Board Backs 40 Hour Week for Yard Workers in Rail Strike Talks
A presidential Emergency Board recommended a 40 hour week and an 18 cent hourly raise for about 75 000 railroad yard service employees while denying boosts for roughly 125 000 trainmen and conductors. It urged the wage changes take effect Oct 1 and noted added overtime after 40 hours. The report, filed with President Truman, gives unions and railroads 30 days to negotiate under the Railway Labor Act before possible strikes. The board estimated annual railroad costs at about 40 200 000 and set yard workers’ average pay at 1 76 per hour.
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Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board Rejects Park Air Lines Chicago to St Louis Plan
The civil aeronautics board today rejected Park Air Lines proposal to launch service between Chicago and St Louis next Sunday. The ruling blocks the new route and raises questions about startup timing and regulatory approval for the airline.
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U.P
Civil Aeronautics Board
Park Air Lines
Chicago
St. Louis
Air France Crash in Persian Gulf Claims Many Lives
A four engine Air France liner crashed into the Persian Gulf near Bahrein Island killing or feared dead most of its 52 aboard. Rescue teams reported 12 saved including four crew members. The incident closely followed a similar crash two days earlier of a sister ship with about 46 lost.
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Persian Gulf
Air France
Gulf
Indo-China
Paris
Saigon
Bahrein
Saudi Arabia
Grand jury finds no fault in Justice in Amerasia case
A federal grand jury reported no evidence that the Justice department was remiss in prosecuting the Amerasia stolen documents case. It urged a new grand jury to probe espionage and subversive activity and praised OSS handling of the matter. The 18 month term ended as it presented its findings to Judge John W. Clancy.
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New York
Amerasia
Justice Department
John W. Clancy
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Presidential Loyalty Board
Remington
Elizabeth Bentley
Office of Strategic Services
Amerasia Magazine
OSS
FBI
Grand
Marines Demonstrate New Tactics for President at Quantico
President Truman visited Quantico to view Marine drills showing beach assault methods using flame throws tanks and fortified positions. The demonstration included helicopter troop drops carrier takeoff simulations fighter plane air support and a crowd of officials including Stephen Early Francis Matthews and Generals Collins and Vandenberg.
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U.P
Truman
U. S
Mos
Congress
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Stephen T. Early
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Bushman Eats Snack to Show Improvement
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo reports Bushman the gorilla, a 22 year old and 500 pounds, is steadily improving. Keeper Eddie Robinson notes Bushman consumed a lengthy snack including two bananas six large potatoes water melon sweet potatoes cherries raisin bread plums grapes apples lettuce and guavas to demonstrate progress.
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Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park Zoo
Eddie Robinson
Waukesha Legion Proposes WWII Veterans Bonus Plan
The Waukesha county council of the American Legion urged a state World War II veteran bonus payable in 20 years with a maximum $500 payment. They suggested financing the program through the liquor tax.
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Waukesha
Wis
Waukesha County
Connecticut Nominates John Lodge for Governor
John Davis Lodge won the Republican nomination on the first ballot at the Connecticut state convention, signaling his rise as the GOP candidate for governor.
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Connecticut
John Lodge
New Haven
Conn
U. S
John Davis Lodge
Admits Strangling High School Girl in Millville case
Theodore H. Carter, 18, today admitted strangling Lorraine Hess a 17 year old high school student found dead in a Millville yard on May 13. Cumberland County authorities said Carter will be arraigned on murder charges as police had long sought the killer.
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Millville
N. J
Lorraine Hess
Cumberland County
George H. Stanger
Theodore H. Carter
Stuhldreher Quits UW Sports Directorship for U S Steel Post
Harry Stuhldreher, famed NFL figure, resigns as University of Wisconsin athletic director after 14 years to join United States Steel Corporation. Guy M. Sundt named his successor as regents call the move a distinct loss to the university amid lingering football criticisms and earlier coaching turmoil.
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U.S. Steel
Sundt
Madison
Wis
U.P
University of Wisconsin Today
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Stuhldreher
University
United States Steel Corporation
University Board of Regents
Guy M. Sundt
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E. B. Fred
Athletic Board
Wisconsin
Badgers
Harry
Weather Pattern Shifts To Sunny Kenosha Then Warm Humid
It was raincoat weather in Wisconsin including Kenosha this morning. By early afternoon sun emerged and the temperature reached 70. Rainfall totaled 0.38 inches at the sewage treatment plant. More thundershowers are in prospect tonight and tomorrow as it stays warm and humid.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Triplets Born in Norristown Area to Mrs Testa
Triplets were born last night in Norristown to Mrs. Charles Testa, a 35-year-old wife of a restaurant manager. This marks the second set in the Philadelphia area within 24 hours.
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Norristown
Philadelphia
Charles Testa
Prospects Rise for Excise Tax Cut Plan
Democratic tax drafters after a secret huddle near agreement on a billion dollar plus excise tax bill. They aim to slash excise taxes by 1.1 billion on jewelry furs luggage toilet preparations and other items while raising corporate income tax from 38 to 41 percent to raise about 500 million. The goal is to pass the measure by July 1 so the Senate can act before adjournment.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Rayburn
House
Senate
Congress
Six East German Police Flee to West Berlin
Six members of the East German People's Police escaped to West Berlin early today, boosting desertions this week to fifty. This reflects continuing defections from the communist regime and heightened tensions between the two German states.
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West Berlin
Berlin
East German People's Police
Wisconsin Regents Cut University Fees for 1950 51
Madison Wis UP The University of Wisconsin regents approved a 28 943 143 budget for 1950 51 lowering Wisconsin student fees from 75 to 60 per semester next year. The move stems from higher enrollment boosting fee income while out of state tuition remains 150 per semester. Wisconsin students pay no tuition but do pay extra fees. The budget rises 1 2 million over 1949 50 with 615 000 more for operating costs and a reserve of 585 000.
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Wis
University of Wisconsin
University Board of Regents
Wisconsin
E. B. Fred
Albany Couple Charged in Passin g Counterfeit Bills
An 18 year old youth and his 17 year old pregnant wife are held on charges of making and passing counterfeit ten dollar bills. Secret Service says they admitted circulating about $600 in bogus money from Boston to St. Joseph and arrested them in Amsterdam New York. The man learned photography and produced the notes while the wife passed them.
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N. Y
Secret Service
George van Fleet
Boston
Mass
St. Joseph
William H. Zoerndt
Springfield
Spartansburg
S. C
Impressive Rites Mark Dedication of Liberty Statue
Roger M. Labry of the French consular service quoted a verse at the unveiling of a bronze miniature Statue of Liberty in Kenosha Civic Center park. More than 1,000 locals attended as Boy Scouts presented a flag and officials spoke of liberty and democracy.
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Roger M. Labry
Chicago
Civic Center Park
United States
France
Kenosha
Leo Konrad
Labry
America
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