Coal Shortage Shuts Bethlehem Steel Plant Nationwide
The Lackawanna plant closes its production facilities due to soft coal shortages affecting about 10 000 of 14 000 workers after prior curtailments tied to the coal strike. In Jamestown James F E Travers family seeks shelter at Rescue Mission as eviction looms. Rochester DPW services stall as workers protest amid city layoffs over union issues. Canton St Lawrence Univ heats campus as shutdowns hit the heating plant. Elmira a young woman's body identified after a car veers into a flood dike at Chemung River. Buffalo Bell Aircraft tests a Model 47 helicopter reaching 144 mph during a phase of its program.
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Bethlehem Steel Plant
Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel Co
Lackawanna
Canton
St. Lawrence University
Elmira
Chemung River
Norma Green
Perry
Bell Aircraft
May Day Shooting Probe Shifts to Florida
Buffalo report says investigation into the Glenwood tavern shooting of former Peace Justice John Yost intensified as detectives traced the suspect to Florida. Sheriff Arthur Britt said Los Angeles police informed him that 22 year old Raymond R. Woodley, a former taxi driver, left for Fort Myers two days earlier.
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Buffalo
John Yost
Glenwood
Florida
Arthur Britt
Los Angeles
Raymond R. Woodley
Fort Myers
Fls
Tornado kills one, injures thirteen in three Illinois towns
A tornado swept Norris City and two other southern Illinois communities causing one death and at least 13 injuries. Destruction included several buildings and homes along a two-block area as rescue and recovery efforts continued.
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Ilinois
Harrisburg
Ill
Ins
Illinois
Norris City
Television in Dark Philadelphia Up
An image orthicon TV tube capable of reproducing a dim room is shown in Philadelphia. The report covers a kidnapping mystery in Chicago, with Edward P. Jones denying abduction claims. ransom figures range from 100000 to 250000 dollars. Also notes Harris will and estate, and Robert S. Jacoby named deputy governor of the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
INS
Edward P. Jones
Jones
George
Federal
Wasilington
Robert 8. Jacoby
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Harold Lee
Railroads at standstill prompts air water and highway talks
At 11 A.M. today Col. J. Monroe Johnson led a conference with ODT ICC airlines water and highway carriers and military to plan non rail transportation in case rail stoppage occurs. White House and DDT signs of strain with no clear plans as Truman assumes rail control. Whitney and Johnston warn negotiations not yet yielding. Early public response noted as major league baseball clubs began contingency work.
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J. Monroe Johnson
ODT
Interstate Commerce Commission
Army and Navy
DDT
Truman
Thomas J. Harkins
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York
Students Ready for West Point Dates Amid Railroad Strike
Two Smith College students, Priscilla Whitehouse and Pat Spring, planned safe travel to West Point tonight with a hired cab in anticipation of a possible railroad strike. They would not reveal their cadet friends’ names or the taxi cost.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
West Point
Priscilla Whitehouse
Pat” Spring
Deaths of notable figures in New Rochelle Pomona and Jamestown
John I L Ramsey aged 59 yachting editor and city hall reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle for over two decades dies in New Rochelle. Virginia Judy Esterly aged 64, assistant president and acting dean of Scripps College, dies in Pomona California. Alfred C. Davis aged 70, noted industrialist and pioneer in profit sharing public utilities, dies in Jamestown.
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John IL. Ramsey
Brooklyn Eagle
New York City
New Rochelle
Virginia Judy Esterly
Scripps College
Pomona
Calif
Alfred C. Davis
Jamestown
World Wide Cable Protest Threatens British Telegraphs
London firm warns Bermuda communications pact could shatter Britain's role in global telegraphic traffic and cost 10 million dollars annually to British overseas services. Reports flow of Greek throne speculation. cloth export curbs until August. Bikini test crew to view flash under orders not to stare. Two Marines wounded and two killed in a train attack near Nanking. Soviet holiday praise carried in Asahi. MacArthur backs leper camp plea for a subordinate and his wife. Virgin Islands promise of greater self rule from President Truman.
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London
London CP
Worldwide Cable and Wireless Co., Ltd
Bermuda
Rail Seizure Orders Loom Over Sunday Travel Plans
The plan to cancel any of today’s games to avoid travel disruptions anchors a broader rail action. At 3:48 PM Friday a seizure order took effect, with Cleveland lodge telegrams stating that only a chief executive telegram using a code word could recall the strike. Officials say local lodges hold sealed code-word envelopes and the threat of nationwide paralysis looms. President Truman’s call for workers to stay on duty followed, with ODT appointing Charles Buford as Federal manager for seized roads. Buford says no rush to cut traffic, while union chiefs remained quiet and later left Washington for Cleveland, reiterating the strike will proceed. The seizure, under war powers, backs essential freight and passenger movement, though troop guard deployment on trains remains uncertain.
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Cleveland
Brotherhoods
Truman
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Charles H. Buford
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Buford
A. F P. Whitney
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Alvaniey Johnston
Engineers Brotherhood
Washington
War Department
Johnson
Ex-Patient Breaks Into Syracuse Psych Hospital Roof Chase
A former patient discharged two weeks earlier broke back into Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital at 708 Irving Jr. Police and fire crews pursued him across the three story roof after a ladder was found leading to the portico. He escaped down a pillar to freedom and was later found safe.
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Syracuse
Robert Harrington
Hopsital
Rail Walkout Could Tie Up Nation’s Rail System
Buford’s order caps a strike call by engineers and train men, two of the big five rail brotherhoods, affecting about 1.4 million additional workers across the system. Negotiations broke down over wages, with conductors fremen and switchmen not part of the walkout though seeking raises. Officials discuss government seizure implications and the Smith Connally Act, while mail movement and historic precedents like the 1894 Pullman strike color legal debate.
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Fremen
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Bufort
Whitney
Johnston
Truman
Wihtney
Mr. Truman
U. S
Fair Grounds Depreciation Plan For State Fair Relocation
The plan labels the grounds as a depreciation and waste schedule costing 65000 dollars annually. The Army pays about 75000 dollars yearly in wages for maintenance, with funds placed in the war emergency lease fund. Funds could restore the grounds on return or help move and prepare a new site if the fair is relocated. The lease requires the Army to return the grounds as found in March 1942, but deterioration has led officials to doubt reestablishment at the old site, sparking talk of a year-round comprehensive exposition of agricultural and economic life.
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Army
Idle Trains Threaten Passenger Service Amid National Strike
Defense officials say the order limits passenger travel on long trips such as St. Louis to Detroit. A 125 to 150 mile crew limit means trains run to end of their run and tie up with no replacement crews during the walkout. The strike involves about 250000 workers across two Brotherhoods, with exemptions for Illinois Central and 27 smaller roads under standby agreements.
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St. Louis
Detroit
ODT
U.S. Free of Rail Strikes Since 1922 Overview
A historical recap notes that the United States has been free of nationwide rail tieups since the 1922 shopmen’s strike, after earlier upheavals such as the 1877 railroad riot, the 1894 Pullman strike, and the 1919 and 1920 actions. It also mentions a 1894 Great Northern disruption drawing Debs and the ARU to attention.
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U.S
New York (P
United States
Great Northern Railway
Whihh
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
Greek Army raid silences Communist paper in Volos
The Ministry of Public Order says 100 uniformed men goaded by press attacks on the army destroyed a Communist newspaper plant in Volos. No injuries reported and the action follows ongoing tensions between the military and leftist publications.
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Athens
Ministry of Public Order
Volos
Truman to Fly Home Tomorrow From Bolling Field
President Truman will depart Bolling Army Air Field at 1 30 P M tomorrow to fly home to Missouri for an overnight stay. The move comes after a plan change caused by coal and railroad crises.
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Washington
Truman
Bolling Army Air Field
Missouri
Coal wage talks revive as two week truce ends
Washington report says new moves are under consideration to restart stalled coal wage negotiations among Government officials United Mine Workers and coal producers. Seizure of mines is being watched as a possible option when the current truce expires next week while rail service remains a priority. Production for the first week of the truce is expected to reach 9 million tons.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
A. F. of L
Fire destroys part of downtown block at Mayfair Hotel
Portland fire routed about 300 hotel guests from their beds as flames roared through the MayfairHotel area. Firefighting crews from about half the city battled the blaze, with damage estimated at 150000 dollars. Three firefighters were hospitalized after smoke inhalation.
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Portland
Ore
Mayfair
Ukraine Drought Threat Looms Over 1940 Grain Outlook
MacDuffie warned at a press conference that Ukraine's drought could halve this year's grain crop from the 1940 total unless rain arrives within weeks. The UNRRA official noted livestock and seeds shortages and dangerously low worker diets, while only 40,000 tractors remain from prewar levels.
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Macduffie
Ukraine
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
UNRRA
Imission
Kiev
Moscow
John Fischer
Fischer
Europe
Warsaw
Vatican distributes 59 million meals since 1944
The Pontifical Assistance Commission said Vatican soup kitchens across Italy have distributed 59,000,000 meals valued at 3.5 million dollars since June 6, 1944. The Holy See contributed 270,000,000 lire toward the cost, with the government covering 80,000,000 more.
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Vatican City
Pontifical Assistance Commission
Vatican
Italy
Holy See
Hoover Warns Hunger Threatens 800 Million Worldwide
Former President Hoover completes a 35,000 mile tour through 25 nations warning that hunger endangers over 800 million people, with only a 30 day food supply in many areas. He outlines conservation, grain marketing, and voluntary relief measures, urging global effort to close a 3.6 million ton breadstuffs gap. He criticizes mismanagement but says criticism can wait for history.
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Hoover
North
Americas
President Truman
Buchenwald
Belsen
Buchenwalds
Bus Crash Near Cazenovia Injures Several on Rainy Route
A Colgate glee club bus on an eastbound run to Nottingham High School collided with Bates’ passing car three miles east of Cazenovia. Seven other vehicles followed in the parade of cars. Passengers and drivers, including Gustaf A. Peterson and Cornelia Dibble, suffered injuries and were treated at University, Memorial, or St. Joseph’s hospitals. The bus driver blamed the slick shoulder from 12 hours of rain for the plunge.
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Jack T. Prior
Army Medical Corps
Syracuse
St. Albans
Morrow
Cazenovia
Bates
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
Colgate Glee Club
Nottingham
Draft From Page One Extends Selective Service to July First
On Capitol Hill Senator Elbert Thomas plans unanimous consent for a one year draft extension allowing 18 and 19 year olds. The War Department estimates about 15 000 eligible in the older bracket. House and Senate bills differ on a May 15 to Oct 15 moratorium and nine month extension while Senator Hill aims to move anti strike legislation aside to push the draft.
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War Department
Capitol Hill
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Thomas
House
Hill
D-Ala
Paris Reflections On Food Fashion And Travel Woes
A traveler laments high meal costs and poor taxi service in Paris while praising a thick strawberry cream and nutty bread. He notes fashionably dressed locals, aging American films, and a wish for water over wine, ending with a sentimental draw to Paris.
Byrnes Back Home From Paris Foreign Ministers Meet
Secretary of State Byrnes returned from the Paris foreign ministers conference and said he would report to the nation Monday night.
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Washington
Byrnes
Paris
Dansville Breeze Sold to Two War Veterans
Dansville daily newspaper the Dansville Breeze changes hands to two staffers Ralph G. Orr, managing editor, and Melvin L. Graves, composing room foreman, who are both war veterans.
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Dansville
Ralph G. Orr
Melvin L. Graves
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