Judge Sets Monday To Open Mine Union Trial For Contempt
Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech set Monday for the United Mine Workers contempt trial over the coal strike. UMW lawyers challenged the stop-strike order, while government lawyers pressed for swift action as coal supplies strain cities nationwide. Hopkins urged a jury trial. Keech overruled motions to drop charges and ordered continued proceedings.
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Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers
Reech
UMW
Keech
Besi Welly K. Hopkins
Hopkins
Lewis Brother Shot To Death
Thomas A. Lewis aged 67, brother of United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis, was found dead at his Springfield Newfoundland home. Deputy coroner ruled it an apparent self-inflicted death. His wife Leonore reported he had heart problems and had been despondent since his mother’s death.
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Springfield
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Catherine Rutherford
Lewis
Leonore
Noted Figures Comment On Postwar International Action
London Randolph Churchill quotes reflect public sentiment on postwar policy. Senator Millard Tydings warns armed intervention pressures push Western Europeans for favorable terms. Secretary Dean Acheson stresses a strong economic base as key to NATO military security.
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Washington
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Russia
Dean Acheson
North Atlantic
Truck Upset Raises Auto Deaths To 56
Francis W. Schellhase of Phoenix died instantly when his beer-laden truck overturned on the Prescott Ashfork Highway near Ashfork. The 56th highway fatality this year, he left Phoenix with a 38,000 pound beer load en route to Flagstaff.
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Flagstaff
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Arizona Highway Patrol
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Apache Junction
Clarence Brown
Blackfoot
Ida
Maricopa County Hospital
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40Th Street
House Readies Traffic Code For Passage
The Arizona House advanced the Uniform Traffic Code toward passage and third reading after near full adoption of sections. A proposed eight foot six inch width for trucks failed, while a ban on visible TV sets in cars passed. Additional appropriations were introduced for agriculture, mines, National Guard, and mineral resources.
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W. E. Craig
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Arizona Agriculture and Horticulture Commission
Harold Giss
Yuma
A. J. Bisjack
Yavapai
Arch Bartlett
Pinal
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Arizona National Guard
Max Connolly
Lewis Burch
Ed Ellsworth
Maricopa
State Department of Mineral Resources
Laborites Stagger To Victory in Narrow Parliament Edge
London Feb 24 The Labor Party barely won the parliamentary election and faced a toll of seats as 311 for Labor, 286 for Conservatives and allies, and seven for the Liberal Party with 21 seats still uncounted. Conservatives cannot reach a majority of 313 in the 625 seat House. Labor leaders say a 30 seat margin over opposition was needed for an effective Parliament.
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Trafalgar Square
Britain
Truman Delays Rail Strike by Naming Emergency Board
President Truman set up an emergency fact finding board to avert a nationwide railroad strike. The board will investigate the dispute between carriers and the Brotherhoods of Railway Conductors and Railroad Trainmen, with 30 days to report and a 30 day cooling off period before any strike can occur.
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Truman
Cleveland
Railway Labor Act
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Missing Dancer Sought in Hollywood Disappearance
A search for Joyce Taylor a 25 year old dancer who vanished from her Hollywood hotel last Wednesday continues. Her mother Emma Hackett of Sun Valley fears possible foul play and has reported the disappearance to police.
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Joyce Taylor
Emma Hackett
Sun Valley
Naval Attache Karpe Found Dead in Alpine Tunnel
Vienna reports Capt. Eugene S. Karpe United States naval attache at Bucharest was found mutilated in an Alpine tunnel near Salzburg. Officials probe possible murder tied to espionage rumors amid ties to Robert A. Vogeler and Hungarian court case. Autopsy to decide cause of death. Navy notes he held a Navy Commendation Ribbon and traveled on the Orient Express.
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Robert A. Vogeler
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Austria
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Two American Mormon Missionaries Freed and Expelled
Two U S Mormon missionaries Stanley Abbott of Lehi Utah and C Alden Johnson of Idaho Falls Idaho were released by Czech authorities after being held since January 28 for entering a prohibited area. They were expelled from Czechoslovakia and flown to Zurich Switzerland. Eleven other missionaries were expelled earlier, part of Prague s crackdown as the church withdraws American staff under new Czech church laws requiring Czech citizenship loyalty oaths and state salaries.
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Midwest Cold Blast Sends Midwest Temperatures Plunging
The Associated Press reports a cold air outbreak from Canada swept the Midwest driving temperatures to about 30 degrees below zero. Blustery winds and snow-covered ground marked the record chill across multiple states as residents faced harsh winter conditions.
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Canada
Prescott Prisoner Describes Slaying Of Father In Brawl
Prescott AP report details Marine W James 27 who confessed to killing his father Stanley James 54 at Clawson Michigan after Thanksgiving 1947 following a dispute over his pending divorce. He described firing six shots after his father warned of burning Nine Acre Place. Buried body. family pact of secrecy. later confession to police. Meanwhile severe winter storm rolls east with heavy snow in Chicago and northern states, subzero temps in Minnesota and North Dakota, and mixed precipitation across the Northwest.
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Carson W. James
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Clawson
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David H. Palmer
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Palmer
Stanley James
Detroit
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Carson
Fatal logging railroad crash near Castle Rock
Four workmen died when a logging railroad speeder crashed during a bridge washout near Castle Rock Washington. John F Victory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics said American scientists are testing hypersonic speeds five times the speed of sound. A municipal judge ordered the new Country Club Hotel in Hollywood demolished or moved.
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John F. Victory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Hollywood
Markets At A Glance From New York Sl eeanae
Market snapshot shows steadiness in bonds and cotton with cautious tone across grains. Chicago wheat weaker on liquidation while corn holds firm on cash demand. trades referenced intraday times and indices for early session guidance.
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New York
Trade and Commission Nan
Eser
TSE
Courthouse Burns Manistee Prisoners Sent Home
A spectacular fire destroyed the 80-year-old Manistee County courthouse in Michigan early today leaving a total loss with only the walls standing. Five prisoners aided in fighting the flames and were sent home pending new jail quarters while two other inmates remained held by state police for transfer to the penitentiary. Firemen from Manistee and six nearby communities battled embers driven by wind toward a residential area. no injuries were reported. Sheriff Harry Holmgren released jailed inmates as flames surged through the second floor shortly before midnight.
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Manistee, Mich
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Manistee County
State Penitentiary
Manistee
Harry Holmgren
Prices Drop Again as GM Cuts Pay and Prices
Government data show consumer prices down 0.4 percent from mid December to mid January, with the price index at 66.9 percent above the 1935 39 average. General Motors announces immediate pay cuts and lowers prices on passenger cars and trucks, effective now, with further shifts in cost of living allowances slated for March 1.
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Labor Department
General Motors
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Price Administration
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