Union Ban Will Get Court Test In Alabama
AFL union officials pledged support for a court challenge to Mobile's ban on police and fire unions after 33 firemen and eight policemen were dismissed for refusing to sign non union statements. A court hearing on the petition to block enforcement is set for today.
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Mobile
Ala
AFL
Sam S. Douglass
Birmingham
Alabama Federation of Labor
Douglass
Richard Rives
Montgomery
C. H Applewhite
Mobile Central Trades Council
Applewhite
Sam Shannon
Council
City Commission
Firemen’s Union
Policemen’s Union
Dudley E. McFayden
L. L. Perry
Commission
Valley Forest Lands Fire Protection Expanded to Ten Million Acres
Forest fire protection has been extended to 10 904 000 acres of Valley forest lands, about 70 percent of the area. More than 20 districts have inaugurated protection in 1934, with fourteen counties funding fire control. In fiscal year 1950, eighty counties appropriated 142 354 dollars.
Lightning tragedy warns sheltering under trees deadlier
A meteorology report notes that about one third of lightning fatalities occur when people seek shelter beneath trees. It emphasizes safer shelters and proper emergency response during storms.
Legislators to Get Half Pay in Special Session
Alabama lawmakers face a split decision over pay for a special session as Attorney General Carmichael rules their daily rate at ten dollars unless a constitutional limit allows twenty. The issue arose during a summer apportionment review amid exhausted appropriations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert A. Carmichael
Alabama
James E. Folsom
William M. Beck
DeKalb County
Carmichael
Folsom
Mackenzies Column on Ideological War in Asia and Korea
Mackenzie argues that military force alone cannot win without proving democracy meets the needs of the underprivileged in Asia. He notes Western opposition to totalitarian communism and explains that masses in Asia lack understanding of Redism beyond Bolshevik propaganda.
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Orient
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Asia
Korea
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