May Day Show Of Soviet Military Strength Worldwide
On May Day 1946 Soviet leader Nikolai Bulganin urged the armed forces to stay prepared as millions marked Labor Day. Rallies in Europe supported leftist governments while Moscow staged its largest May Day celebration since the war with a 20 salvo artillery salute and a call for a lasting democratic peace.
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London
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Europe
Moscow
Red Square
Belgian
Norway
France
Soviet Union
AFL-CIO Merger Talks On Labor Unite Bid
Ten leaders from AFL and CIO met in Washington to discuss merging the two unions into a single labor movement of over 13.5 million members as Congress weighed new union restrictions. Key figures included John L. Lewis Philip Murray and William Green with Tobin pressing for unity while signaling stalled consolidation.
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Washington
AJR
COLO
Congress
John L. Lewis
Awf.l
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
A.F.L
Daniel 3. Tobin
Teamster Union
A.P.L
Lewis
Murray
William Green
C.so
May Day Weather Shrugs Off Rain With Cool Front
A cold front moved in from the west this morning bringing a dank entrance and cooler conditions ahead. Temperatures were 10 degrees lower in Rochester than Syracuse and 15 degrees lower than Buffalo with a low around 45 in Syracuse tonight and continued cool weather for Friday per the Weather Bureau.
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Rochester
Syracuse
Buffalo
Weather Bureau
United States Could Aid Mexico With Expert Land Reclamers
Marquis Childs notes in his column that the United States can provide vital assistance to Mexico by lending soil and land reclamation experts from the Department of Agriculture. The piece appears in editorial pages alongside a broad set of features including comics, horoscopes, and letters.
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United States
Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Marquis Childs
Steel strikes tie up two companies in New York and Indiana
Nationwide steel contract talks triggered walkouts as Inland Steel Co. workers began a 12:01 A.M. strike over unresolved terms. Picket lines formed at John A Roebling's Sons Co. plants in New Jersey while agreement had been reached with Bethlehem, Republic, Crucible, and Colorado Fuel and Iron on a pattern wage boost of 15 cents an hour.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
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Roebling
N. J
John A. Roebling
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Crucible Steal Co. of America
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp
Charges of Fascism in the United States Warned by Soviet Writer
Moscow report quotes Ilya Ehrenburg as saying Fascism is at work in the United States and urges Americans to heed the Nazi fate before new Fascist crusaders rise.
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U.S
Moscow
Ilya Ehrenbourg
United States
Break in nationwide telephone strike expected today
Union officials forecast a wage settlement in master negotiations with American Telephone & Telegraph Co. The expected offer is a $6 weekly increase and 10 percent affiliated with the National Federation of Telephone Workers. In New York, workers refused to return to work while negotiations continued.
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Washington
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Henry Mayer
Mayer
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Mrs Roosevelt Regains License
Eleanor Roosevelt regains driving privileges after a three and a half month license revocation following an accident. Her secretary confirms reinstatement by the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles and notes there is no comment from Mrs Roosevelt.
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Hyde Park
Eleanor Roosevelt
Fourth Tornado Hits U S Toll Now 25
A United Press report notes twenty five dead and hundreds homeless after four tornadoes across the Midwest Southwest and Southeast. A Dallas area hill was struck by a twister while a North Carolina tobacco town suffered a damaging edge knock. The two day toll includes Fairmont North Carolina where Ann Powell four was killed and Alice Texas where Derry Husk and Walter Farmer thirty were killed in a zigzagging truck twist.
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United Press
U. S
Middle West
Dallas
Tex
North Carolina
Missouri
Arkansas
Fairmont
N. C
Ann Powell
Alice
Derry Husk
Walter Farmer
Rent Boost Up for Vote
Washington UPI reports a plan to raise rent ceilings by ten percent as a decisive House vote looms. The House already voted 127 to 48 to end most government controls on building materials and construction under the Veterans Housing Act. Representative Buffet proposes applying the rent boost as an amendment extending federal controls for six months beyond June 30.
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House
Representative Buffet
R-Neb
Trieste Parade Bombed Injuring 25
Two bombs exploded during a pro Yugoslav demonstrators parade in Trieste Italy. Police say 25 people were hurt and four seriously. Three suspects were arrested, identities and nationalities not released.
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Trieste
Rickshas Disappear as Singapore Bans Return
Rickshas vanish from Singapore streets as Municipal Council ban on human drawn vehicles takes effect. The council previously voted the ban after deeming Ricksha pullers' tirades degrading.
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Singapore
Mine Blast Kills 8 Four Die in 3-Train Wreck
A freight train sheared by protruding steel rods ripped a hole in a sleeper coach on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Runfergd on a frigid early morning. Four killed, 42 injured, including soldiers, as two trains collided and multiple tracks were blocked. Names identified include Joseph Selmick Jr. and Sgt Robert Deavers.
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Pennnsylvania Railroad
Hyer
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E.S.T
New York
St. Louis
PRR
Sheell
Blair Short
Huntingdon County
Anne
Jews adamant against truce in British Palestine war
Irgun Zvai Leum, the Jewish underground, reiterates it will not declare a truce with Britain while UN debates Palestine. A broadcast from Irgun's secret radio says the Palestine question will be decided only by their struggle, not by negotiations.
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Irgun Zvad Leum
United Nations General Assembly
New York City
United Nations
Irgun
Free Rubber Trading Resumes After War Lockout
New York traders returned to the Commodity Exchange floor as free rubber trading resumed for the first time in over five years. Rubber had been deemed a critical war material with government control established in August 1941, ending free trading that month.
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Commodity Exchange
Ice Jam Blasts Niagara Falls District
Explosions shook the falls district as power officials dynamited heavy ice floes to break up a severe ice jam in the Niagara River, one of the worst in recent years.
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Falls District
Power Company
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U S and Mexico to Expand Credits and Stabilize Peso
Presidents Truman and Aleman announced plans to approve additional U S credits to Mexico and to stabilize the peso dollar exchange rate. The funds will finance projects proposed to the Export Import Bank to lift Mexico’s economy and raise living standards through higher productivity. Aleman also addressed Congress stressing democracy’s backing amid ongoing economic ties.
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Truman
Aleman
Mexico
United States
Export Import’ Bank
TOS
Congress
British Miners Win Five Day Week Victory
In London union miners celebrate a five day work week for Britain’s 700 000 coal miners, a goal achieved five months after nationalization of about 1500 pits.
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London
Britain
May Garsson conspiracy trial invoices scrutinized
Jury in the May Garsson conspiracy case reviews invoices described as petitions. Government witnesses will testify that war contractors Henry and Murray Garsson routed payments through a Kentucky lumber firm to Erie Basin Metal Products for favors received from ex-Congressman May of Kentucky.
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Murray Garsson
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D-Ky
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Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Garsson
Benefit shows raise 165000 for Texas City disaster victims
New Orleans benefit events starring Jack Benny and Frank Sinatra raised 165000 to aid victims of the Texas City explosion and fire. Movie and radio stars supported the relief effort with two performances in the city.
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New Orleans
Texas City
Hollywood
Jack Benny
Frank Sinatra
Explosion claims eight miners at Spring Till coal mine
Eight U men were killed in a mine explosion near Terre Haute Indiana. Names listed include Calvin Wilson pit foreman Steve Summers Mort Gates John Brown Fern Earhart Barney Riggs Desire Lete Chauncey Blackburn and others. Rescue teams found bodies about 15 feet apart as workers walked toward the shaft. Three escaped uninjured after a dynamite blast prior to quitting time.
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Hill Shaft
Merve Haute
Ind
Dorothy Brown
Helen Reedy
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Indianapolis Star
Terre Haute
Calvin Wilson
Steve Summers
Mort Gates
West Terre Haute
John Brown
Barney Riggs
Desire Lete
Chauncey Blackburn
Ligpelt
C. T. Puckett
Earhart
Ross Walson
Kaiser's Grandson In Plot on Hitler
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm, said in an interview with Der Tagesspiegel that he was in association with the abortive July 20, 1944 bomb plot against Adolf Hitler. The statement ties a royal figure to the failed assassination as World War II controversies surface.
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Prince Louis Ferdinand of
Prussia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Adolf Hitler
Prince Louis Ferdinand
der ‘Yagesspiegel
Chaplin plagiarism suit settles for 90000 dollars
A $6,450,1000 plagiarism claim against Charles Chaplin over The Great Dictator was settled last night for $90,000 plus $5,000 court costs.
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New York
Charles Chaplin
Konrad Bercovici
WCTU Starts Bar to Bar March in Pasadena
The 22 whitehaired WCTU marchers led by 87 year old Mrs. Jessie Lee Cowie walked from bar to bar in Pasadena in a campaign against taverns. They spoke of no threats or violence as they urged reform amid barroom noise and mixed reactions from patrons.
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Jessie Lee Cowie
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