US Cracks Down On Lewis Unfair Labor Practice
The NLPB accuses UMW president John L. Lewis of unfair labor practice and seeks to compel bargaining with the Southern Coal Producers Association. Judge Goldsborough set June 1 for a hearing on injunctions while noting prior contempt fines.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
NLPB
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
T. Alan Goldsborough
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Brdgen
Moody
National Labor Relations Board
Moody's Association
UMW
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Goldsborough
Diam
U. S
Justice Department
Department
Hut
Oday
United Nations Halts Fire for 48 Hours in Holy Land Crisis
Arab legionnaires pounded Jerusalem's Jewish quarter with artillery while dynamiters attacked a pillbox near the Hurva synagogue. Israeli troops fired smoke rockets as ammunition ran low. Trans-Jordan's forces pressed from Makof Hayim to Bakaa, aiming to widen the advance toward Mount Scopus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luce
Arab Legion
Old City
Jerusalem
Arab Legionnaires
Legion
Trans-Jordan
Hurva
Abdullah
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Mount Scopus
Makof Hayim
Talpioth
Upper Bakaa
Lower
Bakaa
Notre Dame Hospital
Allenby Square
Carnival Trailer Burns in Suspected Arson
The Fun House of the Beams attractions burned Sunday in Central City with damages listed at 4900 dollars as workers moved to Boswell. Merle A. Beam said the blaze began early and arson is suspected. Pennsylvania state police from Somerset investigated and the fire marshall at Greensburg received the report. The midway attraction’s truck was in the baseball field. The owner had recently been treated for a rattlesnake bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Boswell
Merle A. Beam
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Corp. A. €. Woods
Greensburg
Closed Shop For Lawyers In Hi Court
The seven justices of the State Supreme Court debated closing shop rules for lawyers in Harrisburg. The discussion yielded no decision as the court deferred action. The case involves Wendell B Stewart of Montgomery county who practices in Philadelphia and seeks admission without full certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard A. Unger
Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Marion D. Patterson
George W. Maxey
Horace Stern
Alvin Jones
Wendell B Stewart
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Lawmakers weigh changes to Taft-Hartley act including discharging subversives
Rep. Landis urges amending Taft-Hartley to deny unfair labor practice charges when firing a subversive worker, and to require sworn oaths from management and negotiators. Hearings examine union shop removal, industry side bargaining, railway labor act tweaks, and union welfare funds amid the coal walkout fallout.
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Washington
Landis
Senate House Watchdog
National Labor Relations Board
Ives
NURB
Paul M. Herzog
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Senate House Committee
Graduation Exercises Across Six High Schools Set
Graduation ceremonies are scheduled for Tuesday evening at Conemaugh Township High School Davidsville Quemahoning Stoystown Boswell High School Hooversville High School and Confluence High School.
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Conemaugh Township
Davidsville
Quemshoning-Stoystown
Stoystown
Boswell High School
Hooversville High School
Confluence High School
Truman seeks 310 million for veterans aid to ex-GIs
President Truman asked Congress for an additional 310 million dollars for the veterans administration. The funds would help pay higher living allowances granted to ex-GIs in school. The request went to Speaker Martin of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Veterans Administration
Martin
Rmass
Russia Veto Blocks Czech Probe At UN Security Council
Russia used its 24th and 25th veto to block a Chilean proposal for a UN inquiry into the February Communist coup in Prague. The 9-to-2 vote followed by Gromyko’s earlier veto, resisting a majority, drew sharp U S criticism and raised questions about veto use in substantive council actions.
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Lake
Russia
United Nations
Czechoslovakia
Security Council
Ukraine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Italy
U. N
France
Chile
Prague
U. S
Warren R. Austin
United States
Austin
China
Britain
Stray Bullet Wounds Man Near Meyersdale
Stray shots in Meyersdale injure Harry S. Lowrey 58 as a 22 caliber slug hits behind his ear while he sat near the Balti more and Ohio railroad. Police investigate possible shots from local youths as other incidents disrupt power and windows. He is listed in good condition at Hazel McGilvery hospital.
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Meyersdale
Harry S’. Lowrey
Lowery
Baltimore and Ohio
Somerset
Lowrey
William Smith
PUC Refuses Local Bus Service in Somerset
The public utilities commission refused the application of Martin Motorways led by Charles Martin Richard Haupt and H B Young to operate five local bus routes in Somerset borough and vicinity. The commission ruled petitioners 700 to 800 signatures did not prove necessity and the company may appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Martin
Richard Haupt
H. B. Young
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Public Utilities Commission
Martin
PUC
Somerset Bus and Taxi Company
Commission
Bridges Attacks Mine Pension Debacle As Political Motive Charged
Senator Styles Bridges accuses the administration of letting the mine pension dispute intensify to gain political favor while defending his compromise with UMW President John L. Lewis. He cites a $100 monthly pension for miners with 20 years service retiring after May 29, 1946, and criticizes attacks by Democratic leaders including Howard McGrath and Gael Sullivan.
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Washington
INS
Styles Bridges
Bridges
Senate
Sen
Howard McGrath
DRI
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
New Hampshire
Martin
R-Mass
Lewis Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Lewis
Welfare Fund
United States
Krug
Monessen men charged in extortion plot
Two Monessen electricians Paul Nichols aged 31 and John Dalrymple aged 33 were in custody on charges tied to a plot to extort 50000 dollars from three local merchants. The intended victims were Roger Falbo Thomas LaForte and Frank Bosco.
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Monessen
Michael Ferencz
Paul Nichols
John Dalrymple
Roger Falbo
Thomas LaForte
Frank Bosco
Ferencz
Dalrymple
Falbo
LaForte
Carr sworn in as assistant U S attorney
Philip Oglevee Carr a 33 year old Uniontown lawyer was sworn as United States assistant attorney for the Western district of Pennsylvania in a ceremony led by Federal District Judge Wallace S Fourley. Carr replaces a vacancy created by resignations and deaths in the U S attorney's office. His father is Judge W Russell Carr of Fayette county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philip Oglevee Carr
Uniontown
United States
Western District of Pennsylvania
Wallace S Fourley
Carr
Higbee, Llewllyn and Higbee
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Hiram M. Drake
Mercer County
Morris D. Canter
W. Russell Carr
Fayette County
GM Makes Wage Offer Before Strike
GM offered a wage increase to avert a strike by 225 000 CIO United Auto Workers members. Details remain undisclosed though sources say it exceeds Chrysler’s prior six cent offer rejected by the union. The GM walkout timetable remains tentatively set for Friday as Michigan officials arrange negotiations.
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General Motors
CIO
United Auto
Chrysler
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Wilson and Company
Rathgate
Waterloo
Morrell
Ottumwa
W. E
AFL Printing Pressmen's Union
Printing Industry of America
Union Employers’ Section
Boox
Heckler Elected President of District Nine at Rockwood Meeting
Henry Heckler of Rockwood was elected president of District Nine of the Somerset County Sunday School Association at the annual convention held in the Kingwood Church of God. Ernest O. Henry and Ira Shultz were succeeded as secretary, with a slate of officers and division superintendents named for various departments. A banquet for retiring officers was held at the Rockwood Lutheran church weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Heckler
Rockwood
Somerset County Sunday School Association
Kingwood Church of God
Ernest O. Henry
Alpha Enos
R. D
Ira Shultz
New Centerville
William Lape
Rockwood R. D. 2
Frank Stoner
Kingwood
C. T. Saylor Rockwood
Wilma Meyers
Rockwood R. D
E. G. Dickey
L. J. Kaufman
U .S, Shober
Irvin Gindlesperger
Rockwood R. D. 1
Berkebile
Hillis G. Berker
Willis L. Mills
Rockwood Lutheran Church
Two Suspended Sentences By Judge Boose
Judge Norman T. Boose handed down two suspended jail terms Monday morning. Harry Logdson of Hyndman must pay costs and restitution, serve six months in the county jail for larceny, and was parole d. He admitted taking four mine car wheels from Kimmel's mine near Wellersburg on May 14, with prosecution by state police from the Somerset sub station. William G. Downey of Washington Pa was fined 200 dollars plus costs and sentenced to six months in jail for driving while intoxicated, and was paroled. Downey pleaded guilty to turning on the turnpike on May 14 after drinking. arrested by turnpike state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman T. Boose
Harry Logdson
Hyndman
Logsdon
Kimmel
Wellersburg
Somerset
William G. Downey
Washington Pa
Downey
Turnpike
VFW Plans to March in Memorial Day Parade
VFW Post 554 outlined plans to participate in a Memorial Day service next Monday at its meeting. Five new members joined the post and a church gathering at Samuel's church was discussed for a future date under commander Frank R. Coder, with the meeting shortened by a carnival fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Post 554
Samuel's
Frank R. Coder
Post
U S Presses Arabs To End Jewish War
The United States urged seven Arab states to accept a United Nations cease fire in Palestine. American representatives were telegraphed to press compliance with the U N ordering a truce and to notify that Washington is gravely disturbed by events. The action covered Egypt Iraq Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia and Yemen with Trans Jordan asked to engage King Abdullah despite not being a U N member.
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Washington
United States
Palestine
State Department
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
U.N
Holy Land
Jerusalem
William C. Burdett, Jr
King Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
U. N
Sponsors Drive Enthusiasm for Somerset Soap Box Derby
At the Somerset Country Club derby advisors meet, men sponsor more entrants than youths, prompting an earlier trial run to allow late designs. A minimum 35 entrants is needed to keep the event in Somerset with prizes including tie pins, the Collins Atkins craftsman award, and Shell Lubricant tubes plus a $50 toolbox. Local sponsors are S & A Chevrolet Co. and Somerset Daily American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Collins-Atkins
Shell Oil Co
S & A Chevrolet Co
Somerset Daily American
Britain warns Arabs to halt fires over Palestine crisis
London reported Britain warned Arab states to observe the United Nations cease fire in Palestine. A refusal could suspend British treaty commitments to Trans-Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Bevin discussed policy with U S Ambassador Douglas stressing UN primacy and aim to curb Communist influence.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Britain
United Nations
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Trans- Jordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
America
U. N
Foreign Office
Brannan Named Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F Brannan a 44 year old former Denver lawyer was named secretary of agriculture by President Truman Brannan has served in the department since 1935 and has been assistant secretary since 1944 His confirmation by the Senate is required and he would succeed Clinton P Anderson who resigned May 10 Brannan helped draft the long range farm program underpinning the recent farm message to Congress and its proposals align with measures approved by the Senate agriculture committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Denver
Truman
Jesse M. Donaldson
Robert E. Hannegan
Brannan
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Agricultural Department
Department
Anderson
Newsmen Today
Agriculture Department
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Railroad trackman Stefan Nanowski killed near Bellwood
Blair county coroner reports Stefan Nanowski aged 64 a Pennsylvania railroad trackman was killed when struck by a passenger train at Fostoria near Bellwood this morning.
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PRR
Altoona
Blair Counter
Stefan Nanowski
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fostoria
Bellwood
UN extends Palestine cease fire deadline to Wednesday noon
United Nations Security Council extended its cease fire deadline in the Palestine fighting to noon Wednesday East. Syrians and Egyptians asked for 48 hour delay at Lake Success. Arab and Jewish forces reported heavy casualties and battlefield gains and losses in Jericho Tel Aviv and along the Jordan valley.
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Cairo
Egypt
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Council
Lake Success
U. N
Israel
Faris el Khoury
Syria
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Holy Land
Haganah
Tel Aviv
Jordan Valley
Sha’ar Hagolan
Samakh
Sea of Galilee
Ramat
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Ramat Rehel
Arsebs
Ramat Rehef
Deir Suneid
Tel-Aviv
Gaza
Kinneret
Somerset Weather Report Summary for 24-hour Period
Weather data shows a daily period from 5:30 p.m. Sunday to 5:30 p.m. Monday with observed maximum and minimum temperatures recorded by David Grove as a national weather service observer. The text is garbled but indicates typical daily max and min readings and a comparison to the previous year.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Erature
Ieri
Regions See Mostly Cloudy Skies and Showers This Week
Maryland and nearby states forecast mostly cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered showers. Eastern Pennsylvania faces showers in places while central areas see little temperature change. Western Pennsylvania remains fair with a slight warmup, and West Virginia stays partly cloudy with minimal temperature shifts.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Arab Legionaires
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Hi Court
June
Jack
Esquire Boys
Oakhurst Tea Room
Hazel McGilvery
Stone's Tavern
Sand Patch, Pa
Chuck Meyer and His Orchestra
U.S
Firestone
Gilmour & Jones
Heckler
Henry
Boose
VFW
Penna. Quarries, Inc
Friedens, PA
Bomerset
Budd’s Shoe Store
Coleman
Cascio
Secretary of Agriculture
By Max Boyd
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sturge
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