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July 13, 1949

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BRITAIN'S DOCKERS WIDEN STRIKE GRIP; 13,000 Men and 127 Ships Are Idle as the Government Applies Emergency Rule BRITAIN'S DOCKERS WIDEN STRIKE GRIP

By Benjamin Wellesspecial To the New York Times

London strike spreads to almost 13,000 men; 127 ships idle; meat porters bar work on meat unloaded by troops; Sir A Maxwell named emergency bd chmn; Genoa dockers boycott SS Capt Polemis to back CSU

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Crash in California Follows Fight on Nonscheduled Craft; WHERE PLANE CRASHED CALIFORNIA CRASH KILLS 35 ON PLANE

By Gladwin Hillspecial To the New York Times

35 killed, 14 hurt as Standard C-46 crashes into mt near Chatsworth, Calif, on NYC-Los Angeles flight, following fight between 2 passengers; illus

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Unification Measure Shelved Until B-36 Inquiry Is Ended; 13-12 House Group Vote Seen Killing Bill for Session -- Aim to Censor Testimony Attributed to Johnson, but He Denies It UNIFICATION BILL SHELVED IN HOUSE

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

com shelves mil unification bill pending probe; Repr Van Zandt reveals Sec Johnson and Under-Sec Early memos to mil chiefs asking coordinated testimony; charges censorship aim; Johnson denial

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Welfare Surplus Here $9,943,407; City, State and U.S. to Get Refunds; Welfare Surplus Here $9,943,407; City, State and U. S. to Get Refunds

By Lucy Freeman

Comr Hilliard rept, fiscal '49; surplus at $9,943,407; outlook for '50

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U. S. ARMY TO PUSH CONVOYS TO BERLIN; 60 Trucks to Be Escorted Over Autobahn Today -- Russians Defend Motor Curb U. S. ARMY TO PUSH CONVOYS TO BERLIN

By Drew Middletonspecial To the New York Times

1st session inconclusive

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Notable Births

1949Bryan Murray, Irish actor^[†]

Bryan Murray is an Irish actor. He is known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M., Shifty in Bread, Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels, Trevor Jordache in Brookside and Bob Charles in Fair City.

Notable Deaths

1949Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (born 1877)^[†]

Walter Francis Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.