Labor Party Split Foreshadows General Election Battle
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill hopes to profit from the Labor Party split as Attlee confronts Bevan. Bevan strengthens at the grass roots while party leaders move to suspend him. Bevan, 57, is home with influenza and silent as editors accuse right-wing leaders of trying to silence him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London i
Churchill
Clement
Attlee
Aneurin
Bevan
Labor
Manchester
Coventry
Party
Labor Deputies
Labor Executive Committee
the Tribune
Women Aid to Economy Told Parley
Washington delegates hear Labor Department official Alice Leopold urge full female participation to strengthen the economy. She notes about 40 percent of workers are women with over a tenth in professional fields, and predicts science will open more opportunities for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ntrs
Alice EK
Leopold
Secretary of Labor
al Conference
Labor Department
Leopard
Nea
Three Fishermen Missing After Puget Sound Collision
A fishing boat collided with the Navy LST 306 about 3,000 yards off Point Wells in Puget Sound. Three fishermen were missing while a Coast Guard patrol boat and helicopter searched the area. one man was rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Line
Point Wells
Puget Sound
Here
Cast Guard
Coast Guard
Acacia Dust Suspected in Oakland Verde Dust Alarm
Civil Defense teams found no atomic fallout after a yellow powder coated houses and lawns in Piedmont Pines Oakland. City health director Dr I C Geiger warned the pollen from acacia trees can be a serious asthma irritant calling it likely pure poison for asthma sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quasland
Piedmont Pines
Oakland Hill
Nevada
Civil Defense
I. C. Geiger
Byrd Urges Senate Resist Tax Slash
Senator Byrd of Virginia warned the Senate against the $20 per person tax cut, arguing it would worsen deficits and threaten solvency. He defended the Senate Finance Committee’s rejection of the House plan and urged responsible tax reduction within a balanced budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Senate
Washington
Seni J Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
House
Virginian
Sen
Knowland
Calif
United States
Humphrey
Ways and Means
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Committee
Eccles
Interviews Rejected by Brain-Washed American Passengers
Adele Rickett a 5 year old scholar en route to San Francisco after 312 years in a communist prison declined further interviews with the press aboard the freighter Pine Tree Mariner of Far East Pacific Lines bound for the United States. She said additional questions would be repetitions and turned down requests on Red China. Rickett and Malcolm Bersohn, 29, released near Hong Kong, were described by U.S. officials as among the most brain-washed Americans released by Chinese Reds. Captain George Wallace noted Rickett may issue a prepared statement later. Grain for Reds fray at Montevideo port as 5000 tons of Uruguayan wheat are shipped to Polish ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Adele Rickett
San Francisco
Rickett
Pine Trée Mariner
Far East Pacific Lines
United States
Associated Press
R T
Malcolm Bersohn
Peiping
Hong Kong
Bersohn
California
San Fernando
U.S
Dent
New China
George Wallace
The
Pine Tree Mariner
Wallace
Californias Traffic Toll Drops Despite High Casualties
California’s annual traffic report shows one death every 2 hours 30 minutes and a injury every 5 minutes with permanent disability for one in twelve. The grisly graphic accompanies figures estimating 341 million dollars in direct and indirect losses, while Gov Knight praises progress and credits patrol enforcement and education for reducing fatalities amid rapid state growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
California
Highway Patrol
Knight
Atom Test Slated Friday at Nevada Site by AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a dual-capability nuclear test for Friday at the Nevada firing grounds. A weather briefing will determine if a shot can proceed, with a smaller alternative bomb planned if winds or clouds render a medium or large shot unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Praing Grounds
AEC
Would Catch Dogs in Berks County Political Race
In Reading Pa a field of five applicants has filed for a nonpartisan vacancy at the bottom of the political ladder. The post, held by John D Moll, is a one year job with modest profile but attracts interest as local politics lingers on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
1500 Homes Moved to Tijuana Hill Project
Gov Braulio Maldonado oversees a relocation of 1,500 Tijuana riverbed homes to a hillside subdivision six miles east as part of a flood relocation plan. The move accompanies Mexicali families displaced by recent storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tijuana Hill
Braulio Maldonado
Tijuana
Mexico
Baja California
London
Andrei Gromy
Sir Anthony Eden
Mexican capital inspectors plan long coast freeway
Gromyko and Eden arrive from Mexicali to inspect and break ground on a state funded project, a Tijuanne to Pacific coast freeway. Plans call for further extension along the coast south through Ensenada to Rosaria, a route over 1250 miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexicali
Tijuanne
Pacific
Ensenada
Rosaria
Clover Park student wins art prize but questions merits
An 11 year old Clover Park High School art student, Jeneane Payton, won a Pierce County art contest for her abstract painting The Smokers. She told reporters she did not think she deserved the prize after the judges displayed her work upside down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Clover Park High School
Pierce County
Jeneane Payton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Labor Party
Parley
LST
Acacia
Jayne
Dr. D. Jayne
Fray Bentos
Uruguay
Lakewood Blvd
Butler Brothers
Gromyko
Eden
Iheeerial
Hiram Walker
Walker & Sonsang
Peoria Tll
Sud
Matas
Lakewood Center
Isa
Sol Cae Rey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!