Court Ruling on Closed Shops Moves AFL Meeting
The Supreme Court upheld state bans on the closed shop prompting AFL leaders to plan a high level strategy session. Union lawyers see potential limits on other forms of compulsory union membership and may seek related cases to bring to the Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
AFL
Legislative Council
High Court
Herbert Thatcher
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Thatcher
State Federations of Labor
Congress
Jews and Iraqi Battle on Palestine's Central Front
Israeli and Iraqi troops clashed for two hours in the Sharon Valley area near Tira as raid reports and two settler deaths sparked renewed hostilities on Palestine’s central front. Both sides reported casualties amid UN truce tensions and denials of gas use. Egypt and Israel exchanged fire around Faluja with aircraft and ground clashes continuing along the southern front.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sharon Valey
Tira
United Nations
Egypt
Palestine
Arab League
Cairo
Ian
Faluja
U. S
William E. Riley
Haifa
Egyptain War Ministry
Britain to Hang Woman Convicted on Murder Count
Margaret Allen aged 41 is to be hanged in Britain for the first time since 1936 after Home Secretary James Chuter Ede announced no reprieve. Convicted at Manchester on December 8 of murdering 68-year-old neighbor Nancy Chadwick, Miss Allen made no appeal. The last English woman executed was Charlotte Bryant in 1936.
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London
Britain
Margaret Allen
James Chuter Ede
Miss Allen
Manchester
Nancy Chadwick
England
Charlotte Bryant
Carlyle and Chattam Settle In Congress
North Carolina's two newest members of Congress began work after yesterday's ceremonies that seated them. Carlyle and Chattam settle into routine congressional duties as they join the House.
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Carlyle and
Chattam
Congress
Washington
North Carolina
Balking GOP To Keep Up Fight on Taft
Republicans pledged to continue opposing Taft led policies. Taft won a 28 to 14 confidence vote as GOP policy chair, but 14 insurgents signaled ongoing clashes. Lodge urged a movement to energize the party while Morse called Taft reactionary and led plans for a modern program. Ivés said fights would stay within party meetings.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Morse
Oregon
Morse
Ivés
New York
Tornado toll rises to fifty in Arkansas and nearby areas
A tornado hit Warren Arkansas late yesterday killing 46 to 50 and injuring nearly 300 as guardsmen and police cleared debris. In northern Louisiana and Eldorado Arkansas two more tornadoes left four dead and over 60 hurt while fires and gas and water line damage disrupted the town.
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Warren
Ark
UPI
Louisiana
Eldorado
Little Doctors
Hot Springs
Little Rock
National Guardsmen
Jim Hurley
Hurley
W. Parker Brown
Bradley Lumber Co
Brown
Red Cross
Losses and Gains Well Mixed On Today's Market
New York stocks closed with a mixed tone as losses and gains balanced after yesterday's setback. Trading was restrained with small moves. investors awaited the president's message to Congress. Downticks included U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Firestone Goodyear Montgomery Ward and others. gains featured U S Rubber Sears Roebuck United Aircraft American Telephone Edison Kennecott Kodak and Warner Bros.
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Congress
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Firestone
Goodrtch
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Natural Gas
American Smelting
General Electric
Tri-Continental Corp
Pennsylania A. A
Sinclair Oil
Gulf Oil
Transcontinental & Western Air
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Commonwealth Edison
Kennecott Copper
Air Reduction
Eastman Kodak
Great Northern Preferred
Standard Oil
Warner Bros
Marines Not To Withdraw From China
Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger denied reports that U S Marines were terminating their lease on the Shantung University campus in Tsingtao. He ordered an end to talks seen as fueling withdrawal rumors and noted discussions on returning the campus for educational use.
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Shanghai
Oscar C. Badger
China
Badger
U. S
Shantung University
Tsingtao
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Third Man Arrested In Pembroke Bank Holdup
FBI in Charlotte reports a third suspect, Donald Hunt, arrested near Raeford for the Scottish Bank of Pembroke robbery. He admitted taking part in the $9,000 theft. Crawford Hunt pleaded guilty. Sandy Hunt and Crawford bound over for spring federal court terms. Officers seek remaining $7,000.
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Donald Hunt
FBI
Robeson
Jones
D. O. Pierce
Brown
Donald
Sandy
Crawford Hunt
Federal District Court
Fayetteville
Crawford
Truman to Deal With Congress More Friendly Than That of Last Session
Washington dispatch reports that President Truman may encounter broader Republican support in the 81st Congress as it opens. An administration backed rule-change could force action on blocked bills, signaling easier passage of Truman priorities on housing health education and farm policies.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
81St Congress
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Nelson seeks FCC approval to sell WGO to Concord Tribune
An application to sell Radio Station WGO for 50000 dollars was on file today. Wayne M. Nelson who established the station asked the Federal Communications Commission yesterday for authority to transfer the operation to the Concord Tribune.
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Washington
WGO
Wayne M. Nelson
Federal Communications Commission
Concord Tribune
Graham Says Scott Should Pick Sympathetic Chairman
North Carolina figures amid a reshaping of the highway board. Governor-elect Kerr Scott seeks a chair who backs his road program. A H Graham agrees to stay on until February 1 and to decline May 1. The event follows a conference with Scott and Governor Cherry and includes Graham's noted resignation. The piece connects the reshuffle to Scott's rural road plan and engineering changes amid a major winter blizzard impacting the plains region with heavy snow and travel disruptions.
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Raleigh
A. H. Graham
Kerr Scott
Scott
Graham
Cherry
Highway Commission
W. Vance Baise
Baise
Chiang presses fight as followers hold faith in China crisis
The piece notes General Chiang Kai Shek vows to fight to a finish unless communist terms are accepted. It details a potential shift to Formosa as a military base, with government leaders Chen Sung and Chiang Ching-kuo slated for roles there, and positions Nanking and Shanghai in the strategic balance along the Yangtze.
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China
Chiang’ Kaishek
Chiang
Yangtze River
Nanking
Shanghai
Yangtse
Formosa
Island
Amoy
Japan
Nippon
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Eral Chen Sng
Chiang Ching- Kuo
Nanking-Shanghai
Gunman Daniels Faces Death In Ohio Electric Chair
Robert Murl Daniels was put to death at the Ohio penitentiary after a four day murder spree. He had been captured near Van Wert five months earlier and faced six slayings including the Niebel family murders. Witness Sgt. L D Conn attended the execution.
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Columbus
Robert Murl Daniels
van Wert
Ohio Penitentiary
C. V. Lucier
John Niebel
Mansfield Reformatory
Nolanda
Phyllis
Daniels
Niebels
L. D. Conn
John Coulter West
West
Earl C. Ambrose
James Smith
Jorville Taylor
Niles
Mich
Merury Below Zero In Montana Storm Toll Rises
A severe weather outbreak sweeping from Wyoming to Louisiana left dozens dead and hundreds injured or homeless. Tornadoes struck Arkansas Louisiana and Kansas with Warren Arkansas a lumber town near Little Rock suffering the worst damage and a large death toll reported.
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Wyoming
Louisiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Warren Ark
Little Rock
Record Low Temperatures Grip Los Angeles Area
Los Angeles recorded a new all time low of 28.1 degrees with orchardists fearing damage in the citrus belt. The Weather Bureau noted the prior record from 1913 at 28.4 degrees and readings in Riverside 24 and San Bernardino 25 in the heart of the citrus region. Palmdale hit 16 degrees as heaters were widely used to try to protect crops.
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Los Angeles
Citrus Belt
Weather Bureau
Citrus
Riverside
San Bernardino
Citrus Area
Palmdale
Desert
Frock Coat Delegation Is Doubled In Congress Return
Washington dispatch notes a light frock coat trend on the Senate opening with Senator Hoey as the last holdout and new West Virginia Democrat Matthew M. Neely in frock coat. House attendance appears youthful as many members bring children. a one day frock coat is denied by staff as temporary. Voting remains traditional with roll calls rather than machines.
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Senate
Hoey
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