Labor Division May Sue for Back Pay
In a New York ruling the U S Labor Department wage and hour staff may sue employers for overdue overtime even when workers do not pursue it. Secretary Tobin urged Congress to authorize such actions, but no change was passed. The decision affirms a district court ruling in favor of William McComb wage division administrator.
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Labor Division
New York
Federal Court of Appeals
U. S. Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Maurice ‘Tobin
Congress
District Court
William RB. McComb
Library of Congress Cancels Prizes Over Pound Controversy
The Library of Congress halted all prize plans after Congress opposed Ezra Pound’s 1948 poetry award due to treason accusations tied to his wartime broadcasts. Pound, once a prisoner at U S POW camps, is now a patient at St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington.
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Library of Congress
Washington
Congress
Ezra Pound
Pound
St Elizabeth's Mental Hospital
Senate fights to salvage foreign aid program funds
Senator Connally leads the administration in a uphill Senate battle to restore the full 1.16 billion dollar military aid for North Atlantic treaty signers after the House cut the program in half. Meanwhile at General Electric in Lynn Massachusetts 1200 maintenance workers win union support to return to work and negotiate. An Akron Ohio funeral is set for Johnnie Petri, a 20 year old victim of multiple sclerosis who predicted his death after a third visit by Ann Stewart.
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Connally -Tex
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Connally
House
Lynn
Mass. CP
General Electric Company
Jhands
Peace Ohio
INS
Johnnie Petri
Akron
Petri
Fiim
James Stewart
Kron
Hie
Britain not played out says war minister Shinwell
British War Minister Emanuel Shinwell declared that claims Britain is finished are nonsense and urged American and other critics to stop sneering. He said Britain’s role in world affairs deserves recognition despite financial pinch and current surges in tension. The note came as officials report increased parcel seizures and tighter gift rules tied to postwar controls.
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Britain
Shinwell
Aspatria
Enz
Emanuel Shinwell
FCC
Merchandise Land Cash
Fred Alien
Givea Aiways
Seas Ihis
Notable Deaths Across Regions Include Athletics Chief and Naval Officer
The notice lists diverse figures from Kalamazoo to Milwaukee and Oakland. It names Hudson Hymes, 67, Western Michigan College athletics director. Lovis E Heilbronner, 83, hosiery company chairman in Milwaukee. Rear Admiral Alexander Halstead, naval commander in WWI in French waters. Krudolph Luneburg, 46, USC professor. Campbell of Argyll, 13th Duke and clan chief, linked to Inveraray.
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Adm
Alexander & Halstead
Oakland
Calif
Senate Farm Compromise Stirs Fight in Washington
The Senate Agriculture Committee narrows on a farm bill as Senator Anderson of New Mexico and Chairman Elmer Thomas clash over a flexible price support plan. Secretary Brannan criticizes the measure, while Thomas plans to push a House-passed wartime price support approach for a year at 90 percent parity.
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Wasmington
Elmer "Thomas
Gokla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Anderson’s. Anderson
New Mexico
Conte
Thomas
Anderson
Senate
Brannan
Brasman
Department of Agriculture
Brannan Plan Criticized by State Agriculture Chief
New York agriculture commissioner Chautauqua Institute Grange Day speech attacks the Brannan farm price support plan as a government overreach that would set prices and profit the consumer through unlimited competition. He argues farmers should set incomes as the state urges prudent production and criticizes an all powerful government. Senator McGrath to resign. will become attorney general succeeding Tom Clark with Rhode Island governor Pastore set to appoint temporary successor.
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Chautauqua UP
New York
Agriculture Commissioner
Brannan
C.chester Dumond
Chatauqua Institute
Du?mone
Radio giveways and the FCC rules stir industry tension
The dispute over radio prize giveaways pits broadcasters against critics and the FCC. The NAB argues the rules exceed authority while stations risk license renewal for programs promoters call illegal lotteries. Prizes and sponsors push audiences even as television grows.
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NAB
FCC
Justin Miller
German Soviets Back Nude Bathing Drive in Berlin
In the Soviet zone of Germany a campaign to promote nude bathing received apparent approval from occupation authorities. The Berliner Zeitung Am Abend urged discretion and began with children up to age ten, while Soviet officials allowed more freedom in displaying scantily clad images.
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Berlin
Germany
Wade
Berliner Zeidung Am Abend
Burt
Giveaways On Radio: Prizes, Promises, and Publicity
The article recounts how radio giveaways drew listeners from Alaska to New Jersey from the 1940s onward. It cites winners such as Mrs. Jean Sanford of Cedar Rapids and James Locke in Tulsa, notes large prizes and charity ties, and explains how networks like NBC ABC and CBS promoted prizes to boost audiences during wartime shortages.
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Freida
Hennock
Congress
Justice Department
FCC
Mr Hush
Mrs Hush
Miss Hush
Ralph Edwards
NBC
CBS
Rush Clarke
Rochester
Costello
ABC
Jean Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Honey
Cleo Weston
Grafton
W. Va
James Locke
Tulsa
Okla
Mautual
Jack L. Adams
Huntington
Mutual
James Roberts
Washington
Cone
American Heart Association
Uncle Sam
Margaret Ash
Watertown
Gerrude Edarle
Three Men Arrested In Express Theft Case
Philadelphia police disclosed the arrest of three men who allegedly cashed money orders stolen from the American Express Company office. Capt. John J. Lannig reported the theft valued at about 340000 dollars, with the loot taken from the express office.
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NEW Vora
American Express Company
Offce
Philadelphia
noHce Toaay
John J. Lannig
Y Squad
Txio
Spy Trial Rumpus as Red Paper Editors Testify
The trial of 11 Red leaders continues with defense witnesses pressed by Judge Medina over editorial staff plans and meetings at the Daily Worker. Joseph Starobin, UN correspondent, testified about attendees while others disputed prior statements. Pickets outside the federal courthouse urged release of jailed defendants amid contempt sentences.
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Daily Worker
Harakd Rr. Medina
Medina
Starobin
James &. Alten
Red Army
Louis F. Budenz
Fordham ‘University
Allen
U. S
Federal Court House
Britain balks at aid figure in Marshall Plan talks
In Paris Britain refused to accept the amount allotted by the OECD committee for Marshall Plan aid. The British delegation, led by Alan Dudley, would not disclose the sum, with Britain allocated $842.7 million of a total about $5.622 billion and Britain seeking $1.518 billion.
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Paris
Britain
Lesterday
Alan Dudley
Bell Strike Demonstration At Plant Sparks Labor Clash
Bell labeled the mass march of strikers one of the most despicable labor history chapters while the union said workers were simply checking on employment. Six employees who returned to work were reportedly beaten. Robert V. Siegler, president of OAW Local 301, was arrested on third degree assault and related charges. Local 301 represents 13,700 production workers.
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Bell
Becker
Gray
New York
Dever
Siegeler
Cours
Poison Probe Opens After Farm Family Deaths
In Jacksonville an entire farm family faces murder suspicions after two members reportedly ingested arsenic and a third sickened. J Bernard Bruening 24 hospitalized in critical condition. wife Marie 24 died within a day. brother Marvin 20 died earlier. Coroner’s jury ruled arsenic poisoning in Marvin’s case. Sheriff Ralph Bourn says full inquiry underway as organs are sent to Washington for FBI analysis. Family tensions cited as root of deaths and illness since a December quarrel.
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Bernard Bruening
Passavant Hospital
Marie
Bernard
Marvin
Morgan
Ralph Bourn
Bourn
Brunning
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John ‘Bruening
Iment
Dope Ring Plot Ties Aprista to Uprising and Embezzlement
Balarezo allegedly led a dope trafficking ring linked to the outlawed Aprista Party aiming to fund an uprising. He reportedly carried $60,000 and arms to Peru in a plan that would reward him as chief of customs if successful. The plot failed, Haya de la Torre sought asylum in the Colombian embassy, and Balarezo fled to the U.S. The U.S. later reined in cocaine imports from Peru and oversaw a crackdown lowering Peru’s cocaine factories from six to eight shith plants with Balarezo tied to some plants.
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Balarezo
Aprista
Mier
Haya de la Torce
Lima
U.S
Martin
Peru
U.N
Xdors
USN
Winston's Churchill Registers Racing Colors
Winston's Churchill has registered racing colors with the British Jockey Club indicating official color schemes for use in competitions.
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Winstons Churchill
British Jockey Club
Jailed Klansman bids for top post after leader death
Birmingham reports William H. Morris a Klan leader in jail for refusing to furnish membership rolls says he may become head of all Klans. Funeral held for Dr Samuel Green who died of a heart attack. Morris and Green discussed a potential merger, Green denying any plans.
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Samuel Green
William H. “Morris
Pawers Klan
Birmingham
Morris
Green
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