Petrillo Cleared in Lea Act Fight Over WAAF Strike
Chicago AFL leader James Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians for 25 years, is found innocent of violating the Lea Act in a 1946 Chicago radio strike against WAAF. Judge Walter Labay rules the government failed to prove Petrillo knew WAAF needed no more musicians. Petrillo plans talks with networks in New York to renew contracts expiring January 31. U.S. Attorney Otto Kerner says no further appeal.
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Chicago
James Caesar Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
Ieee
New York
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Howe
Trief
WAAF
Labay
U. S
Otto L. Kerner
Port Moves Studied as City Debates Airport Fees and Control
Community debate centers on federal aid eligibility for Pocatello airport and why funds were not pursued. James Page, private plane owner, challenges exclusive leases held by Pocatello Flying Service while O R Baum and local figures push for a five member commission of flyers and businessmen to run the airport. The dispute references a $100000 loss of Civil Aeronautics Authority funds and lease relations between two flying schools.
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Pocatello Municipal —Airgad
Asn
James Page
Civil Aeronautics .Authority
Pocatello Flying Service
Page
George R. Phillips
O. R. Baum
Baum
E. M
Curly) Wilson
O. G. Roche
Pocatello
Flyer
Roche
Railroad unions discuss demands but postpone decision
Officials of 17 railroad unions representing 000,000 non operating employees discussed higher wages and shorter hours last night but delayed any formal decision on new demands until sometime next month.
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Washington
Firemen Aid Polio Fund With Parking Meter Signs
Six Pocatello firefighters Capt. H C Minor R C Adams Jack Branson G G Black Guy Smith and Ernie Ellis donated time to place polio fund signs on meters. Also noted are Bannock county school district reorganization talks at Lava High School and local candidates for office Ben Johnson Pete Jensen and George Phillips.
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Pocatello
H. C. Minor
R. C. Adams
Jack Branson
G. G. Black
Guy Smith
Ernie Ellis
Barinack County School District Reorganization Committee
Lava High School
Ben Johnson
Preston
Pete Jensen
George Phillips
City Supervisor Christensen Leaps To Death From Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco official Chris J. Christensen 46, a newly elected City Supervisor and former jeweler, died Wednesday after leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge. A note found with his coat cited shattered nerves. a paint box and his belongings were recovered at the span’s center. Christensen, married with two children, was an ex-president of the Retail Jewelers Association and a San Francisco native. This marked the 88th self inflicted death from the span linking San Francisco and Marin County.
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San Francisco
Chris J. Christensen
Golden Gate Bridge
State Highway Patrol
Christensen
Chris
Harbor
Mission District
Retail Jeweler's Association
Donald
University of California
Camille Brent
Marin County
Two Women Testify In Glenn Marsh Murder Trial
In Rockford Illinois Glenn Marsh 27 a farmer faces trial for the slayings of Vernon Anderson and Grant Muhrlein as two women from his life his wife and his former sweetheart testified. Mrs Marsh evasively answered questions while Mrs Anderson admitted she had fallen in love with Marsh and testified to an intimate relationship since August last year.
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Rockford, Ill
Glenn Marsh
Marsh
Vernon Anderson
Katherine
Kit) Anderson
Michigan
Max Weston
Weston
Compromise Plan Seen for Michaud Flat Water Allocation
A tentative plan by the Bureau of Reclamation proposes about 25 percent of unused water from the American Falls reservoir be allocated to Michaud Flat and Rupert. Two thirds would go to Michaud, one third to Rupert, contingent on landowners selling all but one farm to the bureau for divvying among war veteran families. Transit of water to Michaud would follow lands sale and re subdivision.
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United States Bureau of Reclamation
Michaud Flat
Reclamation
Pocateco
American Falls
Rupert
Michaud
Bureau of Reclamation
Fast Legislative Action Sought To Prevent Low Mood
Eight year old Ronnie Hanks smiled as he received a drying job from his five year old brother Dennis after a plunge in the Portneuf River. Linda Wilson Ted dy Wilson Kim Sharp and Lloyd Wilson followed Ronnie’s entry path.
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Ronnie Hanks
Brother Dennis
Portneuf
Linda Wilson
Teddy Wilson
Kim Sharp
Lloyd Wilson
Ronnie
West Pocatello river scare spurs safety plea
In West Pocatello residents demand protective railing after eight year old Ronnie Hanks nearly drowns in the Portneuf river toward Jefferson school. Parents urge river safety measures as swift waters and a deep embankment threaten local children.
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West Pocatellans
Portneuf
Nine Die In Rail Wreck Near Wikes Quebec
Nine people were killed and 56 injured when a Canadian National Express train crashed into the rear of another passenger train near Wikes Quebec. The dead include eight passengers and one trainman N Vaulldncourt of Quebec City. Three seriously hurt were moved to hospitals by special train and plane. others received first aid and continued their journey.
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Montreal
Economic outlook 1948 under Truman warning of inflation danger
President Truman warned Congress that 1948 faces inflationary risk with a strong inflationary trend evident in 1947. Prices surged since June 1947, wages mostly kept pace, profits rose to 17 billion, unemployment near 1.6 million, and 1948 aims include full employment and about 700 thousand new jobs while targeting three percent production growth.
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Robert Barkdoll
United Press
Eeree
Truman
Recon
Congress
James G. Fulton
James FE. Murray
Mont
Rep
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Okla
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Morris Sayre
Washington
Consumer Blame Cited Over Meat Prices At Trade Meeting
A spokesman for American butchers told stockmen at the 51st annual American National Livestock Association meeting in Boise that consumers are to blame for high meat prices. The group urged Congress to drop rationing and price controls.
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Boise
American National Livestock Association
Congress
Clear Day Weather Forecast With Light Cold Snap
The forecast calls for clear skies and a mild cooling tonight with temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees after last night’s 10 below. Yesterday’s high reached 37 degrees, with a low of 10. Today’s high expected near 38 degrees.
Agent Affirms Berlin Stay Amid Cold War Pressure
General Lucius D. Clay declared in Berlin that the United States would remain with immeasurable strength and refused to be frightened by Soviet pressure. Allies warned that a U.S. withdrawal could destabilize Trieste, Greece, Turkey, and Iran and threaten Britain and France. Allied sources also exposed a claimed Communist plot, backed by Russia, to sabotage the Marshall Plan with strikes in western German industry.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Clay
United States
Trieste
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Great Britain
France
Russia
Communist Bureau of Information
Belgrade
Six Die In Blaze At Billings Shack Fire
In Billings Montana six people died in a 10 by 10 foot tarpaper and wood shack on the south side. Coroner Howard Smith said all perished from suffocation. Firemen found four men and two women when they forced entry to the locked one room dwelling.
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Billings
Mont
Howard Smith
World War I Orphan Reunited With Father After 27 Years
A Belfast woman Betty Hamilton Gunning learns her father Harold Hamilton, a Detroit driver, is alive after 27 years believed she was an orphan. Confession by relatives who hid the truth sparked a long awaited reunion and tears of joy as letters finally connected father and daughter.
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Belfast
North Ireland
Harold Hamilton
Detroit
Betty Hamilton
Betty
Hamilton
Willow Bank Gardens
America
Jeanne
Elizabeth Topping
Caroline
Marriea Htetty al Roline
Maken
Illon
New
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Lowe
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L. E. Hanks
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