Republican wins in Pennsylvania steel contract talks start
Pittsburgh, Sept. 14. Only agreement on time and place needed today to start new steel contract talks. Outcome may hinge on some steel firms refusing to cover full insurance and pension costs. CIO United Steelworkers and four leading producers ready to resume discussions seeking a 10 percent hourly package increase per presidential fact finders. Philip Murray, president of CIO and steelworkers, awaits US Steel to set time and place as negotiations resume under an 11 day strike extension.
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Pittsburgh
C. I. O. United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
Fair Enough Riots At Bell Plant Highlight U A W C I O Clash
Westbrook Pe gler denounces riots at the Bell Aircraft Plant in Niagara County near Buffalo as criminal insurrection by a U A W and C I O faction. He blames unlawful actions on U A W leaders Reuther brothers and notes injuries to them while asserting the unions’ violent methods threaten public peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bell Aircraft
Niagara County
Buffalo
United States
Peekskill
Saratoga
William O'Dwyer
Herbert H. Lehman
United States Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Bell
Alabama
Florida
United Auto Workers
Upstate
Reuther Brothers
LU. A. W
Violinist Fatally Shot After Downtown Encounter
New Orleans police identify 20 year old Carmen Purvis Knight of Carthage Mississippi as the victim. Detec tive Edwin Schoenberger says Knight struck him prompting a self defense shooting during a struggle over a detective's pistol. Knight was a nightclub violinist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Warren B. Philips
Carmen Purvis Knight
Carthage
Miss
Philips
Knight
Edwin Schoenberger
Schoenberger
Dominic Palmisano
Palmisano
Polio Drive Mobilizes All Local Clubs Thursday
Northeast Louisiana Shriners lead a polio emergency drive with a full program Thursday. Fran Brennan presides, Fred Hoffman and R. R. Gatlin direct street collections, and Leo Baer Henry Haas J N Coates lead volunteers. Booths line Central Savings Bank Ouachita National Bank Woolworths and local West Monroe banks as Freeda Mickel chairs the campaign with Mrs. Dave Agnew assisting. The Sterlington Lions fund a portion of proceeds from the Louisiana Hayride at Neville High School Thursday night with J M Heard donating one show’s proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Shriners Club
Fran Brennan
Fred Hoffman
R. R
Gatlin
Leo Baer
Henry Haas
J. N. Coates
T. Mickel
Curtis Hair
W. C. Faulk
Freeda Mickel
Dave Agnew
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
Woolworth’s
West Monroe
Sterlington Lions Club
Neville High School
M. Heard
Russia Casts Seven Vetoes at U.N. Security Council
Sept 14. Russia used seven vetoes in one day at the U.N. Security Council. Argentina pressed the issue as the General Assembly opens to consider shrinking the veto powers. Russia has blocked Ireland Portugal Hashemite Jordan Italy Austria Finland and Ceylon from membership bids. total vetoes reach 38.
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Russia
Argentina
U.N. Security Council
Jose Arce
General Assembly
United States
U. N
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Ireland
Portugal
Jordan
Italy
Austria
Finland
Ceylon
Moscow
U.N
Congress
Britain
China
France
Lewis makes blunt demand in coal wage talks
John L. Lewis pressed southern coal operators to remit welfare fund royalties or face a strike threat. He asked for a definite reply by talks in Bluefield, noting continued default could deter industry progress. Expired contracts since June 30. miners east of the Mississippi work three days a week amid stalled negotiations.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
White Sulphur Springs
Mississippi
World Series to Open Oct 5 in 1949 schedule
The 1949 World Series will start Wednesday October 5 at the park of the winning American League club. Ticket prices range from 1 to 8 dollars. Commissioner Chandler announced after a meeting with contending clubs. If Brooklyn wins the NL, open dates are removed and the schedule moves ahead.
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New York
A. B. Chandler
New York Yankees
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Detroit
Chandler
Bitter Opposition To Plan To Control Jerusalem Seen
A United Nations plan for international control of Jerusalem faces likely Israeli opposition and uncertainty among Arab and Christian groups. The blueprint, proposed by the Palestine Conciliation Commission, would preserve Arab and Jewish sectors with UN authority, but Israel rejects any sovereign international regime and favors control over holy sites without local administration interference. The Vatican and others weigh the implications as the General Assembly considers the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Harrelson
United Nations
Jerusalem
General Assembly
Palestine Concilation Commission
Holy City
Ihem
Vatican
Israel
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Israel State
Commission
Baucomville Levee In Making Says Passman
Congressman Otto Passman told Quachita parish police jurors the Baucomville levee was in the making and would soon be approved, reporting progress on flood control for Quachita parish and the Fifth district. He said Lafourche canal cutoff authority had been obtained. State Sen. John McCormick pledged 5,000 more yards of gravel for the coming year if five new trucks are bought to speed gravel spreading. the parish now uses 20,000 yards annually. The state would provide 30,000 dollars at 1.20 per yard, with savings from the parish fleet paying for the new trucks. Additional actions included traffic limits on Forthye avenue, a Logan Lane naming protest, road work near the Caldwell parish line, and a 25-dollar paint grant for runways around Cheniere Lake used by hunters and boaters. An extra 1,800 dollars was approved as a grant.
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Otto Passman
Quachita Parish
Baucomville
Passman
Fifth
Congress
Lafourche Canal
John McCormick
Forthye Avenue
C. A. Hunt
Logan
J. D. Logan
L. H. Witherington
Caldwell Parish
Cheniere Lake
Barbers' Music League to Invade Monroe Chapter
A Monroe chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Bar ber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. is planned. The national group, started in 1938 by Owen C. Cash, seeks male singers or listeners, with a first meeting set for 216 Grammont Street on Thursday, September 22 at 8 p.m. Finley Walker handles arrangements at 311-M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop Quartet Singing In America, Inc
Monroe
United States
Canada
Tulsa, Okla
Owen C. Cash
Stanley Frank
Saturday Evening Post
Finley Walker
Grammont Street
Ban on radio giveaway shows delayed by court fight
In Chicago on September 14 the federal ban on radio giveaway programs faced possible months of delay as courts consider FCC authority. A federal judge issued a temporary injunction, with a three judge panel to hear arguments on constitutionality while networks continue broadcasts. The suit, led by Radio Features Inc, contends the FCC overstepped statutory power, with New York cases by ABC CBS and NBC seeking similar relief and potential direct appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Federal Communications Commission
F.C.C
United States Supreme Court
Michael L. Igoe
Radio Features, Inc
Federal District Court
New York
American Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
ABC
Supreme Court
William Hickey
Washington
Igoe
Radio Features
F.C. C
Congress
Divorce Move for Quadruplet Is Set
Aberdeen South Dakota September 14 A court hearing is slated here Monday in the divorce action of Jean Marie first of the Schense quadruplets to go to the altar. Her marriage to Harold C Schlosser a Frederick farmer was disclosed only last week. They have been separated since shortly after the ceremony. Mrs Schlosser seeks the divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. She charged that more than once Schlosser dragged her from her father's home to the Schlosser car. A daughter was born to the couple August 19.
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Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Zachary Scott
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Providence
R. I
Faye
Aberdeen
S. D
Jean Marie
South Dakota
Harold C. Schlosser
Frederick
Farmer
Roberts winner in recall move ward seven race
Webb Roberts the ward seven police juror defeated recall efforts by a 180 to 108 vote among 290 ballots cast with two spoilt ballots. The election followed a heated ward dispute and a school board hearing clearing Okaloosa Principal J. H. McCullin.
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Webb Roberts
Ward Seven
Okaloosa
J. H. McCullin
Quachita Parish
Roy Grant
Grant
Roberts
Rayville Fuller
Christ
Billie Booth
Charles Brownlee
Bailey Grant
Dadeville Masonic Lodge
McCullin
anti-Fuller
Connie Fuller
Fuller
Saylor Wins Pennsylvania House Seat Back From Coffey Backed By Truman
John P. Saylor, a Naval Veteran who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, defeats Elaine Coffey backed by President Truman to reclaim the 26th Pennsylvania district seat in a key off year vote. Returns from 249 of 325 precincts show Saylor leading Coffey by a wide margin in Cambria and by about two to one in Armstrong and Indiana counties amid a strong Republican showing in western Pennsylvania.
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Elaine Kahn
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
John P. Saylor
Iwo Jima
Truman
Robert L. Coffey
Coffey
Congress
Sawior
Saylor
Cambria
G.O.P
Indiana
Armstrong
Robert L. Coffey, Jr
Cambria County
British Against Cutting Pound
Washington reports the British monetary delegation shows no urge to devalue the pound at the World Bank IMF meeting. The IMF fund report pressures deficit nations to revalue to boost exports. Ca mme Gutt and Eugene Black weigh in with views on devaluation while Britain seeks time from the 10 point Anglo American Canadian accord.
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World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Britain
Eugene R. Black
Camille Gutt
Stafford Cripps
Black
Gutt
Troubleshooters Reported Sent To U S By Max Boyd
A self styled Communist party member testified before a Senate subcommittee that Russia sent a secret trouble shooting unit to the United States. Maurice Malkin, Brooklyn born machinist and former party organizer, said three unfamiliar Russians attended a Beacon New York farmhouse meeting with party leaders and issued line orders to reorganize the party if Congress moves to outlaw it. He described the group as non American in appearance and testified amid closed hearings on measures to keep subversives out of the country.
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Max Boyd
Washington
U. S
Communist Party
Russia
Maurice Malkin
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Moscow
Beacon
New York
Congress
Malkin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sing Sing
Immigration and Naturalization
United States
Russians Free Two Americans In Berlin Incident
Maj. Victor Milner Jr of the U S Air Force and his father, a movie cameraman, were released by the Russians after being held in the Soviet zone since last Saturday near Coburg. They were returning from a film project in Italy when arrested on a motor trip to Berlin. General Hodges and U S officials had urged their location. the release followed a report by a Russian officer at the zonal border. The Milners said they got lost and took a wrong turn.
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Berlin
Victor Milner, Jr
U. S. Air Force
U. S
Coburg
Milner
J. P. Hodges
Italy
Hof
Bavaria
Milners
Hodges
Potsdam
Halbert reported better after California plane crash
H. W. Halbert, 32, a Waterproof native, showed improvement in a Chico hospital after a private plane crash that killed his wife Clive Brown Halbert and a passenger. He survived with a broken nose, fractured jaw, broken ankle, and facial lacerations. Mrs. Halbert and two young children survived by the incident, with family members traveling to California for the services.
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H. W. Halbert
Chico
Calif
Halbert
John Jackson
North Third Street
Monroe
W. G. Halbert
Waterproof
Clive Brown Halbert
W. W. Halbert
California
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