Mine Workers Split From AFL Over Non Communist Pledge
John L. Lewis led 800,800 United Mine Workers to withdraw from the AFL over a dispute about signing a non Communist affidavit. The move followed changes to AFL rules to maintain access to the NLRB, with Lewis and his council reshaped and then he withdrew. Adams announced new UMW leadership posts as part of the split. The story notes previous AFL splits and Lewis’s CIO role, ending with a photo caption about a refugee boy, Johnny Fagan, for a later page.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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William Green
National Labor Relations Board
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Federation
Adams
Minora
UMW
Laybor
CIO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Denham Upheld On Checkoff Rule
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a West Virginia employer must refund all dues deducted from employees for Dubinsky's union since June 1946. The decision upheld trial findings that the company interfered with union representation by joining ILGWU, deducting dues, paying initiation fees, contributing to the welfare fund, and circulating an anti union petition. It orders cessation of recognition without NLRB certification.
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National Labor Relations Board
John Lis
David Dubinsky
West Virginia
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Hubert N. Denham
Lewis’ United Construction Workers
Bluefield
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Dasher Dux
Ilgwu Welfare Fund
Gree
NLRP
Jews Step Up Raids on Arabs in Palestine Dec 12
veteran Jewish underground contest ers march on Haifa clashing with Arabs during 13 days of fighting in Palestine. Irgun Zvai Leumi claimed five strikes across Naifa Yazur Gaza Shafat Tireh Ramle and Jerusalem. British soldier wounded fatally by Arab fire in Jaffa as disorders raise the Palestinian toll to 25 that day and 198 since the UN partition vote, with Middle East toll at 314.
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Haifa
Jaffa
Palestine
Associated Press
Holy Land
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
Tireh
Panama Students Protest Canal Lease Pact
In Panama City police clashed with demonstrators protesting the plan to lease canal defense leases to the United States after the agreement was submitted to the national assembly. Five injuries were reported by Socialist Deputy Jose Brower as clashes escalated in Central Ay and Cathedral Plazas, with police firing bullets sabers and tear gas while students hurled bricks.
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United States
National Assembly
Jose Brower
Assembly
Central Ay
Santa Ana
Cathedral Plazas
Communists in Rome End Two Day Strike
In Paris, France rejects a new Soviet protest over expulsion of 19 Russians, amid a purge of Communists. France notes seven killed and 20 injured in a two train collision near the Swiss frontier, with suspicions of sabotage. Parliament backs Premier Schuman's government 411 to 183 in standing against Moscow.
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Paris
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France
Interior Ministry
Moscow
Russia
Assembly
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National
Friendship Train to Reach France and Italy Soon
Nearly 5,000 tons of Friendship Train feed for France, donated by the American people, will arrive in Le Havre Tuesday aboard the freighter American Leader. It will be loaded into box cars and sent in 16 trains of 100 cars to deliver supplies across France for Christmas. A second freighter is planned to depart New York Monday to reach Italy with a similar amount of aid.
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FARIS
le Havre
Christus
New York
Italy
Talks feedlocked on reparations deadlock
Washington reports Russia threatens a standstill over Japan reparations demanding 10 billion dollars from Germany. Soviet delegates at the Far Eastern commission reject a US proposal to trim Russia's share, while most nations accept it. Calls for a Pacific Big Four peace conference stall as Tsarapkin signals a veto risk. Page 6.
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Russia
Japan
Germany
Far Eastern Commission
United States
Moscow
Semen K. Tsarapkin
FEC
Britain
Leo
China
Photographs of Minute Virus Aid Polio and Cancer Fight
Photographs showing a tiny virus invading and killing a living cell were shown to the Electron Microscope Society of America. The images reach 200 000 to 300 000 times life size and suggest new ways to attack polio cancer and growth processes. Scientists Dr James Hillier and colleagues at Princeton and University of Pennsylvania produced the pictures with a new double lens enhancing electron microscope power.
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Philadelphia
Dec
Electron Miscroscope Society of America
James Hillier
Radio
Who Is Alias Santa Claus Radio Fans Guess Contest
Radio fans who enjoyed the Miss Hush contest with many prizes will have another chance to name Alias Santa Claus. A tip notes he is a prominent native Charlestonian and will sponsor the Gift Basket program aiding Kanawha Co. residents. Participants should wait to be called before naming their guess, with Dec. 20 as a potential reveal date.
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Four-Year Aid Plan Backed by Truman with Landon
President Truman seeks Congress support for a four year European recovery program totaling about 15.7 to 18.2 billion dollars. Alf Landon says Truman authorized him to convey the four year guarantee, arguing Europe’s survival depends on clear U.S. commitment.
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Truman
Congress
Alf M. Landon
White House
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Landon
Kan
Europe
State Marshall
Charles G. Ross
Rosa
Roads Mostly Free of Ice Across State but Eastern Panhandle Sees Treacherous Travel
West Virginia roads were generally clear of ice according to the State Road Commission, while the Eastern Panhandle faced adverse driving conditions. Sleet lingered on Sewell Mountain near Fayette County on U.S. Route 60, and an aviation forecast noted high thin clouds with six miles visibility. Yesterday’s high reached 133 degrees at 1:30 p.m. and the low was 23, with a temperature drop expected overnight.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Panhandle
Weather Information Bureau
Sewell Mountain
U. S. Route 60
Fayette County
CAA
Charleston
Rome Strikes End as Police Protect Workers
Rome ends a 48 hour general strike amid clashes as 67,000 police guard the city. Government claims victory while the Communist led labor body says the government yielded. Thousands resume work under police protection as a government crackdown and mass mobilization juggle control.
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Rome
Alcide de Gaspert
Christian Democratic
Christian Democratic Party
Il Popollo
Chamber of Ijabor
Mario Scelba
Molotov Accuses West as Soviet Conference Breaks Down
London dispatch reports the Big Force conference collapsing as Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov accuses the Western Allies of plotting to use postwar Western Germany as a pressure base and demands Western data on German enterprises profits and coal timber sales while Britain denies German property sales amid rising tensions.
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Germany
Iysit
Molotov
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Marshall
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Soviet Union
Western
Europe
Bevin
Senators urge Truman to fire Pauley over grain deals
Washington reports that Senate Democrats privately urged President Truman to demand Edwin W Pauley’s resignation from his Army post after his testimony showing nearly one million in grain and oil holdings. They cited his stance that food market speculation is beneficial and warned a public probe could shock the nation.
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Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Army
Bridges
R-Nhd
Sen. Ferguson
R.mich
Capitol Hill
Democratic National Committee
Paurley
Ruling Sought On Prosecution Of Petrillo Case
Washington December report shows House labor committee seeking criminal action under anti trust and Lea acts against the American Federation of Musicians AFL. Petrillo banned recordings after December 31 and barred AFM performances on television. The panel requests prosecution for alleged offenses and a test of the Lea act’s reach, dating from 1946 on radio hiring pressure.
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House Labor Today
American Federal Musicians
AFL
Petrillo
House Committee
Musician Union
Petrilio
WAAF
Chicago
Walter C. la Bay
Mining Institute Elects Officers in WV Meeting
R H Morris of Ansted was elected president of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute at the opening day of its two day meeting. He succeeds J J Foster of Holden. The institute co meets with the Central Appalachian section of A I M M E and Charles T Holland of West Virginia University was re elected secretary treasurer. Vice presidents include Jesse Redyard of Pineville.
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R. H. Morris
Ansted
Gatley Mountain Coal Co
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Eay
Mr. Morris
J. J. Foster
Holden
Central Appalachian
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Charles T. "Holland
School of Mining
West Virginia University
State Mining Institute
Jesse Redyard
Pineville
Schwellenbach Outlines Price Controls Plan in Congress
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach outlined to Congress proposals for price ceilings and wage controls. He sent the bill to the House banking committee and said a wage bill would follow. Republicans debated an anti inflation bill, and a special session action on the measures appeared unlikely.
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Schwellenbach
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Congress
House
House ‘Banking Committee
Wolcott
R.mich
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
United States
Labor
Pilot lists others in Hitler escape flight
Warsaw reports Capt Peter Baumgart, former SS pilot, says Hitler Eva Braun fled to Denmark with three Braun sisters a German general and his wife and another aide aboard, describing a April 28 1945 takeoff from Berlin in a Messerschmitt 103 es. The craft allegedly landed Magdeburg then Denmark near the Eider river before four submarines carried the party to Berlin.
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Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Denmark
Berlin
Zycie Warszawy
Peter Baumgart
Mokotow
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Rommer
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Eider River
No! Germany
U.S. Lend-Lease Goods to Russia Under Fire in Senate
Assistant Secretary Willard Thorpe testifies that the United States still ships 3 Tenlion dollars in lend-lease goods to the Soviet Union with legal title transferred before Congress cut the program. Senators Bridges Knowland and O Mahoney clash over export controls and potential sanctions.
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Willard Thorpe
Senate
United States
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Bridges
R-Ned
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Department
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Congress
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Knowland
R-Cal
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Soviet Union
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D-Wye
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