Vinson Chips In As Taft Hartley Case Hearing Escalates
Chief Justice Vinson angered by prolonged questioning during the Supreme Court hearing on the Taft Hartley Act test case. He twice and then a final time ordered the CIO lawyer to stop, as Associate Justice Frankfurter pressed for answers. The scene highlighted tensions over constitutional challenges to the union spending ban.
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Vinson
Washington
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
CIO
Lee Pressman
Government
Climenko
Ben Moore
Charleston
W. Va
U. S. District Court
Moore
Philip Murray
High Tribunal
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Western Europe forms permanent defense alliance body
Western Europe nations including Great Britain France and the Low Countries establish a permanent defense committee to study common defense problems under the Brussels treaty. Diplomats report a western German government is planned for September with broad domestic authority, amid allied talks.
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London
Great Britain
France
Low Countries
United States
Belgium
Holland
May 2 Proclaimed Music Week in Kenosha
Kenosha city manager A. E. Axtell proclaims National and International Music Week from May 2. He urges schools, press, clubs, libraries, churches, theaters and patriotic groups to observe the theme Enjoy life more with music and recognize music as a universal morale builder.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Harold E Long Memorial Emergency Room at Kenosha Hospital
Nash employees establish an emergency room at Kenosha hospital to honor Harold E Long motor works manager. The $3100 memorial fund finances renovation and equipment with hospital covering excess costs. A plaque will mark the room as the Harold E Long Memorial Room and future road access will cut emergency response time.
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Kenosha Hospital
Harold E. Long
Nash Motors
Nash
Omer B. Maphis
Nash Motor
Long
E. R. Moore, Jr
Claus Anderson
Richard Lindgren
M. A. Hagen
Sheridan Road
Maphis
Auto Workers Set May 12 Strike Date at Chrysler
United Auto Workers and Chrysler near a contract clash with talks continuing on wage terms. A May 12 strike date looms as the union presses for raises and benefits while management cites current terms and potential concessions.
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Auto Workers
Chrysler Union Company
Detroit
U.P
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Norman Matthews
Chrysler Department
Emil Mazet
Matthews
John J Hart Dies After City Collision
John J Hart, 31, secretary treasurer of Yule Truck Lines, was killed early this morning when his eastbound car collided with a truck on Seventy-fifth street near the west city limits. He suffered head injuries and died en route to Kenosha hospital. The crash occurred at 3 30 a m near Sheridan road and Lake Shore road.
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John J. Hart
Sheridan Road
Yule Truck Lines, Inc
Lake Shore Road
Kenosha Hospital
Seventy-fifth Street
West
Hart
Racine
Jacob C. Greer
Greer
Cyril Ellison
Edward Ungemach
Eugene Zicarelli
Dominick Corradini
Ungemach
James A. Crossin
Chicago
McHenry
Ill
Irwin Hart
Mount Carmel High School
St. Viator’s College
Bourbonnais
College of Advanced Traffic
St. Mark’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Kenosha Council
Kenosha Elks Lodge
Kenosha
Evening News
Tavern Burglary Suspect Faces Lie Detector Test
William E. Dueitt 37 of 2519 Sixth Street, a bartender at Johnnie Dorff’s tavern, was taken to Madison for a lie detector test after a $3,000 burglary at the same tavern last Saturday. He denies involvement and may finish the test this afternoon. The probe links to a spate of eight tavern burglaries since December.
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William E. Dueitt
Sixtieth Street
Johnnie Dorff
Madison
New State Crime Laboratory
Dueitt
Dorff
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Arthur J. Riley
Haukedah
Duetti
Charles M. Wilson
Kenosha
Rail Mediator Sees Need of Direct Dealings
Federal mediator says labor and management remain unyielding in the wage dispute threatening a nationwide rail strike set for May 11. Frank Douglass notes direct negotiation may narrow issues as leaders from three brotherhoods push for a wage increase and 1948 cost‑of‑living basis.
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Chicago
Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Douglass
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
Carriers Conference Committee
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers
D. B. Robertson
Robertson
Cleveland
Speedy Photo Plane To Get Final Tests
The last of three XF-11 photo reconnaissance planes ordered by the U S air force from Howard Hughes will be given final tests in about three weeks, Wright Field officials said today.
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Dayton, O
WUP
U. S. Air Force
Howard Hughes
Wright Field
If Your Wife Pushes the Car She's Driving
In St Louis Judge George J. Grellner ruled that Mrs. Raymond Richardson was responsible when she pushed the family car into another vehicle while her husband steered. The charges of reckless and drunk driving were dismissed against Richardson. the husband was fined $3 for lacking a city tag.
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St. Louis
U.P
George J. Grellner
Raymond Richardson
Richardson
Jewish Fighters Tighten Ring Around Jaffa and Jerusalem
Haganah forces isolated Arab Jaffa and seized Salama, Katamon positions, and outer Jaffa defenses while British air support monitored truce talks. Jerusalem reports heavy fighting with rifles, machine guns, mortars and mines echoing through the city as talks falter.
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Haganah
Arab Jaffa
Katamon
Jerusalem
Holy City
Arab Legion
Trans-Jordan
Jaffa
Salama
United Nations
Lydda
Ramle
Maashieh
Paasikivi signs final ratification of Soviet Finn treaty
President Juho K. Paasikivi signed the final measure ratifying the Soviet Finnish treaty, confirming agreement between Helsinki and Moscow. The act formalizes the accord after negotiations and aligns with Finland’s postwar foreign policy.
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Helsinki
U.P
Juho K. Paasikivi
Town plans help for overcrowded family in Streator
In Streator Illinois Mayor Albert Diettman and labor leader Fred Salvati stage a relief effort for Mary Cole and her ten children living in a basement with a tarpaulin roof. They call on bricklayers lumber dealers and home equipment suppliers to donate materials and workers for a two day weekend finish.
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Streator Times-Press
Associated Press
Cole
Albert E. Diettman
Fred J. Salvati
Diettman
Salvati
Coal Output Jumps as Production Recovers From Strike
Washington reports the nation’s soft coal output rose to 11.35 million tons in the latest week, the first normal level since the miners began a walkout on March 1 over a pension dispute with operators. The prior week yielded 7.72 million tons.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
Welfare Fund
Senator Styles Bridges
RNH
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Washington
Air Force Plan Faces Senate Objections Over 70-Group Build
Senate may delay action on the 70 group air force plan as some senators object. The Appropriations Committee rushed approval of a $3.233 billion bill with $2.822 billion for starter air force buildup. Bridges seeks suspension of rules to act today while Wherry weighs next steps. The committee rejected Forrestal’s 66 group compromise as the House backed the higher figure. Both chambers meanwhile mark time on manpower legislation.
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Washington
Wherry
Neb
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Bridges
N. H
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Lift Six-Week Ban on Exports of Soft Coal
The Commerce Department lifted a six week ban on soft coal exports as miners returned to work. The ban began March 21 to protect fuel supplies for U S industry and exempted emergencies and special coal types not used in the United States.
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Washington
Commerce Department
U. S
Movie Scene Scaffold Falls Injuring Nine
A steel scaffold for a Jimmy Stewart film at Newark airport collapsed injuring at least nine people. Stewart escaped injury by moments as the folding scaffold toppled during a scene from You Got to Stay Happy.
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Newark
N. J
Jimmy Stewart
Stewart
Think You Have Trouble Lam bert saga at Oakland home
Chief Petty Officer John Lambert, shipped from Alameda to a torpedo test site, was rerouted to Pt Mugu by plane. His wife, arriving after a year apart, met him in Oakland. A landlord accused subletting, ordered them out, and Lambert paid a speeding ticket for a friend. Mrs Lambert collapsed and was hospitalized.
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Oakland
John Lambert
Alameda Naval Air Station
Navy
Pasadena
Pt. Mogu
Lambert
Lamberts
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Mendota to Get New Hospital in Wisconsin Plan
Gov Rennebohm outlines a $2 million project for a 200 bed hospital at Mendota State Hospital near Madison with remodels to serve 700 800 patients. The plan includes moving 600 700 residents to a veterans building, federal aid possible covering one third of costs.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
State Institution For
Mendota
A. W. Bayley
Department of Public Welfare
Walter J. Urben
Schlabach
R.la Crosse
State Architect
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans
Explosion at GE Lab Kills One, Injures Several in Schenectady
An explosion on the sixth floor of a General Electric research laboratory in Schenectady New York killed one worker and injured several others. A witness said a person was blown or leaped from a sixth story window.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric
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Matthew
General Motors Corporation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
UAW
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Kokomo
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Ind
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Calif
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Streator
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