Lewis Escapes Quiz On Secret Strike Signals
Washington May 11 Representative Lesinski blocked a House Labor Committee probe into John L. Lewis and alleged secret strike signals. Jacobs's subcommittee, aimed at examining union democracy, was reinstated but barred from demanding Lewis's appearance. The feud between Jacobs and Lesinski, driven by seniority rules, ended with no inquiry.
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Washington
John L.lewis
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Jacobs
D-Ind
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lloyd H. Sidener
UMW
Canton Til
Sidener
House
Lee Farmer Meeting Scheduled May 17
Giddings officials said the Lee County PMA will host a county wide meeting at the courthouse on May 17 for farmers and interested businessmen to discuss the 1951 ACP program and draft recommendations for a district meeting.
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Lee Farmer
Giddings
W D. Moody
Lee County
PMA
Despondent woman leaps to death from seventh floor
Pittsburgh May 11 A 25 year old elevator operator Jean Williams plunged from the seventh floor of the Grant building as attorneys and friends tried to persuade her life was worth living. Crowds lined Fourth Avenue as she stood on a window ledge and shouted. Her body crushed a car hood in a downtown parking lot.
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Pittsburgh
Grant Building
Fourth Avenue
Jean Williams
William Penn
Miss Williams
Grand Building
Vito J. Rich
Rich
Robins Hatch a Trip On Mr. Robin's Grave
A Norwich cemetery report notes a pair of robins nesting three fledglings on a grave with a name on the tombstone George Robins. The piece includes unrelated overheard street scene chatter and a fragmentary notice about a purse and an unsigned note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
Mr. Robin
Norwich
England
George Robin
Lee County Sets $20,000 Bond Quota for 1950 Campaign
Paul Nerger president of Citizens State Bank and bond campaign chairman announced Lee County is assigned a $20,000 quota in FE bonds for the 1950 drive. The campaign starts Monday and runs to July 4, with the quota limited to FE series bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee County
Giddings
ANS
Paul Nerger
Citizens State Bank
Nerger
Husband Divorces Woman Said to Work as Practical Nurse
William F. Buerkel filed for divorce from Harriette alleging seven years of a double life. He testified she lived with him by day and with another man by night while he raised their 16 year old son. Custody of the son was awarded to Buerkel. they had been married 21 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
William F. Buerkel
Harriette
Buerkel
Masked Gunmen Rob Standard Brewing Payroll
Three gunmen stormed the Standard Brewing Company office in Cleveland on a Thursday, grabbing 16000 dollars in payroll money from pay envelopes. The Brinks delivery had just completed on the second floor. the robbers fled in a car found abandoned later on W. Lard and Train Avenue with 1949 plates.
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Cleveland
Standard Brewing Company
Brinks Express Company
W. Lard
Train Avenue
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Man
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