NLRB Moves To Halt Captive Coal Strike
The National Labor Relations Board sought a court order to end the three day steel industry captive coal strike led by John L. Lewis UMW and charged violations of the Taft Hartley act. About 40 000 workers in captive pits and 15 000 in 42 commercial pits in the Pittsburgh region were idled. Federal action aimed to require a labor board election before any union shop clause.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U.M.W
Pittsburgh
William Hynes
Denham
Federal District Court
Labor Board
Egypt Forces Open Assault in Palestine Truce Break
Cairo reports Egyptian forces began air and ground attacks south of Tel Aviv as the Palestine four week truce nears expiry. UN mediator Bernadotte said Arabs rejected an extension, while Israel warned of full scale war amid urgent evacuations of observers and personnel.
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Cairo
Israel
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Rhodes
Beer Tuvia
Bernadotte
United States
France
Belgium
U.N
W. B. McCoy
Oxford, Ga
Haifa
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Seven Nation Arab League
Security Council
League
Lake Success
Greenwich
N. Y
Bernadette
U N Calls Emergency Security Council Session
The United Nations Security Council was summoned to an emergency session at 1 30 p m today to consider Israel request to act against Egyptian attacks in southern Palestine. The call preceded noon and allowed delegates about an hour and a half to reach U N headquarters. The United States led behind the scenes talks for a council meeting today rather than tomorrow.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Israel
Palestine
U.N
United States
Council
White House Hosts Rail Dispute Talks
Washington July 8 The White House said management and labor leaders held four hour talks on the rail labor dispute at the White House last night and will resume negotiations this afternoon. Presidential press secretary Charles G. Ross gave no forecast on an agreement. He urged to wait and see what develops.
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Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Strike Over Halts France Government Amid Budget Clash
About 60 000 workers struck halting finance ministry banks tax offices and customs amid a crisis facing Premier Robert Schuman. The walkout sparked a social uprising in the national assembly as socialist and communist members backed a 20 percent military budget cut. An emergency cabinet meeting and a confidence vote followed.
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Paris
Finance Ministry
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Workers Force Union
General Confederation of Labor
C.G.T
Orly
le Bourget
Schuman
Pierre Heiri Teitgen
Body of Cpl. Hamrick to be buried in Fontanet
The body of Corporal Oral Boyd Hamrick will arrive in Terre Haute Saturday morning and be taken to Fontanet for a 2 p.m. Monday funeral. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 972 will lead the service, with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Hamrick served in the First Cavalry Division and died March 30, 1944 during the Admiralty Islands invasion. He was 24 and is survived by two brothers Floyd and Herschell Hamrick and three sisters Mrs. Tillie, Mrs. Mansard, and Mrs. Ames.
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Cpl
Oral Boyd Hamrick
Terre Haute
Fontanet
Ind
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 972
Roselawn Memorial Park
Cpl. Hamrick
First Cavalry
States
Fort Bliss
Texas
Admiralty Islands
Floyd Hamrick
Herschell Hamrick
Flossie Tillie
Radisson
Wis
Dessie Mansard
Naomi Ames
Retired railroad engineer dies by his own hand
Despondent over ill health Benjamin F Milligan 79 a retired railroad engineer slashed his throat yesterday afternoon in a storage room at his daughter's home Edgewood Grove. Coroner James V Richart ruled death by own action. Survived by two daughters Mrs Charles B Robbins and Mrs Carl Van Meeter. Body to Gillis Memory Chapel for 3 30 Friday services and Roselawn Memorial Park burial.
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Benjamin F. Milligan
Charles B. Robbins
Hudson Avenue
Edgewood Grove
Railroad Men’s Association
Robbins
Carl van Meeter
St. Bernice
Gillis Memory Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Park
Granddaughter of F D R Marries in Phoenix Honeymoon
Anna Eleanor Boettiger age 20, granddaughter of the late President Roosevelt, wed Van H Seagraves of Portland at the home of her parents in Phoenix. The ceremony was conducted by her stepfather and witnessed by Eleanor Roosevelt and other family members.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sistie Dall
White House
van H. Seagraves
Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Anna Eleanor Boettiger
Eleanor Roosevelt
Guard Drills Must for Draft Exemption Rules
Secretary Forrestal set new conditions for organized reserves to qualify for draft exemption. Units must have at least 35 scheduled drills yearly with satisfactory participation and members must not miss more than 10 percent. National Guard members by June 24 are also exempt.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eee
Forrestall
Air
National Guard
Air Force Reserve
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Railroads hit by U S official
Washington July 8 A federal official testified before a House subcommittee that a wartime rate making committee run by the railroads reduced competition and kept freight charges high for the government. Frank L Barton budget bureau expert cited the traffic executives chairmen committee set up by the Association of American Railroads.
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Washington
Frank L. Barton
The
Budget Bureau
House Executive Expenditures
Barton
Traffic Executives Chairmen
Association of American Railroads
Maritime Commission
Army
Navy
Police Cars Could Be Cut From Indianapolis Streets
Indianapolis officials warned that without gas fuel funds from the municipal garage account, police patrol cars may be pulled from service. A city council transfer of 20,000 from the police department salary fund to the works board municipal garage fund requires approval by the Indiana State Tax Board.
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Indianapolis
Municipal Works Board
Indiana State Tax Board
Works Board
Municipal
Freedom and Desire for Liberty in Prague Parade
AP analysis notes the Moscow regime fails to quell the longing for freedom as 80 000 march through Prague for the Sokol congress. Beside cheers for former President Benes and American flags, observers see a symbol of independence amid eastern Europe repression.
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Moscow
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Mer
Benes
Bolshevism
Klement Gottwald
Sokol
Wheat harvest fills U S grain elevators in plains
Railroads report boxcar shortages and farmers pile wheat on ground as Kansas Nebraska farmers cope with delayed harvests and limited storage. Elevators across plains states cram with bumper crop while Colorado reports peak second largest harvest. Continuous harvesting across states forces ground storage.
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Chicago
Plains States
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Reds Lose Rightists Gain in Netherlands
Complete election returns show the communists losing two of ten seats in the lower chamber. They fell sharply in Rotterdam with 30 percent fewer votes than two years ago, while rightist groups gained, though overall Holland's political map remained largely unchanged.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Holland
Weather report for Terre Haute area
The Weather Bureau notes fair and warmer conditions today with temperatures rising from 66 at 6 am to 80 at 9 am and 88 by 2 pm. Local conditions show a high yesterday of 87 and a low of 60 with no precipitation. river stage at 1.1 ft and falling.
Truman Aides Hold the Fort as Ike Exits Race
Washington July 8 The White House said Truman is considering attending the Philadelphia Democratic National Convention if nominated and will rely on Senator J Howard McGrath as his representative. Eisenhower formally renounces any draft, prompting McGrath to label it definite and final. Continued on page 2 column 3.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Philadelphia
Charles G. Ross
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
Ross
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New York City
Ike
Columbia University
Western Berlin under blockade cuts energy as airlift slows
The Berlin blockade tightens as Soviet pressure forces drastic cuts in electricity and gas in western sectors. Unemployment rises to 2 million. emergency relief and wage subsidies are introduced. Coal deliveries are slashed while airlift remains partially halted and radio interference is reported.
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Edwin Shanke
George Brin
Berlin
Frank L. Howley
Tempelhof Airfield
U.S
U. S. Air Force
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Moscow
Major Mines Back At Work In Indiana Area
Most Terre Haute area mines were operating today with repairs ongoing at the Saxton mine on Thirteenth street road. The Black Betty mine resumed work after yesterday’s idle status. Only three Knox Consolidated Coal Co. mines in Vincennes area were down while their workers picketed the Julian mine near Wheatland. Disney Hill mine near Elderfield and Jonay near Sullivan and King's Station near Princeton were idle.
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Terre Haute
Saxton
Thirteenth Street
Black Betty
Knox Consolidated Coal Co
Vincennes
Knox
Julian
Wheatland
Disney Hill
Elderfield
Jonay
Sullivan
King’s Station
Princeton
Oil Workers Strike Hits Cleveland and Midwest Units
About 1,100 CIO Oil Workers Union members walk out at Standard Oil in Cleveland affecting Nos. 1 and 2 refineries Canfield Plant No. 1 Lithograph Can Factory and extend to Toledo refinery Sohio Pipeline eastern division later. Fuel oil for Diesel locomotives and area plants of Republic Steel and Jones & Laughlin curtailed.
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Cleveland
C.so. Oil Workers Union
Standard Oil Company
Canfield
Toledo
Sohio Pipeline Company
Hagerstown
Ind
Lima
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
Republic Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
William Flower
National Union
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New York
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House
Jack Paley
Local 65
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union of America
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Daily Worker
Samuel A. Neuberger
Communist Party
Kersten
Neuberger
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Fred Hartley
R-N.j
House Labor and Education Committee
Osman
David Livingston
Esther Letz
Schuman Gov't
Boyd Hamrick
F.D.R
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