New Senators Favor Changes in Labor Laws
A survey shows 23 new senators largely back labor law changes aimed at reducing industrial strife. They split on methods from national labor policy to compulsory arbitration, equal responsibility under the Wagner Act, and updated union practices, with Republicans and Democrats signaling varied approaches.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
James Kem
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Raymond E. Baldwin
Rconn
Baldwin
Irving M. Ives
Tough Report on Bilbo Drafted by Senate Panel
Senator Ferguson announced a majority on the war investigating committee approved a very tough report accusing Senator Bilbo of dealings with war contractors. The document will be filed with the secretary of the senate next week, with no stated recommendations.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
D-Miss
Mississipian
Senate
Brewster
Maine
Ball
Minnesota
Knowland
Calif
Mitchell
D-Wash
Mead
Tunnell
Del
Briggs
Kilgore
Wva
Connally Oe
Smong
Russia Proposes Fast Track for World Arms Plan
The Soviet Union urged the United Nations Security Council to set a three month deadline to draft a global arms reduction program. Andrei Gromyko asked for an 11 nation commission to prepare proposals within one to three months, while atomic control debates continued at the UN.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Assembly
Trygve Lie
Andrei A. Gromyko
Outlin
Gromyko
Security Council
General Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Hitchhiker Stabs, Aids Benefactor in Florida
George Dosiat of Manorville Long Island was stabbed in the back north of Sebastian Florida while hitchhiking. The assailant John Treacy of Brooklyn New York robbed him then surrendered after offering blood for a transfusion. Dosiat is hospitalized and silent.
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Vero Beach
Fla
George Dosiat
L. B. Osteen
Dosiat
Manjorville
Long Island
New Jersey
Sebastian
Dossat
John Treacy
Brooklyn
N. Y
France poised to dispatch naval squadron to Indo China
Paris reports indicate France plans a strong naval presence off Indo China shores to support efforts around Hanoi. Aircraft from the Bearn and Colossus may join carrier-based operations while Idle de France sails to Toulon with 9,000 troops for Indo China as Viet Namese forces mount renewed attacks on Hanoi and surrounding areas.
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Paris
France
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Bearn
Colossus
Toulon
Paresis
Triomphant
Dix
Orient
Indo-China
Indo- China
Saigon
Bangkok
Siam
Uncaged Panthers Escape Train Car In Texas
Three panthers loose in a railway baggage car near El Paso paced the sidetrack as agents and car crews blamed hunger and fear. A carnival worker offered to herd them barehanded but authorities waited for Dr Noble Hamiter from Dallas to arrive. A small dog in a crate barked while a barrel of fish drew the cats’ attention. The car was shunted onto a siding after the panthers gnawed from their crates.
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el Paso
Texas
J. W. Callahan
Express
Carnival
Noble Hamiter
Dallas
Snake-Handlers Ordered To Cease Services In Pax
Pax, W Va. December 28 Local authorities order the Jesus Only snake handling sect to stop services in the Fayette county town after tomorrow Mayor H E Woolwine said an exception for a service tomorrow is possible and hinted the council may pass an ordinance if needed The group plans another service Sunday night in Oak Hill
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Pax
W. Va
Fayette County
H. E. Woolwine
Woolwine
Oak Hill
Two Big Questions Loom in 1947 West Virginia Legislature
Charleston dispatch details the 1947 legislature’s focus on budget totals and the fate of the board of control. Proposals split among funding requests from a potential 96 million dollar budget and the possibility of dissolving or restructuring the board. Also covered are GI bill provisions and shifting control of mental health, prisons, and higher education to other state bodies.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Control
Strayer Survey
State Board of Education
West Virginia University Board of Governors
U. S. Public Health Service
Department of Health
U. S. Bureau of Prisons
Department of Corections
Eye Board
Committee On Education
CIO Back Pay Suits Criticized By Labor and Chamber
A labor newspaper allied with AFL accuses CIO of overstating portal pay suits to rally unions and gain members. The U S Chamber of Commerce proposes amendments and a full study of the wage hour law while AFL groups advise restraint and warn of political backlash from back wage litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
Portal
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Labor
AFI
APL
Ballyhoo
Supreme Court
Chamber
Railroad Union
United Mine
John L. Lewis
Edward Lamb
Toledo
U. S. Supreme Court
Two Slayings Reported in Williamson WV
Williamson WV December 28 Police Chief Robert Clifton reported two people killed in separate shootings. Vernon Elkins 21 and Esther Stevenson 49 were dead. William Sesco 28 was wounded and held as suspect after Vernon Elkins was slain. Broaddus Stevenson 65 faces murder charge for killing his wife after a razor attack.
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Williamson
W. Va
Robert Clifton
Vernon Elkins
East Williamson
Esther Stevenson
Elkins
J. C. Wolford Land
John Keesee
William Sesco
Chester Elkins
Sesco
Clifton
Broaddus Stevenson
American Aims in Korea Are Threatened by Stalemate
Washington officials on NBC warned that U S and Soviet power struggle over Korea has stalled any early unification. They said American aims are in a critical phase with potential defeat unless food and rehabilitation are supplied in the American zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Russia
Korea
NBC
Edwin M. Martin
Far East
Hugh Barton
China
Carrie Jacobs Bond Dies at 84 in Hollywood
Carrie Jacobs Bond, 84, composer of famed songs including End Of A Perfect Day, died today at her home in Hollywood California from a heart attack. She lived in semi retirement for over a decade. Survivors include granddaughters Dorothy Jaehne and Elizabeth Walter and half brother James B Minor.
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Hollywood
Calif
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Jaine Palmer
Howard Berbeck
Dorothy Jaehne
Austin, Tex
Elizabeth Walter
U. S
Germany
James B. Minor
Los Angeles
Detectives chase hair snipper on city street cars
A plainclothes squad rode street cars in pursuit of a suspect nicknamed Jack the Clipper, accused of cutting long braids from several young women along Connecticut Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue routes. Police described the events as a spree of hair clipping with multiple victims identified and no serious danger noted.
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Washington
Jack the Clipper
Harvey G. Callahan
Diane Sklarsky
Laura Coe
Jeanne Thompson
Connecticut Avenue
Flames Destroy Grain Elevator in Minneapolis
The Brooks Elevator company grain elevator, capacity one million bushels, was destroyed by fire after an explosion on Third Street South in Minneapolis. Thirteen workers were inside but all escaped. loss estimated by grain traders likely over 1 million dollars, excluding building.
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Minneapolis
Brooks Elevator Corporation
M. L. Kane
Union Grain
Third Street
Eighth and
Ninth Avenues
The
Mankato (Minn.) Brewing Company
Elevator Corporation
James Storm
Training Plans Face Opposition in Congress
President Truman’s advisory commission weighed universal training amid Senate opposition from Elbert D. Thomas and Edwin C. Johnson. They condemned a compulsory plan as outdated, arguing mechanized warfare requires more than mass conscription. The commission met at the White House with Vannevar Bush and War Department officials and will reconvene January 3.
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Washington
Truman
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcoro
Congress
White House
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
War Department
Bush
Commission
Army
Thomas-Johnson
Thomas
Senate Military Committee
Johnson
Navy
New Orleans Records December Heat at 78.2 Degrees
New Orleans posted a December heat record as temperature rose to 78.2 degrees around 1 pm. The prior mark for December 28 stood at 77 degrees, set earlier in the day.
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New Orleans
Ohio Man Seeks To Hire Quads' Father
C W Mattew of Newark, a contractor, traveled to Baltimore to offer Charles J Henn Jr the chance to move his family to Newark with a furnished rent free home for a year and a job paying 4000 to 5000 dollars annually. He would pay moving costs and house Henn until a dedicated home is built. He vows to top any competing offers.
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Baltimore
C. W. Mattew
Newark
Charles J. Henn, Jr
Mattew
Henn
Matten
GOP Senators To Meet Monday
Strife within the Republican ranks in both chambers grows ahead of the 80th Congress as Monday’s Senate GOP meeting seeks to restore harmony over committee assignments. Reed of Kansas leads a push for a “disinterested” committee on committees amid intra party friction.
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Washington
Senate
House
80Th Congress
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senate Republicans
Reed
R-Kas
Committee On Committees
Senate Democrats
Barkley
D-Ky
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
Halleck
Ind
Dewey
Clarence Brown
Dirksen
R-Ii
Jenkins
Rohio
McCormack
Rayburn
D-Tex
Record Cold Grips North Half of Nation Amid Snow and Wind
Heavy snows and high winds hit the northern half of the nation with two deaths in central Michigan as roofs blew off and services halted. Detroit set a warm record of 57, while Chicago expected 15 to 20 degrees. Snow drifts bury Utah valleys and Wasatch peaks, New York state sees widespread snow, and a Maine blizzard forecast reaches 18 inches by morning.
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Michigan
Ithaca
Mackinac Straits
Detroit
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Utah
Utah Valley
Wasatch Mountains
New York State
Maine
U S Bound Plane Crashes in Eire at Shannon Airport
A Trans-World Airlines Constellation crashed two miles from Shannon runway killing 12 and injuring 11. The Star of Cairo, carrying 23 occupants, was on a Paris to New York flight. Rescue crews battled mud and flames as authorities opened a three way investigation. Pierre N Dreyfus was among the dead.
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Shannon
Eire
Dee
Constellation
Shannon River
Pierre N. Dreyfus
New York
Alfred Dreyfus
Long-Anticipated Reunion Failed
A New York eighth floor west side apartment bears a welcome home sign as Mrs Gizela Koegel and her daughter Marian Corda recount a shattered reunion after Herman Koegel, 57, perished in the Trans-World Airline Star of Cairo crash in Dublin. The family tracing a perilous wartime path through Poland Germany Russia ends with a postponed gathering and a letter from Herman.
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New York
Gestapo
Gizela Koegel
Mra Marian Corda
Star of
Cairo
Eire
Herman
Corda
United States
Koegel
Rudnick
Poland
Sepber
Russia
Siberian
Germany
Pashkent Turkestan
Paris
Orm
York
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D-Fla
Cital
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Wagner &Ct
Board of Control Future
Janice Rome
Pennsylvania Avenue
Joan Reid
GOP
Associated Press
American Lines
Indiana
Reserue
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority
Eire Department of Industry and Commerce
TWA
Bruce Waterbury
Edith Delaby Waterbury
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