Coast to coast labor strike looms in maritime industry
The nation faced the potential of a coast to coast strike by five CIO maritime unions representing 200,000 workers as contracts expired. Some unions have deals, others demand pay hikes or contract continuance. transit strikes disrupt urban mobility and Ford and Champion Spark Plug lines face continued labor action.
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Associated Press
Nation
CIO
Ford Motor Co. Producon
Philip Murray
New York
National Maritime Union
St. Louis
Oakland
Calif
AFL
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Glendale
Pasadena
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Foremen’s Association of America
Champion Spark Plug Co
Continental Motors Corp
Atom smashing on high school track at El Cerrito
El Cerrito high school physics teacher Ben Siegal announced four seniors are nearing completion of an atom smashing cyclotron funded by a $500 school appropriation. The project aims to add atom smashing to next semester’s curriculum. President Truman plans a Monday tax bill decision amid veto and labor bill uncertainty.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Eben Ayers
Canada
House
Senate
Ottawa
Capitol Hill
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S
Lewis
Copper Taxes To Be Sought In Arizona
Arizona's tax commission moved to collect more than 300000 dollars in taxes on federal copper subsidies awarded to state mining firms. The plan targets back taxes on subsidies, with a 18th legislature deadline to exempt unpaid taxes over three years old. Major companies listed include Phelps Dodge and American Smelting & Refining, among others.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Tax Commission
Commission
Joe Hunt
Thad Moore
D. C
Utah Supreme Court
Sullivan
Bagdad, Christmas
Eagle Picker
Inspiration
Mammoth-St. Anthony
Miami
Castle Dome
Phelps Dodge
Shadduck Dean
Iron King
Trench Unit
American Smelting & Refining
Carlotta
79 Lead
Sam Knight Mining Lease Company
Kennicott
Nevada Consolidated
Binghampton
R. H. Pfeffer
Midwest Floods Return Drench Iowa Missouri and Nebraska
Flood waters from a dozen rivers inundate farmlands and cities in Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Illinois with more than 17000 people fleeing homes and 1 5 million acres under water The report details state by state impacts including Iowa flooding 25 counties and Missouri towns along the Missouri River while Wisconsin faces new threats from Kickapoo Root and Rock rivers.
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Middle West
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
St. Joseph
Coast Guard
Illinois
Beardstown
Chandlerville
Mississippi
Quincy
Rule
Neb
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Robbed To Get Cash For Bride
Albert T. Johnson a 24 year old war veteran arrested after admitting he took nearly 500 dollars in an armed robbery of a food market in Albuquerque New Mexico. He said he needed funds to bring back his British war bride who stayed with her ailing mother in Denver. Johnson and the bride had previously worked in Winslow Arizona before moving to Denver last fall.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Harold Hubbell
Hubbell
Albert T. Johnson
Denver
England
Johnson
Winslow
Ariz
Phalanx Wins Dwyer Stakes At Aqueduct
Phalanx added the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct to his Belmont triumph by a head over But Why Not before 35,729 spectators. Chilean rider Ruperto Donoso steered Ruperto Donoso’s mount to win the $40,800 purse and push Phalanx’s earnings past $200,000.
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New York
Phalanx
Aqueduct
Ruperto Donoso
Campbell postpones jet boat speed test at Lake Coniston
Sir Malcolm Campbell took Bluebird II back to Portsmouth after delaying by a month his attempt to break the water speed record of 141.7 miles per hour at Lake Coniston England on a Saturday in June.
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Lake Coniston
England
Malcolm Campbell
Portsmouth
Truman Signs Peace Treaties
President Truman announced the ratification of peace treaties with Hungary Romania and Bulgaria calling their regimes oppressive and noting the need to end wartime hostilities. He also signed the Italian peace treaty saying it closes a dark chapter and ushers in a hopeful era for Italian American relations.
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Truman
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
French Council of the Republic
Marine Evacuation Of U S Marines In China Nears End
In Tientsin on June 14 a dispatch said the evacuation of 1 500 U S marines of the first division from northern China is expected to finish by June 19 as scheduled.
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China
Tientsin
U. S
Nagy Calls Hungarian Crisis a Simulated U.S. Influence
Nagy declares his ouster a simulated crisis caused by U.S. intervention in Greece and Turkey. He travels via Shannon to New York to urge Western support for Hungary and southeastern Europe amid ongoing political turmoil and arrests in the region.
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London
U.P
Ferenc Nagy
United States
Nagy
Shannon
Eire
New York
TWA
Geneva
Switzerland
Hungary
Greece
Turkey
Budapest
Istvan Ries
Deszo Sulvok
Ries
United Nations
Julie
Laslo
Trans-World Airlines
Southeastern
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
Romania
Austria
Zoltan Tildy
House of Lords
Tildy
Russia
Smallholders’ Party
Insist Foreign Aid Be Studied
Washington June 14 secretary of state George C Marshall faced Republican demand for a larger voice in planning the postwar European rehabilitation program. Senate President Vandenberg urged a bipartisan advisory council to map the needed aid against U S capacity. Taft announced a June 23 study on foreign spending effects with industry witnesses. Hoovers impending report on European aid also looms.
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Washington
Uup
George C. Marshall
U. S
Europe
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Congress
Vandenberg
Sen
Robert A. Taft
R-O
GOP
Taft
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
John Foster Dulles
Marshall
Moscow
Herbert Hoover
Shelton Named VEW Leader
Eli C. Shelton of Kingman was unanimously elected state commander of the Arizona department VFW. Tullis Godwin of Douglas was elected senior vice commander and Barry Crose of Globe the junior vice commander after withdrawals. The encampment discussed next year at Winslow and passed resolutions opposing Mexican workers when citizen veterans are available and supporting veterans employment services.
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Douglas
Eli C. Shelton
Kingman
Wendon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Arizona Department
VFW
M. E. Faulk
Glendale
Tullis Godwin
W. G. Lobell
Casa Grande
Barry Crose
Globe
Gordon Nelson
Tucson
Winslow
United States
Russians Open Door to Joint Atomic Plans
Francis W. Carpenter reports a shift in Soviet thinking as Andrei Gromyko hints the United States and Soviet plans might be considered together on their merits. The move signals potential progress though core issues like veto and sovereignty remain unresolved. The U N atomic energy commission watches for the next move.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations’ Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Atomic Commission
Commission
Senate estimates bill dwarfs Truman budget in interior aid
Senator O'Mahoney said the Senate will approve an interior appropriation about 54 million dollars above the House figure, though still below President Truman's request. The report lists department offices and bureaus with budget comparisons and notes 160.9 million dollars available for reclamation after carryover.
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Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
House
Truman
Fine Arts Commission
Bonneville Power Admn
Southwestern Power
Bureau Land Management
Bureau
Indian Affairs
Reclamation Bureau
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
National Park Service
Fish and Wild Life Service
Filibuster Marks Arizona Social Security Budget Fight
In Phoenix on June 14 Senator Lloyd Canfil began a filibuster in the Arizona Senate against a plan to fund the social security department at 11,853,305 for two years. The stand halted a lunch recess as lawmakers pressed for a final vote on House Bill 3.
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Phoenix
Lloyd Canfil
Pinal County
Arizona State Senate
State Social Security Department
Canfil
Senate
Social Security Agency
House
Lorna Lockwood
Maricopa
Sidney P. Osborn
Arizona
Sen
Lloyd Henning
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Rep
A. R.spikes
Cochise
House Appropriations Committee
Harry W. Hill
Hill
Spikes
Public Address System Prompts Question In Arizona Legislature
In Phoenix on June 14, lawmakers discuss a new public address system costing 350 dollars with Rep. Harry Metz asking if it can be shut off to avoid hearing certain speeches. The piece mentions ongoing second special session rumors and welfare bill debate amid Gov. Osborn's illness.
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Phoenix
U.P
Sidney P. Osborn
Bob Brooks
Capital Corridor
Gabfest
House of Representatives
Harry Metz
Jerome
Hugo Farmer
Yuma
San Diego
Hill Defends EKrrant Tally
Phoenix June 14 Harry W Hill state welfare commissioner cites different bookkeeping systems as the reason for disparities between grant figures in his office and those of the state auditor. He notes cut-off dates cause the gap and suggests reconciliation may take a month or two.
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Bob Brooks
Phoenix
Harry W. Hill
Hill
Citizen
Curley Still Serious After Court Fight
Mayor James Michael Curley remained in a serious condition as doctors reported his blood pressure was high and he was restless. An aide said the jail sentence issue had not been discussed with him and the Washington court victory had not been disclosed to the mayor.
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Boston
James Michael Curley
Edward Schott
Massachusetts
Washington Courts
City Hall
Wreckage of Capital Airlines DC-4 Found in Blue Ridge
Searchers reach the mountaintop crash site northwest of Leesburg Virginia and find no survivors aboard the DC-4 operated by Capital Airlines. The plane en route from Chicago to Washington went down Friday night, killing 50 aboard including a 10 month old infant. investigation follows into possible tail-assembly failure and prior related crashes.
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Leesburg
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountains
Associated Press
Here
James Franklin
Franklin
Chicago
Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia-West Virginia
Winchester
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
Port Deposit
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Death List In Air Disaster
Revised list lists 47 passengers and three crew aboard the Penn Central Airlines crash. Names span Cleveland and Chicago boards with officials, Red Cross members, a law partner, a forest service chief, and business figures. Additional Pittsburgh and Washington names noted with ties to firms and residences.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Cleveland
Courtney Smith
American Red Cross
F. A. Georger
Arthur Pollard
Robena Mce-Clean
Raleigh
N. C
Dorothy Ann Hosford
Minnie Harman
D. C
M. J. Smothey
Allen Coe
Arlington
I. E. Goldberg
Milwaukee
Padway & Goldberg
AFL
Chicago
J. Vail
Virginia Beach
S. Siegal
James O'Leary
Juneau
Alaska
Dorothea Peters
Norfolk
Neb
Robert H. Garretson
Seattle
David T. Godwin
U. S. Forest Service
Thelma Strabel
Julian Kaufman
Margaret Kueppers
St. Paul
E. J. Stone
Alexandria
Harry C. Croghan
Blaw-Knox Corp
Pittsburgh
John R. Dewar
Fair Oaks
Beaver County
Cecil L. Eaton
J. McIntosh
C. H. McCafferty
Ranier
Mary Jane Altman
Uniontown
W. M. Watson
Warren Ehret Roofing
Wilkinsburg
Anna J. Goodwin
Ben Avon
P. J
Baseball Scores Roundup From American League Action
New York defeated St Louis 12 to 4. Chicago at Boston postponed by rain. Detroit at Washington postponed by rain. Cleveland at Philadelphia postponed by rain. Chicago beat Philadelphia 6 to 3. St Louis 5, Brooklyn 3. New York 3, Cincinnati 4. Boston at Pittsburgh postponed by rain.
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New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
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Vew
W. P. Mahoney
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