Rail Law Breakdown Fuels Rail Strike Careers in Dispute
A breakdown in the railroads labor law handling grievance disputes spurs a wave of strikes. The National Railroad Adjustment Board backlog grows, unions refuse new cases, and an emergency board actions fail to resolve longstanding grievances, fueling a looming conductors walkout.
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Waskington
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National Mediation Board
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Allegse
Adjustment Board
White House
Truman
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Wabash
Endurance Fliers Begin New Lap
Two California Florida endurance fliers in the Sunkist Lady plan a Miami leg to push the sustained flight record. Bil Barris and Dick Riedel traveled from Fullerton, Calif., after a 560 mile hop from Meridian, Miss. The craft refueled and restocked, reaching 154 hours at midnight as they aim to surpass the 1939 record of 726 hours.
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Jacksonville
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Miami
Bil Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton
Calif
Meridian
Miss
Edward Arnold Divorce Granted to Olive Arnold
In Los Angeles Mrs Olive Arnold 54 has obtained a divorce from actor Edward Arnold 58 charging desertion and cruelty. The court granted an interlocutory decree and approved a financial arrangement giving Mrs Arnold the home 10000 dollars and 1000 dollars per month as alimony and support.
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Los Angeles
Olive Arnold
Edward Arnold
English Actress Ada Kent Skeleton Found in 20 Year Old Cottage
The 65 year old English actress Ada Constance Kent was found as a well preserved skeleton buried in dust and cobwebs in her cottage 350 miles northeast of London. An inquest was ordered by Coroner F E Camp. Police believe she likely died of natural causes but foul play cannot be ruled out pending investigation.
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Whalebone Corner
England
Ada Constance Kent
Miss Kent
London
Fromeo
Jules
Clarence Webo
Idle Miners Face Pinch As UMW Orders Idle Stoppage
Pittsburgh miners and railroad workers feel the sting of two weeks of idleness ordered by John L. Lewis. Unofficial estimates put miners’ losses at 30 million dollars and rail workers at three million as millions lack work and rely on company store credit during the shutdown east of the Mississippi.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Levins
Mississippi
Man Held in Death of Fifth Wife Probed
Armington bio. Op. Bam C. Mahurin, 33, held in St Francois County jail while authorities probe the death of his claimed fifth wife Mrs. Charlotte Thelma Fisk, 46, of St Louis. Neighbors found her body after a morning fire on the Seacre farm they had just purchased. He claimed a kitchen stove exploded and burned her, he carried her outside. An inquest was opened. Mahurin faced perjury charges tied to an old arson conviction. Contents of her stomach were being studied in two labs as investigators press the case.
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Armington
Bio
Bam C. Mahurin
St. Francois
Jalil
Charlotte Thelma Fisk
St. Louis
Seacre
Bonne Terre
Dewey Smatlen
Hurin
Mahurin
Destoge
B.C. Tomlinson
Sat
A. G. White
The
Missouri Patrol
Truman Cancels Cambridge Speech
President Truman cancels two planned speeches in Massachusetts. He was to speak at MIT on April 1 at a mid century convocation and at Boston College on April 26 to receive an honorary degree. The White House cited unspecified reasons for the cancelation.
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Truman
Cambridge
Mass
Winston Churchill
Ernie
Er. Truman
Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology
Boston College
White House
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