Auto Workers Halt Sheriff From Obeying Court Order
In South Bend Indiana sixty United Auto Workers pickets blocked a sheriff and six deputies from removing Hudson Motor Die parts from the Aviation Corporation plant. A revolving line blocked entrances, with over 200 unionists present as Sheriff Kipsak sought state aid. The strike continues at Bendix with 7,500 workers idle and no negotiation in sight.
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South Bend
Ind
United Auto Workers Union
Hudson Motor Car Co
Stephen C. Kipsak
Indiana
Henry F. Schricker
National Guard
Hipsak
Hudson
James Roper
Roper
Ford
General Motors
Bendix
Wallace Sees Atlantic Pact Driving U S to Chaos
Progressive Party leader Henry A. Wallace accused the Truman administration of steering the nation toward bankruptcy, loss of civil liberties, and war through the North Atlantic pact. He attacked Dean Acheson and warned the treaty would provoke global arms clashes and mass casualties amid international tension.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
State Department
Dean Acheson
American Broadcasting Company
Petrk
Truman
Russia
U. S
Europe
Fresh Strawberry Shipment Arrives in Pocatello Markets
Strawberries from Fresno California arrived in Pocatello aboard an air liner in 24 hours. Ed Parsch of Pacific Fruit and Produce Co Idaho division announced 575 crates were picked Thursday afternoon and are ready for sale today in local markets.
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Pocatello
Ed Parsch
Idaho
Pacific Fruit and Produce Co
Fresno
Calif
U S Consulates In China Stay Indefinitely
The U S plans to keep consular officials in communist occupied China to protect American interests. The State Department spokesman stressed no recognition of the regime, noting consuls remain in major North China cities including Peiping and Tianjin.
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Washington
U. S
China
State Department
North China
Peiping
Tientsin
Geese Trapped in Oil Pond Fail to Escape
Wildlife workers mourn limited chances for a flock of 36 geese that landed on a two acre oil pond in Cushing Oklahoma. Four drowned and about ten are missing or believed suffocated. Two geese were lassoed from the bank but preservation was doubtful.
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Cushing
Okla
Senator Demands Draft to Curb Commodity Price Raids
Chairman Elmer Thomas of the Senate Agriculture Committee urged Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan to draft legislation to prevent deliberate price cutting raids on grain markets. The Democrat charged the moves aim to force commodity prices down and threaten farm support programs.
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Wastunaron
Elmer Thomas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ve Y
Secretary of Agriure
Charles F. Brannan
Gram
Brannan
Oma Democrat
Doctor's Wife Attacked in South Side Home
A 24 year old doctor's wife was attacked in her second floor bedroom on the south side. A Black intruder held a knife to her throat as her two year old daughter slept nearby. The husband was on night duty at the hospital.
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Youngstown
South Side
Edward Allen
Allen
Industry Leaders Eye Pocatello Agency Expansion
Gordon F. Reser will manage the Pocatello firm with temporary offices in the Hub building. Attending the committee session were C. H. McVey of Kansas City and G. T. Haupert of Portland. McVey called Boise progressive and predicted the distributor outlet could bring at least 300000 dollars in annual business.
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Pocatello
Gordon F. Reser
C. H. McVey
Kansas City
Butler Company
G. T. Haupert
Portland
Ore
McVey
Gate City
Boise
Idaho
R. V. Steele
R. A. Merman
R. D. Gallafent
R. A. Anderson
C. Ed Flandro
Dale Strong
Clarence Satov Eceeattis
Parker
E. A. Dufford
C. H. Bohrer
M. P. Goodfellow
Maurice Rosauer
Henry Fletcher
Frank Grover
J. L. (Ledge) Craig, Jr
Mine Workers to Discuss Contracts with Coal Operators
John L. Lewis has ordered the United Mine Workers wage policy committee to return to Washington by mid May to begin new contract talks with soft coal operators. The union will seek a national wage conference under 1948 convention instructions to negotiate a national agreement.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Hidden Payroll Figures Reported by the Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States released a report detailing how the average American worker received more than $2 above regular wages in 1947 through paid vacations pension premiums and other non wage benefits. It says these labor costs add over 15 percent to the average company's wage bill based on data from labor organizations government agencies and participating companies.
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Washington
Chamber of Commercce
United States
Package labeled aspirin holds jewelry addressed to Mme Soong
A package marked aspirin was seized by customs in San Francisco last night. Inside were inner envelopes containing jewelry addressed to Mme. T. V. Soong, Chiang Kai-Shek’s sister in law.
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SAN Francisco
Mme. T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Senate GOP Wins Point in Budget Trimming Push
Senate Republicans allied with some Democrats to approve returning a labor department and federal security bill of 2.4 billion to the appropriations committee with reducible items trimmed by about five percent. The vote 44 to 37 aimed to lower the budget so tax increases might be avoided. President Truman had proposed a 4 billion tax hike.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Appropriations Committee
Martinsville Jury Finds Grayson Guilty in Slum Ravishing Case
De Sales Grayson, 37, a father of five, is convicted as one of seven Black defendants in the assault of a white department store manager's wife in East Martinsville. Jury seeks death by electric chair. sentences postponed until all trials finish. Other defendants Jampton Hairston Millner Hairston and Hairston are awaiting similar verdicts. two more defendants Taylor and Hairson to be tried next. Victim Mrs Glenn Floyd testified she was attacked nine to ten times after entering the Black section to collect money for cloth she sold.
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Martinsville
Cis’ de Sales
Grayson
Joe Henry Jampton
Frank Hairston, Jr
Booker T. Millner
Howard Lee Hairston
Kennee C. Whittle
John Claydon Taylor
James Luther Hairson
Glenn Floyd
East Martinsville
Puerto Rico Stamp Marks First Gubernatorial Election
Puerto Rico receives a three cent U S stamp commemorating the island's first gubernatorial election. The stamp goes on sale today for the first time at the Pocatello post office.
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Puerto Rico
U. S
Pocatello
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