Five aging labor chiefs wield wartime power as bosses
Westbrook Pegler argues that aging union leaders led by John L Lewis and others controlled 1.5 million workers, denouncing them as old reactionaries clinging to power. He labels Murray and CIO figures as despotism in disguise and cites their long careers and rumored wealth as proof of a corrupt, idling aristocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Privlege
Philip Murray
C I. O
Lewis
Muray
Hitler
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Murray
Judge I Goldsborough
Alex Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
United States
William Hutcheson
Carpens
Dan Tobin
Sters
William Green
J. A. Franklin
Boilermakers
Harold
Hutch
Whitney
Tobin
Franklin
Roosevelt
Fay Indicted on Income Tax Evasion Charges
Joseph S. Fay longtime A F of L building trades official in Newark is indicted by a federal grand jury for withholding 137548 in income taxes from 1940 to 1942. Prosecutors say Fay paid 18669 on those declarations while facing prior extortion and conspiracy convictions in New York. Fay is free on bail pending appeal while James Bove serves his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Joseph S. Fay
A. F. of L. Building Union
Fay
U. S
Guy L
Edgar H. Rossbach
Seay
A. F. of L. International Union of Operating Engineers
James Bove
New York
A. F
L. Union
New York City
Delaware
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Bove
Labor leaders to be invited to shape labor law changes
Four senators propose letting union leaders present strike aversion ideas before drafting new labor legislation. Senator Ralph E. Flanders argues it reverses New Deal practice and stresses labor input early. Senators Knowland Johnson and McClellan expect constructive proposals despite union resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Flanders
Congress
William F. Knowland
California
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
McClellan
Johnson
Labor
Knowland
Lawmarkers
Army Bell XS-1 makes first test flight at 550 miles per hour
Pilot Chalmers Goodlin flew the rocket propelled XS-1 from a B-29 at Muroc Army Base. The plane released at 25,000 feet climbed to 35,000 feet, flew 19 minutes with engine idle, and landed safely. Bell Aircraft aims for 1,700 mph.
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Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Bell Aircraft Corp
Chalmers
Slick) Goodlin
New Alexandria
Muroc Army Air Base
America
Goodlin
R. M. Stanley
Eric
Okla
Bell
Damon Runyon Dies Creator of Broadway Legends
Damon Runyon, 62, famed columnist and author of Little Miss Marker and the Lemon Drop Kid, died in Memorial Hospital after a long illness and throat trouble. Agent Paul Small said death caused by cancer. Cremation planned. son Damon Runyon Jr. and Eddie Walker at bedside.
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New York
Damon Runyon
Miss Marker
Harry the Horse
Memorial Hospital
Paul Small
Runyon
Damon Runyon, Jr
Eddie Walker
Broadway
Lindy
Manhattan
Kan
Philippines
Colorado
American
Hearst
Mexico
First Army
Kings Features
International News Service
Ellen Egan
Mary Elaine
Damon
Patrice del Grande
Bus Crash Injures 25 Children Near Flint
A school bus carrying about 40 pupils from the Kennedy district veered off a highway seven miles south of Flint Michigan destroying the vehicle after a tire blew out. About 25 children ages 10 to 12 were injured some seriously. driver Arlen Petry and teacher Loretta Reinke were among the injured. Four ambulances rushed the seriously hurt to Hurley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Here
Hurley
Fenton
Kennedy District
Arlen Petry
Loretta Reinke
Loon Lake
Two youths receive twenty year sentences in Alabama case
Circuit Court Judge F. W. Hare sentenced Homer Belflower and Fred Stoe to two years each for robbing Renzo Guy of Letho Hatchee on October 20. Belflower, 19, was stationed at Keesler Field, Stoe, 21, from Atlanta. They allegedly forced Guy into his car in Montgomery, drove to Baldwin County, then to Mississippi where the vehicle was later recovered in Biloxi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Minette
Ala
F. W. Hare
Renzo Guy
Lethohatchee
Homer W. Belflower
Keesler Field
Miss
Fred L. Stoe
Atlanta
Guy
Montgomery
Baldwin County
Mississippi
Biloxi
Convicts Return From Christmas Vacations At Parchman
Parchman Mississippi. Thirty five prisoners in the first vacation group of the year returned before the nine pm curfew after reporting back to the penitentiary. Superintendent Marvin Wiggins noted the group included Rennie Wagner wanted on murder charges in several states. An additional forty prisoners began ten day leaves today as a reward for good behavior under a program started by Governor Bailey and continued by Governor Arith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Bailey
Gov. Fielding
Parchman
Warm clothes are their need in Ouachita parish family
A nine member farm family in Ouachita parish faces hunger and destitution after poor crops. A 12 year old girl writes Good Fellows asking for clothing for her sisters and brothers to endure the cold days, noting their father is ill and the mother struggles to make ends meet. She does not ask for toys, only clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Santa
Board Will Take Over Atom Agency
The atomic energy commission announced a presidential order will transfer the Army Manhattan district, the atomic bomb program, to the commission around January 1. Maj. Gen. Leslie J. Groves will stay as consultant. The transfer will keep the district organization essentially intact. The five member commission is led by David E. Lilienthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Manhattan
Commission
Truman
Leslie J. Groves
David E. Lilienthal
Iran-Azerbaijan clashes prompt Tehran to dispatch troops
The Tabriz radio said Governor General Sal lamullah Javid notified Premier Ahmed Qavam that Azerbaijan provincial council approved government security forces deployment. Iran’s supreme war council met, and reports said Zenjan-led columns moved into Azerbaijan, with fortifications fighting near Mianeh. Bridges and stations were blown as Azerbaijanis retreated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Tabriz
Sallamullah Javid
Azerbaijan
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Supreme War Council of Iran
Ghaflankooh
Mianeh
Razmara
Fedare
Atash
Rusia
Iran
Government and Lewis Acknowledged Stoppage of Litigation
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough approved a joint stipulation delaying further lower court action against the United Mine Workers until ten days after the Supreme Court hears arguments in United States versus United Mine Workers et al. The appeal is set for January 14. The agreement binds both sides to stay proceedings subject to court approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Lewis
United States of America
United Mine Workers of America
Big Four ministers seek Molotov word on German peace start
New York dispatch reports the five powers await Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for guidance on whether to begin German and Austrian peace settlements now or later. The council planned a session on secondary issues in Trieste and other treaties while awaiting Kremlin direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Kremlin
Trieste
United States
Germany
Moscow
James F. Byrnes
Pritis
Ernest Bevin
Maurice Couye de Munville
Plane Missing With 32 Aboard Near Cascades
A twin engined transport plane with 32 aboard vanished after reporting icing and foul weather while en route from San Diego to Seattle. The R5C Marine Corps craft last contacted Toledo Range Station near Chehalis and was cleared to Everett before going silent. searches by army navy and forest rangers are underway in the Cascades region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Army
Navy
Forest Rangers
Cascade Mountains
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Oregon
Washington
Portland
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Toledo Range
Chehalis
Wash
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Everett
P. D. Duke
Sand Point
CAA
Duke
Disputed British Proposal Dropped in UN Disarmament Move
A United Nations drafting committee dropped a British plan for a worldwide troop and armaments count in a compromise aimed at advancing a general disarmament proposal. The move, urged by Paul-Henri Spaak, was accepted by the United States Britain and Soviet Russia and set to be reported to chiefs and the 20 nation sub committee for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Committee
United Nations Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Hartley Shawcross
Spaak
Committee For Action
Security Council
Assembly
Britain
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Russia
U. N. Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
Housing curb hearing opens testimony on decontrol
Nash ville millwork firm president Ralph Harrison told a Senate small business subcommittee that 430 housing regulations apply to his small operation. He urged removal of controls to speed veterans housing and reduce costs citing higher plywood prices and forced use of hardwood plywood. The hearing, led by Senator Stewart, will run through Saturday with government officials and veterans groups testifying as interagency disputes over housing controls continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Harrison
Nashville, Tenn
Senate Small Business Committee
Nashville Contractors Association
Harrison
Architects
Stewart
Tennessee
Wilson W. Wyatt
Wyatt
Truman
John R. Steelman
Ade
Bodies of three children recovered after disappearance
In Wassaic New York three youngsters David Murphy 12 Clarence 10 and Mary 9 who vanished with their collie puppy near West Mountain were found dead in the Ten Mile River with the dog’s body nearby. Sheriff C Fred Close led the search focusing on the river area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wassaic
N. Y
West Mountain
David Murphy
Clarence
Mary
C. Fred Close
Dutchess County
Junior Charity League Holiday Party for Ouachita Children
The Junior Charity League hosts Ouachita parish grammar school children at 10 a.m. Saturday in the parish high school auditorium. The program features a treat a viewing of the film Little Lord Fauntleroy and speeches on Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Rockefeller offers 8.5 million for UN site in Manhattan
John D. Rockefeller Jr. proposes a gift to the United Nations of 8.5 million dollars to buy a midtown land tract between First Avenue and FDR Drive and 42nd to 47th Streets. He says New York City will provide the balance of a city block and that the gift must be tax free with action within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
United Nations
Manhattan
U. N. Permanent Headquarters Committee
Warren R. Austin
United States
Rockefeller
First Avenue
Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive
Forty-Second
Forty Seventh Streets
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Pegler
Joseph Fay
Fitzgerald
Winecoff Hotel
J. E. Smith
Edward Smith
Little Miss Marker
Long Lake
Genesee County
C. W. Tillman
Pythian
Monroe Tetavic IG
Fess
H. H. Baur
Kathleen Cochram
A. &. Keller
Norman Keller Goza
Dy Raoer
Francis Irene Goza
George Dee Goza
Chester Lee Todd
Sophie I Ea Io
C. W. Connelly
Monroe Printing
Boris Ooch Niet
Vasehihee
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Bill Newman
Benarme
W. J. Sherrouse
John Sherrouse, Jr
Sabentes
Board Will
Atom Agency
Cascades
Puan
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