Senate Weighs Non Communist Oath in Labor Bill
The Senate approved a Taft-Hartley style non-Communist oath provision for both unions and management as part of the Truman labor bill. The move accompanied three similar amendments requiring annual financial reports and speech protections while barring threats or benefits. A Taft substitute would keep Taft-Hartley provisions and injunctions. debate continues as to the best path forward.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
Teen-Ager Charged With Assault in Waitkus Shooting
In Chicago Eddie Waitkus Philadelphia Phillies first baseman was shot by Ruth Steinhagen 19 at Edgewater Beach Hotel after a secret crush. Steinhagen appeared in Felony Court charged with assault with intent to murder. Waitkus remained in fair to poor condition with a bullet lodged near his chest and doctors delaying removal.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Bobby Soxer
Star Layer
Simois Masonic Hospital
Waitkus
Ruth Steinhagen
Edgewater Beach
John S. Boyle
Court upholds police chief appointment in Youngstown
Ohio Supreme Court refused to review challenges to Edward J. Allen's appointment as Youngstown police chief. Allen, formerly with Erie PA police, was named in 1948 under the city charter amid objections that civil service exams should apply to locally appointed chiefs. Mahoning County courts and the high court sided with the appointment. the decision also touched on a separate nuisance dispute over Trimedge Inc. rebuilding after a major fire in Wickliffe.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Edward J. Allen
Youngstown
Allen
Peter R. Lapella
Erie
Lapella
Mahoning County
Suprem Court
Supreme Court
Trimedge Inc
Wickliffe
Truman Seeks Brannan Plan Early in Current Session
President Truman urged enactment of the Brannan farm plan at this session and predicted Congress will approve some of it this year. He rejected press reports that the plan would be deferred to next year and defended subsidies for farmers alongside lower consumer prices.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Democratic Party
Des Moines
Inquiry into Apple Creek State Hospital construction
Fremont based Steinle Wolfe Inc the general contractor for the nearly completed Apple Creek State Hospital requested a full independent investigation into construction quality. The firm offered to pay for the probe to be conducted by three engineers chosen by the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers, stating their work is 100 percent bonded and that public disclosure benefits residents.
Lorain Eagles Lodge Records Case Upheld Overruling
Lorain Eagles Lodge failed to compel the Grand Lodge of Eagles to reveal records in court. The Common Pleas Court overruled the motion as a preliminary step to a Monday hearing on dissolving a temporary injunction barring Grand Lodge interference in Lorain lodge affairs.
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Elyria, O
Lorain Eagles Lodge
Grand Lodge of Eagles
Common Pleas Court
Grand Lodge
Lorain Lodge
No Progress Apparent On Coal Contract
BLUEFIELD, W VA AP Southern soft coal producers made no visible progress toward a new contract with John L Lewis union to replace the expiring agreement. The UMW challenged the operators must proposals while offering no own proposals. Secrecy followed a three hour bargaining session with Moody and Owens refusing to discuss details. The union insisted all demands be open to negotiation and questioned the right to label any as musts. The SCPA seeks to curb strikes under current rules and bar memorial period shutdowns while dropping 100 dollar monthly pensions and the miners half hour lunch, reducing welfare and pension fund benefits.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Soft Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
UMW
John Owens
SCPA
Lewis
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
Hearing set for Elyria official Chapman nominee
Harlan T. Chapman of Elyria Ohio nominated for assistant register of the Treasury may have a Finance Committee hearing today. Ohio Senator Bricker asked a review of Chapman's record with the State Liquor Department amid accusations he issued licenses shortly before leaving office. The committee chair said a Friday hearing will occur if today’s session misses the target.
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Washington
Harlan T. Chapman
Elyria
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Chapman
George
D - Ga
iTreasury
More Data On Loss Of Uranium Will Go Before Investigators
The article details ongoing disputes over the Bendix Aviation strike in South Bend and reports from Washington about the loss of Uranium-235 from Argonne National Laboratory. Senator Hickenlooper promises more details as investigations and hearings approach, with officials noting recovery of most of the material and debates over espionage risk. The piece mentions Bendix negotiations, Governor Schricker, and Labor Commissioner Hutson, plus UAW involvement.
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Indianapolis
Bendix Aviation Corporation
South Bend
Bendix
Henry F. Schricker
Thomas Hutson
CIO
United Auto Workers
Hutson
Raymond Berndt
UAW
Washington
Hickenlooper
Riowa
Argonne Atomic Laboratory
Iowa
Atomic Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Capitol Hill
AEC
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Committee
FBI
Walter H. Zinn
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Ernest Thiele
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company (Indiarta
Paneres
Senate panel sinks Admiral King state park bill
In Columbus the Senate Conservation Committee voted 8-0 to indefinitely postpone the Admiral King state park proposal for Lake Erie in Lorain County, ending legislative action on the measure.
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Columbus
Admiral King
Lake Erie
Lorain County
Davy Jones’ Locker
Senate Conservation Committee
Waller longtime Ohio Baptist treasurer dies at 88
Ironton Ohio AP report states W. L. Waller aged 88 died yesterday after decades serving as treasurer of the Ohio Baptist Association for 60 years. He held the post since long before retirement and was a respected church and community figure.
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Ironton
W. L. Waller
Ohio Baptist Association
Navy Veteran Threatens Armed Response After Robed Attack
In Birmingham Alabama Navy veteran Billy Guyton Stovall describes a brutal beating by robed assailants who dragged him from his home and whipped him with a leather belt. He cites threats to protect his family and says he will shoot if bothered again as authorities struggle to curb a surge of hooded attacks.
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Birmingham
Ala
Billy Guyton Stovall
Stovall
Jimmy
Elaine
E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Montgomery
National Guard
G.ess
Wage Hike Demanded by United Steelworkers in Fourth Round
The CIO United Steelworkers pressed for a general wage increase and employer funded pensions and social insurance for 700000 workers in 835 U S Steel contracts. Pensions would be employer funded and compulsory retirement barred. Talks followed a two hour session with U S Steel, which would not discuss pensions this year. A July 16 strike risk looms if no agreement is reached.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steel Workers
United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel
Final Phase Begun in East West Truce Talks Paris
Paris AP report says the four power Council of Foreign Ministers met in secret for 90 minutes as they enter the final phase of talks aimed at a temporary East West truce in Europe. A Berlin rail strike and possible postwar arrangements in Berlin and Austria loom, with plans for nonreimposition of trade barriers and cross zone economic links under high commission supervision.
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Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Europe
Berlin
Austria
Explosives Truck Struck by Train Near Tiffin Ohio
A Chicago driver, Clifford W. Higgins, 34, escaped serious harm when his truck loaded with explosives collided with a speeding New York Central passenger train near Tiffin Ohio. Dynamite sticks and nitroglycerin cans flew but caused no major explosion. the truck and train were damaged and Higgins suffered only scratches.
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Tiffin, O
Clifford W. Higgins
Chicago
New York Central
Higgins
Wanna Play Canasta in the Journal Series
South American canasta sweeps the United States as Charles H. Goren, a card authority, prepares six articles on rules and scoring. The first part appears in Sunday's Journal, with clipping urged for ready reference during debates on the game.
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South America
United States
Charles H. Goren
Defense Calls Witnesses In Athens Slaying
In Athens, defense witnesses testified in the first degree murder trial of Grover E. Rawlins, 18, of New Straitsville, linked to the slaying of Eleanor Gifford, a 52-year-old Athens church worker. Sheriff George Bateman led the last witness in a three judge court as the prosecution rested its case.
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Grover E. Rawlins
New Straitsville
Eleanor Gifford
Athens
George Bateman
Harry Dodds, Jr
Jimmy Stewart
Columbus
Dodds
Rawlins
Stewart
Bateman
Fort Knox
Bank Robbers Still Hunted in Ohio Towns
A search party of about 50 men, led by state highway patrolmen, combed the Rittman area for two men who robbed the North Fairfield Bank in Huron County of 2731 dollars. They abandoned a Rittman man’s car near Wooster, and were later linked to another theft as the suspect vehicle was found near Bucyrus after being seen near Mansfield.
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Wooster
Bucyrus
Mansfield
Reuther Calls Conference on Looming National Low Mood
Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers urged an immediate national conference to address rising unemployment cited as 3,500,000 out of work. He urged labor management agriculture and government leaders to study the issue, calling depressions man made and warning a 1929 level mood could threaten freedom.
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Cleveland
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Suspected Spy Testimony Highlights Hiss Coplon Trials
FBI agent testifies most government papers tied to the Hiss case were typed on the Hiss family machine. In New York, Coplon espionage testimony may be delayed as defense questions prosecutor Whearty. Judges deny access to FBI report vital to defense. Gates bail hearing moves ahead in the Communist trial with ongoing witness questioning.
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New York
FBI
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Ramos
Feehan
Washington
Judith Coplon
Miss Coplon
Archibald Palmer
Raymond P. Whearty
Palmer
Whearty
Howard Fletcher
Albert L. Reeves
John M. Kelley Jr
Kelley
Reeves
State Department
Felix A. Inslerman
Inslerman
Whittaker Cham Bers
Kiss
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Ilinois
Communist Party
Gates
Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Wi Gubitchev
Clark
Price of Gas to Be Studied by Senate Committee
Washington AP report says a Senate Banking panel will investigate gasoline price hikes this month. A staff study claims motorists pay about 40 dollars a year more for gas than in 1946, with June 27 hearing set to probe rising costs nationwide and oil industry profits amid varied regional trends.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
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