Explaining the closed shop and current status
The Nation Today explains the closed shop, its history from early America to the 1935 Wagner Act, and current proposals by Belator Bail to outlaw it. It covers union rights, employer protections, and related concepts like union shop maintenance of membership and preferential hiring.
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James Marlow
Washington
Belator Bail
Minnesota
Congress
National Labor Reunions Act
NLRA
Wagner
New York
Ball
Canada moves to ease price controls amid mixed signals
Ottawa reports the government will lift controls on household goods and some foods while retaining basics. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott says world price booms may be easing and primary commodities could settle at more reasonable levels. Decontrolled items include furniture, radios, clocks, building supplies, vegetables, and some services. essentials such as clothing, fuels, and major appliances stay controlled.
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Ottawa
Douglas Abbott
Canada
United States
Abbott
Latest Photo Reveals War Occupation Era Youth Education
Prague dispatch notes Biographiest Ancyelope dia threatens no reply to a letter addressed to Prof. Joseph Pritener dean of Denich University and Prague mayor under German rule. Peitanet's post liberation image shows bits hanging from four Czech gallows indicating grim aftermath.
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Prague
Ancyelopedia of the World
Joseph Pritener
Denich University
Peitanet
Monty on Way Home After Russia Visit
British field marshal Montgomery left Moscow by plane after a cordial Kremlin meeting with Stalin. He spoke of military collaboration and hoped to see Russians in London in the spring or summer. Montgomery praised the hospitality and called the talks deeply satisfactory, noting peacetime comradeship between the armies.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Lord Montgomery
Stalin
London
Alexiander M. Vasilevsky
Montgomery
Kremlin
Ten Leftists Sentenced in Spain Plot Trial
In Madrid ten leftists faced two to six year prison terms for alleged military rebellion after a military court found they schemed to unite all anti Franco groups except Communists to overthrow the government. Two defendants were acquitted. Six year verdicts were handed to Regulo Martinez Sanchez priest and leader of the underground Republican Party Juan Gomez Egido president of the clandestine Socialist Party and Sigrido Catala secretary of the illegal National Confederation of Labor. Egido and Catala already face long terms for other underground activity.
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Madrid
Spain
Regulo Martinez Sanches
Republican Party
Juan Gomez Egido
Socialist Party
Sigrido Catala
National Confederation of Labor
Egido
Catala
Atomic Energy Budget Hit At Half Billion For 1948
President Truman’s budget proposes a 443 million dollar atomic energy outlay for the year beginning next July. The plan funds 250 million in new money and 250 million in contract authority to the Atomic Energy Commission, combining military and civilian research. The shift to natural resources and the reorganization under the commission aim to expand benefits of atomic science to industry and medicine while maintaining military significance of atomic weapons.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Truman
Congress
New Atomic Energy Commission
Aen Panenw
Atomic Energy Program
Atomic Energy
Commission
Manhattan Dstrict
Mickey the courageous cocker saves family from house fire
In Memphis on January 11 a cocker spaniel named Mickey plunged from a flaming bed to wake master B. B. Hicks, then dragged burning blankets away with her teeth. Hicks, Mickey, and four seven month old puppies were rescued by firefighters.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jan
Mickey
B. B. Hicks
Hicks
Beautiful Words- Will They Work?
Albert C Wall a Philadelphia motorman and ex GI says he wrote love lines to his British war bride to win her back but she says she is through for ever He was wounded twice in service with the Canadian Army and the couple married in 1943 in Brighton England She joined him in a small flat last November but left for relatives in Vancouver British Columbia last April
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Philadelphia
England
Albert C. Wall
Wall
Viet Nam War Defiance Deepens as Rail Link Cut
Paris reports President Ho Chi Minh declares France cannot win in Indochina in 20 years while Viet Namese forces cut the Saigon Dalat railroad, threatening troop and supply movements. French general staff says initial successes press toward highlands from Hanoi toward the Chinese border, with Sonia seized.
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Paris
No Chi Minh
Indochina
France
Fareastern
Associated Press
Saigon
Dalat
Cochin China
Hanoi
Sonia
Harioi
Fragmented surreal note from a newspaper page
A garbled read on coins and church use mixed with mentions of Egypt Nile River taxes and a Wyoming deer killing arrest. The text blends odd facts about dimes and nickels with unrelated phrases about sympathy and radio comedians, creating a fragmented, non-cohesive item.
Indiana Man Hurt in Coal Company Accident
James L. McCrory, 36, of Indiana R. D. No. 4, sustained a broken nose while working for the Juliette Coal Company near Somerset.
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James L. McCrory
Indiana
R.D. No. 4
Juliette Coal Company
Somerset
Pgh Dairy Co Finishes Three Confabs Here
The Reick McJunkin Dairy Co of Pittsburgh wrapped up a trio of farmers meetings in Indiana County with a final session at Community Hall Cockport Following sessions at Plumville Presbyterian Church and Indiana First Methodist Church About 150 attended Indiana and 120 at Plumville Speakers included Dr Dayton and Indiana County Agent Cochran Prizes awarded to Kirland Overdorff Baylor Stadimiller and others Refreshments were served and gifts of milk cans and pails were given The company has recently held meetings at Punxsutawney Alexandria Bedford and Loysburg
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Pittsburgh
Indiana County
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First Methodist Church of
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W. E. Arnold
J. L. Clovis
Crawford County
J. P. Yerkins
Jefferson Counties
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S. Quay Overdorff
J. M. Baylor
Ralph Stadimiller
M. W. Haskill
J. M. Aul
Carl Wallace
C. L. Condron
Punxsutawney
Alexandria
Bedford
Loysburg
Obituaries for Gaye Johnston Uncapher in Indiana County
Funeral services for William Gaye of Armstrong Two, who died Jan 9 at home, will be at Robinson Funeral Home Sunday Jan 12 at 2 30 pm with Rev Arch M Neal officiating and Greenwood Cemetery interment. Mrs Nan Eite Fleming Johnston died at 7 30 yesterday morning at 45 Elm Street Homer City. services Monday at 2 30 pm from the late home with Rev C R Wick officiating and Greenwood Cemetery interment. She was daughter of Asbury and Matilda Fleming and widow of Harry Johnston. Friends may be received at the state home after 7 pm today. Norman Uncapher died January 11 at 2 00 am in White Township. Born Marion Center Aug 22 1884, son of James and Catherine Uncapher. Former Marion Center resident and noted Indiana County blacksmith. Survived by sisters Mrs John Smail Indiana and Mrs Lula Black Brenizer. Body moved to Streama Funeral Home. Arrangements incomplete.
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William Gaye
Armstrong Two
Robinson Funeral Home
Arch M. Neal
Greenwood Cemetery
Naneite (Fleming) Johnston
Elm Street
Homer City
C. R. Wick
Methodist Church
Asbury
Matilda
Scott)’Fleming
Harry Johnston
Norman Uncaprer
White Township
Marion Center
Augusta
James
Catherine (Green) Uncapher
Britain Proposes British Mediation On Palestine Talks
London reports Britain may act as go-between for Arab and Jewish groups meeting in London on Palestine. Arab higher executive committee may accept British inquiry for a Jan. 21 conference, while Jewish Agency Executive declines to attend under current conditions.
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London
Britain
Palestine
Palestine Arab Higher Executive Committee
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Bert Locker
Mufti
Jerusalem
Supreme
Girl Killed When Train Is Derailed
Burke Virginia January 11 AP report says a southbound Southern Railway passenger train derailed near Burke killing a girl identified as Elizabeth Breeden about 15 and injuring several others. Witnesses said a broken rail rammed into a coach while most cars derailed but did not overturn. Floyd Ridgway said the Breeden girl was watching the train when it left the track.
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Burke
Southern Railway
Jack Weldon
Old Dominion Broadcasting Company
Lynchburg
New York
Elizabeth Breeden
Weldon
Roy Campbell
Howe Ever
Fairfax County
Washington, D. C
Floyd Ridgway
Call Meeting To Plan Food Strike Action
London days of near total food disruption deepen as 16 000 truck drivers are summoned to a mass meeting. Workers press for higher pay shorter hours and better conditions while government plans to replace strikers with troops face delays. Bristol Cambridge and other cities see token actions as Clyde shipyard workers join in. A Canadian freighter with eggs and meat is turned back at Thames docks.
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London
Labor Ministry
Bristol
Cambridge
Clydeside
Clyde River
Thames Docks
Spokane Driver Charged After Hitting Two Women
A man accused of striking two women within five blocks was charged with negligent driving when he arrived at an emergency hospital with both victims as passengers. Traffic officer Harold Gibson said the driver offered Mildred Blades 32 a ride to the hospital after the truck collision, injuring her. On the way, the truck struck Faye regan 43, who was also injured. He offered to take her along while the women received treatment.
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Spokane
Harold Gibson
Mildred Blades
Gibson
Faye Regan
Shanghai council probes garbage department misuse
Shanghai city council investigates the garbage department after a report that garbage trucks were used to haul vegetables back from refuse dumps. The council was told yesterday of the repeated practice.
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Shanghal
Shanghai
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