Civil Service Workers Renounce Strikes and Open Shop
Albany delegates from over 100000 civil service employees approved a resolution renouncing strikes and the closed shop. The document promotes free union choice and collective bargaining while urging fair conditions and independent, impartial administration. Bart A. Oddo of Buffalo chairs the state association as cities statewide sent delegates to the Albany convention.
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Leo W. O’brien
Albany
Civil Service Association of
New York State
Civil Service Forum of
New York City
Civil Service
Bart A. Oddo
Buffalo
Meat supplies fall nationwide as shelves go bare
Nationwide survey shows few families will have meat for Sunday dinners as stocks reach a record low from the Midwest to the South and Northwest. Slaughtering declined sharply and workers were laid off while officials anticipate more meat reaching stores after July 1 regardless of price-control status.
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Chicago
Midwest
South
Northwest Pacific
Bread famine averted in Western Europe as grain arrives
Dispatches report Europe escapes a bread famine for now as America promises 675000 tons of grain but delivers only a fraction. Britain faces certain rationing while Henri Longchambon says France has enough bread to reach August wheat harvest amid a relief effort in the occupied German zones.
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London
Europe
America
Britain
Henri Longchambon
Luck Holds Chute Jump Sparks Narrow Escape
A Detroit public demo saw former paratrooper Warren Berg nearly die after a 2,500 foot fall. He chalked his name on the living parachutists list, a nerve testing moment that paused his bid as best man. Concluded on Page 6, Column 4.
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Warren Berg
Detroit
Weather Forecast Syracuse Area Edition
The Weather Bureau predicts fair and warmer conditions in the Syracuse area Sunday. Monday will be partly cloudy and still warm with a high around 69 and a low near 57.
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Syracuse Area
U. 8. Weather Bureau
Todax
New York
Marshall Progress in China Peace Talks Amid Truce Hopes
Gen. George C. Marshall met with Nationalist and Communist representatives in Nanking and signs point to progress toward a permanent truce in China's civil war. A Communist spokesman called the talks a food sign as suspicions linger about discussion details with Hsu Yung-Chang and Chou En Lai.
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Nanking
George C. Marshall
China
Marshall
Hsu Yung-Chang
Chou En-Lai
Conferees To Resume Monday In Price Control Talks
Four teen Senators and House members working on the price control extension reached agreement on most points but four remain unresolved. They will reconvene Monday night to bridge the gaps before the measure goes to the House then the Senate. The deadline is midnight Sunday June 30. The main issues are extension length and which products remain under controls.
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Washington
House
Chester Bowles
Senate
Congress
Downey
D-Calif
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad strike settles wage gains
Passenger service on the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad resumed at 7 PM after a 24 day strike by 700 employees ended. A presidential fact finding board awarded 14 and a half cents an hour increases with 16 cents retroactive to May 22 and Jan 1 retroactivity. Fifty maintenance workers who remained will be rehired.
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New York
Hudson and Manhattan
New York to Albany Flight Sets Record in 16 Minutes
A P-80 Shooting Star piloted by Capt. Martin L. Smith flew from New York to Albany in 16 minutes 20 seconds, breaking the Hudson River trail record. The two day test showcased multiple jet flights and drew about 75,000 spectators along the route and at Schenectady.
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Schenectady
Ins
New York
Albany
Hudson River Trail
Martin L. Smith
Mississippi
Glenn Curtiss
Washington
Dayton
New York-to- Albany
Smith
General Electric Flying Laboratory
State Capitol Building
New York City
Hudson
Truman Learns Horseshoe Tricks From Risk at White House
President Truman watched Jimmy Risk of Montpelier Indiana pitch 15 ringers in a row and perform stunt throws on the White House lawn. Risk demonstrated lighting matches with horseshoes and a perfect ringer on a smoking cigarette.
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Truman
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Jimmy Risk
White House Court
Washington
Missouri
Montpelier
Ind
Risk
White House
Texas
Naval Operations
Army to launch 25 rockets for 100 mile altitude test
Maj. Gen. Everett S. Hughes announced 25 rockets will be fired at White Sands Proving Grounds New Mexico to push an altitude record to about 100 miles. The tests will run from now until spring 1947 with the trial set for next Thursday.
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Washington
INS
Everett S. Hughes
U. S. Army
Army
White Sands Proving Grounds
New Mexico
Sleeping Pill Antidote Reported By Dr Freirich
Dr Abraham Freirich reports amphetamine sulphate sold as benzedrine as a simple antidote for sleeping pill overdoses. He treated 19 attempted suicides successfully in a year, with one failure due to drug supply. The Nassau County toxicologist details and methods will appear in JAMA.
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Synbrook
INS
Abraham Freirich
Nassau County
Journal of the American Medical Association
Freirich
Mine dump explosion kills sixteen in Campobasso area
A Rome dispatch reports sixteen people killed and seventy injured when a mine dump exploded near Campobasso on Saturday. The accident was described in the Avant newspaper.
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Rome
Campobasso
Avant
Get Sharp Protest On Trieste
Russia rejected an American bid to convoke a general European peace conference and set a deadline for work on Italian and Balkan treaties. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signaled readiness to assess progress by week’s end.
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Paris
Russia
Conference of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
Allied warships drop anchor in Trieste harbor display
The American destroyers U S S Small and U S S Powers anchored in Trieste harbor on Saturday joining U S S Battleship to seven Allied warships in a show of force as Allied foreign ministers met in Paris.
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Trieste
INS
U.S.S
Paris
Byrnes Urges Ministers to Send Invitations for 21-Nation Peace Conference
U S Secretary of State James F Byrnes pressed foreign ministers to issue invitations now for the 21 nation peace conference and keep sessions open until July 15 if needed British and American sources said. Byrnes stated ministers near agreement on peace treaties making early invitations harmless.
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U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Parodi urges UN to keep Spanish question on agenda
French UN delegate Alexandre Parodi pressed to maintain focus on the Spanish issue at the United Nations Security Council despite Russia veto. He warned against conditions in Spain becoming a springboard for future war and called for action against Franco. Poland reportedly drafts a proposal to keep the matter in play when the council reconvenes.
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United Press New York
Alexandre Parodi
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Transsite
Parodi
University of the Air
Spain
Franco
Poland
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