Baptists Warn Catholic Aim to Control United States
Washington report quotes Joseph M. Dawson of the Baptist Joint Committee claiming the Catholic Church seeks to use government to advance its power, finance parochial schools, and pressure for control of U.S. political life while Catholics defend rights under the constitution. He notes Protestant-Catholic tensions amid debates on federal aid to education and church state relations.
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Washington
United States
Baptist Joint Conference Committee On Public Relations
Joseph M. Dawson
Catholic Church
America
Russia
Dawson
Senate
House
The
Baptist Church
United Nations
San Francisco
Quebec jeweler deemed sane in air bombing case
In Quebec, J Albert Guay, charged with blowing up a Canadian Pacific Airlines plane to murder his wife and claim $10000 insurance, is found sane by Dr Gustave Desrochers and other experts after a mental examination. He allegedly planned a home made bomb aboard the aircraft killing 23, including Kennecott Copper executives. Mrs Arthur Pitre admitted placing the bomb but says she did not know its contents. no charges yet.
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Quebec
J. Albert Guay
Gustave Desrochers
Guay
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Baie Comeau
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Arthur Pitre
Wages Rise In 19 Trades In Phoenix 1948 49
Wages increased from 7 percent to 25 cents an hour in 19 building trades in Phoenix from July 1, 1948, to July 1, 1949, per the U S Department of Labor. About two thirds of 53 classifications showed no change. Most gains were 15 to 25 cents an hour, with July 1, 1949 union rates ranging from $1.45 for laborers to $3 for bricklayers and allied crafts.
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Phoenix
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau
North High Mustang Corral Adds Soda Fountain Facilities
North High School updates the Mustang Corral with soda fountain facilities in the recreation center funded largely by six years of student body contributions. The building will open after completion of improvements and a student-teacher supervision plan is created by a 10 member student board. A PTA membership drive pits class against class with a 50 cent fee and daily progress tallied for a final Sept 30. International First Place honors go to the Mustang Roundup for 1948 49 issues. editor Fred Hanna earns a $3,000 Pomona College scholarship.
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Stan Burroway
North High School
Mustang Corral
North Phoenix High Hool Recreation Center
Corral
North High Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Wes Johnson
Chuck Soule
John Seeger
Mustang
NPHS
Quill and Scroll
Northwestern University
Fred Hanna
Pomona College
Coast Rookie Probers Tap Officer's Bed
Los Angeles police suspended officer Robert G. Sumner after a microphone taped to his bedsprings was found. The device, arranged by Internal Affairs, linked to an apartment below. Sumner had been fined 90 days earlier for conduct unbecoming an officer related to debts for a finance company allegedly acting as a bookie front.
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Los Angeles
Robert G. Sumner
Sumner
Department Board of Rights
Guarantee Finance Company
William Parker
Police Bureau of Internal Affairs
Yet Executed For Slaying
BELLEFONTE, Pa. Sept. 2, 1948 AP George A Neill 24 year old Marine veteran convicted of strangling his young niece Isabella Mellon died in the electric chair at Rockview State Prison yesterday Neill said the act was impulsive Governor James H Duff had stayed the execution of James Smith 23 who pleaded guilty in the pistol death of John J Haines a Philadelphia taxi driver during a holdup on Jan 15 1948 Smiths execution was stayed for legal reasons earlier federal court order directed a stay with a habeas corpus hearing set for Oct 4
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Bellefonte
George A. Neill
Rockview State Prison
Neill
Isabella Mellon
James H. Duff
James Smith
Smith
John J. Haines
Philadelphia
Murder Charged In Yreka Slaying
YREKA Calif Sept 27 Second degree murder charges were filed against James F Furlong 68 in the slaying of Delbert Herron 72 a Reedley rancher last Thursday night The district attorney said Furlong a Callahan miner shot Herron during a drinking bout on a ranch near Yreka.
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Yreka
Calif
James F. Furlong
Delbert Herron
Reedley
Fred Orton
Furlong
Callahan
Herron
Compensation Fund Studied by Pacific Coast Actuaries
A Los Angeles actuary, Jack Ede, arrived to begin an annual review of the Arizona Workmen’s Compensation Fund in a meeting with B F Hill of the Arizona Industrial Commission. Ede represents Coates Henforth and England, a leading San Francisco based actuarial firm. The review follows prior concerns and a six point call for law changes. no insolvency is declared, but a prior special check warned of potential failure without reform. The article also notes the origin of the term crow s nest from Viking use of live crows on ships.
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Pacific Coast
Arizona Workmen's Compensation Fund
Jack Ede
Los Angeles
B. F. Hill
Arizona Industrial Commission
Ede
Coates, Henforth
England
San Francisco
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