Supreme Court Tackles Tide Lands Fight Across States
The U S Supreme Court weighs whether federal suits to claim submerged Gulf oil lands violate state rights. Texas and Louisiana demand no federal intrusion, warning of long litigation if the United States succeeds, while Congress already considers bills for clear title in multiple states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
California
High Court
Congress
Fair Enough Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
Gene Fowler, friend for 30 years, writes a mawkish moral portrait of Jimmy Walker. The piece critiques Walker’s life and public persona, contrasting with the nation’s broader collapse of virtue amid democracy and corruption. The essay recalls Walker’s legislative role in reforming prizefighting and his ties to mob figures, amid a larger critique of hypocrisy and public scandal.
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Gene Fowler
Jimmy Walker
Fowler
New York
Beau James
Jimmy
Walker
Peter M. Gillis
Waldorf
Garden Ring
Jim Farley
Big Frenchy
Owney Madden
Primo Camera
Students Vote on City Posts in Local Jaycee Election
Neville High School and Ouachita Parish High Students cast ballots for Jaycee student government posts to be decided Wednesday May 11 in Monroe and West Monroe. Principals Paul Neal and Jack Hayes arranged nearly continuous voting for one day with booths, boxes, ballots, and civics classes overseeing the process.
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Neville and
Ouachita Parish
Jaycee
Monroe
West Monroe
Paul Neal
Jack Hayes
Neville High School
Alfred Reid
Neville
Parish High Civics
Civics
Sally Humble
Malcolm LeFevre
George Riser
Billy Hudson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Compromises Under Scrutiny in Taft Hartley Repeal Talks
Washington May 9 Democrats on the House labor committee are shaping two labor legislation compromises. One aims to repeal Taft Hartley, the other seeks a 75 cent minimum wage. Leaders want the floor debate on the wage bill this month. the repeal bill target is early June. Members Sims and Jacobs propose a new Taft Hartley repealer with questions over handling national emergency strikes. A draft could allow government seizure of plants if unions refuse a truce, or court injunctions as needed. The original Sims bill mixed repeal with provisions from the act, facing Republican and Southern Democrat opposition. Further action deferred to Ninth Page.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Sims
D.S. C
Jacobs
D.-Ind
Lesinski
D.-Mich
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Reds In China 17 Miles From Heart Of Shanghai
In Shanghai area fighting reached Kaiting 17 miles northwest of the city as Civil War operations extend along a 230 mile front from Hangchow to Lake Poyang. Nationalist troops commandeer 950 trucks and 600 jeeps for military use inside Shanghai amid martial law and consular protest.
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Reds
China
Heart of
Shanghai
Fred Hampson
Kaiting
Hangchow
Lake Poyang
Yangtze
Shanghai-Nanking
Red
Shot youth by 88 year old woman in Detroit yard
In Detroit on Mother's Day youths including 15 year old Donald Walsh were shot by Emma Arnold an 88 year old recluse who claimed to protect her property. Walsh was in critical condition. Lt Ronald La Rue wrestled a .38 revolver from Arnold who warned him she would defend her land.
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Detroit
Emma Arnold
Donald Walsh
Miss Arnold
Walsh
Ronald la Rue
la Rue
Jury Selection Begins In Dowdy Trial At Tallulah
In Tallulah Louisiana the Dowdy father and son face murder charges for dynamite slaying of Walter Dorman. One juror accepted, another rejected for preformed opinion as jury selection starts in the Dowdy murder trial.
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Tallulah
Dorman
Tallulah, la
Hattiesburg
Miss
N. H. Hicks
Ward 8
Garland Robertson
J. D. Dowdy
George R. Dowdy
Walter N. Dorman
Strikers Mass at Ford Plant in Detroit
Detroit acting mayor George Edwards pressed Henry Ford II and Walter Reuther to settle a five day strike by 65 000 Ford workers. He proposed direct negotiations mediation by the labor management citizens committee or mediation by Edwards himself, amid Ford and Reuther resisting arbitration of the union speed up charge. The Dearborn march through Ford Rouge plant area underscored tensions.
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Detroit
George Edwards
Henry Ford
Walter Reuther
Ford
Edwards
Co. I. O. United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Reuther
Labor-Management Citizens Committee
Eugene I. van Antwerp
Labor-Management-Citizens Committee
Orville L. Hubbard
Dearborn
Ford Rouge
Hubbard
Truman May Face Choice Between Key Bills
Washington May 9 The Senate faces a choice between the administration labor bill and the North Atlantic pact first with no decision yet made. Leaders expect lengthy debates and await President Truman’s preference. House Speaker Rayburn, Senator Lucas, and other leaders attended a White House conference as hearings continued on the treaty and related domestic measures.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
D.-N
White House
Truman
House
Rayburn
D.tex
Barkley
McCormack
D.-Mass
District of Columbia
Myers
D.-Pa
Democratic Policy Committee
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ilinois
Robert Patterson
Foreign Relations
Sgt Alvin York in serious condition at home
SGT. ALVIN C YORK, 62, hero of World War I, is in serious condition at Pall Mall home, suffering diarrhea vomiting and recurrence of colitis. Family says he also had a slight stroke, the second in a year, and he refuses hospital care. Doctors say he may pull through and live for several years if he improves.
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Pall Mall
Tenn
Alvin C. York
York
Supreme Court upholds plan to fund Louisiana teacher salaries
Baton Rouge May 9 AP The state supreme court ruled against the New Orleans school board in a suit over the 8 million dollar fund distribution to guarantee minimum teacher salaries. State Superintendent Shelby M Jackson said he will seek an urgent board meeting to authorize disbursement and warned delays could affect parish payrolls. The ruling supported distribution rules that weigh funds by parish receives and equalization, though New Orleans argued funds must be allocated strictly by constitutional per educable and equalization terms.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Education
Louisiana
State Supreme Court
New Orleans
Shelby M. Jackson
Jackson
Orleans
State Department of Education
Orleans Parish
Charles A. Holcombe
Pair Rescued After Six Days From Mountain Crash
Canadian press report tells how Bill Grant and Sheila Cure, stranded six days after their Canuck aircraft crashed in a snowstorm atop Mount Hozomeen near the British Columbia border, trekked down with minimal food. They survived icy conditions, a glacier slide, and froze nights, rationing five chocolate bars and lighting fires with matches and old newspaper. Both are unharmed aside from a bruised finger.
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George Brimmell
Vancouver
B. C
Associated Press
Bill Grant
Sheila Cure
Mount Hozomeen
Cranbrook
Alta
Grant
Coquihalla Pass
Big Bend
Princeton
Sheila
Miss Cure
Vancouver General Hospital
Shelia
Presbyterians to Build Here
The First Presbyterian Church voted to accept the lower bid from Jesse F Heard and Sons for an educational building costing about 127000, two stories plus basement, top floor unfinished. If funds allow within four months the top floor could be finished for a total of 148000.
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Jesse F. Heard and Sons
Monroe Contractors
A. T. Shotwell
W. R. Hammond
Shotwell
West German Republic Gains Constitution Passage
Bonn May 9 The German constitutional convention approved a 146 article charter for a new west German republic pledged to peace and nonaggression. It now goes to western zone governors for final approval and to state legislatures for ratification amid mixed political reaction.
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Bonn
Germany
Nazi Germany
East Germany
Council of Foreign
U. S
Washington
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Hester
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Leon C. Noland, Jr
Westbrook
Pegler
News-Star
Los Angeles
John Lamer
Casion
Lamer
Constance Cronk
George P. Cronk
Louis, Jr
Suzanne
John
Esther Lamer
Ford Plant
Motor Company
Sgt
Alvin York
Heard
West German Republic
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