Miners Walk Out Nationwide After Pension Dispute
About 400000 soft coal miners halt work in protest of operator refusals to fund pensions. West Virginia leads with 80000 idle, Kentucky 45000, Tennessee 2000. Pennsylvania anthracite largely unaffected with 75000 on the job. UMW President John L Lewis says declines to honor the welfare fund prompted the action. miners deny official orders.
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Pittsbuegeh
John L. Lewis
Benson
United Mine Workers Walkent
West Viewinig
Kentucky
Hinsis
Alabama
Indiana
Huch White
Hines Umw
Conl
Pennsyvania
UMW
Lewis
Pri
Dax
One Provision of Taft Hartley Act Ruled Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Ben Minore ruled that the Taft Hartley Act ban on union political expenditures is unconstitutional, dismissing an indictment against CIO President Philip Murray. The ruling allows CIO to publish union papers in the presidential campaign and to pursue actions against lawmakers who supported the act. The Justice Department plans to seek a higher court ruling.
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Washington
Ben Minore
CIO
Philip Murray
Ben
West Virginia
Bar
Union
Pap
Taft-Hartley Ae
Moore
Beriefs
CTO
Ared
Justice Department
Red Cross Drive Rebounds After Weather Delays
Pontotoc County Red Cross announces $7,175.33 raised in the 2348 fund, about 2 percent of the national goal of $5,836. Rotary and Kiwanis clubs lead with 108 and 39 percent respectively, while the residential district nears 119 percent. Bad weather and slow downtown collection hindered progress, but officials expect to meet the target this week. Loughligue is a newly found mineral described as asbestos-like in low-grade ink shale with shemtite crystals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
Potary Club
Rotanans
Kiwani
Reds Outgrab Hitler Maps Show Greater Prewar Expansion
Historic maps compare Nazi and Communist expansion before World War II. They note Nazi seizure of over 200000 square miles and 38 million people outside the Reich, while Soviet gains surpass 7000000 square miles and tens of millions elsewhere, including Kurile Islands and Sakhalin after the 1935 pact.
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Adolf Hitler
Poland
Téotter
Old Reich
Hitler
Ussr
Russia
Pacific
Ash
Sakhalin
Brown Funeral to Be Tuesday in Van Alstyne
Funeral services for Chockie Brown a fireman from Ada who died in a Durant Durant automobile crash will be at 2 pm Tuesday from Van Alstyne Methodist Church with burial in Van Alstyne. His wife remains hospitalized in Sherman as their daughter Sue Bennett a Ada high school sophomore faces injuries and shock.
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Chockie Brown
Avmon
Tex
Wrisce
Durant
van Alstyne
Brom
Robert Bennett
South Johnston
Ada
Sherman Hospital
Sue Bennett
Ropert Bennett
Durant Tuemiay
Werknesday
Ada High School
Brown
Valley View Robmissions Incomplete Local Notes
Fragmented OCR reads lists of residents with names and addresses in Ada and surrounding towns. It mentions a Niagara Falls prophecy by engineers and geologists and a note about rubber companies using over 1,200,000 pounds of synthetic and natural rubber.
State Committee Debates Opening Meet on Constitutional Revisions
Oklahoma City March 15 state Citizens Advisory Committee on Constitutional Revision held its first meeting with 100 residents. Former governors Phillips and Wollnston defended the 41 year old constitution while Dr Thornton urged changes toward a shorter document and a short ballot. Critics warned a constitutional convention could revive prohibition and racial segregation debates, with some arguing progress requires waiting for voter input.
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Meyor
Charles F. Spencer
Poniatee County
Oreaboma City
Citizans
DAE Legisli ‘Council
Ter
Principe Apeekars
Leon. C. Phillips
Oxemah
Henry S. Wollnston
Perry
Fev. Thornton
University of Oklahoma
Thornton
Philling
Phillips
Oklaroma
Johnston
Woodring Returns Discouraged After European Tour
Former Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, visiting Topeka after a two month European trip, said he was terribly discouraged by conditions overseas and urged immediate American emergency aid. He met with President Truman, ruled out political ambitions, and planned to write a book on his Washington career and his European observations.
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Topeka
Kas
Haz
Harry H. Woodring
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Woodring
Germany
Finnish Delegation Heads to Moscow for Talks
Finland plans a delegation trip to Moscow next Saturday to hold negotiations with Russia on a friendship act. Prime Minister and cabinet members will convene to address the talks and seek accord under the constitution.
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Helsinas
Finkend
Finland
Deportation of a Woman Doctor Is Blocked by Truman
President Truman blocked the deportation of Dr. Gisela Perl, a Romanian Jew who served as a doctor in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps, allowing her to remain in the United States. Perl aided thousands of pregnant inmates by secretly performing abortions to prevent their execution, earning praise from former inmates despite a contested wartime record and a debated immigration bill.
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Washington
Mas
Auschwits
Bergen
Truman
Gisela Perl
Lot Bloons
IL NY
Por
New York City
Shee Hore
Justice Department
Bloom
Perl
Europe
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sighet
Romania
Amechwite
Alk Wo
Gerimani
Ure Mazis
Perhed
Ttig
Dimyihyi
Income Estimators Still Must File
Washington report notes that many taxpayers must file estimated 1948 taxes by mid March with at least a quarter of the calculated liability due. Treasury officials say about 55,000,000 returns expected. estimates mainly affect doctors, lawyers, and high earners, while withholding already covers most tax. Farmers and salaried workers face later rules. amendments possible if cuts pass Congress, under Truman administration.
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Washington
Myacay
Treasury
Congress
Meyers Told No Washington Court Delays Sentence
The district court of appeals declined to delay sentencing for Meyers after a bid to postpone was rejected for lack of jurisdiction. Judge Holtzoff announced sentence would be pronounced Monday. Meyers faces up to three years in prison. In another item, Hipkin, survivor of the march from Kandahar, recalled the 312 mile trek over 20 days to relieve the Kandahar garrison led by Lord Roberts.
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Washington
Uay
District Court of Appeals
Countsel
England
London
Josep Hipkin
Katul
Kandahar
Sutton
Ayyp Khan
Difficult Mounta
Lord Roberts
Hipkin
Ayik Khan
Britain
Bidault Hosts Europe Rent Debate at Marshall Plan Conference
Paris dispatch reports French Foreign Minister George Bidault says Europe is reduced to 16 nations at the Marshall plan talks. He notes Russia and satellites boycott the plan, while the United States votes $5.1 to $6.6 billion for year one. Bevin presided as observers and delegates discuss Spain and western Germany's possible inclusion amid Western European expansion of the program.
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Paris
George Bidault
Europe
Russia
U.S. Senate
Spain
Germany
Marshall Plen
Br Tat Bevin
U.S
Jefferson Caffery
Bevir
Foreign Office
Portugal
Framea
Five Area Residents Win Pepsi Checks in Contest
Five area residents placed among Pepsi-Cola treasure jam winners in the contest’s first month. Joyce Miller, head of Pepsi-Cola Bottling here, notes seven more blanks remain and urges entry. names cited include D D Hares Seminole Mildred Crator Bernleys Halliburton Allam Mrs Otto Sandmann Coalgate and Reford Neal Tippit. FBI reports show 1,685,203 major crimes in the United States in 16.
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Joyce Miller
Pepsi-Cola
Miller
Ada Company
D. D. Hares
Seminole
Mildred Ann Crator
Bernleys
Bfrs
Berrive Halliburton
Allem
Otto FE Sandmann
Coalgate and
Reford
Neal
Tippit
Taught in Indian Schools She Became a Milliner Miss Dee Woodbery
Misa Margaret Davis, also known as Dee Woodbery, 97, longtime resident of Oklahoma, died Sunday in a Sulphur hospital after at a relative's home in Raft Sunday morning. Born March 28, 1851 in Indiana County, she worked at Ponca Indian School White Eagle 1208-00, taught Sioux Indian schools in South Dakota then at Grand River Oklahoma. She later ran a millinery store at Wetumka and a shop in Ada, valued for skilled craftsmanship. She used crutches for 23 years, kept reading Shakespeare and Byron, and stayed mentally sharp into old age. Survived by cousins, notably Elizabeth Dewdr of Rotf. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 from Ross Methodist Church, East Bilt Cemetery near Rosf.
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Misa Margaret) Davis
Ireed Woodbery
Rott
Raft
Ross Methodist Church
East Bilt
Rosf
Oklahoma
Indianatown
Williamshues County
Carolita
Byron
Bast Central
South Carolina
Arkansis
Miss. Woodbery
Mexico
Gem
Taylor
Madisonnian
Washington City
Sune
Miss Dee
Elizabeth Dewdr
Rotf
Masaryk Funeral Sparks Tears From President Benes in Prague
Prague reports a solemn state funeral for Jan Masaryk as President Beneš wept openly in the National Museum ceremony. Gottwald railed against Western press while the crowd filled the dark draped chamber and the nation mourned the fallen foreign minister and the dawn of a new era in Czechoslovakia.
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A. E Golbberg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
Tiuach Benes
Jam
Rony
Gottwald
Botdty
Nationel
Wkiement Gottwald
Dun
Musaryk Elon
Benes
Masaryk
Asaen Alice Garcigue Masaryk
Herbert Masaryk
Herbert
General Arnold Criticizes U N as Ineffective Like League of Nations
General H H Arnold, retired air force leader, wrote in Sonoma Index Tribune that the United Nations is ineffective and cannot accomplish its aims. He urged replacing it with a body that can act, criticizing postwar arrangements and urging action. Duncan Garden Club plans to sell ten thousand geranium plants on April 3 to beautify the city amid budget concerns.
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Sowoma
H. H. Arnold Tocar
United Nations
League of Nations
Air Force
Imam
Patiination
Sonoma Index-Tribuna
Sisa
United Mafins Organization
Acmold
Duncan
Okla
Mar
Duncan Garden Club
Courcot
Swiss Protest Oil Mix For Gasoline In War Ties
Swiss motorists stage protest against compulsory adulteration of gasoline with wood alcohol. Government contract during war required 12 000 tons annually. remaining fuel must be mixed until contract ends. Alcohol substitute is less economical and lower quality yet sold without rationing at about 50 cents a bottle.
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Sviitzeeland
Amy and Post Office
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