Government seeks injunction to end railroad strike
The United States asks a federal court in Cleveland to order three rail unions to stop the walkout on two rail lines immediately. About 6,000 workers are on strike and 25,000 NYC employees have been laid off as negotiations stall over working rules and pay. The union leaders pledge readiness to negotiate despite the government action.
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Cleveland
Emerich B. Freed
Justice Department
Army
New York Central
Buffalo
St. Louis
Brotherhood of Railroad
U. S
Chicago
Washington
Nyc
R. O. Hughes
The
Order of
Railway Conductors
D.B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
J. P. Shields
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Abandon Kent County Well At 7 704 Feet
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company has plugged and abandoned its No 1 A J J Emery Estate well in Central North Kent County. It reached total depth of 7 704 feet in lower Pennsylvanian lime and shale. A second well near Clairemont shows gas and oil in the Pennsylvanian reef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
J. J. Emery
North
Kent County
Clairemont
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont Pool
H&tc
Superior Oil
A. Wood
Salt Creek
John Rodman
Fisher Wildcat Noranda Oil Corp
L. T. Lohman
Peeler Bros
M. T. Board
Fisher County
Rotan
Ellenburger
Scurry County
Helmleigh
Securry County
Humble Oil No
James Davidson
Texaco No
P. L. Fuller
Scurry Wildcat
Bevan Beats Attlee in London Party Meeting
Aneurin Bevan defeated a moderates bid to censure him over Labor rearmament policy at a London meeting. The censure failed 172-62 as Attlee faced boos. A watered-down stand ing orders revision limited leadership discipline but left Bevanite loopholes.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Attlee
Bevan
Commissioners Move To Cut Hospital Construction Costs
County officials, architects, and the Cogdell Memorial Hospital’s benefactor met to explore lowering costs by thinning the roof and changing glass and steel. Actions pending state approval in Austin, with bids to be awarded later this week if allowed.
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
D. M. Cogdell
Commissioners Court
Edgar Taylor
State Health Department
Austin
Taylor
Taft Seeks Southern Support in San Antonio Speech
Republican candidate Robert A. Taft pitched to 3,350 at Municipal Airport outlining a platform for Southern Democrats include free enterprise, lower taxes, reduced federal spending, and a tougher foreign policy. He attacked Truman Acheson policy over Korea and called for a decisive stance against communism and Red China.
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San Antonio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Municipal
Texas
Ohio
Truman
Vote Today On One Amendment To Tidelands Bill
The Senate prepared to vote on the first of about a dozen amendments to a federal offshore lands bill. The proposed change would strip Federal claims from lands beneath inland navigable waters and bar future Federal claims to docks and structures extending into offshore areas.
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Senate
Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Supreme Court
D-Wya
Anderson
D-Nm
McFarland
Dariz
Hill
D-Ala
Douglas
Dill
Wiley
R-Wis
Lehman
Dlib-Ny
Murray
D-Mont
Case
R-Sd
Moody
D-Mich
Sparkman
Humphrey
Dminn
Aiken
R-Vt
Fulbright
D-Ark
Benton
Secretary of Interior
Moscow Prints Yank's Diary Excerpts Stir Moscow Press
Moscow reports reprint of Maj Gen Robert W Grow diary excerpts from a book published in East Germany. The diary suggests wartime plans against Russia and urges immediate action, prompting Western authorities to call the diary a Soviet theft and publication.
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Moscow
Literary Gazette
Robert W. Grow
U. S
East Germany
Grow
Russia
Berlin
Richard Squires
East
Germany
Washington
Frankfurt
Batista Rebels Seize Cuba Backed by Army in Ouster
Fulgencio Batista ousted President Carlos Pino Socarro with Army backing in Havana, appointing a 15 member civilian cabinet and declaring a temporary suspension of Congress. He promised elections after a cleanup of government and said he might become prime minister.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Carlos Pino Socarro
Caribbean
Pino
Prio
United Nations
Gerardo Machado
Florida
Ramon Grau San Martin
Congress
Death Threats Rise After Bank Robber Sleuth's Killing
NYC launches a major manhunt for a killer linked to the Willie Sutton arrest. Mayor Impellitteri proposes a 25000 reward as Schuster family and Sutton associates face new threats. Police guard details surround the funeral and victims' kin amid a tense Brooklyn vigil.
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New York
Willie Sutton
New York City
Arnold Schuster
Sutton
Vincent R. Impellitteri
City Board of Estimate
Schuster
Brooklyn
George P. Monaghan
Young Schuster
Schusters
Jack Peene
Peene
Mary
Max
Ethel
Soviets push quick Big Four meeting on German unity and peace
Soviet Union proposed an immediate Big Four conference to reunite Germany and draft a peace treaty. Moscow urged talks on German unification and a treaty with Western allies, while warning against German rearmament and alliances.
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Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Pravda
Washington
State Department
Michael McDermott
U. S
Big Four
Poland
Government Settles On Mineral Rights At Lake Texoma
Federal government agrees to settle with mineral rights owners after condemning land for Lake Texoma. Claimants had sought 17 to 20 dollars per acre for 30,000 acres, totaling 600 thousand dollars. Compromise offers about five dollars per acre, totaling around 150 thousand dollars.
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Muskogee
Okla
Lake Texoma
Filling Station Is Robbed Here
A lone bandit robbed the Jones Gulf Service Station at 2200 Twenty-fifth Street last night, taking 48 dollars and 58 cents from the cash register while two attendants serviced cars. Police describe the male burglar as about 25, five feet nine, 170 pounds, wearing a light green shirt and khaki pants with a cloth hat. no arrest reported.
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Snyder
Jones Gulf
Twenty - Fifth Street
L. D. Whitehead
Gail Pettitt
Cecil Osborne
Tom DeShazo
Cleanup Man Before Hearing a Tell Of Deals With China
Newbold Morris, the government cleanup man, testifies before the Senate investigations subcommittee on his role in ship deals and trading with Communist China. He heads the China International Foundation and United Tanker Corp, which hauled oil to Reds aboard U.S. flag ships until June 1950. Witnesses say Morris also served as lawyer for the China Trading and Industrial Corp, a Nationalist firm linked to shipments to Red China. The probe, led by Sen. Hoey, questions propriety and possible attempts to halt the shipments amid a broader Justice Department inquiry into ties between China Trading, the foundation, and United Tanker.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Senate
Morris
China International Foundation, Inc
United Tanker Corp
U.S
Houston H. Wasson
Red China
China
China Trading and Industrial Corp
Sen. Hoey
D-Nc
Wasson
China International Foundation
United Tanker
Capitol Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Justice Department
China Trading Corp
Foundation
China Trading
United
Willard L. Thorp
L. James Falck
State Department
Arthur G. Syran
Mutual Security Administration
Weather Becomes Close to Freezing as Temperatures Dip
Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn, a weather observer, reports a 33 degree low last night and 7:30 AM reading, with yesterday's high at 59 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Weather summaries for Texas regions
West Texas reports partly cloudy and warm with scattered light showers tonight and Wednesday. Far West Texas forecast colder and cloudy with showers. South Central Texas sees mild conditions with scattered showers Wednesday. North Central Texas expects partly cloudy skies tonight and cooler conditions Wednesday with showers.
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Texas
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