More Rail Walkout Idles Thousands Across Nation
Chicago may 12 thousands of railroad workers joined the idle today as a firemen strike against four major carriers widened layoffs in many industries. About 200000 workers already idle including 150000 railroad employees with violence flaring near Knoxville.
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Chicago
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway Lines
New York Central
Indiana
Southern
Santa Fe
Rail Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Twenty one U S warships head for Orient task force
A 21 ship American task force led by the carrier Valley Forge sails toward the Orient to project the U S flag along Asia. Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins calls the mission a show of strength while reinforcing the Pacific fleet. ships include cruisers Juneau Rochester destroyers and submarines Remora Catfish and Segundo with support vessels awaiting.
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Pearl Harbor
Orient
Seventh Fleet
Asia
Valley Forge
John M. Hoskins
Juneau
Rochester
Curtiss
Suisan
Wantuck
DeHaven
Brush
Taussig
Mansfield
Maddox
Moore
Eversole
Shelton
Fletcher
Radford
Remora
Catfish
Segundo
Navasota
Passumpsic
Calvin T. Durgin
Pacific First Fleet
Pacific Fleet
Boxer
Dennis ordered to jail for contempt
Washington May 12 Eugene Dennis secretary general of the American Communist party was ordered to begin a one year prison term for contempt of Congress. Judge Pine declared the sentence immediate despite appeals pending in New York. Dennis had urged delay until June 22 when an appeal date is set. The court noted litigation must end and custody location to be decided by the government.
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Washington
Eugene Dennis
Congress
Davis A. Pine
Dennis
American Communist Party
Court of Appeals
New York
House
American Activities Committee
Supreme Court
Joseph Forer
Pine
Forer
Justice Department
Swayze Municipal Pool Set to Open May 21
The Swayze Municipal pool at Forsythe Park will open Sunday May 21 as announced by Commissioner J P Simmons of the parks and streets department. The pool is being repainted and cleaned so it will be ready for the usual large crowd on opening day if weather stays summery.
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Swayze Municipal
Forsythe Park
J. P. Simmons
Parks and Streets Department
Break With War Cry From Pacifists in Detroit
A pacifist group at a national church conference in Detroit urged Christians to break with war or risk total self destruction. About 400 delegates from 13 denominations endorsed nonviolent methods like those used by Gandhi and called for removing war causes while opposing peacetime drafts and civilian defense.
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Detroit
Churchmen’s
Gandhi
15 Auto Parts Jobbers Named
The federal trade commission filed complaints accusing 25 automobile products jobbers of price discrimination under the Clayton act. Four manufacturers are alleged to have sold discriminatory prices to these distributors. The case seeks an examiner hearing. no criminal charges. The jobbers, tied to Cotton States Inc. of Greenwood Mississippi and Mid-South Distributors of Memphis, allegedly used combined buying power to pressure sellers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Cotton States, Inc
Greenwood
Miss
Mid-South
Memphis
British Tories Gain in Cities in May Municipal Elections
Winston Churchill's Conservative party made net gains in 373 boroughs from 378 municipalities voting for one third of councils. Conservatives won 213 seats while Labor suffered a net loss of 79 amid a tight swing. Independent losses reached 112 and liberals 22 as national issues mixed with local campaigns.
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London
Winston Churchill
Tories
Britain
Labor Party
Conservative Party
Labor
Independents
Liberals
Sentence upheld for Mrs Madsen in airman slaying
Frankfurt May 12 The U S high commission appeals court affirmed the 15 year sentence of Mrs Yvette Madsen of Brooklyn in the slaying of her air force husband Lt Andrew E Madsen on Oct 19 She is to serve the term in Alderson West Virginia women s reformatory after being held in Wiesbaden s air force hospital The defense claimed temporary insanity at the time of the shooting
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. High Commission Appeals Court
Yvette Madsen
Brooklyn
Air Force
Women’s Reformatory
Alderson
West Virginia
Wiesbaden
Andrew E. Madsex
Robbers Slug Brink Guards In Connecticut Heist
Four gunmen in gas masks robbed three Brink's guards of 15000 at the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet plant in Thompsonville Connecticut about 4 am. The wounded guards were taken to Mercy Hospital in Springfield Massachusetts. Officers swarmed the plant with about 100 police but found no trace of the bandits who fled in a car. The money was the pay roll for 300 third shift workers. Boston authorities see no connection to a January Brink's raid or last night Wilkes Barre alert.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Brink’s
Bigelow-Sanford
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Mass
Carpet
Brinks
Brinks, Inc
Boston
Wilkes Barre
Navy Probing Submarine Sightings Off New Jersey Coast
The navy investigates reports of an unidentified submarine seen off Beach Haven New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon. The department says no U S submarines were in the area and the probe has yielded no results.
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Washington
Navy
New Jersey
Department
U. S
Mobile Gas
Atlantic
Beach Haven
N. J
Democrats in Huge Powwow in Chicago May 12 1948
Three thousand Democratic chiefs from 48 states head to Chicago for a Jefferson jubilee. A three day program opens with a luncheon for women leaders and ends Monday with a Jefferson pageant and a key speech by President Truman at Chicago Stadium. Gene Autry rides, 3,000 torches, and Margaret O'Brien reads a peace prayer.
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Chicago
Truman
Lucas
D.-Ill
Chicago Stadium
Washington
Gene Autry
Margaret O’brien
Giant
Single Compact Bill Proposed to Restore Civil Service
Baton Rouge May 12 A single compact bill to revive Louisiana civil service is the goal of lawmakers including Gov Earl Longs forces A gentlemen agreement paused separate measures while drafting one bill Rep Edwin F Hunter Jr says he will withhold his Civil Service League bill Rep John McKeithen admin leader says action may follow next Tuesday Senator Lorris M Wimberly attends the conference Hunter notes hope of restoring civil service through a constitutional amendment to secure it against future changes The administration aims for a act similar to the Sam Jones version as readied by Gov Long
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Civil Service
Earl Long
Edwin F. Hunter, Jr
Caddo Parish
Civil Service League
John McKeithen
Caldwell Parish
Administration House
McKeithen
Administration Civil Service
Long
Ence
Hunter
Lorris M. Wimberly
House
Gov. Long
Sam Jones
Gov. Jones
Well-digger's death probed in Brooklyn shaft blast
New York May 12 District Attorney Miles F Mac Donald ordered an inquiry into the death of Dominick Atteo a 49 year old father of six trapped for over 27 hours in an 18 foot well shaft A mysterious flash explosion caused fatal burns and asphyxiation autopsy showed flames scorched his body Police fire and housing officials will probe rescue operations and whether a permit was required for digging under a garage Officials said the fire protection and water usage rules may have influenced the tragedy and that cigarette or electrical causes are being considered
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New York
Brooklyn
Police Department
Housing and Buildings Department
Miles F. MacDonald Yeserday
Dominick Atteo
Azteo
Benjamin Saltzman
Atteo
John
Joseph
Vining Seeks Morrison Seat in Louisiana Race
James L. Vining, a 25-year-old Tangipahoa parish war veteran, announced candidacy for the Louisiana congressional seat held by Rep. James H. Morrison. Vining, of Amite area, is a WWII pilot with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from Southeastern Louisiana College and LSU.
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Baton Rouge
James L. Vining
Tangipahoa Parish
Louisiana
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Vining
Amite
Southeastern Louisiana College
Louisiana State University
Western powers discuss easing controls in postwar Germany
London reports the United States and Britain push to grant West Germany more internal and foreign policy control while preserving occupation powers. Talks cover shipbuilding deregulation, German diplomatic representation, frontier administration, and broader internal autonomy under a three power framework. France proposes merging industry potential amid a tense debate on veto powers and economic oversight.
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London
West Germany
Bonn
France
U. S
Germany
Britain
United States
High Commission
Geremany
Three Escaped Convicts Captured In Louisiana
Three escaped convicts were recaptured after three days at large. Vernon Case of Detroit and Eddie Broel of Chicago were caught near Angola State Penitentiary in Mississippi with Case shot in the leg during arrest. Carl Ellis of Chicago was nabbed in Baton Rouge after fleeing from a sporting goods store with a pistol. all three had escaped from a prison hospital.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Vernon Case
Detroit
Mich
Eddie Broel
Angola
Carl Ellis
Chicago
Prison Farm
Case
Caddo Parish
Broel
New Orleans
St. Landry Parish
T. H. Martin
West Feliciana Parish
Martin
Ryan Clemmons
East Baton Rouge Parish
Ellis
Clemmons
Donald Short
Short
Frank Stafford
R. W. Bankston, Jr
Woman fined for unauthorized railroad pass use in federal case
Washington May 12. A woman admitted using her sister in law railroad pass on a Baltimore to Washington trip. The court found her guilty and fined $100, a sum much higher than the coach fare saved.
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Washington
Baltimore
GI Study Ban Seeks To Limit Recreational Courses
Washington May 12 G I students in the veterans vocational training program may be barred from recreational and avocational courses such as dancing personality development and bartending unless the student proves a living need. The House approved the bill aimed at correcting alleged GI school program abuses and President Truman has criticized the waste of taxpayers dollars. A Senate version exists and conference talks will resolve differences.
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Washington
G. I
Veterans Vocational Training
House
Truman
Senate
Frances Langford Fails To Win Interview With Truman
Seattle May 12 Blonde screen actress Frances Langford flew 1200 miles from Los Angeles to Coulee City to plead against the Birmingham Hospital closing at Van Nuys California, where paraplegics are treated. She says the president brushed her aside and indicated he preferred the matter settled locally.
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Seattle
Frances Langford
Truman
Coulee City
Wash
Los Angeles
Birmingham Hospital
van Nuys
Calif
Radio sale urged for WNAT station stake in Natchez
M. T. Seale asked the communications commission for authority to sell a 50 percent interest in radio station WNAT Natchez Mississippi for 20000 dollars. The buyers were named as Charles E Ratcliffe Laurie G Ratcliffe Edna R Lambert and Edward G Lambert.
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Washington
M. T. Seale
The
Communications Commission
WNAT
Natchez
Miss
Charles E. Ratcliffe
Laurie G. Ratcliffe
Edna R. Lambert
Edward G. Lambert
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National (Railway) Mediation Board
Pennsylvania
Simmons
Mrs. Madsen
Winnipeg
Red River
Manitoba
Norwood Bridge
Morrison
U.S
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