First Unfair Union Labor Act Charged in NLRB Case
Washington AP The first union charged under Taft Hartley as an unfair labor practice vows to fight to the Supreme Court. Local 74 of the Carpenters Union in Chattanooga faces a secondary boycott ruling for striking when nonunion installers worked beside them. Separate Utica injunction targets Local 294 of the AFL Teamsters for six alleged unfair practices including feather bedding. Local 204 accused Conway Express of assessing union wage penalties for using a nonunion driver. Montgomery Ward, Menands, and others also face injunctions as the judge weighs secondary boycott charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Herbert G. B King
AFL, Carpenters Union
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. J. Fitzpatrick
National Labor Relations Board
Fitzpatrick
Stephen W. Brennan
Utica
N. Y
AFL Teamsters Union
NLRB
Conway Express Company
Pittsfield
Mass
New Britain
India Pakistan Kashmir Crisis Reaches U N Security Council
The Indian government asked the United Nations Security Council to act on the Kashmir invasion arguing the crisis endangers international peace and security and urging Pakistan to stop aiding tribal invaders. It warned India may be forced to cross into Pakistan in self defense if aid continues.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Kashmir
Security Council
Pakistan
India
Former King Mihai Waits for Transit Visa through Austria
Former King Mihai of Romania, who abdicated on Tuesday, must wait for a transit visa to cross Austria with his retinue en route to Switzerland. The interior ministry said his application was sent to the Allied central council but the processing section is closed until Monday morning.
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Vienna
Austria
Mihai
Romania
Switzerland
Austrian
Interior Ministry
Allied Central Council
Quickie Tax Cut Plan Aims For Early Congress Action
House Republicans outline a rapid agenda with a short term foreign aid measure rent control extension and federal budget cuts. Knutson has proposed a 5.6 billion tax cut potentially removing about 7.4 million from the tax rolls. Speaker Martin backs a short range foreign aid approach and a minimum wage increase.
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Congress
Washington
House
GOP
Martin
Non-Partisan report on aid plan sought
United States lawmakers urge a Brookings Institution study on Marshall plan administration. Senator Wiley and others call for broader findings, including domestic export effects, while Taft supports an independent administrator focused on U.S. economic welfare. Barkley presses Congress to act.
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Barkley
Utucky
Congress
Air Planned For Tornado Survivors
The federal government moves to aid tornado survivors in northwest Louisiana around Cotton Valley. RF C eligible for disaster relief loans, while surplus federal property will be released to Louisiana and Arkansas governments. Twenty two killed and 250 injured across five states amid widespread damage. Cotton Valley suffers the worst impact with 13 deaths among 1500 residents.
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Louisiana
Cotton Valley
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Truman
Federal Works Administration
Arkansas
Tennesee
Mississippi
Alabama
Four Arabs Slain in Midnight Raid Between Tel Aviv and Jaffa
Hagana announces four Arabs shot to death in a midnight reprisal raid on an Arab in the contested zone between Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Palestinians slain in Palestine since the UN partition plan top 523. Jewish detachment forces believe a Jewish state can be held, but at the cost of more lives over two to three years.
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Jerusalem
Hagana
Wo Man's Land
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Een
Ten Die In Blast At Macao Port West Of Hong Kong
Ten persons were killed or injured when a motor launch exploded near Macao on New Year’s night. The blast destroyed another launch and two barges flooded with gasoline and kerosene at the Portuguese port west of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Macao
Child Believed Killed By Hit Skip Motorist
Cleveland officials weigh whether eight-year-old Sheila Tuley was stabbed or struck by a hit and run driver on East 24th Street. Bloodstains, glass fragments, and neighbor accounts surround detectives as the coroner maintains a bayonet wound caused death while homicide officials seek a possible hit skip motive.
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Cleveland
Sheila Ann Tuley
East 24Th Street
Edward J. Tuley
Sheila
David F. Kerr
Samuel R. Gerber
Gerber
Kerr
Meat Rationing Discussed by Secretary Anderson
Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said Americans may seek meat rationing by spring. He noted the Agriculture Department would prepare if Congress approves. He argued rationing could stabilize meat prices without broad controls and stressed voluntary acceptance as key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amercians
Anderson
Congress
Agriculture Department
Welcome train in Milan draws sparse official greeting
The Trend Dell Amicizia train arrived in Milan to the thinnest welcome yet with no top Milan officials from the Communist or Socialist parties on hand. Earlier stops in Florence and Bologna saw Communist officials greet the train and thank the American people for their generosity.
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Milan
America
Italy
Dell’ Amicizia
Florence
Bologna
Miss Truman Rejects $10,000 Weekly Sing For Times Square Eatery
Marecaret Truman declined a $10,000 weekly offer to sing at the Royal Chicken Roost in Times Square. Ralph Watkins, owner, said business factors and possible name change hindered the bid.
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New York
Marecaret Truman
Times Square
Ralph Watkins
Watkins
Miss Truman
Greek Rebels Suffer 2000 Casualties in Konitsa Siege
Athens AP reports the Greek war ministry tallies more than 2000 rebel losses in the Konitsa siege. Some 500 Communist rebels were killed and 100 captured, with 1500 wounded. Greek forces suffer 8 officers and 51 men killed, 27 officers and 193 men wounded, and 70 missing as they lift the siege on New Year’s Eve.
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Athens
Greek War Ministry
Konitsa
George Stratos
Strike Hits Cable System Across Major Lines
Supervisory workers labored through the night as four large cable systems faced a strike by about 3,500 overseas communications staff. While coasts saw reduced foreign transmissions, some services remained largely intact with supervision keeping key links open to Asia and the Pacific. The involved firms include the Western Union cables division, the Commercial Cable Company, All-America cables, and Mackay radio, collectively handling roughly two thirds of foreign communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mackay Radio
San Francisco
Honolulu
China
Japan
Philippines
Australia
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commercial Cable Company
All-America Cables
Second Session Called In Strike In Canton Ohio
Federal mediators pressed efforts to end a 36 day Canton bus drivers strike with a second conciliation session in Cleveland. Earlier talks yielded little progress. local union president Max Phillips urged moving meetings to Canton and said strikers would keep the jitney service for stranded residents. Drivers earn about $1.10 hourly and seek a 30 cent raise.
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Cleveland
Canton
Canton City Lines
AFL International Teamsters Union
E. J Cunningham
E.S.T
Max Phillips
Daniel Hurley
Steel City
Senate panel to receive report on Truman physician deals
Washington AP A Senate Committee expects to obtain Monday a full report on commodity transactions by President Truman s personal physician under FBI scrutiny. Senator Knowland said subpoenas will compel Bache and Co New York brokers to provide Graham s account and a summons is prepared awaiting a technical port clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
FBI
Knowland
R-Cal
Appropriations
Bache and Co
New York
Wallace H. Graham Knowland
Graham
Manor
14th Victim In Train Crash Is Identified
Otterville Missouri AP reports tentative identification of the last of 14 victims in a New Year’s Day passenger train wreck. Conductor J BR Rogers said the train was going 40 to 45 mph. block signals reportedly failed. Victims include Alexander Weddell and family, Frank M Ryan and kin. Jewelry valued at $125,000 recovered from debris.
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Otterville
Sedalia
J BR. Rogers
U J. Hannaway
Orla
Long Island
N.Y
Spain
Alexander W. Weddell
Frank M. Ryan
Weddell
State Highway Patrol
Marines to Sail for Mediterranean Duty Next Tuesday
A group of second division Marines will sail next Tuesday from Morehead City to reinforce U.S. forces aboard the carrier Midway and accompanying ships in the Mediterranean. The Navy would not disclose exact numbers but said the force will be carried on a normal size transport and will train aboard ship to restore crew levels on carriers and cruisers.
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Washington
U.S
Midway
Mediterranean Sea
Little Rock
Greece
Navy
Moreehead City
Miner I Faces Death Penalty in Stirrat Coal Mine killing
At Moundsville West Virginia Paul Burton 33 a coal miner was executed after being convicted of murdering fellow miner Willard Simpson 23 with a back shot following a mine argument. Witnesses described the chamber scene as Burton sang I am going to meet my maker. The trap was released and the death sentence carried out.
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Moundsville
Winter
Sheen
Paul Burton
Willard Simpson
Stirrat
Chinese Reds mass for drive on Peiping
More than ten thousand Chinese communists gathered southeast of Chanehur for a possible assault on Peiping in coordination with other Red forces. The new threat arose as the situation around Mukden, 176 miles southwest, eased.
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Peiping
Chanehur
Manchuria
Rer
Mukden
Man Held in Car Theft Case in Indiana
Ernest A. Jones, 25, of Hamilton, is held in Indianapolis on federal vehicle theft charges. He allegedly helped steal Calvin Verity’s car, then drove it from Hamilton to Richmond before arrest. Jones, the suspected driver, faces trial before a federal jury in Indianapolis.
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Ernest A. Jones
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Ind
Calvin Verity
S. Main St
Jones
Richmond
Norfolk and Western outlines eight 1948 improvement projects
Roanoke Va AP Norfolk and Western railroad announced plans for eight more improvement projects for 1948 with total cost over half a million dollars. Projects cover switch and signal upgrades, a yard office and wash and locker building, and bridge strengthening from Norfolk to Portsmouth with entries at Kenova West Virginia Sardnia Ohio and Wayne and Hillsboro branches to support heavier locomotives. Portsmouth Ohio construction includes a 25 by 127 foot fire proof yard office wash and locker facility building to replace several frame structures.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Kenova
Wo Va
Sardnia
Wayne and
Hillsboro
Strike Threatens Fuel Oil Supply
New York reports a planned strike of 1000 oil barge and tanker crewmen threatening fuel oil lifelines to New Jersey refineries. Theodore Kheel, city labor relations director, said negotiators from the Longshoremen local would meet in continuous session to avert the midnight walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
Theodore Kheel
Gas Supply Cut In East
The American Oil Company announced an 18 percent cut in its January allotments to gasoline dealers in eastern states. Other major distributors may follow. The spokesman cited shortages of tankers and tank cars, a lack of steel for new refinery operations, and a shift to fuel oil production reducing gasoline output.
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Baltimore
American Oil Company
Storm Leaves 16 Dead Across New England and NYC Area
A weekend of clearing weather followed a crippling ice and snow storm that hit the eastern half of the nation. Storm damage runs into millions as 16 deaths are reported in New England and New York metro areas plus additional fatalities in the Midwest. Power lines, outages, and transportation disruptions linger while New York and Boston stock exchanges suspend activity and travel remains hazardous.
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Associated Prose
New England
New York
Midwest
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Texas Panhandle
North Atlantic Seaboard
Mang Chee
New York City
New Jersey
New York Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Boston
New York State
Adironacks
Albany
Massachusettes
Connecticut
Burlington
Lowa
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Fire destroys Asphalt Products Co. plant in Oakley Cincinnati
A spectacular blaze at the Asphalt Products Co. plant in Oakley Cincinnati caused about 250000 in damage. Coowner Joseph Guttman said the block long brick building was virtually destroyed with flames reaching 100 feet high. No injuries were reported among crews from nine engine and three ladder companies. The plant contents were valued at 10000 and the building at 100000. the firm had moved from Chester West Virginia four years ago.
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Asphalt Company
Oakley
Cincinnati
Asphalt Products Co
City
Joseph Guttman
Lhom
Rward George
George
Guttman
Louis
Toldy
Chester
W. Va
Swedish cancer expert flies to Moscow for consultation
Professor Flis Berven Swedish radiologist left Stockholm by plane for Moscow to advise on a serious cancer case. He said the request came from a Russian author and that the consultation may last unknown. Berven 62 is chief physician at the Stockholm radium hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Flis Berven
Moscow
Berven
Des
Dr. Berven
Herbert Olivecrona
Coast Guard fliers die in Signal Mountain crash
CHATTANOOGA Tenn AP two coast guard airmen from San Diego were killed when a two engine amphibian plane crashed and burned on Signal Mountain near Chattanooga last night. Pilot Ensian Roger W Whale about 28 and aviation machinist's mate lo Kristian F Andersen were among the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Coast Guard
San Diego
Signal Mountain
Here
Ensian Roger W Whale
Lo Kristian F. Andersen
The Governor Takes A Bride
Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert weds Mildred Helen Stevenson, secretary to an Indianapolis physician, in a private ceremony at McKee Chapel. The couple, who began their romance in 1946 during a medical visit, plan a two week stay in Miami after a breakfast at the Columbia Club.
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Indianapolis
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Mildred Helen Stevenson
Oscar Olsen
Epworth Euclid Methodist Church
Cleveland
McKee Chapel
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Ralph F. Gates
Patricia
Gates
Columbia Club
Herbert
Miami
Fla
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R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
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R.wis
Iley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Brookings Institution
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Taft
Trusman
R-Mass
State Department
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