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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
6
Bitter reaction to President Truman’s stance is blamed for the failure to settle the long running labor dispute. Union leaders and railway executives trade sharp statements as the stalemate continues with no bargaining breakthrough in sight.
Three railroad union chiefs testified before a Senate labor sub committee that President Truman forced limits on any settlement, insisting agreements match the emergency board report. They charged Steelman and the administration hamstrung mediation before the planned rail strike, while noting estimates of a pattern wage approach undercuts separate settlements. Robertson hedged on presidential support, saying he would decide after nominations.
The wage committee of two railroad brotherhoods voted to demand a 25 percent pay hike from Class 1 carriers. The unions say the raise would take effect August 1 after serving notice on July 1, with possible rules changes to be decided later. The groups represent about 225,000 conductors trainmen and yardmen. they had previous gains last November and are not part of the current wage dispute tied to government seizure and a threatened strike by engineers firemen and switchmen.
Police confiscate a policy wheel adding machine and gambling slips in a second floor room at 1627 West Ninth. Harold McRae 39 of 4808 Troost avenue and Ralph Wilson 48 of 5618 Lowell street were released on 250 dollar bonds. Samuel Arnold 66 of 213 North Fifth street Kansas City Kansas released on 100 dollar bond. Sergeants LeRoy Goodwin James Silvy and John Lucas led the raid.
Four boys tried to enter Walters grocery at 4252 Troost avenue last night. Two boys chased by G R Bolander 1010 East Forty third street near the rear window. two others frightened by Bolander after smashing the front door glass. Owner Al F Walters 5925 Troost said nothing appears missing. The item ends with a general remark on food costs.
A cat taken to a pet hospital by Mrs. Jack Hark ness of 4431 Washington street died yesterday afternoon. Police were told the animal was given poison on Sunday night as the cause of death. No trace of the poisoner who has killed other pets in the area was found.
Victor Mature is sent to Cecil B DeMille for Samson and Twentieth gets Wanda Hendrix from Paramount to co star opposite Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes. The column notes Mature's acting progress since 1 000 Years B C and DeMille's joke about Samson and Delilah sound effects. It also mentions Gable finishing Command Decision and a planned Europe voyage, Grant's Power of Darkness project, and other Hollywood moves and anecdotes.
Denver June 15 AP reports Brig Gen E A Evans Reserve Officers Association director says three years of Pentagon lethargy let a highly trained reserve force disintegrate. Morale is way down as WWII enlistees leave. Col Melvin Maas notes peacetime civilian defense spending is under 2 percent of budgets. R O A president Col Neblett calls for a national security plan with a ready civilian reserve.
Mrs John Brand the Russian born wife of a British soldier writes to Pravda denouncing life in Britain from Hackney slums. She names other Soviet wives planning to return as Liddell Smith Helland Bunn Lamb and warns Soviet women seeking to join husbands abroad. She cites poverty and fear for her son’s education as reasons for return. Copper use in 1939 and farm accident gender stat noted.
A reflective poem contrasts two kinds of men the driven intellect chasing wealth and greatness versus the contented restrained figure content with simple comforts. The speaker believes the former may seem smarter but the latter satisfy needs and quietly endure.
Rome June 15 AP Italy’s general strike began in Turin led by the Chamber of Labor protesting police occupation of the Lancia works. All nonessential workers paused, with 13,000 to 20,000 workers refusing pace reductions and joining pickets as management cut shifts and hospitals kept staff.
Norris Tennessee town built by the TVA for dam workers sold at public auction for 2,107,500 dollars. Buyer Henry David Epstein, representing Philadelphia businessmen, led a group purchasing 1,284 acres, 342 dwellings, a school, fire station, and other buildings with 50,000 cash down and rest on transfer.
A plate glass window at Royal Food store No 6 located at 324 East Forty third Street was broken last night by a stone according to police reports.
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