Gov Youngdahl moves to end Packer strike
Gov Luther Youngdahl called off a planned meeting with packers and union reps in a bid to settle the CIO United Packinghouse Workers dispute. He flew to Chicago to aid negotiations and warned he may take further public measures if the strike continues. National guardsmen were deployed and production workers resumed entry to Swift and Cudahy plants amid renewed union demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Luther Youngdahl
CIO United Packinghouse
Chicago
Youngdahl
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
National Mediation and Conciliation Service
Minnesota
South ST. Paul
Swift and
Armour Meating
Minnesota National
Cudahy Packing Company
Newport
Mississippi River
National Guard
Natonal
Albert Lea
Here
Wilson and Company
CIO United Packing House Workers Union
Resume Rail Negotiations Between Labor and Management
The White House said talks will resume tomorrow on the railroad wage dispute. Labor and management representatives from the three brotherhoods and the railroads meet at 8 a.m. CST in the Hotel Stater, at the suggestion of Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman, to seek an agreement that could return the railroads to private management. Steelman will not attend the conference.
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Washington
White House
Brotherhoods
Stater
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Steelman
Order New Trial On War Contract Overtime Pay Case
The Supreme Court ordered a new trial to decide if contractors running government war plants on a cost plus fixed fee basis must pay overtime wages. Justice Jackson wrote the opinion. Justice Black dissented. The appeal by Harris Kennedy and others involved Silas Mason Co which operated the Louisiana ordnance plant at Shreveport. The workers sought overtime pay penalties and fees.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Jackson
Black
Harris Kennedy
Silas Mason Company
Louisiana Ordnance Plant
Shreveport
Weather outlook for La Crosse area tonight and Tuesday
Local forecast calls for fair skies and a slight warmup tonight with a low near 46. Tuesday will bring increasing clouds and higher temperatures with a daytime high around 76.
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la Crosse
Death of CBS Reporter Polk in Salonika Raises Communist Suspicion
George Polk 34, CBS broadcaster, was found shot in the head and bound in Salonika bay. Police suspect Communist involvement after Polk sought an interview with guerrilla leader Markos Vafiades. Polk, a navy veteran and Nieman fellow candidate, disappeared a week earlier and was last seen in Athens.
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George Polk
Salonika Bay
Greece
Polk
Markos Vafiades
Columbia Broadcasting System
Salonika
George
Guerrila
Themistokles Sophoulis
Athens
Constatin Rentis
Niki (Victory) Boulevard
Markos
CBS
Nieman
Harvard
United States
Solomons
Fort Worth
Tex
Virginia Military Institute
Typhoon Lana Nears Philippines and Yap Area Warning
Guam alert issued as Lana typhoon with 80 knot winds moves northwest toward the Philippines. Manila reports the season's first typhoon heading for the Philippines, about 650 miles east of Samar tomorrow morning. Weather bureau warns Yap Palau and Ulithi to brace for a 60 knot blow. Guam not mentioned in the warning.
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Guam
Manila
Philippines
Lana
Samar
Yap
Palau
Ulithi
CIO UAW Threatens GM Strike Across 225000 Workers
The CIO United Auto Workers threaten a walkout of 225,000 General Motors employees within two weeks amid Chrysler strike actions and Ford wage cuts. Nearly half of GM locals have backed a strike as contract expires May 28, potentially raising industry totals to 300,000.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
T. A. Johnstone
UAW
General Motors Department
Uaw-Gm
Johnstone
Ford
Chrysler
Marquette University President Dies Of Heart Attack
The Rev. Peter Anthony Brooks S J longtime Marquette president since 1944 collapsed and died of a heart attack at age 55 He led the university after graduating in 1921 and previously headed the Missouri province of the Jesuits He served in World War I and held posts at Loyola Academy St Louis University Campion High School and Marquette before his death Vice president Rev Max G Barnett S J was named temporary head and a new president will be appointed by the Missouri province authorities
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Milwaukee
Peter Anthony Brooks
S. J
Marquette University
Missouri
Society of Jesus
Father Brooks
the Jesuits
Watertown
Wis
Loyola Academy
Chicago
Department of Education
St. Louis University
Campion High School
Prairie du Chien
Coast Artillery
Brooks
Florissant
Max G. Barnett
Joseph P.J. S. J
Czech Fliers Deserting in Large Numbers
A refugee Czech officer in Munich reports wholesale desertions from the Czechoslovak airforce. He estimates only five percent of Czech air officers were communist-minded, indicating widespread disaffection among air personnel.
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Munich
Germany
Navy moves to fund giant aircraft carrier
A House Armed Services subcommittee unanimously approved a bill to authorize the Navy to begin building a 65,000 ton super carrier capable of arctic operations and potentially launching atomic bombers. Up to four years of construction anticipated. The panel also recommended halting work on 13 unfinished ships to reallocate about 229 million dollars toward the carrier and missile-launch vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Armed Services
Navy
Rep
Hess
Ohio
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Budget Bureau
State Police Quell Unruly Chrysler Pickets in Detroit Area
Suburban Highland Park called state police as violence flared at a Chrysler plant. Gov. Sigler dispatched squads after Mayor Patterson said local officers could not contain the CIO UAW provocation. Two officers were hospitalized amid fist fights and rock throwing. the governor warned the National Guard may be activated.
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Detroit
Highland Park
Chrysler Corp
Kim Sigler
Norman Patterson
Patterson
CIO
United Auto Workers
Sigler
National Guard
Record Attendance At AFL Exposition
Milwaukee hall hosted an AFL exposition drawing about 215000 attendees over five days. AFL leaders claimed a new building attendance record for the show with IL M Ornburn saying the total exceeded expectations.
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Milwaukee
AFL
Milwaukee Auditorium
IL M. Ornburn
Washington, D. C
AFL Union Label Trades Department
Campaign Speeches Not Broadcast by Coast Radio Chain
A west coast network of about 40 stations will not broadcast free speeches by President Truman, a policy also applied to other presidential candidates. The Don Lee network, part of Mutual Broadcasting, will not carry Truman’s Young Democrats speech, despite it being aired by others. Truman plans a pre convention west coast trip as speeches are slated there. Meanwhile Johnston signals possible Eisenhower nomination, Iowa Democrats endorse Truman, and Utah Democrats back foreign policy. Stassen Taft delegates dispute counts as debates on communism and monopoly systems occur.
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Truman
Don Lee
Kenneth D. Fry
Democratic National Committee
Mutual Broadcasting System
Mr. Truman
California
Oregon
Washington
West
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
WINX
South Carolina
Johnston
Iowa
Utah
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Taft
Portland
Ore
Henry A. Wallace
Los Angeles
End Discussions On Atom Energy World Control
The United Nations atomic energy commission voted 9 to 2 to end its two year bid for world atomic control. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine opposed suspending talks, while the plan was urged by the United States Britain and France. Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei A Gromyko rejected the idea that further efforts are useless, affirming the USSR will press its own international inspection and control system.
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United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Soviet Ukraine
United States
Britain
France
Andrei A. Gromyko
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Planes for Turks delivered to Turkish air force
An undisclosed number of two engine bomber training planes were delivered by the U S escort carrier Siboney to the Turkish air force. The carrier will take part in Sunday ceremonies marking the delivery of four modern U S submarines to Turkey. It is the second carrier to arrive with planes for Turkey under the aid program.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Siboney
U. S
Chamber of Commerce Board and Committees Meeting Schedule
The Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet at 12 05 p m Wednesday at the chamber office. Other meetings this week include an air progress committee at 4 p m Wednesday and a general centennial committee at 4 p m Tuesday.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Atomic Tests at Eniewetok Declared Successful
White House said tests on three atomic weapons of improved design at Eniewetok atoll in the Marshall Islands were successful in all respects. The Atomic Energy Commission reported very substantial progress and said the present stage of testing is concluded. About 10 000 personnel took part amid security provisions under the Atomic Energy Act. Senatorial committee approved a bill limiting Lilienthal and four commissioners to 23 months more service.
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Washington
White House
Eniewetok Atoll
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Marshall Islands
Secretary of National Defense
The
Honolulu
John E. Hull
James S. Russell
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Report Angler Turnout Heavy in Wisconsin Opening
Madison, Wis. An unusually heavy turnout of fishermen greeted Wisconsin general season opening. Field reports indicate pressure may rank among the heaviest on record with fishing success described as spotty. Cold weather and rain hurt conditions as muskellunge and black bass remain closed until later dates.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Conservation Department
Kuhl Arraignment Postponed By Judge Disqualification
Milwaukee federal court indefinitely postponed the arraignment of Frank J. Kuhl former Wisconsin revenue official charged with conspiracy to solicit political campaign funds and 15 counts of Pendleton act violations. Judge F Ryan Duffy disqualified himself saying he should not sit in the trial and awaiting assignment of a presiding jurist by the senior circuit judge. Also named in the conspiracy count are Clarence J Williamson Stephen H Stevens Paul W Thiel James P Flood Jerome J Mizkewiz Henry W Roloff Paul W Pemberton and Clarence J Wittak. Arrests followed a federal grand jury investigation.
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Milwaukee
Frank J. Kuhl
Wisconsin
Federal
Duffy
Kuhl
Clarence J. Williamson
Stephen H. Stevens
Paul W. Thiel
Fond du Lac
James P. Flood
Green Bay
Jerome J. Mizkewiz
Flood
Henry W. Roloff
Madison
Paul W. Pemberton
Wausau
Clarence J. Wittak
Cty
Manitowoc
Dr Weizmann Named To Head Jewish State
Arab shells hit Jerusalem as Israeli forces seal the capital and fight to isolate the old city. Dr Chaim Weizmann, 73, elected president of Israel and ill in New York, amid calls for UN membership. Arab states report advances toward Tel Aviv and capture of Rotenburg power station as Jews claim imminent seizure of Acre.
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Dr. Weizmann
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Israel
Rotenburg
Yarmuk
Jordan
Abdullah
Arab Acre
Lebanon
Haganah
Chaim Weizmann
New York
United Nations
U. S
Middle East
Sen. Taft
Rahia
Emanuel Shinwell
George Polk
CBS
Salonika Bay
Greece
Markos Vatfiades
National Assembly
China
Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
Jerusalem
Jeusalem
Army of
Christendom
Holy Land
Stern Group
Old City
Head of Knox College Resigns from Presidency
Dr Lyndon O Brown resigns as Knox college president a position held since January 1 1947 He previously was owner in the research firm Stewart Brown and Poe of New York City and served as professor of marketing and advertising at Northwestern University from 1930 to 1942 No future plans announced.
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Galesburg
Lyndon O. Brown
Knox College
Brown
Ow Net
Stewart, Brown and Poe
New York City
Northwestern University
Boys Play Rough Now
Oklahoma City police described a night of mischief as youths threw firecrackers into a zoo lion den, shot at windows in a new housing development, and wounded an aviator in a plane landing.
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Oklahoma City
Zoo
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Sophoulis
By Robert Hewett
S.J
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Ford Union Exchange
la Grange
Electro-Motive
Detroit Diesel and Transmission
Flint, Mich
Fisher Body
Marquette U
Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware River
Delaware Water Gap
Arctic
By Howard Dobson
Armed Services Committee
Coast Radio Chain
Associated Press
Egypt
Hebron
Rafah
Acre
Malikya
Tiberias
Samakh
Turks
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