Truman vows harsh enforcement of Hartley Act amid strikes
President Truman pledges faithful enforcement of the Hartley Labor Act and says the Department of Justice will seek ways to halt wildcat strikes. He warns labor and employers to exercise restraint as industrial unrest threatens the economy and world peace. AFL leaders react cautiously while Congress faces new curbs on unions amid idle coal pits and protests.
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Ice Department
Anmed Labor
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Philip Murray
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John
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Clark
Justice Department
Arrests Reported in County Jail Capture Case
Residents Leonard and Dick Wait were arrested following a mash theft incident observed by Deputy Clark and City Marshall White. Officers tracked the operation as mash was spotted all week and led to the men being jailed after authorities found a barrel of mash and rigging equipment at the scene.
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Cou- Leonard
Glark
Marshall White
Ruth Leonard
Dick Wait
Clark
Jay
Paris Monday Truck Growers Meeting Forming Red River Association
A meeting sponsored by Paris Lamar County and the Red River Truck Growers Association will be held Monday in Paris to discuss organizing the association. State representatives from Chambers of Commerce and Sherman to Texas will attend to promote planting and crop development in the Red River area.
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Chambers of Comin
Red Ruiver Valley
Sherman
Teaarxeana
Paris
Red River Truck Growers Association
Insurance claims total nearly 33 million after Texas City blast
New York June 27. Almost thirty three million dollars in insurance claims remain unpaid from the Texas City explosion in April. Donald Botherwood, general adjuster for the National Board of Fire Underwriters, stated the figure today.
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New York
Texas City
Donald Botherwood
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Five Measures Vetoed by Governor Jester in Texas
Governor Beauford H. Jester vetoed five measures from the 60th Texas Legislature. The acts include a ban on secret frater nities and sororities in public schools, a 15 percent salary boost for county officials, creation of public hospital districts, transfer of control of the Austin State School for the Deaf, and transfer of junior college property to senior colleges. He signed the county road and local flood control financing bills. The frat bill he called meaningless and unenforceable, while the transfer measure was moot after a prior veto. The salary increase would have affected precinct to district officers and deputies as of December 1946.
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Austin
Beauford H Jester
Texas
Sehor For
Elis County
Lamarr College
Man Granted Temporary Injunction Over Ex-Love Interest
In McAllen Texas on June 27 A P, Henrietta Veazey Thoreson obtained a 2B temporary injunction against her ex lover Gai Thoreson. The order forbids him from contacting her or attempting harassment after incidents including a vehicle approach, public confrontation, shoving another woman, and lewd behavior in a bakery. The case cites prior threats and stalking behavior by Thoreson toward Veazey.
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Mcallen
Texas
Thoreson
Henrietta Veazey Thoreson
Edinburg
Toreson
House Appropriations Cuts Civil Functions 11.3 Percent
The House appropriations committee cut civil functions by 11.3 percent for the next fiscal year, approving 339 million dollars for Mouat War Reparrment projects including flood control and rivers harbors. The reduction fell short of President Truman’s request and hit flood control and harbor programs hardest.
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Washington
House Appropriation Committee
Truman
Aggie Directors Praise Members Of Committee
The Texas A&M College board of directors praised a Joint Legislative committee for its thorough investigation of campus conditions. The directors discussed a $22.685 million budget for 1947 48 and noted possible ROTC status changes. They upheld President Gibb Gilchrist on hazing tensions and approved Rev Jack Brown as student chaplain with plans for a non denominational campus chapel.
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Texans A&m College Today
Washington
Gibb Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Jack Brown
Port Arthur
Brown
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Germans Flee Russian Zone to Escape Labor
FRANKFURT June 27 Germans flee the Russian zone to reach the American zone to avoid forced labor in Soviet uranium mines. Refugees say mines operate 24 hours with 12 hour shifts and shafts reportedly 1000 meters deep near Oberschlemm a in Saxony and Erzgebirge. Reports say up to a thousand Germans involved in mountaintop operations.
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Frankfurt
Oberschlemma
Saxony
Erzegebirge
Soviet Union
UT Medical School Expands With Army Surplus Buildings
Galveston Tex June 27 Officials at the University of Texas Medical School announced an expansion plan to acquire four Army surplus structures. Dean Chauncesy D Leake said the surplus buildings would be ready for ware in September A fifth building will serve as a habitation clinic and is under repairs. Properties sourced from Camp Wallace and the Galveston Army Appreh.
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Galveston Tex
Owe Ay
University of Texas Medical School
Chauncesy D Leake
WAA
Camp Wallace
Galveston
75 Year Old Pullman On Exhibition In Texas
Houston residents viewed a 75 year old Pullman sleeping car on a trip from Houston to Austin. The exhibit showcased a relic of early rail travel and drew interest from locals curious about historic railroad equipment.
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Houston
Texas
Government Steps In To End East Coast Shipyard Strike
The government plans a Monday settlement push to end a walkout by 41 500 workers across 10 East Coast shipyards if no deal is reached over the weekend. A joint conference with the Regional US Conciliation Office Bethlehem Steel and union officials is set before a Tuesday deadline as 110 090 additional shipyard workers are slated to join. The strike began at midnight, halting repairs on 66 vessels and construction on 13 ships across nine Bethlehem yards and the Atlantic Basin Transport Works repair yard. The CIO Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers seeks support from AFI and CIO waterfront workers to block transfers of struck ships to nonparticipating yards. Charles Leone said a meeting with longshoremen and other unions was arranged for tomorrow. Cap William Bradley also met with union leaders. Tolwell said talks were offered but rejected by both sides. he noted the strike is viewed as outside Taft Hartley Act jurisdiction once the strike vote occurs.
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New York
East Coast
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Yards
Atlantic Basin Tran Works
CIO Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Worker
AFI
CIO Watefront
Lions Hold Annual Fish Fry at Bonham State Park
About 100 Lions members and guests enjoyed the annual event with fish, pickles, and other foods. The gathering featured a short program, a traveling bag presented to outgoing president Runter Cale, and a fish plate cut in memory of Dan Bernaro’s daughter Lou as he recuperates in hospital. Cavert Sherrer, the new president, pledged to do his best.
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Cale
Utgoing
Dan Bernaro
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Cavert Sherrer
Army returns land to state in West Texas transfer
The War Department handed over 220 acres of land in West Texas to the state under a wartime agreement. The area near Fort Bliss in El Paso had been used as part of the fort’s maneuver region and is now returned to state ownership for public use.
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Austin
Texas
West
War Department
Companc
Fort Bl
2200 on Strike at Todd-Galveston Drydock
About 2,200 employees of Todd-Galveston Drydock Inc. walked out in Galveston Texas on June 27 after fruitless wage negotiations. Labor leaders said the strike follows a breakdown in talks with the company regarding pay.
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Galveston Texas
Todd-Galveston Drydock Inc
Funeral services for Claudius B Hodge set for Friday
Funeral services for Claudius B Hodge 46 a former Dallas resident who died of a heart attack in Washington Tuesday were scheduled for Friday at 2 pm at the Baptist Church Retired county officials and university associates noted his work in agriculture He was a North Texas State College graduate and taught history at the University of Texas before moving to work in agribusiness and teaching in Panama prior to retirement He resided in the northern tract area and was active in the ag community
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Dalla Residept
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North Texas
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Hitory
University of Texas
Colon Panama
Mississippi Flood Crest Predicted As Homeless Count Grows
The report notes 4000 people homeless as Mississippi faces rising flood levels. It mentions Hodge, a Department of Agriculture veteran, who directed flood aid programs in Texas and later state roles. Memorial services list pallbearers and survivors with scattered details across Austin and Oklahoma.
Cow Butchered In Pasture Near Honey Grove
A cow was found butchered in a pasture near Honey Grove with initial reports suggesting possible causes and local investigation underway. Officials cordon off the area as farmers and residents react to the incident.
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Honey Grove
Reserve Officers Meet Tonight
A local notice reports an officers meeting tonight. Included are scattered garbled lines about events, schedules, and individuals. readable fragments reference a council or gathering and a planned get together in a community setting. The text also mentions Sam Rayburn visiting from Washington DC and returning to Bunham.
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Sam Rayburn
Washington DC
Fannin County
Rayburn
Bunham
Be Careful Be Alive On The Day After Be Careful Be Alive
Chicago July Fourth safety message urged cautious celebration. National Safety Council warned a three day weekend could bring more accidental deaths and urged traffic safety fireworks and water activity precautions to reduce injuries.
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National Safety Council
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UN urged to halt Balkan use of force against Greece
U S delegate Warren R Austin accused Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia of attacks on Greece and urged the UN Security Council to act swiftly. He warned that ongoing acts threaten world peace and likened them to invasion by organized armies. He called for immediate adoption of Balkan Investigating Commission proposals, including a semi permanent UN border patrol.
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Albania
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Greece
United Nations Security Council
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
Austin
Balkan
Courell Lo
UN Balkan
Commmisnion
Europe
International Ageres
Man Admits Role in Killing. Victim Alvin Maddox Named
McHall ND Jun 27 A youth identified as Arena, who aided his father in the killing of Alvin Maddox in Coolidge Texas, was found guilty today of second degree murder. The verdict carries a mandatory three year sentence. The defendant testified that his father, Awus Curls, now serving a life term, struck Maddox with a pipe.
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Arena
Awus
Alvin Maddox
Coolidge
Texas
Floyd L Owens Begins 44 Week Aviation Electronics Course
Floyd L Owens son of Mr and Mrs J T Owens of Telephone Texas reported to the Naval Air Technical Training Center Ward Island Corpus Christi for a 44 week course of instruction at the Aviation Electronics Basic Maintenance School to receive special training.
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J. T Owens
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Texas
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Ward Island
Corpus Christi
Aviation Electronics Basic Maintenance Scheol
Garry Oshamp Serves With Air Force On Korean Duty
A historical note describes Garry Oshamp’s service with the Fifth Air Forces in Korea. It details his appointment to Regular Army duty, 3 Squadron C to endurances, rank progress from lieutenant to captain, and later postings. It mentions his work with the Satan Angels Prevents health plehter cell and a move to Altura California to operate a long distance truck.
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Fort Worth Livestock Market Report June 27
June 27 Fort Worth cattle market shows beef steers and yearlings scarce with cows supplying common to medium grades. Calves around 250 with steady tone. Hog prices steady to higher by 28. Top hogs 188 to 270, masses at 24.75 to 25.00.
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Port Worth
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