Injunction Issued Against Maritime Union
A federal judge issued an injunction restraining the CIO National Maritime Union and two affiliated unions from striking for 80 days. The government’s lockout request against 55 Atlantic and Gulf Coast ship owners was denied for lack of evidence of a threatened lockout. Judge John W. Clancy issued the order under the Taft Hartley act.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
John W. Clancy
Labor Audience Crowns Speaker
Fort Worth reports Edwin A. Elliott of the National Labor Relations Board defended the Taft Hartley Act before the Texas State Federation of Labor as officials announced seating and election changes. William J. Harris was reelected president as a new Negro vice president post was created for Freeman Everett of Houston. Delegates set ballots for Thursday elections and compensation plans. Lever Brothers announced a $10 million purchase of the John J. Jedke Co. in Chicago margarine production.
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Fort Worth
AFL
Edwin A. Elliott
National Labor Relations Board
Elliott
Texas State Federation of Labor
Harry Acreman
Federation
Acreman
William J. Harris
Dallas
Dallas Musician's Union
American Federation of Musicians
Hella Temple of the Shrine
Freeman Everett
Houston
E. T. Coleman
Austin
H. N. Johnson
San Antonio
W. S
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Roy Jones
Abilene
M. M. Jones
Abiiene
George F. Webber
el Paso
F. H. Prock
Amarillo
A. L. Bailey
John Oglesby
John
Preacher) Hayes
E. B. Gross
Beaumont
Leroy Williams
O. &. Howe
Galveston
W. W. Teague
Ethel Burch Hiatt
E. A. Harrell
Waco
Reading
L. M. Barber
Chicago
Lever Brothers Today
John J. Jedke Co
No Progress in Rail Negotiations Before Court Ruling
The White House reported no progress in settling the railroad dispute on June 23 as a federal court eyed making the no strike injunction permanent. John R. Steelman led separate talks with railroad officials and union leaders, then announced no progress. Judge T Alan Goldsborough would decide tomorrow whether to convert the temporary restraining order into a permanent injunction.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Rites Held for Amanda Raines in Stratford
Mrs Amanda Jane Raines aged 94, last surviving charter member of the First Christian Church, was buried in Stratford Cemetery yesterday. She and her husband moved to Stratford in 1902 a year after the church was organized.
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Stratford
Amanda Jane Raines
First Christian Church
Notable Local Figures Enduring Life Story
The town founded, and the husband died in 1904. For 11 years she resided in Dumas and died at her daughter Mrs. Arthur Uliom’s home.
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Dumas
Arthur Uliom
Rain totals across South Plains and Panhandle reach up to 1.38 inches
Rain fell across parts of the South Plains and Eastern Panhandle early Wednesday ranging from a quarter inch to nearly 1.5 inches. Heaviest 1.38 inches in Childress, 1.24 inches at Aiken Community east of Plainview, with Plainview 0.68 and 0.50 inches at Floydada Lockney Littlefield and Hale Center. No rain at Lubbock Levelland or Abernathy. Panhandle had none. Clayton and Tucumcari reported traces.
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Eastern
Panhandle
Childress
Aiken
Plainview
Floydada
Lockney
Littlefield
Hale Center
Lubbock
Levelland
Abernathy
Clayton
Tucumcari
Twenty-Eight Negro Delegates Quit Texas Labor Federation
Twenty eight Negro delegates to the Texas State Federation of Labor meeting in Fort Worth left the convention over elevator discrimination. spokesman Lee A. Lewis of Houston said the group would not return after hotel management and federation officials insisted on using service elevators. He noted a 1947 Dallas resolution against discrimination on common carriers.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Texas State Federation of Labor
Texas
Lee A. Lewis
Houston
Lewis
Dallas
Probation Granted to Clerk For Invented War Record
Andrew Keller Jr., 21, of Peotone Illinois, received a year’s probation after falsifying military records to claim an impressive war history. Federal Judge William J Campbell told him the offense was not a big crime and noted Keller’s service record while his 4 F status motivated the deception. The fraud emerged when Keller used an Army serial number to seek a promotion.
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Chicago
Pentagon
William J. Campbell
Andrew Keller, Jr
Peotone, II
Washington
Keller
Army Reserve Corps
War Department
Lockney Mayor Ralph Maggard Dies at 58
Lockney mayor Ralph L. Maggard 58, in office since 1945, died Wednesday in Plainview after heart disease. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday at Lockney Baptist Church, Rev. E. J. Cobb officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs. J. M. Carter, son Leighton Maggard, sister Mrs. E. E. Spencer, brother Silas Maggard.
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Lockney
Ralph L. Maggard
Lockney Baptist Church
Maggard
Plainview
Mayo
E. J. Cobb
Plainview Cemetery
Bellefonte
Ark
Hale Center
Okmulgee
Okla
J. M. Carter
Leighton Maggard
Thief Loots Maverick Club in Tuesday Night Break In
A thief forced entry into the Maverick Club Tuesday night and stole candy from showcases plus about four to five dollars in change. The culprit unlocked the Coca Cola vending machine and left by opening the front door from inside.
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Maverick Club
Boy Is Injured Playing Ball at Maverick Club
Fred Way, 14, was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital after a dodge-ball collision at the Maverick Club. He, son of Mr and Mrs F H Way of 709 North Lincoln, suffered a fractured collar bone and was taken by a Boxwell Brothers ambulance to hospital.
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Fred Way
Northwest Texas
Maverick Club
Young Way
F. H. Way
North Lincoln
Ralph Dykeman
Dykeman
Way
Boxwell Brothers
Miss America Bride Set For Church Wedding
Miss America Kara Jo Walker 22 and Dr. John Vernon Hummel 24 received a marriage license in Memphis Tennessee. They plan a lavish church ceremony Saturday with 2000 invited guests.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kara Jo Walker
John Vernon Hummel
Israeli Ministers Resign Over Clash of Armies Crisis
June 23 report from Tel Aviv notes two ministers from Rabbi Meyka Berlin’s Mizrachi party resigned amid a crisis following a clash between the Israeli army and Irgun Zvai Leumi. An LST carrying 600 tons of munitions was hit by mortar fire near Tel Aviv, sparking evacuations as Irgun fighters briefly resurfaced.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Army of Israel
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
LST
United Nations
Borger Man Held on Coast After Child Disappearance
Albert J. Baldwin, 32, of Borger, identified by Los Angeles police, remained in custody on suspicion of child stealing. He was arrested Friday after his former wife Juanita, now in Portland, filed charges. Baldwin, with his two year old son Jerry Tim, was intercepted at Los Angeles Municipal Airport en route from Portland to Amarillo.
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Albert J. Baldwin
Los Angeles
Borger
Associated Press
Daily News
Baldwin
Juanita
Portland
Ore
Lieut
R. M. Heinemann
Los Angeles Municipal
Amarillo
Jerry Tim
Monroe
Former Amarillo resident visits with family
H A Peters once linked with Pickwick Stages and Greyhound in Amarillo returns with wife and granddaughter from Stockton California. He served as terminal superintendent at the Amarillo Bus Station before the move to Seventh and Tyler, later selling in 1939. He currently works with Durotest Lamp Corporation.
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H. A. Peters
Amarillo
Peters
Stockton
Cal
Electra
Houston
Fourth
Fillmore
Seventh
Tyler
R. W. Lee
Durotest Lamp Corporation
Troops unload cargoes as London dock strike continues
British troops began unloading food cargoes from ships in London after a failed back-to-work movement left dock workers on strike for ten days. The action underscores tensions between labor and government as essential supplies faced delays.
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London
Highways Watched for Escapee From Darrington Prison Farm
Snyder Texas June 23. All highways in this section were watched in a search for Cecil Chester Davis a Darrington prison farm convict who escaped from Scurry County jail yesterday. Alfred E Vernon a Snyder hatchery operator reported the theft of a gray green 1936 Ford and said tracks led to the east.
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Cecil Chester Davis
Darrington Prison Farm
Scurry County
Alfred E. Vernon
Snyder Hatchery
Vernon
Lloyd Merritt
Ford
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