Pennsylvania and New York Bell Strike End Provides Wage Pact
Philadelphia April 30 AP Pennsylvania moves to end a 24 day nationwide phone strike with a Bell Telephone Co pact for 6000 maintenance workers. Wages rise 3 dollars weekly for up to 50 dollars and 4 dollars for higher earnings plus a 10 percent night differential and paid holiday extra days. FTWP leaders say gains meet most goals as workers return to service. ratification vote planned locally.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Co
Eystone
Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania
FTWP
E. M. Clark
Bell Company
Pittsburgh
D. E. Hickey
Hickey
New York Telephone Strike Ends After 37 000 Employees Vote Return
The New York Telephone Co and four independent unions reach an eight point settlement with a flat $4 weekly raise and job protections. Workers will return to duty tomorrow ending a 24 day strike by 37,000 employees.
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New York
INS
New York Telephone Company
Nine Die As Tornado Hits Two Arkansas Towns
A tornado tore through Bright Water near Rogers and Garfield Arkansas killing nine and injuring about 25. The Red Cross aided search efforts as damage included 40 to 50 homes plus a store church Masonic hall and school. Several fatalities occurred in Missouri Iowa areas with widespread destruction.
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Rogers
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Worth
Clio
Salem
Winkler
Seaton
Eureka Springs
Bright Water
Garfield
Red Cross
Rogers National Guard
Rogers Hospital
Two Young Bandits Kill Reno Deputy and Wound Another
Two youths, about 20, robbed Susanville California then fled toward Reno. Deputies Earl Griffith and Tom Lambert of Washoe county confronted them 23 miles northwest of Reno. Griffith was killed instantly. Lambert was critically wounded as the assailants fled on foot followed by a 50 man posse.
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Reno
Nev
INS
Nevada
California
Earl Griffith
Washoe County
Tom Lambert
Susanville
Calif
Griffith
Lambert
State police outline new pedestrian driver rights plan
State police say the old common law allowing pedestrians to cross streets as they wish does not fit modern traffic. A new plan grants pedestrians special right of way when crossing intersections while giving drivers priority when moving between intersections.
U S Chamber Urges Lower Taxes and Steel German Japan Ties
The U S Chamber of Commerce pressed for much lower tax rates while Secretary Harriman urged Germany and Japan to resume peaceful production. He said rebuilding defeated economies is essential to Western Europe and Far East well being, easing the burden on American taxpayers. The group also backed cutting federal spending and debt retirement.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Harriman
Germany
Japan
Harriman
U. S. Chamber
Europe
Far East
Congress
Trained Workers Badly Needed Says Mission Speaker
Mrs. Herbert Brockway told the Women’s association of St. Paul’s Presbyterian church that a crying need exists for trained personnel in national missions. She—a sixteenth member of the board of national missions—stressed the vast field and the shortage of workers, comparing mission work to making a quilt with bright and dark patches.
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Presbyterian Church
Herbert Brockway
Women's Association of
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
Brockway
United States
Mary Kearns
J.S. Mil
Fuetterer Assigned to Troop B by State Police
Assignments announced by Col. C. M. Wilhelm include Charles J. Fuetterer of Somerset, now posted to Troop B, Squadron 1, after completing training. The note places the action in Harrisburg with Washington as a context.
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Harrisburg
Col. C. M. Wilhelm
Charles J. Fuetterer
Somerset
Washington
Senate backs Republicans in labor bill split
The Senate defeated a plan to split the big labor bill into four parts by 59 to 35, supporting Republican aims to send an omnibus package to President Truman. Taft argued against splitting, noting political reasons, while Morse and Hatch backed or predicted a veto on an all at once bill. House already approved a broader measure.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Morse
R-Ore
Congress
White House
Hatch
Taft
Ohio
House
Senator Langer
Republican Policy Committee
Labor Committee
GOP
Stormy House vote to end building material controls sparks rent clash
The House approved 127 to 48 to end virtually all building material controls and faced a heated debate over extending modified rent controls from June 30 to December 31. Rep. McCormack urged sending the housing rent bill back for rewrite while veterans groups urged against removing building-material limits. Senators Wagner and Taylor urged maintaining rent controls through June 30 1948 and argued against repeating a price-control mistake.
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Washington
House
McCormack
D-Mass
House Banking Committee
Wagner
Taylor
Idaho
Senate
Congress
Carpenter Freed as Good Citizen in Extradition Case
William H. Dern Jr., a 46 year old carpenter from Corliss, was granted freedom in Pennsylvania under a writ of habeas corpus after avoiding extradition to Ohio for a 25 year old grand larceny crime. He testified he escaped from an Ohio prison in 1922, assumed a new name, married, and has lived as a reliable citizen in Pittsburgh. neighbors supported his character and his fellow union member alerted Ohio authorities.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Corliss
Pennsylvania
Ohio
William H. Dern, Jr
Thomas A. Marshall
Marshall
Dern
Carpenters’ Union
Harvester Grants 11 Percent Wage Increase to 62 000 Workers
The International Harvester Company announced an 11 percent hourly wage rise and six paid holidays for 62 000 employees across 21 plants nationwide.
CIO Signs With Three Steel Firms in New Contracts
The CIO United Steelworkers signed two year contracts with Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel and Crucible Steel Co covering 18 000 to 79 000 workers. The deals include a 12 to 14 cent general pay hike plus vacation and severance benefits and reopeners after one year. Negotiations continue with Youngstown Sheet and Tube National Steel Inland Steel and Pittsburgh Steel.
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New York
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Crucible Steel Co. of America
Bethlehem
Republic
Crucible
David J. McDonald
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
National Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Bethlehem, Republic and Crucible
United States Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Eugene Grace
McDonald
J. A. Voss
Russel Warns of Atom War Without World Authority
Bertrand Russell in London told the House of Lords that without a swift transfer of atomic capability to a global authority there will be an atom war. He faulted the veto in the United Nations and warned the world faces escalating danger unless multi national control emerges. Archbishop Cyril F. Gabbett agreed that eventual transfer of the bomb could impact Britain and Russia, noting Britain’s current sense of security rests on US control.
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London
Bertrand Russel
House of Lords
United States
Earl
United Nations
Cyril F. Gabbett
York
Britain
Russia
Half Million More Have Jobs Than Year Ago
The Pennsylvania Employment Service reports 4,020,000 employed this year, nearly 500,000 more than in 1946. Unemployed totals fell to 250,000, with 41 percent in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties and 64,000 in Scranton Wilkes Barre Pottsville. Veteran employment rose, with 22 percent of workers at 2,589 firms being veterans.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Employment Service
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Pottsville
Donna Lee Beauty Salon Ad Near Main Street
Donna Lee Beauty Salon located at 137 West Main Street above Dairy Land, phone 518, offering hairstyling and cosmetic services in a neighborhood storefront.
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Donna Lee Beauty Salon
W. Main St
Dairy Land
House slashes foreign relief bill and tightens control
The House cut aid to 200 million with strict U S oversight on distribution to Italy Greece Austria Hungary Poland and China while bars relief to governments under Russian control unless they accept U S management. funds for Trieste and a UN children’s fund are earmarked and distribution runs through an independent administrator.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Poland
China
Tion
Russia
Trieste
United Nations’ Childrens
State Department
Dean Acheson
Will Clayton
Feav
Pravda Names U S Friends Of Russia Worldwide
Pravda lists U S supporters of the Soviet Union abroad, naming figures such as Rev William Howard Melish, California prosecutor Kenneth, Johannes Steel, Joseph E Davies, Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson, Sen Claude Pepper, and Henry A Wallace as sympathetic to Soviet lines. The piece notes growing Communist influence and says many Americans align with the Russian‑American friendship council.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Pravda
Russia
Friends of
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Friends of Russia
Melish
William Howard Melish
National Council of American - Russian Friendship
California
Ken
Johannes Steel
Joseph E. Davies
Albert Einstein
Paul Robeson
Claude Pepper
D-Fia
Henry A. Wallace
U.S.S.R
Wallace and Pepper
United States
Organization
The
National Council For Russian-American Friendship
Somerset Automobile Dealers Organize Dinner Meeting
Somerset automobile dealers formed the Somerset Automobile Dealers' Association at a Pine Grill dinner. Officers include President Luther Shaulis, Vice President Robert Vincent, Secretary W. J. Shumaker, and Treasurer Jay Walker. Monthly meetings set for the fourth Tuesday.
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Somerset Automobile Dealers
Pine, Grill
Somerset Automobile Dealers’ Association
Luther Shaulis
Roy Shauls & Sons
Robert Vincent
Vincent Motors
W. J. Shumaker
Ss. & A. Chevrolet Co
Jay Walker
Walker Buick Company
Specht Motor Co
Roy H. Shauks & Sons
Farm Equipment Co
Roy S. Walker & Son
Harold Shober Garage
Walker Buick Co
John Gnagey & Son
Brant Motors
Herring Motor Co
Saylorace Co
8S. & A. Chevrolet
Maize Mine Safety Bills Introduced
Harrisburg bills aim to improve coal mine safety with a six month ban on open-type electric locomotives in gaseous faces and give the secretary of mines power to regulate small bituminous mines. The package also includes funding and civil service changes.
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Harrisburg
Richard Maize
Pennsylvania
Senate
Sen
A. H. Letzler
Rclearfield
Maize
Commonwealth
John H. Dent
Westmoreland
Department of Welfare
T. Newell Wood
Luzerne
Philadelphia
Bertram Frazier
Phila
Insurance Funds for Housing Bill Advances to Vote
Harrisburg supporters push Senate approved measure allowing life insurers to invest up to 10 percent of reserves in new housing and rental construction. House committee backs local housing authority bills while racial discrimination ban fails 108 71, splitting parties. Lawmakers clash over amend language as final vote set for next week.
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Harrisburg
Thoor
Insurance Company
Homer S. Brown
Allegheny
C. M. Smith
Phila
Thomas H. Greer, Jr
Butler
Walter F. Layer
Delaware
Robert W. Fish
Cumberland
Brown-Smith
Arabs Lose Bid to Debate Palestine Independence at UN
In New York on April 30 the Arabs failed to force a full UN assembly debate on Palestine independence. The 14 nation steering committee voted eight to one with five abstentions against Egypt Iraq Saudi Arabia Syria and Lebanon proposals to discuss canceling the British mandate and freedom for the Holy Land. Egypt alone supported the Arab bid. The United States opposed arguing the special session should not debate the full issue.
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Francis W. Carpenter
New York
Palestine
United Nations Assembly
Assembly
Egypt
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Lebanon
Holy Land
France
Ecuador
China
Canada
United States
Britain
Sweden
Honduras
Czechoslovakia
Brazil
Russia
Poland
India
Mahmoud Hassan Pasha
U. N
Oswaldo Aranha
Weather Outlook for Maryland Pennsylvania and Nearby
Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday then showers and thunderstorms mainly Thursday afternoon into night. Friday brings fair weather and cooler conditions. Western Pennsylvania sees showers Thursday, clearing Thursday night with cooler Friday. West Virginia expects partly cloudy and warmer Thursday with occasional showers and thunderstorms then clearing Thursday night and cooler Friday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report Clipped Entry
Daily weather summary reports temperatures for a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday with a 42 degree reading noted. Previous year values are incompletely recorded.
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Barute Meee
Madam Umm
Weather temperatures across U. S. on April 30
The U S Weather Bureau reported temperatures for Wednesday April 30 in several cities including Cleveland 55? Philadelphia 55? Denver 47? Miami 80? Pittsburgh 36? St Louis 58? Washington 64.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Phiusadelphia
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