Taft Challenges Unions Over Taft Hartley Law
Senator Robert A. Taft faced about 200 AFL and CIO pickets in Santa Cruz as he entered a debate on the Taft Hartley labor reform. He urged union leaders to make it the central 1948 issue but said he believes the issue will fade as a major factor.
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Taft’ Doodges
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Labor Union
Santa Cruz
Calif
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Far West
Taft
State Bar Association
Seattle
Organized Labor
Af.l. and
C.1.0
Wallace
Repubicans
White House Plans Conference on European Relief Next Month
President Truman and top House and Senate leaders will meet to discuss recalling key committees to set groundwork for Congressional action on European relief in January. White House aides say no special session is expected before the regular January session.
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Washlingson
INS
Ruman
White House
Houses
Senate
Charles Ross
Truman
Congress
Venezuela government routs rebels in scattered clashes
The Ministry of Defense said government forces recaptured the western town of La Fria and its airport after brief fighting with armed civilians. Earlier a government communique said troops quelled an eastern uprising in La Cruz, seizing several insurgents with machine guns. Buses blocked streets to Miraflores Palace as plot rumors spread in Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ministry of Defense
la Fria
la Cruz
Miraflores
Romulo Betancourt
French Protest over Bread Ration Cuts in Le Mans
Thousands of workers demonstrated in Le Mans protesting bread ration cuts and rising living costs. Police arrested about 50 participants amid the unrest.
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LE Mans
France
INS
Felice
Congress may call special session over European aid
Editorial notes a possible autumn emergency that could force a special session of Congress to vote stopgap measures to sustain Western Europe until the long term Marshall Plan can begin. LeRoy E. Smith outlines the scenario and page references for related features and sections.
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Congress
Europe
LeRoy E. Smith
Helene Yuhas Leaves White House Secretarial Post
The 28-year-old Paramus, New Jersey native and former secretary to Undersecretary of State Will Clayton says she was forced out in a witch hunt, while the State Department claims she resigned voluntarily on September 5. Yuhas notes her Czech and Russian heritage amid her departure.
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Washington
Helene Yuhas
White House
Will Clayton
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Woman Found Dead in Louisville Apartment
Louisville police release few clues in the death of 26 year old Una Ponder whose half-nude body was found in her apartment and bruised from head to foot. She died yesterday at General Hospital.
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Louisville
Una Ponder
General Hospital
Food prices drop as buyers push back in nationwide pressure
Households push for lower costs prompting slowdowns in purchases. The government issued 18 subpoenas to meat packers for a Chicago grand jury probe into high meat prices. Corn wheat and hog markets fall while butter and egg prices drop. experts cite buyer resistance and market controls as causes with retail relief weeks away.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Pittsburgh Ends Eight Day Railroad Strike With 15 Cent Raise
Pittsburghs eight day strike by railroad unions ends as Brotherhoods accept 15 cent an hour wage increase. About 1 800 workers return to work with 7 AM shift while four Carnegie-Illinois Steel plants resume operations. Wage committees to meet Thursday to set broader industry demands.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
INS
Pittsburgh
Union Railroad
R. Cox
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
Wage l
Big Five Railroad Brotherhoods
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Braddock
Homestead
Clairton
Duquesne
United States Grain Exports and Russian Cost of Living
Pravda and other Moscow papers highlight Tass dispatches on rising U S living costs and compare them with Russia’s harvest gains. Pravda notes meat fish and several items priced lower in Moscow cooperative stores while reporting U S grain exports.
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Moscow CP
Pravda
Tass
United States
Commuunist Party
New York City
America
Moscow
Taft Urges Restraint as Taft Advocates Prices Trend
On the west coast Senator Taft urged buyers resistance with easy and less extravagant food. In Buffalo Walter Reuther pressed for a coordinated nationwide buyers strike. In Cleveland C LO leaders joined the call for price control restoration. Chicago retailers threaten to boycott suppliers.
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Robert A. Taft
R-O
Taft
C.S.O
Buffalo
Walter Reuther
C.I.C. United Auto Workers
Cleveland
C.lo
John Brophy
Jack Kroll
Reuther
Chicago
South Side
Movies by Telephone Promise Revolution in Home Viewing
Hollywood industry leader S Sylvan Simon unveils a $5,000,000 telephonic television venture enabling 20th century homes to watch newly released films via their telephone line for one dollar per film billed on monthly statements.
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Hollywood
INS
S. Sylvan Simon
Simon
Wind Storm Kills Three in Louisville
Three men died in a sudden Louisville wind storm as bricks glass and wires blocked downtown streets. Bookkeeper Joseph Steinmetz 21 was crushed by a tree on a truck. Russell Cormack 40 and John Lee Emery 27 were fatally trapped by concrete blocks when a building collapsed. Smokestacks at Southern Veneer Manufacturing Co. toppled, causing about 15000 in damage.
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Louisville
Joseph Steinmetz
Russell Cormack
Wh.ville
Tenn
John Lee Emery
Teffersontown
E. E. Unger
Southern Veneer Manufacturing Co
Crash Kills Wife and Destroys Writer’s Eye
In Awareham Massachusetts Mrs John Dos Passos 50 of Provincetown was killed when their car struck a parked truck. Her husband the writer and playwright aged 51 lost his right eye and was hospitalized then transferred to Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary in good condition with the eye removed.
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Awareham
Mass
John Dos Passos
Provincetown
Dos Passos
Tobey Hospital
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
Prodigy Manager Faces Delay In Child Pianist Contract
In Chicago a probate judge delayed a proposed concert tour for Margaret Rozarian Harris, a 3 year old piano prodigy, as 40 percent managerial commission was deemed likely out of line. Hearing continued until September 19 over the contract to pay Mildred Hall and Harold Hall as managers.
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Chicago
Margaret Rozarian Harris
William Waugh
Margaret
Mildred Godfrey ‘Hall
Harold
Albuquerque, N. M
Hall
Fire destroys main Finance Ministry building in Tokyo
A fire of undetermined origin in Tokyo gutted the Finance Ministry main building, destroying numerous documents stored inside and leaving officials assessing the loss and potential impacts on operations.
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Tokyo
Finance Ministry
Lewis Defies Red Clause and Halts NLRB Action
Chicago AP reports John Lewis defied the anti Communist clause, keeping the AFL in non compliance with Taft Hartley and depriving over 14 million workers of NLRB use for now. Lewis leads United Mine Workers which has barred Communists since 1927.
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Chicago
John GU. Lewis
A. FP. L
C. I.O
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
A.F.L. Executive Council
Communist Party
United Mine Workers
Heat Eases Slightly After Friday Rain
The Weather Bureau reports Fridays light showeres of a third of an inch will modestly ease the heat. Forecast calls for occasional showers and a cooler day with afternoon rain likely. Interleague playoff game may be slightly affected by the light rain as meteorologist Andrew Keller notes. Tonight and Sunday to be partly cloudy with moderate temperatures.
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Weather Bureau
Andrew FP. Keller
Rabbi Korff Hunger Strike Appeals in Paris
The American Federation of Orthodox Rabbis appealed to Rabbi Baruch Korff of New York City to end his seven day hunger strike. Korff is detained by French authorities over an alleged plot to bomb London with leaflets.
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Paris
Ins
American Federation of Orthodox Rabbis
Baruch Korff
New York City
Korff
London
Ruling Stands On NLRB Affidavits Against Communism
Robert N. Benham, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, stood firm today on a ruling opposed by the AFL that officers of parent labor bodies must sign affidavits dis avowing Communism.
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Wash U Bun l
Robert N. Benham
National Labor Relations Board
A.F.L
Miners Leader Forces Stand Against AFL-NLRB Affidavits
The shaggy haired miners' leader pushed the executive council to refuse compliance with affidavits sought by AFL unions. The move blocks AJF L unions from using NLRB machinery unless all officers sign, per an NLRB ruling.
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A.F.L
NLRB
Executive Council
Ajf.l
Trade Plan Backed by British Export Drive
The labor government의 export program won support from conservative and financial circles. Sir Stafford Cripps outlined a plan favoring new machinery for coal mines, transport, and power stations, while critics say other key industries are neglected. The London Daily Express notes a possible Commonwealth plan for joint international trade to be raised during the November visit related to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding.
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London
INL
Board of Trade
Stafford Cripps
Britain
London Daily Express
Foreign Office
British Commonwealthy of Nations
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Foreign Nations Seek U.S. Guns Amid Global Demand
A spokesman for Johnson Automatics says foreign nations show wide demand for American light machine guns and semi-automatic rifles. The Boston firm, with a Providence plant, is negotiating in New York and Washington with foreign government representatives, approved by the State Department, though nations involved remain unnamed.
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Boston
Johnson Automatics, Inc
Providence
R. I
Taxicab Starter Given Life Term for Murder
William A. Wagner Jr., 22, a taxicab starter, was sentenced to life in prison after a three judge court found him guilty of first degree murder in the death of Margaret Dougherty. The verdict was delivered yesterday in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
William A. Wagner, Jr
Margaret Dougherty
Bus Company Workers Press Pension Demands
New York based Fifth Avenue Coach Company employees meter a pension plan demand threatening further labor unrest. The move follows ongoing disputes over wages and benefits at the transit firm.
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New York
INS
5Th Avenue Coach Company
Death Toll Rises From Pacifico Engine Room Blast
The ship Rrena del Pacifico incident near Belfast raises the death toll to 17 with three missing. Thirty two survivors remain in serious condition in Belfast hospitals after overnight deaths.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Storm May Bypass U S As Hurricane Near Miami
A tropical hurricane with winds over 140 mph was located about 225 miles north of San Juan and within 1,000 miles of Miami. Forecasters noted a possible slight northward curve and warned movement could keep the storm in the Atlantic while the battleship Missouri slows to avoid its path as President Truman returns from Rio.
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Miami
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Grady Norton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Atlantic Ocean
Missouri
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
Battle widens at Greek Yugoslav border fight intensifies
Artillery thunder was heard on the Greek side of the border as Tito's troops clash with anti-Communist crusaders in a widening battle.
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Athens
Tito
Slaying Probed In Jerusalem Submachine Gun Death
Palestine police opened a sweeping investigation into the submachine gun killing of Sami Taha secretary general of the Arab Labor Federation who opposed the leadership of the exiled mufti of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
SVS
Palestine Police
Sami Taha
Arab Labor Federation
Mufti of
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