Railroads strike averted amid government seizure and arbitration debate
The text discusses a government seizure of railroad lines, a temporary measure, and an injunction by Judge Alan L. Gainsborough that halted the planned strike. It argues the Railway Labor Act’s arbitration machinery was exhausted, and questions the balance between compulsion and labor rights, noting the need to keep essential services running while seeking a workable agreement between labor and management. It also mentions the Park Lane Villa hotel dispute involving the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Alan L. Gainsborough
Brotherhoods
Reeds
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Park Lane Villa
Cleveland
Ameriga
20 Years Ago Today Machinery Used on Red River Bridge
Twenty years ago today construction moved forward on the Red River bridge at Ulion as machinery supplied by contractors was being deployed. A separate item notes the year old baby of Mr and Mrs George Lafferty died after being bitten by a rattlesnake in seven places. National Music Week programs at the Junior High School listed musicians including George Rob, Merlin Coop, Winnie Lee Floyd, Louise Lewis, Mildred Valentine, Kathleen Head, Oswald Warmack, Katherine Briant, Mary Powell Matty, Louise Baath and others.
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Red River
Ulion
George Lafferty
George Robison
Merlin Coop
Winnie Lee Floyd
Louise Lewis
Mildred Valentine
Kathleen Head
Oswald Warmack
Katherine Briant
Mary
Powell Matty
Louise Baath
RAI
Auto Workers Strike Rails On Schedule
Railroads operate normally after government seizure and averted strike. Union leaders insist only wage gains and rule changes can prevent future walkouts. Chrysler and UMW actions loom as new labor tensions mount nationwide.
U S Trying to Head Off Auto Walkout
Detroit May 11 U S unions and manufacturers kept talks alive to avert the first major auto strike in two years as Chrysler workers threaten a 75 000 walkout at 9 am Wednesday after a wage dispute. Mediators pressed for concessions while Norman R Matthews U A W CIO Chrysler director led final bargaining with Emil Mazey at the helm for the union. Chrysler delegated Robert W Wonder to negotiate with full authority as mediator efforts continued with six weeks unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Chrysler Corp
Norman R. Matthews
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler
Matthews
UAW
VAW
Gai
Emil Mazey
Walter Reuther
AL Anion
Robert W. Wonder
Kiwanis Club screens vocational film on handicapped employment
Kiwanis meets at noon to view a vocational film showing how handicapped persons are employed. F N Powell from Arkansas Vocational Department and T C Thornton from the Hoperifice leok spoke. George & received a check from the Kiwanis Minstrel while guests Arm Hage LaGrossa and Garrell were introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
Teddy Jones
Kiwanis Club
F. N. Powell
Arkansas Vocational Department
T. C. Thornton
The
Hoperifice Leok
George
Dbne
Kiwanis Minstrel
Chuck Arm- Hage
Jim LaGrossa
Bob Garrell
Pew
EL P
pYoumgy Oh
Guy Griggs
Ru Irdeety
Trusty Guards Shoot Escaping Convict Near Jefferson Springs
A young escaped Negro convict, George Willi Flood of Camden, was shot and killed near Jefferson Springs in Jefferson County by Cummins prison farm guards after fleeing during transfer. Capt. Tom Cugbill said Flood refused to halt. a guardfire ended his escape and injured no others. Mrs. William D. Beseau, 37, was killed Sunday by a butler intended for Flood. funeral services were held at Grady. Flood had been recaptured earlier but escaped again. search resumed with 15 to 20 guards under rain and fading scent. Flood, convicted in Ouachita equity in 1946 for burglary and grand larceny, was paroled in 1947 and then rearrested on additional charges.
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Cummins
Jefferson Springs
Jefferson County
Tom Cugbill
George Willi Flood
Camden
Grady
William D. Beseau
Flood
Gotee Dennis
Negro Trusty
Dennis
Trusty
Beseau
Dexter
Cogbill
Cugbill
Parele Dirctoy
W. P. Ball
Ouachita Equity
Agand
Threatened Strike Averted at Chicago Stockyards
Chicago May 11 A threatened strike of 400 CIO stockhandlers at the world’s largest stockyards was averted four hours before the 12:01 a.m. deadline. Frank Monahan president of the CIO stockhandlers Union said a new contract gives a six cent an hour raise retroactive to April 4. The union, affiliated with CIO Packinghouse Workers, had been in a wage dispute with major packers since March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Vanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Johnson
White House
John Steelman
Brotherhoods
Chrysler
Leo Kotin
UAW
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Opthc
UMW
Lewis
Putatey
Chicago
South St. Paul
Fort Worth
Milwaukee
St. Joseph Mo
Fargo
N. D
Steelman
CIO
Frank Monahan
Low Deal
CIO Stockhandlers Union
Monahan
I Cio Packinghouse Workers Union
Arab Leaders Seek to Save City of Jaffa
Arab military leaders in Palestine declared Jaffa an open city to block Jewish capture and seek British help, but Jews reportedly refused. In the past 24 hours Arabs lost Safad and were routed at Bab El Wad near Jerusalem, while Jewish forces reopened the Tel Aviv Jerusalem corridor and sent a supply convoy to the capital.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Arab Emergency Committee
Haganah
Ern
Safad
Bab el Wad
Holy City
Bal el Wad
Beirut
Arab Liberation Army
Milan Cathedral Capacity Asserted at Forty Thousand
A statement notes that about 40,000 people can crowd into the Milan cathedral in Italy. The figure highlights the church's large interior and capacity for major ceremonies and crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Dixiecrats Plan Dixie Convention After Civil Rights Platform
Jackson Mississippi May 11 The Dixiecrats prepared to hold a separate Dixie Convention in Birmingham Alabama on July 17 if the national convention adopts a civil rights platform. About 1500 Southern leaders urged each state below the Mason Dixon line to pledge delegates and electors to repudiate Truman's civil rights program. Eleven states were represented.
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Jackson
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
National Party
Mason-Dixon Line
Truman
Philadelphia
Pictures Have a Never Failing Appeal to the Human Mind
A photographer reflects on how iconic campaign and royal images shape public perception. From Queen Marie of Romania to FDR and Rockefeller, pictures often convey warmth and character beyond words, influencing voter and public sympathy more than speeches.
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New York
Queen Marie of
Romania
Ilex
Queenie
England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
John B. Rockefellers
Norman Thomas
Newark
J. P. Morgan
Senate
Mass Burial Planned for WWII Bomber Crash Victims
Mass burial of Army Air Corps fliers killed in a bomber crash during World War II was to be held at National Cemetery this afternoon. They died July 30, 1942, while on patrol near the Pacific approaches to the Panama Canal. the group included Pvt. Albert W. Anderson of Hunter, Arkansas.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Army Air Corps
National Cemetery
Pacific
Panama Canal
Pvt
Albert W. Anderson
Hunter, Arle
Senate panel approves draft for men 19 to 25 and training volunteers
The Senate armed services Committee approved a draft targeting men age 19 to 25 and provisions for training 161,000 eight year old volunteers.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Third Street to Receive Blacktop Mid Summer
The State Highway Department plans to lay high type blacktop on U.S. 67 through Hope starting late June or early July. Costly heavy concrete is unaffordable. Arkansas has already spent 34,000 on widening and curbing, with repairs to drainage and surface work to follow under city supervision.
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State
Hope
Third Street
A. K. Johnson
C. C. White
Little Rock
Charles A. Armitage
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Talbot Feild, Jr
Arkansas
Steelworkers Meet to Plan 1949 Strategy
Boston May 12 CIO steelworkers opened a convention with 3200 delegates to push for a 10 percent annual production rise and a “second front” in politics. The report attacked steel industry profits and urged immediate expansion of basic steelmaking to reach 10 million tons more per year.
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Boston
CIO
Real Batlfoneck
National Cio
Phillip Murray
T Ie Steel Industry
Bagic
Neak
Second Front
Vw, & As “A New Speak" of 17.4 Billion Dollars, the Isteetworkers
America
Soviet Lithuania and WOU vessels seen on the Dnieper
The Moscow report notes Soviet Lithuania and Western river fleet ships have been moved along the Dnieper since the war. Among the vessels listed are the patrol ships Osipenke and Kyspskaya, reportedly sent to Botland by Germany.
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Moscow
Soviet
Lithuania
Victar
Kyspskaya
Bid to Russia No New Move in U S Polic
Washington May 11 press summary of Truman remarks on Soviet talks. President says American bid to Molotov for decent relations represents no new departure. State Dept notes Smith’s 500 word oral reply and emphasizes the U S seeks no hostile aims while keeping doors for discussion open. Moscow says USSR ready for peace and cooperation and to discuss differences.
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Washington
Truman
Molotov
Ambasador
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Aviet Union
Russia
Malfolov
State Department
Mosco
Iti
U. S
Newspaper sales boost as editions drop and readers flock
Workers rush to print as editions appear with streets filled by readers. Press and radio publicize the development while editors note States suggest a two meeting on American Soviet relations and Russia accepts. Soviet ambassador W Bedell Smith involved in port departure and a lengthy embassy exchange with Molotov.
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Sian
Paige
Gre
Developmer
Thei
G¢A
Russia
S.A
9 Tass
Rusala
Usador
W. Bedell
Smith
Cai yMlings
Soviet Union
France
Altaires
Durbrow
Thbassy
Minia V.M. Molotov
Russaly
Rain Totals And Temperatures From Monday Night
The Experiment Station reports 2.08 inches of rainfall Monday night with a 90 minute downpour comprising most of it. The 24 hour low was 60 degrees and high 84. May totals reach 4.42 inches against a 3-year average of 5.12. Year-to-date rainfall is 27.90 inches versus a 49.50 inch average.
Citizens Asked to Help Clean Fair Park
Citizens are urged to join tomorrow afternoon in a community cleanup at Fair Park. Local civic clubs plan a facelift including paving streets and tennis courts, building barbecue pits and picnic benches, ending the play area. Bring lunch. free drinks and rolls provided by local sponsors.
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Fairpark
Ex-Resident of Hope Named Head of Louisiana Firm
Robert W. Leduetter, former resident of Slope, named president of Lannex Feed and Farm Supply of Blain Dealing, La. Firm to house machinery and process products. operation expected to start in 2000. Leduetter previously worked in Hope for several years. BR Pankey of Binhet noted.
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Robert W. Leduetter
Slope
Lannex Feed
Legbotter
Jin Hope
Vna
Miandy
BR Pankey
Binhet
Union Solons Forced to Take Red Oath
Washington May 11 The House appropriations committee approved a $66,050,090 fund for the legislative branch and recommended that no federal funds be used to pay the salary of any person in government who belongs to a union whose officers have not filed the required non Communist affidavit. The measure targets government printing employes but faces questions as several Congress members are union dues payers. The panel added a $197,000 item for House members’ telephone allowances, raising the House budget total to $18,043,045, with various reductions across Senate and Capitol services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Taft-Hartle
Gymin
Legislative Fishment
Noes Senate
Capillice Force
Repisiative Counsel
Ielion
Senate
Capitol
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James Thrasher
House Select Committee
Europe
Army
Royall
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Royal
Pentagon
Vowal i
Arthur J. Gloyer
Switemen's Union
United Press
New Jersey
United Automobile Workers
U.S
Kiwanis
Ark
Fruit and Truck Branch
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Future Farmers of America
Seymour
Cecil M. Biltule
J. Marion Adams
S. D. Mitchell
F.P.A
W. M. Watts
University of Arkansas
J. E Vaile
Assoc
Russell Leweslun
John Keck
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Charles G. Lincoln
Robert #. Nelson
Agriculuural Extension Service
NFA
Cecil M. Bittle
Hope Station
Hal Boyle
Garry Harris
Prent
New York Photographiers. Association
Jons Louse
Gu Buimne
Bulletin
Polic
Louisiana
Union
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