Fair Enough on Unions and Editorial Propaganda
The writer argues against pro union propaganda in schools and media, labeling unions as private monopolistic cults led by a few bosses. He criticizes the New York Times for subtle pro labor bias and contends the Loyal workers levy taxes on nonmembers for a vacation fund, with funds misused by union leadership.
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New York Times
Times
The
the Times
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Labor
Dubinsky
Rugger
Ives May Lose Committee Job In Senate Labor Panel
Washington January 4 Organized labor protests threaten to block Senator Elbert Thomas plan to keep Republican Senator Ives on the Senate labor committee under the senority rule Ives would lose his seat if Democrats gain eight seats leaving five for Republicans The plan would give Ives a path only if the division were seven to six Thomas as new committee chairman cited opposition in the Democratic steering committee and labor groups press for repeal of the Taft Hartley act and fewer Republicans on the panel
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Ives
N. Y
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Thomas
Woman robber strikes Bank of America in San Francisco
Police report six bank holdups in four months with the latest held up by an apparently unarmed woman. Teller John Zobel received a note and the thief escaped with 2666 dollars from a downtown branch. Inspector Martin Lee notes the case marks the first by a woman and warns more incidents may follow.
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San Francisco
John Zobel
Zobel
Bank of America
Poli-2
Martin Lee
Calls For Peace Spread In China
Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger denied American forces were being withdrawn from China. He said rumors arose from reports that U S Marines had terminated their lease on Shantung University campus. Badger stated discussions between the education ministry and the navy concerned returning the campus for educational purposes.
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Shanghai
Oscar C. Badger
China
Badger
U. S
Shantung University
Tsingtao
Tornado Toll Rises Across Louisiana and Arkansas
A series of tornados left Warren Arkansas with 46 deaths and about 300 injured and struck northern Louisiana near Dixie Sarepta Gordon community and Choudrant causing 24 more injuries and two deaths including a farmer and an infant. State troopers, guardsmen, and Red Cross assist in rescue and relief efforts as damage reaches around one million dollars.
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Warren
Ark
Louisiana
el Dorado
Little Rock
Hot Springs
National
Jim Hurley
W. Parker Brown
Bradley Lumber Co
Brown
Red Cross
Armed Forces
Shreveport
Arkansas
Howard Dougdale
Choudrant
T. J. Hicks
Ardis Hicks
Gordon
Waynesville
Stoma Winas
Dixie
Caddo Parish
Sarepta
Hicks
A. R. Hicks
Billy Joe
Ellis Ray Hicks
Quilla Bailey
Arkansas Line
Ed Lewis
Doc Jones
Lewis
Lincoln Parish School equipment diverted to private trade schools
Lincoln parish officials disclosed in a final report that sewing machines and tailoring material bought for 2789 dollars from the Lincoln parish high school veterans fund were transferred to private trade schools. Operator J K Haynes, also Lincoln High principal, received the machines under a verbal sale agreement as the public trade program for Negro veterans was discontinued.
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Lincoln Parish
Veterans Administration
Campbell
Smith
J. K. Haynes
Lincoln
Webster
Minden
Lake Charles
Haynes
High School Veterans’ Fund
Lincoln High School
Lightning strikes Plain Dealing School in Louisiana
About 600 pupils at Plain Dealing Elementary School escaped injury when lightning struck the northwest corner of the building just before dismissal on Monday afternoon. The strike damaged the roof and walls as an electrical storm and high winds swept through north Louisiana, paralyzing pupils and teachers momentarily.
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Shreveport
Plain Dealing
F. G. Phillips
North
Louisiana
Kansas braces for new cold wave after January tornadoes
Kansas faces a cold wave in the eastern part of the state after a day of tornadoes hail rain and snow. The northwest end saw a blizzard with 40 to 50 mph winds grounding trains and closing highways. One tornado hit Vilas near Chanute injuring one person.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Highway Patrol
Vilas
Chanute
Stanley
Kas
Missouri
Garden City
Coffeyville
Norton
Blizzard Eases on Western Plains After Paralyzing Ice
Denver dispatch reports the western plains began lifting from a severe ice blizzard that had paralyzed the region. The weather situation improved as temperatures rose and travel restrictions eased. Details continued on the fifth page.
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Denver
Isarel Central Front Tense Amid Fresh Israeli Iraqi Clash
In Tel Aviv on January 4, reports say Israeli and Iraqi troops clashed for about two hours in the Sharon Valley, with casualties on both sides. Israeli troops pursued Arab raiders alleged to have killed two settlers abducted two women and rustled cattle near Tira, a Jewish village northeast of Tel Aviv. The central front had been quiet under UN truce, while concerns rose after an Arab League note claimed Iraqi troops were ordered to join Egyptians in renewed fighting.
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Sharon Valley
Tira
Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Egypt
Palestine
Arab League
Cairo
Three Indicted In Hospital Cases At East Feliciana
East Feliciana parish grand jury indicted Lavond Tootie Smith for simple kidnapping in a case involving a young woman patient taken on a weekend trip to Gloster Mississippi in November. Also indicted were B E Harrell and John W Cannon dismissed attendants at East Louisiana Hospital for aggravated battery in connecting with beating an elderly patient in November. District Attorney Muse said trials may be set next week.
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Clinton
East Feliciana Parish
East Louisiana Hospital
E. S. Muse
Muse
Lavond
Tootie
Smith
Gloster
Miss
B. E. Harrell
John W. Cannon
H. H. Kilbourne
Truman Proposals Favored by Rayburn Says AFL Leader
Rayburn expects Truman administration ideas to gain support as AFL leaders react to the Supreme Court ruling upholding state bans on the closed shop. The decision, affecting Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina, prompts plans to test worker walkout rights and challenge other union-security rules in court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Legislative Council
High Court
Herriert Thatcher
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
A. F. Lc
Thatcher
Rayburn Says Truman Proposals Likely Favored By Congress
House Speaker Sam Rayburn indicated he expects President Truman's legislative proposals to be received with considerable favor. He noted no priority list for legislation has been set up and there has been no high level discussion of the future of the House Un American Activities Committee. Rayburn spoke at his first news conference as head of the 81st Congress and declined to predict Truman's exact requests.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Rayburn
House un-American Activities Committee
Cause Of DC-3 Crash Hunt At Seattle
Government investigators sought today to determine why a DC-3 charter plane carrying 27 Washington and Oregon students returning to Yale University crashed at Boeing Field in freezing fog. Fourteen people died, including 11 youths and three crew members, as rescuers fought the gasoline-fed fire and airfield crews worked to pull survivors from the flaming wreck. Civil Aeronautics Board and Civil Aeronautics Administration teams combed the scene for the crash’s cause.
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Seattle
Washington and
Oregon
Yale University
Boeing Field
Civil Aeronautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Accounting Of Germans In Soviet Hands Demanded
Washington reports that the United States and allies demand an exact count of German POWs still held by the Soviet Union. Moscow acknowledged holding about 890,532 in early 1947, with 252,395 sent home by March 1, 1948, and 194,972 subsequently moved to western zones. The note stresses the 1948 deadline and accuses Russia of breaking faith. Tass says the majority have been repatriated and rest are being sent home under plan.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Germany
United States
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Tass
Taft Faces Fight as Republicans Rebel Over Leadership
Washington reports Republicans split over Senate leadership with Taft winning a 24 to 14 confidence vote as policy chair. Insurgents led by Lodge promise ongoing opposition and a push for modern, forward looking program within the party despite Taft’s apparent support. Morse labels Taft a symbol of reaction and defeatism.
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Taft
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Morse
Oregon
Morse
Lodge
Senate
Ives
New York
Smith Sees Prolonged Tension in U S Soviet Ties
Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith, U S ambassador to the Soviet Union, said at a news conference that Russian American relations would remain tense for some time. At Duquesne University he warned against complacency and said the U S would not abandon its democratic freedoms. He cautioned against assuming immediate war from the Berlin blockade and urged diplomats not to be discouraged or hysterical.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Soviet Union
Duquesne University
Truman
Renewal of TVA battle shapes renewal in Washington
Washington reports a renewed fight between public and private power over the TVA and a proposed 54 million dollar steam electric plant at New Johnsonville Tennessee. Congress may include the item in the budget. supporters call it defense, opponents warn of state socialism and private power loss.
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Washington
TVA
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Sutton
D-Tenn
House
Congress Topony
Kefauver
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
Government Corporation
Appropriations Committee
Gore
National Association of Electric Companies
Purcell Smith
Most Japanese Issues Settled
Washington report says all major questions about Japan's future are settled except reparations and industrial size. Far Eastern commission notes no reasons given for remaining blocks. An anonymous official cites Communist gains in the Orient as intensifying the industrial and reparations puzzles.
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Washington
Japan
Far Eastern Commission
Far East
Orient
Trial of Thomas Delayed Seven Days
Rep. J Parnell Thomas in Walter Reed Hospital after a seven day postponement of his fraud trial. District Judge Schweinhaut moved the date to January 17 citing risks to Thomas due to a nervous or mental disturbance and a recent internal hemorrhage. His lawyer said the former Un American Activities committee chair is very sick and any strain could worsen his condition.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R-N. J
Walter Reed Hospital
Schweinhaut
House
UN American Activities Committee
Thomas
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