Compromise Raises Minimum Wage to Seventy-Five Cents
A House conference committee agreed on a plan to raise the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents, with key disputes over who is covered by the law. The draft excludes about a million workers under the House bill, about 200,000 under the Senate version, and introduces a direct essential to standard. The measure, effective 90 days after enactment, also broadens newspaper exemption to 4,000 copies and includes newsboys under wage and hour rules.
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Washington
A House
Senate
Lesinski
D-Mich
Thomas
House
Corduroy Dress with Step In Zipper and Peter Pan Collar
Teena Paige unveils a corduroy dress with a long back zipper and step in feature. It features Jaunty Peter Pan collar, cuffed pockets on a full skirt, and colorways in red samel hemlock rust and teal. Sizes 7 to 15 priced at 10.95.
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Teena Paige
Man Kills Brother In Crime Quarrel
Edwin Hill, 28, a Brookhaven trucker and war veteran, was found slain near Jericho Turnpike on Long Island. His brother Wilbur Hill, 24, was arrested in a midtown Manhattan hotel and charged with homicide after police said a dispute over burglaries led to the stabbing.
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N. Y
Edward Hill
Wilbur
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Edward
Brookhaven
Jericho Turnpike
Long Island
Wetback Roundup Begins in Texas
In Brownsville on October 14 the US Immigration Service border patrol began rounding up Mexican aliens illegally in the United States. Focus started with unemployed aliens and non agricultural workers such as dishwashers and waiters followed by farm workers as farmers rush to legalize braceros under the new US Mexico agreement. Roy Brockette of the Texas Employment Commission reports applications flowing in.
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United States
US Immigration Service
Border Patrol
Mexico
Texas
Roy Brockette
Texas Employment Commission Office
Hiss Denied Change of Venue for New Perjury Trial
New York judge rules Alger Hiss cannot move his second perjury trial to Vermont citing no basis to claim pretrial publicity tainted New York proceedings. Trial set for November 1. first trial ended in jury deadlock with eight for conviction and four for acquittal. Whittaker Chambers, former Time editor, testified Hiss passed Department secrets. Chambers now runs a Maryland farm.
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Hiss
New York
Alger Hiss
Vermont
Alfred C. Coxe
High State Department
Ficial
Roosevelt
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Time Magazine
Maryland
Explosive Pie Burns Dallas Cook Betty Martin
Betty Jean Martin 25 suffered facial and hand burns when a pie filling exploded after she lifted a lid while baking. The pie blast shattered the kitchen mood and the remaining pie was discarded in a garbage can.
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Dallas
Betty Jean Martin
Stalin Hints Peace Pact Through East German Leaders
Foreign observers say Stalin's message of congratulations to East Germany's Pieck and Grotewohl signals a possible Soviet German peace treaty. Berlin pro‑Soviet sources say draft treaties with bloc nations exist, with terms including renunciation of former German territories. Western powers uphold the Bonn occupation statute and reject bloc charges about Bonn's legality.
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Stalin
East Germany
Wilhelm Pieck
Otto Grotewohl
Soviet Union
Berlin
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
France
Bonn
Grandmother Proves She Knows Her Wine
A 50 year old grandmother named Mrs. P. L. LaBarge tested unlabeled wines and correctly identified 18 of 400 expert samples. She won a silver wine cooler from the St. Louis Wine Industries Association for her feat.
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ST. Louis
P. L. LaBarge
St. Louis Wine Industries Association
Ailing Lubbock Infant Begins Medical Check
Billie Eugene Edwards an eight month old from Lubbock with a defective heart and lung condition arrived with his mother Mrs. B A Williams for examination at the Texas Medical School in Galveston. Hospital officials said the initial exam would take several hours then specialists would review the case under the supervision of Dr Arild Hansen and Dr Jack Ewart. It may take two to three days before a complete diagnosis is made.
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Billie Eugene Edwards
Lubbock
Texas Medical School
B. A. Williams
Jack Ewart
Arild Hansen
Child Health Program For
Texas
Soldier Found Guilty In Guam Rape Case
Private Robert I. Batchelor, 18, of Hannibal Missouri, was found guilty by a general courts martial on Guam of Tape charges. He received a dishonorable discharge and 20 years at hard labor. He was attached to the Air Force 19th Bombardment Wing base service headquarters on Guam. An Air Force spokesman said the victim was an attractive American civilian war worker. The case now goes to the general court martial for the 19th Bombardment Wing.
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Robert I. Batchelor
Hannibal
Batchelor
Air Force 19Th Bombardment Wing
Air Force
Ornelor
19Th Bombardment Wing
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