C I O pushes price cuts and wage boosts in 1949 push
The C I O executive board unanimously passed resolutions repeating the economic program and urging price reductions and immediate wage increases to boost consumer purchasing power. They warned of critical unemployment in many areas with early 1949 joblessness about 50 percent higher than 1948. The meeting debated left wing ties to the WFTU and prepared for a heated Cleveland convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. E
C. I.O. Council
Cow Rescued Bossy Unhurt After 35-Foot Fall
In Somerset Kentucky a five-year-old Jersey cow owned by Harlan Ard fell into a 35-foot-deep sinkhole. She landed on her feet with only slight bruises and was rescued by block and tackle after a day underground. Bossy was returned to the surface to be greeted by her five-week-old calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Bottow
Jersey
Harlan Ard
UN Assembly Ends Session Over Eisler Plea
UN delegates closed the General Assembly spring session by rejecting Poland's bid to discuss Gerhart Eisler, the Communist fugitive. Israel joined as the ninth member, and a world treaty safeguarding news transmission was approved. Poland failed to sway Evatt on timing, Katz-Suchy’s appeal was defeated 42 to 2, with some Soviet bloc delegates abstaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations
General Assembly
Gerhart Eisler
Poland
Eisler
Israel
U. N
Italy
U. al
Spain
Juliuse Katz- Suchy
England
United States
Katz Suchy
Elsler
Assembly
Herbert W. Evatt
Australia
Evatt
Katz-Suchy
Russia
Kuzman- Kisselev
Government Sees 1950 Egg Surplus
CHICAGO May 19 UP The Department of Agriculture warned of an egg surplus next year. Charles Hawks Midwest representative urged farmers and hatcherymen to halt flock replacement by mid-June. He said chick output, excluding broilers, should meet the goal of 700 million chickens raised on farms this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Charles Hawks
Midwest
Department
Poultry Branch
A F L Warns Russia Aims Unchanged in Europe
The A F L after its spring executive meeting warned that Soviet Russia has changed tactics but not its goal in Europe. It urged unity with Britain and France to resist appeasement and prevent German unification under Soviet influence. It called for inviting West German leaders to Paris talks and UN settlement of eastern Germany, plus freeing concentration camp prisoners and ending Cominform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward Cleveland
Russia
Germany
Executive Council
Europe
Council of Foreign Ministers
Britain
France
Bohn
Paris
United Nations
Cominform
Rhmme
Yangtze
Two Los Angeles Social Workers Award Winners
The Daniel Koshland awards for 1949 went yesterday to two Los Angeles social workers at the annual convention of the California Association for Social Welfare. Heman Stark and Miss Estelle Alston were named for outstanding contributions to social work in California in the past year. Stark is chief of the field service Division of the California Youth Authority and is in Germany on a recreation study in the American zone. Alston is supervisor of the special services division of the Los Angeles youth project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Calif
Daniel Koshland
Los Angeles
California, Association For Social Welfare
Heman Stark
Estelle Alston
California
Stark
California’Youth Authority
Germany
Alston
Unverified Tale Ties Opera Star Death to Woman
Atlanta police could not verify a teenaged suspect Alma Johnson alias Mary Smith of Richmond Virginia who claimed she witnessed tenor John Garris being shot near Terminal Station. Her story prompted checks in Jacksonville and Anderson with no new leads. Police say Garris was killed by a gunman after a confrontation near the station on April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlanta
Metropolitan Opera
John Garris
Alma_ Johnson
Mary Smith
Richmond
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Anderson
S. C
Herbert Jenkins
Terminal Railroad
Keeler McCartney
The
Atlanta Constitution
Emily Hart
Evelyn Langford
McCartney Miss
Johnson
Garris
Charlotte
N.C
U S Official Fired Over German Decartelization Stand
Frankurt report says Charles H. Collison, deputy chief of the American British decartelization authority, claims he was dismissed for opposing German monopolies and for favoring honest decartelization. He testified that the program was being sabotaged as John J. McCloy arrives to take over German civilian control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Charles H. Collison
Collison
Army Department
S Cartel Investigation Commission
U. S
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Lucius D. Clay
Army Commission
Richardson Bronson
Army Department Commission
Garland Fergueson
Federal Trade Commission
I. G. Farben Chemical Industry
Ad executive Don Denham Patterson dies in Florida
Sarasota, May 18. Don Denham Patterson, 53, former national advertising director for Scripps-Howard newspapers, died at his home near Siesta Key yesterday. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He had been Florida Citrus Commission account executive with Benton & Bowles advertising agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Fla
Don Denham Patterson
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Siesta Key
Florida Citrus Commission
Benton ,& Bowles
Californians balk at Banshee B-36 high altitude duel
Washington May 19 two California Republicans Reps Johnson and Hinshaw objected to a proposed high altitude interceptor duel between the Navy Banshee fighter and the Air Force B-36 bomber arguing the plan could reveal sensitive information. The House armed services committee pushed the dispute toward a public shootout eight miles up with cameras and a referee to judge which aircraft fired first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
Hinshaw
California
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
House
Gambling Loser Faces Hearing on Check Fraud
Orville Dickason 38, a Santa Monica auditor, faces a preliminary grand theft hearing in Burbank for diverting employer checks to cover about 20 000 in Las Vegas gambling losses. He allegedly passed a 743 check from Dr. Charles J. Norton and diverted about 800 more from two other physicians to pay gambling debts. The detective cited his plan to win big in Nevada and “get even” with the doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Santa Monica
Las Vegas
Orville Dickason
Burbak
Charles J. Norton
Robert Coveney
Dickason
Nevada
Coveney
Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth Wedding Plans Censored Photos
Cannes reports state Prince Aly Khan will censor wedding photos for his marriage to Rita Hayworth. A formal communique says the ceremony set for May 27 11 30 am local time with limited photographers inside, a balcony appearance, and a small 40 guest ceremony followed by an afternoon reception. Helen Morgan will attend and later brief the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
Aly Khan
Pita Hayworth
Miss Hayworth
Long Beach
Chateau de Horizon
Vellauris
Rita
Aly
Helen Morgan
Life Magazine
Als
Farmer 79 Named American Father of 1949 at Haven
William Casper Peter of Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, father of 18 with 80 grandchildren, was chosen American Father of 1949 by the National Father’s Day committee. The ceremony will be at Lehigh Haven City Hall, with newsreel coverage for the New York banquet on June 19. Peter starts each day at 5 am splitting logs for a local paper mill to blow off steam. His wife died years ago. all children and grandchildren live nearby. A post office mixup involved a color-changing lizard found in a mail box. authorities believe it was mailed to someone and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Casper Peter
Beech Crack
Lock Haven
Ock Haven
Beech Creek
Leck Haven
New York
Peter
U. S. Treasury Departments
J. N- Turner
Turner
Sign Said Bank Jim Not B A R
In Freehold New Jersey on May 19 Jam Whiteside 45 of Asbury Park caused trouble after a bank refused to serve him a drink. Police court sent 90 day suspended sentences for disorderly conduct with a warning to catch his bus today after his release from Monmouth County jail.
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Freehold
N. J
Central National Bank
James Whiteside
Asbury Park
Leo Galcher
White
Monmouth County
Galcher
Whiteside
Charles F. Dittmar
Fireman Hurt Twice While Fighting Same Fire
In Little Rock on May 14 a UBA fireman, Capt. W. S. Oglesby, was injured twice at the same blaze. He stepped on a nail and later was struck by falling debris, requiring hospital care for an upper plate injury and a badly cut mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
UBA
W. S. Oglesby
Father of New Set of Twins in Batesville
In Batesville Mississippi on May 19 Pl W T Thompson aged 82 is the father of a new set of twin boys born to 41 year old Mrs Thompson Saturday. The boys weighed five pounds eight ounces each and the Thompsons have three other children aged two five and 24. Mrs Thompson was 16 and her husband 57 when married in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Miss
W. T. Thompson
Lizard in Post Office Box Delights Greensboro Readers
In Greensboro North Carolina on May 19 a curious scene unfolds as a chameleon sits atop a post office box. The unseen owner may be traced by the odd location and public attention.
Car Buyer Planks Down Payment After Five Years
A fragmentary notice describes a car buyer in a dispute over a down payment and a five year struggle to complete payment. It mentions a GM Auton dealer and Charles Mi, with a reference to a 170 pound figure and a ban on dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GM Auton
Charles Mi
Forest Fire Roges Unchecked in Maine
French volunteers join effort as Maine spring fires rage. Brownville Junction blaze destroys a lumber camp and several dwellings, with four hundred men battling through blocked roads. Evacuations occur as fires spread across Ebeemer and Schoodie Lakes area amid sparse rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Brownville
Nature
Payne
Brownville Junction
Ebeemer
Schoodie Lakes
Ernest H. Ladd
Holland Names New Envoy to Indonesia
The Netherlands appoints A. Lovink, secretary-general of the foreign ministry, as high commissioner to Indonesia replacing Dr Li J.M. Beel who resigned over objections to the May 6 restoration agreement. Queen Juliana grants Beel honorable dismissal. Lovink to depart soon for Batavia to assume duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihe Hague
Netherands
Netherlands
A. Lovink
Foreign Affair Ministry
Indonesia
Y Lovink
Li J.im. Beel
Juliana
Beet
Illiterate inmate appeals death sentence after learning to read
Archie Brown, an illiterate man on death row, appeals for clemency claiming his trial was unfair after he learned to read and write. He says he studied the trial record and found it biased. The case, identified by source as from January 29, is being reviewed for possible commutation.
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Carl A. Merlok
Lansing
Mich
Edna
Sarah
Wilma
Helen
C.I
World Federation of Trade Unions
C. L.w
Philip Murray
Murray
Cleveland
Mrray
Harry Bridges
C. I
World Federation of ‘Trade Unions
C. L
UN Assemblymen
Pole
A.F.L
Social Workers Award
Alma Johnson
A Boone
Brooklyn
James Sutter
Park Slope
Sutter
Starling Place
Associated Press
Frank
Jesse
Harvey
Harry
Lesher
Jary
Charles
Ralph
Mary
Alice
Betty
Cora
Olive
Florence
Paulina
Leona
Pielen
Margaret
Associated Prass
U.S
Jduba
Farmer
Bank
Jim
Man
Greensboro
Holland
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