Miners Lose Legal Battle Over Unemployment Benefits Verdict
A Roanoke jury awarded Masonry Sales Corp. $199,625 against Rish Equipment Co. and the C. L. Fielder Co. for losses from a tower collapse at a cinder block plant. The joint verdict makes the defendants severally liable if one cannot pay, with motions pending.
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Roanoke
Masonry Sales Corp
Rish Equipment Co
Bluefield
W. Va
C. L. Fielder Co
M. W. Ferguson
Law and Chancery Court
Stanford L. Fellers
E. Hunter
Rish Co
Cattle Pour Into Market Signals End of Beef Fast
Chicago buyers watched cattle fill the stockyards as receipts reached 66,000 across 12 Midwest markets, up from 38,300 last Monday. OPS officials said the higher flow should ease packer shortages and prices, though demand outpaced supply after two weeks of scarcity and a June 4 government ceiling rollback.
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Chicago
Midwest
OPS
Volunteer Inactive Reserves To Be Freed
The Army plans to start releasing the volunteer and inactive enlisted reserves in July and hopes to complete the program by December. About 100000 men involved were called to active service after Korea’s start. Pace noted the schedule excludes organized reserve national guard and regular army volunteers.
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Washington
Army
Pace
Korea
Organized Reserve
National Guard
French voters veer to the right in near complete election returns
Unofficial returns from France's general election show center parties winning a large majority in the new assembly though the range of views may push the government to lean right. De Gaulle gains seats while the Communists lose ground though remain sizable in votes.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
DeGaulle
North Africa
Radical Socialiste
Democratic Union
One Pleven
Degaullists
Center
Daniels Says HST To Run
Jonathan Daniels, biographer of President Truman, reports after a White House visit that Truman will likely seek re election in 1952. Daniels says the president is determined to fight back against critics of foreign policy and will run despite attacks.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
Truman
White House
Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Maritime Stoppages Halt United States Sailing Schedules
Nationwide maritime stoppages hit American ports as 80 ships on the east and gulf coasts sat idle. CIO unions seek pay raises amid failed talks with 40 shipping companies, mediation efforts at a standstill as Cyrus S. Ching coordinates regional negotiators.
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New York
CIO Maritime Union
High Seas
East
Gulf
NMU
Joseph Curran
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO
Marine Engineers
Steel Agrees To Curbs On Price Fixing
Washington reports the government and most of the steel industry reached a consent order banning price fixing across steel products. Ninety producers and the American Iron and Steel Institute withdrew challenges, agreeing to halt common pricing practices and to accept a tentative 30 day order. The action targets basing point pricing and aims to promote fair competition in a vital industry.
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Steel
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
American Iron and Steel Institute of New York
Detroit Streetcar Strike Ends After 59 Days
Detroit announces that 3,500 strike drivers voted to return to work and begin wage dispute mediation. Bus and streetcar service is set to resume tomorrow, ending a 59 day, citywide transit walkout the longest in a major U.S. city.
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Detroit
Disease Takes Toll Of Reds In Korea
Washington reports Brig. Gen. C. F. Sams says hundreds of thousands of North Koreans and Communist troops in North Korea are struck by smallpox typhus and typhoid epidemics. North Koreans lack medical facilities to inoculate or treat the ill.
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Korea
Washington
North Korea
C. F. Sams
Sams
Beckley Man Wounds Ex Wife and Kills Self
Be cl ey, W Va June 18 A Shady Spring man Herbert H Jennings 23 seriously wounded his ex wife Dorothy Gill Parker 38 of Hinton then killed himself in a case police called clearly attempted murder and death by own action Mrs Parker was in grave condition at Beckley hospital Captain said
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Beckley
W. Va
Shady Spring
Herbert H. Jennings
Dorothy Gill Parker
Hinton
Funeral for Mrs Riggins and Baby Await Husband from Korea
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Ramona Shupe Riggins and her 14 month old son Thomas Dale Riggins, killed in a three vehicle crash near Dickson Tennessee, wait for Sgt T E Riggins, stationed in Korea, to arrive for Bluefield service. The couple had lived at Smyrna near the air base and the service will be at Bluewell Methodist Church with burial at Woodland Cemetery.
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Ramona Shupe Riggins
Thomas Dale Riggins
Dickson
Tenn
Sgt
T. E. Riggins
Korea
Bluewell Methodist Church
Jean
Sue
Shirley Eller
Mercer Mortuary
Rigeins
Do. A. Shupe
Bluewell
Tess Carner
E. K. Shupe
Thelma Riggins
Thorp
W. Va
Thomas J. Riggins
Three Year Old Boy Lost In Snake and Bear Infested Woods
A search party led by forest rangers hunted a snake infested, bear haunted section of Nicholas county mountains for three year old Sherrill Greene missing since about 3 p m. from Cranberry ridge near Monongahela forest. He is the son of Warren and Mrs Greene who live on a distant farm. neighbors are a quarter mile away. The search began at 6 p m and continued at 10 p m with roving and tracking efforts ongoing.
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Richmond
W. Va
Forest Rangers
Nicholas County
Sherrill Greene
Warren Greene
Cranberry Ridge
Monongahela National Forest
Greene
Bradley Apologizes to 29th Division Veterans
General Omar Bradley said he was sorry if World War II’s 29th division felt slighted by his book A Soldier’s Story. He praised the 29th as an excellent division and explained the work focused on higher command and left division histories to others.
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New York
Omar Bradley
Maryland
Baltimore
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
CBS
Solons Hit Future Beef Rollbacks
Washington reports the House Banking Committee tentatively voted to strike out two planned future price rollbacks on live cattle by the Office of Price Stabilization.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Office of Price Stabilization
U S Marine and Cuban Night Watchman Shot Dead in Havana Embassy
In Havana the bodies of Marine Sgt. Robert J. Sheldon and Cuban night watchman Augustin Fernandez were found shot between 1:00 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. Dr. Jose Padron said evidence indicates murder followed by the sergeant's suicide, with no third person present. Cuban police and agents investigated as ballistic tests proceed.
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U. S
Havana
Cuba
United States
Cally Wuay
Jose Diaz Padron
Police Crime Laboratory
Oe Watchman
Marine Sat
Robert James Sheldon
Augustin Fernandez
Horter
Embassy
Marine Corps
Washing
Ton
Sheldon
Hopkinton
N. Y
Padron
Senate panel wraps hearings on MacArthur firing
The 26 member Senate inquiry votes to close the hearings after four more witnesses and possible MacArthur rebuttal. Sen Bridges notes pro administration witnesses lead by six to three. Connally calls balance lacking. Names discussed include Hurley, O'Donnell, Barr, Badger, with Harriman declined.
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Washington
Senate Inquiry Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Bridges
R-Nh
Connally
Texas
MacArthur
Russell
D-Ga
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Emmet O'Donnell
U. S. Iatents
David C. Barr
U. S. 7Th Division
Korea
Oscar Badger
U. S
Badger
Hurley
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Hampshire
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Defense
Louis Johnson
Defense Marshall
State Acheson
Omar Bradley
Forrest P. Sherman
Hoyt Vandenberg
J. Lawton Collins
Virginia High Court rules miners lost unemployment benefits
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying unemployment benefits to about 1,000 Southwest Virginia coal miners who had agreed to a three day work week in 1949 under John L. Lewis. The ruling found eligibility hinges on unlimited availability for work, not on whether work was available.
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Richmond
Southwest Virginia
John L. Lewis
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia Unemployment Compensation Commission
John W. Eggleston
UCC
Wise, Dickenson, Russell
Buchanan
Wise, Dickenson and Russell
High Court
Buchanan Circuit
Tazewell County Circuit Court
Eggleston
Reds Strengthen Lines In Korea
North Korean fronts held under a possible new push while air battles raged near the Manchurian border. American F-86 Sabres fought 56 Russian jets in two days of clashes, with five MIGs shot down and no loss to U S aircraft. Fresh Chinese troops were seen near the western and central fronts as rival groups moved inside the 38th parallel area.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Reds
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
38Th Parallel
Mother Of DiMaggio Brothers Succumbs
Mrs. Rose DiMaggio 72 died in San Francisco as son Joe of the New York Yankees reached her bedside shortly before death. Dominick DiMaggio of the Boston Red Sox failed to reach her in time after missing flight connections. Joseph DiMaggio Sr. longshoreman and family head died in 1949.
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San Francisco
Rose DiMaggio
Joe
New York Yankees
Dominick
Boston Red Sox
di Maggio
Joseph di Maggio
Stiffer Jail Terms For Dope Peddlers
Washington June 18 The senate crime committee amid a narcotics probe introduced a bill to require harsher jail terms for dope peddlers. A similar measure had been approved recently by the House Ways and Means committee.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Nouse Ways and Means Committee
Ex RFC official accused of dual role while employed
W. Stuart Symington, RFC administrator, identified Allen E Freeze of Dallas as a former RFC official who worked for Texmass Petroleum while still drawing RFC pay. Freeze denies the charges and says he resigned Sept. 28 with only accumulated annual leave due. Justice Department may prosecute. civil actions could seek 4000 to 6000 in salary and 500 in tolls. Texmass salary rose to 22500 a year with Freeze as VP and comptroller. TX Consolidated Oil, Inc. serves as successor to Texmass. Texmass secured RFC loan approval for 15.1 million while Freeze worked for the government, drawing 14,276,175 of it.
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Washington
Justice Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
W. Stuart Symington
Allen E. Freeze
Dallas
Freeze
Symington
Texmass Petroleum Company
Texmass
Texas Consolidated Oil, Inc
Texmass Petroleum
Bunauer Quits Post With Navy
Dr Stephen Brunauer Hungarian born atomic scientist resigns from the navy amid security risk suspension. He admits past communist ties but says no security violation occurred and believes a mistake in the investigation. His wife Mrs Brunauer, a state department employee, is also under suspension seeking reinstatement.
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Washington
Navy
Stephen Brunauer
Brunauer
Senate
McCarthy
United States
State Department
GOP House Group Criticizes $7.2 Billion Tax Increase
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee denounced a proposed 7.2 billion dollar tax hike as unbalanced and ill advised. They argued the plan raises 2.66 billion in corporate taxes 2.85 billion in individual income taxes and 1.25 billion in excise taxes while trimming economic growth. The panel voted 19 to 6 to send the bill to the House with Democrats voting for it and four Republicans joining. The minority Republicans released their own dissent signed by all ten Republicans.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kean
New Jersey
Byrnes
Wisconsin
Holmes
Woodruff
Michigan
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Hickenlooper
Iowa
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Harriman
Virginia
Unemployment Compensation Board
DiMaggio
Bunauer
GOP House Group
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