Contempt citation served on John L Lewis in coal dispute
Federal marshals served John L Lewis with a summons to appear in federal court Monday for contempt tied to the soft coal strike. Judge Goldsborough ordered Lewis to explain why he should not be held in contempt for not withdrawing the contract termination notice that sparked the miners walkout.
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Washington
A&p
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Pennsylvania
Illinois
UMW
Goldsborough
Union
Coal Supplies Hold Up in Cedar Rapids Yards
Cedar Rapids and surrounding area maintain coal stocks as nationwide shortages bite. Illinois and Kentucky coal in transit to Cedar Rapids, with a month’s supply likely unless temperatures spike. Rail service trims steam trains and shifts to diesel, while local depots report adequate or improving stocks and limited curtailments.
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Illinois
Kentucky
Cedar Rapids
R. E. Walker
The
Coal Dealers Association
Solid Fuels Administration
Marion
M. J. Kelly
Rock Island
Allerton
Columbus Junction
Des Moines
Omaha
Kelly
Vinton
Mt. Vernon
Sedition Case Against 24 Defendants Is Dropped
Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws dismissed the government’s mass sedition case against 24 defendants, saying fair trials appear unlikely. He gave the government until December 2 to appeal. The prior war time trial ended in mistrial after the judge died amid sensational courtroom scenes.
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Washington
LLP
Bolitha J. Laws
United States District Court
Laws
John Rogge
Clark
Rogge
Germany
Bilbo Denies Cancer Reports as Lies
Sen. Theodore G Bilbo labels reports he has mouth cancer as damn lies He says a malignant infection on the right side of his mouth was removed in an operation months ago and he is recovering He expects to wear his false teeth again in about a month
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Poplarville
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Doughty Mississippian
Solons Seek Extra Session Over Coal Crisis
Washington politicians urge President Truman to reconvene Congress to address John L. Lewis with Byrd leading calls for a special session. Republican and Democratic leaders warn of escalation, mine nationalization, and tougher labor laws amid the coal strike and Wagner act tensions.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Congress
John S. Lewis
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Lewis
Hoffman
R-Mich
Rep. Smith
John L. Lewis
Atlanta
Brewster
Maine
Final Paper Pickup In Cedar Rapids Tomorrow
Final Boy Scout city wide paper drive in Cedar Rapids begins at 8 a.m. Saturday with 25 trucks arranged by district commissioner Verne Swanson. Scout Masters recruit boys for truck assignments. households asked to place tied or cardboard bound paper on the curb tonight. Proceeds fund a $2,800 pool project at Camp Waubeeck.
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Cedar Rapids
Verne Swanson
Benner
Camp Waubeek
Union Leaders and Lumber Dealers Reach Cedar Rapids Accord
A week long strike at Hatch and Brookman Cedar Rapids lumber yard ended Friday morning. Union recommends acceptance of 7 to 10 cent hourly raises retroactive to Oct 1 affecting 12 Cedar Rapids yards with 35 to 40 workers including drivers and yard helpers. Agreement runs to Nov 1, 1947 pending ratification at AFL Teamsters meeting Friday 7:30 at the Labor Temple. Ralph Harman confirms details.
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Cedar Rapids
Hatch and Brookman
AFL
Labor Temple
James D. White
Ralph V. Harman
Harman
CIO elects Murray by acclamation at Atlantic City meeting
Philip Murray was re elected president of the CIO by acclamation on the final day of a five day convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. Delegates amended the CIO constitution asserting faith in the people and opposing power that exploits loyalties. The convention adopted a world disarmament policy opposing further atomic bombs. A concerted push by the PAC to enter about 200 city and state elections in 1947 was announced. General Counsel Lee Pressman attacked anti labor legislation led by Sen Baill Minnesota in a keynote address.
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Atlantic City
Philip Murray
CIO
Communist Party
Jack Richman
Soviet
Russia
Hitler
Franco
PAC
Lee Pressman
Sen. Baill
R-Minn
Rancher Uses Uncashed Checks To Build a Fire
Optometrist R. A. Hamilton said he received a letter from Dude Rancher Bob Hart asking him to send a check duplicating one mailed earlier. Hart explained that on a mountain goat hunting trip a fire was needed for warmth and the only paper he had was uncashed checks.
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Livingston, Mont
R. A. Hamilton
Bob Hart
Hart
Budenz Links Soviet Secret Police to U S War of Nerves
Former Daily Worker editor Louis F. Budenz testified before the House committee that the Soviet government is waging a war of nerves against the United States. He warned the conflict could turn military, citing Communist leadership and Eisler's alleged role. Budenz, now an economics professor at Fordham, left the party and rejoined the Catholic Church.
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Washington
Louis F. Budenz
Russia
United States
Fordham University
New York
Budenz
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Catholic Church
House
UAW Leaders Hold Fire on Outside Aid in Allis-Chalmers Strike
Milwaukee CIO UAW leaders threaten a Monday showdown at Allis-Chalmers West Allis plant while CIO officials deny outside reinforcements. Local 248 VP Dombek says area locals will mobilize. UAW VP Thomas dismisses reports of Detroit support and calls the claim 'silly'.
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Milwaukee
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Allis- Chalmers Company
American Labor Movement
Joseph W. Dombek
Allis-Chalmers
UAW
West Allis
Wis
R. J. Thomas
Atlantic City
Detroit
Thomas
Camden CIO sympathy strike erupts in clash at Courier-Post plant
More than 2,500 pickets massed outside the Camden Courier-Post as police clashed with demonstrators. The South Jersey CIO Industrial Union Council, with about 40,000 workers, had called a general sympathy holiday. Two pickets were clubbed, 24 were arrested, and Theodore Gall, 43, of the New York Shipbuilding Company yards, was hospitalized in shock after being shoved against a wall.
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Camden
N. J
CIO
Camden Courier-Post
South Jersey
Couple Silent Ten Years Over One Philadelphia Apartment
The case in Philadelphia involves Charles W Whitney and his wife Florence claiming 11 years of noncommunication after a woman and her daughter moved into their apartment in 1934. Whitney seeks to set aside a 15 dollar monthly support order while his wife says she left the home for hospital treatment after a long estrangement.
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Philadelphia
Charles W Whitney
The
Petrol Corporation
State Superior Court
Whitney
Florence
Cedar Rapids Fresh Cold Wave Eases With Weekend Warmup
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa endured a cold wave with a Friday low of 12 degrees before rising to 27 by 2:30 PM under clear skies. Officials forecast warming through Saturday and Sunday with highs near 45 and 52 degrees, while other regional lows ranged from 8 to 10 degrees. Shippers were cautioned to protect cargoes against cold as the system moves out.
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Cedar Nanlds News
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Dakotas
Nebraska
Colorado
Elkader
Decorah
Spencer
Weather Bureau
Burlington
Violations Alleged In U S Foreign Liquidation Case
The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury alleged that narcotics surgical instruments dressings and medicinal brandy were sold as surplus to Chinese merchants in violation of U S Foreign Liquidation Commission rules. It claimed an Okinawa stock inventory including blood plasma was in FLC hands weeks ago and uninspected.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Evening Post
Mercury
United States
United States Foreign Liquidation Commission
Okinawa
FLC
14 Movie Strike Leaders Indicted
HOLLYWOOD UP The county grand jury Friday indicted Herbert K. Sorrell president of the Conference of Studio Unions and 13 other leaders over criminal conspiracy charges in the nine week movie dispute.
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Hollywood
Herbert K. Sorrell
Rescue Reach Swiss Alps for Stranded C-53 Crew
Wreckage of an American C-53 transport was found on a 30 degree slope near Interlaken Switzerland. All aboard were reported alive with three seen moving about the wreckage. Relief teams, nurses and doctors reached the scene as rescue operations expanded with air and ground support.
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Orly
Alps
Interlaken
Switzerland
That City
Meiringen
Bernese Oberland
Finsteraahorn
Loyal M. Haynes
Wayne G. Folsom
Postville
Haynes
le Mars
Manchester
Council Bluffs
French Alps
22 Jailed as Result of Steubenville Vice Raids
Steubenville Ohio police raids on hotels and night clubs led to 22 people jailed and 12 others fined in municipal court. Officials pledged continued raids to clean up vice districts as 12 Protestant ministers sought action on their appeal for a special vice squad.
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Steubenville
Ohio
County Grand Jury
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