Dewey Taft Stassen Rivals at GOP Convention
At the Philadelphia convention Dewey led early talk with Taft and Stassen possible drafts. Michigan Governor Sigler and Vandenberg loomed, while Republican leaders assailed Democrats as their rival party faltered. Delegates debated platform planks on internationalism and anti Communist measures as balloting nears.
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Warren
California
Martin
Massachusetts
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Taft
Vandenberg
Sigler
Earl Warren
Illinois
Feece
Carroll Reece
Green
Central
Middle Europe
Truman
White House
Red Hawk Wallace
Democratic Party
Wallace
Europe
Child Falls From Bicycle In Dorothy District
Mary Ellen Cook, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred C Cook of Dorothy, was injured yesterday when she fell from a bicycle ridden with another child. She was taken to Kanawha Valley Hospital and held for observation for possible internal injuries.
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Mary Ellen Cook
Fred C. Cook
Dorothy
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Court Upholds Union Financial Disclosure Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the Taft-Hartley financial statement requirement for unions and sidestepped the non Communist affidavit issue. The NMU challenged ballot listings after NLRB refused to place its name on two Great Lakes elections. CIO endorsements and Murray faced Taft Hartley charges but were dismissed. the court noted explicit words needed to bar a trade journal from publishing political views.
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Woman. Com
Paso
Secretary of Labor
Black
Douglas
National Labor Relations Board
High Court
National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
M. A. Hanna Co
Wilson Transit Co
NLRB
NMU
CIO
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Baltimore
Congress
Garmatz
Philip Murray
Murray
U. S. District Court
Assembly
Ben Moore
Charleston
W. Va
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Reed
Labor rights win rodeo in Supreme Court ruling on political expenditures
The CIO hailed the ruling as a victory for labor free press and legal challenge to the Taft Hartley act while the court declined to rule on the act’s full political expenditures clause. Oral arguments aired tense moments as Chief Justice Vinson frequently curtailed questioning.
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Congress
CIO
Supreme Court
Vinson
Justice Frankfurter
Franfurter
High Court
Frankfurter
Downtown parking ban proposed to ease Charleston traffic
Residents and a Morris Harvey student argue for restricting street parking 4 to 6 pm to relieve congestion. A city woman favors municipally owned parking structures similar to Cincinnati and Bluefield. Most participants see less parked cars freeing space for moving traffic in the downtown area between Broad and Court Streets and Kanawha Boulevard to Washington Street.
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Comasea
Charleston
Mr. Quinn
Morris Harvey College
TL. Bays, Jr
Box 562
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Bluefield
Broad and
Court Sts
Kanawha Blvd
Washington St. W
Greeks Press Greek Guerrilla Campaign in Grammos Mountains
Greek Army reports a major push against guerrillas in the Grammos range with 70 000 troops deployed. Rebels, led by Markos Vafiad es, are believed to be concentrated in northern mountains near Albania where about 7 000 remain. Allied observers note possible surrender offers from rebel units and coordination with American advisers.
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Isvmnnuea
Grammos
Markos Vafiade
Foc
Griswold
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Vafiades
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nestarion
Albania
Panos Kalogeropnious
Nestorion
Aliakmon River
Nooner Ethnos
Larissa
Two Powder Blast at Plant Reopens Memories of 1944 Disaster
A blast at the plant damaged the area 500 yards from the main building and prompted the company to contact families of workers near the explosion. Anxious spouses joined onlookers as officials compared the event to the December 9 1944 disaster when two buildings were destroyed two men died and 50 were injured.
On The Line Notes On The Line Draft Signing Context
The piece discusses media timing as campaigns eye front pages, noting reporters may be lost and editors weigh each stance. It describes the timing of post 4 PM edition plans and the impact of controversial positions on outcomes as delegates vote. It also covers recruitment goals for Mavy and Air Force and a 17,000 monthly draftee target for the first year.
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Tait
New York
Ohio
Times
Mavy
Air Force
Army
Taft delegation contact plan outlined in Gazette note
The Gazette reports that Merry-Go-Round gressman-Will will arrive in Philo a week before the convention and will contact the Tafts. If they cannot reach them, they should contact her. Taft knew the husband well, secretary of the delegation.
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Gressman
Philo
Tafts
Taft
Husband
Gazettr
Brew industry pays millions in state taxes and self regulation
Big figures are out of figure and three and one half million dollars is a lot of money in any language. Yet that is what the brewing industry pays annually to the State's tax coffers as taxes and license fees. This money helps build better roads, schools, and social and economic conditions for every person in Weed Virgin through its Self Regulation Program in cooperation with the State Beer Commissioner and law enforcement.
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Joseph W. Martin
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West Virgi
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Quarrier St
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