Miners Defy Work Order Across Western Pennsylvania
Embittered miners defied John L. Lewis by idling 31,000 United Mine Workers with pickets in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. At Jones & Laughlin's Vesta No 5 mine in Washington county 1,500 miners entered the pit while roving pickets shut down the tipple and closure spread to Rivesville area mines and others in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia.
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U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine
UMW
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Unio
Jones & Laughlin
Vesta
Washington County
Rivesville
W. Va
Ohio
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Federal court grants six day delay in coal mine work week case
A federal district court in Washington granted a six day postponement for the government plea to end the three day work week in soft coal mines. Hearing moved from Thursday to Wednesday February 1 after a joint request by John L. Lewis United Mine Workers and NLRB counsel Robert N. Denham. Denham said three weeks were needed to prepare the case.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Denham
Milwaukee Bank Messenger Robbed Of 23000 In Daylight Holdup
A bank messenger was robbed of 23000 in cash and checks during a daylight holdup on No 28th Street near W Michigan and W Wisconsin Avenue. The money and case were snatched from Harold Weiner a loan company clerk en route to a downtown bank. Two men fled on foot and were picked up by a car, with Weiner describing the assailants as two Negro men who forced entry to his vehicle.
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Milwaukee
Nodm
No. 28Th
Michigan St
Wisconsin Ave
Harold Weiner
Weiner
Polit
Hearing Tests Planned for Ke nosha Public Schools
Plans to test hearing in six grades at Kenosha public schools announced. Kenneth Mangan of the state education department outlines the program at a Feb 8 meeting. Training sessions for volunteers on Feb 9 will use audio meters. tests begin Feb 9 for odd grades with results to be shared with parents.
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Kenneth Mangan
Madison
State Department of Education
Public Schools
Board of Education
Mangan
Agnes Jensen
Ruth B. Palmer
Thieves Lift Safe From Sonny's Sandwich Shop
Thieves removed a small safe from the window of Sonny's Sandwich Shop Inc during business hours. The safe contained between 2000 and 2500 dollars, according to the report.
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Milwaukee
Sonny's Sandwich Shop, Inc
Cancer Sugar Treatment Shows Patient Benefit
The American Cancer Society announced a polysaccharide sugar cancer treatment from bacillus prodigiosus that has kept a few patients comfortable and productive for four years. Dr. Hugh J. Creech of the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia led the study, with over 130 far advanced cases treated and 20 to 30 percent showing benefits such as tumor shrinkage pain relief weight gain and regained activity. The outcome is not curative but offers encouraging signs for a decade of further work.
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New York
The
American Cancer Society Today
Hugh J. Creech
Institute For Cancer Research
Philadelphia
Creech
Freezing Drizzle Slows Wisconsin Highways Across Southern Region
Wisconsin roads were unusually slippery from La Crosse to Milwaukee as freezing drizzle coated highways. Temperatures statewide stayed mild with Sunday highs near 35 and lows around 32, while Kenosha hit 36 at noon. Snow is expected in the north tonight with heavier mixed precipitation and freezing rain forecast for tonight into tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Four Racine Accident Deaths Loom Large In Wisconsin Toll
A weekend of Wisconsin deaths includes four Racine area traffic fatalities and a string of other fatal incidents. Teens Earl Hunt and Alfred Hughes died in a Racine crash. Rudolph Stevica perished in a separate collision. John Kogutkiewicz died after a highway crash near Union Grove. a Knutson family farmhouse fire claimed three children. Additional fatalities involved a West Allis carbon monoxide case and a Wingra ice accident.
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Associated Press
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Racine
Earl Hunt
Alfred Hughes
Rudolph Stevica
John Kogutkiewicz
Union Grove
Harold Knutson
Phoebe Ann
David
Albert
Knutsons
Poynette
Robert
Milwaukee
Highway 15
Mukwonago
Floyd Owens
William Riley
Madison
Jattie Ann
Lake
Wingra
Hiss to Appeal After Sentence Amid Trial Fallout
Alger Hiss, 45, convicted of perjury in a case tied to Whittaker Chambers and prewar Soviet spies, plans an appeal after sentencing, facing up to ten years and a $4,000 fine. President Truman calls for selective excise tax cuts offset by higher corporate, gift, and estate taxes to raise about $1.9 billion.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
Hiss
Claude B. Cross
Brookline
Mass
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chrysler Gets UAW Pension Proposal
The United Auto Workers offered Chrysler a 10 cent per hour package to replace 11 cent original demands. It could be six cents for pensions and four for health benefits or a flat ten cent wage rise. A 90,000 worker walkout set for Wednesday would be halted if accepted, with 30 days to settle administration details before arbitration.
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U.P
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Chrysler Corporation
Norman R. Matthews
UAW
Chrysler
Matthews
Telephone workers threaten nationwide strike and line jamming
The CIO communication workers predict an inevitable nationwide telephone strike and plan to flood the system with calls to disable automatic equipment. The CWA threatens a 300000-strong walkout of operators and installers, while demanding higher wages a 35 hour week pension improvements and shorter apprenticeship periods.
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Washington
CIO
CWA
Tucker and 7 Aides Cleared in Tucker Car Venture Trial
Chicago jurors acquitted Preston Tucker and six executives on charges of mail fraud conspiracy and violation of securities laws in a $28 million rear engine car project. The 17 hour, four ballot verdict followed a 73 witness, three month trial with no defense testimony.
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Tucker
Preston Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Chicago
Frank McAdams
Joseph Kouba
Preston T. Tucker
Rayburn sidesteps FEPC to push Alaskan statehood bill
Speaker Sam Rayburn announced the House would consider the Alaskan statehood bill today ahead of the controversial fair employment practices bill. He sidestepped FEPC despite pressure from the labor and foreign affairs committees, deciding to recognize J Hardin Peterson to present Alaska statehood after a White House conference with President Truman.
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Washington
U.P
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
FEPC
John Lesinski
Mich
House Labor Committee
J. Hardin Peterson
Fla
Public Lands Committee
Truman
John Kee
W. Va
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kee
U. S
Peterson
Atomic talks planned by America Britain and Belgium
The United States Britain and Belgium will begin discussions in Washington on January 30 on mutual interests in atomic energy. The talks will focus on uranium production in the Belgian Congo, now earmarked for the United States, with no comment on Britain seeking a Congo share.
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U.P
America
Britain
Belgium
Washington
Foreign Office
Belgian Congo
United States
Congo
One-Act Detective Drama in Milwaukee
Patrolman Obst questions householder Adrian Wisniewski about a missing car. A squad car finds the vehicle after an illegal turn and traces it to Wisniewski via its license number. Two youths fled with the car but were not located.
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Milwaukee
Willard Obst
Adrian Wisniewski
Householder
Wisniewski
Lawmakers Move to Curb Miners and Unions
Washington senator Robertson announced a bill to prosecute labor unions under antitrust laws in certain cases, arguing it would end the three day soft coal mine work week. In Chicago the American Bowling Congress contended it may select its own members amid a racial discrimination lawsuit.
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Washington
Robertson
John L. Lewis
Bowling Congress
Chicago
American Bowling Congress
ABC
John S. Boyle
Cook County
Phoney Degree List Narrowed by U S Education Officials
Washington officials with the National Education association report a prepared list of 56 correspondence schools and “colleges” they suspect of selling phony degrees. Berlin traffic slowed as Soviet restrictions cut truck flow to West Germany and delayed a U S army passenger train for seven hours.
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U.—National Education Association
Berlin
West Germany
U. S. Army
Veteran Actor Alan Hale Dies at 57 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns Alan Hale a 57 year old veteran actor and director with a 39 year career. He died in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital from a virus infection complicated by a liver ailment. Hale returned from Helena Montana where he attended a Montana film premiere before falling ill. He is survived by his widow Gretchen Hale two daughters Karen and Jeanne a son Alan Hale Jr and a grandson. He appeared in about 200 films including Of Human Bondage Destination Tokyo God Is My Co Pilot My Wild Irish Rose Cheyenne and Robin Hood and held patents for a sliding theater seat and a greaseless potato chip.
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Hollywood
Alan Hale
Hale
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Helena
Mont
Montana
Gretchen Hale
Karen
Jeanne
Tokyo
Cheyenne
Cardinals Draft Tom Bienemann
The Chicago Cardinals say they drafted Tom Bienemann from Drake who still has a year of college eligibility. Reports say Bienemann registered in 1945 at Wisconsin, but he left after three weeks of practice. Cardinals officials question his draft eligibility and may not sign him until college eligibility ends.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Cardinals
Tom Bienemann
Drake
Kenosha Star
Wisconsin
Ray Benningsen
Cardinals
Bienemann
Phil Handler
Chicago Bears
President Truman's Brief Tax Proposals in Outline
President Truman outlined three tax ideas aimed at boosting revenue. He would cut seven excise levies without specifying amounts and target transportation, long distance communications, and certain consumer items. He proposed closing loopholes especially depletion allowances for oil wells and mines. He called for higher corporation taxes and revised estate and gift taxes to add about one billion dollars annually.
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Truman
Revirnue
Congress
Truman attacks tax loopholes in oil and charity exemptions
President Truman warned that excess depletion allowances for oil and mining profits escape taxation, enabling vast fortunes with little tax revenue. He said immediate deductions on oil-well costs and charitable exemptions are misused to gain competitive edges, urging reform while preserving some educational and charitable tax relief.
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Truman
Indians Starving On Wisconsin Reservation
Chippewa leader Michael Wold of Hayward told Wisconsin lawmakers that Lac Court Oreilles Indians face starvation, unemployment, and resentment toward the federal Indian Affairs bureau. He urged a full airing to expose the alleged horrible treatment of a once proud people.
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Madison
U.P
Lac Court Oreilles Reservation
Wisconsin
Michael Wold
Hayward
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Legislative Council
Senator Gillette Sees Consumer Boost From Egg Price Drop
Sen. Guy M. Gillette of Iowa said egg prices on the New York exchange have fallen about 30 cents a dozen from last fall while farm prices fell only about 20 cents. He accused someone of gypping consumers as the spread between retail egg costs and farm prices narrows. Agricultural officials expect demand to strengthen next month and discuss adjusting price supports to curb surpluses.
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U.P
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
New York Exchange
Roy W. Lennartson
Agriculture Department
Lennartson
Department
Aiken
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