Woman Defies Union Bosses For Vacation Fund
Westbrook Pegler reports in New York that Helen Kulesha, a Bronx seamstress earning about 25 dollars a week, won back her $44 vacation fund from the Ladies Garment Workers Union in small claims court. She opposed a seven dollar assessment for union charities tied to political aims led by David Dubinsky and Luigi Antonini, with ties to the Liberal party.
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New York
Helen Kulesha
Bronx
Small Claims Court
Manhattan
Ladies Garment Workers Union
David Dubinsky
Garment Workers
Luigi Antonini
Dubinsky
Antonini
Liberal Party
Union
Kulesha
Poland
Congress
Baltimore
the Carpenters
Gunfire and Death Flare In Strike
Pittsburgh report details violent flare ups as 90,000 steel and coal workers strike, costing over 30 million daily. A Virginia miner dies in a rock fall and Pennsylvania pit picketing disrupts operations. The strike idles 400,000 soft coal diggers and 500,000 CIO steelworkers amid pension disputes and widespread picketing.
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Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
America
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Phillip Murray
United States Marine Band Plays Two Concerts in Monroe
The 54 member United States Marine Band arrives from Arkansas and performs at Neville High School auditorium at 3 15 p m and 8 p m under the Mens Club sponsorship of the First Methodist Church with net proceeds funding the church building fund The program features Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever Wagner The Flying Dutchman Sarasate Zapateado and more led by Major William F Santelmann with narration by Dale Harpham and Ken Caillier.
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United States Marine Band
Arkansas
Hotel Frances
Monroe
Neville High School
First Methodist Church
William F. Santelmann
Charles Owen
John Phillip Sousa
Richard Wagner
David Bennett
Dale Harpham
Morton Gould
Zapateado
Pablo Sarasate
Lucian Caillier
Peter Tschaikowoy
O. W. Trapp
M Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Final rites set for Buddy Clark
Final rites will be held today for Buddy Clark 38 top recording and radio crooner who died in a private plane crash on a busy midtown boulevard. Four others aboard the Cessna were hurt including Sam Hayes NBC west coast newscaster who plans to broadcast tonight. Pilot Agnes Hayter 27 said the plane was running out of fuel. Burial services to be conducted at the Church Forest Lawn by Rabbi Morton Bauman. Civil aeronautics officials continue their inquiry into the crash.
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Los Angeles
Buddy Clark
Midtown
Sam Hayes
Agnes Hayter
Hayes’ Re
Sally
Frank Berend
Jennings Pierce
Naval Broadcasting Co
Pierce
Morton Bauman
Lark
Forest Lawn
Civil Aeronautics
Truman Visits Fort Bragg for Airborne Demonstration
President Truman and top military leaders arrived at Fort Bragg to observe a day-long air mobile demonstration by the 82nd Airborne and other forces. About 1,000 troops took part in a staged airborne battalion drop and artillery support to showcase airhead operations. Also present were Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray and Gen. J. Lawton Collins with Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
Truman
Washington
82Nd Airborne Division
Army
Gordon Gray
J. Lawton Collins
Officers’ Club
John R. Hodge
Fifth Corps
Gray
Collins
Matthew B. Ridgeway
White House
Vandenberg in excellent condition after lung operation
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg was reported in excellent condition after a six hour operation removing half of his left lung. Dr John Alexander said his reaction to anesthesia was normal and satisfactory and further word was expected after tests. The Republican foreign affairs leader, 65, had been hospitalized after a lesion was found on his lung.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
John Alexander
Vandenberg
Alexander
John Bailey
Grand Rapids
Czechs Scrap Yugoslav Pact and Demand Recall of Ambassador
Czechoslovakia’s communist government announced in Prague that it is scrap p ing its friendship and mutual aid treaty with Yugoslavia and demands immediate recall of Yugoslav Ambassador Marijan Stiljanovic. Prague radio described the ambassador’s staff as including spies and provocateurs linked to a western power, signaling a possible but uncertain shift in deteriorating relations. The Yugoslav pact, signed in Belgrade in 1946, had stood alongside other Eastern bloc agreements before Moscow-led bloc tensions rose.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Marijan Stiljinovic
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Tito
Belgrade
Comin
Congress in Hurry to End Session Ahead of October 15
Democratic leaders push to finalize the session by mid October as House and Senate leaders meet over a rapid adjournment. Key issues loom including Truman’s nomination of Leland Olds to the Federal Power Commission and the displaced persons bill moving to direct Senate action amid possible filibuster risks. Senator Lucas says 64 votes may end a filibuster, while White House pressure grows to act on the displaced persons measure.
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Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
House
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Lucas
Illinois
Judiciary Committee
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
Olds
Power Commission
White House
Grand Jury Session Opens in Western Louisiana District
Twenty two men sworn in as Western Louisiana district grand jury foreman Slar Osborn of Tallulah leads a panel including four Negro jurors Judge Gaston Porterie waives charging duties and says oath covers district. several cases disposed with guilty pleas Roy Wrone of New Orleans freed on 30 minutes probation after change to guilty Norman and Rueben Rogers of Concordia parish fined 250 and 500 respectively for violations of fair labor standards act and related contempt charges for paying workers under 40 cents per hour at a Seen sawmill near Waterproof.
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Louisiana
Federal District Grand Jury
Gaston Porterie
Porterie
Slar Osborn
Tallulah
Malcolm LaFargue
Shreveport
Roy Elmer Wrone
New Orleans
John F. McCormick
Wrone
Texan Hurst In Crash Unconscious In Hospital
E. T. Cobb a 64 year old Pampa Texas man remained unconscious after a pickup truck turned over on Sterlington road. Cobb suffered a serious head injury while his son in law Herbert Fell escaped unharmed. State police and troopers investigated the crash noting the vehicle crossed the highway and struck a barrow pit.
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E. T. Cobb
Pampa
Tex
Sterlington Road
Cobb
Herbert Fell
Monroe
Romania and Bulgaria Back Chinese Reds
Romania and Bulgaria joined Soviet Russia in recognizing Mao Tze-Tung’s new Chinese Communist government. Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland were expected to follow, with Britain ready to discuss Red China recognition with NATO nations and Commonwealth peers. Acheson, Bevin, and Schuman were due to discuss the matter in New York.
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London
Romania
Bulgaria
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Mao Tze-Tung
China
Canton
Britain
New York
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Tucker and 7 Up for Trial
Preston Tucker and seven other promoters of a failed multi million dollar rear engine car venture face trial on mail fraud and securities act charges. Judge LaBuy enlarges the jury pool to 200 as a publicized case could affect numerous dealers distributors and stockholders who invested about 30 million dollars. The company produced fewer than 60 automobiles and is under federal court supervision.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Walter J. LaBuy
Federal District
LaBuy
Tucker Corp
Federal Grand Jury
U N Hears Charges Human Rights Denied In 3 Nations
The United Nations opens discussion on charges of religious and human rights abuses in Hungary Bulgaria and Romania. The U N special political committee will debate confinement of Cardinal Mindszenty and Protestant clergy on treason charges amid Soviet satellite opposition. The United States Britain and Australia back the accusations with Latin American support while calls for Libyan independence shape other debates.
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A. I. Goldberg
United Nations
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Italy
Africa
U. N
Soviet
Russia
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
United States
Britain
Australia
Soviet Russia
Navy Morale Sparks House Inquiry On National Security
A House Armed Services Committee promise a thorough probe follows typed papers signed by Admiral Denfeld, Vice Admiral Bogan, and Admiral Radford alleging low naval morale jeopardizes national security. Chairman Vinson says the matter will be examined while the B-36 bomber inquiry resumes, with Navy officials and Crommelin cited in the documents. No official comment from Defense Secretary Johnson or Navy officials was issued.
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Washington
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Gerald F. Bogan
A. D. Radford
Army
Air
Denfeld
Bogan
Radford
Pacific Fleet
John G. Crommelin
Crommelin
Defense Headquarters
Defense
Johnson
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
Valley Fair Opens With Displays and Local Booths
A visit to the Ouachita Valley Fair Grounds reveals an auspicious opening with outside booths and a new recruiting office near the V. F. W. Auxiliary stand. Local clubs run refreshment concessions, fire departments showcase fire prevention, and exhibitors from Monroe to Sterlington feature home appliances, seed dispensers, farm products, and efforts to convert cotton acreage to pasture.
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Ouachita Valley Fair
Lapine
Cypress
Sterlington and
McClendon
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Bendix
General Electric
Couch
Tyner
H. D. Club
Okaloosa High School
H. D
Fight Over Paying Gas Bill Turns Fatal in Hollywood
Hollywood, Oct. 4. Police say a dispute over who would be first in line to pay a gas bill ended in death. William Holmes, 61, was struck after a pushy Becker, 47, forced his way into a gas company office. Holmes died from a skull fracture. Becker, a Columbia studio employee, is jailed on suspicion of murder.
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Hollywood
William Holmes
Albert Becker
Columbia Movie Studio
Becker
Holmes
Heavy damage to Texas rice crop from gulf hurricane
A hurricane roared ashore near Houston early today causing heavy damage to ripening rice across Jefferson county and a wide crop loss in Beaumont and coastal Matagorda to Freeport. Houston suffered minor property damage with high winds and torrential rain. one person is reported missing.
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Texas
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Beaumont
A. H. Boyt
American Rice Growers Association
Jefferson County
Boyt
Matagorda
Freeport
Tex
Here
Extra cautious GI bus driver cited by survivor
Ontario Calif October 4 survivors describe GI bus driver Corp Doyle W Hall 24 Hobbs Island Ala as extra cautious and conscientious before a rail crossing crash that killed 10 air force men five girls their chaperone and later 16 total with 5 injured. The bus failed to stop at the crossing as a Pony Express train traveling 70 mph struck it. An inquest will be held.
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Ontario
Calif
G. I
Air Force
Union Pacific
Corp. Doyle W. Hall
Hobbs Island
Ala
Marquita Pearce
Hall
P. J. Lynch
A. A. Hall
Los Angeles
Truman to Seek Double Atom Bomb Output
President Truman plans to ask Congress to double the United States atom bomb production in response to Russia’s claim of having the bomb. The request, wired by the AEC, seeks emergency funds and raises the 1950 appropriation to about $378 million plus $30 to $60 million for construction this year. Senate figures indicate possible further funding as the Russian bomb claim fuels calls for intensified weapons programs.
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Nashville
Tenn
Truman
Congress
Russia
Nashville Tennessean
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
AEC
Hickenlooper
A-Iown
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