Labor predicts end of Taft-Hartley ban on closed shop
Labor leaders and business groups expect the 81st Congress to legalize the closed shop, replacing bans with new union shop rules. Taft suggests a "closed union" ban may appear, while the Chamber notes radical changes to Taft-Hartley are likely, potentially legalizing union shop contracts in coal and maritime sectors and extending maintenance of membership provisions in steel contracts.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Chamber’ of Commerce of the
Business Action
John L. Lewis
Taft-Harley
International Typographical Union
AFL
Westinghouse to Build Navy Atomic Power Unit
Westinghouse Electric Corp awarded by Atomic Energy Commission to develop the world’ s first atomic propulsion power plant for U S Navy ships. Project aims to burn uranium in a shipboard reactor, with completion timelines uncertain, possibly two to six years.
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Associated
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Navy
Chicago
Commission
Charles H. Weaver
Westinghouse
Atomic Power Division
Weaver
Washington
Schenectady
N.Y
Air Force Rescue of 12 Airmen on Greenland Icecap
The Air Force reports the successful rescue of 12 airmen stranded on a Greenland icecap. Lt. Col. Emil J. Beaudry landed a C-47 on the wind swept cap and flew the men to Bluie West Eight in 38 minutes. The Saipan carrying a Navy helicopter rescue team also headed to the area.
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Associated Press
Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Emil J. Beaudry
Manchester
Northland
Bluie West
Beaudry
U.S.S
Saipan
Norfolk
Tnd
Navy
Tinto Port
Argentia
Newfoundland
Arctic
Col
Bernie Balchen
Balchen
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Alaska
Icecap Operation Cost Half Million
The Associated Press reports the Greenland air rescue of 12 air force men may have cost near a half million dollars. The chain includes a $100,000 C-47 crash, three rescue failures, and at least 14 aircraft in operation across the Arctic, with the carrier Saipan deployed from Norfolk to Greenland before the men were saved. McDowell resting well in Beckley Hospital after a heart attack at home.
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Associated Press
Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Fce
Alaska
Navy
Saipan
Norfolk
North Atlantic
McDowell
Beckley -Post-Herald
Beckley Hospital
Williams Street
Atches
Weather summary for Beckley region with snow flurries
Occasional rain and mild today give way to snow flurries and a windy colder night. Thursday looks partly cloudy and very cold with additional snow flurries in the northeast. Precipitation in 24 hours ends with trace. Rivers Greenbrier and New supply remain high but nearly clear.
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Nartion
Beckley
Cteres
Greenbrier
New
Battle of Negev Virtually Ended
Reports from Israeli and United Nations sources indicate the second battle of the Negev has tentatively halted with observers in southern Palestine saying all quiet. An Israeli spokesman cited slackening combat while UN observers noted a halt unless Egypt can reinforce across Gaza border, leaving the coastal corridor potentially isolated.
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Associated Press
Tel Aviv
United Nations
The
Negev
U.N
Haifa
Palestine
Egypt
Gaza
State Air Board Seeks $692,417 for Two Years
CHARLESTON The State Aeronautics Commission plans to ask the 1949 Legislature for 692,417 dollars annually for the next two fiscal years to fund airport construction and operations. The request includes salaries, operating expenses, and equipment, with aims to hire a field inspector and buy another airplane to expand facilities. The commission also backs an airport authority act, zoning protections for airport approaches, and a state law to suspend federal pilot certificates for safety violations. A meeting is set for January 5 to refine proposed legislation.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Aeronautics Commission
Hubert H. Stark
Spector
Roosevelt to Answer Questions Over Actress Wound
Elliott Roosevelt plans to go to Poughkeepsie today to answer questions by authorities about how his actress wife Faye Emerson slashed her wrist. He will appear at the Dutchess County District Attorney's office to testify about the incident. Eight stitches were required to close the wound after the Christmas gathering at their Hyde Park home.
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Associated Press
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Faye Emerson
Roosevelt
W. Vincent’ Grady
Dutchess County
Hyde Park
Vassar Brothers Hospital
Demos May Use Draft To Get 5th Spy Prober
The Associated Press reports that new House Democrats shun the Un-American Activities Committee seat. Leadership may draft a fifth member as the committee majority shifts, with Rayburn weighing the options after the new Congress begins. Four Democrats return, while several Republicans depart, shaping the panel’s future composition.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
New House
Democrats
Un-American Activities Committee
Miva Wuaunaseees
Rayburn
Tex
New Democratic House
Congress
Wood
Georgia
Miner Testifies In Fatal Eastern Gas Blast
Negro miner Alvin Poindexter testified at a county courthouse hearing that a safety lapse and missing gas checks contributed to a December explosion at the Stotes bury mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He said a broken control box and unventilated face allowed gas buildup. fellow worker Lloyd Eans died and two others were hurt. James Holland, another injured miner, was to testify.
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Stotesbury
Eastern Gas ‘and Fuel Associates
Alvin Poindexter
Lloyd Eans
Poindexter
Stahl
State Mines
Arch J. Alex
Ander
Alex Q. Miller
Mount Hope
U.S. Bureau of Mines
C. E. Jones
United ‘Mine Workers District 29
C. “A. Stahl
Eastern
Gas and Fuel Associates
James Holland
West Virginia Briefs Report Diphtheria Immunization Push
Health Commissioner N H Dyer notes diphtheria cases rose slightly with 203 reported this year, up from 170 in all of 1947, as vaccination urged for children before age one. Harrison County recount declares Firehagh Reynolds winner by 44 votes. Bumgardner to appeal. York Imperial apple variety accounts for about 40 percent of WV crop with 3,036,000 bushels. crop up 8 percent from 1947, but 15 percent below 1943-46 average. 231 WV men inducted into peacetime Army after two week furloughs for Christmas. Ray mond Simmons 41, Logan County Coal Corp. assistant foreman dies, toll at 40 for the year.
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Associatestress
Charleston
N. H. Dyer
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Firehagh Reynolds
Barrison County
Keli
Bumgardner
Federal
York
West
Logan
Raymond Simmons
Logan County Coal Corporation
Logan County
Wife Killer Sentenced In Charleston Case
Monty Willis, 32, of Spring Hill, was given a life term for the first degree murder of his wife last May 24 after pleading guilty to the charge. In Morgantown, speakers for the annual dairy short course will include Dr. R. E. Hodreen of Washington, D. C., and Eugene Meyer.
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Charleston
Monty Willis
Spring Hill
Willis
Morgantown
Jackson
MIM
R. E. Hodreen
Washington,d. C
Bureau of Dairy Intestry
U. 8 Agriculture Department
Eugene Meyer
Hunting-Accident Toll Reported by Conservation Commission
Charleston authorities report 11 fatalities and at least 23 injuries from hunting incidents this year. Five deaths occurred during the deer season earlier this month, per Conservation Commission staff.
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Charleston
the Conservation Commission
Chiang Kai-shek Leads War Peace Talks In Nanking
Nationalist leaders converge in Nanking to discuss war and peace with Chiang Kai-shek while reports of Red underground activity near the capital surface. A government source describes the meeting as a roll call to gauge feasibility of continuing the war with the Communists.
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Associated Press
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Ogra Catey
Chén Cheng
Formosa
Executive Yuan Council
Navy
Air Force
Shanghai
A A
Yangtze
Jin Peiping
Tientsin
Gentru
Lirming
Suchow
jNone
Anti Segregation Order Ignored At Washington Airport
Six African American patrons were refused seating in the main dining room of the National Airport's airport concessions run by Air Terminal Services. Paul C. Boyd, company general manager, said the firm would uphold Virginia segregation laws while its legal department studies the government order issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administrator D W Rentzel. A separate cafeteria for Black patrons was available in the terminal. The encounter was orderly with no names released by participants or reporters.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Washington’ National Airport
Potomac River
Virginia
Paul &. Boyd
Air Terminal Services, Inc
D. W. Rentzel
Civil Aeronautics
CAA
Boyd
Ex Revolutionist Named Premier By King of Egypt
Cairo Egypt a new premier took over today after the assassination of Mahmoud Fahmy Nekrassy Pasha Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha formerly chief of the royal cabinet is named premier by King Farouk He urged Egyptian unity for the Palestine struggle and will likely pursue Nekrashy Pashas policy toward Israel Nokrashy Pasha was shot yesterday by a student in a disguise death details and a military funeral were planned for him
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nekrassy Pasha
Palestine
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Israel
Nokrashy ‘Pasha
Hade Pasha
Abdel Hamid Ahmed Hassan
Nationalist - Moselm Brotherhood
Nokrashy" Pasha
Nokrashy Pasha
Hated Little Girls Mother Admits Killing Infant
Durand Michigan reports a railroad section hand’s wife, Mrs Domingo Rios, confessed in a formal statement that she killed her three weeks old daughter. She said she hated girls from pregnancy onward and admitted beating the infant on December 23 and again on a Tuesday with her fists in a rough box crib. Prosecutor Gerald McClear noted her remarks.
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Associated Press
Durand
Mich
Domingo Rios
Gerald McClear
Rios
Snow Storm Hits Midwestern Area
A Midwest storm swept across Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin with 30 to 50 mph winds and heavy drifting. Transportation slowed and telephone lines were cut isolating several communities. Kearney Nebraska lost power due to a broken line as temperatures descended and further cold was forecast for the region.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Ite
Kearney
Nebr
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Central
Secretary Marshall Resting in Pinehurst After Kidney Operation
Secretary of State George C. Marshall is resting at Liscombe Lodge in Pinehurst North Carolina for an indefinite period. He and Mrs Marshall arrived from Washington after his kidney operation at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington three weeks ago.
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Associated Press
Pinehurst
N. C
George C. Marshall
Liscombe Lodge
Marshall
Washington
Walter Reed, Hospital
Death by Own Action Troops Raiding Dutch Posts
Batavia Java reports Maj Gen U Tomo a fierce republican leader died in action during nightly raids on Dutch posts in the interior. His forces were central to heavy fighting around Madioen recently seized by the Dutch in their police action. Tomo and his men also attacked Kedjokerto Kederi and Malang positions.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Java
U. Tomo
Tomo
Madioen
Republic
Ldo
Kedjokerto
Kederi
Malang
Escape Injury on Plane Crackup
Johnson City Tenn. Fifteen passengers and three crewmen escaped injury when a Piedmont Airliner made a forced landing shortly after takeoff from the Tri-City Airport near here last night. The incident disrupted air service and authorities investigated the cause of the landing emergency.
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Sjohnson City
Tenn
Piedmont
Tri-City
Here
Ouster demanded after mine fire near Kitzmiller
Governor Lane ordered a full investigation into a fatal Novem ber mine fire at the Nethkeen mine near Kitzmiller in which five men were asphyxiated. John Jones of District 116 United Mine Workers urged removal of Tobn. J. Rutledge, chief mines engineer.
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Laund Press
Annapolis
Lane
Mines Bureau
Nethkeen
Kitzmiller
John Jones
District 116
United Mine Workers
Tobn. J. ?Rutledge
Truman Heads Back to Washington After Kansas City Visit
President Truman prepared to depart Fairfax Airport for Washington to push back on Russian blocking of post Potsdam peace efforts. He avoided naming Soviet leaders while asserting Moscow’s refusal to honor Potsdam agreements. A luncheon in Kansas City became a venue for his broad policy remarks and signs of skepticism among aides about his motives.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Truman
Washington
United States
Fairfax
Kansas
Mwatch
Potsdam
Alta
Raleigh Not Affected By C and O Furloughs
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced layoffs including 300 apprentices and shop employees with some paid off and reductions at Hinton and Huntington. No cuts were reported at Raleigh despite several job actions in Hinton and Huntington as rail traffic declined and furloughs continued.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton
Huntington
Raleigh
Hotel Fire Kills 4 in Washington
TWISP Wash An early morning fire destroyed the Campbell Hotel killing at least four people. Firemen and police found four bodies in the wreckage last night with possible additional victims in ashes. Nine escaped though one was a woman. Hotel records were lost leaving exact headcount unknown.
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Associated Press
TWISP
Campbell Hotel
Claude Watkins
Mehow Valley
Reno Is Rocked By Eighth Quake Section
Reno, Nevada shaken by a fresh quake at 4:55 am PST after a night of seven tremors. The brief quake rattled windows and dishes across a broad area, felt from Reno to Marysville about 80 miles away, waking hundreds and breaking some windows.
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Associated Press
Reno
Nev
Sierra Nevada
California
Sacramento Valley
Marysville
Tenacious Detectives Lure Fugitives to Surrender
Los Angeles AP reports a tense scene at the Pacific Electric Railway depot where Det. Fi O Connell confronts Charle H Moore, a 36 year old once of Tescumbia Alabama, wanted for embezzlement. Moore agreed to surrender after a claim that a detective in The Accused inspired him to turn himself in. Officers confirmed the arrest.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charle H. Moore
Tescumbia
State Liquor Centre Board
Pacific Electric Railway
Det
O'Connell
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