GE Must Cut Half Of Lamp Plant Capacity In Suit
The government seeks a court order forcing General Electric to halve its light bulb production facilities by divesting plants and equipment, ending ties with allied lamp firms, and granting access rights to licensed visitors for five years. The decree targets large and miniature bulbs, glass parts, lamp bases, and tungsten components, amid prior Sherman Act convictions.
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Trenton
N. J
U. S
General Electric Company
Philip Forman
Forman
United States
Whitney N. Seymour
General Electric
Leonard G. Emmerglick
International General Electric Company, Inc
New York
Corning Glass Works
Corning
N. Y
Philips’ Gloeslampfabrieken
Holland
Consolidated Electric Lamp Co
Danvers, Mass
Hygrade Sylvania Corp
Salem
Mass
Chicago Miniature Lamp Works
Chicago
Tung-Sol Lamp Works
Newark
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Tibet Offered Regional Autonomy by Chinese Communists
Peiping radio broadcast offered Tibet regional autonomy if Tibetans and the Dalai Lama achieve peaceful liberation. The message warned Tibet would be liberated anyway and urged a negotiating delegation to come to Peiping. A Tibetan delegation is in India and may travel to Hong Kong in June to seek contact with the Reds.
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San Francisco
Tibet
China
Peiping Radio
Lit
Hsijao Chia-Tso
Tsinghai Province
Peiping
Associated Press
Hsijao
Dalai Lama
India
Hong Kong
Baltimore tavernkeepers fined over sales tax case
Three tavernkeepers in Baltimore were convicted of violating Maryland sales tax law and received fines with suspended jail sentences. Judge Joseph Sherbow said penalties would remove any profit motive from business people who collected tax money from customers.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Joseph Sherbow
National Wildlife Week Proclaimed by FDR in 1938
The article notes that National Wildlife Week was first proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, marking the origin of the week dedicated to wildlife and conservation.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Berlin Defends Freedom Amid Communist Youth March
Mayor Ernst Reuter vowed West Berlin would defend its freedom against Communist influence during the Whitsuntide weekend as thousands journeyed to the city. He claimed the Kremlin orchestrated the rally, calling it a Mussolini march on Rome to seize Berlin, and urged German parents to heed the warning.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Reuter
Free Berlin
Unter den Linden
DFJ
Ttias
Rome
West Berlin Police Guard Against Communist Invasion
Deputy Police Chief Hans Urban told a West Berlin club that protective measures including tear gas stocks are ready for emergencies. He said the 13,000 West Berlin police are reliable, contrasting with the Russian sector's People's Police, and warned many would desert in a real clash. Urban suggested reinforcement for Whitsun tide and noted initial Allied estimates of 9,000 with 2,000 more authorized. Baltimore voters improperly registered total 103,090, with 110,009 expected. Vincennes marked early Indiana Territory capital.
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West
Urban
Whitsuntide
Baltimore
Board of Election Supervisors
Dan Tobin Expects Taft's Re-Election
Labor leader Dan Tobin, AFL Teamsters president and longtime Democrat, writes in The Teamster that his personal view is Taft will win re election in Ohio to the U S Senate. He notes Taft’s vigorous campaign but cites lack of unity in the opposition. Ohio auditor Joseph Ferguson has won the Democratic nomination against Taft.
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Washington
Dan Tobin
Taft
Ohio
Tobin
AFL
Teamsters Union
Democratic Party
the Teamster
United States Senate
Joseph Ferguson
Roosevelt
Cam
Labor Leaders Urged to Rally Against Taft-Hartley in Ohio
The speaker urged labor to back the Democrats as the path to repeal Taft-Hartley, noting campaigns in 1932 1936 1846 and 1844 and urging leaders to start rolling up votes against Taft in Ohio while aluminum ore and manganese are exported from the Gold Coast of West Africa.
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Paigns
Congress
Tobin
Taft
Ohio
Gold Coast
West Africa
Strawberries Ripening Opens Auction At Crisfold
Straw berry season nears full swing in lower Somerset county with Berry volume rising this week after a small harvest and recent market sales. The scene shifts as the auction block opens, signaling active trade in local berries.
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Crisfold
Somerset County
Marlow Station Reports Strawberry Shipments Delayed
Marlow Station notes a small shipment of crates with the seagoats delayed by cool weather about ten days. Growers say strawberry supply prospects range from fair to good despite the late timing and shipping hiccups.
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Marlow
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Germany
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Tot Ariees
Elgin, Gruen
Bulova
Stieff
Doll’s Jewelry Store
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Indiana Territory
Frederick
Jacobson
Edward Siedling
Norva Ave
Walter Snow
Markell & Ford
Prescription
Pearre
White Cross
White Cross Medical Surgical
White Cross Plan
Dept
Bankers Life & Casualty Company
York Road
America
Damascus. Electric CO
Damascus, MD
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