Repeal of Taft-Hartley Law Faces 1951 Battle
President Truman prioritizes repeal of the Taft-Hartley act though Democrats expect the law to remain. Leaders in Congress foresee it staying on the books into 1959 and view repeal as a likely, vigorous campaign issue next year. Taft-Hartley support and opposition split along party lines with fears of Southern Democratic blocs and Republican resistance shaping the debate.
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Truman
Law
Washington
Des
Congress
M. Truman
Capitol
Senate
House
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Transit paint smear fuels anti-communist claim
In Franklin Square New York a resident alleges communist influence in a vandalism incident at his garage while active purging of communist elements within his union continues. In St Louis CIO communications workers flag possible strikes against Southwestern Bell amid job retention troubles in Missouri and Texas. Negotiations over three week old anthracite coal talks in New York show no progress with a Christmas pause anticipated.
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Franklin Square
N. Y
St. Louis
CIO Communications
Southwestern Bell, Telephone Company
Frank P. Londergan
Missouri
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
New York
United Mine Workers
Operators’ Group
Miners brace for short workweeks during holiday period
The National Coal Association urges taking mine safeguards to prevent gas buildup roof sagging and electrical failures during miners four day holiday weeks. The association notes the industry can aim for a calendar year without a major disaster defined as five or more deaths by the US Bureau of Mines.
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National Coal Association
United States Bureau of Mines
Dewey Says He Will Not Seek Presidency Again
In Portland Oregon on December 22 1948 Governor Thomas E Dewey writer to his Oregon manager John C Higgins declared he will not run for the White House again. He insisted nothing will change his decision and he will not be a candidate in 1952 despite rumors.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E Dewey
White House
John C. Higgins
Gov
Dewey
Commodity and Livestock Market Quotations Summary
Cotton prices show Middling at 2900 and strict low 28.00. Cottonseed listed as Perton at 4000. Broilers 23.00 delivered. Hens heavy 2K and light 16c. Hatching Eggs 80c per dozen. Hogs lights 14.00 to 450. Cattle Tops 15.50 with canners and cutters 8.50 to 13.50 and bulls 16.00 to 17.00. Corn Ear white 1.20, ear clow 16. Wheat 2.10. Oats 7d. Mile 2.00. Milk Grade A delivered 5.50 per hundred.
Uniform accounting plan eyed by state education board
Montgomery Dec 22 state board of education members agreed to form a five man sub committee with State Examiner Ralph Eagerton to develop a near uniform school accounting system. Gov Folsom named Rankin Fite E J Lamberth Handy Ellis H B Larkins and Dr Meadows to the panel. A separate study of textbook adoption methods was postponed as work continued awaiting Daugettee's group report and a Jan 10 board meeting was set.
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Montgomery
State Board of Education
James E. Folsom
Ralph Eagerton
Austin Meadows
Eagerton
Rankin Fite
Hamilton
E. J. Lamberth
Alexander City
Handy Ellis
Columbiana
H. B. Larkins
Elba
Dr. Meadows
F. R. Daugettee
Birmingham
Folsom
Daugette
James R. Kitchens
Kitchens
State Textbook Committee
Georgia live poultry market steady despite holiday closures
North Georgia live poultry market remains steady with fair to flowing demand as most dressing plants close for the holiday. Stocks are not expected to clear in all sections. Heavy fryers available in all sections with prices paid on farm weights 3 to 4 pounds and 21/2 to 22 pounds commonly.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report Dec 26
Nashville cattle prices steady to higher for calves vealers good and choice, steers and heifers 18.00 to 31.00, cows 10.00 to 15.00, calves 75, hogs 140 to 170 lbs 14.50 to 16.00, sows 12.00 to 12.50, hogs 180 to 240 lbs 15.75 to 16.00, sheep and lambs undertone steady with limited trade. Market closed Monday, Dec. 26.
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Nashvilles Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Service Holds Holiday Party At Infants Diaper Service
The Infants Diaper Service marked 100 years since the safety pin with a Christmas party for its 45 employees. Jeweled pins honored those with long service while Walter Hunt was credited for the invention. W. W. Crow and A. F. Millican distributed bonuses after a diaper changing contest. Attendees included branch managers W. D. Watkins Jr in Montgomery W. T. Taylor Jr in Decatur Jim Corley in Gadsden and Buxton Dorman in Tuscaloosa.
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Walter Hunt
W. W. Crow
A. F. Millican
W. D. Watkins, Jr
Montgomery
W. T. Traylor, Jr
Decatur
Jim Corley
Gadsden
Buxton Dorman
Tuscaloosa
Oak Ridge WSCS Christmas Service at Church
Members of the WSCS of Oak Ridge Methodist church gathered at the church Monday at 7 for a Christmas program. Decorations featured gold evergreens and red berries with candles. Silent Night opened the program led by Violet Cook, with readings, prayers, and songs by Ruba West, Bernice Sparkman, and others. Mrs Dennis Wallace directed. gifts and refreshments followed.
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W.s.cs
Oak Ridge
East St. Louis to End School Segregation Jan 30
East St. Louis public schools will end racial segregation on January 30 for the first time in the 85 year history of the district. The board of education unanimously approved the resolution at the start of the second semester, urged citizens to eliminate prejudice, and noted new state rules could withhold funds from districts maintaining segregation.
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East ST. Louis
Board of Education
Bernice Goedde
Illinois
Elizabeth Taylor Seen With Kiner At Premiere
Hollywood district confirms Elizabeth Taylor attended a premiere last night with actor Kiner. The event drew photographers and onlookers, highlighting Taylor's ongoing public engagements in entertainment circles.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Aus
Caseman
Blood Donor Plea Voiced
The Blood Donors club called for more donors to help through Christmas. Cliff Odom urged donations of types B A and C noting the heavy accident rate. Prospective donors may call 3485 after 7 pm or 287 during the day for a free medical exam and blood typing. Over 300 transfusions were given this year by members.
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Blood Donors Club
Cliff Odom
Odom
Youth Admits He Killed Rival For Farm Girl's Love
In Jamestown Tennessee on December 22 a 19 year old soldier on furlough was killed by Hollis Beatty 18 who confessed to shooting him eight times with a pistol and bludgeoning him with an axe in front of Betty Chocate s farm home. Beatty was arrested an hour later and charged with murder.
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Jamestown
Tenn
W. B. Richards
Hollis Beatty
Richards
Lillard Stephens
Betty Chocate
Cumberland Mountain
Beatty
Stephens
Betty
Actress linked to several notable men in past romance
The text notes Liz's relationships with Glenn Davis of Army, Montgomery Clift, Vic Damone, and references a Pirates connection. It reads as a gossip snippet about her past engagements and rumored romances with famous figures.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Kinler
Liz
Glenn Davis
Army
Ailmerica
Montgoméry Clift
Vic Damone
Wives Barred From Tokyo General Hospital for Births
In Tokyo on December 22, the U S Eighth Army Tokyo General Hospital said it cannot admit civilian wives for childbirth due to staff shortages. It serves military dependents and others tied to occupation forces, though it had offered humanitarian access. Several women received lists of civilian doctors and hospitals. one cried, noting a burned facility and a missing physician.
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Tokyo
U. S
Eighth Army
Tokyo General Hospital
Japan
George Engler
American Club
United States
Mrs Ella Allen Hurt In Crash Near Sixth Avenue East
Mrs Ella Allen injured and heavy property damage reported after a two vehicle collision at Sixth Avenue East and Gordon Drive at about 2 22 p m Wednesday. She was admitted to Hamil Clinic for bruises with no broken bones. A 1939 Pontiac driven by Buford Johnson Somerville and a 1949 GMC truck driven by James Kitchens Decatur were involved. heavy damage to the Pontiac and medium damage to the truck were noted by Investigating Officers C M Kennedy and Alex Terry.
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Ella Allen
Sixth Avenue East
Gordon Drive
VA Rules Set Tuition Pay for GI Students
Administrator Carl Gray ruled that the VA may pay nonresident tuition rates for veteran students even if they are residents of another state. The decision, split in two parts, says colleges with no set tuition or barred by state laws can still receive a fair rate and that state tuition laws do not bind VA in setting and paying adjusted tuition.
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Mitted
Carl Gray
Lindsay Warren
General Accounting Office
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Gray
Aid
Death sentences upheld for two men in Alabama cases
The Alabama supreme court upheld the death sentences of Dorsey Palmore and Jim Arrington. Palmore was convicted of slashing his estranged wife's throat in Florala and Palmore's execution date was set for February 17, 1950. Arrington was convicted of raping a white woman near Luverne with a scheduled electric chair date of February 10.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Dorsey Palmore
Florala
Jim Arrington
Luverne
Palmore
Kilby
Arrington
Elmore
Laverne
Calister
Panama City
Fla
German Housewife Wins Her Argument Silences Army Guns
In Frankfurt on December 22 a German housewife, Mrs Werner Schnelle, won her war with the U S Army by convincing commanders to redirect signal guns away from her street. Twice daily salutes rattled nearby homes until the Army agreed to end the practice, calling it an unofficial Christmas present. The Army wished tranquility for the New Year.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Werner Schnelle
U.S
Army
Schnelle
Army curtails drill pay for large reserve forces
Washington dispatch reports the Army will stop drill pay for 78,464 enlisted and 9,? officers in 2,866 reserve units starting Jan 1 for at least six months. Total affected: 87,705 officers and 20,759 enlisted. Reservists may drill without pay. Congress recently funded drill pay at 22.4 million dollars for the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Welfare panel weighs welfare costs and lists publication
Morgan county officials debate welfare expenses and the need for monthly publication of relief lists. Commissioner Meadows calls for stricter eligibility and cautious growth, noting relief rolls tripled since 1942 and over 400000 spent on welfare while 100000 funds county government.
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Meadows
Morgan County
Miss Beal
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Revenue Board
Alabama Department
State Department
Wallace
The
Morgan Welfare Department
Sim L. Howell
Revenue ‘Board
Alex Dunn
Leonard Slate
Second Victim of Explosion Dies in Fayette Alabama
A second victim of a Fayette gas explosion died today. Fletcher W. Fowler, a Fayette businessman, succumbed after his son-in-law Jimmy Williams, 25, a former Air Corps bombardier, died yesterday. They were burned Tuesday night while checking a basement after smelling escaping gas and a match lit triggered the blast. One wall of the house blew out.
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Fayette
Ala
Fletcher W. Fowler
Jimmy Williams
Air Corps
Fowler
Ambassador Ward and staff sail for United States
The American consul general Angus Ward and much of his Mukden staff, expelled by Chinese communists, departed for the United States tonight aboard the liner President Wilson. Ward, a Canadian born veteran of 25 years in the U S State Department, showed no specific interest in his next post.
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Yokohama
Angus Ward
Mukden
United States
President Wilson
Ward
U. S. State Department
Cobb acquitted in Idaho manslaughter case
Rupert Idaho December 22 Herschel R Cobb son of Ty Cobb was acquitted by a district court jury of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Glenn A Linzy who drowned when the boat Cobb was operating capsized on the Snake River last June 17
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Rupert
Idaho
Herschel R. Cobb
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Glenn A. Linzy
Linzy
Snake River
Union Ruled In Violation Of Taft Hartley Law
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the AFL International Typographical Union violated the Taft Hartley act by insisting on the closed shop in negotiations with 22 Baltimore print shops. The decision, unanimous, supported ANPA, and the board seeks to enforce it in U.S. circuit court against publishers who say the union still pushes closed shop hiring in newspaper negotiations. The Baltimore case opened the long 28 month dispute between ITU and printers.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
AFL International Typographical Union
Baltimore
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ITU
Falkville Lions Club Night At Methodist Church
Falkville’s newly formed Lions Club held a Ladies Night dinner meeting at the Methodist church with about 40 attendees. Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell spoke after a stunt program. the club organized in October now has 27 members and meets Mondays at 6:30 PM. Officers elected at the first October meeting were R. S. McKnight as president E L Drinkard as vice president and Cecil Crow as secretary treasurer. The club aims to serve the community in 1950.
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Falkville
Lions Club
Methodist Church
Newton B. Powell
R. S. McKnight
State National Bank
E. L. Drinkard
Cecil Crow
FBI ignored UAW bombing attempt details and timing
The text notes no FBI action in the failed assassination attempts on Walter Reuther and Victor Reuther as federal law violations were not evident. It cites a Detroit Times inquiry where an anonymous informant was lured by promises of protection, leading to a provocative exchange and a bomb placed at the UAW headquarters door.
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UAW
Walter Reuther
Victor
FBI
Detroit
The
Detroit Times
Jack Pickering
Jack Harvill
Betty’s Christmas Flight Becomes Nationwide Hope
Betty faces possible hand amputation while hoping for recovery as a nationwide outpouring of prayers follows her plea. The New Yorker funds a Boston flight for Betty and her father, Claybury, delivering a flood of letters from across the United States and France to wish the girl well before Christmas.
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Betty
The
New Yorker
Boston
Marbury
France
Logan International Airport
Claybury
Quake Recorded At Spring Hill and Fordham Universities
An earthquake was recorded today at Spring Hill College Mobile and Fordham University New York. The Spring Hill seismologist traced the disturbance to near Trujillo on the northern coast of Honduras. The first shock occurred at 3 34 26 am CST at Spring Hill and at 43650 am tEST at Fordham. Reverend Louis J Eisele located the epicenter. The quake was described as fairly intense.
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Mobile
Ala
Spring Hill College
Fordham University
New York
Honduras
Spring Hill
Fordham
Louis J. Eisele
Trujillo
Couple Plunges Into Grunewald Lake in Suicide Attempt
Police nabbed a nude, shivering couple fleeing a forest lake in Grunewald after they said they planned to commit death by their own action. The man cited the water as the reason they hesitated.
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Berlin
Grunewald Forest
Do you know Dr Guthrie at Central Methodist Church
Dr W Nelson Guthrie will preach on the subject King of Kings at the 10 50 A M service at Central Methodist church. No evening service will be held.
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W. Nelson Guthrie
King of Kings
Central Methodist Church
P. D. Wilson
First Methodist Church
David DeBoer
First Christian Church
Americans Train in Berlin Street Fighting Tactics
In Berlin on December 22 American troops, led by Major Maxwell D. Taylor, ordered to conduct street fighting maneuvers. The first unit of 400 military police practiced rapid assault on a food commissary site, simulating riot control against about 2,000 communists. The exercise aimed to prepare troops for urban combat scenarios without conflict escalating into open rioting.
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Berlin
Rai Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
West Berlin
Truman Urges U S Readiness After World War II
President Truman told Arlington Cemetery ceremony attendees that the United States must stay ready in self defense while the world remains split between free and captive peoples. He cited the need to respond to aggression with a firm hand of friendship and defense, as diplomats gathered for the remembrance. Ambassadors from Russia and Poland did not attend, with explanations varying by country. Yugoslav Ambassador Kosanovic attended, signaling shifting alliances.
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Washington
Truman
Arlington Cemetery
Jozef Winiewicz
Vladimir Outrata
Sava N. Kosanovic
Yugoslavia
Economic Outlook Drops Money Supply and Food Prices Rise
The board warned low money growth would curb credit demand from business, farmers, real estate owners, and consumers as the 1949 money supply fell for a third year. Currency outside banks was $800 million lower than a year earlier and $1.5 billion below November 1946. Agriculture forecasts pork supply up for 1950 with crops larger than 1949, likely lowering consumer pork prices. Egg production is poised to edge higher. Steel price hikes spread through the industry with U S Steel increasing about $4 a ton, others following. Labor actions and coal price risks loom as United Mine Workers lack a new contract and coal costs may lift retail prices.
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Agriculture Department
Department
U. S. Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
U. S Steel
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Philip Murray
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Faye Emerson Blocks Elliott Roosevelt Romance
New York December report says Faye Emerson Roosevelt estranged wife of Elliott Roosevelt halted rumors of a romance between the President's son and Cafe Singer Gigi Durston. She questioned the news as surprising and hinted she may delay divorce proceedings toStates with broader grounds while Durston's mother said the pair showed interest. Durston remained unavailable for comment.
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New York
Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Gigi Durston
Roosevelt
Miss Durston
Hartford
Conn
Gladys Durston
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U.S.S
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McCulloch Hill
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