Miners Tentative Pact Ends Government Run Coal Pits
The government ends operation of over 2,500 soft coal mines and returns them to private owners after 13 months. A wage dispute looms with miners seeking a 35 cent hourly raise, an 8 hour day, and higher royalty funding for welfare and retirement. If no contract is signed by July 8, miners may strike.
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Ata
Salima-Conhally
Joan L. Lewis
Coal ‘Mines Administration
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Lewis
Secretary of the Interior
King
Uncle Sam
Krug-Lewis
Krug
UNRRA closes European operations as relief ends
Washington reports UNRRA will close its Europe offices today with only skeleton staff remaining to audit final receipts. The agency began in 1943 and has spent or committed $3.6708 billion, with the United States providing 72 percent and 48 nations sharing the cost. China work will continue for several months.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
UNRRA
China
United States
Sabough
California congressman's granddaughter vanishes near Lassen Park
The two and a half year old Cheta Mary Gale, granddaughter of former Congressman John H. Tolan, disappeared from Lee's vacation camp near Lassen Park. Tolan suffered a heart attack from the shock and was hospitalized in critical condition. The missing child is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Gale Jr of Oakland.
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Quincy
Calif
California
John H. Tolan
Lassen Volcano National Park
Tolan
Cheta Mary Gale
William Gale
Oakland
Lee
Lassen Park
Truman Signs New Rent Control Bill
President Truman signed a bill extending federal rent controls eight months and allowing landlords to seek up to 15 percent increases for leases through December 1948. He called it a lesser evil than no rent control, warning it will raise rents and hinder housing recovery while noting the law is inadequate to curb war-era price and material controls. He urged concern over ongoing housing shortages and warned against broader evasion of construction limits.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Young Atlantan in Jail on Numerous Assault Charges
A 20 year old Atlantan was jailed on eight charges including assault with intent to murder and attempted rape after a Sunday arrest. The case also linked to an earlier taxi robbery in which Marian Pinnell and Evelyn Kersey were held up and Pinnell was shot in the foot. Jess Barnett is the name on the booking with bond set at 14000. Fidora Saylor, 19, was hailed as heroine for keeping calm under threat.
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Atlanta
World editors tour ends with call for more united world
Fifteen leading editors concluded a 13 day world flight in San Francisco noting the trip did not reveal a fully unified globe. Editor Erwin Canham of the Christian Science Monitor said interviews with leaders in war torn nations showed democracy's duty as vital as life itself.
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San Francisco
Erwin D. Canhams
Christian Science Monitor
Honolulu
Canham
Explosion injures three in Nashville gas station dwelling
In Nashville Tennessee on a June 30 report an explosion at a combined gas station and dwelling occurred shortly after daylight. Three men were taken to a hospital and were not believed critically injured according to fire and police statements.
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Nashville
Tenn
North Nashville
Unday
Fire Department
Miss River Climbs To New 103 Year Record
Paris report notes Interior Minister Depreux announcing a plot by the Black Maquis to overthrow the French Republic and establish a military dictatorship. Generals and civilians are said to be implicated with a planned coup this month. editor De Vulpain named among those arrested.
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Paris
Edouard Depreux
Black Maquis
Depreaux
Guillaudot
Jean Loustauneau-Lacau
Vichy
Rennes
Brittany
M. de Vulpain
France Vivante
Tosco Hotel to Close After Sixty Years of Service
The Tosco Hotel, known for decades as Masury Hotel, closes after sixty years of operation. John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital sold the property to Hodg ing Contracting Company with demolition planned around July fifteenth. Furnishings to be sold July eleventh under Norman Stegall. wrecking to follow and plans for a new hotel facing Jefferson Street with stores on Breed Street are being developed.
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TOSCO
Pxount
Yale
W. W. Upchurch
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital
Upchurch
H. M. Be
Jefferson Street
Breed Street
Tesco
Masury
John W. Masury
Messrs Neel and Evans
W. J. Upchurch
Former Supreme Court Justice urges universal military training law
Former Justice Owen J. Roberts urged prompt enactment of a universal military training law before the House Armed Services Committee. He said such a law is needed to help prevent an all-out shooting World War III.
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Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
House Armed Services Committee
St Louis Levees Buckle as Flood Rises and Quake Strikes
The Mississippi River neared a 103‑year high at 39.3 feet in St Louis with two levees at Chouteau Island failing while engineers warned the crest could reach 39.5 feet. A brief Ilzo earthquake frightened residents, damaged none of the levees, and caused calls to flood offices as 1,000 people faced homelessness with shelters set by the Red Cross.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
U. S. Army
Missouri River
Ilzo &. M
Illinois
Chouteau Island
Venice
Granite City
Harry F. Wahlgren
Mississippi
Red Cross
Veterans housing units approved for three Georgia towns
The Federal Housing Administration approves multi family rental housing in Thomasville Moultrie and Valdosta named Carolyn Apartments to be built by Prince E Jinright financed by Bank of Thomas County with 345000 mortgages. WWII veterans and families get first priority with 20 units in Valdosta and 12 in each Thomasville and Moultrie. Construction hoped within weeks. site on East Washington street in Thomasville slated for brick veneer building with central heating hot water tile baths hardwood floors and metered laundry. An architect's drawing appears on page four.
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Atlanta
Federal Housing Administration
Thomasville
Moultrie
Valdosta
R. BE. Matheson
Matheson
Carolyn
Prince E. Jinright
Bank of Thomas County
Georgia
Jinright
East Washington Street
East Side Grammar School
Valdcosta
GOP Leaders Confident As New Fiscal Year Begins
Washington June 30 AP congressional fiscal experts huddle over financing federal agencies as the year nears end with only one of 12 regular appropriation bills cleared by both chambers. Only two departments the Treasury and Post Office will have cash past midnight unless action occurs. a stop gap allows unfinanced agencies to incur expenses. The Senate and House face 11 snagged bills as Republicans, in the driver seat for the first time in 15 years, express confidence they will adjourn by July 26 after enacting wide ranging spending cuts and measures.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
House
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
Truman
Congress
Treasury
Post Office
Senate House
House’ Appropriations Committee
Atlanta Driver Rescued After Pinned Under Truck Crash
Jessie Hall of Atlanta, driver for Georgia Motor Express, was pinned under a heavy truck for nearly two hours after a wreck near Macon. The vehicle left the highway, crashed into a tree, and the crowd of about 4,000 watched as durable hoists and hoses removed him. Hall suffered no broken bones and appeared not seriously injured after preliminary checks.
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Macon
Jessie Hall
Atlanta
Georgia Motor Express Company
Hall
Hoctors
Paris Parley Faces Hurdle Over Marshall Plan
A Paris three power conference stalls as Russia opposes an all embracing European economic program. Moscow wants aid viewed per country not continental recovery. Western powers fear Soviet aims and seek united effort, while a plot to overthrow the Paris government raises fresh instability concerns.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
A.P
Zor
Paris
U. S
State Marshall
Europe
Russia
Moscow
Uncle Sam
Washington
Soviet Union
Marshall
America
London
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