Bridges Union Backs Battle Against Murray In Split
The International Longshoremen's Union led by Harry Bridges says it will defend its autonomy against CIO interference after voting 63 percent to 11 percent in support of Bridges' position. The convention condemned Murray’s criticisms and pledged to resist moves to split the union while thanking the CIO for past aid.
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Bridges’ International Longshoremens’ Union
CIO
Philip Murray
Bridges
Murray
ILWU
Joan L. Lewis
Ita
Henry Wallace
National Cio
Tislo
World Federation of Trade Unions
Ite
Cals
Apen
United Farm Equipment Workers
United Auto ‘Workers
Nations Cio
Eisenhower Seeks Unity Among Armed Services
General Eisenhower summoned the heads of the Army Navy and Air Force to Key West to curb inter service quarrels. Secretary Louis Johnson will join later. Staff talks are to run into next week with no press briefings and details to be kept secret.
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Washington
Dwight D
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Air Force
Key West
Louis Johnson
Willl
Congress
Bendix plant production halted by 7500 worker walkout
A 7500 worker walkout stopped production at Bendix Aviation Corp in South Bend Indiana. The action followed a two hour union meeting about the discharge of 47 workers in the brake shoe division after a March 28 slowdown. Millard E. B. Stone said the discharged workers had engaged in a slowdown.
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Associated Presa
Bendix Aviation Corporation
South Bend
Ind
CIO United Automobile Workers
Millard EB. Stone
Coast Guard searches drifting schooner adrift off Charleston
The Coast Guard pressed on with a Wednesday search for a mystery schooner reported adrift in heavy seas with damaged rigging and no sign of crew. Sightings were reported Tuesday morning 75 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina by the merchant ship Richard 3. Cleveland, which signaled but received no reply.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Au Mystery Achooner
South Carolina
Charleston
Richard 3
Browning Signs Bill Repealing 8-Cent Property Tax
Governor Gordon Browning signed a bill repealing Tennessee's eight cent property tax, restoring about 1 million dollars yearly in state revenue. The measure becomes operative at year end. The legislature also advanced a veterans poll tax exemption and other bills including beer sale regulation and utility district organization.
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Nashville
Gordon Browning
Panic Service Commission
General Assembly
House
Senate
Paris
Tenn
Brack R. Same
Vail Jate
Kingsport Long Island
Sullivan County
76Th General Assembly
Kyle K. King
Greeneville
Senate approves registration bill in Tennessee legislature
In Nashville the Senate and House debated pending measures. The Senate passed a House approved bill for permanent registration in counties with existing temporary registration and exempted counties with permanent registration. Administration bill returns to the House for concurrence after a 22 to vote.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House
Senate
Gordon. Browning
Ben West
Postwar Whisky to Slow Price Gains Across Nation
Postwar whiskey will nearly double aged stock by fall causing price suppression. Diluted spirits after V Day will reach four years, meeting industry aged standards and qualifying for bonded labels.
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Washington
Pall Of Darkness Falls Over City
A sudden pall of darkness at 1 35 p m Thursday shut streets to headlights as officials at Tri Cities Airport called it a squall with no wind. Residents recalled tornado harbingers while telephones crackled with static and the sky wore a dirty yellow tint. The darkness eased by 1 65 p m with lingering thunder and light rain.
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Tri-Ckies
President urges lasting peace while cautioning on future atomic use
President Truman expressed hope that peace can be kept without another atomic bomb while stressing his foreign policy focus to Democratic freshmen in Congress. He said the decision to drop bombs on Japan saved lives, but he does not expect to face that choice again. He urged support for peace and welfare of all nations. Wheat outlook from Kansas indicates strong acreage and yields, with farmers risking more under new policy as 1950 approaches.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Japan
United States
Atake
Carlton Hotel
Barkley
Reyburn
Atlantic
Minn
Kansas
Hye Word Ware
Democratic Freshhman
National Committee
Aus
John Williams
Barton County
Kas
Great Bend
Oklahomia
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Muartyas
Polar Queens Fly 1820 Miles To North Pole In 7 Hours 40 Minutes
The B 29 Superfortress Polar Queens completed the 1,820 mile flight from Ellison Air Force Base to the North Pole in seven hours and forty minutes. Admiral Roberts and Penny are noted in historical context. 473 miles to go and flag planting mentioned.
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Fridants
Alaska
Adm. Roberts
Penny
North Pole
Hielson Air Force Base
Here
Pole
Lawmakers Drop Fight Over ERP Aid to Western Europe
A GOP led bloc failed to curb foreign aid, as the Senate neared a final vote on a 35.58 billion dollar ERP extension. Sen Wherry warned against more amendments while Democratic leaders predicted passage, with 12 days of debate yielding limited support for remaining changes.
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Washington
Newstorn
Europe
Senate
Wherry
Rneb
Lucas
Connally
D-Tex
House
Truman Farm Program Aims To Guarantee Farmer Profits
Washington reports a new farm support plan proposed by the Truman administration would let prices drop for consumers while guaranteeing farmers the same profits as during price rises. Brannan outlined the plan to House and Senate committees, replacing the current parity system with direct payments offsetting declines, covering meat animals milk butterfat poultry fruits vegetables and more. The old nonperishable crop loan and purchase system would stay in place for staples like corn, wheat, tobacco, peanuts soybeans flaxseed dry beans peas and wool. President Truman also nominated Stephen T. Early to be undersecretary of defense.
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Washington
Truman Admintration
Brarman
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Senate
Brannan
Wheat Farmers Gamble On Crop
Kansas City 7P reports wheat farmers in the Southwest are sowing heavily for a June July harvest as they gamble against weather and pests. With parity price near 90 percent and potential near two dollars a bushel, growers push their bets on a big wheat crop amid optimistic forecasts.
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Kansas City
Pressmen’s Union Eyes Action on Berry Estate
Rosa, president of the International Printing Pressmen’s Union, refused comment on next steps in AFL investigation of the $750 000 estate of late president George L. Berry. He said the board of directors and home trustees will act in the union’s best interests after completing studies begun in 1948 and 1949.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
George L. Berry
International Playing Card and Label Co
International Union
Home Trustees
de la Rosa
Board of Directors
Berry
Avica
Street Scenes Include Hooded Raincoat Aid and Coffee Claim
A friend helps a young woman by holding her hood on as they walk. A well known advertising man carries a coffeemaker and explains why he promotes a brand while friends inquire about the coffee. A school pupil clutches a large bouquet of violets in a tight fist during a street moment.
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Hood
Police Enforce City Rabies Inoculation Law
Police Chief John G. Martin announced that Kingsport enforces a city ordinance requiring all dogs within the corporate limits to be inoculated against rabies by a city-approved veterinarian and to wear a vaccination tag. The measure follows nine dogs examined this year with seven testing positive and thirteen stray reports to date.
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Director of
Pubic Safety
John G. Martin
Sullivan County Health Department
Martin
Kingsport
Polce
Radioactive Treatments Bring Results On Malignant Diseases
A Knoxville isotopic clinic reports favorable results with radiophosphorus in polycythemia and radioiodine for thyroid cancer. Early stage cancers respond best while complications or radio resistance limit success. A Birmingham girl with Hodgkin's disease is receiving radiophosphorus. The program mirrors plans for a Tennessee Atomic Research Center and Hospital.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Aaid
Atomic
Oak Ridge, Tenn
University of Tennessee's
University
Knoxville Academy of Medicine
Birmingham
Ala
Toyce Lee Hughes
Atomic Research Center
Tennessee
Russian Expected to Blast Away at West Powers
The Soviet Union planned to attack Western powers in the United Nations General Assembly today. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob A. Malls was set to speak in the Mid Nation Steering Committee, pressing for condemnation of Catholic churchmen including Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Lake
Russia
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Jakob A. Malls
General Assembly
Solunar Tables Signal Prime Fishing Times By Day
The article lists minor and major sport periods from Solunar tables with times for Friday Saturday and Sunday. It notes bold major periods lasting about one and a half to two hours and suggests planning fishing or hunting during these windows based on John Alden Knight's tables.
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John Alden Knight
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