ITU to Tighten Work Pact Rules at Convention
ITU leaders proposed tightening policy on memoranda of contact after debates at the St. Louis convention. President Randolph defended past benefits and warned against abandoning the Taft Hartley framework while delegates voted to oppose change. A war chest proposal aimed to fund anti Taft Hartley lawmakers in the 1950 elections.
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Oakland
Cal
International Typographical Union
ITU
Woodruff Randolph
St. Louis
Randolph
Ralph
ITV
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
America
Robert Taft
Ohio
Woman Prefers Jail To Giving Up Her Daughter
A Tulsa mother, Nellie Beshears, 29, has remained jailed for three weeks refusing to reveal the location of her daughter Ona Jerrilene. She faces a $500 bond for allegedly stealing the seven year old from foster parents Luther and Mrs. Whitley, who deny the claim and oppose placing the child with the maternal grandmother. The court ordered the child to be produced, with no agreement from the foster parents or Beshears' ex-husband.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nellie Beshears
Ona Jerrilene
Emily
Melvin
Gayne
Miss Cupples
John Tompkins
AFL Plans $1,000,000 fund for 1950 elections
The AFL political section approved a plan to raise a $1 million fund for next year’s elections. A per capita $2 assessment will finance campaign work in local precincts, with funds split with state federations. Targets include Taft and other anti labor senators, plus several allies.
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Toronto
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Administrative Council of Labor
League For Political Education
AFL Executive Council
League
Joseph Keenan
Wainwright Gray in Dispute Over Veteran Hospital Beds
At the DAV national convention in Cleveland General Jonathan Wainwright and Veterans Administrator Carl Gray clashed over the 16 000 beds not provided for veterans. Gray cited 4 500 vacant beds due to staffing limits while Wainwright questioned the staffing figures and urged fuller provision. Perry Faulkner warned employers are hiring selectively and offering fewer breaks to disabled veterans.
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Wainwright
Gray
Cleveland
Jonathan Wainwright
Disabled American Veterans
Bataan
Corregidor
DAV
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Veterans Hospitals
Perry Faulkner
Washington
Faulkner
Veterans Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Woman Reclaims Slim 16 After 35-Pound Loss with Rennel
Mrs M L Luciano of Cleveland Ohio touts Rennel claiming a 35 pound loss in three months. She reports dropping from 170 to 135 pounds, regaining a size 16 dress and increased energy, with a money back guarantee if results fail.
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M. L. Luciano
Burnside Ave
Cleveland
Ohio
Druge
Williams son promoted to corporal on Guam
Mr and Mrs Williams of Middletown Route 2 receive word that their son PFC Gary Williams has been promoted to corporal. He serves with the 19th Installation Squadron on Guam after base training at San Antonio Texas where he enlisted in the Air Corps in August 1948.
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Wilson Williams
Middletown
Pfc
Gary Williams
Guam
San Antonio
Texas
Air Corp
Three-Week-Old Child Appears to Walk in Utah Bath
Murray Utah AP reports a three week old girl, born July 22 to Mr and Mrs LaVerl Benson, has been observed standing and taking several steps in a bathinet. The mother says the doctor advised limiting walking as the child develops.
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Murray
Utah
LaVerl Benson
Woodwind Puzzle with Mixed Clues and Obscure Terms
A cross word style list of clues for woodwind related terms and scattered abbreviations. It includes musical instrument hints, short forms and stray fragments suggesting a puzzle with many short answers across two directions.
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India
Puzzle Answer List Concludes With Final Clues
A compact puzzle solution row lists definitions and answers for Woody plant Asterisk Enchanted Mixture Speaker Group of Observed islands Old Calm Begins Expired Competent Imitated Greek letter Georgia abbr Another
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Georgia
Blind Man In Brooklyn Begging Scheme Sentenced
Beecher Beth MacLeod Jr, 20, posed as a blind man in Brooklyn with dark glasses and a tin cup. He earned about 15 dollars a day for three months before a detective exposed him. Magistrate Charles E. Ramy ordered six months in the workhouse.
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New York
Beecher Beth MacLeod, Jr
Brooklyn
Charles E. Ramygate
Dumped Fertilizer Slows City Traffic
Traffic at First Ave and Main St slowed during the noon hour as seven tons of wheat fertilizer spilled onto the asphalt. Police directed vehicles after a collision between Herbert Layman and Richard Powell at 12:30 p. m. Powell was cited for running a red light. Damage estimates were not available.
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First Ave
Main St
Herbert Layman
Wow Jlawn Ave
Hay
Richard Powell
Germantown
Poowell
Main St. Danage
Former Hamilton Youth Fractures Neck In Diving
Navy seaman Clarence Cole 18 on vacation from Norfolk dived into Rifle River near Standish Monday and fractured his neck. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital Bay City placed in an iron lung after paralysis. Son of Bertha Parker Hamilton Ohio and Horace Cole Dayton.
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Bay City
Mich
Norfolk
Mercy Hospital
Clarence Cole
Rifle River
Standish
Cole
Bertha Parker
Hamilton, O
Horace Cole
Dayton
UEW Officers Set to Sign Non-Red Affidavits in Months
EUW President Albert Fitzgerald said the CIO United Electrical Workers will sign non Communist affidavits within a couple of months, though he warned members they will not like it. He cited a looming clash with General Electric over a contract and noted GE's resistance to a $500 annual package. The union claims about 100,000 GE workers and faces a House subcommittee report alleging Communist influence.
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Elmira
N. Y
Albert Fitzgerald
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Fitzgerald
UEW
National Labor Relations Board
General Electric Company
House
New York
Washington
Schenectady
Electrical Unions
General Electric
Mloon stage farce strain as Teare family scenes clash
Gaynel Teare faces a marital dilemma with Barry Bainbridge while Fritz Freyman injects life into a Little Theater rehearsal led by director Melvin. Emily Teare overacts as a farm woman, prompting comic tension and a climactic audience cheer during a dress rehearsal.
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Gaynel Teare
Emily
Barry Bainbridge
Barry
Gaynel
Fritz Freyman
Fritz
Emily Teare
Little Theater
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