Ormy
Oliver Werst
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