Coal Mine Stoppage Halts Steel Output Nationwide
Thousands of coal miners walk out in pre vacation protests, with more than 50 percent idle in key states. Steel firms announce curtailments in Pittsburgh district and Youngstown, while officials probe for possible injunctions against unions. Labor tensions rise as government monitors the strike action.
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Pittsburgh
Haya Encanta
Pronopus Bartangeere
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Monogalia
Coal Miners Administration
Pennsylvania
Panther Valley
Carnegie-Illinois Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Cororations
Bessemer Department
Youngstown
Corporation
Steel Corp
Kentucky
Justice Department
John L. Lewis
Afl-United Mine Workers
Alabama
Senate
Steel Company
Illinois
Virginia
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
Utah
Progressive Miners Union
Ind
Roosevelt Shrine At Warm Springs Dedicated Today
Roosevelt Shrine at Warm Springs becomes a national shrine as the Little White House is deeded to the Warm Springs foundation. Basil O Connor presents the deed to Georgia Governor M B Thompson the Franklin D Roosevelt memorial commission trustees. Notables include Willam D Hassett Justice Vinson Black Baruch and ambassadors.
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Romney Wheeler
Warm Springs
Georgia
White House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm
Basil O'Connor
Roosevelt
M. B. Thompson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom Clark
Bernard M. Baruch
Congress
Navy
Josephus Dan
Hoffman outlines dynamic stability to double national income
Paul G. Hoffman of Studebaker told Congress that US income could double in 25 years through an economic program of dynamic stability. He urged anti monopoly, support for small business, restrained federal spending, and reduced trade barriers with nations, while backing Latin American military cooperation.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corp
Congress Today
Hoffman
United States Protests Romanian Party Arrests
The United States protested to Romania over hundreds of arrests of opposition party members and others. A State Department note charged deliberate suppression or terroristic intimidation of democratic elements opposing the Communist regime, delivered by Roy M. Melbourne in Bucharest.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Roy M. Melbourne
Bucharest
Georgia Forecast Shows Cloudy Skies and Warmth Rise
Georgia expected considerable cloudiness with little temperature change this afternoon and tonight. Thursday will be slightly cloudy and slightly warmer.Extreme northwest Florida warned for partly cloudy conditions, scattered thundershowers, and gentle to moderate south winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Fire rages aboard S S Marine Flier in Jersey City
Fire spread through two holds of the U S President Lines cargo ship S S Marine Flier as shore crews fought the blaze. Coast Guard boats fireboats tugboats and multiple fire companies battled the flames from 11 10 A M EDT until about 1 40 P M. The blaze sent heavy blue gray smoke over downtown Manhattan while the ship was being loaded for sailing to the Far East.
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Jersey City
N. J
U. S. President Lines
S. S. Marine Flier
Far East
Hudson River
Manhattan
Coast Guard
New York City
Tallahassee Cab Driver Says Was Passenger Victim
Local and federal officials search for a man who allegedly hired a Tallahassee taxi to Hazard and forced the driver to take him toward Quincy with a gun. The cabbie Clyde Allen said the suspect drew a weapon near Quincy and ordered continual driving.
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Tallahassee
Hazard
Fla
Elmer Holladay
Clyde Allen
Quincy
Allen
Holladay
Reds Reject Aid To Europe Plan In Meeting Showdown
Soft coal operators from the north and west met to discuss terms for John L. Lewis as miners protest Taft-Hartley and prepare ten days of strikes. Government action and seizures loom if no contract by July 7. Pravda in Moscow dismissed Marshall Plan as American interference. British and U.S. talks continue on Europe aid.
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Lewis
Harold W. Ward
Washington
North
West
John L. Lewis
Lewis’ United Mine
Justice Department
London
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Paris
United States
America
U. S
William L. Clayton
Britain
United State
Moscow Radio
Prague
Fresh Floods Threaten Iowa and Nebraska
Nebraska towns brace for renewed flooding as four inch rainfall hits Neligh and Cambridge officials warn of possible evacuations. Rescued bodies include Carroll County Supervisor Caorie Wieland found near Auburn. Authorities monitor North Fork Elkhorn and Missouri rivers for rising crests and levee threats.
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Nebraska
Neligh
Cambridge
Nebra
Lloyd C. Richardson
Richardson
Carroll County
Caorie S. Wieland
Carrell
Raccoon River
Auburn
Platte Valley
North Bend
Spence Fied s Buildings Offered For Sale
More than 200 buildings and fixtures at Spence Army Air Field near Moultrie are being offered for sale by the War Assets Administration. The sale runs until July 21 and requires removal from the site. Included are 12 civilian houses 98 barracks 11 hospitals 20 hospital wards and 91 hutments and latrines.
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Atlanta
Spence Army Air Field
Moultrie
War Assets Administration
Austria Agrees to Source of Aid and Proceeds Disclosure
Austria and the United States signed an aid accord as part of a 350 million dollar relief program for China and several European countries. It requires that no relief be diverted to occupation troops and mandates clear publicity on aid sources.</s>
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Austria
United States
China
Vienna
State Department
George backs new tax cut moves in Congress
Senator George from Georgia endorsed a Republican plan to re-pass the vetoed four million dollar tax slash. House Ways and Means Chairman Knutson reintroduced the bill and Speaker Martin said it would be taken up at the first favorable opportunity. Martin noted Democrats who supported the veto now seek reconsideration while Rayburn warned that veto overrides cannot succeed in either house without strong cross party votes.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
George
D-Ga
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
Tobacco Season Opens on July 24 in Georgia and Florida
Tobacco auctions on the Georgia Florida belt will begin July 24 after a Raleigh committee settled dates and rules. Last season’s sales totaled 149,753,146 pounds at an average $42.77 per hundred. Georgia led gross sales, Live Oak posted the best price, and markets set five selling hours daily per buyer group.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Florida
Raleigh
N. C
Georgia-Florida
South Georgia
North Florida
Frank S. Royster
Henderson
U. S. Department’ of Agriculture
Tobacco markets set July 24 opening for 1947
A 15 member committee announced that the North Carolina Georgia Florida tobacco belts will begin July 24 with the same opening date as last year. The schedule extends through the Carolinas and Virginia with openings in August and September. Sales pace is set at 100 piles per hour and a maximum pile weight of 250 pounds.
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Raleigh
N. C
Georgia-Florida
Carolinas
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Eft
Tobacco Association of
United States
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Harlan
James Jones
Louis Smorada
Uniontown
Agency
Platte River
Iels
Franklin Roosevelt
Gettius
Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
O'Connor
O’connor
Studebaker Motor
Forrestal
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Western Hemisphere
Romania
Edward Bancroft
William Rowan
Bancroft
Boston
Ronan
National Health of Welfare
Truman
Iowa
Omaha
Elkhorn
North Fork
Pierce
Pilger
Neb
Norfolk
Missouri River
Rule
Missouri
Ralph M. Aldrich
Kansas City
Spence Fieds
N. C. Tobacco Marts
Uncle Bud
Bill Baldwin
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