Nation Again Faces Threat Of Rail Tieup
The nation faced a general railroad tieup as AFL switchmen slated a Sunday strike against five major Western and Midwestern lines. Two other unions threatened a July 15 walkout, and unions rejected presidential board recommendations for pay and hours. ATL transit workers won a small wage increase while Ford faced unfair labor charges amid a CIO drive. Atlantans watched a 36 day transit strike near resolution as unions push for gains.
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National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
So Near Yet So Far For Bomer Cook in Munich Trial
So Near Yet So Far For Bomer Cook is recaptured in Anna Sporrer’s Munich apartment during a recess in his trial for legal entry to join the German sweetheart. Cook, a 27 year old ex-GI from Muskogee Oklahoma, has escaped from army custody three times and returned with a hand injury in a sling.
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Okla
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Rudolph Coetsch
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Iowa
Munich
Cook
Germany
Anna
Frankfurt
FCC Chief Names Ohio Firm Tied to Race News
FCC Chairman Wayne Coy said Continental Press of Cleveland may violate anti trust laws by distributing racing news to bookmakers. He testified before Senate Crime Investigating committee claiming Continental dominates race news distribution, possibly through agreements to avoid jurisdictional warfare. Coy cited $1,008,000 annual income and lack of competition in the field.
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Wayne Coy
Tocay
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
Coy
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Communiications Commission
Senate’ Commerce
Continental
Rac
Hollywood Figures Face Red Trial in Federal Court
On June 22 three Hollywood writers and producers Ring Lardner Jr Lester Cole and Adrian Scott stood trial in federal court before Judge Edward M. Curran without a jury for contempt of Congress for refusing to reveal whether they were members of the Communist Party. The judge planned to verdict next Thursday while two other Hollywood Ten members Dalton Trumbo and John Howard Lawson began one year jail terms after pleading guilty to contempt counts. Center of the Dutch bulb industry lies in the sandy irrigated area between Leiden and Hasrre.
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Ring Lardwerdt
Lester Cole
Adrian Scott
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Dalton Frumbo
John Howard Lawson
Pleads for Unity Among Lutherans at Triennial Meet
Milwaukee reports the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod gathering of 873 delegates from 3,566 parishes across the United States and Canada. Dr John W Behnken urged renewed efforts for unity and noted a doctrinal agreement with the American Lutheran Church will be considered, not a merger. The session runs nine days.
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APU
United States
Canada
Lutheran church-Missouri Synod
John W. Behnken
Synod
American Lutheran Church
Behrnken
Army Major Testifies in Check of Finance Center Scandal
Major John Mathias of the Army staff in Washington testifies before the House Armed Services subcommittee probing irregularities at the Army Finance Center in St Louis. The Civil Service subcommittee had earlier urged court martial for Mathias for soliciting and misrepresenting statements about an informant. The inquiry also tracks the Armed Forces Mutual Benefit Association, once Pentagon run, now a $44.3 million concern, with Maj Gen William H. Kasten tied to it and questioned about duties and involvement.
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FBI
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Army Chief of Finance
House Armed & Vices
Army Finance
St. Louis
House Civil Service Committee
Mathias
Civil Service
Armed Services Subcommittee
Armed Forces Mutual Benefit Association
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Mort
Association
Truman Nominates Four Generals for Duty
President Truman nominated Lt Gen Manton Spaulding Eddy to command U S army forces in Europe. He sent the novation to the Senate along with Maj Gen Stafford L Irwin to command U S forces in Austria, Maj Gen Joseph May Swing to commandant of the Army War College, and Maj Gen Frank W Milburn to command fifth corps.
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U.S. Army
Europe
Senate
Stafford Leroy Irwin
United States
Austria
Joseph May Swing
Army War College
Frank William Millburn
Fifth Corps
Davenport Proposes Special Committee on Sex Crimes
Rep Davenport proposes a U S House select committee to investigate sex crimes and their causes. The panel would study factors behind offenses and recommend legislation to curb such crimes if created.
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Washington
House
Davenport
D-Penn
Three Face US Charges Under Game Laws
DENVER June 22 AP Two St Louis businessmen and a former Colorad operator are charged in a complaint filed in U S District Court. Thomas Lee Omahundra W F P J Fienup and Forrest F Voss allegedly shipped 23 deer killed out of Colorado between 1946 and 1948 from Voss hunting camp. They reportedly planned to give the meat to friends. The defendants face up to 300 dollars fine or six months in jail or both. Mt Evans Colo rises 14 260 feet high.
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St. Louis
Colorado
Missouri
U.S. District Court
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St Louis
W. FP. J. Fienup
Overland
Forrest F. Voss
Metaline Falls
W. Frank Poley
U.S
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