House Group Advances Bill to Curb Strikes
Washington April 11 AP The House labor committee approved a far reaching bill to curb strikes and union powers. The Senate panel adopted a ban on the closed shop while considering a general measure. The bill aims to outlaw industry wide bargaining and restrict union activity with penalties under anti trust laws. The measure would permit union shop by mutual consent and remove conciliation from the labor department.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Pew Committee
House
Hardy
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
James C. Petrillo
AFL Musicians Union
Coal mine operations and reorganizations amid UMW mourning end
Coal production and mine reentry resumed in southwest Virginia and adjacent districts as 1,364 Norfolk and Western cars moved yesterday. Forty nine mines along the Norfolk and Western system operated, with many idle due to safety certifications and the end of the UMW mourning period. Several mines reopened or reported certification, while others remained idle pending safety clearances and worker turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginia Railway
Princeton
Pocahontas Operators Association
UMW
McDowell County
U. S. Coal & Coke Company
Gary
Keystone
Maitland
Koppers Coal Division
Algoma Coal & Coke Company
Darr Smokeless Coal Company
Twin Branch
Premier Pocahontas Collieries
Premier
Capels and Havaco
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Bottom Creek
Pocahontas Corporation
United States Protests Yugoslav Removal of Italian Property
The United States protested to Yugoslavia over the removal of Italian property from the area to become the free territory of Trieste. Undersecretary Dean Acheson delivered the note on April 27, asserting the property’s value and noting it was taken from land under Yugoslav military government. The Trieste free territory awaits UN backed ratification of Balkan peace treaties.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
State Department
Dean Achesdr
Trieste Free Territory
United Nations
Soft Coal Production Rises to 59 Percent of Normal
Washington reports soft coal production at 59 percent of normal as 30,000 more miners return to work after the Centralia Illinois explosion. CMA notes 1,860 mines operating, 168 more since Thursday, with 185,648 workers and 1,393,996 tons estimated.
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CMA
Washington
Coal Mines Administration
Centralia, Ill
Coroner Concludes Wynona Harvey Died By Drowning
Arlington coroner Dr. W C Welburn says the 25 year old Philippine embassy clerk Wynona Harvey died by drowning. Investigations show no alcohol or drugs, no poisoning, no abortion attempt, and she was mentally disturbed. Death could be homicide suicide or accident with homicide not ruled out. Police Captain Jones notes the case not closed if new evidence emerges.
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Arlington
W. C. Welburn
Arlington County
Pretty Wynona Harvey
Rocky Run
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Potomac
Washington
Welburn
Wynona Harvey
Hugh C. Jones
County Police
Coal recovery slows layoffs as mines reopen in safe pits
In Pittsburgh on April 11 coal industry prospects improved as bituminous output rose above 60 percent of normal and northern West Virginia production surpassed normal levels. Chesapeake and Ohio railroad halted temporary layoffs for about 1,500 workers in Russell Kentucky and Huntington West Virginia amid encouraging coal production signals.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Russell
Huntington
W. V
Guy P. Gibbs
Jones Expected Talk On RFC Loan
Senator Tobey predicts Jesse Jones will testify in the Senate Banking Committee investigation of an $80 million RFC loan to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The hearings feature denials from RFC officials and statements from B O officials as the panel weighs extending RFC life beyond June 30.
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Washington
Tobey
R-Nh
Jesse Jones
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Capehart
Rand
Rom Jones
RFC
Cassius Clay
Stewart McDonald
Adolph Berle
Bra
Woman Dies In Gas Chamber At San Quentin
Louise Peete Judson, 58, died in San Quentin's gas chamber for the 1944 murder of Mrs. Margaret Logan after parole from a life term for the 1920 killing of Jacob Denton. Gov. Warren denied her final plea as she faced execution. She said she came from cultured people and wore a flowered dress at the end.
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San Quentin
Louise Peete Judson
Judson
Margaret Logan
Pacific Palisades
Jacob Denton
Los Angeles
U. S. Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Miners Want to Return to Work in Pocahontas District
W E E Koepler secretary of the Pocahontas Operators association says a large majority of miners in the Pocahontas district want to resume work based on feedback from mine owners and supervisors. He notes confusion between loyalty to government and union and blames Lewis for delaying resumption by urging stay out until federal reinspection. He warns many homes face food shortages while only 518 mines are certified unsafe and could receive relief.
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John D. Battle
National Coal Association
State Mines and Minerals Department
State Mining Board
Pocahontas
W.E.E. Koepler
Koepler
Lewis
Krug
United States
Charleston
Arch
Alexander
H. L. Schweinsberg
Long Coal Company
Witcher’s Creek
Montgomery
Kanawha
United Mine Workers District 29
Beckley
Stotesbury No. 11
Koppers
Helen
Raleigh County
Binn Coal Company
C@a
Boone Couty
Blizzard
Logan
Logan Operators Association
Pocahontas Operators Association
Bluefield
Harry W. Ebberts
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
Driftmouth
Benwood
Northern
Panhandle
Ebberts
Jewels Recovered From Super Chief Derailment
Jewels valued at 300000 dollars were recovered from a Pullman car after the Santa Fe Super Chief derailment near Raton New Mexico on Wednesday night. Owner Mrs. Rosiak Netcher formerly of the Dolly sisters said she always carries the jewels and the Baton Sheriff T A Griffith and railroad Officer Phil Sipes recovered them including her husband's tie pin.
Upstate Leads Way To Normal Coal Output
Northern West Virginia's coal mines push toward full output as CMA reports 207 of 272 mines operating in the north and 180 pits yielding 208000 tons, with expectations of at least 175000 tons daily. UMW officials note new safety certifications cover dozens of mines in Kanawha Logan Williamson districts as inspections continue.
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Upstate
CMA
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Charleston
Kanawha
Logan
Williamson
UMW
State Mines Department
Tornado Torn Communities Begin Rebuilding in Woodward
Woodward Oklahoma begins post disaster recovery after the twister that killed 84 and injured about 1,000. Civic leaders plan rebuilding. 500 homes uninhabitable and 70 percent damaged. Volunteers repair roofs, Red Cross coordinates aid, and relief supplies arrive from Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
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Woodward
Texas
Oklahoma
Higgins
Glazier
Gage
Oklo
R. A. Bosch
Red Cross
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma Highway Department
Woodward Army Air Base
Army Day Parade Draws Thousands to Bluefield Streets
Maj. Gen. Robert McClure headlines Army Week activities in Bluefield with a noon public demonstration after an 11 o clock parade. Thousands view from routes and vantage points while seven bands, ex servicemen units, and police controls ensure orderly festivities.
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Bluefield
Robert B. McClure
Second Army
Be 44
Beaver Band
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Federal Street
Post Office
Scott Street
Arnold Porterfield
Princeton Avenue
Wallace criticism over Greece Turkey aid debate
Washington today saw sharp criticism of Henry A Wallace as the Senate debated the Truman Greece Turkey aid bill. Eastland accused Wallace of trying to split allies, while Wallace in London urged Britain to refuse sides with the U S or Russia. Senators Lodge Saltonstall and Flanders voiced support for the Truman plan but no vote occurred before adjournment.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Senate
Eastland
Miss
Wallace
London
Britain
United States
Russia
Greece
Turkey
France
Jacques Duclos
Communist Party
Pepper
Fla
Lucas
Ill
England
Lodge
Mass
Saltonstall
Flanders
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Phone Strikers Defy Jersey Anti Strike Law
Newark April 11 mayhem unfolds as 4600 dial maintenance workers still refrain from crossing picket lines. Three Traffic Telephone Workers Federation leaders arraigned in Essex county court on anti strikew violations face $10 000 per diem civil suit while NFTW national policy committee calls statute fascist. State Attorney General orders police to break picketing at telephone properties.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
J. J. Curtin
Nftws
Washington
Walter D. van Piper
Western Union AFL telegraphers strike threat ends in talks
Negotiators for Western Union and the AFL commercial telegraphers union adjourned a six hour meeting today with no agreement on a dispute that threatens a May 4 strike affecting 50 000 employees outside New York. The U S conciliation service said government meetings to continue Monday and Tuesday. The union seeks a 25 cent hourly raise and a 40 hour week with pension and welfare improvements. Charles B Nordhoff, 60, co author of Mutiny on the Bounty, was found dead in Santa Barbara California likely from a heart attack.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
U. S Conciliation Service
Ronald W. Haughton
Conciliation Service Office
Arthur
Santa Barbara
Calif
Charles B. Nordhoff
South Sea Island
Must Start All Over Again, Says The Leader Of Long Distance Workers
The head of the long distance workers union dismissed the tentative AT T agreement as dead unless all unions accept it. John J. Moran said they will not accept by midnight and expect to see what happens next. Government conciliators delay President Truman may hear the complete story if a three party meeting is arranged.
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Washington
John J. Moran
George 8. Dring
Long Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Dring
Moran
American Union of Telephone Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Federation Policy Committee
Schwellenbach
J. A. Beirne
The
White House
Union Federation
Truman
Labor Department
A. T
Ding Dong Daddy Freed From San Quentin
Francis Van Wie the so called Ding dong daddy of the car line was released from San Quentin prison after serving two years of a 30 year term for three counts of bigamy. He left with a good behavior record and leniency from the judge who sentenced him. Van Wie said he had 13 wives and would consult his attorney on his marital status. Lawyers said most wives had obtained divorces or annulments and he would start with a clean slate.
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San Francisco
Francis van Wie
San Quentin
van Wie
Jamies
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Norton
Federal Bureau of Mines Office
Virginia
Dorchester
Standard Banner Fuel Company
Wakenva
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Keen Mountain
Page Pocahontas Coal Company
Page
Raven Red Ash Coal Company
Red Ash
Norton Coal Company
Sycamore Coal Corporation
Bureau of Mines
Glen Rogers
W. Va
Raleigh, Mining Company of
Chicago
United Mine Workers Mines
Jones
Super Chief
Fairmont
Revercomb
Wva
Morgantown
Okla
Gen. M’clure
McClure
William Kell
Riley-West Post No. 9
American Legion
C. G. Cregger
Georgia
South Pacific
China
U. S
Dave Keesee
Northfork-Elkhorn
Boy Scouts
Wade
Command Car
W. R. DeVault
Army
Ramsey
Pocahontas American Legion
R. A. Gonano
Welch
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