Lewis Sees More Pacts In Offing
United Mine Workers negotiators push for new coal contracts as operators of mines producing 9,162,900 tons annually sign the union terms. Hard coal talks in New York recess over weekend amid disputes on a 95 cent daily wage rise and royalty fund increase.
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Washington GP
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
U.mav
New York
Pennsylvania
A P Official Attacks Government Anti-Trust Suit
John C. Brennan of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. charged at the Association of New York State Canners convention that the government aims to eliminate the firm. He claimed the suit is driven by political motives and confusion and that it would not lower prices.
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Buffalo P
John C. Brennan
Chicago
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Brennan
Association of New York State Canners
Congress
Japanese man tried fifteen times to end his life
Tokyo reports Hiroshi Sato in Hiroshima prefecture tried cyanide once and hung himself six times and jumped before trains eight times in Northern Hokkaido. He piled railroad ties on tracks to derail a train and be punished. The judge ruled him insane after trial. Sato said he wanted death.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Sato
Hokkaido
Leather Workers Reject Union Tieup
In Fulton County 18 idle tanneries voted on union affiliation. The National Labor Relations Board reported 493 votes against CLO and 180 for Textile Workers Union while 144 chose United Leather Workers Union. Of 173 eligible, 56 did not vote. The Fur and Leather Workers Union had prior CLO ties. their contract expired July 1.
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Gloversville
Fulton County
National Labor Relations Board
CLO. Textile Workers Union
A.P.L. United, Leather Workers Union
N.L.R.B
CLO. Fur and Leather Workers Union
Fur and Leather Workers
Fire devastates Parry Apartments leaving four families homeless
A fire at the Parry Apartments in upper Floyday destroyed homes and possessions of four families including nine children. Firefighters from Rome and Griffiss Air Force Base fought the blaze for three hours in near zero temperatures.
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MOME
Parry
Upper Floyday
Rome
Griffiss Air Force Base
Utica Club Protection Evidence Aids Vote Frauds Trial
Special prosecutor Pratt says he will present evidence that police protected the Global War Veterans Club as the Utica vote fraud trial proceeds. State Liquor Authority investigator Mosher testified to after hours liquor and police, taxi, and private car activity near the club on August 1, 1948. The defense motion to strike Mosher’s testimony was denied as the state prepares to rest its case next week.
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Utica
Frank G. Pratt
Pratt
Frank Mosher
Herkimer
State Liquor Authority
Mosher
State Supreme Court
Juca Democratic Party
Global War Veterans Club
Oneida County
Paul R. Shanahan
William H. Munson
Acquitted Larson Heads Home After Slaying Trial
In La Crosse Wisconsin a jury acquitted Arnold Larson a 35 year old auto salesman of the murder of Dr James Mac Gloone the La Crosse physician who treated his son. The crowd cheered as the verdict was read and the judge cautioned against demonstrations.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Arnold Larson
Larson
Court House
Ronald J. Steinle
James MacGloone
la Crosse
Nola
Minneapolis
Me‘Loone
McLoone
Jimmy
Fear of Subway Slowdown Delays Talks in New York
Fear of an immediate subway slowdown eased as the Board of Transportation and the C. I. O. union agreed to a new grievance conference. Both sides, adopting a you first stance, delayed formal requests while awaiting union president Michael J. Quill’s return from London for further talks.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
Board of Transportation
Michael J. Quill
London
Burned Out Family Gets Christmas From Neighbors
The Bob Riley family lost their home eight miles southeast of Washington C H in a Sunday fire that destroyed all possessions. Around 200 people gathered at Good Hope town hall to shower the Rileys with canned foods kitchenware linens a silver set and cash.
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Washington
C. H
Bob Riley
Here
Good Hope Town Hall
Rileys
Riley
Mailyn
Bob
Hi-Ys Draft Legislation Hits Albany Youth Session
Albany youths from Hi-Y circle weigh 50 bills as Gov. Dewey warns against easy promises. The 400 teenagers in the YMCA program debate measures including injury insurance for high school teams sex education voting age and licensing for lonely heart clubs.
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Albany
Hi-Y
Dewey
Y.M.C
Navy offers giant planes to airlines on five year lease
The Navy announces two 180 passenger Lockheed Constitution air transports are offered to commercial airlines due to budget cuts. If not leased they will be stored at Litchfield Park Arizona.
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Washington
Navy
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Fishing Fleet Sinks in Korean Storm Killing Dozens
A violent storm on the Korean East Coast wrecked the cuttlefish fleet last Sunday. Reports indicate as many as 60 deaths with official data incomplete. Kang nung reports at least 100 boats lost, highlighting the scale of the tragedy.
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Seoul
Korea
Marine Bureau
Korean Commerce Department
Kangnung
Korean Pacific Press
Two Seamen Convicted in First Degree Murder
In a nearly empty courtroom a Bronx County jury found Gunnar Jansson and Sven Hallberg guilty of first degree murder in the January 5 robbery slaying of Lee Hong a Chinese laundryman. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence. The men allegedly beat Hong and took 500 dollars.
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New York
Bronx
Gunnar Jansson
Sven Hallberg
Lee Hong
Hong
New Yorkers Urged to Pray for Rain Amid Water Crisis
New York City faces a deepening water shortage as Water Commissioner Carney asks churches to pray for rain and Cardinal Spellman directs parishes to include prayers for rain. Amid reservoir declines, auto laundries resist new car wash bans, facing fines and possible water shutoffs for repeat offenses.
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New York
New York City
Stephen J. Carney
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Abraham M. Bell
Production Auto Laundries Owners Association
Carney
Marine Battalion To be Inspected
COL JOLN R. GALEBEL USMC and Maj. Bertram E. Cunningham will inspect the new 10th Marine Tank Battalion in Syracuse. Maj. Leslie J. Parnell hosts them as the unit seeks Marine Corps Reserve enlistees ages 17 to 32 at Sunday sessions.
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Joln R. Galebel
USMC
Third
Marine Corps Reserve District
Bertram E. Cunningham
10Th Marine Tank Battalion
Syracuse
Leslie J. Parnell
Marine Corps Reserve
Reserve Training Center
73 year old freed man in fatal beating case
William Neisman, 73, a retired carpenter, was freed after a murder charge was dismissed. A coroner's jury found the slaying of his son Joseph, 38, justifiable homicide after witnesses said Joseph abused his parents and attacked his father while drunk.
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Chicago
William Neisman
Charles S. Daugherty
Neisman
Joseph
Elizabeth
Colonial Air Hearing Set For Monday
Public hearing on whether Colonial Air Lines of New York should lose its Canadian license will occur Monday. Canada and the United States plan talks December 15 on the broader bilateral air pact. Colonial objects to a Canadian rival on the New York Montreal route and seeks Supreme Court relief on CAB licensing actions. Governor Dewey urged State Department intervention, arguing the Canadian move harms New York communities.
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Ottawa
New York
Canada
Air Transport Board
Colonial
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
U. S
CAB
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S. State Department
Dewey
Dean Acheson
Canadian Air Transport Board
New York State
Acheson
Industrialist opposes St. Lawrence Seaway in Maine speech
Frank P. Philbrick of Brattleboro told the Maine Chamber of Commerce that the proposed Seaway would push the nation toward government control of private industry. He warned it would threaten New England ports agriculture and rail service, and urged opposition as Crosby Milling Company president.
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Maine
Philbrick
St. Lawrence
New England
Crosby Milling Company
Passengers Force Plane to Land in Belgrade
Four Romanian bound passengers seized control of a flight from Ribiu to Bucharest forcing a Belgrade landing after killing a soldier escort. The craft carried 19 passengers five crewmen and the body of the slain guard. Two plotters killed the soldier and forced the pilot to divert to Yugoslavia. A fifth passenger, a Romanian bank inspector, later said he also wished to stay in Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Ribiu
Romania
Bucharest
Yugoslavia
Milwaukee Sold for Scrap Under Lend Lease Return
The United States government announced the sale of the light cruiser U.S.S. Milwaukee, the first Lend-Lease ship returned by the Soviet Union, to a salvage company for 148000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
CAP
Soviet Union
U.S.S. Milwaukee
Clergyman's Reaction Heard At Murder Trial
The Rev. George P. Hetenyi showed no interest when told his wife Jean Hetenyi's body had been found in the Genesee River after he allegedly shot her and dumped the body near Rochester April 22. Police testified about the auto with a bullet hole and stains, with two .25 caliber bullets recovered from the body. The trial sits before a Monroe County jury of 10 men and two women.
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Rochester CP
George P. Hetenyi
Genesee River
Jean
Rochester
John C. Rapp
Buffalo Police Force
Hetenyi
Monroe
Mao Sends Portrait to Stalin for Museum Handover
Mao Tse tung sent his portrait to Generalissimo Stalin. The portrait now hangs in the Museum of the Revolution in Moscow. Mao signed the work in Chinese characters with a dedication to Stalin as comrade and leader.
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Moscow
China
Mao Tse Tung
Stalin
Mao
Comrade Stalin
Pope Recounts Dagger Plots Against Him
Vatican report says Bruno Carnacchiola, once a Communist, handed Pope Pius XII a dagger planned to kill him before a vision led him to abandon the act. Carnacchiola, with nine trolley car conductors, gave the weapon and a Bible to the pope during a Rosary broadcast after declaring a Marian appearance in 1947.
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Vatican Crey
INS
Pius
Bruno Carnacchiola
Carnacchiola
Italian strike called off as talks continue
A 24 hour strike planned by more than a million government workers was averted when organizers halted action to await further parliamentary discussion of proposed pay increases. A committee of agitation called off the strike after the senate decided to continue debate on Tuesday.
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Rome
Senate
Hede Massing Links Hiss to Prewar Red Underground
Mrs. Hede Massing testified in Hiss second perjury trial that she and Alger Hiss were rival underground operatives in prewar Washington. She recalled meeting Hiss in 1935 at Noel Field’s home and said they competed to recruit Field for their cells. Hiss denies meeting Massing and maintains no Communist ties.
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New York
Eisler
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eisler
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Noel Field
State
Department
Washington
Hede Maassing
Congress
Massing
Communist Party
U. S. State Department
Roosevelt
Mrs. Massing
Courrier Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Field
Europe
Party
Spade Cooley Hospitalized After Serious Heart Attack
Western bandleader Spade Cooley was hospitalized in Santa Monica California after suffering a serious heart attack on the movie set. It was his second heart attack in two days.
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Spade Cooley
Santa Monica
Calif
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