Maritime labor talks falter as Truman stance drew fire
Union leaders accuse President Truman of torpedoing peace talks with ship operators in a dispute that could trigger a June 15 maritime strike. Bridges Curran and mediators say negotiations resume at 8 p.m. EST amid fears the president’s pledge to use Navy and War Shipping Administration to keep ships sailing complicates a cooling off period.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Navy
Coast Guard
War Shipping Administration
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen
CIO
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Democratic Party
U N Probers Condemn Spain and Siam Joins UN Bid
A UN subcommittee condemned Franco Spain for threatening world peace and recommended referral to the General Assembly. The panel, including Australia and Poland, heard Jose Giral and British protests, with a Sept. assembly consideration possible. Siam formally seeks UN membership with charges against French forces in Indo-China.
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New York
United Nations Scurity Council
Spain
General Assembly
Oscar Lange
Australia
China
Poland
Brazil
France
United Nations
Security Council
Jose Giral
Siam
Indo-China
Washington
Copper strike end is sought to end work stoppage
Washington June 1 The labor department plans a conference Monday between the CSO and the American Smelting and Refining Co to seek an immediate end to a union strike in plants and mines across 18 states Edar L Warren director of the federal conciliation service called the meeting in telegrams to union and company officials He noted the strike began last February after the company rejected a wage increase demand of 1845 cents an hour.
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Washington
Whe Labor Department
Union
Russia Secures Iceland Fish Deal Amid Iceland Elections
The Soviet Union and Iceland signed a trade pact allowing Russian purchases of roughly 100 million krona worth of fish and herring oil, paid with coal timber and dollars. The agreement shadows Iceland’s elections as Communist gains loom, while U. S. base concerns endure.
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Iceland
Legation
Communist Party
U. S
VFW Session Concludes With New Arizona Officers
The 26th annual Arizona VFW encampment closed after a three day convention installing new officers led by John H. Barry of Phoenix as department commander. Twenty two resolutions were debated with most adopted, including veteran housing, hospital beds, and support for WWI and WWII benefits, while some measures on liquor bans and price controls were tabled.
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Arizona Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
John H. Barry
Phoenix
Arizona
Eli Shelton
Wendenl
W. G. Lobel
Casa Grande
Samuel H. Dudding
John B. Henson
M. E. Falk
Glendale
R. M. Hensley
Winslow
Congress
OPA
VFW
Marana
Veterans’ Hospital
Tucson
Tucson Veterans’ Hospital
U. S
Arctic June chills sweep Minnesota and Midwest
Snow fell in St. Paul as freezing temps spread from northern Pennsylvania to Nebraska. Meteorologists traced the unseasonable cold to a large Arctic mass over Hudson Bay that swept southward, with lows in the 40s and a cold front moving into Indiana and Illinois tonight.
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United Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Hudson Bay
Truman Praises Small Business and Small Institutions
President Truman urged support for small business, small schools, and small banks during a commencement at Washington College. He warned against any single group gaining absolute control of the federal government and advocated widespread ownership, favoring many smaller firms over single large corporations.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Chestertown
Truman
United States
Historic Washington College
U. S. Steel Corporation
Lumber firm hikes pay for Southwest mills
A wage increase of five cents per hour, effective May 1, has been granted to employees of Southwest Lumber mills in Flagstaff and at McNary and Overgaard. An additional 3% raise is planned if the wage stabilization board approves, lifting pay to the 1814 cents goal recommended by fact finding boards.
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Flagstaff
Southwest Lumber Mills
McNary and
Overgaard
U S Collects Mine Royalty to Fund Welfare Plan
Washington June 1 The government began collecting five cents a ton on all new mined soft coal for a health and welfare fund aiding 400000 United Mine Workers. A $25 million annual payment will start August 15 to a three member board chosen jointly by UMW President John L. Lewis and the government. The wage stabilization board approved the contract as within national policy and President Truman authorized action under the war labor disputes law. Wirtz said fund terms meet industry standards and administration rules. The WSB also approved an 18 1 2 cent per hour wage increase under the contract.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UFL
UMW
John L. Lewis
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Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Health and Welfare Fund
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Pope Calls Crusade Against Unbelievers in French Italian Elections
Pope Pius XII warned that peace is vanishing amid world bitterness and urged Catholics to lead a world crusade against atheism by defeating un godly, materialistic forces in the French and Italian elections that Sunday. He spoke to the college of cardinals in a broadcast to the world.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Kleberg Jr Wins Belmont Stake And Triple Crown Bid
Robert J. Kleberg Jr s assails Belmont Stakes in 2 30 4 5 finishing three lengths ahead of Natchez to claim a potential seventh U S turf Triple Crown bid after Derby and Preakness.
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New York
Robert J. Kleberg
Bold Venture
Warren Mehrtens
Walter M. Jefford
Log Strike Settlement Terms Drafted by Chief Justice
Chief Justice Gordon Sloan proposed a 44 hour average week and 15 cents an hour rise to end the 17 day British Columbia loggers and sawmill workers strike. The CIO union seeks 40 hour week and 25 cents hourly rise with union security. Both sides must respond by 5 p.m. Monday PDT.
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Victoria
B. C
Gordon Sloan
British Columbia
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Sloan
Holiday Toll Rises To 198 After Memorial Weekend
The death toll from the Memorial day holiday weekend reached 198 with 81 traffic deaths, 58 drownings, and 59 other accidents. Pennsylvania led with 30 fatalities, followed by California and New York. The National Safety Council predicted further deaths today and tomorrow.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
California
New York State
Ohio
Michigan
National Safety Council
Truman Strike Curbs Amended
President Truman’s emergency strike control bill returned to the House with weakened provisions after Senate passage. The measure would empower a national emergency response to work stoppages in government seized plants, with penalties for noncooperation and a sunset date of June 30, 1947.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Alben W. Barkley
Congress
Two Japs Ask Court Delays
In Tokyo on June 1 the defense for war crime suspects Yosuke Matsuoka and Shumei Okawa prepared requests for delays. They seek Matsuoka’s confinement in a private sanitarium and to strike his name from the indictment while asking to stay Okawa’s proceedings. Doctors’ reports said both are too ill to stand trial now and the tribunal has ordered hospital treatment until a further ruling.
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Earnest Hoberecht
Tokyo
U.P
Japan
Yosuke Mattuoka
Shumei Okawa
International Military Tribunal For the
Far East
United Press
Matsuoka
Okawa
United States Army Hospital
Where's That Brave New World? In the 1946 gadget gap
Frederick C. Othman riffs on postwar promises versus reality. He notes 1946 radios, washing machines, cars, and other gadgets largely echo 1940s models, with few new advances. He mocks shortages, strikes, and claims of fanciful tech that never arrives in Washington, pledging to write his spoofed book if promised progress fails.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
OPA
Henry Kaiser
Aluminum Corporation of America
Senate
Reynolds Metal Co
Senate Passes Plan For Atomic Control
Senate approves a domestic atomic energy control bill creating a five member commission to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The panel would set up a full time commission with a general manager and salaries of up to 17 500 for the chairman and 15 000 for other members. The measure awaits House action amid ongoing debate over military involvement.
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Washington
Senate
House
Keyin
McMahon
Conn
Special
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Army
Children Lost 2 Days Found in Flagstaff Forest
Claudia Baldwin four and her brother Donald six wandered from a family picnic Thursday and were found two days later in Mills Park within Coconino national forest. Claudia was thirsty but well, Donald in fair condition. their dog Whiskers was in worse shape.
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J. L. Baldwin
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Coconino National Forest
Fry Park
Donald
C. W. Sechrist
Claudia
Bill Gilbert
Navajo Ordnance Depot
Pennsylvania Mines Closed Amid Uncertain Coal Talks
New York dispatch reports Pennsylvania’s 76 000 anthracite miners fully idle for a third day as United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis heads toward wage negotiations at the Waldorf Astoria. Miners seek a five day week a 37 cent raise and a 10 million dollar health fund with disputes over current pay scales between outside and inside workers.
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New York
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
Scranton
Wilkes- Barre
Hazelton
Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Kennedy
UMW
Lewis
Washington
Kennedy
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
J. B. Warriner
Warriner
Reds Bid For French Power
Paris June 1 A postwar Communist strength surge in France is expected to appear in tomorrow's elections for a new constituent assembly. Two factors place the Communists in the spotlight the American loan and a fierce Socialist campaign alleging Communist subservience to Soviet policy. About 20 million French voters will choose 586 assembly members from over 3,000 candidates.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Washington
Meat Rationing Looms In 1947
Washington June 1 meat rationing looms as agricultural officials warn supplies may grow tight later in 1946 and into 1947. Production this year could fall about 2 000 000 000 pounds from 1944 levels with pork easier to find and beef veal and lamb scarcer.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Bowles
Chester Bowles
Chester Davis
President Truman
Truman
Water Shortage Strikes San Carlos Valley and Regions
The San Carlos valley faces severe drought as the reservoir falls to a useless level for irrigation. Cattlemen report drying tanks in White Mountains and upper Verde areas. Officials note the reservoir declined from 825,000 acre feet in 1941 to under 8,000 by mid May. Farmers consider pumping water for alfalfa. cotton planting seems unlikely. Snow in San Francisco peaks offers limited relief. skiing continues with five-foot pack on slopes.
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San Carlos
San Carlos Reservoir
White Mountain
Verde Valley
Sacaton
O. C. Williams
San Francisco
Flagstaff
Former D M Teacher Dies
Konrad Schmid of the Ft. Huachuca engineers' office reports his son Captain Robert R. Schmid, a B-29 pilot, was killed in action July 10, 1945 in the Shimonoseki straits, Japan. Schmid, born in Bisbee, graduated from Bisbee High, attended the University of Arizona and Texas Technical College, and had served as a pilot instructor at Davis Monthan Field before going overseas. His widow resides in Lamesa, Texas.
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Bisbee
Daily Citizen
Konrad Schmid
Ft. Huachuca
Lamesa
Tex
Texas Technical College
Davis- Monthan Field
Tucson
Phoenix Bus Tie Up Avoided
The 71 metropolitan bus line drivers planned to strike at 3 a.m. today reported for work as usual after an agreement last night between the company and the union. Mayor Ray Busey announced the settlement and urged both sides to maintain unity.
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Phoenix
Metropolitan
AFL
Ray Busey
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