Taft Hartley labor bill sent to President Truman
The Senate and House approved the compromise labor bill and sent it to President Truman for his signature or veto. The measure, labeled Taft Hartley, tightens union power with 80 day injunctions against disruptive strikes and bans on closed shops, with unions liable for unfair labor practices. Major leaders and AFL President Green warned of deep implications for American labor and democracy.
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Robert A. Taft
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New Jersey
House Labor Committee
William Green
AFL
Senate Action
America
Green
Ives
New Yorker
Barkley
Woman saves train with apron in storm near Des Moines
Burlington Railroad officials report housewife Imma Bowers waved an apron to stop a passenger train carrying 22 aboard after a washout near Swan Ia twenty miles southeast of Des Moines. Conductor B F Martz praised her brave act as heavy rain and cold struck the area.
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Burlington Railroad
B. F. Martz
Ottumuwa Seid
Imma Bowers
Swen
Des Moines
Martz
Early Trial Of Gaming Cases In Leonardtown
Defense counsel pressed for early dates for more than 20 defendants named in gaming indictments following a county grand jury cleanup of slot machines. Judge Loker weighing moving trials from September to an earlier term after recalls and petitions. Public debate over slot machines highlighted, with local business views mixed and broader national tensions echoed. Fines report shows May totals around 2322 dollars across multiple agencies. Also notices graduation at Springfield State Hospital for class of 1927 with address by Dr. Gillis.
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Joseph Weber
Paul J. Bailey
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Lane Addresses Towson Graduates
Towson June 6 Governor Lane spoke at Towson State Teachers College graduation class outlining a new education program aimed at improving teachers personally and professionally. He cited rising freshmen enrollment and state aid plans enacted by the 1947 General Assembly plus improvements like higher teacher pay smaller classes and extended compulsory education.
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Woodcock plans book on 29th Division actions in World War I and II
Salisbury June 6 Brig Gen Amos W W Woodcock special prosecutor in Japan war crimes trials and former National Prohibition Administrator says he will travel to France this July to gather material for a book about the 29th Division His project honors the 115th Regiment and Maryland National Guard ties with Gen Aliston A Reckord as he traces World War I and World War II travels and the paths of the 29th Division's infant units in Europe.
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Reckord
Naranks
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Justice Department
England
Pere Marquette Joins C. and O. Railways to Form Major Line
In June 1967 Pere Marquette railways merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co marking the creation of the nation s seventh largest railroad by operating revenues. C and O has controlled Pere Marquette since 1929 and will keep the Pere Marquette name for two streamlined passenger trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit. The combined system will total about 5000 miles of main line track from the Eastern Seaboard to the Michigan peninsula, through Detroit to St Thomas Ontario.
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la Crosse
Bilbo Under Knife As Jaw Op. Surgeons Describe Surgery
New Orleans June 6 Senator Theo Bilbo Mississippi underwent a hard turn operation in a New Orleans hospital. Surgeons described the post operative condition as satisfactory. Bilbo, who has surgeons planning a new jaw, remained in the operating room about three hours. Doctors said he will stay seven to ten days, then return home in Poplarville for further convalescence before a fourth and final operation. Andrew Jackson defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815.
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