Bayonets Quell Strikers In Michigan City
Massed pickets and sympathizers in the packing house workers strike were driven from streets by national guard bayonets in South St. Paul Minnesota. Governor Luther Youngdahl condemned violence saying you cannot win a strike by anarchy while vowing to maintain law and order.{""}
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Minn
National Guard
Luther Youngdahl
State Capitol
National
Concord Street
Grand Avenue
Cudahy
Newport
Youngdahl
CIO United Packing House
Jean Paddock
Swift & Company
Capitol
Swift
Ex U S Scout Leader James West Dies After Illness
New Rochelle N Y May 15 Dr James E West former chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America died tonight at New Rochelle hospital aged nearly 72 He had been ill for years with an intestinal ailment and died after a long service to scouting He led the organization for 32 years retiring in 1943 during which time about 10 000 000 boys and men joined He was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt who named him to the pension appeals board and later as an assistant attorney in the interior department.
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New Rochelle
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
West
New Rochelle Hospital
Washington, D. C
Board of Pension Appeals
Department of the Interior
Bull Runs Rampant in Detroit Packing District
In Detroit on May 15 a wild bull escaped from George Fineman's slaughterhouse and roamed toward Michigan Avenue for 40 minutes. It hooked a man by the pants, tossed a woman’s dress, and injured none. Edward Frass, a Fineman employee, shot the bull dead, and it was returned to the slaughterhouse.
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Detroit
George Fineman
Michigan Avenue
George Alexander
Alexander
Edward Frass
Fineman
Fineman’s
Ford To Fight Union Demands
Ford Motor Company served notice it would fight the United Automobile Workers demands for a 30-cent hourly raise and even proposed a wage cut. Vice President John S. Bugas stated Ford aims to eliminate wage differentials with rivals and reopen negotiations likely before July 15 as Chrysler and GM pay scale contrasts are noted. The UAW sought the raise as 75,000 Chrysler workers were on strike over a third postwar pay rise, while Emil Mazey called the Chrysler action a pivotal labor battle with broad implications for wage gains.
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Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
CIO
John S. Bugas
Ford
Ken Bannon
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Bugas
UAW
Chrysler
Emil .Mazey
Walter Reuther
Philadelphia
Mazey
Atom Workers Strike Looms at Oak Ridge Lab
Washington reports a threatened atomic energy strike at Oak Ridge Tennessee as union negotiators and management fail to settle wage and welfare terms. The AFL led 900 workers across 15 unions demand a 15 cent hourly raise with full vacation and sick leave. management offers 11.5 to 17.5 cents and seeks cuts to benefits to align with other plants. The Taft-Hartley injunction ends June 7 unless a deal is reached.
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Washington
America
Oak Ridge
Tenn
National Laboratory
Kenneth Scott
AFL
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Carbide & Carbon
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL Atomic Trades & Labor Council
German Says U. S. Tortures Prisoners in Nürnberg Trials
German bishop Theophil Wurm accuses American prosecutors of criminal methods and abominable tortures in the Nürnberg war crimes trials. He wrote to deputy U S prosecutor Robert M. Kempner in Nuernberg. Kempner had no comment available at once.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Nuernberg
Theophil Wurm
Wurttemberg-Baden
Robert M. Kempner
U. S
Kempner
Dewey and Stassen Trade Blame Over City Mishaps
In Springfield Oregon on May 15 Gov Thomas E Dewey bought a new dog for owners after his bus hit a dog. Rival Harold E Stassen entered a logging truck that bent a lamp post. Stassen pledged to buy the city a new lamp post. Dewey's dog is in Salem about 60 miles from Jamip post.
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Springfield
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Dewey
Salem
Pay Boosts Easy Says Union Chief
The acting UAW president said victory in the Chrysler strike will trigger wage increases in 1948 for steelworkers coal miners and electrical workers. He predicted the four‑day Chrysler walkout of 175000 employees will be labor’s biggest battle this year and set the pattern for wage gains across the nation’s major industries. He noted Walter Reuther remains hospitalized with a cast and will not handle union affairs until recovering.
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Philadelphia
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler
Mazey
Chrysler Corporation
Walter Reuther
UAW
Philip Murray
Reuther
Detroit
General Motors
Marey
Colorado Town Fire Destroys Downtown Block
A caseline-fed fire in Glenwood Springs Colorado destroyed a downtown business block causing about 1 million dollars in damage. The blaze was controlled by volunteer firemen aided by 100 Navajo workers. One firefighter sustained burns and three missing individuals were later found safe. The fire began near nine gasoline tanks and damaged United Lumber’s auxiliary yard while the main yard burned.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Joe Blanco
United Lumber Company
Blast Kills One in Everett Gas Tank Explosion
Three explosions and a fire at the Boston Consolidated Gas sludge tank in Everett kill one man and cause about 4 million dollars in damage. Flames shot 250 feet high as a towering smoke plume rose. eight buildings were leveled.
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Everett
Mass
Boston’ Consolidated Gas Company
Stock Market Hits Fast Pace
New York May 15 heavy trading in 15 years hit the stock market with a Friday spurt but gains were limited. Early gains near $3 faded as profit taking and quick turnover dominated. Wires buzzed, ticker slowed, and analysts blamed earnings outlook, rearmament, European aid, and the tax cut for the broader market strength into 1947.
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New York
Wall Street
CIO Steelworkers Boost Union Dues in Boston
CIO Steelworkers voted to raise their union dues by 1. a month to 2. a year, as President Philip Murray warned more than 50,000 workers may strike before year’s end. Delegates from 928,000 members across 3,200 locals supported the increase amid fears of contract expirations and potential strikes into December.
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Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Lewis Opens Coal Contract Talks This Week
Washington May 15 AP John L Lewis begins negotiations with soft and hard coal operators next week to seek a better contract. If talks fail by June 30 and July 10, government actions under Taft Hartley could resume. The 200 member committee will meet Monday before talks start Tuesday with the bituminous operators in Philadelphia and United Mine Workers leaders plan strategy.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Shoreham
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Philadelphia
Kring-Lewis
Israel Lacks Flag or Official Anthem
In Tel Aviv on May 15 the Jewish state of Israel has no official flag or national anthem yet. The Zionist white flag with blue stripes and Star of David is used temporarily while Hatikva is sung as an unofficial anthem awaiting formal adoption.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Boys Town Mourns Passing Of Founder Father Flanagan
Boys Town Neb May 15 residents and officials mourn the death of Father Flanagan founder of Boys Town. He died while on an inspection tour of German youth facilities in Berlin after falling ill. President Truman called him an ever faithful friend of American youth and youth everywhere.
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Father Flanagan
Neb
Truman
E. J. Flanagan
Nicholas H. Weener
Waaweeweee
Omaha
Berlin
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Europe
Arabian Armies Hit Holy Land Across Palestine Front
Cairo reports say Egyptian Trans-Jordan Syrian and Lebanese forces spear into Palestine with artillery planes and armor. Al Dangor Jewish colony destroyed near Gaza. Jericho and Judean hills captured. Tel Aviv bombed. Iraq claims entry from Mafrak. 400 communists rounded up in Cairo and ports Said.
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Jordan
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Jamil Mardem Bey
Holy Land Mandate
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Saida
Tyre
Galilee
Khan Yunis
Rafa
Alexandria
Port Said
Truman May Lift Arms Embargo
Washington reports President Truman may lift or modify the arms embargo on shipments of weapons to warring Jewish and Arab forces in the Middle East. A White House official said the issue is under study as Truman weighs Palestine policy after recognizing Israel. Lawmakers split, with some supporting removing the embargo for Jews, others warning against taking sides in a Holy War.
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Truman
Middle East
White House
Palestine
Israel
Congress
Vorys
Ohio
United States
Chavez
D-Nm
England
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcole
Saudi Arabia
Holy Land
Marshall
U. N. Security Council
Rescuers Save 2 Pennsy Miners From Flooded Shaft
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on May 15 two miners Edward Heck age 42 and Peter Gorton age 35 survived after 60 hours entombed in a 175 foot deep flooded coal shaft. Their companion Charles Bashore 42 presumably perished. Heavily waterlogged tunnel work followed an explosion that released floodwater. The two survivors were taken to Shamokin State Hospital calm and unharmed after rescuers drained the pit and searched tunnels.
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Shamokin
Hone
Edward Heck
Peter Gorton
Shamokin State Hospital
Charles Bashore
Bashore
Heck
Gorton
Pennsylvania
WVU Graduation to Confer 1200 Degrees May 31
West Virginia University will confer about 1,200 degrees at its 81st commencement on May 31, the largest class in the university's history. MIT President Karl Taylor Compton will give the commencement address.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Karl Taylor Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UN Security Council Rushes Into Session May 15
The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session at Lake Success to consider Egypt's invasion of Palestine. Egyptian foreign minister Khachaba said forces were deployed to stop massacres and Arab brutality by Zionist groups, while a Jewish representative urged discussion of Arab aggression. The council followed a special Palestine assembly that approved a UN mediator to resolve the Jewish Arab conflict.
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Israel
UN Assembly
Palestine
Jewish Nation Under Attack on All Sides
Tel Aviv reports bombardment from multiple fronts as Haganah says Arab armies cross borders from Lebanon Egypt Trans-Jordan and Syria. King Abdullah's legion allegedly controls Judean hills near Jerusalem while Tel Aviv endures its third air raid. 300 Jewish immigrants arrive in Haifa.
Veto Scuttles Loyalty Check on Atomic AEC Appointees
President Truman vetoed a bill to require FBI loyalty checks for people named to the atomic energy commission, calling it an unwarranted encroachment. Senator Knowland urged an override, arguing the Senate should have access to information. The bill had passed the Senate and House, needing a two-thirds vote to override.
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Truman
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
Legislative
Knowland
Calif
Senate
House
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congress
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