Coal Talks Fail as Wage Clash Threatens UMW Strike
Washington dispatch reports wage negotiations between John L. Lewis and northern mine operators collapsed Saturday, with UMW demanding 35 cents raise plus concessions while operators offer 15 cents. Government shifts to private operation July 1. Southern operators resume talks with UMW Tuesday as deadlock endangers a nationwide coal strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Northern
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UPL
Charles O’neill
U M.W
U.M.W
Senator Urges Air Safety Board Creation
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine called for an immediate U S Air Policy Board after Memorial Day air disasters. He said crashes involving LaGuardia and Maryland routes show safety is fundamental, not financial trouble, and urged surveys of equipment and airline practices. Senator Pat McCarran agreed the crashes prove the indispensable need for air safety reform.
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Washington
CINS
Owen. Brewster
R-Me
Senate ‘Aviation
U. S. Air, Policy Board
Brewster
Bangor
International News’ Service
America
Pat McCarran
New
Air Safety Board
Hospital Auxiliary hears Mrs Krohn on women in government
Emma Van Wormer reports the Union song title Strength There’s Always in, with Mrs Kenneth Strayer of Lottenville Staten Island, president of the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs, planning June Syracuse luncheon at Drumlins for Crouse Irving Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs Ralph Krohn of Utica will discuss Women in the Science of Government and peace work. she travels widely and will attend New York State Federation board in NYC June 22 and the General Federation convention June 22-29. The 1947 NYS convention is Nov 10-12 in Rochester with seventh district clubs hosting. Seeley H. Brewer of Ovid is seventh district director.
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New York
Angelica
Elizabethtown
Colgate Inn
Hamilton
Krohn
Syracuse
Drumlins
Crouse-Irving” Hospital
Rochester
Chandler to Stand Trial for World War II Treason
Douglas Chandler, 58, a former American newsman, goes on trial in Boston on treason charges for participating in Nazi radio broadcasts from Germany during the war. He allegedly used the alias Paul Revere in recordings broadcast to the United States, marking New England history’s first treason case and Massachusetts district court’s first capital case since 1854.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Germany
New England
U. S. District Court
Massachusetts
Chandler
Paul Revere
United States
Jack Armstrong Comic Starts Monday
Jack Armstrong, A Great New Comic thrills with suspense and the All-American Boy as the sensation of the year. The feature promises popular heroics as the new strip debuts Monday in the newspaper.
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Jack Armstrong
Powers Revoked in Truman Move on Emergency Powers
President Truman on Saturday revoked the emergency powers of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Panama Canal governor to seize and control United States and foreign vessels in the interest of national defense.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of Treasury
Panama Canal
United States
Poznan Students Convicted in Anti-State Propaganda Case
Poznan district court sentenced six University of Poznan students to two to ten years in prison for anti state propaganda and possession of firearms. The verdict marks a strict crackdown on university activism amid political tensions in Poland.
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Poznan
Poland
University of Poznan
Four Die in Brookhaven House Fire Tragedy
A Brookhaven two family dwelling burned Saturday killing four family members and a third person escaped. Police attributed the blaze to an explosion of a hot water heater causing the fire.
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Brookhaven
Canother
Syracuse valedictorian tied to marriage and study
The Hill's Hill area notes a Syracuse University valedictorian, Mrs Phyllis Rubens Browne, who graduates Monday with a 2.962 average and top honors in fine arts. Her husband Glenn, an GE employee, jokes that his wife’s success comes from study aided by him and a past bump on the head. Other context mentions Ruth Haring Rodgers as a previous year’s valedictorian.
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Syracuse University
Phyllis Rubens
Browh
Glenn
Phyllis-Rubens Browne
Milan Bombing Damages Milan Prefecture Building
A bomb wrapped in posters reading democratizes was thrown into the Milan prefecture building on Saturday causing substantial damage. A woman in a building across the street sustained slight injuries.
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Milan
Democratizes
Milan Prefecture
Todays Features In The Herald American
Inside pages list regular features for today including Political Periscope The Good Old Days Books The Poets Corner Cross word Puzzle Art Chat Amusements Inq Reporter City Life Music Classifieds Radio Deaths Society Dr Maxwells Womens Weather Sports Editorial Vets News Financial and Todays Pictures on page 12.
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Herald-American
Leedey Tornado Wreaks Havoc In Oklahoma Town
Emergency lines report Leedey three quarters destroyed after a nighttime tornado struck at 9 05 P M local time. Jack Sapp says five bodies found, many injured feared, waterworks and telephone office destroyed, business district half gone. He sounded the fire siren from the phone office and urged ambulances and medical aid as crews set up an emergency circuit and reporters sent updates. Concluded on page 18.
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Leedey
Okla
Jack Sapp
Oklahoma
Sapp
Wwe
Colima
Egypt to submit Sudan union demand to United Nations
An Egyptian source says Cairo will soon present its demand for withdrawal of British troops and a permanent union with the Sudan to the United Nations Security Council. The move highlights broader peace questions before the UN, including Palestine Balkan frontiers atomic control disarmament and Trieste governance.
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Lake Success
Egypt
Sudan
United Nations
Palestine
Balkan
Trieste
Security Council
Tire prices cut in nationwide Goodrich reduction
AKRON Ohio UP B F Good rich Co Saturday announced a general reduction in retail prices of passenger tires and tubes effective June 2 A company spokesman said the reduction would average around 10 percent varying somewhat with different types of tires
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Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Co
Chiang Flies To Manchuria For Mukden Confab
PEIPING INS reports President Chiang Kai-shek flew secretly to Mukden for military conferences expected to last several days. Communist attacks on Manchurian railways and key government garrisons continue with no letup, signaling the gravity of the nationalist position.
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Peiping
INS
Mukden
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Chiang
Manchurian
India Shrines Open To Untouchables Under New Act
The Madras government passes a act abolishing the centuries-old ban on untouchables entering Hindu temples. The new rule applies to all temples in the province starting Monday. Even before passage, many famous shrines had voluntarily opened to untouchables.
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Madras
India
Hunger Strike by 30 Prisoners Detained in Paris Jail
Thirty political prisoners held at the Frensnes jail began a hunger strike Saturday after receiving sentences for collaboration with the Nazis. The protest follows their detention and marks intensified resistance actions in Paris.
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Paris
INS
Frensnes
Holiday Toll Exceeds 300 Around Memorial Day Weekend
United Press reports Memorial Day weekend fatalities rose to 311 with one day left. Traffic deaths reached 111, the two worst airplane crashes killed 94, drowning claimed 34, and 72 died in other accidents. The National Safety Council had predicted 275 fatal injuries in traffic incidents during the three day period.
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National Safety Council
Truman May Stay Quiet On Wallace As Campaign Plans Unfold
Washington reports say President Truman may delay public stance on Henry Wallace. Rumors swirl that Truman denounced Wallace in a Starr letter, though officials won't confirm. observers note Wallace's third party prospects in California Illinois New Jersey New York Ohio and Pennsylvania could alter the 1948 race. Time may see U S and Russia cooperate, easing the Wallace issue.
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Wallace
Mr.Truman
Louis E. Starr
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mr. Truman
White House
Starr
Washington
Robert S. Allen
Truman
California
Illinois
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United States
Russia
Maryland 53 Dead Sets New Toll Mark
Maryland officials report a DC 4 airliner crash near Port Deposit killing all 53 aboard. Investigators sift evidence of a damaged tail structure possibly causing the plunge from 6,000 feet. The crash followed a United DC-4 loss at LaGuardia 41 dead. No grounding decided yet.
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Bainbridge
Eastern Air Lines
Port
Deposit
United Airlines
New York
James M. “Dandis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sai
Henry Myers
Myers
Air Collision Kills Two in New Jersey Skies
Two men died and 10 others narrowly escaped death when a Piper Cub and a four engined DC-4 type naval transport collided mid air near Red Bank New Jersey. The Piper Cub wreckage plummeted to earth while the Navy craft returned to Floyd Bennett Field.
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Red, Bank, N. J
Floyd Bennet Field
China Seeks Half Billion Export-Import Loan Negotiations
China opened talks with the United States on a $500 million Export-Import Bank loan. Authoritative sources said Saturday the Foreign Office had no comment.
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Nankeng
China
Ulp
United States
Foreign Office
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