Giants of Labor Fight Reopens in Texas Courtrooms
The ongoing clash between Brown and Root Inc and AFL unions dominates headlines as the 98th District Court prepares to resume hearings in Houston. Judges and attorneys carry the fight into its seventh week with no clear victor in sight.
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Texas Giants
Bitter Ie
Idute
Brown and Root Inc
AFL
98Th District Court
Charles O. Betts
Houston
Battle of Giants
Ella Quante
Miss Quante
Austin
Alice Peel
Miss Peel
University of Texas
University School of Education
C. F. Ayres
Santa Fe Railroad
Global Quips Sparked by Quiet News Snippets
A collection of breezy remarks touches on economic toil before cost plus, baseball season previews, Garbo avoiding TV publicity, Rome horns silenced, horse opera cliches, Soviet rocket claims, Moscow brag, shelter fears, pay phones, and forest fire risks.
Medics Fight Cold Toll with New Research Fund
Editor notes the common cold causes over 100 million dollars in annual losses and outlines a new national effort led by the American Research and Education Foundation with a 5 million endowment to study prevention and treatment. The piece also describes stockpiling and resource conservation measures tied to postwar mobilization and industrial constraints.
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Exas
American College of Chest Physicians
American Association of Industrial Physicians
American Research and Education Foundation
CIO Unity in Fight Against Opponents Faces Left Right Rift
At the CIO convention in Chicago tensions rise between the new left and an emergent right wing while leaders like Murray Potofsky and Reuther urge unity. Debates focus on federal education funding, electricity nationalization, and security, with anti communists and pro communists clashing inside and outside the cloak of convention.
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CIO
Gath
John Lewis
Resolutions Committee
New York
de Gaullists
Michigan
Phil Murray
Jack Potofsky
Walter Reuther
Europe
Britain
Labor Party
Congress
Q and A: Capitol distance and church ties
The text notes the Capitol is one and five eighths miles from the White House. It adds Mrs. Eddy's link to the Congregational Church and explains a camel’s hump is straight, not curved. It cites that illness costs about 5 percent of a family’s cash income, suggesting setting aside that much.
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The
Capitol
White House
TD. A
Flying Saucers and Missing GIs Highlight Cold War News
Washington notes air force scrutiny of saucer reports and jokes, with hoaxes traced to a Denver ad man and a Minnesota tale. It also reports 4,000 U.S. GIs still missing in Korea, possibly taken prisoner to Siberia. other items cite Perle Mesta, Eugenie Anderson, and diplomacy twists amid Taiwan and Japan talks.
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Air Force
Mr. Coulter
George Koehler
Denver
KMYR
Koehler
Korea
Siberia
Walter Winchell on Broadway White Light Night
Celebs About Town report Sylvia Sidney denying divorce talk and naming Romney Brent as her next. Shuberts' $1.5 million suit cited as Rudy Watlee served near Essex House. Marquis de Cuevas frets over ballet closure and declares doom. Maharanee of Baroda seen smoking cigars in Fifth Avenue store. Mutual Life executives named Watts and Lincoln. Sir Francis Evans mocks Irish at Starlight Roof party. Elise Rhodes addresses Stage Door Johns from New Haven. Frank Sampson, ex-box office, now mayor’s top aide. Elbert Johnson writes a wounded vet author’s script. Connie Haines and Robert De Haven travel together. Sir Osbert Sitwell tours for medicos. socialized medicine criticized. Joe’s trip to Japan praised by troops. Peekskill riots push Caleb Peterson to Movietown. NBC-TV not yet signed with J Durante. Nancy Oakes weighs marriage anew. Beverly Tyler’s buzz around Johnny Johnston-Kathryn Grayson crash. Mrs Ecker listed without noting tennis champ link. Lady Esther’s man weds Suzette Burns. honeymoon in Phoenix. Edw. G Robinson chats with Red Channels editors. Death of a Salesman profits questioned after two years. Ginger Rogers returns to Movieville to fetch Greg Bautzer. Jersey gambling probe by Nelson Stamler shocks state. Tennessee Williams photos scarce for Rose Tattoo announcement. Times photos scarce. publication proceeds with coat-painted portrait.
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Sylvia Sidney
Romney Brent
Gina Malo
Rudy Watlee
Essex House
Shuberts
Marquis de Cuevas
Maharanee of
Baroda
Frank Sampson
Erlanger
Times Sq
Hollywood
Elbert Johnson
Lawson Hospital
Connie Haines
Robert de Haven
Osbert Sitwell
England
Joe
Japan
Babe Ruth
Peekskill
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Caleb Peterson
MGM
Nbc-Tv
J. Durante
Nancy Oakes
Mater
Johnny Johnston
Kathryn Grayson
Beverly Tyler
Frederick Ecker
Met Life
Esther
Suzette Burns
Bombay
Phoenix
G. Robinson
Red
Ginger Rogers
Movieville
Greg Bautzer
Jane Wyman
Jersey
Nelson Stamler
John Fore Sythes
Julie Warren
Mr. Roberts
Local AP Dispatches Authority All Rights Reserved
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all local pens printed in this newspaper and to use AP news dispatches. The clause governs publication rights and distribution within the publication.
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Associated Press
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