House Probes Electric Union in Hearings Next Month
Washington April 14 AP The House un American activities committee investigates the CIO United Electrical Workers Union known as UE. Public hearings are planned for late April and the second and fourth weeks of May with 16 witnesses subpoenaed in New York Pittsburgh Minneapolis and Nashville. The committee notes UE leaders say communists remain in the saddle and the union controls vital defense plants. Eight more witnesses are expected. The Atomic Energy Commission ordered GE not to recognize UE for atomic work bargaining, targeting Local 301 at Schenectady NY.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
United Electrical Workers Union
Union
U.E
American Slav Congress
New York
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis
Nashville
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Co
Discovery ends 31 year marriage in Boulder
Mrs. Elsie Hohl had her 31 year marriage annulled after revealing that her first husband Samuel Covey was still alive. District Judge George H. Bradfield signed the decree ending her second marriage to Mr. Hohl when she admitted she believed Covey was dead.
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Boulder
Colo
Elsie Hohl
George H. Bradfield
Hohl
Samuel Covey
Mr. Hohl
Mr. Covey
Leaders for Good Friday Rites at First Presbyterian Church
Three teens will lead the annual Good Friday children's service at First Presbyterian Church with Rob ert Bruton as chief usher Richard Foltz presiding and Lawrence Foltz reading scripture The service includes brief addresses by Rev C H LaRue and Rev C O Armstrong and benediction by Rev W A Atchison Eleanor Mizer lights and extinguishes the candle The 16th annual event by the Children's Division Council of Christian Education is expected to draw over 900 children aged 7 to 14
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First Presbyterian Church
Robert Bruton
Richard Foltz
Lawrence Foltz
C. H. LaRue
C. O. Armstrong
W. A. Atchison
Eleanor Mizer
Children’s Division Council of Christian Education
Czechs Hint U S Has Sleeping Drug To Occupy Nation
Prague radio reported to American monitors that Czechoslovakia rumors claim the United States possesses sleeping drugs to enable a bloodless occupation. The broadcast described a fairy tale forecast of a night when numerous American aircraft would blanket the republic dispersing sleeping drugs, unsettling the government.
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U.S
Washington
Czechoslovakia
United States
Prague Radio
Republic
Postponed Invasion Drama Attributed To Sleeping Drug Effects
A quote describes a claimed plan for a March invasion thwarted by delayed execution due to tests showing sleeping drugs aging effects on children’s health. The statement links the drug to a vast occupation taking over the country without fighting, framing it as a remarkable, though uncertain, adventure.
Traveling salesman nabbed for license tag mix up in Lehighton
Louis Dubenow a Los Angeles traveling salesman was stopped in Lehighton with a car bearing 1947 plates and 1948 1949 tags. Police said he had used the 1947 plate for 15 months and fined him ten dollars.
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Lehighton
Louis Dubenow
Los Angeles
Barber Shop Quartets To Aid Bond Campaign
Senator Wiley announces 2000 barber shop quartets will sing a theme for the Treasury savings bond drive. The song Keep America Strong, written by Frank H. Thorne of Chicago, is backed by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. The group, with 26 000 members including President Truman, has over 2000 quartets volunteering for bond rallies.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Wiley
Wisconsin
America
Frank H. Thorne
Chicago
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Truman
Fireman Fatally Struck by Locomotive in Cleveland Yard
A New York Central locomotive struck and killed H. A. Exness, 46, a fireman, in the Collinwood rail yard. Local authorities investigated the fatal incident in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
New York Central System
H. A. Exness
Collinwood
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Market Ave
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