Union Reinstates Local Officers Amid Strike Turmoil
Local 227 Oil Workers International Union in Houston voted to keep Billy Hajecate and Arthur Harecate in their posts despite an OWIU presidential removal order. The dispute stems from a 10 week strike against Mathieson Chemical Corp with 35 violence incidents near the plant and mass picketing restrained by a temporary court order.
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Houston
Oil Workers International Union
International Union
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
O. A. Knight
OWIU
Billy Kieke
Arthur Harecate
W. M. Holland
Mathieson
Pasadena
Kieke
National Guard
Kern
Grand Jury
Three Bandits Rob Circus of $16000 in Arkansas
Three armed bandits robbed the Al G. Kelly Miller Brothers Circus owner in Berryville Arkansas of 16000 in small bills early Wednesday. Police reported 5000 in five dollar bills and 11000 in one dollar bills were taken along with a one karat diamond ring. The victim was tied up and the robbers fled in a black sedan. one was believed to carry a sub machine gun. The circus had played Berryville Tuesday night and was en route to Huntsville and Hugo Oklahoma.
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Berryville
Ark
Arkansas
Harrison
al G. Kelly-Miller Brothers
Huntsville
Hugo
Oklo
US Adoption Process Too Slow for Couple
Tangipahoa Louisiana October Nineteen A childless couple Mrs and Mr William Lee Phillips on a four year waiting list pursue faster routes. After learning of a St Louis couple who adopted two children from Ireland Mrs Phillips traveled to Dublin and returned with three Dublin infants.
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Tangipahoa
William Lee Phillips
St. Louis
Ireland
Laborites Urge Atom Talks Between Truman and Stalin
London lawmakers call on Prime Minister Attlee to urge face-to-face talks between President Truman and Premier Stalin to resolve the atomic arms deadlock and to back a supra national atomic development corporation. Attlee previously rejected similar proposals.
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London
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
United States
Ussr
House
Supra-National Atomic Development Corporation
House of Commons
Giles Denies Reinstatement of Ransom Island Lease
Land Commissioner Bascom Giles refused Ray E. Kier’s plea to reinstate a state lease to Aransas Pass for Ransom Island now subleased to Kiev. The 971 acre tract, once a public park plan, was forfeited after a storm damaged the causeway and the area has since been commercialized rather than kept as a park and vacation center.
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Bascom Giles
Ray E. Kier
Ransom Island
Aransas Pass
Kiev
Giles
Town Within Town Bus Ruling Upheld
Supreme Court affirmed Ascarate's power to regulate bus traffic for public safety. The ruling upheld a city ordinance requiring Lower Valley Bus Line to unload only at a point off the heavily traveled main highway near the town. Juan Villalobos challenged the measure as discriminatory and beyond city power.
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American Capitol
Ascarate
Supreme Court
Trial Court
el Paso
Lower Valley
Rio Grande River
Juan Villalobos
Oregon Doctors Face Antitrust Suit Over Medical Society
In Portland the government’s antitrust case accuses the Oregon Medical Society and linked groups of monopoly aims. Dr. Chester C. Moore testifies a six-man Portland clique ran the society and controlled policy, with eight county societies and Drs K N Martzloff Sears Gambee Lamb Fitzgibbon Hollenbeck named as members.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Medical Society
Chester C. Moore
Moore
Oregon State Medical Society
Oregon Physicians’ Service
Oregon Physicians Service
Multnomah
Industrial Hospital Association
Ray Brunkow
Association
County Medical Society
State Medical Society
K. N. Martzloff
Charles E. Sears
E. E. Gambee
Stanley Lamb
John H. Fitzgibbon
W. F. Hollenbeck
Anti-Trust
Box score on President's program shows Truman's multi bill impacts
Washington box score lists actions on taxes housing labor laws anti inflation social security national health education rent controls farm program civil rights pay raises economic displaced persons global defense and a 1.314 billion military aid package under the Atlantic Pact, noting approvals and inaction in Congress. This summary reflects the split between House and Senate on key items of the fair deal.
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Truman
House
Senate
National Health Insurance
Chamber
House Labor Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Europe
North Atlantic
Atlantic Pact
Congress Adopts Record After Nine-Month Session
Congress adjourned after a nine and a half month session amid vigorous debate. The farm bill sets price supports near 90 percent parity with money to buy surpluses, while the armed services budget tops $15.58 billion and the minimum wage rises to 75 cents an hour. The administration credits bipartisan cooperation on international matters.
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Congress
Capitol
House
Senate
Truman
Armed Services
Guard Seeks County Medical Help For Recruit Examinations
American Capitol Staff Adjutant General K. L. Berry said county medical societies are being asked to assist with entrance physicals for Texas National Guard recruits. The drive targets 17,000 with about 200 new men weekly. total reached 15,237 this week amid local shortages of medical officers. The Texas National Guard includes the Thirty-Sixth Infantry Division with 6,676 personnel, the Forty-Ninth Armored Division with 5,453, non-divisional units 1,433, and the Air National Guard 675.
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American Capitol
K. L. Berry
Heas
Texas National Guard
National Guard
Berry
TNG
Thirty-Sixth Infantry Division
Forty-Ninth Armored Division
Air National Guard
State Banking Official Attends Nevada Session
State Banking Commissioner J. M. Falkner attends the 1949 meeting of the National Association of State Banking Supervisors in Nevada. The session begins this week and continues into next week.
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Nevada
American Capitol
J. M. Falkner
National Association of State Banking Suervisors
Nev
Smiling Senator Invites Barkley to Visit Widow
In Washington on October 19 Senator Donnell of Missouri joked about Vice President Barkley's interest in Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley, a St. Louis widow. He invited Barkley to visit Missouri during the interim, and Barkley grinned, saying he might accept but not in his capacity as vice president.
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Washington
Donnell
R-Mo
Senate
Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
St. Louis
Missouri
Ferrell Loses Hand in Round Rock Gin Incident
F. W. Ferrell of Round Rock had his right hand amputated after it caught in ginning machinery on Wednesday afternoon. He was in good condition at Brackenridge Hospital.
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F. W. Ferrell
Round Rock
Brackenridge Hospital
Unification Dispute Ends in Stabbing
Richard Knight a 36 year old Hillsdale man died from abdominal stab wounds after a tavern dispute over Army Navy unification. He was found outside Pine Lakes Lodge in Washington Township and died at Holy Name Hospital. Chef Joseph Hossack was arrested as a material witness and later released on bail.
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Orecchio
Joseph Hossack
Bulack
Knight
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