Durocher Suspended for 1947 Season in Baseball Shakeup
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Teo Durocher is suspended for the 1947 season by commissioner Chandler. Chuck Dressen, then with the Yankees, gets 30 days starting April 15. Dodgers and Yankees fined $2000 each. Harold Parnett paid $500.
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Union Fund Establishes $1000 Death Benefit for Miners
Trustees of the United Mine Workers welfare fund set a $1000 death benefit for each bituminous coal miner in the union. Payments retroactive to June 1 aid 111 victims of the Centralia disaster. John L. Lewis said the fund is insufficient and hinted at a 10 cent per ton levy on soft coal if government operation ends. The fund under government control comes from five cents per ton.
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Britain told U S plans on Greece quit in spring
A British government source said Britain informed the United States in October that it would be forced to quit Greece this spring. The source said American concern in February was helped by U S observers reporting the risk of civil war in Greece.
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Fire destroys top floor of Perry hotel
A three story New Perry Hotel in Perry Georgia saw its top floor burned early today while 65 guests escaped unharmed. No injuries reported and cause under investigation by local fire officials.
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Cabinet session yields no action on rising prices
President Truman held a cabinet and economic advisory session lasting one hour and forty minutes with no action planned on price policy. Charles Ross said discussions were broad and a four to five page memo by Nourse outlined inflation concerns, but no consensus emerged.
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Ships Crash Off Cape Henry In Dense Fog
The freighter American Farmer and the collier Pittsburgh Seam collided in pea-soup fog about 50 miles off Cape Henry. The American Farmer listed nine degrees but remained under power toward Hampton Roads. Coast Guard rescue craft and a seaplane were dispatched in heavy rain. no casualties reported and damage to the collier unknown.
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Jenner to oppose Lilienthal for AEC chairman
Senator Jenner of Indiana announced he will vote against confirming David E. Lilienthal as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. The stance was disclosed in a public statement hours before the Senate vote.
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Iceland Ends Six Year American Military Protection
Reykjavik Iceland reports that the last American soldiers stationed on the island were en route home concluding almost six years of American military protection.
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Reykjavik
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Policy Committee In Session On Telephone Strike
Negotiators in Washington held day and night talks on the national telephone workers dispute. A key obstacle is who pays arbitration costs for long distance lines. The plan could go to the policy committee for approval once issues are settled.
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Five Great Powers Named Drafting Sub-Committee on Arms Cuts
The United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments designated the five permanent Security Council members France China Britain Russia and the United States as a drafting sub-committee to develop preliminary world arms reduction plans. An 11 nation commission approved the Colombian proposal by a bare majority.
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Magnet on String Removes Needle from Patient
A 26 year old diabetic woman swallowed a two inch sewing needle and was treated by suspending a small magnet down her throat on a string. Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School performed the procedure yesterday. The patient is at Western State Psychiatric Institute.
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Outlook for US economy faces possible summer recession
The AP surveys suggest the booming economy could cool this summer with a recession possibly forming by midyear. High prices and excess inventories, plus coal mine closings and strikes, could disrupt production and shift the economic timetable. A minority expect prices to remain high. most foresee some contraction this year.
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House Committee Votes to Cite Eugene Dennis for Contempt
The House Committee on Un-American Activities voted unanimously to cite Eugene Dennis for contempt after he ignored a subpoena. It also asked the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Dennis, Leon Josephson, and Gerhart Eisler for conspiracy to commit contempt and noted Josephson’s alleged involvement in a Soviet espionage and false passport ring.
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Weather Fluctuates From Gloom To Sunshine
The Weather Bureau reports light rain or snow with overcast skies tonight. Temperatures dip to a low around 38 and rise to near 50 by Thursday. A cool start improves with clearing skies and moderating temperatures across Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Utica and Albany.
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Congressional junket to Greece echoes prior fact finding
Marquis Childs notes the U S visit to Greece mirrors last summer in Britain where a fact finding delegation produced a lengthy report. The feature appears in editorials and related pages with sections on comics horoscopes and daily amusements.
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Langley Collyer Died in Junk-Trap Booby Trap
Police say Langley Collyer died in a booby-trap setup at his Fifth Avenue home after being trapped by a suitcase and metal boxes wired to a trigger. His body was found ten feet from where his brother Homer lay dead in a junk-filled passageway. Autopsy pending. cause of death undetermined, possible suffocation or starvation.
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Sinatra Fights Columnist in Hollywood Club Fight
Frank Sinatra says he floored New York Daily Mirror columnist Lee Mortimer after Mortimer insulted him by calling him a dago. The punch occurred in the foyer of Ciros nightclub in Hollywood last night. Mortimer claims he was attacked while leaving with Kay Kino, while photographer Nat Dallinger aided him.
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Boundary Commission Proposed to Fix German Polish Frontier
Marshall proposes a six nation boundary commission with the United States Britain Russia France Poland and other allies to study a permanent German Polish frontier. The panel would ensure Ruhr and Silesia resources serve Europe and avoid exclusive control by Germany or Poland. Germany’s Ruhr and Rhineland to stay under Germany with international supervision of resources, and areas east of Oder Neisse to Poland with certain adjacent lands returned to Germany.
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U S Joins Anglo Indian Talks On India Defense
Indian sources report the United States has joined Anglo Indian Army talks in London concerning India's defense after Britain ends its rule in June 1948. This anti Communist alignment follows recent U S participation in related discussions.
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