AFL Urges Senate to Kill Truman Labor Bill Amid Taft-Hartley Fight
The AFL urged the Senate to defeat the administration labor bill after amending it to include Taft-Hartley injunction powers. AFL President Green declared the move makes the bill unacceptable, signaling labor’s push to end the debate this session. CIO officials voiced resignation over the Taft-Hartley retention.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Congress
Organized Labor
Democrats
AFL
William Green
Sen. Lucas
CIO
Arthur Goldberg
Green
Lucas
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Pa Taft
Illinois
Coplon Spy Case Goes To Jurors
Jurors begin deliberations in Judith Coplon espionage case after Judge Reeves outlines that she possessed secret papers and met with Russian engineer Valentin Gubitchev. The 28 year old faces up to 13 years and 12 000 dollars fine if convicted, with a separate New York trial on conspiracy charges possible.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Albert L. Reeves
New York
Miss Coplon
Reeves
Gubitchev
Five Year Low In Government Income Reported
Washington AP reports government revenue for the 12 months ending Thursday will fall about a billion dollars below the January forecast of 39.58 billion dollars. This marks the first time since 1944 a year’s receipts dip below 40 billion and the first postwar miss by an administration estimate due to the downturn.
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Washington
Mystery attack leaves teen dead in Riverside car
In Chicago area a 27 year old man Arthur Marino drove to a police station with the body of 17 year old Joan Coward in the back seat claiming they were attacked by two unidentified men. Marino was injured with his throat burned and wore a towel at his hips as wet clothes were found in the car. He alleges the pair were attacked near a quarry and forced into Victory Lake.
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Chicago
Arthur Marino
Riverside
Joan Coward
Blue Island
Marino
William Nattors
Dalton
Victory Lake
U S Refuses to Recognize Chinese Port Closures Edict
The United States rejects a Chinese government order closing ports under Communist control and declares it cannot admit the legality of shipping bans to those ports unless Beijing enacts and maintains an effective blockade. Secretary Acheson cites historical precedents and safeguards American rights in the Chinese crisis.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Canton
Acheson
Water scam ends in confession after $4800 sale
Charle Lucas sold a quart of water for 4800 dollars to Joseph Patera who believed a liquid could turn ordinary paper into ten dollar bills. Lucas turned over 3100 cash, kept 3300, and confessed after police inquiry. He admitted giving 1500 to Paul Swytuk and named Patera as participant.
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Gary
Charle Lucas
Coness
Patera
Swytak
Lucas
Parker Is Champ Milker In Dubious Cedar Rapids Contest
Cedar Rapids Daily records Parker Clyde Parker a superintendent who never milked a cow winning the milking contest at Memorial Stadium during June dairy month activities. Disqualifications left Parker the lone eligible winner with two to three ounces of milk, earning a grand prize white pup and a later 50 gallons of ice cream prize for Linz county dairy queen Dolores Staskal. Cedar Rapids beat Burlington 6 to 4 in front of 2 600 spectators.
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Blake Shipton
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Linn
Cedar Rapids News
Memorial Stadium
Dolores Staskal
Mt. Vernon
Linz
Miss Staskal
Olga Staskal
Linn County Commcations
Roosevelt Hotel
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Gene Schroer
Schroer
Mother Sues Over Baby Held by Kin for Debt
ST PAUL UP A mother named Mrs Ernest Hislop 28 accused her sister in law Mrs Leona Olson and mother in law Mrs Cora Arthur of detaining her 13 month old daughter Barbara Jean as security for about 200 dollars in care costs Olson said the Hislops owe her. The couple filed a complaint with Judge Gustavus Loevinger ordering the two women to produce the child in court Friday.
Mystery of Lost Yachtsman Draws Two Questioned
Chicago police questioned Bess Adams a former Miss Liberty and Dominic Siragusa brother of a Milwaukee area businessman after the disappearance of Joseph Lutkus from the cabin cruiser Madam X on Lake Michigan. Coast guards searched offshore near Oak Street beach but halted at night. Lutkus wife and children vacationed in Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Joseph Lutkus
Madam X
Bess Adams
Miss Liberty
Dominic Siragusa
Molded
Toll Heavy in Shanghai Raid
Four engined Nationalist bombers raided Shanghai for the first time, killing or wounding at least 500. Two or three B-24 Liberators dropped seven or more bombs, damaging 80 houses in two slum areas and triggering extensive casualties near the railway station. Communists and anti aircraft crews engaged the raiders as rain and clouds hampered defenses.
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Shanghai
Train derailment injures three crewmen near Eastman Georgia
An AP report from Atlanta states the Kansas City Florida Special derailed near Eastman Georgia on Wednesday. Three passenger coaches and two other cars left the tracks. Three crewmen sustained injuries.
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Atlanta
Eastman
Dentist K R Ferguson of Cedar Rapids Dies Sudden
Dr. Kenneth R. Ferguson a Cedar Rapids dentist for 17 years died suddenly at his home at 2 10 am Wednesday He was 51 and lived at 1906 Washington Ave SE Born in Marion on Sept 16 1897 he moved to Cedar Rapids at age 3 He played football and ran track at Washington High School and Coe College before serving in the Navy He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1923 and practiced in Ames before returning to Cedar Rapids He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church Masons VF W American Legion Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity and local dental societies He is survived by his wife Meryl Johnson three children sisters and two brothers Services will be at Turner Chapel Thursday afternoon Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth R. Ferguson
Ferguson
Washington Avenue
Marion
Washington High School
Coe College
Navy
Coe
Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Clan of C
University of Iowa School of Dentistry
Delta Sigma Delta
Ames
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Vf.w
Hanford Post
American Legion
Iowa State Dental Society
American Dental Association
Marvin R. Selden
J. R. Townsend
Indianapolis
L. F. Worth
South Bend
Ind
Arthur R. Ferguson
Samuel R. Ferguson
Turner Chapel
D. Keith Irwin
Oak Hill Cemetery
Red Troops Quell Czech Village Riots
Communist militiamen armed with tommy guns subdued Catholic villagers in central Czechoslovakia after four days of rioting over attempted priest arrests. Martial law declared near Zilina. workers' militia restored order by Wednesday. Several priests remained at large as clashes left police cars damaged and villagers arrested.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Turciansky Svaty Martin
Moravian
Slovakia
Zilina
Pod Znievou
Svaty Petr
Turec
Turany
Archbishop Beran Missing From Prague Seminary Ceremony
Archbishop Josef Beran did not attend a seminar y graduation in Prague as security forces had seized his palace two weeks earlier and guards were posted. His deputy Bishop Antonin Elckner readied in his place while Beran remained inside the palace amid reports of detentions of priests over a pastoral letter accusing the secret police of curtailing freedom.
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Prague
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Beran
Vojtech
Antonin Elckner
Elckner
St. Vitus
Czechoslovak Police Enter Vatican Diplomat’s Car
A diplomatic source says Czechoslovak police forcibly entered the automobile of a Vatican representative in Košice Slovakia on Tuesday night. The action is described as rude and violent and a protest has been lodged with the foreign ministry. The Vatican expects severed diplomatic ties with Prague soon.
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Prague
Vatican
Kosice
Slovakia
Foreign Ministry
Vatican City
Noble Acquitted in Reckless Homicide Case
South Bend AP reports Robert D. Noble assistant secretary of the University of Iowa Alumni Association was found not guilty of reckless homicide. The jury deliberated 10 minutes and acquitted him in connection with the death of a student struck by his car after the Iowa Notre Dame game in October 1947.
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South Bend
Robert D. Noble
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Iowa-Notre Dame
House Votes to Oust Public Housing Clause in Bill
The House, 168 to 165, stripped the administration housing bill of a plan to fund 810,000 public housing units via 308 million dollars yearly. The move, aided by southern Democrats, was a major setback though the provision could return later.
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Washington
Rep. Rees
R-Kan
Senate
Old Farm Security Administration
Agriculture Department
Public Housing Administration
House
Rep
Fulton
R-Pa
Racial Clash at Washington Pool Sparks Injuries
In Washington DC near Anacostia pool a fight left a white man and a Negro youth slightly hurt as more than 20 police responded. The incident followed a clash after a youth jostled another with about 100 white patrons and 20 Negroes present. The interior department had ended segregation recently at municipal pools, and the recreation board warned it will remove its staff if segregation is not restored.
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Washington (Ap
Anacostia Park
Interior Department
District of Columbia Recreation Board
Heiress Beulah Overell to marry Policeman Cannon
Beulah Louise Overell 20 cleared to marry Robert Cannon 28 after his wife received the final divorce decree in Los Angeles. The pair move forward amid a now settled marriage question in court.
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Los Angeles
Beulah Louise Overell
Robert Cannon
Cannon
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