NLB Analysis Of Labor Bill Draws Fire
Washington reports Hartley of New Jersey demands a house labor committee probe into an NLRB analysis of the Hartley Taft labor bill. He charges distortion and ties to Lee Pressman CIO, while President Truman weighs signing or veto. White House mail flood cited. votes indicate possible override in House, uncertain Senate outcome.
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NLB
Washington
Hartley
House Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Lee Pressyman
CIO
Truman
Greek Restaurateur Accused Of Killing Two Children
Miami police say 59 year old Chris Russell confessed to beating Joy Christo six and Peggy Maren eleven to death with a baseball bat in a Miami apartment. He then shot neighbors Mr and Mrs Walter Wolfe who were near the real estate office. The Wolfe couple were hospitalized in critical condition. Russell blamed his ex wife and alleged neighbors in a chaotic statement. He is jailed without formal charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
John L. Deas
Chris Russell
Joy Christo
Peggy Maren
Walter L. Wolfe
Deas
Russell
Wolfes
Betty Merea
New York City
Child slain in crib shocks Chicago mother claims prowler
Gerald Drazin, three, was garrotted with a rope in his crib in Chicago. His mother Betty Barrows told police a prowler tried to choke her as they found the boy after screams. Grandparents discovered the scene. clothesline was found in Barrows’ vanity drawer. Authorities cited inconclusive lie detector results and a pathologist’s garroting finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Betty Barrows
le’ Roy Steffens
Homicide Bureau
Barry
Gerald Drazin
Roy
Rose Black
Anti-Terrorist Jews Strike In Tel Aviv Tunnel Raid
In Tel Aviv a 14 member Hagana unit raided and blew up a secret tunnel near Citrus House district military headquarters. One raider died as a mine exploded during attempts to disable it. UN commission is in Jerusalem for hearings on Holy Land tensions.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
United Nations Investigating Commission
Holy Land
Hagana
Citrus House
Witnesses Testify At Secret Court Martial Of Lt Comdr Little
In a secret court martial Lt Comdr Edward N Little, a former POW, was acquitted on all counts after a trial at the naval gun factory. 37 defense and 38 prosecution witnesses testified, all previously prisoners of war in the same camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Edward N. Little
Little
Naval Gun Factory
Robert Jackson
Slayer Davis Ordered Transferred To Maryland Penitentiary
Bruce Davis a 32 year old aircraft mechanic was ordered transferred to Maryland penitentiary to serve a life sentence for the hammer slaying of his 29 year old sweetheart Mrs Florence McAllister last Thanksgiving Chief Judge William A Huster dispensed the mandatory sentence after Davis lawyers withdrew their motion for a new trial following a three day jury trial in Washington county circuit court the jury convicted Davis of first degree murder without capital punishment.
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Hagerstown
Bruce Davis
Maryland
Florence McAllister
William A. Huster
Davis
Washington County
House Votes To Kill Reorganization Plan
Washington June 18 The house voted to kill President Truman's government reorganization plan No 3 to merge federal housing activities and make the National Housing Agency permanent No votes in favor were recorded The measure must be rejected by both chambers within 60 days or it becomes effective automatically Senate action follows Earlier a senate labor subcommittee approved plan No 2 which would transfer the United States Employment Service to the labor department and place the wage hour administration under the secretary of labor If congress disapproves the reorganization the service reverts to the Federal Security Agency
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Washington
House
Truman
National Housing Agency
Congress
Senate
Senate Labor
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Full
Labor Committee
Secretary of Labor
Federal Security Agency
Three Major Soap Firms Cut Prices
Three large soap companies announced price cuts in New York on June 18. Colgate-Palmolive-Peet cut wholesale prices about 8 percent overall with individual items down 4 to 12 percent. Procter & Gamble and Lever Brothers reduced prices about 5 percent, following a roughly 10 percent drop in April, as spokesmen cited lower fats and oils costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co
Proctor & Gamble and
Lever Bros
Ex Mayor LaGuardia Undergoes Operation
Former mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia underwent an operation for chronic pancreatitis at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. His personal physician Dr. George Baehr described his condition as satisfactory and noted the pancreatic disease had contributed to recent diabetes and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Mount Siani Hospital
George Baehr
Baehr
LaGuardia
U S Stands To Virtually Take Over Greece Management
The United States plans to virtually manage Greece’s economy under a 300 million dollar aid program to curb communism. Notes released between Washington and Athens outline reforms across taxes administration trade finance and industry with Griswold and a team of military and economic experts supervising all aid dollars.
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Washington
United States
Greece
State Department
Athens
Dwight Griswold
Shipyard Workers Threaten To Strike Nationwide
In New York on June 18 the CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers threatened a July 1 strike by 150000 workers across 51 shipyards. The policy committee voted 100 to 3 after hearing that currents contracts expire June 23 and that notices conforming to the Smith Connally act have been sent to 31 yards. The union scaled down initial wage demands from 25 cents an hour plus an 11.6 cent repair differential and other benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Senate Approves Rail Rate Bill for Rate Conferences
The Senate passed the Bulwinkle bill 60 to 27 freeing railroads from anti trust prosecutions when fixing rates with Interstate Commerce Commission approval. The measure, now headed to the House, includes amendments to avoid interfering with a Georgia Supreme Court case and requires prior ICC approval for rate making conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barkley
D-Ky
House
North Carolina
Russell
South
North
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Reed
R-Kan
O’mahoney- Reed
Britain and France press Russia to join European recovery plan
Britain and France gave Moscow a one week deadline to join a unified European recovery program or risk reconstruction without the Soviet Union. Bevin and Bidault proposed a three-nation meeting with Molotov for the week of June 23 to discuss American aid outlined by Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
U. S
State Marshall
Molotov
Bevin
Bidault
London
Moscow
Europe
Marshall
Harvard University
Soviet General Refuses Documents On Hungarian Coup
Budapest report says Soviet Lt. Gen. V P Sviridov refused U S Brig Gen George H Weems request for a copy of a Russian obtained confession linked to last month coup d etat Heems stated the three power allied control commission discussed the matter and Britain and the United States had previously asked for copies The Soviet leader insisted Russia had no role in Hungarys government changes and could not understand Hungarian language of Kovacs depositions he was not a lawyer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
V. P. Sviridov
U. S
George H. Weems
Weems
Threewer Allied Control Commission
Sviridov
United States
Britain
Bela Kovacs
Smallholders Party
O. P. Edgecumbe
Russia
Kovacs
Congress to Permit Vets to Cash Terminal Leave Bonds
Speaker Martin predicts Congress will vote this session to allow veterans to cash terminal leave bonds immediately using budget savings to cut debt. Treasury shows veterans own about 1.83 billion in bonds but they now pay higher interest and cannot mature for five years. Separately a House veterans committee moved to deny benefits to communists and those allied with Russia, covering bonds and education rights.
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Washington
Congress
Martin
R.-Mass
House
Treasury
House Veterans Committee
Russia
Crow
R.-Pa
Coal stockpiles fall 11 percent with May 1 supply seen tight
The Bureau of Mines reports a 33 day supply of soft coal above ground on May 1, down 11.6 percent from April 1. Officials warn that less than 30 days is serious and a 40 day normal level. Prospects of continued shutdown after the June miners vacation depend on a new contract between John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Max W Ball
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Ball
Midwest
Navy
Slayers Of Revenue Agent Trailed In Georgia Hunt
In Commerce Georgia nearly three hundred armed men trailed three fugitives suspected in the fatal shooting of U S revenue agent Mell Clark near Homer Jackson County Sheriff Brooks said bloodhounds lost scent after a daylong search starting nine miles north of here The three brothers Red Gather Uris Gather and Demorest Gather WWI veterans were sought in connection with the killing during a liquor still raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Passamen
Here
U. S. Revenue
Jackson County
John B. Brooks
Homer
Mell Clark
Brooks
Red” Gather
Uris
Demorest
Handyman Admits Slaying Nephew in Alabama
Cecil M. James a 29 year old handyman from Escambia County Alabama confessed to beating his 10 year old nephew Paul Benson James to death with a piece of stovewood because the boy refused to work He was charged with first degree murder and is held in Escambia County jail James signed a sworn statement after four days of grilling in the Osake community near Brewton Sheriff F F Fountain reported the admission in Brewton Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Ala
F. F. Fountain
Cecil M. James
Escambia County
Fountain
James
Paul Benson James
Osake
Here
A. H. Elliott
Recount Confirms Carr Elected Mayor of Hinton
In Hinton West Virginia Democrat P J Carr is declared mayor elect after a recount which shifted the June 3 results. Republican W A Brown who ran as a write in announced an appeal. Brown led 699 to 691 before the recount. Carr gained three votes and Brown lost ten to 694 to 689.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
W. Va
P. J. Carr
W. A. Brown
Brown
Carr
Stabber Sent to Insane Asylum in New Orleans Case
Don Laurentz a 28 year old former Houston marine who stabbed a Catholic priest during mass here April 21 was committed to the state insane asylum at Jackson. He was adjudged insane last week by a lunacy commission after the incident involving Rev. James W Courtney SJ at Holy Communion.
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New Orleans
Don Laurentz
Houston
Tex
Jackson
James W. Courtney
Laurentz
Argentina Honors Retiring Ambassador
President Peron awarded the Grand Cross of the Liberator General San Martin to George Messersmith the retiring U S ambassador. He called the $4 000 decoration a symbol of closer relations between the two countries and their peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Jose San Martin
George Messersmith
U. S
Shortages Hit Oil Steel and Coal in United States
United States faces potential shortages in oil steel and coal. Officials blame steel limits on pipeline and tank car scarcity, possible fuel oil shortages by winter, and restricted Navy gas use. Coal stocks are low with rising demand and pending labor talks could worsen supply.
Sam Curry Found Guilty By Jury
Sam Curry, 38, was found guilty by a Pocahontas circuit court jury of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Will Hunt and James Roosevelt Thomas amid a nationwide coal strike. The verdict followed a two and a half hour deliberation. Sentencing is set for July 1 with a $10,000 bond renewed, while the state seeks to set aside the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlinton
W. Va
Sam Curry
McDowell County
Mark L. Jarrett
Curry
Pocahontas
Will Hunt
Eckman
James Roosevelt Thomas
United Mine Workers
Thomas
Hunt
May Move to Avert Soft Coal Strike in Federal Pact Talks
Secretary of Labor Schwel lenbach plans to take over the threatened soft coal dispute on July 1 if talks fail to forestall a strike. Officials say only 33 days of coal remain above ground as of May 1 due to heavy exports and stockpile levels. The government may mediate between John L. Lewis and operators as Taft-Hartley provisions delay new conciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schwellenbach
Two Sides In Multi Vehicle Crash Near Luray Virginia
Mrs L Ebersole Gaines 42 and Ludwell Gaines 15 along with L Ebersole Gaines Jr and Frank Bastgen 29 were injured in a two car collision four miles east of Luray Virginia. Christine Kendall 25 of Washington also suffered facial cuts.
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Luray
Page Memorial Hospital
Ludwell G. Gaines
Fayetteville
W. Va
L. Ebersole Gaines
L Ebersole Gaines
Frank C. Bastgen
Arlington
Christine Kendall
Washington
George H. Long
L. Ebersole Gaine, Jr
Lawrenceville School
N. J
Stanley Noyes Ebersole
New River Coal Company
State Rent Control Law Sought by Charleston Chapter
The Charleston chapter of the American Veterans committee said it will urge Governor Meadows to add a comprehensive state rent control law to the upcoming special session. Mel Burka, head of the legislative committee, warned that four hundred Kanawha county families face eviction under federal rent rules, a figure he said reflects only a portion of those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
American Veterans Committee
Meadows
Mel Burka
Kanawha
Burka
Railroads Ordered to Install Safety Devices
The interstate commerce commission ordered railroads to install automatic safety devices on 45000 miles of track. The rule targets lines where freight trains run 50 mph or more or passenger trains reach 60 mph or more, stemming from an ICC inquiry into train accidents and speeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Speedy End To Ship Tie-up Is Predicted
A ship operators spokesman said unions consider the wage offer satisfactory as a sit in at U S ports nears settlement. The proposal mirrors a tanker pact offering 5 percent raise plus nine paid holidays and four weeks vacation, with NMU and ACMI backing. MEBA holds out. Members vote soon as talks continue at the U S conciliation service offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
U. S
National Maritime Union
NMU
American Communications Association
Marine Engineers ‘Beneficial Association
Joseph Curran
Joseph Selly
American Communications, Association
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
Gulf Coast
U. S. Conciliation Service
John W. Gibson
Gibson
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Curran
Jack Lawrenson
NMP
Four Persons Killed by Lightning in Florida Thunderstorm
Davenport Florida report states four people were struck by lightning while seeking shelter in a shed during a thunderstorm. The victims named are John Adair, his son, six year old Van Adair, his brother G. D. Adair, and his nephew Donald about twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Fla
Florida Highway Patrol
Raymond Crosby
John Adair
Little van Adair
G. D. Adair
Donald
Auto Theft Ring Probe Pushed in Four States
Two Virginians, Charles Thompson and his son Cecil, were arrested on charges under the national motor vehicle theft act as federal and state authorities expanded an investigation of a wide scale operation that stole cars in four states and moved them to southwest Virginia and Tennessee. Thompson, a former prisoner later pardoned, and his son remained jailed on bonds set at 25,000 and 1,000 respectively. bonds were posted by associates to cover court appearances. The FBI in Richmond confirmed ongoing activity with no further developments.
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Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
FBI
Richmond
Charles Thompson
Pennington Ap Motor Company
Cecil
Elder Thompson
Thompsons
Sylvester Franklin
Appalachia
Ben H. Thompson
Mississippi
John N. Vaughan
Norton
U. S
Carl Hamilton
Wise
Cecil Thompson
James Tierce
Charles W. Brown
State Penitentiary
Norton, Va
Brown
Thompson
Os Tenn
Au Mobile
1 Cae Gap
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Eben Ayers
Ayers
Iman
Slayer
Red General
Bureau Surveys
Handyman
Stabber
Argentina
Schewellenbach
Conciliation Service
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