Senator Bridges May Quit Miners' Fund Job
Washington April 28 AUP 3 Senator Bridges may quit as a neutral trustee of the miners welfare fund if John L Lewis pension plans threaten a July 1 coal strike. The dispute centers on 100 monthly pensions for miners 62 plus with 20 years service and the Taft Hartley Act hurdle. Bridges may resign if talks drift toward a new strike with the present June 30 contract deadline looming.
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Miners’ Welfare Fund
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Bridges
Lewis
Lewis and Bridges
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers Union
Lable
Lewis-Bridges
van Horn
Thomas BE. Murray
New York
Yugoslavia Cuts Austrian Territory Claims
Yugoslavia will scale back war claims for Austrian territory by about 200 square miles, dropping from roughly 1000 to 800. The white book notes remaining claims cover areas with about 40,000 people, mainly Slovene in the Gail Valley and Villach area, while Yugoslavia keeps its demand for 150 million dollars in reparations.
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Yugoslavia
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Britain
France
Russia
Styria
Carinthia
Austria
Gail Valley
Villach
Yanks Sentence Privates for Armed Robbery in Japan
In Yokohama on April 7, two U S Army privates from Philadelphia A B Washington and Wilbert Bentley Jr were sentenced to five years at hard labor and dishonorable discharge after being found guilty by a court martial of armed robbery of three Japanese at Eighth Army headquarters announced today.
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U. S. Army
Philadelphia
A. B. Washington
Wilbert Bently Jr
Eighth Army
Truman Tops Half Way Point in Delegate Total
Washington April 28 President Truman passed the half way mark in delegates needed for the Democratic nomination. With Pennsylvania and Massachusetts votes behind him he appears set to deter internal moves. Stassen’s surprise Pennsylvania showing reshapes Republican talks though no clear challenger emerges. Pepper praised Eisenhower in Florida while Curley contemplated an open convention. Truman plans a May 20 Philadelphia event before a June West Coast trip. Republican chatter around Vandenberg as a possible crisis leader grows, with Taft’s delegate picture uneven as states weigh uninstructed or favored son choices.
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Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
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Michigan
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Senate
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Tennessee
Carroll Reece
Perry Howard
Mississippi
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Democrataci
British Film Import Duty to End May 3
London authorities announced the 75 percent import duty on foreign films will be revoked May 3 in line with the Anglo American film agreement. The duty had been imposed last August to save dollar expenditures for American films.
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London
UP the Treasury
Hypnotism case ends with professor's resignation
In San Francisco on April 28, Superintendent Herbert C. Clish closed the hypnotism case at John Swett School. Harrison Bullock, 35, left his post after unprofessional conduct charges were drawn up and then dropped. Principal Laurence Childers faced criticism for not stopping the demonstrations while his wife horned outside the building.
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Herbert C. Clish
Harrison Bullock
Army Psychological Research
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Clish
Board of Education
Laurence Childers
John Swett School
Childers
Jo Jark
Bul
Students Protest Credit System at Chinese Universities
In Shanghai on April 28 students at National Chiaotung University protested against what they call an unreasonable campus credit system. Meanwhile at Futan University striking students returned to classes after a two week walkout triggered by a campus search for Communist agents.
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Shanghai
National Chiaotung University
Futan University
Women Voters Head Rechosen At Grand Rapids Convention
Anna Lord Strauss of Washington renominated for president of the National League of Women Voters at the league’s 18th annual convention in Grand Rapids Michigan. Miss Strauss was the sole nominee for president with formal voting set for Thursday. Mrs Harold A Stone of Arlington Virginia was renominated for first vice president and Mrs James G Scarborough of Los Angeles was renominated secretary.
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Anna Lord Strauss
Washington, D. C
National League of Women Voters
Miss Strauss
League
Harold A. Stone
Arlington
James G. Scarborough
Los Angeles
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