Judge Goldsborough Moves To Avert Soft Coal Strike
Judge T Alan Goldsborough urged a peace making path in a Taft Hartley case over John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers. He postponed ruling on an injunction to force bargaining with the Southern Coal Producers Association, warning a June 30 soft coal contract expiry could trigger a national crisis. He called for quick talks and pressed both sides to reconcile before Friday at his chambers.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Goldsborough
Congress
Maryland
Union
Southern Association
National Labor Relations Board
National Coal
David Findling
Winthrop Johns
Welly K. Hopkins
M. E. Bolarsky
Fiveman Nlrb
U.N. Council Urges Mediator to Fix Four-Week Armistice Time
Cairo dispatch reports the U N Security Council asked Palestine mediators to set a fixed hour for a four week truce as both sides report major battles. Israel rescinded a cease fire order, resuming fighting across Palestine, while Arabs and Jews warned of renewed clashes as observers debate timing.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Lake Success
Security Council
United Tions
Warren R. Austin
Unitedate
U. Secretariat
Council
Tel Aviv
Aubrey S. Eban
Observi! Council
Folke Bernadotte
Russia
Rssian
Ukraine
Bernadotte
Chai Faris el Khoury
Syria
Khoury
el Khoury
Jamal Hussein
Arab Higher Committee
Dr Price Talks To Berlin Lions Wednesday P.M.
The Rev. Dr. Harry Allen Price, former Pacific chaplain, urged veterans and civilians to unite for harmony amid postwar unsettled conditions. He shared Leyte experiences, noted many did not return home, and warned a battle victory opens new fights. He recalled marrying a nurse lieutenant colonel on Leyte while he was a captain.
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Harry Allen Price
Far Pacific
Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
Leyte
Price
Paul Trimpey
W. Jay Walker
Anti-Red Bill Foes Picket White House
A 3,169 strong protest march formed in front of the White House opposing the Mundt Nixon anti Communist bill and urging civil rights legislation. Paul Robeson led the rally, with Marchers carrying banners and banners urging defeat of the Mundt bill and passage of FEPC anti lynching and poll tax bills. Demonstrators traveled on three trains from New York and included supporters from Mississippi to Chicago.
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Washington
White House
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Henry Wallace
Mundt
FEPC
Prompt Sign Service, Inc
Brooklyn Consumer and Tenants’ Council
Police Hall
Secret Service
Congress
Cio-Uaw
Wallace
CIO
United Auto Workers
Capitol Hill
Emil Mazey
New York
Mississippi
Chicago
Jerry J.o’connell
Montana
Henry A. Wallace
O'Connell
Senate Judiciary
House
Buchanan Loses First Round In Senate Group
Thomas C. Buchanan nominated by President Truman to the federal power commission failed in the first Senate commerce sub-committee vote, two to one against confirmation. The full committee meets tomorrow with Buchanan on the agenda.
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Washington
Thomas C. Buchanan
Truman
Federal Power Commission
Senate Commerce
Myers
D-Pa
Beaver
the Post
Buchanan
Martin
R-Pa
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Capehart
R-Ind
Hawkes
R-Nj
McMahon
D-Conn
Sewage Project Approved by State Board in Allegheny
Chairman John F. Laboon of the Allegheny county sanitary authority announced the board approved an $82,000,000 sewage treatment project. The plan will provide a county-wide system for sewage disposal across the area.
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Pittsburgh
John F. Laboon
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority
State Sanitary Water Board
Speakers at Somerset Sunday School Convention
The 44th annual Somerset County Sunday School convention in Berlin heard Rev. Harry Allen Price urge balance among ecclesiastical traits, while Iran Sassaman and Rev. H Leroy Brininger stressed parental and teacher roles. Dr. Guy N Hartman praised Berlin’s hospitality as delegates filled meals and attended sessions.
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Harry Allen Price
Pittsburgh
Methodist
Somerset County Sunday School Association
Berlin
H. Leroy Brininger
J. F. Messenger
C. W. Kammerer
Somerset County
Pennsylvania Herald
Geneva Allfather
Frank Ream
J. O. Ream, Jr
Delores Musgrave
Virginia Fogle
Messenger
Ernest Statler
Thelma Saylor
Ira Harkins
Trinity Reformed Church
Mintie E. Turney
Alice C Turney
Addison
Charles Cober
Brininger
Sassaman
Ira C. Sassaman
Pennslvania Sabbath School Association
Guy N. Hartman
County Association
Ladies Aid
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Ed Fogle
Bertha Suder
Robert Schrock
Harry Deeter
Robert S. Nagle
Dr. Hartman
Air Command Masses 350 War Planes Over Selfridge Mock Raid
Detroit witnesses a massive mock bombing as about 350 strategic air command planes strike Selfridge Field. The formation includes 200 B-29 bombers and 150 P-51 Mustangs with 50 jet fighters providing defense. Intercepting units from the 56th fighter group proved effective. flight paths extended from Spokane to Tampa with units from Kansas to New Mexico among participants.
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Detroit
Strategic Air Command
Selfridge Field
56Th Fighter Group
Selfridge
Goshen
Ind
Stuart McLeod
David C. Schilling
Spokan
Wash
Tampa
Fla
New York City
Pairfax Army Air Base
Kansas City
Kas
Spokane
Tucson
Ariz
Kearney
Neb
Roswell
N. M
Ft. Worth
Texas
Rapid City, SD
Tampa, Fla
Manchester, N. H
Salina, Kas
Former legislator sought in Philadelphia amusement tax embezzlement
A 43 year old former state legislator Raphael I Monks was sought on a warrant charging embezzlement conspiracy and fraudulent conversion of 25000 dollars tied to eight months of amusement tax frauds. Detectives said six city employees were suspended in the probe. One of the men died after William C Foss was found hanged. City attorneys sought an injunction to freeze Foss estate assets and the others named.
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Philadelphia
James McColgan
District Attorney's Office
Thomas Costello
Raphael I. Monks
McColgan
Monks
Herman Taylor
Internal Revenue
William C. Foss
Foss
Receiver of Taxes Office
The
Common Pleas Court
Mt Pleasant School Board Imposes Mercantile Tax
Mt Pleasant leaders levy a mercantile tax across the district set at one half mill on wholesale transactions and one mill on retail sales. About forty local merchants attended a meeting to protest the measure.
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MT. Pleasant
New Threat In Northwest Flood Area
The Columbia River flood threat rose as dikes held back rising waters near Portland Oregon and Longview Washington. Flooding left tens of thousands homeless, destroyed crops and disrupted rail service while crews reinforced barriers and aid arrived from Texas and New York.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Columbia River
Columbia
Clatskanie
Washington
Longview
Here
Multnomah
Reynolds Metal Company
Pasco
Attalia
Army Engineers
Vanport
Corps of Engineers
Seattle
New York
Texas
South Kelso
British Columbia
Fraser River
Great Northern
New Westminster
Vancouver
Idaho
Cusick
Wash
California woman to stand trial for dorm looting at Washington College
Mrs. Lillian Lucille Becker 33 of California is scheduled for trial in Chestertown Maryland on charges of looting the Washington College women's dormitory. She was arrested May 4 after students spotted a woman matching a common description. A Kent County State's Attorney said she admitted thefts from several colleges in Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia and valuables worth about $1000 were found in her car.
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Chestertown
Lillian Lucille Becker
California
Washington College
Centreville
A. Parks Basin
Kent County
Lasser Resigns from Commerce Department Amid Allegations
Washington June 2 IN S David Lasser a commerce department official and former president of the Workers Alliance has resigned after congressional criticism over his past association With the workers alliance Critics in Pennsylvania cited his 1936 lobbying for unemployment relief Lasser had served as a labor consultant and was reportedly seeking private industry work with his resignation anticipated by department spokesmen
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Washington
INS
David Lasser
Commerce Department
Congress
Workers Alliance
Lasser
Office of Industry Cooperation
Pennsylvania
Workers’ Alliance
Capitol Hill
Herbert W. Parisius
Department
Russia
John C. Virden
Tass
Virden
Europe
Friends of
Commerce
Burns Prove Fatal to Farmer Robert Cable Dies from Oil Can Explosion
Robert Cable, 72, died in Windber hospital after oil can exploded while lighting a fire outdoors to heat water. Second and third degree burns were the cause. He was a retired farmer who planned to hand farm duties to his son Earl. Surviving are seven children and a sister. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Berkey Church of the Brethren with Rev. Stewart Kaufman officiating. Burial in Berkey cemetery.
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Robert Cable
Windber Hospital
Earl Cable
Cobburn Wagner
Cairnbrook
David Shaffer
Hooversville
R. D
Roy Lebo
Millersburg
Charles and
R. Ds
Percy Cable
Julia Wagner
Johnstown
Berkey Church
Senate approves DP refugee bill after long debate
After more than 11 hours of debate the Senate passed a measure to admit up to 200000 European refugees over two years beginning July 1. The bill prioritizes those from annexed states and farmers, with strict housing requirements and special provisions for orphans and those who fought against the axis.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Judiciary Committee
Kemn
R-Mo
Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia
Poland
Taft
Ohio
Axis
Brooks
R-N
Kovitch Denied New Trial in Malinski Slaying
Joseph Kovitch 22 of New Kensington was denied a new trial by Judge George H. Mc Wherter in Greensburg after conviction for the slaying of Mrs. Violet Malinski. The judge found no merit in the defense pleas.
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Kovitch
Greensburg
Joseph Kovitch
New Kensington
Violet Malinski
George H. McWherter
Dog leads mother to pal's body in pool tragedy
In Pittsburgh on June 2, a mother and the boy's father followed dogs that usually accompany three year old Franklin Jr. to a neighbor's wading pool. There they found the boy's body. he had drowned in the shallow water about an hour earlier.
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Pittsburgh
Franklin B. Stockton
Franklin, Jr
Pete
Child Injured In Local Playground Incident
Casselman resident Joann Saylor daughter of Mr and Mrs Olive Saylor was injured Tuesday while playing at home with other children. Her left leg suffered a severe cut and was treated by a local physician.
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Joann Saylor
Olive
Saylor
Casselman
Somerset Weather Report Clipped
Weather data from Somerset reports a 24 hour period ending 5 30 PM Wednesday with temperature readings and notes from observer David Grove. The readable fragments indicate maximum and minimum figures but lack complete values and dates.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
Weather Observer
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Nearby States
Weather forecast shows mostly sunny and warm conditions across Maryland eastern Pennsylvania and West Virginia on Thursday and Friday. Western Pennsylvania repeats sunshine with warmth Thursday and Friday, with partly cloudy and warm conditions forecast for Friday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wester Pennsylvania
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