Strike Laid to Reds Door in Allis-Chalmers Case
Washington reports that a labor committee linked the Allis-Chalmers strike to communist influence and urged expulsion of party members from unions. The Wisconsin dispute involved Buse and Christoffel, fired after a lengthy 328 day strike ending March 23, with committee findings accusing both men of perjury.
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Washington
House” Labor Committee
Allis-Chalmers
Wisconsin
Buse
O-Uaw
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Company
Robert Buse
Christoffel
Hartley
N.J
Tment of Justice
Communist Party
Harold Christoffel
Unclear wartime powers and agencies detailed in Truman memo
The article outlines President Truman expanding emergency powers via proclamations and orders to manage shipping controls and wartime logistics. It notes transfers of personnel to U S missions, land movements to Hawaii, and additions to international bodies for tax exemptions and organizational roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secreot
Marshall
Truman
of the Treasury
Thement
Panama Canal
United States
Greece
Turkey
Hawaii
United Nations Tional
International Civilian Organization
National Telecommunication UN
Truman considered designating speaker for line of succession
A fragmented passage notes discussions on who would be next in line for the presidency if the Speaker of the House fails to serve. It mentions President Truman and possible legislation during the current session on universal military training housing program and development projects including the St Lawrence Seaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
St Lawrence Seaway
House
Finance Committee
Judiciary Interim Committee
Senate
Henry H. Mize
Tuscaloosa
Veterans Administration
Wall Street Rally Capped by Memorial DayClosure Week
Markets rose over the past four sessions with a net gain after Memorial Day. Trading slowed to 2.99 million shares for the week, the AP 60-stock composite up slightly for the period but down for May, marking a fourth consecutive losing month.
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New York
Wall Street
Short
Associated Press
Decatur Grain Prices From Alabama Flour Mills
Decatur cash grain prices show No 1 Soft wheat at 2.75 per bushel Ear white corn 74 lbs 1.97 per unit Ear yellow corn 74 lbs 1.92 Milo 100 cwt 3.00 Barley per bushel 1.50 Oats per bushel .95 cents Prices supplied by Alabama Flour Mills Decatur.
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Decatur
Alabama Flour
Facing Treason Trial in New England History
Douglas Chandler a 58 year old former American newsman goes on trial Monday for treason for Nazi radio broadcasts from Germany during World War II. The case, first treason trial in New England and first Massachusetts capital case since 185, links to Paul Revere imagery and Faneuil Hall proximity. Chandler indicted 1943, re indicted with Robert H Best 51 of South Carolina. Best trial date not set. Penalty may be death or five years plus $10000 fine.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Germany
New England
U. S. Disa Court
Massachusetts
Chandler
Paul Revere
United States
Faneuil Hall
Cradle of Liberty
Old North Church
Chicago
Washington
Westover Field
Mass
Robert H. Best
Sumter County
South Carolina
Best
Students Graduating Under Tools For Tomorrow’s Tasks
Principal W. R. Riley announced thirty graduates will be members of the National Junior Honor Society. Membership honors students based on scholarship leadership service character and citizenship with ceremonies to be led by Rev. Otis Kirby.
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Otis Kirby
W. R. Riley
Houston County Votes on Liquor in Special Election
Probate Judge Albert Logue ordered a special election for July 8 in Houston county to decide if liquor sales will continue under the local option plan. Twenty seven petitions with required signatures prompted the vote. since 1935 the county has held four wet and dry elections, with the first going dry and the next three wet.
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Dothan
Ala
Albert Logue
Houston County
Logue
Times Square jumper lands near Broadway after city bail out
Leonardo D Attolico a 26 year old Brooklyn man bailed from a plane over Times Square parachuting to a backyard on 44th Street. He claimed 17 Army jumps and planned a landing in Times Square. He was arrested for endangering public life and health.
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Times Square
44Th Street
Broadway
Leonardo D’attolico
Brooklyn
503Rd
Union Engineering Company
Hoboken
N. J
D'Attolico
Amityville
Long Island
Empire State Building
Lee Corbissiano
Goodrich Co Trims Prices on Tires and Tubes
Akron Ohio May 31 A general reduction in retail prices for B F Goodrich passenger car tires and tubes was announced by Vice President James J Newman The new price for the 600 16 Silvertown will be 14 40 down from 16 10 exclusive of federal excise tax The company cited cooperation from retailers in sharing a substantial reduction in profit and cited higher postwar costs and expectations of efficiency and lower material costs as reasons for the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
B.F. Goodrich Co
James J. Newman
Goodrich Tires
Newman
Mountbatten to press India leaders on partition plan
Mountbatten, preparing for Britain's 1948 departure, will ask Indian leaders to choose among options on partition. The decision concerns whether India becomes Hindu and Muslim states or remains united under a federal model favored by Britain and the Congress. Gandhi backs no inch toward a separate Pakistan as Muslim League resists. If no agreement, further bloodshed is likely.
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Mountbatten
Britain
India
Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pakistan
Mos! League
Tax bill delay eyed as veto debate stalls action
Senator O Mahoney predicts Congress cannot override a veto and may delay action until next year. He argues the bill mainly benefits large taxpayers with over 25 000 annual income and notes a proposed provision allowing husbands and wives to split income for tax purposes.
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Congress
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Holiday air crash toll rises across states
News tally reports 94 lives lost in Holiday crashes in New York and Maryland with 38 drowned and 31 other deaths from various causes. Highway fatalities lag behind NSC forecast as overall fatality counts exceed last year’s Memorial Day total. California shows the heaviest toll with 19 deaths, followed by Indiana and Michigan with eight in each.
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New York
Maryland
National Safety Council
California
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinoise
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
Ohio
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Relatives Work To Identify Victims Of Port Deposit Crash
Relatives from the South and East gather at an improvised morgue to identify 53 victims of the Eastern Airlines DC-4 crash near Port Deposit Maryland. Navy doctors and Eastern officials use dental work and personal items to identify bodies as CAB decides on public hearings next week.
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Port Deposit
America
Eastern Airlines
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Navy
Newark
Miami
Florida
Northeast
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
John Chamberlain
The
Safety Bureau
CAB
Naval Base
R. C. Dodson
Cecil County
West Nottingham
Seaman
Frank Welch
Tonawanda
N.Y
Welch
Camporee Ends After Two Night Stay At Camp Frazier
Sixty five boys from ten Scout troops slept at Camp Frazier for the two night and one day camporee. The event began Friday afternoon and concluded to let Scouts return home for church services, marking a successful completion before heading to Westmoreland for Tennessee Valley Council activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier
Reveille
Westmoreland
Scouts of the Tennessee Valley Council
Acker outlines safety focused breakfast at Birmingham air carnival
Steadman Acker, director of the Birmingham air carnival, said the annual executives breakfast will discuss improving air safety this year. The breakfast, set for June, will include government, commercial airlines and military officials.
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Birmingham
Ala
Steadman Acker
Birmingham Air Carnival
Acker
Nazi Women Put In Jail In Toelimde Bavarian Trial
Wives of Baldur Von Schirach and Walther Funk, both war criminals, are jailed in Bad Tolz area for de Nazification trials. Henriette Von Schirach, 34, cried as police arrested her at a mountain inn. Luise Funk, 67, collapsed after arrest nearby. both face Nuernberg-era offenses and possible further detentions.
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Bad Tolez
Germany
Hitler Youth
Baldur von Schirach
Walther Funk
Henriette von Schirach
Jachenau
Frau Luise Funk
Bad Toelz
Alfred Loritz
Hermann Goering
Hans Frank
Nuernberg
Funk
von Schiracht
Wilhelm Frick
Fritz
Rail rate hike denied by Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama Public Service Commission denied a petition by railroads to raise intrastate passenger fares about 33 percent. The current rate of 1.65 cents per mile remains, with railroads seeking 2.2 cents. Chairman Gordon Persons estimated the increase would cost riders about 500,000 dollars annually. The action follows a similar denied request in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
Coal talks collapse as Northwest operators oppose wage increase
Charles O Neill, spokesman for North West operators, warned negotiations with Lewis are likely to fail next week. Operators rejected cutting the workday below nine hours and boosting pay to 13 05 for eight hours underground, proposing 11 35 daily take home instead. They seek clarity on the welfare fund purpose and approve a five cent royalty with third trustee jointly by operators and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O'Neill
North-West
Lewis
United Mine Workers
O'Neill
Northwest
Local Dental Doctor to Receive Degree in Houston
Dr Edward J Hannie will receive his doctor of dentistry degree on June 9 from the Houston Dental School in Texas He previously graduated from Loyola University School of Pharmacy in New Orleans He is brother of Mrs Joe Joseph of 520 Grove Street and has visited Decatur several times.
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Edward J. Hannie
Houston Dental School
Houston
Texas
Hannie
Loyola University School of Pharmacy
New Orleans
Joe Joseph
Grove Street
Decatur
Mothers Are Party Guests Brownie Troop 13
Brownie Troop 13 entertained their mothers at the First Methodist church for the last meeting before summer. Mothers presented gifts to leaders Mrs. Murray King and Mrs. Ben LeDuke. The girls performed in verse and song and described yearly visits to local sites including a cotton gin and the Decatur Daily office. Their final project was comic scrapbooks for Morgan County sanatorium patients. The troop will resume activities in the fall.
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First Methodist Church
Murray King
Ben LeDuke
Decatur Daily
Brownies
Morgan County
Plan to divert tax revenue to teachers sparks election
Solons back a plan to earmark future income tax income for school teachers and call a special election for Aug 26. The tax yields cover about half the needed funds for an $1,800 annual teacher wage, with other revenues or treasury support filling the gap. The interim committee urges loophole closures and budget trimming to fund welfare and road programs amid disputes.
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House
Senate
Legislative Interim Committee On Finance
Truck Returned to Woodlawn Owner in Birmingham Suburb
The abandoned 1936 Chevrolet truck belonging to W. E. Wallace of 5216 South Avenue South Woodlawn Birmingham suburb is recovered by Decatur police after being found near Cooper Wells Mills. It had been reported stolen about three weeks ago.
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W. E. Wallace
Sth Avenue
Woodlawn
Birmingham
Decatur
Cooper-Wells Mills
Masons to Meet on Monday Night
Rising Sun Lodge 29 will hold a regular communication at the Masonic temple Monday at 7 30. The meeting includes examinations, the regular business session, and ballot ing on petitions for Masonic degrees. All Masons are urged to attend, said secretary D L G Allen.
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Rising Sun Lodge
Masonic Temple
D. L G. Allen
Pascagoula Strike Notice Ends Without Comment
The Pascagoula Metal Trades Council, AFL, gave a 30 day strike notice against Ingalls Shipbuilding. Workers would strike June 1 or later unless zonal wage rates are increased or the Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee disbands. Both sides awaited zonal wage developments before acting.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Notic
Pascagoula Metals Trades Council
AFL
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Paul Keefe
Ingalls
Metal Trades Council
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee
Salt Lake City
Ralph Johns
Pacific Coast District Metal Trades Council
Keefe
National Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee
Pascagoula Metal Trades Council
Blast Kills Three in Denver Apartment Building
An explosion at 35 West Dakota Avenue killed three occupants including landlady Mrs. Vertrude Rowan, 60, and her 11-year-old grandson. Police said a gas leak blew the two story brick building apart, with eight injured and several others reported in critical condition at Denver General Hospital.
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Denver
West Dakota Avenue
Trude Rowan
Witer
Rowan
M. C. Breckenridge
Denver General Hospital
L. C. Morton
Hungary says elections to be held in September
A Hungarian agency report states elections will proceed in September despite official announcements of their postponement. Informants indicate Dinn is the war minister, approved by Soviet commander V P Sviridov, while Nagy is abroad in Switzerland and pressured to resign to secure his pension and son Laci’s safety.
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Mti
Dinnyes
V. P. Sviridov
Hungary
Nagy
Ephone
Switzerland
Laci
Bern
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