Taft-Hartley Hearings Set To Tighten Law
Washington May 4 AP congressional hearings will probe tightening the Taft-Hartley act as strikes in railroad coal and steel loom. Senator Ball chaired a joint watchdog panel to hear specific improvements, including union shop elections and representation procedures while weighing welfare funds and unfair practices.
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Washington
Senator Ball
R-Minn
Senate
House
Ball
Railroad Laboratt
White House
Charles G. Ross
National Labor Relations Board
Louis B Mayer on Public Payroll in Washington Trial
Louis B Mayer, high paid Hollywood figure, is on the public payroll earning 2 dollars daily plus board and room and five cents a mile while serving as a witness in a U S district court trial. He rents a limousine as a private witness room and complains of the unhappy Washington assignment as the Clark Gable clash with HUAC continues.
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Washington
Louis B. Mayer
Treasury
U.S
Mayer
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Dalton Trumbo
Congress
L. B
Pye
Lawson Urges Return of County Functions to Local Subdivisions
Edgar C. Lawson, Republican gubernatorial hopeful from Charleston, urged Parkersburg supporters to return building and maintenance of all secondary roads to county courts. He proposed each county receive its fair share of gasoline taxes and vehicle license fees, and to have farm-to-market road bonds managed at the county level.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Edgar C. Lawson
Charleston
Lawson
Jewish Fighters Grab Arab Town Near Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi said its forces captured Yehudia, a village 12 miles east of Tel Aviv, after an all night battle with Arab defenders. They face a counterattack by Arab Trans-Jordan forces while Haganah reports shelling near Ramat Naftali and an Arab attack on Kfar Etzion. A cable from King Abdullah hints at Jordanian plans to seize Palestine at May 15.
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Associated Press
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Yehudia
Tel Aviv
Lydda
Haganah
Ramat Naftali
Kfar Etzion
Jerusalem
Lake Success
United Nations
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Judge Hereford to push pre trial conferences in Cabell court
Huntington May 4 Long winded lawyers face a shift as Judge John W Hereford announces broad scale pre trial conferences in civil cases starting at the May term. In his informal chambers he aims to settle disputes, reducing litigation costs, with the judge noting previous conferences were exceptional and this is his spring streamlining effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County Circuit Court
John W. Hereford
Hereford
Irate Thieves Can't Appreciate Poetry in Baltimore Nut Shop
In Baltimore on May 4 a nut shop was robbed Christmas Eve gains valued at $50 in cash and $50 in stamps while a $1,000 payroll was ignored. Walter E. Weeks, company president, wrote a humorous poem about the theft and read it at the office party. Thieves later stole Weeks's manuscript and a fountain pen in separate incidents.
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Baltimore
Walter E. Weeks
Greeks Execute 152 Prisoners
Greece announced the execution of 152 convicted murderers amid postwar repression tied to the 1944 leftist revolt. Premier Sophoulis defended the actions as unbowed by Communist attacks and confirmed all death sentences upheld by the pardons board would be carried out.
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Athens
Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis
Crim
Christoa Ladas
Soupholis
Pardons Board
Justice
Constantine Rentis
Justice Ministry
Rentis
Dwight P. Griswold
Aegina
Lamia
Salonika
Chalkis
Tripolis
Sparta
Kalamata
EAM
Ladas
Efstratos Moutsoyanis
Mary Kathleen Newcomb Free After Sticky Grocery Foot Ordeal
In Richmond Virginia on May 4 Mary Kathleen Newcomb two and a half was stuck foot first in a four inch pipe valve at a grocery store. Firemen police and shoppers worked over half an hour to release her. A fire captain used a steel tape as a shoe horn to free the child.
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Richmond
Mary Kathleen Newcomb
Mary Kathleen
A. P. Newcomb
Ter
W. S. Gathwright
Gathwright
Senator Faces Police Charge in Birmingham Incident
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho faced disorderly conduct charges after a weekend arrest in Birmingham while attempting to use the Negro entrance at a mixed meeting. The case raised civil rights questions as the senator awaits a radio address after the police court hearing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Alliance Gospel Tabernacle
Southern Negro Youth Congress
W. W. Casey
Casey
Seymour Linfield
New York City
National
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Linfield
Washington
Arthur Shores
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
WSGN
Oleo Tax Repeal Heads To Senate Test Vote
Washington May 4 A bill repealing federal taxes on Ole margarine faces a test vote in the Senate tomorrow. The measure has passed the House and will be considered by either the Agriculture or Finance committee. A 56 to 15 vote blocked scheduling without committee study.
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Washington
Senate
House
Finance
Finance Committee
Agriculture Committee
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Fulbright
D-Ark
Vandenberg
Durant to face habeas corpus hearing in jewel theft case
Colonel Jack Durant, former army officer, serving 15 years for wartime theft of the Hesse crown jewels, is set for a May 12 federal court hearing on a writ of habeas corpus in Atlanta. His wife Kathleen Nash Durant, a former WAC captain, was ordered to serve five more years at hard labor in the same jewel theft case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jack Durant
Federal
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
Richmond
Durant
New Draft Alternative Would Pay Volunteers
Washington AP reports Rep. Allen proposes a volunteer bonus plan to boost armed forces. Two year enlistees would receive 1000 dollars or GI Bill benefits, three year enlistees 1500 dollars. Annual cost estimated at 350 million, plus training and equipment. Senate critic Gurney warns buying security is flawed.
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Washington
Allen
R-Ill
House Rules Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
State Demos Step Up Feud in Charleston
Charleston May 4. J Buhl Shahan pressed why Okey L Patteson waited two years to disclaim a forged list of state purchases. Shahan, a U S Senate candidate in 1946, claimed a Charleston dealer showed him a list with O L P initials and alleged the purchasing department was bypassed through rigged specifications for road equipment for political gain.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. Buhl Shahan
Okey L. Patteson
Oc S. P
Patteson
Meadows
Nno
Shahan
U. S. Senate
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Legion Endorses Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing Bill
Indianapolis May 4 The American Legion national executive committee endorsed the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill after Commander James F. O Neil stepped aside to hear Walter E Alessandroni of Philadelphia present a report. The bill as amended by the senate would provide priorities for low income veterans and weaken Legion opposition. Alessandroni urged adding provisions of the Legion veterans homestead act into the bill.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
National Executive Committee
Legion
James F. O'Neil
Walter E. Alessandroni
Philadelphia
National Housing Committee of the
Alessandroni
Senate
Congress
New Income Tax Cuts Lauded By Revercomb
Hamlin West Virginia May 4 The new income tax cut was described by U S Senator Chapman Revercomb as another step to relieve the people of burdensome government costs Its passage over President Truman s veto is proof that a Republican congress is maintaining its fight to slash away restrictive federal controls and excessive costs Revercomb seeking Republican denomination returned to the State from Washington where he was called for legislative duties For two years he urged exemptions be increased and the tax load lessened especially for those with low incomes and with families to support.
U.S. May Move In On Rail Strike
Federal seizure of railroads looms after mediation breakdown for May 11 strike. Three unions vow to run troop and milk trains while 190000 workers demand higher wages. White House officials weigh action and Taft Hartley options as talks stall.
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U.S
Chicago
Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Douglas
Washington
Truman
White House
Francis A. Silver
Office of Defense Transportation
Congress
Pittsburgh
Cio-United Railroad Workers Union
Brotherhood of Locomotives Engineers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taft Delegates Grab Lead In Ohio Primary
In Ohio's GOP presidential primary, Taft backed candidates led in 11 of 23 contested delegate races. Early returns from 1198 of 9385 polling places show Ed D. Schorr ahead in the at large race with 32,701 votes to Carrington T. Marshall's 29,955 for Stassen.
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Columbus
GOP
Ed D. Schorr
Robert A. Taft
Carrington T. Marshall
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Stassen
Eur A
Ed Schorr
Dayton
Canton
Ohio
Springfield
Cleveland
House Moves to Criminalize Printing Government Leaks
Washington May 4 The house rules committee approved a bill to jail any newspaperman printing confidential committee information The measure would require executive departments to hand over inform tion and let a majority vote decide if it should be public It also makes divulging confidential information a misdemeanor with up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine The bill targets reporters and committee staff in a dispute over an FBI loyalty report on Dr Edward A Condon and stems from resistance to sharing it with the un American activities committee The senate has not acted and amendments are expected Rep Clarence J Brown questions press rights and seeks to exempt bona fide reporters The author insists a journalist publishing confidential information should be punished Other proposed changes include barring departing officials from taking official data for memoirs and preventing leaks by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Congress
Committee
Commerce Department
Truman
House un-American Activities Committee
FBI
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Brown
I Ghaberan Omne
Pian
E House Expenditures Committee
Hoffman
Dewey Campaigns in Oregon May 4 Speech on Farm Parity
Governor Thomas E Dewey spent a day campaigning across the Willamette Valley ahead of Oregon's May 21 Republican presidential primary. He spoke in Salem at Oregon State College warning about world food shortages and farmland erosion while urging a dynamic long term farm and food program to guarantee three square meals and fair returns to farm families.
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Corvallis
Ore
Thomas FE. Dewey
Willamette Valley
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
State Capitol
Salem
Dewey
Stassen
Oregon State College
Tennessee Woman Emerges After 12-Year Sleep
Mrs. Clara Runnels woke from a 12-year sleep due to a mild encephalitis and is reported in satisfactory condition. Dr. Jarret Williams called the case unusual as she slowly regains awareness, recognizing few people and recalling little of the years in bed.
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White Pine
Tenn
Clara Runnels
Jarret Williams
Alfred Sartain
Petition Signers Out Of Primary
Charleston dispatch reports Henry A Wallace nominating petitions may trigger removal of signer names if those signers vote in the primary. D Pitt O'Brien, chief clerk in the secretary of state's office, warns they also face criminal action. Prosecutions would rest with prosecuting attorneys. signatures by primary voters would be disqualified, though voiding a primary vote is deemed impossible.
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Charleston
W. Va
Henry A. Wallace
D. Pitt O’brien
O'Brien
Secretary of State
O’brien
U S Troops Raid Camp In Black Market Cleanup
Frankfurt May 4 More than 650 American troops raided a Jewish displaced persons camp today and placed about 50 Jews under loose arrest.
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Frankfurt
Germany
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Holy
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Britain
France
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Belgium
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Paul-Henri Spaak
Rome
Enrico de Nicola
Kathleen
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Francis A Oneill, Jr
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