Court seeks end to 9 day mine week, orders injunctive action
NLRB general counsel Robert N. Denham seeks a court order to return coal miners to a five day work week. He charges John L. Lewis and the union with unfair labor practices under the Taft-Hartley act and says a temporary injunction hearing will be set. The move follows prior complaints alleging the three day mining week to pressure illegal contracts.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
John L. Lewis
Lewis
NLRB
Truman
Capitol
GOP
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Interstate Commerce Commission
Polish Delegate Resigns Over UN Russian Walkout
Alexander Rudzinski, a Soviet bloc delegate, resigns from the Polish delegation in protest after a UN committee walkout tied to Russia's campaign to expel Nationalist Chinese delegates. The action occurred during a general demonstration in Lake Success.
Severe Cold Grips Wisconsin with Snow Drifts
A sharp cold wave hit Wisconsin with 29 below zero in Superior and 20 below in Park Falls, 18 below Eau Claire, five below Green Bay, and one above Madison. Overnight temps plunged 30 to 40 degrees. light snow expected Thursday and gradual warmup by Friday per Federal Weatherman Howard Thompson.
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Wisconsin
Superior
Howard Thompson
Park Falls
Rhinelander
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Madison
Thompson
Kenosha
Trapped Miner's Body Recovered in Pa Mine
Edward Burda a 25 year old independent miner was found dead yesterday five days after a cave in at a col lapsed anthracite mine in Mahanoy City Pennsylvania His body lay 115 feet underground 11 30 a m rescuers in 17 man crew located the remains near his gloves and a priest administered last rites before extraction
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Mahanoy City
U.P
Edward Burda
Burda
All But 25 Autos Rescued From Lake Winnebago Ice
In Oshkosh Wisconsin authorities reported that fewer than 25 automobiles remained on the shifting Lake Winnebago ice. Four days earlier the moving ice had stranded 250 cars and 1,000 fishermen off the west shore.
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Lake Winnebago
Oshkosh
Senator Wiley Proposes National Heart Week in February
Wisconsin Senator Wiley introduced a resolution Tuesday to rename the week including St Valentine’s Day as National Heart Week. The move aims to spotlight heart health and awareness nationwide.
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Washington
Wiley
Wis
St. Valentine’s Day
Stolen Cadillac Linked to Night of Holdup
A late bulletin reports a stolen Cadillac sedan possibly used as a getaway car in last night's $1,500,000 holdup. The vehicle was found abandoned in a Newton area garage of an unoccupied house amid a scramble of leads.
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Boston
Newton
Tucker Frauds Charged in Tucker Corporation Case
A Chicago government attorney charged Preston Tucker and associates with knowingly perpetrating a major fraud in the Tucker automobile company. The case may go to the jury late tomorrow.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Tucker
Walter LaBay
NEA Telephoto
Anti-Lynching Rider Defeated in Oleo Bill Battle
In Washington the senate killed an anti-lynching rider to the oleomargarine tax repeal bill by 60 to 20, along with similar defeats for anti-poll tax and fair employment amendments. Sen. Langer's civil rights measures faced strong Southern opposition while leaders predicted a swift vote on the repeal bill.
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Washington
Senate
Langer
R-Nd
Lucas
Illinois
Wiley
Wis
Pupils Walk Out As School Burns In Wisconsin
In Stangleville Wisconsin a one room Whittier rural school burned to the ground after a chimney fire spread in strong winds. Twenty four pupils evacuated quickly during a routine fire drill as temperatures stood seven degrees below zero. Teacher Mrs Loretta Butner reported no injuries.
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Stangleville
Wis
Whittier
Loretta Buttner
Dutch in Indonesia Execute 14 Japanese War Criminals
The Allied occupation legal section reports that Dutch tribunals in Indonesia executed 14 Japanese war criminals in the last nine months of 1949, including three generals and an admiral, by firing squad.
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Tokyo
Netherlands
Indonesia
House Set to Vote Friday on Rules Power Shift
Speaker Sam Rayburn announced a Friday House vote on reviving the Rules committee control over legislation. The move, supported by a Republican-southern Democrat coalition, risks stalling the civil rights FEPC bill next week and reshapes the floor agenda amid party discord.
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Washington
U.P
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
Rules Committee
FEPC
Truman
Congress
Rep. E. £. Cox
Fairchild rules on no parking statute in Wisconsin
Atty. Gen. Thomas E. Fairchild ruled that state law does not authorize the Motor Vehicle Commission to issue a blanket no parking rule near entrances to schools hospitals and other public places. The commission may, however, recommend a reasonable distance for each site.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
State Motor Vehicle Department
Atty
Thomas E. Fairchild
State Motor Vehicle Commission
Fairchild
FBI Hunts Bandit Gang For 1 500 000 Dollar Holdup
FBI joined a Boston manhunt for a bandit gang that stole 1.5 million dollars in cash from Brink's last night. Eight suspects were held with little evidence, all but one ex convicts. Brink's offered a 100000 dollar reward for capture as the robbers escaped after bypassing six doors and overrunning cashiers and guards.
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FBI
Boston
Edward J. Fallon
Brink’s, Inc
Chrysler Pension Offer Rejected by UAW
The CIO United Auto Workers rejected Chrysler 100 a month pension offer and issued a seven day strike notice at the start of negotiations. UAW director Norman Matthews called the plan unsound and inadequate and noted the benefits amount to about five cents an hour.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Norman Matthew
UAW
Matthews
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Big Battleship Still Grounded
The battleship Missouri remains stuck on a Chesapeake Bay mud bank near Point Comfort. A dredge will remove mud while remaining fuel oil is drained and ammunition may be removed as tugs prepare another attempt around high tide tonight. Veteran sailors say a sub-channel dredge may be needed to free the ship.
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Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Manitowoc Ship Builders Work on Secret Weapon
Manitowoc Wisconsin ship builders are on a navy contract with secrecy. The navy confirms sub contracts from the naval gun factory in Washington but the project is classified and no public details can be released.
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Washington
Manitowoc, Wis
Navy
Naval Gun Factory
Agriculture Secretary Brannan Seeks Farm Electrification Support
Secretary Brannan told Congress on Tuesday that more than three fourths of U S farms now receive electricity. He emphasized continued federal backing to extend power lines and rural electrification nationwide.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Congress
Vaughan and Maragon Criticized in Five Percent Probe
Senate committee reproved Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan for accepting seven home freezers as gifts and linked Vaughan to attempts to influence officials on behalf of John F. Maragon. Maragon pleaded innocent to charges of lying to the panel. trial set for February 20.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Senate
Vaughan
John F. Maragon
Maragon
White House
Witness Testimony Shifts Blame in Texas Realtor Murder
Loretta Mae Mozingo testifies she killed Brady real estate man Lewis Patterson after Patterson confronted Sandra Peterson and pulled a gun. Mozingo claims Sandra, 18, was under marijuana influence and hitchhiked with him and Sandra near Brady. Patterson’s body was found dumped in a ditch nine miles west of Brady.
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Brady, Tex
Sandra Peterson
Sandra
Lewis Patterson
Loretta Mae Mozingo
Somerville
Mass
Loretta Mae
Patterson
Miss Mozingo
Brady
Here
Evansville man listed to leave Communist China
A. S. Holmes of Evansville, Wisconsin, records superintendent at the Shanghai legation, is among 138 Americans under orders to get out of Communist China as quickly as transportation can be arranged.
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Washington
Evans.ville
Wis
State Department
China
A. S. Holmes
Shanghai Legation
Robbers Delight at $1 Million Brink's Holdup
A Boston detective called the Brink's inc cash heist last night a robber's delight. The armored car firm delivering payrolls and receipts for the city banks lost a million dollars mostly in small bills. Detectives expect serial-number tracing to help recover the money.
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FBI
Federal Reserve Bank
Ellis Hult
Boston Federal Reserve
Brink's, Inc
Boston
Brink’s, Inc
Brink's
Toboggan Rider Killed After Jeep Collision Near Tomahawk
Carl Stoke, 17, died at Sacred Heart hospital from injuries in a Sunday toboggan crash on a highway near Tomahawk Wisconsin. The toboggan was pulled by a jeep and slid into an oncoming car. Stoke was a student at Tomahawk Senior High School and the son of Mr and Mrs Carl E Stoke.
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Tomahawk
Wis
Carl Stoke
Sacred Heart Hospital
Here
Stoke
Carl E. Stoke
Tomahawk Senior High School
Thousands Flee as Flood Danger Mounts Across Rivers
Flood warnings spread through the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys as the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash rivers rose. About 8,000 people fled southeast Missouri with thousands more displaced in Illinois Indiana Kentucky Arkansas and Tennessee. Rescues used an army duck vehicle to save families after the Russell Allison levee breached. A second storm brought winds snow and bitter cold across the plains and Great Lakes with record lows in several states.
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Ohio
Ohio River
Missouri
Birds Point New Madrid
Lawrenceville
Ill
Russell
Illinois
Wabash
Wate
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Arkansas
Tennessee
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Mich
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International Falls
Minn
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Mississippi Valley
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Appalachians
Colorado brush fire near Camp Carson kills soldier
A wind driven brush fire near Camp Carson Colorado Springs killed one soldier and burned 27 others seriously. It destroyed 39 buildings as flames spread toward Fountain within 10 miles before winds subsided. Over 600 Camp Carson wives and children were evacuated to Pueblo.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Here
Camp Carson
Colorado
Rockies
Fountain
Pueblo
Army Ordnance
American Legion
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