Lewis asks unions for millions to aid steelworkers strike
John L. Lewis urged 10 major unions to contribute 2.5 million dollars weekly to fund an indefinite welfare program for striking steelworkers and their allied efforts with Philip Murray and the CIO. He proposed United Mine Workers and nine AFL unions commit 250,000 dollars weekly via their offices to assist the Steelworkers.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Green
UMW
United Steelworkers
Murray
CIO
Steelworkers Union
Canton Silent Communists Coup Expected in Canton
Hong Kong reports suspended radio and telephone links with Canton as Communist forces near the city. Explosions rocked Canton, a bridge span damaged, warehouses burned, and British border patrols tightened while trains and Canton flights were halted.
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Hong Kong
INS
Canton
Tottering
Pearl River
White Cloud
Kowloon
Arizona Tax Ruling Triggers Landlord Rush and Fees
Arizona landlords rush to file forms after a Tax Commission ruling taxing gross rentals as sales tax. About 3,000 businesses may be required to pay, with the Sales Tax Division overwhelmed by calls from owners protesting or seeking guidance. Many had signed long-term leases before the ruling. The order covers most rental property including store buildings warehouses and parking lots.
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Tax Commission
Commission
Joe Hunt
Hunt
New Senator from Idaho Appointed to Succeed Miller
Idaho appoints Henry C. Dworshak a Republican former Burley publisher to fill the late Bert H. Miller’s seat. Miller died in Washington and was buried in Boise. Idaho will elect two senators in 1950 for the four year and six year terms.
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Boise
Ida
Henry C. Dworshak
United States
Bert H. Miller
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Burley
Miller
Washington
Glen H. Taylor
House Group Okays Billion For Arms Aid
The House approved and sent to the Senate a bill totaling 1.314 billion dollars for foreign arms aid and 187 million for new military construction. Cash totals 1.038 billion, with 500 million in contract authority for arms and 92 million for military projects. Witnesses including Undersecretary James Webb and Gen. Omar N. Bradley testified it would deter Soviet aggression.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Alaska
Okinawa
Congress
James Webb
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Louis Johnson
Sailor Killed in West Van Buren Crash Near Litchfield Park
A Navy man Virgil L. McEachern, 28, was killed and Alvin F. Boatman, 22, was seriously injured when their car overturned at Lateral 21 and West Van Buren Street. Both stationed at Naval Air Facility Litchfield Park. Boatman, thrown from the car, reached a farmer’s home before collapsing. The wreck occurred after the vehicle left the road and struck irrigation ditches. The driver owned the car and was aided by residents and officials including Patrolman Peter Kanton and ambulance crews.
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Kenneth Arline
Navy
Lateral 21
West van Buren Street
Virgil L. McEachern
Alvin F. Boatman
St. Monica's Hospital
Naval Air Facility
Litchfield Park
Boatman
Kanton
van Buren Street
Noted Figures Speak on Policy and Peace
International News Service reports quotes from Alfred Ed wards former Labour MP Sir Stafford Cripps Nehru and David E Lilienthal. Ed wards credits US loans for full employment Cripps cites gifts from the US Lilienthal urges democracy spirit after Russia atomic test Nehru warns victory needs peace and lasting reconciliation Lewis predicts miners can win without aid at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
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New York
Alfred Edwards
Stafford Cripps
United States
Methodist Bishops Here For Meeting
Three United States Methodist bishops arrived in Phoenix for a day of meetings at Central Methodist Church. Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of New York City, Bishop James Chamberlain Baker of Los Angeles, and Bishop W Angie Smith of Oklahoma City spoke on advance for Christ and His Church.
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Phoenix
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York City
United States
James Chamberlain Baker
Los Angeles
W. Angie Smith
Oklahoma City
Westward Ho
Christ and His Church
Central Methodist Church
North Central Avenue
Oxnam
Bishop Smith
Frank M. Toothaker
Methodist
Arizona
Women’s Societies of Christian Service
Asia
Rigid Czech Curbs Clamped On Church
In Prague the National Assembly passed two anti church bills by unanimous vote to take effect November 1, placing all church affairs under government control and reducing clergy to civil service status. The move follows a crackdown that sent thousands to jails or concentration camps with sentences up to two years. estimates of arrests reach as high as 40,000.
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Eugene Dennis
U. S. Supreme Court
Communist Party
Communist National Board
Medina
Prague
Czechoslovakia
National Assembly
Cluss
Cabinet Meeting Honors Tom Clark
President Truman’s weekly Cabinet meeting honored Tom C. Clark, the new associate justice of the Supreme Court. Clark visited the White House to meet Cabinet officials he previously sat with as attorney general.
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Washington
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
White House
Attornney
Six year old Tommy not the kidnapped son
Blood tests at the University of Michigan Hereditary Clinic show 6 year old Tommy ONeill is not the kidnapped child of Dayton Ohio couple Arthur and Mrs Thompson. A Senate House conference committee agrees on raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. A Senate group links Nazi war crimes trial discredit efforts to revitalize German nationalism and possible rapprochement with Russia. A three hour senate and house conference fails to settle price support deadlock.
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International News Service
The
Associated Press
United Press
University of Michigan Hereditary Clinic Today
Tommy” O’neill
Arthur Thompson
Dayton
Ohio
Senate House
Senate
Germany
Russia
New York Stocks Drift Lower as Rails Waver
Mixed trading with quiet BO and irregular rail moves. Cotton activity subdued while corn shows weakness and cash prices ease. Cattle remain fully steady with high quality bids, closing mixed in a fragile market tone.
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New York
Chicago
Classified Guide for Readers Page 18 19 20
The notice outlines how to navigate the Holywood classified pages on pages 18 19 and 20. It directs readers to locate listings by category such as jobs real estate and services and explains formatting to aid quick scanning.
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Holywood
Jeoman’s
Tribe Rejects Aid Bill, Asks Education First
Navajo Tribal Council rejects the $88 million Rehabilitation Bill, delaying long-range plans. Allan G. Harper, Navajo Agency superintendent, says most of 60,000 Navajos favor education first and oppose current provisions including the Fernandez amendment for state court jurisdiction. If Nixon vetoes, Indians would press for a long-range program and unite. irrigation projects on the San Juan River are seen as beneficial. Henry Tallman, Navajo Catholic Conference president, concurs with focus on education before broader federal aid.
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Esther Clark Gazette
Window Rock
Navajo Tribal Council
Allan G. Harper
Navajo Agency
Sam Ahkeah
Harper
Fernandez
St. Michael's Mission
Here
San Juan River
New Mexico
Henry Tallman
Navajo Catholic Conference
St. Michael's
Tallman
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Webb
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Peter Kanton
LaMarr Kennedy
Tony Silvio
Kanton, Kennedy
McEachern
Tolleson
Arthur Webster
Kennedy
R. C. Todd
Carrie Todd
North 23Rd Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
24Th Street
Indian School Road
Herbert Hodgson
Todd
Frank Gerbig
Tempe
Harold R. Medina
William Z. Foster
Harry Sacher
Thelma Dial
Sacher
Richard F. Gladstein
San Francisco
Louis F. McCabe
Philadelphia
George W. Crockett, Jr
Detroit
Abraham J. Isserman
Dennis
Jacob Stachel
Propaganda and
Gilbert Green
Illinois
John Gates
Daily Worker
Benjamin Davis, Jr
Gus Hall
Irving Potash
CIO For Workers Union
Robert Thompson
Nehru
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
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Clarkson Harker
Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
Humboldt
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Alexej Cepicka
Josef Ploshar
Tom Clark
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