Railroad Strike Deadlock Persists Amid Mediation Board Move
Mediation Board head Francis ONeill Jr says the locomotive firemen strike remains as deadlocked as at the start. No new union offer. hopes of an early break fade after reports of a peace proposal. Violence spikes as lines suspend service and crews report gunfire and sabotage claims. officials deny responsibility while security tightens.
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Chicago GP
Francis O'Neill, Jr
National
Raiway
Fremen
Washington
Chicago
Atlanta
B. Johngorn
Farmville
Southern Railway
Mediation Board
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Southern
Banta Fe
Wesel
Elkhart
Ind
Col
Cleveland
D. W. Taylor
Knoxvill
Tennates
Firecracker Factory Explosion Leaves 18 Dead in Brazil
A firecracker factory exploded in Alagcinnas, Bahia State, Brazil, killing 18 people including two children. The blast occurred as workers prepared fireworks for a local celebration on June 26, the town’s holiday. Rescue efforts and aid followed the incident.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Alagcinnas
Bahia State
Explosions Struck Pennsylvania Chemical Plant
Two explosions rocked the Ameri can Cynanamid Co plant in Brieville Pennsylvania last night. The fire was quickly controlled with only a handful of workers present. Two men were injured in the incident.
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Pennsylvania
Brieville
American Cynanamid Co
Meteor Jet Plane Sets World Record in Gloucester
Reports say a Meteor Jet fighter flew 1,000 kilometers in a claimed world record at an average speed near 510.9 miles per hour with explosions noted during the test. Officials indicated secret testing and missile work by Cornell-linked facilities involved in industrial firax and guided-missile research.
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Gloucester
Eng
Winnipeg Flood Crisis Forces 40,000 From City
Winnipeg Man May 12 widespread floods drive 40,000 residents from homes as Red River crest nears 29.9 feet. Officials warn dikes risk failure while relief efforts surge. Alderman Simonite cites 0,000 refugees from farm areas and province promises aid. Banks and merchants report vast economic strain and continued flood containment costs.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie
Win
Briga Morton
R. E. A. Morton
Nesterday
Morton
C. E. Simonite
Red River Valley
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Simonite
Douglas Lrains
Campbel
Manitoba
David A. Gilbert
Fugeen
Red River
Heyona
Rocket Ship Fires Missile 105 Miles High
A U S Navy test off Christmas Island produced a Viking single stage rocket reaching 105.4 miles, far surpassing prior American records. Built by Glenn L. Martin Co and fired from Norton Sound with Oxburn aiding photography, the mission measured cosmic rays and noted intense radiation near space.
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Washington
U. S
Denver
Col
Cheyenne
Wyn
Richmond
Navy
Glenn SS Martin Co
Baltimore
Mid
Gettysburg
White Sands
X. Mex
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Buffalo
Dennis Jailed For Contempt
Washington news reports Dennis, secretary of the Communist Party, began a one year jail term for contempt of Congress after a $1,000 fine. He had fought appeals to the Supreme Court. another five year sentence and $10,000 fine for conspiracy to overthrow the government remain under appeal in New York. Dennis was moved to a District of Columbia jail as the case proceeds.
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Washington
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
David A. Pine
Ned
Dennis
Congress
Supreme Court
Terra
New York
Joseph Forer
Forer
Pine
Dennin
U. S. Marwhale
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Chavez Assails Budenz in Senate Speech
Senator Chavez denounced Louis Budenz in a Senate speech accusing him of using Catholic conversion to shield his anti Communist stance. He challenged Budenz credibility while McCarthy defended Budenz and attacked Chavez and McCarthy’s charges as dangerous. Budenz, ex editor of the Communist Daily Worker, is now a Fordham University professor after renouncing the party.
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Washington
ULP
Chavez
D-Nm
Louis Budens
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Budens
Istar
Senate
State Department
Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Catholic Church
Communist Party
Fordham University
New York
Lattimore
Louis Budenz
New Mexico
Budenga
Chavel
NLRB Counsel Proposes Middleground on Taft Hartley
NLRB general counsel Robert Denham offered to seek a middle ground with the five‑member board on interpreting the Taft Hartley Act. Denham sent a conciliatory note to the board proposing talks on future operations, while remaining in office. President Truman had proposed abolishing the general counsel’s office amid policy clashes.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relation Board
Fiveman Board
Denham
Truman
General Counsel
Immigrant Man Berserk After Russian Film at Times Square
Konrad Stupakov, a recent immigrant, allegedly shouted an incoherent phrase and attacked a theater manager in Times Square after snatching a Russian war movie. Police subdued him. he was charged with felonious assault and taken to Bellevue Hospital for mental health evaluation.
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New York
TPS
Tina Ittle
Times Square
Konrad Stupakov
Bellevue
U.S. Producing Smaller A-Bomb Carried by Jets
U.S. officials describe a compact atomic weapon dubbed the baby bomb. A tamper advances explosive efficiency, enabling delivery by jet aircraft. Reports note progress in tamper design and weapon density, with secrecy surrounding practical deployment and critical size concepts.
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U.S
Passengers Evacuate After Subway Train Stalls Under River
About 8 000 passengers evacuated from Manhattan to Queens after a four-car train stalled in the East River tunnel near First Avenue. A short circuit between the third rail and a defective contact caused smoke and heat. emergency crews opened exits and escorted travelers to safety in about 25 minutes.
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New York P
Manhattan
Lexington-Third Avenue
West Underground
Queens
Man
E.S.T
First Avenue
Subway
Strikes Hit Area and GE Faces Paralyzing Delays
Strikes and a looming walkout disrupted work at major area plants. The Brant GE Schenectady plant felt the impact of the Midwest railroad strike and plumbers and steamfitters, while Watervliet Arsenal expanded to a seven day schedule with 80 more workers to meet military aid backed demand. ARMY and steel industries pushed output amid a backlog from steel strikes and economy moves.
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Brant General Electric Co
Schenectady
Truman
Watervnlet Arsenal
Harry N. Rising
Arsenal
United States Department of Defense
Bandits Steal $15,000 Payroll From Conn. Plant
Four masked bandits hid in the Brink's payroom at the Bigelow Sanford Carpet Co plant in Thompsonville Connecticut and seized a $15,000 payroll from guards delivering it to 300 night workers. State police and FBI traced a sedan with Massachusetts plates and pursued a mystery entry, with guards beaten and workers searched after the incident.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Brink's
Bigelow/Sanford Carpet Co
Massachusetts
Boston
Brink's, Inc
FBI
Washlington
Secre Lively
Sabotage Allegations Hit U S Ballet Troupe in Paris
A visiting PageStone Ballet Co of New York faced hostile crowds and alleged guerrilla tactics led by Serge Lifar of the Paris Opera. Critics from Le Monde roasted performances of Frankie and Johnny, The Bella, and Scrap Seek. Thomas Fisher tied Lifar and Mestin to a broader plot to undermine the troupe’s reputation.
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Paris
Serge Lifar
Paris Opera Ballet Corps
PageStone Ballet Co
New York
Theater Des Thomps-Elgners
Oliver Merlin
le Monde
Frankie
Johnny
Thomas Fisher
Hasi
Lifar
Kiestlow
New York City
Mestin
Rescued Pilot Falls From B 29 Over Arizona
An Air Force lieutenant fell 28 000 feet from a nose section of a B 35 late yesterday afternoon over Salome Arizona. The rescue occurred after an explosion and two Navy tankers Shawnee Trail and another unnamed ship. Eighth Air Force HQ said 47 were rescued and the pilot was pulled from the Norwegian motor near Salome.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Salome
Ariz
Eighth Air Force
Tokyo
U. S.sion
Navy
Shawnee Trail Radford
Abe
Iship Talixman
Japan
It Went That Way Dallas Texas Shipments Probe
Five thousand Sollnt fines were assessed and ten midwesterners accused of shipping more than eight tons of harnessed materials to Texas. They were given conditional release terms pending further action.
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Dallas
Tex
Texan
Baseball scoreboard shows mixed results across leagues
NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 3 St Louis 1 Onheramen scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 3 Washington J New York 3 Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 5 Chicago 7 Only gamer scheduled EASTERN LEAGUE Albany 7 Scranton 1 Binghamton 4 Elmira 2 Aliea 4, Wilkes Barre 3 Wittemoorport 2 Hartford 4
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Pittebare
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston
Washington J
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chio
Albany
Scranton
Binghawnion
Elmira
Aliea
Wittemeoort
Hartford
Wilkes-Barre
Truman Sees Government Aid for Private Business
President Truman, touring Montana, credits government action with saving private business from socialism and communism. He argues the Fair Deal strengthens enterprise and jobs, cites Hungry Horse dam as example, and warns opponents who doubt government’s role. He speaks to crowds in Butte and Missoula about democracy enabling wide national growth.
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Truman Train
Truman
Montana
Butte
Jem
Washington
Hungry Horse
Counterfeit Ring Adds Two Arrests Upstate
The U S Secret Service reports two more arrests in a broad counterfeit operation. Flora Bottain known as Marie Daniels, 22, and William Power, 29, a bartender, were held on conspiracy charges in Buffalo. Bail set at 2500 and 10000 respectively. both pleaded innocent at arraignment before Commissioner Butterfield. The case links to sending counterfeit money to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and suggests five more involved in the Depew cell producing $19 and $20 bills.
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Buffalo
U. S
Secret Service
Flora Bottain
Marie - Daniels
William Power
Boyce H. Butterfield
New Orleans
Depew
Mislabeled carbon dioxide tank kills surgery patient
Port Jervis authorities reported a mislabelled carbon dioxide cylinder caused the death of a patient undergoing surgery for stomach ulcers at an area hospital. Anesthesiologist errors were ruled unlikely. coroner termed the death accidental from misidentified gas, with the hospital not at fault.
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Port Jervis
Francie
Tali
John BH. McCoogis
Bre
Port Jervie
Emily
Stall
Charis R. Merch
Adorlers
Big Three discuss Berlin rights and West Germany links
Western ministers agreed on keeping US Britain and France backing Western Berlin and integrating West Germany with Western Europe. They urged progress on prisoner repatriation and information on missing POWs while Schuman outlined a European coal and steel plan to Dean Acheson and Ernest Bevin. The talks focused on long term arrangements for Germany beyond 1952, with policy adjustments debated among the three occupying powers.
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London
Germany
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Schuman
Robert Schuman
U. S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Acheson
Bevin
Maragall
Britain’s Atom Sub Reported at Amsterdam Meeting
A scrambled item notes Britain has an atom powered submarine in an advanced stage. Admiral Lord Fraser of North Cape reportedly did not elaborate on the submarine during a news conference and a visit to the Netherlands.
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Amsterdam
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