Violence Flare in West Coast Oil Strike and New York Truck Walkout
Strikes by West Coast oil workers and New York truck drivers threaten milk supplies and gasoline deliveries. Army tries to hire longshoremen bypassing hiring halls, provoking union opposition and fears of extended coastal shipping disruption. Richmond California and San Francisco scenes include tear gas, picketing, and clashes as unions resist management demands.
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Army
Associated Press
Harry Bridges
CIO
Bridges
San Francisco
Richmond
Cal
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AFL
American Can Company
Milk Dealers Association
West Coast
Neighter
AFL Teamsters
Longshore
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Horing Hall
West Coast Shipping
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Coneey
Standard Owl
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California Roneries
Thepany
Loddard
Rail Unions Meet Management Over Pay Demands
Four railroad brotherhoods representing engineers firemen conductors and trainmen met with Carriers Conference Committee today to press wage talks. The unions seek a 25 percent increase with about 400,000 total members claiming a long series of previous negotiations. They demand about 1.76 dollars per day more than current pay, noting prior settlements.
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Chicago
Locomotive’ Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineman
Spoksman
Carriers’ Conference Committee
Day Proclaimed United Nations Church Day in Ohio
Ohio Gov Thomas J Herbert proclaims next Sunday as United Nations Church Day by executive motion. The designation urged local congregations to observe with prayers for peace and international harmony statewide.
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Columbus
United Nations Shurch
Ohio
Thomas J Herbert
Fire Destroys Valley Resort In California
A 12000 acre forest fire burned through Ojai Valley resort areas in California threatening the communities of Ojai and Meiners Oaks. Homes, including luxury summer houses, were destroyed while a wind shift allowed firefighters to gain control. Evacuations were ordered to Ventura as Red Cross set up relief facilities.
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Pete Little
Ventura Fire Department
U.S. Forestry
Los Padres National Forest
Meiners Oaks
Ventura
Red Cross Disaster Relief
Civic Auditorium
Univis Hearing Is Continued In Labor Election Case
An NLRB hearing on the Univis Lens Co election, where CIO Electrical Workers Local 768 was ousted by workers, continued as the union alleges company threats influenced votes. Examiner Ruckel denied a company motion to dismiss the petition for a new election as National Guard restored order after July disruptions.
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Dayton, D
Aesop Fable Guides Four Teens From Crime Case
Four teenage collegians faced drunkenness charges in Detroit. They were ordered to read Aesop and recite a fable in court. After reciting A Thief and his Mother the judge dismissed the charges, remarking on moral lessons for the youths and their parents.
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Detroit
Aesop
Henry Woodhouse
John Hooker
George Booth Whitehead
Joseph Stolt Sherer
Joseph A. Gillis
Gillis
Truman decries smear tactics against scientists in bold address
President Truman urged Congress to stop political attacks on scientists and warned that smear campaigns endanger national security. He cited House Un American Activities Committee tactics as driving atomic experts from government, calling atmosphere unAmerican and totalitarian. Dr Philip Morse then resigned as Brookhaven Lab head citing suspicion.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Committee
Representative Thomas
R-Nj
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Constitution Hall
UnAmerican
Philip M. Morse
Brookhaven National Laboratory
House
Tribe Hurler Don Black Faces 50-50 Life Hope
Cleveland Indians pitcher Don Black remained in critical condition at St. Vincent's Charity Hospital with doctors giving him a 50 50 chance to live. Dr Spencer Braden reported his status no worse than the previous night and Black briefly regained consciousness, recognizing his wife and speaking to Dr James G Jones.
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Cleveland
Don Black
Cleveland Indians
Spencer Braden
St. Vincent's Charity Hospital
Black
Mrs. Black
Rita Johnson Stays in Coma After Collapse
Hollywood AP reports actress Rita Johnson remains in a coma for the eighth day at St. Vincent's Hospital. A hospital note says there is no change. she is treated with oxygen, penicillin, and IV feeds. Police believe an accidental head injury occurred after a hair dryer incident.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bermuda Clears Debris After Severe Hurricane
Miami reports debris removal after a hurricane lashed Bermuda with winds up to 140 mph near the center. No loss of life or extensive property damage. storm expected to move northward and out to sea, with shipping warned to use extreme caution in the North Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
Grady Norton
U. S
Republicans gain sweeping victory in Maine voting
In Portland Maine Representative Margaret Chase Smith captured a Senate seat setting two new records for the state election a sweeping Republican victory.
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Maine
Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Defense blocks confession in Daniels' trial
The Mansfield murder case against Robert Murl Daniels stalled as the defense blocked use of a handwritten confession and contested three typed copies. The statements, claiming Daniels killed John Niebel and his family to settle a grudge, may be excluded, leaving the prosecution to rely on circumstantial evidence plus two psychiatrists' examination results. Daniels pleads innocent by reason of insanity. psychiatrists found no insanity.
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Robert Daniels
Mansfield, O
Frank Robinson
John Niebel
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Daniels
John West
Ohio
Lydon Beam
Mansfield Reformatory
Columbus
Earl Ambrose
Merrell A. Mock
State Highway Patrol
Mack
van Wert
L. Roy Shaffer
West
Reformatory
Lutz
J J. Bateman
R. E. Bushong
G F Kalbfleisch
H. E Culbertson
Chester Pendleton
Niebel
L. E. Beam
Robert Daniels, Sr
Beam
No Danger Of Warfare Seen By General Clay
General Lucius D. Clay told reporters in Berlin that war is not near and the blockade of Soviet controlled Western Berlin should be resolved by diplomatic means. He doubted Berlin would become the sole issue in Germany and said the United States would exhaust other options before force. He suggested bringing Berlin to the United Nations if Moscow talks fail, and noted Allied troops were not yet ready to abandon German occupation.
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Clay
U. S
Berlin
United States
Council of Foreign Ministers
U S
Russia
Moscow
United Nations Security Council
Germany
Bavaria
Yank Pilots Bail Out In Soviet Zone
Two American airlift pilots bailed out over the Soviet zone near Langensalza about 20 miles inside the Russian zone after their D46 ferrying food from Wiesbaden to Berlin developed engine failures. German police would investigate as nine Americans have died in three crashes since the air lift began in June.
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Germany
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Berlin
Langensa Za
Langen- Salza
Defiance County Polio Outbreak Triggers Wide Public Health Actions
State health leaders move to assess Defiance County polio outbreak after a third death, six month old Donald Baumgartner Jr. Officials close schools except Hicksville, shutter theaters, ban public gatherings, and orders are issued to bring home absent children as city disinfecting with DDT proceeds.
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Defiance
Francis M. Lenhart
John D. Porterfield
U. S. Public Health Service
Donald Baumgartner, Jr
Toledo
Hicksville
Two People Face Kidnapping Charge in Hollywood Case
Hollywood AP report says John Clein a New York film producer accused Diana Lansing 24 dancer and Christian P Anderson 25 actor student of kidnapping him last Friday at his apartment and forcing a contract. Clein filed the complaint and says Lansing demanded $10,000 cash initially. Both defendants deny the accusation.
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Hollywood
John Clein
New York
Clein
Diana Lansing
Christian P. Anderson
Miss Lansing
K. E. Weaver
Western envoys hold 90 minute talk with Molotov in Moscow
The three western envoys met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for about 90 minutes in Moscow in the shortest four power session since July. They had gathered after Francois Seydoux’s Berlin reports and planned further talks at the British and American embassies.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Muly
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Berlin
Kremlin
Francois Seydoux
Germany
Stalin
King Pushes Amendment to Parliament Act in 1950 Battle
King George VI urged Parliament to amend the Parliament Act of 1911 to cut the Lords delay from two years. The move opens a heated clash between Labour and Churchill’s Conservatives as Britain heads toward the 1950 elections and nationalization plans for home and steel industries.
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London
George VI
Winston Churchill
House of Lords
Trip To Falls Ends In Car Plunge At Niagara River
Mr and Mrs Sherrie N Cooper of Indianapolis Indiana had a disastrous trip to Niagara Falls Ontario when their sedan rolled into the river after they stopped to take photos. The car plunged about 50 feet into the water before Cooper could react.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Sherrie N. Cooper
Indianapolis
Ind
Cooper
Niagara River
Explosion Kills Russian Sentries at Ransdorf Airport
British licensed German press service reports a blast in the Russian zone south of Berlin destroyed over 18 tons of munitions. Two Russian sentries were killed and censorship was imposed by Russian authorities.
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Berlin
Ransdorf
India Attacks Hyderabad Captures Key Towns in Split Second Drive
Indian forces in a rapid assault across Hyderabad seized Rajasur and Jalna, with Suriapet and Daulatabad falling in quick succession. Casualties claimed by both sides mark the first day of a broader four front push as Nehru expresses concern over civil unrest.
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Hyderabad
India
Pakistan
Nehru
France Proposes Trusteeship for Somaliland by Italy
Britain France and the United States back a French plan to place Somaliland under Italian trusteeship. USSR opposes the mandate without a time limit. A committee of experts will study problems from the four power meeting but broad agreement seems unlikely.
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Paris
United States
Britain
Africa
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
France
Betty Hutton Wows London Palladium Crowd With Encore
London critics praised American singer Betty Hutton after her Palladium debut. The audience demanded another encore even after the National Anthem signaled the show’s end.
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London
Betty Hutton
Palladium
Forgetful husband returns after roadside lapse
ELKHART Ind AP William McCafery 28 forgot his wife Edna asleep in the back seat at a gasoline station west of South Bend and drove on thirty miles toward Canfield before realizing. He retraced steps after a stop caused Edna to seek a soft drink and alert a State Trooper at a roadblock at the Ohio Indiana line.
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Elkhart
Ind
William McCafery
Edna
Canfield
O. William
South Bend
Rex Risher
McCafery
Ohio-Indiana Line
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