Supreme Court Upholds Strike Fines Against UMW
The Supreme Court for a second time upholds $1,420,000 contempt fines on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers tied to the 1948 walkout. The Court declines to review the Circuit Court ruling, letting the fines stand amid ongoing labor disputes and possible Taft-Hartley action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Lewis
US Circuit Court
Circuit Court
UMWA
Vinson
Frankfurter
Jackson
Burton
Minton
Black
Reed
Douglas
Clark
San Saba Youth Shot in Accidental Incident
Nine year old Tommy Hall remained in critical condition after an accidental gunshot wound to the right lung. The shooting occurred Sunday in the home of his mother Mrs Fred Hall when his 11 year old brother Warren took a gun from a closet. He was transported 30 miles to Lampasas Hospital by ambulance.
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San Saba
Tommy Hall
Odus Allen
San Saba County
Fred Hall
Tommy
Warren
Lampasas Hospital
Hall
Two convicted Reds denied voting rights in New York
City Councilman Benjamin Davis Jr. and John Gates were barred from voting in Tuesday's elections under a state law denying felons the right to vote. They were the only two of 11 convicted Communist leaders registered in New York to face the penalty. State actions followed legal motions confirmed by two Supreme Court justices.
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New York
Benjamin Davis Jr
John Gates
Davis
Gates
The
Daily Worker
New York State
Board of Elections
Nathaniel Goldstein
Manhattan Supreme Court
Carroll G. Walter
Queens Supreme Court
James T. Hallinan
Jones and Laughlin signs strike-ending steel contract
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, the fourth largest producer, signs a national settlement with the CIO United Steelworkers covering wholly owned subsidiaries and iron ore mines. President Murray orders workers to return to their jobs while Bethlehem Steel already settled.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Company
MSC Mie
EA Jones
Laughlin
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Victor Lawrence
Murray
Bethlehem
Big Steel
US Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Chicago
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Lewis
Midwest
US Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Bridges
Vishinsky says US Soviet friendship asleep but will awaken
At a Soviet Embassy party marking the Communist revolution 1400 guests hear Andrei Vishinsky insist cooperation will come from mutual respect and non interference. He notes the need to revive US Soviet ties while Ambassador Panyushkin and David Lilienthal mingle among diplomats and reporters.
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Washington
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
United States
Vishinsky
New York
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Soviet Union
David E. Lilienthal
Dispute Cleared At San Marcos Telephone Strike Ends
San Marcos owner H Y Price announced settlement of a six month strike at the San Marcos Telephone Company. Operators returned to work under a temporary wage agreement honoring the 75 cent minimum. Negotiations for a contract will begin around January 1.
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San Marcos
H. Y. Price
San Marcos Telephone Company
Price
Walter Donaldson
National Labor Relations Board
Donaldson
Three Persons Hurt In Truck Car Crash
Three persons were injured Monday afternoon in a collision between a city truck and a car at Holly and Navasota. Victims are O. N. Olle Jr. 38. Charles Bingle. Sally Bingle. The car and truck struck a house at 1400 Holly. no one in the house injured.
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Holly
Navasota
O. N. Olle Jr
Roundtree Drive
Charles Bingle
Sally Bingle
Willow Street
Brackenridge Hospital
Bingle
L. C. Sharp
Navasota Street
O. D. Waggomer
Wartime aircraft worker arrested in pay or die extortion plot
FBI nabbed Joseph Robert Roth a 40 year old wartime aircraft inspector for mailing a 200000 pay or die extortion letter to Sher man Fairchild and threatening A J Eckhardt unless 25000 is paid Roth warned of killings by Christmas and faces federal counts with up to 20 years for extortion and five years for threats He was arrested in Washington and identified by agents and Eckhardt who received the letter last week.
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Washington
FBI
Joseph Robert Roth
New York
Sherman Fairchild
A. J. Eckhardt
Baldwin, L. L
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Eckhardt
Roth
Fairchild Corporation
Fairchild
US Commissioner's Office
Amendments listed for ballot in constitutional changes
Ten proposed amendments appear in ballot order. They cover civil service in counties, annual legislative sessions with a 3600 salary, hospital districts, repeal of poll tax voting prerequisites, city county health units, county retirement systems, multi county district judges on county dockets, rural fire prevention districts, waiver of jury trial in lunacy cases, and women serving on juries.
Five year suspended term in fatal pedestrian crash case
In 126th District Court Monday night David G. Hurry received a five year suspended sentence on an indictment charging failure to stop and render aid for the August pedestrian auto fatality of Taylor Fagan on East First Street. Jurors were selected in the morning and the verdict issued around 7 PM after brief deliberations.
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David G. Hurry
126Th District Court
Taylor Fagan
East First Street
Kremlin Girding Against Titoism Spread in Eastern Europe
Moscow names Rokossovsky Polish defense minister and Chuikov head of Soviet control in East Germany. Rokossovsky likely oversees Polish forces and Soviet troops in East Germany. Vasilevsky praised Soviet wealth amid East West tensions. UN committee urged broad atomic ban and energy control. Acheson planned talks in Paris with Bevin and Schuman on Germany and unity. European assembly ministers oppose limits. Europe unity at risk. Chinese Nationalists split over civil war strategy with Chiang Kai-shek favoring prolonged war.
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Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Vassily Chuikov
Eastern
Germany
Berlin
Rokossovsky
Moscow
Red Square
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
France
Canada
United Nations Special Political Committee
Committee At
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Paris
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Council of Europe
Consultative Assembly
Parliament of Europe
Council
Foreign Ministers Committee
Paul Reynaud
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Tsung-jen
City and School Weigh Joint Offer for St. John's Tract
Mayor Taylor Glass plans a joint city and school board bid to purchase the 300 acre St. John's tract in North Austin where a large Negro housing subdivision is planned. If the sale proceeds, the site could host a new high school and possibly a central football stadium, with FHA negotiations already in progress.
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St. John’s
Austin
City Hall
St. John’s Regular Baptist Association
City Board of Education
Miller
Powell
Glass
Black
Russell Lombard
Crescent Industries
St. John's
Lombard
Federal Housing Authority
St. John’s Association
St. John's Association
Everett Givens
Commission Refuses Rio Hondo Bank Charter
The Texas Banking Commission rejected the application by Evan Hurst and 27 others for a bank charter in Rio Hondo. The decision followed reports from the Banking Department and the FDIC stating there was not sufficient need for another bank in the area.
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Texas Banking Commission
Evan Hurst
Rio Hondo
Banking Department
FDIC
Weather Tuesday Brings Clear Skies for Election Day
The forecast calls for fair skies and steady temperatures as voters head to polls on Tuesday. In Austin the high was 78 and the low 40 at 6 a.m. with similar conditions expected statewide.
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Weather Bureau
Austin
Light Vote in State Feared by Officials
Texans head to the polls in a statewide election with fears of a light turnout. The ballot includes repeal of the poll tax, annual legislative sessions, and a $3 600 pay for legislators. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in 21 districts for the State Board of Education.
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Paul Bolton
Austin
E. C. Weafer
Caldwell
P. E. Womack
State Board of Education
Six Million Voters Settle Today in New York Senate Fight
Albany reports 6.3 million New Yorkers head to polls to decide the Dulles Lehman Senate race and other races as the Truman Fair Deal debates and ALP votes shape a key 1950 outlook. The outcome could foretell congressional and presidential dynamics.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Lehman
American Labor Party
Henry A. Wallace
ALP
Senate
Vito Marcantonio
New York City
Lehman-Dulles
Robert F. Wagner Sr
New Dealer
Prediction of fairly good Travis County turnout forecast
County Democratic Chairman J M Patterson predicts a fairly good turnout for Travis County’s 30000 eligible voters in the Tuesday special election amid 10 constitutional amendments and a State Board of Education district contest. Voters must bring poll tax or exemption certificates and follow instructions to cast ballots securely.
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Travis County
J. M. Patterson
Patterson
10Th Congressional District
State Board of Education
Manford Urges Annual Wages for Legislators
House Speaker Durwood Manford urged Texans to vote for the constitutional amendment for annual sessions and annual pay for legislators. He spoke over a statewide radio network claiming defeat would push support for the Legislature by private funds and said adequate pay prevents outside activities.
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House
Durwood Manford
Manford
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