Progress Fails In Coal Talk
In Washington sessions aimed at soft coal wage talks fail to produce accord with June 30 contract expiry looming. Major auto plants face shutdowns as GM plans 200000 layoffs and Ford halts 30 000 workers while Briggs negotiates with CIO UAW. Packard raises prices and wages as CIO backs maritime strikes slated for June 15. Union leaders seek a federal probe into railroad administration a broad wage dispute.
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United Mine Workers’ Union
Washington
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Assembly Hic
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Ford
Briggs Manufacturing Company
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Union
Packard Motor Car Company
Cio-Uaw
Packard
Pittsburgh
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Murray
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Michigan
Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Atlanta
Long Beach
Calif
Briggs Manufacturing Co
UAW
Briggs Pro
UN Weakness Seen In Lie's Bid For Volunteer Police
Lake Success June 11 AP Lie's call for a volunteer international police reveals the UN cannot succeed without armed backing. Secretary-General Lie proposed a small stop-gap force of about 1000 personnel from small nations to empower Security Council decisions, with US caution and likely Russian opposition.
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Larry Haucek
Lie
United Nations
Harvard University
U. N
League of Nations
Britain
Russia
China
France
Harvard
USN
Security Council
Iie
U. N. Treasury
United States
Washington
Funeral for Rabbi Loth Liebman Draws Vast Multitude
Mourners of many faiths gathered in Boston for the funeral of Rabbi Loth Liebman 41 a noted religious leader and author of Peace of Mind Police prepared for at least 15000 attendees as services opened at Temple Israel with amplifiers aiding the crowd
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Boston
Loth Liebman
Temple Israel
Must Label By GOP Chieftain Draft Stirred Over Aid Cuts
Washington June 11 AP Republicans press a must on enacting a peacetime draft next week as the House and Senate battle over the selective service revival. Hoffmans warning that ERP cuts would erase Europe recovery plans heads a wider defense and defense funding debate.
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GOP
Washington
Europe
Paul G. Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Hoffman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
ECA
Howard Dobson
Tannawenewad Beenab
Ford Plants In One Day Shutdown Across Nation
Ford plants nationwide paused production for one day as General Motors prepared a weeklong layoff starting Monday affecting about 230000 production workers. Packard Motor Car Co raised hourly pay by 13 cents for 10000 workers and boosted car prices from 735 to 200 dollars?
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Detroit
Assembly
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Mord
Packard Motor Car Co
Kjockenhavn Passenger Ship Explodes After Mine Hit
About 150 Danes drowned when the 1,668 ton Kjockenhavn struck a World War II mine and sank near Kattegat. 261 survivors listed. divers searched for more as rescue ships patrolled the area.
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Adam Wiehe
Aalborg
Denmark
Kjockenhavn
Kattegat
Russian Colonel Tassoyev Dies After British Release
Paris reports that Russian Colonel Tassoyev died in Soviet hands 24 hours after release by British authorities. Berlin Soviet bureau dismissed the claim as laughable, noting Britain handed Tassoyev to the Soviets while holding a former British staffer, Igor Hein, at the Allied Control Council.
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France-Soir
J. D. Tassoyev
Tassoyev
Berlin
Frances Soir
T 9
Allied Control Council
Igor Hein
Democrats Win A Victory For Housing Plans
Democrats seized control of the House Banking Committee and approved the Taft Earth Wagner housing bill by a 14 to 13 vote. The measure envisions 15 million homes in 100 years including 500 thousand government financed low rent units. The bill now goes to the House Rules Committee for clearance before floor action.
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Senate
House
Truman
Martin
R-Mass
House Rules
Leo E. Allen
R-Ill
Rules Committee
Jsleven
House Banking Committee
Seattle
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Boonsorg
House Rules Committee
Rep. Monroney
Okla
Congress
Banking
Wolcott
Crop Report Sparks Hope for More Meat and Dairy
Washington reports a government crop outlook predicting higher corn and wheat yields, a bumper oats crop, and a large barley harvest. The Agriculture Department suggests meat and dairy prices may fall in 1949, but consumer relief hinges on sustained production growth.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Armed peace for four weeks begins in Palestine today
AP dispatch from Cairo reports a UN mediated truce taking effect at 1 a.m. eastern time with observers arriving in Cairo Haifa to monitor a cease fire. Both sides claim limited gains as Rhodes hosts peace talks and political leaders weigh sovereignty and partition amid Arab Israel tensions.
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Palestine
Max Boyd
Cairo
Holy Land
United Nations
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Tewfik Abu Abuda
U. S
Trans-Jordan
Old City
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
League
Great Britain
Israel
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Las Night Azzam Pasha
U. N. Assembly
London
C. P. Mayhew
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
Labor
Bevin
President Truman Tours Flood Areas in Campaign
President Truman flew over the Columbia River flood region pausing in Olympia to urge passage of price, housing, and labor laws. He pledged to press his policies nationwide despite flood relief duties and chided Congress as a “special interest” body.
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Ernest B. Vaccard
Olympia
Wash
Truman
Congress
Columbia River
Sylvester Park
Bresmerton
Tacoma
Seattle
Federal Works
Flooding Hits Portland as Columbia Breaks Dike
Floodwaters from the Columbia River breach another dike near Portland stretching ten miles east flooding lowlands and threatening the Reynolds aluminum plant. Evacuations continue for thousands as crest predictions rise toward a 1948 high. At least 33 deaths and over 100 million dollars in damage reported. Red Cross seeks 59 missing since Memorial Day Vanport flood.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Sheiff
Reynolds Company
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oregon
Canada
Fraser
Pacific
Ing
Red Cross
Vanport
Hatcheck girl seeks rich husband still looking for prize
Daytona Beach June 11 AP The New York hatcheck girl who wants a husband or he’ll give her 10000 dollars is still looking. Mrs Dorothy Lawlor says she is returning home to New York Monday and will not change plans.
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Fla
New York
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