Feinsinger Warns WSB Faces Labor Clash Over Powers
Nathan P. Feinsinger told Congress a wave of strikes and industrial chaos could follow if the Wage Stabilization Board loses authority to suggest settlements in labor disputes. He defended the WSB against trimming, cites fair recommendations aligned with other industries. Feinsinger plans to quit by June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Feinsinger
Labor Committee
Charlies E. Wilson
Mobilization
Wilson
House Labor Committee
Madison
Wis
Truman
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
U N Planes Rip 2 Red Rail Lines Over Korea
Allied war planes ripped up two Red rail lines in 340 places yesterday and again today. Fifth Air Force fighters opened 66 gaps north of Pyongyang with 170 more yesterday. Valley Forge and Princeton crews added another 170 cuts on an 80 mile East Coast rail run centered on Hamhung. An Allied raiding patrol clashed with Chinese near Chorwon and tank forces struck four Red bunkers near Kumhwa.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Valley Forge
Princeton
Hamhung
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Stowaway Helpers Convicted By Special Court Martial
Guam based case sees Sgt. Dewey H. Meeks and Airman 1-C Robert L. Quick found guilty of aiding two girls to stow away on a B 29 flight from Sacramento to Guam. Both receive six months hard labor at one third pay. Meeks also gets a bad conduct discharge. Sentences subject to review. The girls were arrested upon returning to the United States after Guam voyage and face up to one year imprisonment or a $1,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Dewey H. Meeks
Greenwood
Miss
Robert L. Quick
Colo
Sacramento
Calif
Meeks
Air Force
United States
U. S
Mrs. Henrietta Redmond Severely Wounded in Neck Attack
Mrs Henrietta Redmond, 413 Hart, sustained deep neck wounds including severed muscles and esophagus after an attack by husband J L Redmond, 26, Tuesday night. He, later booked for attempted murder, led officers to a crime scene with a razor blade found nearby. The couple had separated recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Sanitarium
Henrietta Redmond
Hart
J. L. Redmond
J. Q. Graves
Redmond
Swift and Company
Monroe
Jackson
Ouachita Parish
Malvern Street
David Antley
Jack Hunnicutt
Louise Anne and
South Third Streets
Train Collision Kills Seven in Sydney Fog
A speeding electric train crashed into the rear of a stationary train at a Sydney station in dense morning fog. Seven people were killed and more than 100 were injured.
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Sydney
Australia
General Woodruff Reviews Cadets at Northeast Louisiana College
Major General R B Woodruff, commanding Camp Polk, inspected ROTC cadets at Northeast Louisiana State College Monroe and evaluated basic maps and aerial photo courses. He spoke with military police cadets and reviewed the Brown Field battalion after arriving by special plane.
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R. B. Woodruff
Camp Polk
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Monroe
Woodruff
Military Police Corps
Brown Field
15Th Corps
West Point
France
Oil Strikers and WSB to Parley in May Meeting
Denver reports the coordinating committee of 22 oil workers unions will attend a Wage Stabilization Board session on May 13 to brief the board on the strike. WSB Chairman Nathan Fein to seek end of strike and bargaining renewal. Speculation grows the issue may be sent to President Truman for Taft Hartley Act options.
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Denver
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Washington
Truman
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
AFL
Independent
Wired Feinsinger
Coordinating Committee
Punishment Posts Torn Down At St. Gabriel Prison Farm
A freed trusted worker reported that white convicts were chained to punishment posts for up to 36 hours at St. Gabriel camp 18 miles south of Baton Rouge. He said inmates were left without food or water in heat and cold and that the leather whip known as the bat was used. State Supt. D. D. Bazer ordered the posts removed and fired foreman Ed mund Curso after the accusations. Governor Earl Long had ordered a halt to corporal punishment over a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Penitentiary
St. Gabriel
John Landry
Landry
D. D. Bazer
Angola
Trusty
Bazer
Edmund Curso
State Penitentiary
Earl Long
T. Royal
Top Court May Be Asked To Decide Validity Of Gambling Tax Stamp Law
A federal judge ruled the six month old gambling tax stamp law unconstitutional citing self-incrimination risks for gamblers who must list employees. The ruling spurred a potential Supreme Court appeal led by Justice Department officials. The case centers on Joseph Kahriger and six co-defendants accused of failing to buy the stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
George A. Welsh
Washington
Justice Department
Joseph Kahriger
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Farm Vote Edges Russell In Florida Primary
Florida's farm vote nudged Senator Russell of Georgia to a slim, bitterly contested victory over Senator Kefauver of Tennessee in the presidential preference primary. Late counts from rural counties near the Georgia Alabama border show the race tightening.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Kefauver
Tennessee
Alabama
Kefauver Leads in Ohio Delegate Contests Amid Partial Returns
Ohio Democrats backed Sen Kefauver for presidential nominating delegates as returns were incomplete. Indications showed Kefauver ahead in most of 31 contests, with Kefauver men leading in 25 races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Sen
Kefauver
Taft sweeps Ohio as Taft leads delegate race
In Ohio, Senator Robert A. Taft dominates early returns from about a third of precincts, claiming a landslide over Stassen and Eisenhower forces and eight delegate candidates elected unopposed. Kefauver trails Clinton area delegates as late returns from organization strongholds and Florida results affect his Chicago slate.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Chicago
Kefauver
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kefauver Trails Russell in Southern Democratic Contest
The Tennessee race shows limited gains for Kefauver as Russell dominates farm counties. With 1,311 of 1,682 precincts reporting, Russell leads Kefauver 263,925 to 245,150. Florida figures favor Russell as Sen. Smathers predicted a two to one edge in the Sunshine State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessean
Russell
Kefauver
George Smathers
D-Fla
Florida
Smathers
Sen
Holland
D-Flo
Fuller Warren
Tideland Oil Bill Headed For Passage
Washington lawmakers expect House and Senate approval of a bill granting states clear title to oil lands beneath marginal seas up to three miles out. Conferees dropped continental shelf provisions, leaving 37 percent of revenues to states from three mile limit to shelf edge, amid Texas Louisiana California tensions. Presidents veto anticipated despite past veto.
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Washington
House
Senate
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Texas
Louisiana
California
White House
Truman
Denton Lineman Dies After Touching Wire
Shreveport Louisiana report states William Irby aged 28, construction worker for L. E. Myers Co., died after touching a 12,000 volt power line on a pole near Shreveport in Bossier Parish. He is survived by his widow Betty Ray Coile of Plain Dealing, with no children.
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Shreveport
Denton
Bossier Parish
R. H. Floyd
L. E. Myers Construction Co
William Irby
Irby
Betty Ray Coile
Plain Dealing
Absent Witness To Face Arrest In Rash Case
Judge David I. Garrett issued an attachment for William Futch after he failed to appear in Fourth District Court. The Rash trial was continued to a later date. Resh was arrested February 25 for allegedly stealing an electric drill. A true bill was returned by the parish grand jury on April 10. Charles H. Myers was sentenced to three years in Angola for theft of 448.56 from City Bakery. C L Price, age 22, was given one year for simple burglary of a box car.
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David I. Garrett
William Futch
Oscar Rash
Fourth District
Judge Garrett
Resh
Garrett
Charles H. Myers
Angola
Myers
C. L. Price
Monroe Hosts State Life Underwriters Convention Friday
Monroe will host the Louisiana State Association of Life Underwriters convention at the Frances Hotel with about 250 attendees from six associations including Alexandria Baton Rouge New Orleans Lake Charles Shreveport and Monroe. The program opens 9:30 to 12 with attendance prizes and features speakers W J Schergens C L A from Shreveport and Ford Munnerlyn of American General Life Insurance Company. The event resumes at 1:30 on Cherokee Terrace with state president T N.
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Monroe
Louisiana State Association of Life Underwriters
Frances Hotel
Associa
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Shreveport
Congress
Cherokee Terrace
W. J. Schergens
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Ford Munnerlyn
American General Life Insurance Company
Houston
Tex
T. N
End of Panmunjom talks raises Korea truce doubts
Washington reports the Panmunjom talks may collapse negotiations and renew full scale fighting. U.N. and Allied leaders warn against an inevitable war restart while Communist and U.N. positions harden on prisoner repatriation and a final package deal.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Panmunjom
Korea
State
Defense Departments
Matthew Ridgway
U.N
United Nations
Korean Peninsula
Ridgway
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News.star—World
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Korean truce talks collapse over Allied package
In Munsan Korea the Communists rejected the three point Allied package on prisoner exchange airfield repair and neutral nation status. United Nations Command proposed an indefinite armistice recess as full delegations resume talks at 11 a m tomorrow. General Ridgway affirmed the package as unchanged.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Reds
Russia
Ridgway
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