New Taft Hartley Repeal Drive Hinted at Senate
A new drive to repeal the Taft Hartley Act emerged as Senator Murray said he will sponsor a full repeal effort in Congress and frame it as a major issue in next year’s elections. Durkin’s resignation as labor secretary sparked calls that Republicans would propose only limited changes, while Smith and others warned against any modification seen as pro union.
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Washingto
Ray
D.mont
Eisenhower
Durkir
Murray
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Labor Carmittee
Durkin
Pharsh Smith
Sen
Dla
Jaber
AFI, Plumbers and Steamsitters Union
White House
Howeve
Congress
Vural
Philadelphia
Fridaman McConnell
R.-Pa
Labor Committee
McConnell
Gerald Morgan
Bernard Strantay
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Smith
Miss America to Be Chosen
Torrington area coverage describes preliminaries for Miss America 1954 with entrants from Pennsylvania Virginia and South Dakota among others. It notes judging on talent evening gown and personality and explains forecasts are uncertain as results of preliminaries are not announced. California’s bathing suit winner is highlighted with details.
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Torrington
Pennsylania
Evelyn Margaret Ay
Ephrata
Miss Verginia
Anne Lee Coerlis
Nodoski
South Dakota
Delores Jerde
Spearfish
Chanc
Ayencé
California
American Soldier Charged With Attacking Swedish Officer
Private Millard F. Armstrong of Louisville Kentucky will face trial Monday before two special court martial for striking and cutting the lip of Captain Rune Larsson of Stockholm a member of the neutral nations inspection team at Taegu Korea The incident followed an order to send a telegram during a dispute about refusal to comply.
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Paul—Se Gus Apywright
Pte
Millard F. Armstrong
Louisvile
Caal
Rune Larsson
Stockholm
Neutral Nations
Taegu
Korea
Armstrong
Knowland Visits Indochina War Zone
Senator Knowland arrives in the war capital of French Union forces for a 24 hour inspection of operations against the Vietminh. He will fly three hours Sunday over the Red River Delta with General Rene Cagny, landing at Namdinh near Hanoi to view mop up actions in the Delta.
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Fan
Knowland
Kinsey Report Talk Canceled in Pasadena Event
Pasadena crowd expected a discussion on Kinsey's book at a Los Angeles venue but the event was called off as no attendees purchased tickets and the Celebrity Child of Los Angeles reportedly backed out. Dr Alfred Kinsey leads Indiana University study of human sexual behavior.
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Pasadena
Alfred Kinsey
Indiana University
Los Angeles
Kinsey
Board Backs Dismissals on Loyalty Oath
SACRAMENTO Nine personnel board members voted 4-0 to uphold dismissals of teachers who refused to sign California loyalty oaths under the Levering Act. The act’s constitutionality was upheld by the State Supreme Court, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to reopen the case. One member disqualified himself. the attorney general’s representative supported the state's position.
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Sacramento
California
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Attorney General
World Bank to Suspend Czechoslovakia from Membership
World Bank governors voted to suspend Czechoslovakia from membership at year end unless she pays 625000 dollars owed in capital subscriptions. Suspension set to take effect December 21, with a further one year grace before final removal if requirements remain unmet.
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Washington
World Bank
Czechoslovakia
Committee On Finance and Organization
Bank
International Monetary Fund
Poland
Fyord
Jury Chosen for Trial of Slayer of Five Reds
A full jury has been selected to hear testimony Monday in the first degree murder trial of Bred Hugene McManus, accused of killing five people. The panel includes ten men and two women with two alternates, as Justice van Duser warned jurors they may face isolation later. The case covers the March 27 slaying of Hobart College freshman William Allen Braverman and other killings tied to robberies and captivity allegations involving Reds during wartime.
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Canandaigua
Bred Hugene McManus
State Supreme Court
H. Douglass van Duser
McManus
Wiliam Allen Braverman
Hobart College
Borhenter
McMadey Aiephiers Theta jlManus
N Ow Aranty
Cape
James A
van Fleet Jr
Eighth Army
van Fleet J
Reds
Herbert Hoover Jr Named Aid to Dulles
The State Department announced Herbert Hoover Jr son of the former president as a special advisor to Secretary John Foster Dulles on world wide petroleum problems. Hoover's first major task is expected to be to help reduce oil production in Trinidad.
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Wasming Yor
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
John Foster Dulles
Hoover
Tran
Hurricane Dolly Bypasses Bermuda On Early Blustery Gale
Hurricane Dolly skimmed Bermuda delivering a light blow then moved out to the Atlantic. Forecaster Cecil Gentry of the Miami Weather Bureau said the eye reached Bermuda at 12 49 a m with 47 mph winds and rain. Planes were sent to MacDill Field in advance. The storm then continued northeast, missing Florida by more than 500 miles, as it veered away from land.
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Miami
Fla
Dolly
Bermuda
Atlantic
United States
Cecil Gentry
Miami Weather Bureau
United States Air Force
MacDill Field
Tampa
Gentry
Permuda
Turks Island
Bahamas
Nottoware
Florida
Advertic
U S Seeks Repayment From Russia On Lend Lease
Washington renews demands for return of 670 ships and money borrowed when allied against Germany. The United States seeks about 800 million dollars in compensation for roughly 2.6 billion in lend lease items, as six years of negotiations drag on. Russia offered around 300.9 million last year.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Georgi N. Zarubin
Walter B. Smith
Zarubin
United States
Tibet Day rally calls Chinese troops out of Tibet
A group of 74 demonstrators marched before the Chinese embassy in Delhi shouting for Chinese troops to withdraw from Tibet. The protest marked Tibet Day and was organized by Indians opposed to Communist control of the Himalayan region.
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AEW
Delhi
India
Red China
Tibet
Police Motorcycle Siren Explodes After High Speed Chase
New York patrolman David E Graham pursued a speeding motorist at 90 mph when his siren shattered from the impact. He stopped the car, issued a ticket, then was hospitalized for leg injuries from flying metal shards.
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New York
David E. Graham
Graham
Lucy Never Was Red Says Solon on Ball Voting
Miss Ball’s political ties come under scrutiny as congressman’s transcript claims she voted Communist lines and helped appoint her to the state central committee. Ball disputes the charge while her family and colleagues note her innocence and describe her as opposed to Communism. Desi Arnaz defends her stance, calling her conscience clear and her grandfather a dramatic figure from a prior era.
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Miss Ball
Wheeler
Jackson
Emil Freed
Communist Party
California Assembly
Fred C. Hunt
De‘siree Ball
Fred H. .Ball
Freed
Desi Arnaz
Arnaz
Lacey
Hollyood
Huk Officer Killed in Manila as Army Aims at Rebel Leaders
Philippine army troops killed Huk commander Tuason in Manila on Friday. Tuason had featured in truce talks earlier in the year and was one of three aides to Roman Simbillo who helped feed the peace negotiations.
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Philippine Army
Tuason
Roman Simbillo
Lone Beach California Postal Notice of Publication Rights
Public notice from Lone Beach California under postal act of 1879 announcing class two publication and delivery terms. References to a weekly and monthly circulation schedule and carrier delivery details appear in the fragmentary text with unclear dates and procedures.
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Ed Asuy
Pine Avenue
Lone
Audit Bureau of
Sail
Enterec
Lone Beach
California
GM obtains $260 Million Tank Order
The Army named Fisher Body division of General Motors as the successful bidder on a $200 million contract for Patten medium tanks. Secretary Robert Stevens said GM bid about 12 percent lower than Chrysler. Chrysler would continue 1148s production at News Park Del until April 1954 and then store tools for quick restart. GM also won $85 million for 21e-ton trucks. $61 million went to Reo Motors to maintain production capacity. GM to build at Grand Blanc plant. Stevens called the award in the public interest.
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Washington
Army
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Robert T. Stevens
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
News Park
Del
Stevens
Reo Motors Corp
Reo
Detroit
L. L. Colbert
Fisher
Grand Blanc
Mich
Defense Problem Ends Maneuvers
Frankfurt dispatch reports Allied forces counterattacked as 175000 troops entered the final phase of Europe’s largest postwar field maneuvers. The exercise dubbed Operation Morte Carlo tested simulated atomic weapon use by AS British French and Belgian troops in the hills north of Frankfurt near the Russian frontier. Details of the atomic simulations were not disclosed.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
Here
Moscow AP Bureau Names New Chief on Duty
Kasischke 41 arrives from Berlin to lead the Associated Press Bureau in Moscow. A native of St. Joseph Michigan he has spent eight years with AP in Germany aside from stints in Bulgaria Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
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Moscow AP Bureau
Jeenard BR
Kasischke
Berlin
Associated Press
St. Joseph
Mich
Germany
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Clergymen Deny Red Aid Ties Amid Infiltration Claims
Senate Internal Security Panel heard testimony alleging Communist aims to subvert churches and unions. Benjamin Gitlow linked Methodist Church infiltration to Communist goals while other clerics denied ties. Witnesses estimated 600 clergy as secret party members and 3,000 more in affiliated circles, with Dunn named as a key figure backing labor and religious fronts.
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Press
Assembly
Benjamin Gitlow
Methodist Church
Gitlow
Jack R. McMichael
Charles C. Weber
Alson J. Smith
Willard Uphaus
Margaret Forsyth
Lee H. Ball
Walter Rautenstrauch
McMichael
Washington
Uphaus
Conway
WN. H
Ball
Tivington
Tr- Win
St. John Tucker
Chicago
William B. Spofford Sr
Tunkhannock
Communist Party
Claude Williams
Helena
Ala
Organization of Labor Unions
Williams
Joseph Jack Kornfeder
Kornfeder
United States
Kornieder
Robert W. Dunn
Labor Research Association
Dunn
Quakers’ Relief Organization
Young Men's Christian Association
Johnson
Jenner R.end
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Jenner
Senate
Harold King
Thomas Davin
New York City
King
Catholic Committee For Shaman Rights
Egypt to Sue Aga Khan Over Cairo Building Deal
Cairo plans to sue the Aga Khan for 500000 pounds alleging he failed to build promised apartments on a 40 acre Cairo plot bought in 1946. Tewfik Attia, Wakfs chief, said a summons will be served in the Aga Khan's home in the south of France. The Aga Khan, leader of Ismailis, had pledged housing for a Cairo district but cited design flaws and global conditions for delay.
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France
Attia
Aga Kahn
Wile
Aga Khan
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