U I R L controversy at New York waterfront amid insurgent longshoremen
Westbrook Pegler reports on longshoremen tensions at New York harbor. Nathan Witt, attorney for insurgent longshoremen, and Joseph Curran of the American Federation of Labor lurches into a clash with Iry Bridges from the West Coast. The National Maritime Union viewed as a labor group and political club, with Communist elements, amid wartime and postwar labor upheaval. The piece notes dock disruptions, layoffs, and political maneuvers surrounding union leadership and government perceptions.
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New York
Nathan Witt
Josephan
A. F. of L Gshoremen
Atlantic
Iry Bridges
Vefores
Tional Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
Russia
Ryan
Curran
Ingents
Ise
Ider
SKS Repeal Strike Notice Sought
SKS seeks repeal of a strike notice with discussions held today center on labor action and potential actions by involved unions and management. Negotiations continue as officials weigh next steps and potential remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SKS
Ward's Defy War Labor Board and Regain Control of Ward's
Chicago October 19 Ward's stores defy War Labor Board directives and regain army control of properties seized in seven cities over a nine month dispute with a C S O union. Sewell L Avery, Ward's chairman, announces abolition of compulsory union membership and check-off dues. Army to relinquish control by 11:59 p m Thursday. legality of seizures still under Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
C. S O
Sewell L. Avery
C. J. O. Meil
WLB
Roosevelt
U. S. Supreme Court
Avery
Ward's
Pact for Americas in Drafted Inter American Treaty Effort
Washington reports the State Department has summoned four senators to assist in drafting an Inter American treaty to keep Western Hemisphere defense largely a regional matter. Led by Senator Connally, the group aims to balance hemisphe res autonomy with United Nations Security Council authority, following San Francisco conference patterns.
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Washington
State Department
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Department
George
Georgia
Vandenberg
Michigan
Austin
Vermont
United Nations
World Security Council
San Francisco
World Organization
Security Council
Council
U S Embassy Officer Fired During Venezuela Revolt
U S embassy official in Caracas was fired on during spreading revolution in Venezuela as rebels clash with government forces. Reports from Ambassador Frank P. Corrigan say fighting began at San Carlos barracks and by nightfall rebels controlled Miraflores residence and the nearby military academy, with headquarters set up there under government leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Caracas
Venezuela
State Department
Frank P. Corrigan
San Carlos
Miraflores
Military Academy
Amendments urged to restrict Louisiana gas line expansion
P A Frye executive director of Louisiana Natural Gas Conservation urged amendments to the Natural Gas Act to curb interstate piping that drains state gas. He proposed that the FPC consider social and economic effects on origin and destination regions when evaluating new inter state lines. He noted no new lines have been built since 1940 and cited a lost Memphis case and a 20 inch line to West Virginia proposal. He said Louisiana gas from local fields now supports $20 million in Lake Charles industries.
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Baton Rouge
P. A. Frye
Louisiana Natural Gas Conservation
Louisiana
Frye
Federal Power Commission
New Orleans
FPC
West Virginia
Corpus Christi
Lake Charles
Memphis
Butter may cost fewer red points next month
Washington reports butter may cost five to six cents more per pound in November due to the end of a government subsidy while the ration value could drop from 12 to eight points effective October. Meat rationing and meat point charts are expected to continue. Seaman 2c Herman J. Baum earns an Eagle Scout rank, a name front award, while on leave in Baton Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Anderson
Baton Houge
Herman J. Baum
Navy
Boy Scouts of America
End Strike of Detroit Area C I O Utility Workers
Federal and Michigan officials move to end a 2000 member strike that shut normal electric service to about 2 million customers as emergency crews stay on the job. Gov. Kelly calls meeting in Lansing to seek settlement with Consumers Power and union leaders attending. Foremen and nonstrikers remain at plants. Detroit not affected. Governor warns state facilities could be used to sustain operations if needed. Across the country labor disputes idle about 457,000 workers including 216,000 coal miners amid back-to-work orders.
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Associated Press
Federal
Michigan
John W. Gibson
Schwellenbach
Lansing
Harry F. Kelly
Consumers Power Company
Struck Consumers Power Company
Lower
Detroit
Kelly
United Mine Workers
A. F
New York Harbor
Sweet Potato Fair Promises Big Prizes in West Monroe
The West Monroe Lions Club sponsors a Saturday event in downtown West Monroe highlighting sweet potatoes as nutrition and a money crop for Ouachita parish farmers. The fair offers prizes for best exhibits and pies, with top adult prizes up to 23 dollars and various cash awards for displays and dishes.
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West Monroe
West Monroe Street
Louisiana
Seek 2 Witnesses In Woman's Death
Pontiac police intensified a hunt for two unidentified witnesses in the brutal killer case of Lydia Thompson a 47 year old Detroit woman found slain in White Lake township. Sheriff Thomas offered no details on the witnesses or their role as investigators pressed for a quick solution of the murder.
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Pontiac
Mich
Lydia Thompson
Detroit
Edward K. Thomas
Thompson
Lews V. Thompson
White Lake Township
Alumni Meet Over Dissension At LSU Medical School
New Orleans reports faculty resignations at LSU Medical School amid faculty insecurity and administrative tension. Alumni council planned to meet in Baton Rouge to address dissension, with resignations by Vernon Medd Hennington Sara W. Saiewitz and Walter R. Akenhead among the latest.
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New Orleans
Wilbur C. Smith
Vernon Medd Hennington
Sara W. Saiewitz
Walter R. Akenhead
Medical School
W. B Hatcher
Dean Smith
B. I. Burns
Association
Sam Nelken
Nelken
Hatcher
Mississippi Flag From USS Mississippi To Be Placed In State Archives
The Mississippi state flag that flew atop the USS Mississippi in Tokyo bay will be given to the state archives. Governor Bailey will receive it from Lieut Commander Nelson T. Levings in a ceremony November 2 in Jackson. Admiral Bennett and Captain Crowe will attend as the ship’s crew prepares for Navy Day events in New Orleans.
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Ole Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi
Levings
Tokyo
Navy drafte es to be out by Sept 1
Washington Oct 19 A Navy demobilization update from Vice Admiral Louis E Denfeld shows discharges exceeding 11 000 daily and a plan to release all reserve and drafted personnel by Sept 1 next year The Navy will field 523 000 regulars and 177 000 volunteers with monthly enlistments of 16 009 volunteers Senate military committee members say most demobilization kinks are fixed and future enrollments will be token numbers for draftees
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Vicw
Louis E. Denfeld
Denfeld
Senate
Nenfeld
Reds Seek United Front Against Shidehara in Japan
Japanese Communist leaders urge the Socialists to join in opposing Premier Shidehara's cabinet, aiming for a unified front on the Potsdam tasks. The Toilers denounce the move. Yoshida says the main task is enforcing Potsdam terms. Navy officers face graft probes as repatriation continues and the Hibiki ferry brings 285 Army and 471 civilians home.
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Tokyo
Socialist Party
Shidehara
National Federation of Toilers
Shigeru Yoshida
Kijuro Shidehara
Yoshio Shiga
Shigeo Kamiyama
Ichizo Matsumoto
Japan Socialist Party
Shiga
Toilers
Imperial Institution
Domei
Hibiki
Uraga
Yap
Yossuda
Higashi-Kuni
Foreign Ministry
Japan
Yoshida
Zaibatsu
Allied Headquarters
Hysterical Girl Triggers Arrest in Aurora Murder Case
A hysterical partly disrobed girl told police she witnessed soldier Joseph Desrosiers shoot his wife Catherine in an Aurora street then force her to drive to a cornfield before a ditch trap. Desrosiers, 55, confessed to the crime blaming the mother-in-law for marital strife.
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Denver
UPI
Aurora
Charles Foster
Aranahoe County
Joseph Desrosiers
Catherine
Marie Weidel
Desrosiers
Miss Woidell
Fred Zarnow
John Toll
Trial of 24 Nazis to open in Nuernberg November
The first great war crimes trial of 24 Nazi leaders and industrialists will begin in Nuernberg on November 20. Indictments served in Berlin allege a common plan to wage aggressive war and crimes against humanity across Europe and beyond. Martin Bormann is at large and expected to be tried in absentia.
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Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Berlin
Martin Borsmann
Anthony Neave
Richard Owen
New Haven
Conn
United States
Neave
Dunkerque
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Robert Ley
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher
Walther Funk
Hjalmar Schacht
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Karl Doesnitz
Erich Reeder
Baldur von Schirach
Fritz Sauckel
Alfred Jodl
Franz von Papen
Arthur Seyss- Inquart
Albert Speer
Constantin Vom Neurath
Hans Fritzsche
Russia
Great Britain
France
Hitler
General Staff
High Command
Nazi Party
Gestapo
Storm Troopers
Secret Service
Versalles
Germany
Poland
Britain
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkans
High Seas
Japan Orders to Kill Allied Prisoners Revealed
Tokyo reports captured Japanese army and navy orders calling for the killing of Allied prisoners of war on the slightest provocation. Documents in General MacArthur's files recount diary notes urging ruthless disposal of hostile prisoners and humiliation tactics toward prisoners, with cases of executions and civilian killings attributed to No 2 Sasebo and No 50 Sasebo detachments.
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Tokyo
Navy
MacArthur
L3rd Infantry
No. 2 Sasebo
No. 50
Sasebo
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