Macy's Strike Paralyzes New York Stores Amid Wage Dispute
About 1,200 Safeway Stores workers and Macy's employees join a wage dispute that halted operations across 170 stores in New York Westchester Nassau and New Jersey. The claim includes a record daily sales impact and a potential broader strike if a contract isn't settled by year end.
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Elderly Patients Flee Fire in Nursery Home
In Hagerstown Maryland nurses and neighbors carried 46 elderly patients from the two story Convalescent Home as flames consumed the building. One deputy sheriff died after helping rescue residents and a cat amid the blaze. The incident followed a day of chaos and smoke with responders aiding evacuation.
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Deaths of Roscoe Ensign Brown and John Toman
Death notices for Roscoe Conkling Ensign Brown professor emeritus at Columbia University School of Journalism and former managing editor of the old New York Tribune in New York. Also noted is John Toman aged 70 Democratic former treasurer and sheriff of Cook County Chicago political figure, Calengo.
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Guam seeks U S citizenship as territory proposal stalled
The Guam legislature plans to urge Congress to organize Guam as a U S territory and grant citizenship to all Guam residents. In other news King George VI marked his birthday with a Windsor Castle cannon salute while Pope Pius XII called for a day of prayer amid anti clerical literature concerns. Ambergris reportedly found at sea aboard the American freighter Call, potentially worth a million, and opera star Marjorie Lawrence received the Legion of Honor cross in Paris after a performance of Aida.
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Farley Hails Truman Call After World Trip
Former DNC chairman James A Farley, back from a world tour, phoned President Truman on Saturday. The brief exchange highlighted ongoing diplomatic and political discussions as Farley conveyed greetings and updates from his travels.
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Tenement Toll Now 37 After Collapse Rescue Ends
Rescue workers risked their lives to recover 37 bodies from a Manhattan tenement wreckage after a five story building housing 22 families collapsed following a fire at an adjacent plant. Deputy Chief Police Inspector Wit Whelan announced no other occupants were missing after six bodies were identified, and that further digging would only list more lives.
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Yard Bomb Threat Shocks Scotland Yard and Landmarks
A London telephoned warning disrupted Scotland Yard and threatened the Marble Arch in Hyde Park and Victoria Station. Authorities initiated special precautionary measures after an anonymous caller claimed a bomb plot aimed at the police HQ and nearby landmarks.
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Plane crash injures five on Dartmouth Airways charter flight
Five people were seriously injured when a twin engine Dartmouth Airways plane crashed Saturday after taking off from New York City en route to Lebanon New Jersey. Among the injured were two women and the pilot.
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Michigan to ship Intoximeter to all patrols by March
Michigan State Police will equip all patrol units with the Intoximeter by mid March. Capt Caesar J Scavarda said the device provides on scene alcohol tests to supplement officer judgment and observation and will be used as corroborative evidence in court.
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Truman unveils 1947 housing plan for veterans and private builders
President Truman outlined a broad housing program allowing non veterans to build for personal occupancy, with annual rents and floor areas capped. The plan continues veteran priority, expands rental housing financing, and aims to ease material shortages while extending title loan amortization and apprentice training.
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