Labor Law Halved Strike Rate In Taft-Hartley Analysis
Washington reports that strikes have fallen sharply since the Taft-Hartley act. NLRB data show a 42 percent monthly drop in work stoppages and large gains in idle time reductions. Denham and Wiley note reduced industrial conflict but warn repeal could end the improvement.
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NLRB
Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Wiley
Cooper Blames Three GOP Leaders For Party Setback
U S Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky faults Speaker Joe Martin Majority Leader Charles Halleck and Banking Committee chair Jesse Wolcott for blocking housing education and health votes. He says their actions misrepresented Republican will and aided Truman's charge that Republicans lacked voters support. He calls for new GOP leadership and party rebuilding.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
House
Joe Martin
Charles Halleck
Jesse Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Martin, Halleck
Wolcott
Cooper
G.O.P
Rescue Mission Aims to Save 13 Airmen on Greenland Ice
The USS Saipan steams from Norfolk with 1000 sailors and five helicopters to rescue 13 American airmen stranded on Greenland ice after a Christmas evacuation failed. Two more flyers joined the marooned group. seven had been on the ice 16 days since a plane crash amid multiple failed rescue attempts.
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U.S.S. Saipan
INS
Saipan
Greenland
Naval Operating Dock
Norfolk
Airforce
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Wife Reverses Position in Boulder Slaying Case
In Boulder Colorado Joe S Walker 31 a metalworker was charged with slaying 18 year old There sa Foster. His wife 26 says he is innocent and will testify for him and seek a defense attorney. He faces an arraignment scheduled for Monday after a prior postponement due to lack of counsel.
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Walker
Boulder
Colo
Joe S. Walker
Theresa Foster
CIO Urges Expanded Federal Social Security and Employer Plans
The CIO launches a drive for a larger federal old age and unemployment system plus new pay while sick care programs. It calls for supplementary employer financed plans in bargaining, citing a $100 million a year example for coal miners. It argues costs should come from payroll taxes and general revenues with higher taxes on the well to do.
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Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Maquoketa Woman Scalded by Spilled Coffee
Maquoketa Iowa Miss Irene Ralston suffered second degree burns to her hips and legs when a five gallon kettle of coffee spilled on her at a party. The accident occurred while she was serving coffee at a gathering hosted by an employee of the Fishing Tackle Company of America.
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Maquoketa
Irene Ralston
Fishing Tackle Company of America
Exodus claim debunked Moses crossed Reed Sea near Port Said
National Geographic Society says Moses did not cross the Red Sea but crossed a brackish Reed Sea ten miles south of Port Said. The 1948 science survey highlights fossils, Ararat legends, Sinai inscriptions, Turkana studies, and other expeditions.
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Washington
Moses
Red Sea
Port Said
National Geographic Society
Society
South Africa
Mt. Ararat
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Many Die In Traffic And Fire Accidents On White Christmas
Cold and snow blanketed the nation as a pre holiday storm moved across the country. A belt of snow from the Rockies to the East Coast produced many traffic accidents and fires. At least 140 people were killed as holidays drew crowds to gatherings despite freezing conditions.
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Chicago
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Middle Atlantic
Israel Hit by Arab Bomb Raids Prompt Holy Land Blackout
Arab planes struck areas around Nazareth Haifa and Jericho amid a full Jewish blackout order. Three children died and five were wounded in a Nazareth home hit near the Christian church of the annunciation. An Israeli spokesman blamed Eyptian planes and said no churches were hit. The Arab League urged a resumption of fighting in the Holy Land.
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Israel
Haifa
Nazareth
Jericho
Gaza
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Cairo
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Seven-Nation
Arab League
League
U N faces new crisis over Indonesia
The United States and the United Nations weigh a decisive response to the Dutch Indy crisis. Dutch forces persist in Indonesia despite a Security Council order to cease fire, risking an embarrassed U.S. stance if Republicans falter or shift toward communism amid guerilla resistance prospects.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Netherlands
Netherlands Indies
U.N. Security Council
Stern Security Council
U. S
Southeast Asia
Truman Declares Santa Too Good For Him On Christmas
INDEPENDENCE Mo AP President Truman wrapped up a quiet Christmas with a 10 foot tree in his home. He opened gifts at 7 am then walked a mile through snow and ice before a turkey dinner with family including Margaret Truman. He joked Santa was too good for him and invited reporters to return but they declined.
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Independence
Truman
Santa Claus
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Mary Jane Truman
Wallaces
J. Vivian Truman
Grandview
Vivian
Kansas City
Mr. Truman
Mr.Truman
Toll Roads Draw Fire From Users Groups
Washington AP report notes the National Highway Users Conference blasted toll roads. Statements from National Grange chief Albert Goss and American Farm Bureau Federation official Allan Kline complain tolls amount to double taxation for farmers. AAA executive Russell Singer adds private drivers already fund road capacity via gas taxes and registrations.
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Washington
National Highway Users Conference
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Allan B. Kline
Vinton
American Farm Ureau Federation
Russell E. Singer
American Automobile Association
America
Dutch seizure of Madioen caps Java after UN cease fire
Dutch troops captured Madioen the last major city of the Indonesian republic and seized most of Java despite a UN cease fire order. Other Netherlands units gained or neared major productive areas in Sumatra as the Republican army was driven into remote mountains.
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Batavia
Java
Madioen
United Nations
Sumatra
Airlift Pilots to Get Special Ribbon Award
Vice President elect Alben Barkley announced in Berlin that U S armed services will award a new ribbon for airlift personnel bearing a C 54 Skymaster. He praised the pilots for perseverance amid Berlin’s blockade during a Christmas message to 1 500 airlift crews.
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Berlin
Alben W. Barkley
U. S
Bob Hope
Jinx Falkenburg
Irving Berlin
G.i.’S
Lucius D. Clay
Barkley
Taegliche Rundschau
Mercury Hovering Near Zero Mark in Cedar Rapids
Cold Cedar Rapids night sees temperatures dip from 20 degrees at noon to six degrees by 8 p m. The reading stays near record low levels and is within a degree of the bureau forecast.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
A Bureau
Bellevue Farmer Dies In Car After Exhaust Leak
Bellevue Iowa AP Gerald Weinschenk aged 22 a farmer near Bellevue died in a hospital seven hours after being found in his car two miles south of town He apparently was overcome by carbon monoxide from a leaky exhaust early Saturday morning Jackson County coroner Dr John Tilton said the death was accidental.
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Bellevue
Gerald Weinschenk
Here
John Tilton
Jackson County
Weinschenk
Service Station Safe Robbed of $481 Cash
Ed ward Trabu station manager reported the Standard Oil station at 627 First avenue SE robbed of 481 dollars on Saturday afternoon. Police said the safe combination appeared used with no sign of forced entry found when the money vanished shortly after 2 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Trabu
Trabu
Standard Oil
First Avenue SE
Western Powers Send Many German War Prisoners Home
Christmas report notes hundreds of thousands of German POWs freed by the United States Britain and France since 1945 with Russia holding many in forced labor. The Big Four promised release by New Year’s Eve though Moscow declined to reveal totals. In the US 20 remain unreturned or missing, Britain and France report remaining POWs chiefly as volunteers or farm workers.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Hitler
Council of Foreign Ministers
Social Democratic
Foreign Ministers Council
V. Molotov
Washington
British Isles
Canada
Duplication Report Highlights Waste in Federal Medical Care
A Hoover Commission task force report cites widespread waste in federal medical services. In 1949 more than 44 agencies spent about 1.28 million dollars for health and medical care for about 24 million people, a sixth of the population, with VA anticipated to match all 1948 federal health spending. It argues for coordination to curb extravagances and questions military care for cancer patients and civilian dependents.
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Roger J. Greene
Washington
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administration
Air Force
St. Albans
N. Y
New York City
the Task Force Committee
Army
Tracy S. Voorhees
Congress
Hum bug created by boys teases naturalist
Two boys glue a butterfly's legs to a centipede to form an alarming insect. When asked if it hummed, they answer yes, prompting the naturalist to declare it a humbug.
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