Truman to Invoke Taft Hartley Act If Miners Sit Out
Two top White House advisers said President Truman will invoke the Taft Hartley Act against John S Lewis if soft coal miners do not return to work by Monday. They said Lewis left the administration with no alternative and that advisors are drafting the presidential order.
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Washington
Truman
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
White House
Lewis
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Mod
Truman Wad
Tampa Tragedy Frames Tumult in YonkersIn Florida
A New Yorker, Tony Slechta of Yonkers, killed his wife Mrs. Ann Siechta, her sister Ellen Ruziak, and their mother Mrs. Peter Ruziak at the Ruziak home in Tampa. He then killed himself by leaping before a truck driven by O A Crawford. Police report three victims faced slashing and blunt force from an eight inch butcher knife a wrench and a claw hammer before the tragedy. Sllechta, a bank clerk of the Guaranty Trust Co Manhattan, acted in a depressive episode over his father in law’s cancer. The tragedy occurred as renewed coal talks and a Taft Hartley law dispute stirred national tension.
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Tampa
Fla
Peace Justice
J. G. Spicola
Tony Slechta
Yonkers
Ann Siechta
Ellen Ruziak
Peter Ruziak
Slechta
The
Guaranty Trust Co
Manhattan
Ruziak
Spicola
Crawford
John Jianfelice
Florida
Ruuziak
Bernard Barnett
Lee M. Martin
Henry Slechta
Plainfield
N. J
Martin
Unions Union Miners Set for Broad Strike Action
Pittsburgh Feb 4 union officials and soft coal miners largely back John L Lewis in rejecting Truman's 70 day peace plan. About 100000 strikers vow to stay out Monday, signaling a possible nationwide coal shutdown. Reports say Walkout spreads from Illinois to Pennsylvania as crews press for a contract before returning to work.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Rossellini sen-actor conflict fuels Catholic annulment bid
The report details Roberto Rossellini tussling with a cameraman outside a hospital where Ingrid Bergman and her infant stay. Doctors confirm the child is Rossellini’s, while a priest notes Bergman’s Catholic inclinations and a civil divorce prompts a church annulment push.
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Rossellini
Ingrid
Baby Star
Marcella de Mar- Rossellini
Felix Vaen
Iannmare
Miss Bergman
Hollywood
Tearful Tots Bemoan Fate Of Pups In City Pound
Citizens react with outrage to a city ordinance that would kill dogs three months or older if not licensed. The measure imposes a $1 license, $5 redemption, 50 cents daily impound, with $2.50 reclaim for licensed dogs and owner redemption only.
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Theson
Two Charged In Death Of Girl 17 In Kentucky Slaying
Prestonsburg Kentucky February 4 two prominent men Lon Moses 60 and K Dotson 45 were indicted for the murder of Muriel Baldridge 17 the high school cheerleader found on the Big Sandy river bank last June Sheriff A B Meade said they had been under suspicion from the start and bench warrants had been issued circuit judge Edward P Hill Jr ordered their arrest Moses was taken to the county jail and Dotson was to be brought to jail after pickup by deputies
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Prestonsburg
Muriel Baldridge
Floyd County
Big Sandy River
A. B. Meade
Lon Moses
West Press
K. Dotson
Tazewell Man Killed In Row With Landlord
Thomas J. Warf 75 was shot to death near Tazewell in an argument over rent with his landlord James H. Horton 51. Horton surrendered after giving his account to Commonwealth's Attorney W A Royall. Warf died from a head shot and chest wound before arriving at Mattie Williams hospital Richlands. Horton is jailed in Tazewell County awaiting murder charges. Warf leaves a widow and six daughters along with a son Floyd. Funeral plans were pending at Hurst Scott funeral home Richlands.
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Thomas J. Warf
Tazewell
James H. Horton
Commonwealth
W. A. Royall
Horton
Royall
Baptist Valley
Busthead
Richlands
Warf
Eusthead
Wart
Mattie Williams Hospital
Jenkin Jones
Tazewell County
Floyd
Cleva Walk
Cedar Bluff
Hattie Baker
Thomasville
N. C
James Valentine
Fairmont
W. Va
Amelia Davis
Northfork
Minnie Kesagere
Oregon
Geraldine Baker
Ohio
Hurst-Scott
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Jewell Ridge
Three U S Air Force Crewmembers Die In Puerto Rico Crash
Three U S air force personnel officers and a sergeant are believed killed when a C 47 transport crashed into the sea off the Puerto Rican coast near Roosevelt Roads. One body recovered, salvage crews continue with little hope for survivors. The aircraft departed from Roosevelt Roads for Remey Field after takeoff during rainstorms carrying 3 500 pounds of cargo for amphibious maneuvers.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S. Air Force
Puerto Rican
Paul W. Watson
Roosevelt Roads Naval Base
Roosevelt Road
Fajardo
Remey Field
Strike Monday expected as coal miners walk out in Weston area
About 120 000 soft coal miners are expected to begin a full strike Monday with northern fields already idle on and off for four weeks in a no contract no work pattern. Mine Workers Chief John L Lewis rejects President Truman's 70 day truce proposal and predicts widespread action while Southern Coal Producers expect mines to stay open for regular work in most districts.
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Illinois
White House
Truman
Washington
John D. Battle
Fone
West Virginia
Lake Lynn
Uniontown
UMW
John Ozanich
Robena
Canton
Ill
Bernard J. Beasley
Scranton
Charleston
W. Va
Weston
Nothern Panhandle
John L. Lewis
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Coal Producers Association
William Blizzard
UMW District 17
Blizzard
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