Fireman Wins 95500 for Impairment of Light
James E. Briggs of Oelwein Iowa won a 95500 verdict against the Chicago Great Western railroad the largest in Mower county jury history. jurors deliberated past 1 am after Briggs accused a June 20 1948 yard accident of causing near total blindness.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Mower County
James E. Briggs
Oelwein
Iowa
Briggs
Railroad
Minnesota
Martin A. Nelson
Eugene A. Berat
Minneapolis
H. V. Plunkett
Airforce Chief Urges Priority for Planes in Defense
Lt Gen Ennis Whitehead told Senate groups that a long range striking airforce must be built first for national defense with a second priority defensive airforce to deter bombers and protect industry. He said ground troops remain crucial but air power takes priority, and some bombers will get through. The hearing also features Stassen and Dewey as next witnesses.
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Ennis Whitehead
Whitehead
Colorado Springs
Colo
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Wherry
Nebraska
Europe
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Ohio
Soviet Press Chided for Not Checking Facts
Moscow. A top Communist official reprimanded Izvestia and other Soviet organs for mishandling reader letters and failing to verify facts before publication. Mikail Suslov, secretary of the party central committee and Pravda editor in chief, urged direct oversight of letters and faulted Pravda Trud Red Star and others for neglecting economic news.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Izvestia
Mikail Suslov
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Suslov
Pravda
Literary Gazette
Soviet Writer’s Union
Trud
Red Star
Culture and Life
Iron Ore Supply Peril Under Seaway Plan
Secretary of the Interior Chapman told Congress that without the St Lawrence seaway the nation cannot meet iron ore needs five years from now. He urged immediate start on a $1 billion dual purpose project to ship ocean vessels to Duluth and generate 13.2 billion kilowatt hours annually. Truman backs the plan with other cabinet members supporting a deep water route to Labrador Quebec for ore from the Mesabi range.
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Washington
Chapman
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
House Public Works Committee
Duluth
Truman
Defense Marshall
State Acheson
Commerce
Sawyer
Charles E. Wilson
Labrador-Quebec
Minnesota Mesabi
West German Foreign Office Planned in March
Bonn officials forecast a West German foreign office will be established early next March. Chancellor Adenauer is expected to control foreign affairs for several months, with the allied high commission handling formal relations until a minister is named.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Allied High Commission
East German
West Germany
Hitler
Reich
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Adenauer
Urges Rail Profits Held
Roy O. Hughes president of the Order of Railway Conductors told the Senate Labor Committee that government impounding railroad profits during federal control would spur a settlement of the two year dispute between carriers and workers. The inquiry also probes possible changes to the Railway Labor Act's mediation machinery.
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Washington
Roy O. Hughes
Order of Railway Conductors
Senate Labor Committee
Hughes
Floridan Dies for Killing Legislator in Electric Chair
Raiford Florida seven one year old Charles Gifford died in the electric chair at the State prison for the murder of State Rep. Charles Schuh in St. Petersburg last May. The state pardon board refused to halt the execution after Gifford confessed to shooting Schuh over campaign literature payments. Schuh had no opposition for renomination and was not campaigning.
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Raiford, Fla
Charles Gifford
Charles Schuh
St. Petersburg
Gifford
State Pardon Board
Schuh
Three Drivers to Face Traffic Charges in Bus Crash
County Attorney Wallace Lieh will charge three drivers with traffic violations after a coroner inquest concluded the deaths of two women and injuries to 21 others were caused by careless operation of a bus and illegal parking of a taxicab. The six man jury found no criminal negligence. The bus driver was William Pullang of Minneapolis and the taxi driver August Baker of Austin Route 1, aided by Marvin Prescott of Jacksonville, Florida. Fourteen witnesses testified in nearly three hours.
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Wallace Lieh
William Pullang
Minneapolis
August Baker
Austin Rt. 1
Marvin Prescott
Jacksonville
Fla
Coroner's Jury Purpose Outlined
The coroner's jury investigates accidental deaths to determine cause and possible criminal implications. It does not decide guilt or innocence, but its findings may lead to later charges by authorities.
Train Station Crash and Rail Strike Looms in Britain
Report covers a fatal crash near Austin involving a bus and a stalled semi-truck on Highway 218 with fog and icy pavement cited by witnesses. Separately, British Bevan negotiates with three rail unions over wage demands as a potential national strike threatens 600000 workers and further rail stoppages.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Downing St
Britain
Boyle Named as Man to Hire on RFC Lean
Washington talks show Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston seeking a wage ceiling rise after wage board friction. He meets AFL CIO and railway leaders to win back ULPC support and avert a board collapse. If talks fail, a wage agency of public members could be formed.
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Boyle
RFC Lean
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Johnston
United Labor Policy Committee
AFL
William Green
Green
USPC
CIO
Philip Murray
Arthur J. Goldberg
al J. Hays
The
Machinists
George E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executive Association
ULPC
Johnstone
Allied drive to wipe out Reds in central Korea
Allied forces push north in central Korea aiming to annihilate about 40,000 Chinese and North Korean Reds south of Parallel 38. Advances reach up to 12 miles on the east central front and 8 miles in the central valley as American divisions strike near Pyongchang and Hoengsong amid mud and mine delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clen Clements
Tokyo
Korea
Wonju
United Nations
Pyongcchang
Hoengsong
Bishop Eases Fast Law as Colds Spread
Arch bishop Richard J. Cushing announces a temporary relaxation of the Lenten fast for Boston Catholics due to a widespread illness. The dispensation suspends the meat meal rule and the rule of consuming less than a full meal on weekdays. Health officials warn the worst should end by week’s end as schools and hospitals cope with the outbreak.
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Boston
Richard J. Cushing
St Laurent Seeks Broad Powers to Control Prices Wages Rents
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent’s Liberal government asks parliament for sweeping powers to regulate prices wages rents and manpower and to be used when needed.
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Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Youthful Offenders Reoffense Rates Reported Low
The Minnesota Youth Conservation Commission told the legislature that only 12.7 percent of probationers and 17.5 percent of parolees reoffended within three years through mid 1950. The commission credited individual treatment and supervision for keeping youths in the community and reducing recidivism.
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ST. Paul
Youth Conservation Commission
A. Whittier Day
Youngdahl
YCC
Royal Party Draws 600 Guests to Buckingham Palace
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth host the season's first royal presentation in Buckingham Palace with nearly 600 embassy and legation guests, including 126 Americans, arriving from 9:30 p.m. The event ends at the gilded supper room buffet as Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret may join the monarchs among the attendees.
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London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Legation
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Margaret
Bill Would Curb Red Lobbyist Registration
Rep. Mills proposes a bill to bar anyone cited for contempt of Congress or affiliated with groups branded as subversive from registering as a lobbyist. Only registered lobbyists could represent groups before congressional committees. Mills cites wasted committee time by Communist and sympathizer speakers.
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Washington
Mills
D-Ark
Kaiser-Frazer official testifies on loan terms and counsel
Kaiser-Frazer vice president testified a government loan could be easier if the firm hired William M. Boyle Jr as counsel. The Senate banking subcommittee heard the claim as part of inquiries into favoritism in RFC loans.
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Washington (F
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National
Chad Calhoun
Kaiser- Frazer
Senate
Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser
Calhoun
Senate Banking Subcommittee
RFC
William E. Willett
C. Edward Rowe
Willett
RFC Board
Harrington and Richards Arms Co
Worcester
Mass
Rowe
Sen
Douglas
D-Ii
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Senate Banking
Truman
Rowe’s Arms Co
Texas
Ross Bohannon
Merl Young
Young
Bohannon
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German Foreign Office
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B. J. Cranwell
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Fischer
Waconia
Austin
Jefferson Lines
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Prescott
British Rail
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Seoul
Gen. MacArthur
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