Carpenters Quit AFL in Rift Over No-Raid Pact
The Carpenters Union with 822,000 members severs ties with the AFL amid disputes over a no raid agreement with the CIO. Maurice Hutcheson faults AFL leadership for failing to curb intra union fights, while George Meany defends the merger move. Meany signals the split could impact broader labor unity and jurisdictional disputes within the AFL.
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Norman Walker
Chicago
AFL
CIO
Carpenters Union
Carpenters ‘Group
Carpenters
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Hutcheson
George Meany
Federation
Meany
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
Labor Federation of Miners
AFL Teamsters
CIO Steelworkers
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
New York
Clovis Pilot Among Ten Named For U S POW Return Flight
A 10 member POW repatriation crew boarded the second post armistice flight from Tokyo to the United States. Col Thomas Harrison of Clovis New Mexico, a 1939 NM Military Institute graduate, hoped to reunite with his wife Doris and daughter in San Francisco after arriving at Walter Reed for a new leg. His family traveled from Clovis to San Francisco awaiting the ex POW.
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Tokyo
U. S
United States
Army
Army Public Information
Korea
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
James Davis
Mullins
D. C
Thomas
Harrison
Clovis
N. M
Edgar J. Hinton
St. Louis
William Hubbard
San
Cal Harrison
Doris
San Francisco
Walter Reed Hospital
Col Harrison
New Mexico
Col. Harrison
Japan
Thomas D. Harrison
Barbara Ann
Ray Harrison
West Coast
Judge Harris To Set New Date For Execution
Arthur Fay Johnson, 55, faces to be the first man in six years to die in New Mexico’s electric chair after the State Supreme Court affirmed his murder conviction. The court also freed Johnson’s wife Lucille, ruling insufficient evidence supported her life sentence. Dist. Judge George T. Harris will set a new execution date.
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Santa FE (Ap
Arthur Fay Johnson
New Mexico
State Supreme Court
William Cabrel
Johnson
Lucille
George T. Harris
Roswell
Supreme Court
Cabrel
Johnston
Childn
Compton
McGhee
Lujan
Seymour
Dist
John R. Brand
Lea County
Sadler
U. S. Supreme Court
Weather Record Shows Temperatures and Precipitation
Reading at three hour intervals yesterday and today records highs and lows with a highest 93 and a lowest 67. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending 11 a.m. reports none with year to date 5.35 inches. normal year to date 1.37 inches. Sunrise 5 19. sunset 13.5 hours. forecast calls for swelling cloudiness through Friday with little precipitation today.
Amarillo Mystery Man Speaks After Critical Wounding
Walter Ellis, 46, Newark, N J, talked with officers for the first time since being found critically wounded on a ranch 20 miles west of Amarillo. He was near the nude body of Matilda Taylor, a former Tulsa waitress, who had been shot in the back of the head. Ellis said the last thing he remembered was shooting at an empty thermos bottle.
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Amarillo
Walter Ellis
Paul Gaither
Ellis
Farmington man fears wife and children missing since July
Dale McKown of Farmington reports his wife Joyce, 24, and their two children missing since July 22. He says she phoned her mother in Chicago and said she was going to Durango amid fears she may have suffered memory loss.
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Farmington
Dale McKown
Joyce
Chicago
Durango
Reds claim right to hold back prisoners
Panmunjom reports another 400 prisoners freed as the Reds warn they may detain Allied captives awaiting trial. Among the released are 75 Americans, 175 British and 260 South Koreans. The exchange continued amid U S and UN disagreements over Geneva Conventions and armistice terms. The day’s mass release followed earlier groupings from Camp 1 at Chongsong and Camp 5 at Pyoktong with reduced violence and relief at the weathered border yard.
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Panmunjom
Chongsong
Pyoktong
Yalu
Camp 1
Camp 5
Red China
Dulles
U. N. Command
UNC
Peiping
United States
U. S. State Department
Washington
U. S
Reds
Kaesong
Five Children Perish in Old Ice Box Incident
Five Hallman children aged 2 to 9 suffocated in an abandoned ice box on a farm porch near Proctor Arkansas. Deputies found twins Odie and Tommy in overalls, Edward and Wesley in blue jeans, and Barbara Ann in a colorful dress. Coroner T H McGough ruled no foul play. mother Mrs J W Hallman reported the box trapped them after it was discarded by a nearby store. Father J W Hallman was away at work in Rockford Illinois.
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Proctor
Ark
Edward Hallman
T.H. McGough
Crittenden County
J. W. Hallman
Billy Williams
Odie
Tommy
Edward
Wesley
Barbara Ann
Rockford, Ill
N M Transportation Drivers Receive Safety Awards in Roswell
In Roswell a dinner at the Nickson Hotel honored 13 New Mexico Transportation Co. drivers for accident free service, led by E L Gaither who logged 1,551,740 miles over 17 years. Paul McCutchen hosted as C L Henry of Commercial Standard Insurance presented the awards citing national highway death figures and Korea era losses.
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Korea
Roswell
New Mexico Transportation Co
E. L. Gaither
Nickson Hotel
C. L. Henry
Commercial Standard Insurance Company
Paul McCutchen
Henry
New Mexico Transpor
Body Identified as Ex Marine Welch in New Mexico
In Albuquerque the FBI confirmed the body found on a mesa west of the city is Ralph Robert Welch, a former Marine. Identification came by fingerprints after the Aug. 7 discovery in a shallow grave ten miles west, following a Denver tip about an escapee from a California hospital named Michael T. Cavanaugh.
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Albuquerque
FBI
Mesa West
Ralph Robert Welch
Here
Denver
California
Michael T.cavanaugh
Eisenhower Enjoys Trout Fishing and Cooking in Colorado Rockies
President Eisenhower fished at 7000 feet near Denver with friend Aksel Nielsen catching rainbow brook and brown trout. He cooked lunch over an open fire and shared the meal with reporters before heading to Denver for meetings with Harry Darby and to sign bills from Congress.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Deriver
Bal F. Swan
Colorado Rockies
North Fork
South Platte River
Aksel Nielsen
Nielsen
Lowry Air Force Base
Harry Darby
Kansas
Congress
American League game final score noted in sparse report
In a short boxed summary the Chicago team fell 4 to 3 in 12 innings to Cleveland. Trucks and Consuegra worked for Chicago with Sheeley behind the plate, while Garcia and Hoo per and Wight were cited for Cleveland along with Hegan.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Trucks
Consuegra
Sheeley
Wilson
Garcia
Hooper
Wight
Hegan
Tie Game In Extra Innings Between Detroit And St Louis
Tie game remains unresolved after nine innings with both teams scoreless until extra innings. Pitchers Garver Bucha Kretlow and Courtney are credited with key outs as the game extends beyond regulation.
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iDetroit
Mt. Louis
Garver
Bucha
Kretlow
Courtney
National League results feature close games and late rallies
In Philadelphia against Pittsburgh the Phillies edged ahead 3 to 4 with late scoring while Miller Lopata Lapalme Atwell contributed on offense. Cincinnati defeated Chicago 10 to 7 behind strong hitting as Baczewski Seminick Polett Simpson Willis and McCullough starred.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Miller
Lopata
Lapalme
Atwell
Cincinnati
Chicago
Baczewski
Seminick
Polett
Simpson
Willis
McCullough
Allies free last Chinese prisoner amid US pressure
The Allies returned the final Chinese Communist prisoner who wished to go home as the United States threatened to withhold some Red captives. In Greece, new earthquakes in the Ionian Islands caused fires dust clouds and cliff collapses reported by radio from the quake zone.
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United States
Athens
Greece
Ionian Islands
Senators Astounded By Election Fraud In New Mexico Contest
A Senate elections subcommittee in Albuquerque reports being astounded by testimony on alleged fraud in the Chavez Chavez election contest. More than 70 witnesses testified, with possible ballot withdrawals from Bernalillo County and questions about Sandia Base voters. Legal challenges arise as Hurley seeks to unseat Chavez.
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Albuquerque
Senate Elections Subcommittee
New Mexico
Bar
Rett
R-Wyo
Potter
R-Mich
A. T. Hannett
Ichavez
Bernalillo County
Barret
Sandia
Chavez
Patrick J. Hurley
Barrett
Pedro V. Alarid
Hurley
Alarid
Angelo J. Giannini
C. B. Sanchez
Sanchez
Giannini
Farmers and Ranchers Urged to Reply to Barbecue Invitation
The Chamber of Commerce urges farmers and ranchers to mail their RSVP cards for the upcoming barbecue next Tuesday evening. President Homer Glover stresses tickets are by invitation only and requests missed invitees contact the chamber to receive tickets.
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Chamber of Commerce
Homer Glover
Chamber
Glover
Alrready
Quake Ravaged Greek Islands Struggle After Fifth Day
Tremors persist as fires rage on Ithaca Kefallinia and Zakynthos. Unofficial death toll nears 1,000 with thousands injured and hundreds still buried. U S Navy cruiser Salem carries doctors supplies to the stricken Ionian islands.
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Athens
Greece
Ionian Sea
Patras
Ithaca
Kefallinia
Zakynthos
Argostolion
Ministry of Interior
Argestolion
Naples
Salem
U.S
Tripoli
Germany
Islanls
Dexter Schools Set to Open August Thirty First
Dexter public schools will begin regular classes on August 31. Registration for students, including new beginners, is set for August 27 and 28 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunchroom tickets cost four dollars for twenty meals for the first three grades and five dollars for grades four through twelve. Buses will follow the same routes as last year.
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Dexter
Dexter Public
Chavez to Tour Boise and Northwest Projects
Three Democratic members of the U S Senate Public Works Committee including Sen Chavez meet in Boise to tour Northwest and Alaskan government projects. They will fly over Hells Canyon early Sunday.
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Chavez
Boise
Idaho
U. S. Senate Public Works Committee
Sen
D-Nm
Northwest
Hells Canyon
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Accident Policy Ad Notice
A brief quirky item notes readers could obtain the accident policy advertised in The Record Want Ads. The line pokes at the quick turnaround from publication to collection, reflecting a local paper’s lighthearted, practical humor.
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Forger
Lester Greathouse
R. Perry Bean
District Court
Ouse
J. C. Jones
Harris
United States Weather Bureau
Arkansas
N. M. Transportation Co
Rockies
Ike
Bulletins
Peter Fitzgerald
Kathleen
Fitzgerald
New York City
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
James Giles
Mrs
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