Nationwide Walkouts Idle 115000 Workers in Labor Strife
Across garment, auto, rubber, transit and mining industries more than 115000 workers were idled by strikes. Additional tensions include 40000 CIO seamen threatening voyage refusals after Friday midnight and looming Bell Telephone system disputes. The article notes AFL ILGWU action in New York and major stoppages in Akron, Cleveland, Providence and Detroit with numerous plant-specific walkouts and wage demands.
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Chicago
A.F.L. International Ladies’ Garment
New York
Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Ind
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Barberton
Goodyear
Cleveland
T & Pay
Providence
R. I
New Bedford
Mass
Adie
Detroit
Hudson
Chrysler
DeSoto
NANT
Joseph Curran
CIO Communications Workers Union
Bell Telephone System
APL National Farm Labor Union
Weere
California
Gein
Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
Jets in Prague reportedly miss from Bavaria land in Czechoslovakia
A Reuters report from Prague says two US fighter planes missing since Friday from their Bavarian base are believed to have landed at a Czechoslovak airfield. No further details available.
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London
INS
Reuters
Prague
United States
Bavaria
Czechoslovakia
Student Queen Hails From Saratoga Springs School
18 year old Corbett, crowned queen at Saraingateh School, attended a dance with a black eye after an automobile accident earlier today. Local report notes the event as a minor shiner and peer reaction amid the ceremony.
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Saratoga Springs
Aly
Corbett
Saraingateh School
Todays Features and Pages Note Incomplete Listing
A fragmented newspaper line mentions features from airlines and the CAT, with references to Marquis Childs Fiat page and various page indicators. It also lists sections such as Amusements Editorials Tellers and Classifieds A741 Tag Reporter City Late DY Rada Treaths and Todays Pictures Page 18.
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CAT
Marquis Childs
Fiat
Ariaze
Syarrs
Rise in Cattle Shipments Cuts Beef Shortage
CHICAGO reports a继续 rise in cattle shipments reducing the beef shortage. Farmers sent 33,200 cattle to market this week, a 50 percent rise from last week, while year ago totals stood higher. Despite larger shipments, overall supply remains tight and is unlikely to fully avert the shortage.
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Andit
Wiles Probe Hints Injury Is Accidental
Washington police said all indications point to an accidental fall in the injury that sent Syracuse attorney Ben Wiles Jr to a hospital with a critical skull fracture. Detectives awaited his full consciousness as they investigated. no eye witnesses or robbery motive found. wrist watch shattered, wallet untouched. Wiles, a Democratic leader in Onondaga County, was appointed to his post in May after serving as district attorney.
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Washington
Syracuse
Ben Wiles, Jr
John Flaherty
Wiles
Syracuse District Price
Para Ported
Gallen McConnell
Peoria
Francis Edwards
Shreveport
Herveg
McConnell
Edwards
Onondaga
Irige
Australian Labor Party Leader Joseph Chifley Dies
Joseph Benedict Chifley 65, Australian Labor Party leader and former Prime Minister, died of a heart attack in Canberra. He rose from a railroad shop boy to premier in 1943, serving until 1949 when the Conservatives won the general election. Chifley led a simple life, enjoyed gardening and reading, and started at the bottom on the railways becoming the youngest locomotive engineer at 24.
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Canberra
Australia
Joseph Benedict Chifley
Australian Labor Party
Chifley
Coneratives
Labor
Govi Mieant
Sleepwalking milkman breaks nose in fall
In Columbus, Harry Vance aged 32 suffered a broken nose and deep cuts after a sleepwalking episode sent him down a stairway at home early yesterday. He says he averages three sleepwalking trips weekly and joked his wife often finds him in hallways arranging bottles.
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Columbus
Harry Vance
Vance
Dope Probe Reveals Teen Dope Trade In Schools
New York state inquiry reveals nervous schoolboys testifying via recordings about marijuana in labs and lunchrooms and dope peddlers on school grounds. A 16 year old described sniffing heroin in class while a teacher lectured, and others spoke of drug habits and bets. A Brooklyn student said a dealer earned 300 to 400 dollars daily, with one pupil admitting he was a bookie. Concluded on Page 7, Column 17.
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New York
Majuana
Brooklyn
End of Pyongyang Battle? Koreans Push North Front Rush
Tokyo report says UN infantry and Allied air power drive toward Pyongyang as Red Army retreat spreads along a 70 mile front. Eighth Army notes light to moderate resistance and probes near Chorwon Kumhwa and Kumhwa area while signals indicate Pyongyang may fall, potentially cutting the central Korean triangle.
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Tokyo
Korea
Pyonggang
United Nations
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Kumhwa
Sre
Pyongyang
Crai
Woman Found In Park Pool
Mrs. Fannie Ellerson, 59, of 1308 E Payette, found floating and unconscious at 7 AM in a Columbus Park pool. She was taken to St Joseph's Hospital in critical condition. Patrolman Daniel Simmons responded to a call from Joseph Reith, reporting she was fully clothed with glasses, no marks of violence. Ellerson’s body had earlier been identified in a separate case as a missing person.
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Fannie Ellerson
E. Payette Sr
Columbus Park
St .Joseph's Hospital
Daniel Simmons
Joseph Reith
Basselt St
Reith
E. Genesee St
Canandaigua
Lexington
Patralman Simmons
Frank H.l
Waller
Webster
Manchester
Dwyer
S. Beech St
Johny
Rochester
Roosevelt Av
Charles Lennox
Ellerson
Charlee Ellerson
Rushville
Longest hiccup case spans three years in Los Angeles
A 26 year old former manager, Jack O Leary, endures hiccups for three years causing extreme weight loss and inability to keep food down. Doctors have not cured him despite hundreds of examinations and trials. only a trip to Arizona altered the hiccup rate slightly. His mother remains hopeful for a cure and prays for relief.
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OS Angeles
Hack O'Leary
Marrat
Ehrertat
Lewes
Arizona
Binghamton police officer jailed for gaming bribe
Former friend of the Binghamton police Nice squad Raymond J. O Keefe, 49, drew two to five years in prison for taking bribes from gamblers. Nine others were sentenced to one year in Onondaga penitentiary for conspiracy to obstruct justice. Chief Hanifin was cleared. Trial began March 12 after an 18-man indictment.
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Binghamton
Binghamton Police
Nice Squad
Norman G. Slagg
Raymond J. O'Keefe
Sand
Broome l
Onondaga County
Michael J. Hanifin
O'Keefe
Onondaga Penitentiary
O Keefe
Louis Dimbro
Antonio Romeo
Dice Irooms
Joseph Banovic
Keiser Joseph
Demetrius Saraceno
Sidney Goodsile
Marty Mondolf
Louis A. Fialo
Joseph Capalaces
Goodsiie
Conklin
Joseph
New York City
Two Sabrejets Collide and Crash Near Cumberland
A Korean War veteran and an Air Force fighter pilot were severely injured when their Sabrejets collided and crashed in flames near Cumberland. First Lt. Leo R. Kirby, 24, of Burlington, Wisconsin, and Second Lt. Michael A. Corba, 23, of Belleville, Ohio, bailed out and parachuted to safety, landing roughly and suffering injuries as they were hospitalized in Pawtucket.
Women accused of steering economy claims in Chicago
Inland Steel president Clarence B Randall said women are voting into socialism and communism, asserting they own most businesses and do not understand the consequences of their income. The remarks, made in Chicago, drew immediate criticism and debate over gender and economic policy.
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Chicago
Clarence B Randall
Inland Steel Co
Gambling Inquiry Hearing Details In Ogdensburg
Crime probes in Ogdensburg before the State Crime Commission heard testimonies from William M. Hess William Brenno James W. Skelly and Charles Ward and Charles Rocky Livingston who declined to comment During a brief recess Sidney A Wood Cahusac and H Barton Farr Jr commissioners counseled that investigators spoke with about half a dozen residents in their Ogdensburg homes last night about gambling losses Concluded on Page 7 Column 2
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Canton
State Crime Commission
New York City
William M. Hess
William Brenno
James W. Skelly
Charles K. Ward
Charles
Rocky) Livingston
Sidney A. Wood-Cahusac
Ogdensburg
Commission
H. Barton Farr, Jr
Atomic Tests To Be Revealed At News Conference
The United States plans a joint defense energy and atomic commission briefing on recent tests at Eniwetok, with Sen McMahon noting the tests were entirely successful. Leaders Elwood Quesada and Alvin Graves met Congress to discuss the field work toward a hydrogen bomb and its theoretical goals.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
McMahen
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Elwood R
Peta) Quesada
Joint Task Force 3
Alvin C. Graves
Congressional Committee
Gun Kills Swedish Consul in Athens Hotel
Reuters reports the Swedish consul Kunar Risberg was found dead of a bullet wound today in his room at the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens. The dispatch cites the body discovered at the hotel.
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London
INS
Athens
Reuters
Kunar Risberg
Hotel Grande Bretagne
Whimsical Exchange Highlights Dinner Etiquette
A humorous exchange features a diner nicknamed the ice fellow who assists friends with meals. The other quips about his habit of letting pals choose the dinner and jokes about a perceived impediment in his reach.
Trainmen Win Pay Hike After WSB Approval
Washington reports a wage boost for about 150000 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members. Yard workers gain 33 cents hourly, road workers 18 6/10 cents, following a May 25 contract after two years of negotiation. The raise, 114 percent over a 10 percent ceiling, reflects recent comparable increases granted to non operating railroad unions.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
WSB
Texas
jMesota
Northeast
Syracuse
Central New
Wedemeyer urges calculated risk in war with Russia over Manchurian railroad
Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer testified at a Senate inquiry into General MacArthur’s dismissal, advocating bombing the Manchurian railroad jointly run by Soviets and Red China as a pivotal supply line in Korea. He backed MacArthur’s Korea proposals, suggested withdrawing U S troops as a last resort, and defended past policy choices on Russia and China while noting differences with the State Department and urging a Japan peace treaty if needed.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Russia
Korea
Wedemeyer
U. S
Jing
China
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Red
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Japan
Yalta
State Department
Soldier linked to Langley crash in Liverpool incident
Sheriff's Deputy and Liverpool police tied a Langley Field soldier to a hit and run crash at a Beechwood Avenue home in Liverpool. A rented car showed a front-end bend and wood splinters matching the damaged property. Authorities seek Robert Taylor’s return. warrants issued for the soldier’s arrest.
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Edward Diligent
Liverpool
Langley Field
C. Smith
Beechwood Av
R. S. Robie, Inc
Madisons
Smith
Fant
Robert Taylor
Virginia Air Force Hose
Taylor
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Qdanah Iron Mining Co
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Man’s Land
Marshall
Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall
President Truman
White House
Korean Battlefront
Jack
Young O'Loeary
Reyko Margarine Best May
Toby Itsh
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