House Labor Group Debates Yes or No Questionnaires
At a late night House hearing on Taft-Hartley repeal, General Electric testified it distributed 750000 labor law questionnaires costing about 40000 dollars. Rep Jacobs said the questions are too complex for a yes or no answer. AFL CIO leaders, including Green, expected to testify as unions push curbs and critics call Taft-Hartley a slave bill.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
G. E
Congress
Jacobs
Indiana
Wilson
Congressman
House Labor Subcommittee
A.F.L
Green
Textiles Workers Union
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Wild Boy Found After 10 Year Lockup Escape
Fourteen year old Gerald Sullivan stood barefoot in a Boston police station after escaping a locked room where his mother kept him prisoner for a decade to hide her sin. Police said Anne Sullivan, 45, pleaded guilty to neglect and remained in custody.
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Gerald Sullivan
Boston
Francis W. Russell
Anne F. Sullivan
Deaf Parents Detect Son Crying by Lamp
A deaf couple in Ponca City Oklahoma will hear their 19 day old baby via a lamp activated by a crying signal. The system uses a microphone at the crib amplified cry lighting a lamp through a relay switch.
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Omaha
Oklahoma
Carl Coates
Ponca City
Victor Smith
Coates
la von Peterson
Radio Engineering Institute of Omaha
Ohio Valley Carloadings Forecast Drop in 1949
Ohio Valley businessmen heard an 11.1 percent fall in carloadings forecast for April to June 1949 in the Ohio Valley Transportation Advisory Board meeting. E. C. Perkins of Cincinnati, board general chairman, said the drop equates to about 116000 fewer cars than in the 1948 second quarter, signaling an orderly retreat from postwar peaks.
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Columbus
Ohio Valley
Ohio Valley Transportation Advisory Board
E. C. Perkins
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Perkins
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Walter M. Jones Keeps Waiting Job at 72 in Memphis
Long time Memphis waiter Walter M. Jones, age 72, has not changed his job in 45 years, continuing to work at a downtown hotel.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walter M. Jones
British Sloop Alliance Sunk near Puerto Rico
The 60 foot British sloop Alliance was swamped 20 miles southwest of Puerto Rico. Coast Guard cutter Pandora saved six survivors. No casualties reported yet. Navy ship Pocono to move survivors to Kingston Jamaica.
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Puerto Rico
Washington
Coast Guard
Alliance
Pandora
Kingston
Jamaica
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House Labor Group
Mimeoggraph
LOEW
Market Ave. N
Transportation Board
Bon Marché
N. Market
M. Kalk
Cleveland Ave
ST. W
DIAL
Berkley
Berkley Coats
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