Holdout Unions Sign Taft-Hartley Pledges
Washington reports two long holdouts, C I O Steelworkers led by Philip Murray and C I O Food and Tobacco Workers under Donald Henderson, agreed to sign non-Communist oaths to access NLRB protections. Murray foresees pensions bargaining disputes, while John Lewis remains the major holdout. The unions vow to repeal Taft-Hartley and continue resistance via political action.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
C. I. O. Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Smurray
Stecelmakers
NLRB
John L. Lewis
United Ming Workers
Lewis
Taft-Hartley
Church intruder slips into West Monroe church overnight
Trinity Baptist Church officials disclosed an intruder broke into the new brick church Sunday during heavy rain. The person slept in a baby bed in the kindergarten room with a key to a door offered if needed, while police seek the thief who used the Greens’ car after a separate incident involving a careless shopper.
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West Monroe
Trinity Baptist Church
Filer Seals
Board of Deacons
Monroe
U S Girl Scouts Meet Latin Pols in Muskegon Encampment
U S Girl Scouts from North and South America compared notes at a Western Hemisphere encampment in Muskegon on July 28. They found social and economic conditions shape scouting practices with Latin American emphasis on service for the poor and hospital work earning prestige, while U S troops focus more on other activities and self-funding through after school jobs.
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Muskegon
Mid
North
South America
Girl Guidea
United States
Settlement hints on Russ lend lease in wartime relief
Washington reports Moscow showing willingness to settle wartime lend-lease debts to the United States. Moscow named two naval experts to work out details for returning 31 vessels including three icebreakers and 28 frigates, used in convoys from Axis raiders. The NLRB outcome in a separate union election showed the A F L winning with 14 200 to 4 789 for C I O.
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Ashington
Russia
United States
State Department
Moscow
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Tiati T. O
Prudential In
Nojfrance Company of America
Red Navy
Milwaukee
C. I
NLRB
Howard Gam
AFL Defeats CIO in Runoff Election Nationwide
The National Labor Relations Board announced last night that the AFL National Federation of Insurance Agents Council defeated the CIO United Officer and Professional Workers in a runoff election held July 8 across 31 states.
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National Labor Relations Board
A. F. L. National Federation of Insurance Agents Council
C. I. O. United Officer and Professional Workers
Red Armies Push Deeper in South China
Associated Press reports Chinese Communist forces advance in southern China seizing new areas in Hunan and threatening Canton. Nationalist losses include Chuchow and rail links. Kan River town Talho falls as Reds push toward Canton by August 15. British nationals urged to evacuate Guangdong and Guangsi as danger rises. US Secretary Dean Acheson warns Americans could be treated as hostages.
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Associated Press
China
Hunan
Sun Li-Jen
Chiang Kai Shek
Chuchow
Changsha
Hengyang
Canton
Kan River
Talho
Britain
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Washington
Dean Acheson
Cocaine Smuggling Rising Says 1943 Narcotics Report
The 1943 narcotics report warns of increasing cocaine traffic into the United States from Peru and Bolivia via Chile and U.S. seamen. Harlem shows available cocaine, with routes via South Carolina and Alabama to New York. Peru pledged to curb factories, while the Far East is cited as a heroin source. The document notes Turkey, France and Italy as continued sources and contains varied case anecdotes from across the country.
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Chile
Bolivia
United States
Harlem
New York City
Peru
South Carolina
Alabama
New York
U. S
U.S
Shanghai
Rangoon
Cutta
Singapore
Bareau
Far East
Turkey
France
Italy
Ita
Vilagenta
Springfield
Chicago
TVA Plugs In Its Millionth User
TVA reaches a milestone as Chester Williams’s farm in Humboldt Tennessee becomes the millionth TVA customer. Officials present note the shift from wood stoves to modern appliances including range refrigerator deep freeze hot water heater and well pump. TVA Director James P. Pope honors distributors for lighting homes farms and businesses.
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Humboldt
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Colossus
South
Chester Wiliams
Willams
TVA
James P. Pope
Knoxville
Slayer 16 Awaits Penitentiary Trip
Wayne West Virginia July 28 Sixteen year old Bernie Martin awaits transfer to the state penitentiary for a life sentence in the torch slaying of his great uncle John Caldwell. The motive cited was theft of 1500 dollars. Judge C W Ferguson imposed the sentence after a verdict of murder in the first degree with mercy recommendation. Teary-eyed Martin faced the pronouncement. Co-plaintiffs Walter Copley and Ervin Caldwell were 20 and 19 and to be tried in November.
Nica Young Lady Sought by Police in Lancaster
A Lancaster police appeal describes a 25 year old young woman who walked into an automobile repair shop seeking help. Authorities request information about the woman and the incident, urging anyone with clues to contact local law enforcement.
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Nica
Lancaster
Gumshoe Burglar Nabbed in Oakland Jail
Oakland police said they found the Bay Area's famed "gumshoe burglar" in the city jail. Ralph Wilson Jr., 24, with a Nevada burglary record, confessed to more than 100 Oakland Berkeley Albany San Lorenzo and Santa Clara County burglaries. He was arrested July 9 for two Oakland burglaries. Police linked him to a long series of shoe-wearing break-ins, with loot totaling about $10,000 and around $5,000 recovered.
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Oakland
Bay Area
Hubert Murray
Ralph Wilson Jr
Nevada
Berkeley
Albany
San Lorenzo
Santa Clara County
Wilson
Murray
Coffee for sleepy drivers proposed at toll stations
Connecticut Highway Safety Commission considers offering free coffee to drivers who stop at Merritt Parkway toll stations during early morning hours. The plan follows 22 fatal accidents in the first three weeks of July, with fatigue identified as a factor. Approval from the commission chairman and highway commissioner is needed before implementation.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Highway Safety Commission
Merritt Parkway
New York
New England
Commission
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