Hartley Calls for Congress to Probe Taft-Hartley Bypass Attempts
Washington August 23 Chairman Hartley of the House Labor Committee and co author of the Taft Hartley Act urged a joint congressional investigation into any efforts to by pass the law. He criticized AFL and CIO plans to ignore the act as brazen and warned unions that violations will leave them without standing under the law. Hartley compared current moves to earlier bids by industrialists to evade Wagner Act and said the act will work out beautifully once understood.
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Washington
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Sun
Untions
National Labor Relations Board
Joint Committee
Antonn
Joint Congressional Committee
NLRB
New Jersey
Som
Hill Rallies In death by own action Try With Pills
MIAMI BEACH FL Aug 23 44 Virginia Hill woke from a 67 hour coma after an alleged death by own action attempt. Detective Chief Charles W Pierce said she would face her household involved in the incident and a showdown with Virginia her brother Charles and secretary Jerri Mason. Hospital reports noted she remained in serious condition after an overdose of sleeping pills and pneumonia.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Virginia Hill
Charles W. Pierce
Virginia
Charles
Jerri Mason
Pierce
Miss Hill
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
Beverly Hills
Calif
Paris
St. Francis Hospital
Sunset Isle No. 1
Phil R. Short
Doukhobors Terrorists Are Arrested
SOUTH SLOCAN British Columbia Aug 23 UP Five men and a woman were under arrest on arson and terror charges linked to a Doukhobor sect protest against world war III. Police named Nickoli Boris koff and Annie Kostinoff among those in custody as homes farms and schools were burned in the Kootenay Valley. Gov Wismer named W W Ferguson as special prosecutor to pursue the terrorists.
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South Slocan
B. C
Kootenay Valley
Vancouver
Gordon
Wismer
W. W. Ferguson
Nelson
Nickoli Boris
Koff
Annie Kostinoff
Anista Arishinkoff
Sons of Freedom
Helen Dampskoff
Red-defying Communist candidate barred from ballot
Gaetano Defazio, Communist Party candidate for city council, was denied a place on the November election ballot by the County Board of Elections for advocating overthrow of the government by violence. Morton Witkin said Defazio may contest the charge at a hearing set for Wednesday.
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Philadelphia
Gaetano Defazio
Communist Party
County Board of Elections
Morton Witkin
Defazio
Death Sentence for SS Sergeant at Dachau Camp
Theodor Stutz-Zenner, ex SS sergeant at Mannthausen Camp, was condemned by a U S War Crimes Court for aiding in the hanging of two Russians and for starving concentration camp prisoners. The sentence underscores postwar reckoning with wartime atrocities.
UN Security Council Crisis and Egyptian-Troop Tensions
News wires report tense UN Security Council debates over Anglo Egyptian dispute with Egypt demanding British troop withdrawal and Sudan independence. Demonstrations disrupt sessions. Cairo riots prompt tighter security as Egypt seeks end to British presence. A separate accident in Pennsylvania claims one life. US coal reserves cited as ample for 1500 years.
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Indonesia
van Kleffens
Australia
Poland
Egypt
Sudan
U N
Council
Cairo
VU. N. Security Council
Frank Begley
New York
Nokrashy Pasha
Britain
Security Council
Josph Suyensky
East Vandergrift
Brakeman Thomas Stacker Killed by Falling Cars
Reading railroad brakeman Thomas Stacker a 54 year old man was crushed to death when a box car jumped the tracks and pinned him against another car. He stood beside a string of box cars as a switch engine moved another string on a nearby track. One car veered off trapping him.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Stacker
Reading Railroad
Reading
Stacker
New Danger Is Seen In Daiien Ban
Shanghai Aug 23 The Chinese order banning foreign shipping to and from the Soviet port of Dairen prompts talk it could signal detention of Russian ships in other Chinese ports The U S State Department protested Aug 14 over Russia not returning Dairen to Chinese control The Ilyitch dispute with Chinese officials over passengers was settled amicably and the ship is to resume voyages between Vladivostok and Shanghai for repatriates
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Shanghai
Dairen
U. S. State Department
Russia
Tlyitch
Hner Scharnhorst
Vladivostok
Margaret Truman Debuts as Soloist at Hollywood Bowl
Margaret Truman, President Truman's 23 year old daughter, prepares to sing as soprano soloist before about 15,000 fans at the Hollywood Bowl. She says the event may be more stressful for family than for her, with no broadcast and 15,000 seats reportedly sold.
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Hollywood
Margaret Truman
Hollywood Bowl
Miss Truman
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Hollywood How
SEC Finds No Manipulation in Sept 3 1946 Stock Break
The SEC completed a six month survey of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept 3 1946 and found the sharp decline to be not manipulated. The study reviewed all 15 minute period transactions for 945 issues, showing average price drop from 39.35 to 36.95 with 3 249 000 shares traded, the largest since Jan 29 1946. The commission stressed that no group or individual clearly accounted for the day’s market action.
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Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Commission
Trading and Exchange Commission
SEC
Seek Reopen Mine Contract in Barnesburg Protest
United Mine Workers locals prepared for a second protest meeting tomorrow at 2 PM EST in Barnesburg. District President James Mark doubted success, noting the contract was negotiated for a year and that union and operators must consent to reopen before then.
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United Mine Workers
Barnesburg
James Mark
Mark
Plane Designer Dies In Crash At Woodford England
Roy Chadwick, designer of Britain's Lancaster bomber, and three aeronautical engineers were killed in a Tudor JT Airliner test flight crash near Woodford. The four engined craft, carrying 36 passengers, plunged after takeoff. cause unknown. Chadwick was AV Roc Aviation technical director and director. An eyewitness said the plane seemed to fall like a huge rock. A plastic vinylite floor covering note appears in the report.
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Woodford
Eng
Roy Chadwick
Britain
A. V. Roc Aviation Company
Chadwick
Aged Woman Killed By Speeding Car in Philadelphia
A 68 year old woman, Mrs. Margaret Martin, was killed when speeding cars swerved from control and struck pedestrians on a street corner. Two others, Mrs. Marie Beers, 44, seriously injured, and Mrs. Catherine Benzing, 40, suffered minor injuries. Suspects Clem Sales, 35, and Dothan Grundy, 26, fled but were captured. charges include manslaughter by automobile, reckless driving, larceny of the car, theft, and leaving the scene.
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Philadelphia
Margaret Martin
Marie Beers
Vic
Tim
Catherine Benzing
Clem Sales
Dothan Grundy
Any Citizen Can Initiate Act Probe
MAX HALL reports that the Taft Hartley Act expands NLRB powers allowing any person to file charges in writing to initiate investigations of labor disputes. The new rules permit nonunion citizens to trigger regional NLRB reviews and seek federal court injunctions to halt jurisdictional strikes while the board studies which union should perform the work.
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Max Hall Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Believe Sikh War Has Plan Of Extermination
JULLUNDUR India Aug 22 The Punjab military is convinced that Sikh raiders plan a ruthless campaign against Muslim villages over the next weeks overruning 150 villages and slaughtering hundreds with a coordinated mix of muskets rifles machine guns and edged weapons. survivors report a well organized assault conducted at night with brutal efficiency.
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Jullundur
India
Punjab
Pedestrian Killed Near Russellton in Auto Crash
Anton Bobak, 65, of Superior, was killed when struck by a car while walking along a highway near Russellton in Allegheny County last night. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the town as details from police and witnesses emerge.
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Russellton
Anton Bobak
Superior
Allegheny County
Greek coalition cabinet collapses amid internal clash
Greek coalition led by Demetrios Maximos toppled as three former premiers Venizelos Papandreou and Kanellopoulos resign after demanding cabinet reconstitution. Foreign Minister Tsaldaris opposed reshuffle. Maximos drafts resignation for King Paul while guerrilla activity continues and Kalabalikis is reported arrested. American aid worth 300 million dollars aided the government prior to the crisis.
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Dimitri Traylor
Athens
Demetrios Maximos
Constantin Tsaldatis
Washington
Maximos
Paul
Coallition
EAM
Sophocles Venibzelos
George Papandrou
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Constantin Tsaldaris
Venizelos
Papandreou
Kanellopoulos
Stephanos Kalabalikis
Volos
Propose New Path in US Ends Korean Deadlock
The United States proposes an internationally supervised plebiscite in Korea as a way to break the stalemate with the Soviet Union over trusteeship and self government. Maj. Gen. Albert B. Brown reports Moscow has not replied to Secretary Marshall’s plan for a joint report. The Americans favor consulting all groups willing to uphold a decision. Soviets want to consult only certain Korea groups. Brown notes prior American proposals were rejected, and the move follows Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge’s report on arrests tied to revolutionary activity.
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Roy Roberts
John Bonya
Yellow Creek
Seoul
United Street
Homer City
Korea
Albert 8. Brown
United States
Korean Joint Commission
Brown
Joint Commission
John R. Hodge
Romanians Ratify Allied Peace Treaty
Romanian Chamber of Deputies unanimously ratified the peace treaty with the Allied and Associated Nations in a special session. Foreign Minister Tatarascu urged ratification, calling the treaty the final form of World War I peace. Romania’s WW II Axis alliance subject reparations total 300 million dollars and losses include Bessarabia. Defense limited to 138000 personnel, 150 planes, 100 combat ships.
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Bucharest
Romania
Romanian Chamber of Deputies
Gheorghe Tatarescu
Russia
Bessarabia
Paris
Relax German Steel Output Objections From Paris Talks
London reports well informed sources say the French may accept a compromise to boost German steel output as a six nation conference on Germany’s industry enters its second day. The plan aims to tie German production to western Europe’s needs under a sliding scale, with bonds sales in several counties detailed as part of financing and monitoring.
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London
Europe
U. S
Indiana County
Armstrong
Potsdam
Cambria
Germany
France
Clearfield County
Jefferson
Monopoly Of Co-Ops to Be Investigated
Washington August 23 A House Small Business Subcommittee investigated Greenbelt Maryland co operatives charging government built housing projects operate as a coop monopoly The hearing featured Greenbelt residents led by Mayor George Bauer who urged free competitive private enterprise while co op manager Samuel Asherman defended co ops as not monopolies Residents said private business is blocked by government leasing to Greenbelt Consumer Services Inc and called for entry of private shops to restore competition
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Washington
Congress
House
Greenbelt
George Bauer
Samuel F. Asherman
Bauer
Federal Housing Project
Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc
Co-Op
Asherman
Bond man who shot brother by mistake in woods
Michael J. Schreiber 34 of Burnham is free on 1000 bail in Centre County Court on a charge of fatally shooting his brother-in-law Marelow Werrick 23 of Lewistown, in a hunting accident on a farm owned by Pennsylvania State College. A coroner's jury ruled the shooting accidental.
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Bellefonte
Michael J. Schreiber
Burnham
Centre County Court
Marelow Werrick
Lewistown
Schreiber
Justice of the Peace Tower
A. Hugg
Hugg
Pennsylvania State College
Neighbors Frighten Thugs In Philadelphia Robbery
Philadelphia August 23 two men waylaid cabaret owner Mark Fleishman outside his home as he returned from work neighbors cries of hang on murder and robber startled the assailants who fled after Fleishman was punched in the eye and struck with a blackjack The incident disrupted a quiet early morning scene and left Fleishman with facial injuries.
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John
Anna Sacah Bonya
Hungary
Anna Diak Bonya
Homer City
John J
Louis Kish
Lucerne
Joseph Chimino
Joseph Balazs
United States
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Mark Fleishman
Fleishman
Second Held In Fraud for Hearing
PHILADELPHIA Aug 23 A second man arrested in an investigation into alleged frauds in claims on the State Workmen's Insurance Fund is held in 2500 bail for a further hearing on charges of conspiracy and fraudulent conversion Magistrate Jacob Dagole said yesterday George Nesenger was held with Irvin R May a former adjuster for the fund who was arrested in Florida Aug 13 May also has been charged with conspiracy and fraudulent conversion
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Philadelphia
Jacob Dagole
George Nesenger
Irvin R. May
Florida
May
Goodman and Dorsey feud flares amid swing legends
King of Swing Goodman and rival Dorsey clash as tension rises over a past alteration case. Actors Tommy Dorsey and Goodman deny accusations while they and fellow jazz greats Louis Armstrong Charley Barnet Lionel Hampton and Mel Powell work on a film soundtrack in Chicago era days.
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Louis Armstrong
Charley Barnet
Lionel Hampton
Mel Powell
Labor Day Church Picnic at St. Nicholas
Nicktown parishioners prepare their annual picnic and homecoming on Labor Day as part of a church year, while a wider article notes economic and international policy topics. The piece mentions Anglo American agreements, Britain’s possible actions with gold reserves, a World Bank loan request, and a count of passenger cars owned by farmers.
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St. Nicholas’ Catholic
Nicktown
United States
Germany
Britain
World Bank
Isla
Stolen Car Recovery Report In City Police Action
Police said George Earl Broad is being held after a stolen car incident near the Eagles Club on August 21 around 12:10 AM. Broad faces additional local charges as authorities continue the investigation.
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George Earl Broad
Steawall
Ward Kanouf
Eagles
Broad
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