Voluntary versus Forceful FEPC in Hoosier State
Indianapolis leaders debate voluntary and compulsory fair employment practices in Indiana amid pressure from minority groups. The Indiana State Chamber promotes a voluntary plan to avoid a state law, while NAACP and others urge firm action to end employment discrimination. A September 14 meeting in Indianapolis discussed creating a statewide voluntary program with industry and minority group cooperation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
State Chamber Commerce
Smaloy
FPC
L.ram
Fhcati
Ate
Wolf Lake Cafe Robbery Ties to Murphysboro Car Theft
A gunman robbed the Gulf service station and cafe in Wolf Lake late Saturday night stealing $45 to $50. He fled in a stolen Murphysboro blue 1946 Ford with license numbers observed by a waitress. Authorities linked the crime to a prior Wolf Lake robbery and pursued the suspect across county roadblocks.
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Wolf Lake
Murphysboro
Walter Wilson
Landlords Urged to Maintain Services After Rent Increases
Henry B. Tate, rent representative in Carbondale, warns landlords to keep up services outlined in rental contracts after some tenants report cuts or repairs delayed following rent hikes. He notes legal obligations under the 1949 law and says the rent office can lower maximum rents and pursue refunds if services are not restored. Tate aims to resolve violations by explaining them to landlords first.
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Henry B. Tate
Carbondale
Tate
Congress
Rainy Tuesday with mild Temperatures Expected
Weather outlook shows mostly cloudy conditions with light rain beginning tonight. Overnight low around 45 degrees, high about 55 on Tuesday. Sunday temperatures in the upper 30s to mid 50s with varied readings through the day. Mississippi River level at Grand Tower 7.7 feet this morning.
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Mississippi River Grand Tower
Today’s Index Page Overview by Section
The index lists sections for Area and National on Page 1 Local News on Page 3 Sports on Pages 7 and 8 Comics on Page 8 Classifieds on Pages 10 and 11 Markets on Page 11. It guides readers to daily layouts and page placements.
Tamaroa Man Dies on Christmas Tree Trip
Ralph Rice a 48 year old construction worker died during a Christmas tree expedition near Tamaroa Illinois His body was found in a ditch about a mile west of Tamaroa A freshly cut evergreen lay beside him Coroner August Schneider said an inquest would be held Rice left a wife and 17 year old daughter.
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Ralph Rice
Tamaroa
Rice
Schneider
Perry County
Mines Sign up In Williamson Mines Sign up In Williamson
In Williamson county and adjacent shipping mines several dozen small operators joined United Mine Workers contracts confirmed by UMW Illinois President Hugh White. He said twenty to thirty operators signed for wage increases of 95 cents daily raising base to 15 dollars and a 35 cent wage fund contribution, with September 1951 end dates.
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West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
United Mine Workers
Hugh White
U.M.W
Illinois
White
Ted Mitchell
U M.W
Williamson County
Union Welfare Fund
Miners to Observe Two Two Day Work Weeks
The United Mine Workers in Illinois announces two upcoming labor holidays on December 26 and January 2. Hugh White says the international UM W has decreed both Mondays after Christmas and New Year’s Day as holidays for the coal mining industry.
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West Frankfort
Hugh White
United Mine Workers In
Illinois
International U.M.W
Purified Mother Goose redesigned for kinder tales
A new version called Old Rhymes for New debuts in Britain by Geoffrey Hall and Arthur Thompson. The rewrite removes violence from classic rhymes and retells them with gentle, humorous endings featuring kinder mice and friendly farm life. Mavis, Lady Paget, sponsors the project.
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London
Miss Muffet
Humpty Dumpty
Manchester
Geoffrey Hall
Hall
Arthur Thompson
Mother Hubbard
Von Manstein Sentenced 18 Years For War Atrocities
A British military court in Namburg, Germany, convicting Field Marshal Erich von Manstein on nine charges and sentencing him to 18 years in prison for atrocities by German troops against Poles and Russians during World War II. He declined mercy, was acquitted on eight counts, and will be imprisoned at Werl.
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Erich von Manstein
Manstein
Hitler
Poland
Russia
Britain
Winston Churchill
Walter von Brauchitsch
Gerd von Rundstedt
Adolf Strauss
Werl
Hamm
Albert Kesselring
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Vog Manstein
Supreme Court To Study Washington Picketing Ban
Washington December 19 AP The Taft Hartley law top enforcement officer Robert N Denham was reported to by pass the law s union shop election requirement in the building industry ahead of a National Labor Relations Board hearing Denham who is the boards general counsel was expected to announce that he will ignore cases claiming illegality for lack of a prior NLRB election He will seek to have the board join his view on easing the law s application in construction The construction industry and AF of L unions have pressed for an exemption from key provisions and Denham has long sought a method to allow union shop elections in building jobs without prior elections The Senate voted to remove the union shop election requirement but the measure stalled in the TH repeal fight The industry and unions argue elections are a formality and have pursued union shop agreements with little objection
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Indiana
James F. Carroll
State Chamber
Washington
Robert N. Denham
Denham
National Labor Relations Board
A. F. of L
N.L.R.B
Denham Heas
Senate
A. F. of L.s Building Trades Department
Uch
United States Britain and Canada Agree on Arms Standardization
The three nations announced a plan to standardize arms and military training to enable swift integration of personnel and equipment in future conflicts. Britain and the United States have pursued this since 1947 with technical exchanges and a mission nicknamed Nuts and Bolts.
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London
Britain
United States
Canada
Washington
Russia
Ministry of Defense
U. S
Psychologist backs reducing brutality in children's content
The project leader told a reporter that psychological backing supports removing brutality as harmful to children. He argues that youngsters should not be exposed to ideas of unhappiness or sheer sadism.
State U M W Chief and Truax Officials Center
Hugh White of Springfield met with Truax Tracr Coal officials at the Elkville mine to discuss laying off 74 men this fall. The company had already cut the second shift this year. Union leaders David Cook and Charles Martin accompanied White.
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Hugh White
Springfield
United Mine Workers District 12
Illinois
Truax Tracr Coal Company
Elkville
White
UMW District Board
David Cook
Charles Martin
DuQuoin
Santa Claus Stop brings train crews to help Miller kids
The Illinois Central fast freight will pause in Dongola for a surprise Christmas visit to the Miller children Lorraine four Gloria eleven and Vivian twelve. Brakeman R J Brennan organized the Santa Claus stop with crews chipping in twenty six dollars to reward the trio for waving at No 81 for years.
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Santa Claus
Dongola I. C
Illinois Central
Dongola
Miller
Lorraine
Gloria
Vivian Miller
R. J. Brennan
East St. Louis
Vivian
Brennan
Two-car crash in Litchfield kills one injures three
Roy V. Starr 64 of Springfield Illinois died in a two car collision on Highway 66 near Litchfield Illinois. Three other men sustained injuries in the accident reported from the region on December 19 by AP.
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Litchfield, IL
Roy V. Starr
Springfield
Here
Unions Challenge Free Speech Limits On Picketing
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a three way challenge to a Washington state law restricting union picketing when no immediate employer employee dispute exists. Three unions appealed after being ordered to pay 750 dollars in damages. The court also held clubs are not exempt from federal taxes and declined other appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California Stats Automobile Association
U. S. Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Weekend Wrecks Injure Five in Southern Illinois
Weekend accidents in Southern Illinois left five people with minor injuries. Frank Huey of Walsh was treated at Sutherland hospital after a two car crash on highway 43 near Sparta. Zilma Wilson, 44, of Anna sustained a head cut in a three car collision on route 51 near Ullin, with her son Thomas Wilson 20 riding in the car. Authorities report about 200 dollars damage to the Wilson car and 75 dollars each to two Pulaski drivers, A G Thorpe and A D Carter. Willard Lail 20 of Carrier Mills was jailed in Marion after his car crashed through barricades on the Herrin to Colp road, rolling several times and sending him to Herrin hospital. Vich Durham of Goreville remained in Marion Veterans Hospital with a severely lacerated face and fractured nose from a wreck on route 37 north of Marion. Four others escaped injury in that crash involving Cecil Tanner of Marion and Foster Jones and William Stokes of route 3 Carbondale. Dale Upchurch 18 of Raleigh and Doyle Schwartz 37 of Marion escaped injury when Upchurch hit Schwartz’s car on route 13 east of Marion.
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Illinois
Frank Huey
Walsh
Viking Truck Company
Huey
Highway
Sparta
Sutherland
Route
Ullin
Anna
Zilma Wilson
Wilson
A. G. Thorpe
Pulaski
Thorpe
A. D. Carter
Carter
Willard Lail
Carrier Mills
Williamson County
Marion
Herrin
Colp
Lail
Herrin Hospital
Vich Durham
Goreville
Veterans’ Hospital
Marion Cit
Durham
Foster Jones
William ‘Stokes
Carbondale
Stokes
Cecil Tanner
Tanner
Mark Hill
Dale Upchurch
Raleigh
Doyle Schwartz
Upchurch
Schwartz
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Trans World
Cicero Avenue
Chicago
63Rd Street
Hoosier State
By C. T. Banton
William T. Ray
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
N.A.A.C.P
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Ray
Rage Two
Mary Corbitt
Mary Jones
Earl Batson
Union County
Murphysboro Implement Company
North Eleventh Street
O. J. Trotter
International Harvester Company
Jackson County
D. L. McGregor
McGregor
Batson
Pete’ Dodd
Pine Hills
Twentieth Street
Grimsby-Sand Ridge
Williamson
Mother Goose
von Manstein
Namburg
Germany
State U. M. W. Chief and Truax Officials Center
Ah Army
James W. Mob
Ley
Houston
Texas
Alcoa Steamship Co. Inc
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