CIO Calls Nationwide Boycott Over Meat Packing Strike
Washington April 28 The CIO urged a nationwide buyer strike against six meat packers Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell Rath as 100000 union workers walk out for a 29 cent hourly wage rise. Government mediation sessions were set with Cudahy Swift Armour and Wilson as picket line violence injured several protesters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiahington
Cio
Philip Murray Ap
CIO Packinghouse Workers Union
Murray
Federal Mediation and “|Istion “Service
Cudahy
Swift
Armour
Wilson & Co
Picketing in Kansas City Faces Police Dispersal
Police broke up a picket in Kansas City Kansas following a protest by Murray who urged President Truman to seek a Justice Department inquiry into alleged civil rights violations by strikers. The Taft Hartley act emergency provisions were considered but no strike ending injunction was issued as meat supply remained ample and health or safety fears could not be proved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Murray
Truman
Justice Department
Rail unions reject 15 4 cent wage boost after 80 day cooling off
After an 80 day cooling off period the unions rejected the Presidential board's 15 4 cent an hour wage proposal. Locomotive engineers president Alvaniey Johnston blamed railroads for not seeking a settlement in Cleveland while carriers argued unions spurned recommendations. Other operating brotherhoods accepted the 15 4 cents rate and large nonoperating unions also agreed to the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvaniey Johnston
Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Top Americans Alarmed by Arab Plans in Palestine
U S and U N face a potential crisis as Arab plans to invade Palestine loom with Britain exiting mandate in 28 days. Officials fear a broader Middle East war if both sides mobilize, risking a violent dispute over a land with no clear title and no effective international authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Egypt
United States
United Nations
Holy Land
U. N. Security Council
Middle East
Old Canal Back In Spotlight
Seneca was delayed until 1333 by a dispute between the canal company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad over Potomac River right of way. Maryland helped fund about 5.5 million of the 11 million cost as coal and canal operations declined after 1871 and the canal was abandoned in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Potomac River
Point of Rock
Harper’s Ferry
Cumberland
Paw Paw
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Caase
Lewis Pushes Pension Plan as Strike Threat Looms
Washington April 28 Senate anti strike tension rises as John L Lewis and Senator Bridges push a $100 monthly pension for miners 63 and older with twenty years of service. A Taft Hartley injunction blocks resuming the six week walkout while legal actions seek to curb fund spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senstor Bridges
Welare Fund
John L. Lewis
Bridges
Ee Lewis
Threeman Board of Trustees
Lewis and Bridges
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis-Bridges
van Horn
Thomas E. Murray
New York
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Josephine Roach
Crash at West Franklin and West Side sparks traffic light call
Police reported a third accident in weeks at the West Franklin street and West Side avenue intersection. A woman nearby urged immediate traffic signal installation, noting the recurring crashes and nerve strain. Harold Ray Grimm, 400 block of McDowell Avenue, drove the northbound truck in last night’s collision with a westbound car operated by Robert W. Leitch of Akron Ohio. Each vehicle sustained $250 damage. Traffic is routed around the junction via West Side to Washington street and onto main route 40. Also noted are 73 million life insurance policy holders owning 176,657,000 policies in U S insurers as of 1946.
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West Franklin Street
West Side Avenue
State Roads Commission
Franklin Street
Harold Ray Grimm
McDowell Avenue
Franklin
Robert W. Leitch
Akron
Ohio
Hegerstown
West Side
Washington Street
Society Matron Found Dead on Newport Beach
Mrs. George Eustis Paine, a 2-year old New York society matron, was found face down on a Newport beach. Authorities doubt drowning or foul play, with toxicology and stomach contents analysis pending and pink pills under investigation. The husband, a Curtis Publishing director, reported her missing after Monday morning separation.
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Middletown
Todeg
George Eustis Paine
New York Society
Newport
James Callahan
Curtis Publishing Company Board
St. Regis
New York
Circom
Election Workers Find Couple Dead
Philadelphia reports two committeemen responding to a call to transport voters found Frederick Sulhoff 67 dead with his wife Margaret 50 unconscious on the living room floor. A tea kettle boiled over and gas fumes filled the apartment, police say.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Polics
Herbert Small
George Key
Frederick Sulhoff
Sulhoff
Margaret
Air Force budget dispute tied to 66 and 70 group plans
Senator Bridges pressed Air Force leaders on whether the service backs the 66 or the 70 group plan as General Spaatz defends figures. Symington cited Russia's jet fighters and long range bombers, while the debate centers on the $22,000,000 air power appropriation written into a House bill and the resulting dispute.
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Bridges
R-Nh
Symington
Russia
Forrestal
Avtary
Corden
Spaatz
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Cordon
O'Mahoney
Air Force
House
Teenagers Face Training Plan For Unusual Military Draft
Washington officials outlined a universal military training proposal for youths aged 18 to 19 to enter regular forces after one year of combined training with older draftees. Trainees would remain largely within the continental United States and receive a single privilege not to be sent abroad without Congress approval.
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Wadghington
Senate Armed Service Committee
Wong
Continental
United States
Congress
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Gurney
R-S
No Authority To Require Permits Debated By Health Board
The Health Department would gain authority to deny permit renewals if sanitation and health standards lapse. Commissioner Shank said he sees nothing wrong with higher health standards but believes the county board lacks power to enact an ordinance without enabling legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Shank
Tha Be
Heaith
Farmer Turner Murder Case Shocks Georgia County
In Meriwether and Harris counties, a deputy cites a 16 mile chase ending with the apparent disappearance of Turner after a jail release. Prominent landowner John Wallace and Herring Sivell face a grand jury on murder warrants alongside Henry Mobley and Broughton Myrand for participating in the pursuit. Witnesses describe a violent confrontation at a tourist court and a whiskey dispute fueling the fatal incident.
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Newman
Potts
Wilson Tarher
Daly
Turner
John Wallace
Meriwether
Herring Sivell
Chipley
Sherif Potts
Henry Mobley
Broughton Myband
Birs
Wallace
Steve Smith
Moreland
Sivell
Turner Savakely
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Hagerstown
Hook
Virginia Ave
Tru-Pink Tanks
USA
Mustin Tor
Scistora
Leiter Brothers
Federation of Malaya
KODAK
Hays & Bros
W. Washingon
West End
West Franklin
Egyfi
Turkey
Alry
THE
Arab League
Abdullah of
Trens-Jordant
Jerusalem
Abdallah
Cairo
Society
George Eustis
Saverly Security
R. M. Hays & Bros. Incorporated
Weat
Milly
Suits & Coats
Jonathan &J. Hageratown
Tyments
D. Ry
Kirk, Mgr
General Electric
Fleigh Motor Corp
Oak Hill Ave
RAND
Georgia
Cas I
Money Consumers Credit Service
Fnc
Potomac Street
Venetian Blind Meg. CO
N. Potomac St
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