strike resumption seen; Lewis posts notice that UMWA policy com will not meet to act on truce end until Smith-Connally law is clarified; text; Krug proposal sent to UMWA and operators; Byrd amendment banning sole union control of welfare funds passes Sen; SFA rept on mines working and output; operators hint they will not re-accept mines if contract terms are unfavorable

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Strikers, Weighing Truman Plea, Wait for Orders From Leaders; STRIKERS WEIGH TRUMAN'S APPEAL No Strikers at Station Headquarters Open at 8:30 A. M. Back Chiefs After Speech Erie to Aid Return to Jobs Denver Strikers Protest Scholarship Seeker Bests Strike

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Defends rr brotherhoods from charge they are striking against Govt

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1946Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian racing driver^[†]

Bill Adam is a Canadian racing driver born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

1946David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created Arduin (died 1988)^[†]

David Allen Hargrave, known as The Dream Weaver, was a prolific and sometimes controversial American game designer and writer of fantasy and science fiction role-playing games (RPGs). Hargrave's most notable written works were based upon his own mythical world of Arduin.

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1946The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.^[†]

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories of West Bank to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's western border within the Jordan Rift Valley. Jordan has a small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is the country's capital and largest city, as well as the most populous city in the Levant.

Headlines from May 25, 1946

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CITY AREA CUT OFF; Crowded Bus Terminals and Parking Lots and Empty Railroad Stations Were the Rule Here Yesterday

Volunteers Operate Trains For L. I., Jersey Commuters; VOLUNTEERS MAN COMMUTER TRAINS Buses Can't Take Up Slack Leave Home Before Dawn Westchester Roads Jammed Ferry Schedules at Maximum

Resumption of Coal Strike Indicated by Lewis' Stand; Truce Ends Today, but He Refuses to Call Union Policy Committee Until SmithConnally Law Is 'Clarified' COAL TRUCE END IS LIKELY TODAY Future of Mines Weighed

Strikers, Weighing Truman Plea, Wait for Orders From Leaders; STRIKERS WEIGH TRUMAN'S APPEAL No Strikers at Station Headquarters Open at 8:30 A. M. Back Chiefs After Speech Erie to Aid Return to Jobs Denver Strikers Protest Scholarship Seeker Bests Strike

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