Segregation Removed From Draft Law Vote
Washington, June 21. Republicans and northern Democrats unite to strike a racial segregation provision from a renewal of the peacetime draft act. The Senate voted 42 to 29 against the amendment, leaving final action on a three year extension to tomorrow. Majority Leader Lucas urges an earlier session at 10 a.m. EST to speed passage as the current act expires soon. The House has already approved a two year extension with conditions.
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Washington
Lucas
Senate
Way
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Truman
House
Congress
Truman Draft System Ended After Two Year Peacetime Law
The present system by which President Truman could order inductions ended as only about 30,000 youths were drafted under the two year peacetime draft law now expiring, with all drafted in the first months. Since January 1949 the services have relied on voluntary enlistments.
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Truman
Two Cars And Tanker In Collision Full of Injuries
Four people were slightly injured when two cars and a tanker collided north of Walkersville Monday about 10:30 a.m. Steiner Speaks drove the Monocacy Oil Esso tanker, behind him Mrs Vivian Pruitt stopped with her year old daughter, a Pennsylvania auto crashed into Pruitt’s car, sending it under the tanker. Mrs. Straley and Mrs. Barnes were treated and discharged. Mrs. Pruitt was x-rayed with findings undisclosed. The accident caused major damage to the Pruitt coupe.
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D. A. Tucker
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Steiner
Frederick
Monocacy Oil Co
Esso
Vivian Pruitt
Brunswick
Pennsylvania
Pruitt
Speaks
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Samuel Barnes
White Aint Right On Cleveland Beaches
Cleveland officials say white bathing suits are improper on the city’s four beaches and nine pools. Capt. Hazel Witt notes white suits become transparent in water. A tombstone shop sign warns drivers: We Can Wait Drive Carefully.
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Cleveland
Hazel Witt
Police Women's Bureau
US Vice Consul Henderson Found Dead in Frankfurt
U S vice consul in Frankfurt M Henderson. born Pocahantas Ack. found dead in his apartment from a gunshot wound described as a personal safety related death. Relatives live in Ventura California. Report notes a sharp reaction to unexpected guests.
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Cide Pyasike Lark
V. S. High Commission
Taraay M. Henderson
U S
Frankfurt
Henderson
Pocahantas
Ack
Ventura
Calif
Switchmen Vote for Sunday Strike Across Major Lines
Switchmen in Chicago on Sunday called a strike against five Western and Midwestern railroads, threatening a nationwide walkout on July 1. The Rock Island, Chicago Great Western and others may shut down if workers walk out, while the AFL Switchmen’s Union also strikes against four other lines. Carriers report rejection of wage and hour recommendations from a Presidential fact finding board.
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Chicago
MARS
Hock Island
Pacffc
AFL Switchmen's Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver
Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
Switchmen’s Union
Railroad yard workers in labor act dispute and demands
The article reports on unresolved bargaining between railroad yard workers and management, with unions seeking safer conditions and pay. It notes a 40 hour work week proposal and wage cuts for certain yard roles, while railroad brotherhoods resist some reforms. The dispute involves the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, among others.
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Daniel BP Laumis
Eturman
Association of Western Railroads
Vonge
Unions Press Pay Rake Over Train Crew Rules
The 125,000 operating employees represented by the trainmen and conductors unions demand a sliding pay scale tied to locomotive weight and a shorter basic day for passenger trains. They seek pay rates aligned with 100 miles or five hours instead of the current 150 miles for seven hours.
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