Tobey stalls GOP plans for Senate leadership
Senator Tobey of New Hampshire refused to submit his preferred Senate committee assignments to Chairman White of the GOP committee on committees. His stance delays GOP efforts to prearrange a tentative postwar lineup for the eightieth Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Tobey
R-N.h
Senate
Congress
White
R-Me
G.O.P. Committee On Committees
Banking Committee
G.O.P
G.O.P. House
Rep
Jenkins
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Halleck
New York
Clarence Brown
ABA urges enlisted jurors and limits on wartime courts
The American Bar Association reported that wartime army courts martial often favored commanding officers and discriminated against enlisted men. It urged allowing enlisted men to sit on courts and transferring general court control from officers, with rapid trials, permanent or traveling courts, more lawyers, and better defense. The report, led by Arthur T. Vanderbilt, advocates reforms to ensure fair military justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Bar Association
Association
Army
Robert P. Patterson
ABA
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
New York University Law School
Joseph W. Henderson
Philadelphia
Jacob M. Lashly
St. Louis
Frederick T. Crane
New York
Morris A. Soper
Baltimore
Floyd E. Thompson
Illinois
William T. Joyner
Raleigh
Alexander Holtzoff
Bus Union Chiefs and Cedar Rapids Company Plan Talks
Cedar Rapids bus drivers union leaders and National City Lines labor department officials planned a meeting to resolve a dispute that led the union to threaten a strike. Union president Arthur T. Klopp said no strike would occur until arbitration is pursued. Company manager E A Prochaska coordinated with Chicago officials for a Cedar Rapids meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Prospect
Labor Department of ‘National City Lines, ‘Inc
Gazette
Arthur T. Klopp
E. A. Prochaska
Prochaska
The
Labor, Department
Klopp
Prociolska
the Gazette
Niemoeller to Speak in Cedar Rapids Today
Pastor and Mrs. Martin Niemoeller arrive by the Zephyr Rocket at Union Station for a 3 p.m. speaking engagement at Memorial Building Cedar Rapids. They traveled from St. Paul and Minneapolis where he addressed overflow crowds in three meetings.
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Cedar Rapids
Martin Niemoeller
Rock Island
Union Station
Cedar Rapids’ Memorial Building
Niemoeller
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Christmas Gift Idea Highlighted in Subscription Promo
A note promotes subscription as an ideal Christmas gift with a suitable Christmas card included for each subscription. The copy emphasizes gifting value and seasonal appeal, urging readers to consider giving a lasting present rather than a one time item.
Alcatraz inmates found guilty of murder in prison uprising
In San Francisco a jury convicted two Alcatraz inmates of first degree murder and death penalty for their roles in the May uprising. Miran Thompson 29 from Texas and Sam Shockley 36 from Oklahoma were sentenced to die. Clarence Carnes 19 Oklahoma kidnapper slayer received another life term on the jury's recommendation. All were charged with conspiracy in the slaying of guard William Miller during an attempted break.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Bloody Island
Miran E. Thompson
Texas
Sam Shockley
Oklahoma
Clarence Carnes
William A. Miller
Federal
Betty Goudy Sees First Christmas Tree After Surgery
ARTESIAN S D UP four teen year old Betty Goudy blind since birth gained sight three months ago when corneas from a stillborn baby were transplanted. Her vision improved. she can distinguish shapes and colors and saw her first Christmas tree and a photograph. She described the tree lights as beautiful and enjoyed decorating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Goudy
Betty
Portal to Portal Pay Suits May Run to Billion Dollars
Legal action gathers across the United States after the Mt Clemens Pottery ruling. CIO and AFL unions plan broad suits seeking retroactive portal to portal pay, potentially totaling five to six billion dollars. Detroit area claims include one billion, with Ford facing three hundred million plus. Some suits target Briggs Manufacturing and Saginaw industries. Bay City Dow Chemical plans wartime allowances payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
AFL
U. S. Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Burton
Frankfurter
Jackson
CIO Steel
Automobile
Richard T. Leonard
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
Detroit
UAW
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Lester Washburn
United Auto Workers
Milwaukee
Meyer Adelman
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
St. Louis
South Bend
Ind
Cio-Uaw
Saginaw
Kenneth Forbes
Bay City
Dows Chemical Company
Com
Winter arrives as storms disrupt travel nationwide
Snow sleet and fog slowed transport from the Great Lakes to New York with seven deaths in Indiana and heavy flight cancellations around Newark and New York. Northern Indiana saw up to three inches of snow while Ohio and Wisconsin recorded several inches in places. Forecasters expect above normal temperatures may melt snow before Christmas.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
New York
Seaboard
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Newark
N. J
Connecticut
Georgia
Carolinas
State Highway Patrol
Formne
Centennial Exhibit at Library Opens Dec 28
Library of Congress workers began assembling an Iowa Centennial exhibit in the main building. The exhibit will open on December 28 with Senator B. B. Hickenlooper presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Library of Congress
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Indo-Chinese War Greets Bitter Turn in Hanoi Strife
Paris reports escalate as full scale guerrilla warfare erupts in northern Indo China with street fighting in Hanoi. Viet Namese leaders threaten escalation unless a UN inquiry satisfies their goals, while French forces and Tuye militias clash over the city and its vital Cochin China region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Saigon
Indo-China
Tonkin
France
Cochin China
Annam
CIO Union Signs With Swift and Co Contract
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers union signed a contract with Swift and Company covering 25 000 employees in 23 plants. The deal raises wages 7 cents to 12 14 cents hourly retroactive to Nov 1 and includes higher minimums for women, night shift premiums, and eight paid holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift and Company
Swift
CIO
Armour
Wilson and Cudahy
Quake One Of Worst In History
A violent quake and six tidal waves struck southern Japan with heavy destruction across 60 000 square miles and 592 dead reported by Kyodo agency. Officials warned death tolls could rise as homes and infrastructure collapsed from Wakayama to Kyushu and beyond.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Kyushu
Kyodo
US Army
Wakayama Peninsula
Osaka
Gifu
Ishikawa
Oita
Waka~yama Peninsula
Hon~shu
Shikoku Island
U.S. Eighth Army
Wirenhote
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Francis Augustine Lana
Edward A. Fitzgerald
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Dubuque
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Fitzgerald
Frank Lana
Hayes Street
Frank R. Hruby
St. Ludmila's
Anthony Chihak
St. Wenceslaus Church
Joseph Serovy
Prairieburg
Joseph Kissling
St. Wenceslaus
Conrad Schallau
St. Matthew's
J. J. Olinger
Mercy Hospital
Nestor Goodken
Watkins
Crosier
New Hampshire
Challenges Authority
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Pe Nai
National Industrial Conference Board
Cleveland
Paul Jones
Pittsburgh Area
Drew Pearson
Vy Tees Financial
Aesee
Walter Winchell
M. Malo
France-Soir
United Nations
CIO Union
Swift & Co
Wakayama Prefecture
Frank White
Kainan
Wakayama City
Frank L. White
Shikoku
Shonshu
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