Murphy Honored for Civil Rights Focus and Clear Opinions
James Marlow profiles Justice Frank Murphy after his death praising his people centered approach and readable rulings. The piece contrasts Murphy with other justices, notes his dissent on Yamashita, and surveys mixed views on his lasting legacy and place in Supreme Court history.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Ashington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Murphy
U. S. Army Commission
Tomoyuki Yamashita
The
Washington Post
Kennedy Named Head of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
William P. Kennedy, 57, Canadian born, will head the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen through the 1950 convention after the death of A. F. Whitney. Kennedy, a Chicago and Minneapolis veteran who began as a newspaper vendor, has been general secretary and treasurer and active for 35 years. Donald A. MacKenzie, 67, Cleveland, is named to fill Kennedy’s former post with W. L. Reed succeeding MacKenzie. future leadership expected to extend Whitney policies and push for a 40 hour week, retirement act expansion, unemployment benefits, and stronger safety rules.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
William P. Kennedy
Independent Union
A. F. Whitney
Kennedy
Brotherhood
Donald A. MacKenzie
MacKenzie
New Mexico
Los Angeles
W. L. Reed
East Mauch Chunk
C. J. McClain
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Reed
Mr. Whitney
Huttonville
Ont
Chicago
Midwest
Minneapolis
Blacksmith's Death Probed at Urbana
Urbana July 20 AP Champaign County authorities move to cases in Emmett Comer death. The 68 year old retired blacksmith died March 19 apparently of heart disease but his physician questioned symptoms. Coroner orders body exhumed for autopsy by Dr. Moore and Dr. Mary Hunter. Dr Fergus doubts death was due to heart condition, notes unusual symptoms. Comer left $32 000 estate to former housekeeper Dorothy Adams in a recent will contested by brother Harry Comer claiming undue influence.
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Urbana
Champaign
Emmett Comer
David H. Moore
Comer
Moore
Mary Hunter
Springfield City Hospital
Joseph A. Fergus
St. Paris
Fergus
Dorothy Adams
Harry Comer
Lena
Emmett
Topsoil Losses Worldwide Reach Colossal Scale
New York reports the Mississippi River erodes soil at a rate that could cover a 40 acre farm each minute. The 1949 Book of Knowledge Annual estimates U S top soil losses annually would fill a coal car train looping the globe four times.
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New York
Mississippi River
Book of Knowledge
U. S
Enduring Stream of Able Men for Public Service
The passage remarks that the nation possesses a deep reservoir of distinguished men. It notes that talented, sincerely devoted public servants emerge from obscurity, work for the country, and either retire or die, with a constant influx of capable successors.
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Van
United States
Justice Holmes
A.F. Whitney
W. Tusc. ST
Canton 2
Ohio
Market Ave. N
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Gray
Hus
Eagle
Elgin
Waltham
Bulova
Gruen
Hamilton
Winton
Market ST. Canton
Act
Duco
Bembergs
Kobacker
Kentucky
Bros Rann
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N. Y
Lady Cue
Saris Seale
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