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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1948

Page

3

Washington Lacks Plan of Coping with Sudden Blow

Washington lacks an adequate civilian defense plan for a sudden crisis or atom attack. A INS correspondent found widespread fear of mass hysteria and mass evacuation, with few officials or responders confident in any deployed traffic control or contingency duties.

Washington INS Lavenues

Boy Awarded 35000 for Loss of Leg in Explosion

William L. Beasley, 12, was awarded 35000 in damages after he lost a leg and sustained injuries when a confederate shell exploded at a quarantine station on April 1, 1947. The case found the U S government negligent for failing to stop Beasley and others from tampering with the shell.

Charleston S. C William L. Beasley Quarantine Station J. O. Beasley U. S J. Waites Waring Young Beasley

UMW Ordered To Stop Pressure on Miners

National Labor Relations Board ordered John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers to halt efforts to compel employees at four West Virginia coal companies to join the union. The action cites an existing agreement that illegal organizing has ceased and won’t resume. Companies Ruthbell Hartman Kefover Borgman coal firms in Kingwood and Borgman employ about 445 non union miners.

Washington National Labor Relations Board John L. Lewis United Mine Workers West Virginia District 31 F Ruthbell Coal Company Hartman Coal Company George Kefover Coal Co Kingwood W. Va Borgman Coal Co Borgman

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