AFL Switchmen Strike Halts Four Major Rail Lines
The 4000 AFL Switchmen strike stopped four Western railroadsand disrupted thousands of jobs. The Great Northern kept near normal passenger service while freight was crippled. The walkout seeks a 40 hour week at the current 48 hours pay, opposed to a 18 cent raise after a presidential board recommendation.
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Chicago
AFL
America
Rock
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Governor Campaign Alignments Highlight Georgia Races
In Georgia the top gubernatorial contest sits amid 16 state races with Gov. Herman Talmadge and opponent M. E. Thompson rarely campaigning for others. Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin seeks Talmadge votes, while rivals Van Dyke and Frank Gross avoid alliances and accuse each other of vote splitting. State treasurer race divides along Talmadge lines as George Hamilton faces Sims Garrett Jr. Agriculture post mentions no gubernatorial ties as incumbent Tom Linder maintains backing.
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Herman Talmadge
M. E Thompson
Marvin. Griffin
Talmadge
van Dyke
Frank Gross
Cross
Duke
Marvin Griffin
Gross
George Hamilton
Sims. Garrett Jr
Hamilton
Garrett
Steve Pace
James Carmichael
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tom Linder
Seven Die In Georgia Weekend Traffic Crashes
A series of weekend accidents in Georgia claimed seven lives including a newlywed couple from Atlanta and a two year old. Other victims were a Gainesville man, a Lyons boy, a Thomaston resident, a Porterdale driver and a Savannah well digger. The groomT and brideT had wed the night before the fatal wrecks.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Glifford
Ahen ‘Nash
Atlanta
Dawsonville
Albert S. Field
Porterdale
Ralph R. Penton
Savannah
Georgia and Florida forecast: heat, fair skies, scattered storms
Georgia remains hot and generally fair through tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunder showers in extreme east portion this afternoon. Extreme Northwest Florida expects similar conditions tonight and Thursday with light to moderate variable coastal winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Lake Michigan search for Northwest plane wreckage begins
In St Joseph Michigan on June 26 a large search started for a Northwest Airlines plane that disappeared over Lake Michigan after a lightning strike. Evidence suggested the crash scattered wreckage and bodies in the lake. All 58 occupants are presumed dead in what was described as the nation's worst air tragedy.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Lake Michigan
Northwest Airlines
St. Joseph
Mich
Deadly air disaster aftermath and West Virginia floods report
Report details grim evidence from an airship wreck including a torn blue blanket marked NW and wreckage on a lake. In West Virginia flash floods 21 are dead and 33 are missing after sudden flooding near Smuthburg. the Bailey family suffered heavy losses with multiple bodies recovered and a lone survivor hospitalized.
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Paul Benscoter
NWA
West Union
W. Va
West Virginia
Clyde Bailey
Smuthburg
Here
Bailey
Southern Republic Capital Called Upon to Surrender
Invading North Korean forces pressed toward Seoul after piercing two Southern divisions outside the capital. Gen Chat Ung Jun broadcast a surrender demand from Pyongyang as Northern tanks reached nine miles north of Seoul and US backed South Korean forces faced a dire morale crisis. Emissaries and evacuations followed as world capitals watched and the U N Security Council urged a cease fire.
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Associated Press
Pyongyang
Chat Ung Jun
South Korea
Beng
Seoul
Ui-jongbu
Kangmung
38Th Parallel
Synisman’ Rhee
Korea
Kchon
Fukuonka
Japan
U. S
Truman
Washington
MacArthur
Tokyo
North Korea
U. N. Security Coucil
Russia
United States
Stock Market Dives Amid Korea Hostilities Opening
New York June 26. The stock market fell the steepest in over a year as hostilities in Korea prompted a nervous start. Foods and industrial raw materials rose sharply in the commodity market with some commodities advancing the maximum daily limit.
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New York
Korea
Registered Voters Set New Record
Atlanta reports a new record in Georgia’s Democratic primary registration totaling 1,216,084 across 16% counties. Voter shifts show a drop in negro participation from 143,886 in 1948 to 183,004 this year, with concentration in fewer urban centers reducing overall strength.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia County
Ground broken for new six story half million dollar hotel
Ground broken on the Tosco lot at Broad and Jefferson for a six story eighty room hotel by Scott Construction Company. W C Houghton as engineer superintendent and S Ralph Fetner as architect, with plans for a reinforced concrete steel structure, two story storefronts, extensive kitchens and refrigeration, and extensive safety and air conditioning features.
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Altho
Tosco
Corner Broad
Jefferson Streets
Broad Street
Jefferson Street
Scott Construction Company
W. C Houghton
Thomasville
University of Mississippis
Marietta Hospital
Green Bay Packers
Fetner
S. Ralph Fetner
W. Fred Scott
Iikewie
Groundbreaking for Chamber of Commerce Hotel Initiative
W Fred Scott Sr leads a ceremonial dig as the Chamber of Commerce forms a five member committee to advance the hotel project set to replace the old site. Bill Flowers W H Flowers Jinright and W C Houghton supervise as Lee E Kelly Heyward Vann and Lawrence Steyerman stand with the group embracing the foundation plan.
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W. Fred Scott, Sr
C of C Hotel Committee
W. Fred Scott
W.H
Bill) Flowers
Lending & Hang
Prince“Jin
Scott and Flowers
W. C. Houghton
Messrs
Lee E. Kelly
Heyward Vann
Lawrence
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Uke
Griffin
Gertrude Kendricks
Gainesville
Grom
Bobby Albert Clifton
Lyons
Bobby
Blythe
Billie R. Lazenby
Thomson
Broad
Jefferson
New Scott Hotel
Offerson Street
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