Special Federal Court Panel Rules Taft-Hartley Provision Constitutional
A special federal court panel ruled the anti communist provision of Taft Hartley constitutional and that Communists in key labor jobs pose an imminent threat to national interests. The 2 1 decision by Justices Miller and Laws upheld the section while Justice Pretty man dissented. The majority acknowledged the global struggle between Russia and Western democracies.
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Charles B. Seib
SN. S
Washington
Congress
W. K. Miller
Bolitha J. Laws
E. Barrett Prettyman
Miller
Laws
Russia
Pa Newe Observes Weather Delays Parking and Monuments
Heavy rains slow trout season opening while high water hampers fishing. City hall lot fills with cars as off street parking aids drivers. Ground work on the World War III monument stalls until its foundation is ready and names are inscribed. July sesqui centennial prompts cleanup plans. County roads risked inundation. Monday rains abated. Ohio and Pennsylvania motorists face plate updates with new licenses due.
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Court House
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 am show a maximum 60 and minimum 41 with .54 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 10 feet. For the same date last year, maximum 2, minimum 33 and no precipitation.
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United States
Folo
Nebraska Primary Test for GOP Aspirants
Omaha reports a statewide primary seen as a test for leading Republican presidential hopefuls. About a quarter million voters are expected to cast ballots in varying cloudy to lightly rainy conditions. Results advise but do not bind 15 Republican and 12 Democratic delegates to national conventions with seven main GOP contenders including Taft Stassen Dewey MacArthur and others.
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Omaha
INS
Nebraska
G.O.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Bombers Seek Long Range Run From Salina to Germany
The Stratified Air Command announced B 29 bombers have left Salina Kansas for Furstenfeldbruck Germany on a routine training flight. Similar flights to Japan Asia and the Caribbean are planned to indoctrinate crews in long range over water operations. The movement is one of the largest peacetime mass movements of B 29s and signals a stepped up air defense program.
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Washington
INS
Stratfic Air Command
Salina
Kans
Furstenfeldbruck
Germany
Air Force
Japan
Asia
Caribbean
FBL Letter On Condon Loyalty Demand Reported
A group from the House Un American Activities Committee seeks a Commerce Committee demand to obtain an FBI letter by J Edgar Hoover on atomic scientist Ward A Condon. Rep Thomas and four members will pressure for action in a locked session, with Rep Wolverton chairing.
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Washington
INS
House Un-American Activities Committee
House
Commerce
Harriman
FBI
Ward A. Condon
Rep
Thomas
N. J
House Commerce Committee
First Marshall Plan Shipment Being Loaded At Galveston
Paul G. Hoffman of the Economic Cooperation Administration announced the first relief shipment to Europe under the Marshall plan is being loaded in Galveston Texas. The ship is the first of five carrying 9 000 long tons of wheat to France within ten days.
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Washington
INS
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Europe
Galvaston
Tex
Hoffman
France
Truck Driver Identity Sought After Pittsburg Highway Crash
State police at Oak and Ray streets seek the identity of the truck driver involved in a collision with a Packard on West Pittsburg highway on March 31 night. The operator is asked to report to authorities at once.
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Oak and
Ray Street
West Pittsburg
Sandia Base strike halts Army project activity
Construction at the Sandia Base special weapons project near Albuquerque was halted by a carpenters strike. The walkout began yesterday after a wage dispute, with workers forming a picket line.
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Albuquerque
N. M
INS
Army
Sandia Base Special Weapons Project
Senate panel narrows draft age to 25 and under
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to exclude from registration anyone 26 years of age or older for universal military training. Chairman Gurney announced the decision and said the committee will await Defense Secretary Forrestal's final recommendations on requirements under a 70 group air force program before any further action.
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Washington
INS
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
S. D
Defense
Forrestal
Funeral planned for Mrs Henry C Wallace mother of Henry A Wallace
Des Moines reports funeral services for Mrs Henry C Wallace 80 mother of third party presidential candidate Henry A Wallace will be private and held tomorrow in Des Moines. She died after strokes in her home with four of six children at her bedside.
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Des Moines
Henry C. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Taft opens bank credit hearings as Eccles testifies
The congressional economic committee called Federal Reserve board member Marriner Eccles to day as it opened a new series of hearings on bank credit. Sen Taft said chances for legislation for bank control credit are not very great but conceivable. The hearings will focus on long term policies and may last three to four weeks.
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Washington
INS
Congressional Economic Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner Eccles
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Colombia Revolt Blamed On World Communism
U S Secretary of State Marshall linked the Bogota uprising to world communism calling it a world affair. He compared it to strikes in France and Italy and said the revolt targets European plans and U S aid policies.
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Marshall
John A. Reichmann
U.S
Bogota
Colombia
United States
State Marshall
U. S
France
Italy
Europe
Hard Coal Miners Return To Work
Hard coal production returned to normal across the Wilkes Barre region after a week long strike by more than 35 000 miners ended. All major operators resumed normal output except 150 men at Knickerbocker colliery who did not join the movement and Panther Valley workers who returned in line with the valley mine board order.
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Wilkes-Barre
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Knickerbocker
Panther Valley
Panther Valley General Mine Board
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Philadelphia and Reading
Glen Alden Company
Susquehanna Collieries
Topping confirms divorce agreement with Arline Judge
Palm Springs reports Henry Topping confirms a divorce settlement with Arline Judge. He declines to confirm rumors of a marriage to Lana Turner or disclose settlement details. Reports indicate a settlement of 110000 dollars.
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Palm Springs
Calif
INS
Miss Arline
Tinplate
Henry
Bob) Topping
Topping
Lana Turner
Miss Judge
Mother kills four children and self in Pittsburgh tragedy
Police report a 32 year old mother Mrs Margaret Louise Morcroft shot and killed her four children Gilbert E Jr Susan Toy Douglas Cunningham and infant Nancy Hughes before taking her own life. The killings occurred after months of mental disturbance and followed discovery by the husband at 1 55 am. Coroner and detectives say the sequence could not be fully determined but the oldest child likely died first. The mother, an expert pistol shooter, had been with Carnegie Tech rifle and pistol team in 1936.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Margaret Louise Morcroft
Gilbert E. Jr
Susan Toy
Douglas Cunningham
Nancy Hughes
Gilbert E
Bellevue
William D. McClelland
Three-Man House Panel Probes Bogota Warning Failure
A three member committee was named to investigate why the American delegation to the Inter-American conference in Bogota was not warned about impending revolutionary activity in the Colombian capital. Rep Hoffman of Michigan chairs, with Rep Brown of Ohio and Rep McCormack of Massachusetts.
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Washington
INS
House
Bogota
Rep. Hoffman
Mich
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Coal Operators Prepare Court Challenge to Pension Plan
Soft coal operators said they would file in federal court to challenge a pension plan that ended John L. Lewis 400000 member miners strike. Mine owners pledged court action after Lewis is tried in Washington federal court for contempt for defying an order to call off the walkout. Lewis had ended the strike with terms near his proposed pension plan.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
Martin
R) Mass
Lewis
Fourteen Injured In Shanghai Plane Crash
A U. S. Marine Corps C-46 crash at Shanghai Kiangwan airfield left fourteen injured while all 29 occupants escaped. The aircraft, carrying 25 passengers and four crew, experienced an engine failure after takeoff for Tsingtao and crashed on rough ground during attempted return. Pilot Maj. Burnette A. Kempson Jr. and co pilot First Lt. Gene Badgley among crew.
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Shanghai
INS
U. S. Marine Corps
Kiangwan
Tsingtato
Burnette A. Kempson, Jr
Gene Badgley
Strife in Bogota Reaches Local Family Ties
New Wilmington April 13 Developments in the Bogota revolution draw concern from Rev and Mrs George Lowash of Waugh Avenue their son Geoffrey Sowash an official with Socony Vacuum Oil Co and daughter Mona a New Castle teacher on leave are in the turmoil Geoffrey and Mona have long been in Bogota where mail from Miss Lewash notes panic over the Pan American Conference with General George Marshall slated to appear and describes local customs including women often accompanied after dusk by a maid for protection.
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New Wilmington
Bogota
Colombia
George Lowash
Waugh Avenue
Geoffrey
Mona
New Castle
Geoffrey Sowash
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
George Marshall
Miss Lewash
Record Convoy Breaks Through Arab Blockade to Jerusalem
A 200-truck convoy carrying 600 tons of food broke through the Arab siege from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the largest yet to pass the blockade. Arab forces attacked convoys near Jerusalem, blasting three armor-plated buses heading to Mount Scopus with mines. At least 12 bus occupants were injured as Haganah units moved to assist and recover vehicles.
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Jerusalem
INS
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Hadassah Hospital
Mount Scopus
Haganah
Streams Swollen By Heavy Rains
Heavy rains began Sunday morning and persisted, swelling local streams with the Shenango at ten feet. Flood stage is seventeen feet on the Shenango, and authorities see no immediate extreme danger unless rainfall continues. High waters affect several counties and route 422 between Kittanning and Indiana was underwater at low points.
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Shenango
Kittanning
Indiana
Pan American Day Plans For New Castle Students
Pan American Day falls on Wednesday April 14 with various school programs in New Castle. No citywide observance is planned. Senior high student Richard Stevens organized readings and literature on the Americas, with Alfred Tessian named chairman by the Greater New Castle Association and Stevens as honorary co chair.
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United States
New Castle
Richard Stevens
Alfred Tessian
Greater
Flood watch as Juniata and Susquehanna swell
Harrisburg reports the governor’s emergency disaster committee monitors rising water in the Juniata and west branch of the Susquehanna after five days of intermittent rain. Near flood stages are seen at Clearfield Renovo and Altoona with heavy rain threatening further rises.
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Harrisburg
Governor’s Emergency Disaster Committee
Juniata River
West
Susquehanna River
Hugh J. McNeill
Clearfield
Renovo
Susquehanna
Altoona
Junjiata
Highways Safety Emphasis At Rotary Meeting
Sgt. R A Blythe of the Pennsylvania State Police preached enforcement education and engineering as the three Es of highway safety at a Rotary lunch in The Castle ton. He noted Pennsylvania suspends first offense speeding licenses for 90 days and credited strict enforcement with saving about 600 lives. He cited the Turnpike’s high crash rate and praised education programs on 80 state highways with Brad ford totaling over 700 safe driving course graduates and only one related mishap.
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R. A. Blythe
Pennsylvania
Bradford
No Major Contest In Illinois Primary
About 1.5 million voters are expected to cast ballots in the Illinois primary where no major contest exists. The Progressive party seeks to persuade third-party backers to abstain, aiming to keep its candidate Henry A Wallace off the November ballot, while conceding only nonvoters can sign a petition. A state supreme court ruling recognizing the party in Cook County was not enough to secure a ballot, and frantic court actions failed for lack of time.
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Chicago
Illinois
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Supreme Court
Cook County
Death Claim for Anna Michalik Aged 80
Mrs. Anna Michalik, 80, of 1020 Ord Street, is reported dead. The death record appears in the Tuesday April 13 1948 notices.
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Anna Michalik
Ord Street
Back To Work Movement In State Is Slow
Western Pennsylvania soft coal miners failed to stage a general return to work despite pension dispute settlement. Only about 10,000 of 56,000 in western Pennsylvania mines reported back, with 26 mines resuming for roughly 10,000 workers. UMW meetings pressed miners to return while some locals held meetings without voting.
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William Flannery
1. N. & Staff Corres
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Fayette County
H. C. Erick, Case Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Jary
Jones& Laughlin Steel Corp
Vesta
Shannopin
United Mine Workers
UMW
Cone
Lewis
Sete
John P. Busarello
UMW District 5
Michael Honus
Uniontown District 4
Peabody Coal Co
Flood Stage Reached in Pittsburgh Rivers Rise Over Flood Level
Heavy rains push the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers above flood stage at their Pittsburgh junction reaching 26.35 feet with crest projected at 26.5 feet. Flood stage is 25 feet. Monongahela reaches danger at Charleroi and Braddock while Allegheny sites have not yet reported danger.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburgh Weather Bureau
Charlerroi and
Braddock
Opening Day Trout Fishing Prepares at Dawn
The piece notes dawn fishing on Thursday as the opening for trout. It describes anglers rising before dawn with poles lines and hooks ready to go as roosters crow signaling the early start.
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Irving F. Seery
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