Miners Talk Of June 30 Strike If No Contract
Washington reports that the CIO pledges to aid the nationwide telephone strike as negotiations stall. NFTW president Beirne seeks presidential intervention while the White House says talks remain in the Labor Department. Several Bell System units face local impasses over ten wage and benefit demands.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Charles G. Ross
Truman
CIO
Tioup
National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Long Lines
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
AT and T
Allan $8
Haywood
Phone Worker Returns To Job In Tele phone Strike
The eighth day of the telephone workers strike saw a returning employee resume duties at the local plant. Officials said calls, including long distance emergencies to Denmark England Seattle Frederick Germany were handled atop heavy volumes. Supervisors will receive pay this Thursday while active switchboard staff await further updates as pickets monitor entrances.
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Charles E
Wilson
Denmark
England
Seattle
Washington
San Francisco
Frederick
Germany
Baltimore
Oswald Improves. Clerk Aims to Resume Duties Soon
Edward Oswald Sr the Clerk of the Court has been home with illness but shows improvement and expects to resume duties in a day or two after briefly visiting the office this morning on Oak Hill Avenue.
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Edward Oswald
Oak Hill Avenue
Oswald
Tariff Cuts Urged by US Delegate at Geneva
Clair Wilcox of the United States delegation urged the international trade conference to start negotiations for reducing tariffs with the greatest possible dispatch.
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Geneva
Clair Wilcox
United States
International Trade Conference
New York Post Reporter Leaves Madrid After Credentials Revoked
Francis McMahon, New York Post correspondent, who had his press credentials withdrawn by the Spanish government last week, departed Madrid by air today for New York.
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Madrid
Francis McMahon
New York Post
Air Today
New York
Near Miracle In Repairing Cable
A supervisor repaired bad cable along the Middlebury pike yesterday restoring service to several telephone trunk lines of the Fairchild Aircraft Division and area subscribers. Charles E S Wilson said a report of trouble came in afternoon and the supervisor quickly located and fixed it, avoiding lengthy outages. The fault, in a cable carrying hundreds of wires, typically takes much longer to find.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
Middlebury Pike
Charles E. S. Wilson
Marshall Ready To Negotiate German Treaty Details
Washington reports say Secretary of State Marshall will seek principle agreement for a four power German demilitarization pact and defer details. He may push for a commission to draft clauses before a peace treaty, aligning with potential changes from the United States Soviet Britain and France.
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Marshall
Moscow
U. S
George Marshall
Soviet Union
Ares
V. M. Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
James F. Byrnes
U N Resumes Debate on Truman Aid Plan Albania Counters
At Lake Success on April 14 the United Nations Security Council reopened talks on President Truman 's 400 million Greek Turkish aid package. Albania denounced the plan saying it weakens U N authority and contradicts the charter. Albanian envoy spoke in place of Hyant Kapo, who had returned to Europe.
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U. S
U. N
Yelli
Hyant Kapo
Yugoslavia
E Europe
Democrats See Creat Danger In Anti Labor Bill
Nine teen members of the House Labor Committee warned the Dill to curb strikes and union practices will protect workers from a despotic tyranny. A six man Democratic minority called the bill designed to wreck living standards and punish labor. The House Rules Committee cleared the omnibus labor bill for action tomorrow with expected passage by Friday. Senate Republicans wrapped labor legislation in a single measure, stirring tension with CIO leaders and President Murray.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
Capitol Hill
Aiken
R-Vi
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republicans
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
House
CIO
Philip Murray
United States
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
Apple Growers Rush Spraying Before Bud Opening
Apple growers in the Hancock district sprayed trees on Sunday to meet a deadline for a required spray before buds open. In Winchester orchards preparations for the Apple Blossom Festival May 1 and 2 continue, with officials confident blossoms will be ample. Peach trees near Hancock show early bloom, while many plant peas as warm weather looms, with tomorrow as the deadline for timely seedings to secure good yields.
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Hancock
Winchester
Cumberland Mayor endorses city manager council form
Mayor Thomas S. Post of Cumberland approved Dr. Joseph M. Ray's recommendation for a city manager council form to replace the present commission setup. Ray, head of the University of Maryland program, urged a commission to draft a formal plan for the Legislature, noting Cumberland is well governed but can improve.
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Thomas S. Post
Cumberland
Joseph M. Ray
Ray
New Jersey Labor Leaders Plan Statewide Walkout Protest
New Jersey labor leaders meet in Trenton to discuss a statewide general strike as protest against a strengthened anti strike law. AFL CIO unions back the effort amid ongoing telephone workers’ walkout and potential federal court action to challenge the law’s constitutionality.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Trenton
AFL
CIO
State Mediation Board
Walter T. Margetts
Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Beirne
Henry Mayer
Trout Season Opens Tomorrow in Washington County
Washington County anglers anticipate the trout season kickoff tomorrow as streams might muddy from showers. Weather forecasts call for scattered rain today and tonight, with warmer, cloudy conditions tomorrow. By 6 a.m. today 2,133 fishing licenses were issued locally, Delphey's issuing 1,219 resident, 36 nonresident, and 80 WV fisherman licenses. Resident licenses cost 1.50, nonresidents 5.50, three day tourist licenses 1.75. Between four and five thousand trout of legal size have been stocked.
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Delphey’s Here
West Virginia
Strong Quake Recorded Near Boston Seismograph
A strong earthquake was recorded at 2 28 a m eastern standard time today at the Boston College seismograph station. Observers said the quake originated about 6000 miles from Boston with poor early directional indications. Potential distant source regions included the Persia Red Sea area Kamchatka East Siberian coast and Chile.
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Weston
Mass
Boston College
Boston
Persia-Red Sea
Kamchatka
Siberia
Chile
California
County Man 19 Gored By Bull At Carlisle Sale
Clyde Glenn Fox 19 of Williamsport Rt 1 was gored at a Carlisle livestock sale when he tried to drive a 2175 pound bull onto scales. He was treated at Carlisle Hospital for leg injuries and later at Washington County Hospital for possible internal injuries. His condition was not believed serious. Four men were in the pen. they could not ward off the animal as it charged three times, tossing Fox in the air. The incident was reported Saturday. continuation on Page 2.
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Clyde Glenn Fox
Ambrose Fox
Williamsport
Carlisle
Fox
Washington County Hospital
Anonymous Teen Ager Writes Note To Chief
An anonymous teenage girl writes to Police Chief Max W. Rickard claiming she was jilted by her lover. She warns that if she is found, her name will be in her pocket and says she has a broken heart with nothing to live for. She notes her sweetheart is marrying soon and signs Serious Broken Hearted Girl.
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Max W. Rickard
Rickard
Wallace Probes Truman Over Wallace Speech Clash
Washington April 14 The White House offered no comment on what Truman may do about Henry A Wallace's abroad criticisms of U S policy. Wallace, touring England, has drawn Republican ire for his remarks on Greek Turkish aid and Bipartisan cooperation calls. Senator Vandenberg and Moore urged action, noting political pressures around the president's handling of Wallace's attacks on U S policy.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Charles A. Ross
Wallace
Congress
England
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moore
R-Okla
U S Wide Open To Air Attack
Washington reports a near dismantled wartime air defense, leaving the United States vulnerable to a surprise air strike. An unofficial survey notes the War Department’s atomic bomb memo and future rocket delivery, while officials warn detection networks are too sparse to warn fighters and anti aircraft guns in time.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Death by own action in Frederick safety engineer
Frederick Md April 14 Otis W Estabrook a 34 year old construction company safety engineer killed himself with a pistol yesterday before his wife and city police statement. Phebus said he pulled the trigger in front of City Hospital where his wife was about to go on duty as a nurse.
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Frederick, Md
Otis W. Estabrook
Benjamin Phebus
Phebus
Indictment of Gernart Eisler for Perjury
Washington April 14 a Federal grand jury indicted Gernart Eisler an alleged Communist leader on charges of perjury making false statements under oath.
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Washington
Gernart Eisler
Return To Work Today And Output Shoots Up
Washington April 14 The Supreme Court ruled that the Selective Service Act does not guarantee a veteran's seniority on his old job if he stays with his pre war employer Justice Rutledge delivered a 7 2 decision Justice Jackson dissented joined by Justice Frankfurter The CIO United Automobile Workers and the Trailmobile Company appealed from a Cincinnati circuit court ruling that pre service seniority rights extend beyond the first year of reemployment The decision could affect hundreds of thousands of non veterans as well as veterans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Rutledge
Jackson
Justice Frankfurter
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Trailmobile Company
Cincinnati
U.S. Circuit Court
Accidental Shooting Claimed in Havana Yacht Death
In Havana on April 14 secret police said dancer Patricia Schmidt 21 of Toledo Ohio reiterated that the fatal shooting of Chicago lawyer John Lester Mee 33 aboard the yacht Saura in Havana harbor was an accident Mee died yesterday at Anglo American Hospital autopsy planned Schmidt and Charles Jackson 27 of River Forest Illinois held without charges under Judge Manuel Mencia authorities quoted Schmidt saying she fired the shot not meaning to kill him Jackson declined comment police found the yacht cabin disordered Mee and Jackson once wartime Navy shipmates owned the patrol boat together Mee left a widow Mary Dixon Mee 27, a Chicago cafe dancer known as Martlin Drake Mee served as a PT boat commander in WWII.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia Schmidt
Toledo
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Mee
Miss Schmidt
Charles Jackson
River Forest
Til
Manuel Mencia
Court of Instruction
Benito Herrera
Jackson
United States Navy
Immigration Department
Satira
Sarasota
Fla
Lester E. Mee
John F. Arnold
John F. Schmidt
Canada urged to join Pan American Union by Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg urged Canada join the Pan American Union to complete continental fellowship. He told representatives of 21 republics the 22nd chair has been empty long enough and that Canada is eligible to help finish unity from the Arctic Circle to Cape Horn.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Arctic Circle
Cape, Horn
Government Control Of Pits Ends The Last Of June
Pittsburgh April 14 government control of pits ends June 30 after a mass return to work in the Pittsburgh Uniontown area. Thousands of miners restarted bituminous production raising outputs to near normal. Hastern Ohio and West Virginia mines also resume activity as unions push for contracts before the end date.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh - Uniontown
United Mine Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
Pennsylvania
WU. S. Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
West Virginia
Ceal State
Ohio
Vesta
Lewis
United Mine Workers District
Reynolds Aims to Beat World Flight Record
Calcutta April 14 The Reynolds Bombshell swept toward Shanghai on the final half of its world flight. Chicago owner Milton Reynolds vowed to set a 65 hour world record if fortune stays strong. Pilot William P. Odom expected completion in 65 hours with favorable weather. The craft left New York 33 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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Calcutta
Reynolds
Shanghai
Chicago
New York
Howard Hughes
Milton Reynolds
William P. Odom
Roslyn
New Lows For Year As Stocks Slump
New York stocks fell again with leading industries showing new lows for the year as selling dominated the market. Large blocks appeared at the open. steels motors rubbers and rails were in supply. losses ranged fractions to three points as apprehension over labor fights wage price pressures and business prospects weighed on sentiment.
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New York
Cloudy Mild Forecast For Mid-Atlantic Cities
Maryland and Delaware see cloudy skies with occasional light rain this afternoon or tonight as Tuesday brings mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. Virginia and West Virginia forecast similar patterns with light rain today and tonight and warmer conditions on Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
South Portion
West Virginia
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