Coal shortage shutters Bethlehem steel plant in Lackawanna
The Bethlehem Steel Co Lackawanna plant seals all production due to soft coal shortages affecting about 19 000 of its workers amid recent curtailments from the coal strike. Public works services in Rochester halt as 500 DPW staffers quit in sympathy with layoffs. A student heating plant at St Lawrence University closes as the campus loses steam for 11 buildings. A car plunge into the Chemung River prompts id of a young woman found in the vehicle. An experimental Bell Model 47 helicopter reaches 144 mph in tests.
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Bethlehem Steel Plant
Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel Co
Lackawanna
Rochester
Public Works Department
DPW
S.L.U. Canton
St. Lawrence University
Elmira
Chemung River
Hunt Slayer in Florida Buffalo
Investigation into the May Day shooting of former Peace Justice John Yost in his Glenwood tavern intensified as authorities traced the slayer to Florida. Sheriff Arthur Britt said Los Angeles police advised that 22 year old Raymond R. Woodley, a former taxi cab driver, left for his Fort Myers home two days ago.
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Buffalo
John Yost
Glenwood
Florida
Arthur Britt
Los Angeles
Raymond R. Woodley
Fort Myers
Fla
Tornado toll rises in Illinois three towns hit
IN THE NATION One dead and at least 13 injured as a tornado tore through Norris City and two other southern Illinois communities. A two block area suffered destruction with several buildings damaged or destroyed.
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Illinois
Narrisburg
Ill
Ins
Ilinois
Norris City
Television in Dark Philadelphia Revealed by Sensitive Tube
An image orthicon television tube, so sensitive it can reproduce a half darkened room, was demonstrated in Philadelphia. The crude device promises sharper, lower light TV pictures and raises questions about practical uses in early broadcasting.
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Philadelphia
Deaths of notable editors and college administrator
John L. Ramsey of the Brooklyn Eagle dies in New Rochelle at 59 after more than two decades as yachting editor and city hall reporter. Virginia Judy Easterly, 64, assistant to the president and acting dean of Scripps College, dies in Pomona. Alfred C. Davis, 70, prominent industrialist and pioneer in profit sharing public utility service, dies in Jamestown.
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John L. Ramsey
Brooklyn Eagle
New York City
New Rochelle
Virginia Judy Easterly
Scripps College
Pomona
Calif
Alfred C. Davis
Jamestown
London Firm Protests Bermuda Pact Threat to World Traffic
London reports that the Worldwide Cable and Wireless Co complains the Bermuda communications agreement signed last November would hurt London’s status as a telegraphic hub and cut British overseas services by about ten million dollars annually.
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London
Communications Pact London
Worldwide Cable and Wireless Co., Ltd
Bermuda
Railroads Faces government meet over nonrail transport plan
At 11 A M today Col J Monroe Johnson director of the ODT held a conference with representatives of the ODT and Interstate Commerce Commission and of airlines water carriers highway carriers and Army and Navy to formulate plans for utilization of non rail transportation facilities in case there is a stoppage of rail transportation There was tension at the DDT headquarters but little outward indication of operating plans A F Whitney and Al vanley Johnston of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers offered no immediate strike resolution President Truman took over the railroads and officials discussed possible train operation without full White House guidance
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ODT
Thomas J. Harkins
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
J. Monroe
Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Charles H. Buford
Ross
Brotherhoods
A. F. ‘Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Cleveland
Washington
Whitney
Col. Johnson
DDT
Two Smith College girls plan cab ride for West Point dates
In Northampton the two Smith College students Priscila Whitehouse and Pat Spring say they hired a taxi just in case a railroad strike disrupts travel to West Point for their evening dates. They would not reveal cadet friends' names or taxi costs.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
West Point
Priscila Whitehouse
Pat” Spring
Plan to Cancel Games Threatens Travel for Sunday Double-Headers
The plan to cancel today’s games to avoid travel delays ahead of Sunday double-headers emerges as authorities weigh possible disruptions. At 3 48 P M Friday 12 minutes before a rail seizure order took effect telegrams from Cleveland hoods directed that only chief executives could recall the strike using a code word. A government seizure followed with ODT directing operations and Buford named federal manager, as officials warn no immediate rail curtailment and rail workers’ leaders remain tight lipped about continuing the strike.
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Cleveland
Brotherhoods
Truman
Trainyen
E.C.T
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Alvaniey Johnston
Engineers Brotherhood
Washington
ODT
War Department
Johnson
Buford
Rail unions plan limited strike affecting rail system
Buford orders call for a narrow walkout that would involve 250,000 workers and impact about 1.1 million more in the U S rail network. Engineers and trainmen, key members of the big five railroad brotherhoods, initiated the action after wage talks failed. Other groups seek raises but are not striking. Officials discuss legal questions under the Smith Connally Act and potential mail movement implications.
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Buford
Frenen
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Reilroads
Fitford
U.S. Free of Rail Troops Since 1922 Highlighted
The article notes the United States has been free of extensive rail troops since the 1922 nationwide seven craft railway shopmen strike. It recalls earlier major actions such as the 1877 rebellion, the 1894 Pullman strike, and post-1920 and 1919 incidents, with mention of the 1854 Great Northern disruption drawing Debs and the American Railway Union to national attention.
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U.S
New York
United States
Great Northern Railway
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
Fair Grounds deprecia tion schedule may fund restoration
The Fair Grounds incur an annual depreciation and waste allowance of 65 000 dollars and the Army spends about 75 000 dollars yearly on wages to maintenance workers. Funds are paid monthly into a war emergency lease fund for later use, possibly for restoring the grounds or moving the state fair to a new location. The lease requires returning the grounds to their March 1942 condition, but deterioration casts doubt on reestablishing the fair at the old site. Officials favor a comprehensive, possibly year round, exposition reflecting agriculture, economy, and recreation.
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Iset
Adddition
Army
Rail strike threatens passenger service nationwide
Defense officials described a work stoppage that halts long trips, with crews from 250000 members across two Brotherhoods affected. About 60,000 workers on other operating unions could be drawn into a walkout due to full train crew laws. Illinois Central and 27 feeders exempt. government supervision and stand by agreements shape the impact.
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St. Louis
Detroit
ODT
United States
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central
Hotel Fire Forces 300 Guests From Mayfair Hotel
Fire swept the Mayfair Hotel in downtown Portland injuring three firefighters and threatening a large city block. About half of the city’s fire apparatus responded as flames caused estimated damage of 150000 dollars and smoke darkened the business district.
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Portland
Ore
UPY
Mayfair
Psycho Chase From Page One
Police hunted a patient who vanished from a hospital roof escape. A ladder to the roof traced the escape route, with firemen aiding. A hat coat and shoes were found. the man remains at large after a rooftop bid.
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Psycho Chase
Harold Oot
Richard Haley
Frank Silky
William Miller
Hook
Poocey Harrington
Cre
Ukraine Faces Severe Drought Threat to 1940 Crop Total
UNRRA official describes a vast Ukraine drought affecting all crops and livestock with no grain stockpiles and seed shortages. Food intake is dangerously low, tractors are scarce, and war damage is widespread. UNRRA aid totals 189 million dollars with 42 percent for food and 33 percent for clothing and textiles.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
UNRRA
MacDufffie
Kiev
Moscow
John Fischer
Fischer
MacDuffie
Europe
Warsaw
Unrera
Varius
Greek Army raid destroys Volos communist paper
The Ministry of Public Order said 100 uniformed men goaded by press attacks on the army destroyed a Communist newspaper plant in Volos.
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Athens
Ministry of Public Order
Volos
Hoover Urges Unified Famine Relief Effort Worldwide
Hoover, at a famine emergency committee meeting, urged every nation to cut wheat and fat use and pledged to persuade all to do their utmost to master famine. He warned that without more food for war-ravaged countries millions could face Nazi-like hunger and called for non-aggression in relief. Secretary Anderson lauded Hoover and urged farmers to maintain grain shipments, noting 4.5 million bushels of wheat moving daily.
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TFWE
Hoover
Buchenwald
Belsen
Bus Crash in Illinois strewn with injuries near Cazenovia
A bus carrying a Colgate glee club to Nottingham High School collided with a Bates car three miles east of Cazenovia. Ten people injured, eight treated at local hospitals. Gustaf A. Peterson 49 of Del Mar and Cornelia Dibble 71 of Schenectady among the injured. A relief bus transported unhurt passengers.
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Indianapolis
Gustaf A. Peterson
Delmar
Cornelia Dibble
Schenectady
Robinson
Ramsay
Bossard
University Hospital
Holt
Peterson
Memorial Hospital
Dibble
St. Joseph's Hospital
Henry Richardson
S. Salina Sr
Richardson
Corp
Joseph J. Klausner
Robert F. Barry
Cazenovia
State Police
Bates
Colgate Glee Club
Nottingham High School
Hates
Jack T. Prior
Army Medical Corps
Syracuse
St. Albans
Dansville Breeze Sold to Two Staff Veterans
The Dansville Breeze changes hands as Ralph G. Orr, managing editor, and Melvin L. Graves, composing room foreman, acquire the paper. Both new owners are war veterans, and the purchase marks a new era for the Dansville publication.
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Dansville
Ralph G. Orr
Melvin L. Graves
Dutch Cabinet Resigns After Election Narrow Catholic Victory
Amsterdam reports the Dutch cabinet has tendered its resignation to Queen Wilhelmina after parliamentary elections. The Catholic Party won 32 seats with 1,466,510 votes, narrowly defeating the Socialist Labor Party which captured 29 seats and 1,347,664 votes in the lower house. The queen asked the outgoing cabinet to stay on until a new government is formed.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
William Schermerhorn
Socialist Party of Labor
Labor Party
Laborites
Draft From Page One Draft Extends Selective Service
War Department estimates about 15 000 eligibles in older bracket. On Capitol Hill Senator Ebert Thomas plans unanimous consent for a one year extension making 18 and 19 year olds eligible, pay increases, and optional discharge for fathers or those with 19 months service. House bill calls moratorium May 15 to Oct 15 and nine month extension. Senator Hill aims to push one year extension and 18 19 year induction, urging debate and action.
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War Department
Capitol Hill
Ebert Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Thomas
House
Hill
D-Ala
Othman From Page One
A personal reflection piece describes travel discomfort and observations in Paris including pricey dinners, curious food details, taxi shortages, and fashion notes. The narrator laments the city’s quirks, noting strawberries in cream, nutty dark bread, and the appeal of wine over water while sighing at homesickness and sentimentality.
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