Missouri Pacific Strike Set for Friday
Missouri Pacific Railroad chief executive I P Neff announced that train and engine service employees will strike at 2 p m Friday CST. The walkout would halt through service on the Missouri Pacific and its southern lines including the International Great Northern and Gulf Coast lines. The four unions involved are the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen. The dispute followed an emergency board recommendation to pursue Railway Labor Act procedures.
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Washington
P I. Neff
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Neff
Missouri Pacific
International Great Northern
Gulf Coast Lines
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood
Order of Railway Conductors, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen
Truman
Railway Adjustment Board
Railway Labor Act
Not Unfair To Pickets Sign Draws Debate
A Monterey California restaurant in a labor dispute posted a sign offering free meals to pickets on duty and directing them to place orders with the waitress. The move drew attention as a test of fair treatment amid tension between management and workers.
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Monterey
Calif
Reds Blocking Berlin Normalization Program
The US Military Government for Berlin on Monday accused Russia of blocking the normalization of life in Berlin as ordered by the Paris Big Four foreign ministers. In the bi monthly report, Brigadier General Frank L. Howley noted an Aug. 18 session of the four Berlin commandants produced no results and showed Soviets remaining unwilling to accept Western terms.
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Berlin
Russia
Paris
Frank L. Howley
Robeson Says Peekskill Concert Met Police Assault
Singer Paul Robeson charged that police attacked concertgoers after a Peekskill show. He urged impeachment of Gov. Dewey and Westchester officials as supporters reported injuries and vehicles overturned. A broad protest call and emergency committee formed to demand arrests and federal intervention.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Thomas E. Dewey
Westchester County
Robeson
New York City
Howard Fast
Dewey
Fred Ruscoe
John A. Gaffney
New York State
George M. Fanelli
Davis
Civil Rights Congress
US Department of Justice
Harlem
Thomas E.) Dewey
Albany
James C. Hagerty
State Police
Hagerty
Funeral Held for Pioneer Rancher Splittgarber
Charles Splittgarber 73 pioneer ranchman of Toyahvale was buried Monday after a brief illness. He and wife celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary last June 23 with a barbecue and dance attended by hundreds of West Texans. He had lived in the Toyahvale area for 60 years.
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Pecos
Charles Splittgarber
Toyahvale
Splittgarber
Tovahvale
Labor Day Queen Named To Climax Austin Festivities
Labor Day events proceed with a boys game at 4 30 p m and a girls contest to follow as Austin festivities wrap up. Police report a very quiet Labor Day with no arrests and no thefts in the 15 county district. The first Texas fatality occurred near Taylor when Private First Class J W Stewart died in a car crash. A second fatality, Harold James, occurred in Austin from a motorcycle crash on East First Street.
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Austin
Central Texas
Taylor
J. W. Stewart
Camp Hood
Harold James
East First Street
Six Firemen Injured In Dallas Rosenthal Blaze
A Sunday fire at the Rosenthal Packing Company in Dallas injured six firemen and caused about 25000 dollars in damage to both buildings and contents. Fire Chief C N Penn said the draft explosion blew out doors and windows. Fireman John Ivy suffered a broken leg and third degree burns but was improving in hospital. five others had first degree burns and were released.
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Dallas
Rosenthal Packing Company
C. N. Penn
John Ivy
Death of Nazi leader Otto Wachter in Rome hospital
Italian police report the former Nazi Gauleiter of Galicia Otto Wachter died July 14 in a Rome Catholic hospital. Police say he may have been a secondary figure in the 15 year old assassination of Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss, but no evidence supports that claim. Wachter, 44, had been ill in a refugee camp before being hospitalized.
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Rome
Otto Wachter
Galicia
Engelbert Dollfuss
Wachter
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Rauscher, Pierce & CO
Capital Nat. Bk
Treadwell
Optometrists
Central
Texas
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Leew Lyuie
Lamar
Benjamin J. Davis Jr
Gov. Dewey
Pioneer
E. K. Browning Jr
Highway Patrol
Dallas Blaze
Dee Aaa
Gage Furn. CO
Brazos
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