Labor unions press for Taft Hartley repeal in national drive
The AFL and CIO held strategy meetings in Washington to repeal the Taft Hartley Act and boost labor’s political role. CIO leaders reported to officials Tobin and prepared a plan for months of action aimed at restoring the Wagner Act. AFL outlined a 14 month political education drive funded by member contributions, with early gains of $125,000 collected toward a目标 of at least $650,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
Portland
Ore
Tobin
James B. Carey
Arthur Goldberg
David J. McDonald
Hhis
Joseph D. Keenan
AFL Political League
Gas explosion deep in mine at Goody Kentucky
A drift coal mine explosion in Goody, Kentucky last night killed one miner and injured four others. About 70 workers escaped unharmed. The Pond Creek Collieries Co mine near Goody, near Williamson, West Virginia, paused for cause. Elsie Burke plans a two week California Christmas trip, leaving Thursday for Oakland with the Gasiteau Hotel assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goody
Pond Creek Colleries Co
Kentucky
Williamson
W. Va
California
Elsie Burke
Gastineau Hotel
PAA
Oakland
Real estate lobby mobilizes 3300 amateur lobbyists vs housing plan
The column reports a 3300 member real estate lobby network formed to counter public housing and rent control. It claims personal ties to Congressmen and aims to sway House votes, predicting a defeat of Truman's housing program by about 30 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Snyder
National Association of Real Estate Boards
President Truman
House
Surprise Witness Is Mum at HUAC Hearing
Marian Bachrach a 50 year old writer for the Communist party in the national office refused to say if she is or has been a Communist or know any prior witnesses at a public HUAC hearing in Washington. She appeared after private committee sessions as a mystery witness expected to be important in sifting charges of a Red spy ring and stolen State Department papers in the 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Marian Bachrach
Communist Party
State Department
Alaska Air Service Hearing Delivers Large Record
Civil Aeronautics Board will not estimate when the examiner’s report on Alaska air service will be ready after the hearing closed December 14 in Alaska and Washington. More than 4000 pages of testimony and many exhibits were submitted. Parties have 30 to 90 days to file more exhibits. the examiner William Cusick said he cannot predict when the report will be ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board Offhelaw
Sessons
Alaska
William Cusick
Wwite
Army flares used to drive elk from farm near Yakima
Army flares were used to drive away 200 elk that invaded the Tie ton farm area to escape heavy snow in the uplands. The animals had forded the icy Tieton River to reach greener pastures last weekend. After state game department employees drove the animals back, the men placed pot flares along the main trails to hold the elk in the Oak Creek Refuge Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
Tieton Farm
Tieton River
State Game Department
Oak Creek
European recovery funds hit barrel as Marshall Plan earmarks 536.6 million
The Marshall Plan allotted 536.6 million dollars for European recovery in the first quarter of the next year, using the full 5.055 billion first year appropriation. Officials said they will request 1.125 billion more from Congress to cover April through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall Plan
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
ECA
Chambers Repeats Alleged Threat From 1938
New York dispatch reports former Communist courier Chambers told newsmen at the Federal building that a white-haired venerable woman, a witness at his 1931 wedding, issued an implied threat in 1938 through Wotan. He said the warning involved his brother-in-law Rubin Shemitz and any disclosure of his whereabouts, with party assurances for Mrs Chambers and the two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shemiitz
Shambers
Chambers
Recording ban lifted as union backs new contract
New York December 14 The American Federation of Musicians resumes recording for AFL instrumentalists after a five year contract with phonograph companies. A government approved welfare fund financed by royalties will be run by trustee Samuel R. Rosenbaum and is expected to raise 2.2 million dollars yearly for unemployed musicians and union welfare. The formal sessions follow the October agreement and aim to aid Christmas sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Phonograph
AFL
Tom C. Clark
William 5. Tyson
Labor Department
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Kidnapped Portland Engineer Freed by Greek Guerrillas
A Greek guerrilla radio report says Carl A. Graessner of Portland Oregon, equipment supervisor for Atkinson Drake and Park, was released after inquiry showed he was not an officer and bore no responsibility for atrocities by Monarcho Fascist forces. He was abducted December 8 near South Kozani and last seen December 10 in guerrilla territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Free Greece Radio
Carl A. Graessner
Portland
Ore
Graessner
Atkinson, Drake and Park
Greece
South Kozane
Extra Spy Case Is Sprung In Washington
Congressional investigators said they have information that secrets of great military significance have been stolen from Aberdeen proving grounds. The House Un American Activities Committee declared Soviet agents aided by officials and employees of the government, calling the crime treason. The committee hopes indictments will follow and will begin releasing secret documents starting tomorrow, despite the State Department's view on publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Aberdeen
House UN- American Activities Committee
Aso
New York
State Department
Notorious inmate killed in mess hall at Retrieve Prison
ANGLETON Texas December 14 A notorious inmate Clarence William Redwine was fatally injured in the mess hall of the Retrieve Prison farm. Prison system general manager O B Ellis said details were sketchy and the head was found two feet from the body after an unknown inmate wielded a weapon. Redwine had a long record for trouble and was serving five terms from five to 15 years for robbery by assault.
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O. B. Ellis
Prison System
Clarence William Redwine
Redwine
Ellis
Z. E. Harrelson
Retrieve
Colonel Noyes to Fairbanks Hearing
Col John R. Noyes Alaska Road Commissioner and H A Stoddart division engineer travel to Fairbanks with Miss Lois C Smith ARC secretary. They will join a hearing led by Noyes to review winter maintenance of Alaska highways with Miss Smith recording. Some of the largest kangaroos are seven to eight feet high and weigh 200 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Noyes
Alaska
H. A. Stoddart
Public Roads Administration Division
Fairbanks
Lois C. Smith
A.R.C
Col. Noyes
Miss Smith
Former Alaska housing project manager arrested on fraud charges
SPokane Washington police report Parsing J. Falls 30 was arrested on fraud and embezzlement charges tied to a government project in Alaska. He faces three counts including fraud against a government, embezzlement of public funds, and alteration of government funds. Bond set at 2500 on each charge. appearance scheduled before U S Commissioner Michael J Kerley.
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Spokane
Woh. Dei
Alaska
U. S
Wayne Besona
Bezona
J. Falls
Anchorage
Alndka
Bezouw
Excused 28 In 17 Out On ACA Monday Trips
District Judge R F Deacon Arledge set jury times for the murder trial of Tranquilino Otero beginning today. First juror excluded as not qualified. Names read include Tranquilino Otero and Peggy Lou Pilley among others from Chatham Tenukee Sitke Gustavins Skagway and Gustavus.
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ACA
Albuquerque
R. F. Deacon Arledge
Tranquilino Otero
Peggy Lou Pilley
Fred Geeslin
Tenuket
Sam Rap
A. Jiminez
Ty Angoon
Peter Jark
Skagway
Dave Rameau
Swanson
Bush pilot Clyde McLaughlin found frozen near Beaver
A radio report says searchers found Clyde McLaughlin, a Yukon River bush pilot, frozen in a sleeping bag along a trail northwest of Beaver after an aerial search since November 26. The missing plane has not been located.
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Pairbanks
Let
Clyde McLaughlin
Beaver
Flood pressures ease as Willamette River flood stage passes
In Salem and surrounding areas the Willamette River dropped below flood stage after a weekend of rapid rise. Upriver towns report minor flooding and some rural roads submerged while Eugene evacuees began returning home. Across western Oregon a Pacific storm claimed four lives, disrupted utilities, and triggered landslides and highway closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Willamette
Trailer Family
Raped Girl Dies in Guam After Kidnap and Assault
Ruth Penieworth, a 22 year old San Francisco woman, was kidnapped from a show in Guam Saturday night. Her body was found unconscious in a jungle thicket, clothes torn, and she died of shock and beating early this morning. Navy and Navy Marine investigators report blood stained paratrooper boots found nearby. Investigations by naval officials and the PBI continue to seek the killer or killers.
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Guam
Ruth Penieworth
San Francisco
Naval
PBI
Washington
Navy
Farnaworth
Peace talk rumors denied amid Chinese civil war turmoil
Reports of peace negotiations and a coalition government circulated from Peiping as Chinese Nationalists and Communists fought near Nan King and Peiping. Dec 14 dispatches describe isolation of Peiping, rail links severed to Tientsin, and mixed signals from Chiang Kai-shek’s regime about potential governance changes.
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Associated Press
Nankii
Cap
Nai
Peiping Colung Kai-shek
Chiang
Shao Li Te
Chang Chih
Ching
Fy Tho-yi
Peiping
Fy Bee
China
Nanking
SUI
Nan Kuti
Priping
Tientsin
Langfeng
Tlentain
Plane Down in Interior No Injuries
Dec 14 Fairbanks reports a C 47 with six passengers forced to land on a frozen river in the Northway region of the Upper Tanana Valley. Weather is about 20 below zero. Brig Gen Dale V Gaffney says C 478 C 54s and B 29s will search a 200 mile radius around Northway near the Canadian border for the missing craft. The plane was returning from a routine flight to Barrow when bearings were lost and the crew attempted the river landing.
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Fairbanks
Northway
Tanana River
Weather Bureau
Dale V. Gaffney
Barrow
Sezen River
Steamship Schedule As Seafaring News Breaks
Princess Norah from Vancouver arrives Thursday afternoon or evening Denali will sail from Seattle at 11 am tomorrow Victoria plans to sail from Seattle December 16 Alaska to depart Seattle Friday December 17 Baronet, listed as westbound, set to sail southbound Saturday
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Princess Norah
Vancouver
Denali
Seattle
Victoria
Alaska
Baronet
West
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Commie
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Whittaker Chambers
Meade
Wotan
Baranof
Ray Zahrobsky
Baranot
Angleton
Tex
Retrieve Prion Farm
Here
Noyes
Alaska Housing Project
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Harry Lundebere
Uncon
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Lundeberg
CIO Maritme
SUP
CIO Marine Cooks
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Chatham
Oregon River
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Willamette River
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