Unions Seek Massive Wages From Portal to Work Rule
Washington reports unions plan suits for back pay under the 1938 fair labor standards act as the Mt Clemens pottery case expands to portal to workplace time. Industry warns potential billions in liability across the nation while lawmakers debated limiting claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens Mich. Pottery Company
Burton
Frankfurter
Jackson
Mt. Clemens
Capitol Hill
Congress
John L. Lewis
Jewell Ridge Coal Company
Justice Jackson
Mt. Clemens Pottery
Inquest Planned Tuesday in Moore Murder
Dr George Reay La Crosse county coroner ordered an inquest at 10 am Tuesday in the county courtroom into the murder of Mrs Bessie Moore 35 at Webs tavern on old US highway 16 near Medary. Sheriff Olson to secure a jury. subpoenas to witnesses will be served. District Attorney Crosby said about 30 interviews done and over 100 questioned as officials seek clues with city police county highway patrol and sheriff cooperation.
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George Reay
la Crosse
Bessie Moore
Web
U. S. Highway No. 16
Medary
Dr. Reay
Stanley Olson
F. W. Crosby
Olson
Court House
Crosby
Local Weather Forecast Sees 35 Degree High Sunday
Mostly cloudy conditions expected with little temperature change. High temperature forecast to reach 35 degrees in the afternoon.
Fight Looms In Georgia Over Post Of Talmadge
Georgia mourns Eugene Talmadge 62 whose death sparks a power struggle over succession for governor. Governor Ellis Arnall may not vacate without constitutional clarifications, with Herman Talmadge likely to be chosen by the legislature if Arnall resists. Lieutenant governor M E Thompson’s status uncertain as succession lines form amid debates on elections and impeachments. Talmadge, born Forsyth County 1884, rose from agriculture commissioner to governor and opposed New Deal while endorsing expanded state services.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Talmadge
Arnall
Herman
M. E. Thompson
Forsyth County
Richard B. Russell
Walter F. George
No Iron Curtain Guards Russian Medical Research
New York date line reports Dr. Stuart Mudd as president of the American-Soviet Medical Society says there is no iron curtain shielding Russian medical research. Mudd recounts a visit to Soviet Russia and describes a warm reception and access to Russian medical knowledge, with Dr. Robert L. Leslie noting full reports are shared with American scientists.
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New York
Stuart Mudd
Soviet Russia
Iron Curtain
Robert L. Leslie
The
American Review of Soviet Medicine
Child Fatally Hurt In Yale Decorating
Seven year old Lorraine Hollins stood on a chair to place Christmas cards on a marble mantel. The heavy marble slab tipped crushing her. She crawled to another room and later died at a hospital from internal injuries. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Robert Livingston Hollins of East Islip New York.
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East Islip
N. Y
Lorraine Hollins
Robert Livingston Hollins
Lorraine
Britain recalls ambassador to Spain in diplomatic tit for tat
London announced Saturday night the recall of Britain's ambassador to Spain and diplomats said Generalissimo Franco replied by recalling his ambassador to London in a reciprocal move.
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London
Britain
Spain
Elliott Roosevelt Interviews Stalin On Birthday Visit
Elliott Roosevelt met with Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin for a personal interview the day before his 67th birthday. Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson reported Stalin looked healthy and in good spirits after returning from a vacation. They planned to fly to Paris, then Ireland and the United States to celebrate Christmas with Eleanor Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N Y.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
Faye Emerson
Paris
Ireland
United States
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Four In Family Found Killed In Michigan City Cottage
Four people including a 6 year old and a 4 year old were found slain in a Long Beach resort cottage near Michigan City. Coroner Russell Beck said the father likely killed his wife and children before taking his own life. Relatives described John E. Courtright as devoted to his family and unaware of a possible motive. The bodies were discovered by a plumber called to shut off water.
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Michigan City
Ind
Russell Beck
John E. Courtright
Lucy Jane Courtright
Jan Albert
Kathy Lynn
Courtright
A. M. Courtright
Peoria
Paulding
Ohio
Long Beach
Here
George Baines
Baines
Long Beach Town
Marshal T. T
Caroling by church choir under Harold Youngberg staff
The Congregational church choir led by Harold Youngberg will present a one night program Sunday. The event, continuing the Shee Home caroling sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, features the ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE CHOIR and performances by the Trinity Lutheran Girls and other parish groups with pieces by Mendelssohn and Gruber.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Congregational Church
Harold Youngberg
Orville Mickelberg
The
Herald Angels
Felix Mendelssohn
Trinity Lutheran Girls
Adolphe Adam
Oo Noel
Franz Gruber
Urge Changes In Court Martial System Of Army
An American Bar Association committee urged reform of army courts martial amid discrimination claims and excessive sentences. Recommendations include enlisting qualified soldiers on juries, appointing defense counsel by the judge advocate general, banning coercive influence, enlarging the JAG department with trained lawyers, and creating a standing board to study Articles of War. The panel was led by Dean Arthur T. Vanderbilt with members Jacob M. Lashly and Floyd E. Thompson.
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Washington
American Bar Association
Patterson
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Judge Advocate General's Department
Bar Association
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
New York University Law School
Jacob M. Lashly
St. Louis
Floyd E. Thompson
Ilinois
Truman Nomination Seen as Safe for 1948
Senators Tydings of Maryland and Hatch of New Mexico predicted Truman will be renominated without serious opposition. Tydings said Truman has gained strength since the 1946 elections and the race is shaping up as a horse race with reduced anti Truman sentiment. Hatch agreed momentum favors renomination, noting no significant opposition. He added Republicans will bear responsibility for policies made with the GOP congress.
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Tydings
D-Md
Hatch
Truman
Maryland
New Mexico
Congress
Chinese Civil War Imminent Says High Officials
High ranking Chinese government and Communist leaders agreed that all out civil war was imminent. Gen Li Tsung jen said government forces would resume offensives if the Communists ignored the cease fire order. Li Shao chi from Yenan declared the government and the United States had driven the Communists into arms and that they would never surrender.
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Peiping
Li Tsung-jen
Chiang Kai-shek
Yenan
Li Shao-chi
Communist Party
United States
Yale unveils ultra fast electronic stop watch
New Haven Conn Yale University announced a refined electronic stop watch able to measure time as short as one thousandth of one millionth of a second. The device, developed in the Sloane physics laboratory, improves wartime radar techniques and can measure particle speed count particles and determine energy in nuclear reactions.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Sloane Physics Laboratory
French Troops Battle To Save Rich Colony
Heavily armed French forces fought Viet Namese troops in major northern Indo-China cities with Hanoi at the center of intense street fighting. A Saigon communique reported sniper fire from rooftops and native Tu-Ye militiamen defending key buildings, while Paris warned of a potential UN appeal if the crisis deepens.
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Hanoi
Viet Nam
Vietnam
M. Maio
France-Soir
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Indo-China
Vinh
Tonkin
France
Cochin
China
Annam
Bilbo Defends Himself in Senate War Probe
The Mississippi senator Theo dore Bilbo faced seven days of testimony from war contractors asserting payments of 30 000 to 40 000 for his campaigns. He claimed he is poor and in debt and said he received only two Christmas gifts during the period a car and living room furniture. He denied taking any funds for Wall Doxey or others and criticized Edward Terry's testimony. page 2
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Bilbo
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Mississippi
Edward P. Terry
Wall Doxey
Terry
Death verdict for Alcatraz riot convicts two death sentences
A federal jury at San Francisco sentenced Milan Thompson and Sad Sam Shockley to death for their roles in the Alcatraz uprising that killed two guards. Clarence Carnes received life imprisonment. a third ringleader survived. None fired a weapon, but all were convicted of conspiracy.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Rock
Louis Goodman
Gas Chamber
Milan E. Thompson
San Quentin
Sam Shockley
Oklahoma
Clarence Carnes
Shockley
Japan Earthquake Triggers Massive Ruin Across Islands
A massive earthquake and six tidal waves devastate southern Japan. Kyodo reports 592 dead with 403 seriously injured and 14 592 houses destroyed across a 60 000 square mile area. US army estimates place fatalities at least 422. isolated regions near Tokyo and Honshu suffer heavy losses.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Kyushu
Kyodo
U. S. Army
Wakayama Peninsula
Osaka
Loomis Recalled Gov Goodland To Observe Eighty Fourth Birthday
Governor elect Eugene Talmadge of Georgia died Saturday less than a month before his scheduled inauguration recalling Walter S Goodland who became acting governor after Orlando Loomis died in 1942. Goodland will turn 84 Sunday and praised America's reconstruction efforts in a Telegram reply to The La Crosse Tribune.
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Walter S. Goodland
Wisconsin
Goodland
la Crosse Tribune
America
Orlando S. Loomis
Loomis
State Supreme Court
Bulldozers Clear Wrong Orchard In West Virginia
In Martinsburg, officials report 15 acres of living Staymen and Delicious trees were destroyed after contractors clearing land for American Fruit Growers Orchard mislaid and cleared the adjacent Smith Orchard property. The loss includes 600 bearing apple trees causing substantial damage to the replanting plan.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
American Fruit Growers Orchard
Smith Orchard Company
London Nine Chimes Missed As Big Ben Strikes Hoarse
London residents report Big Ben rang nine with several chimes missed due to extreme cold at 29 degrees Fahrenheit. Weather watchers note the chill affected the bell’s tolling.
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London
Big Ben
Red Cross to aid Vienna babies born Christmas Eve
In Vienna the American Red Cross will provide a complete baby clothing package to infants born during the night of December 24 into December 25.
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Vienna
American Red Cross
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