Strike Halts New York Buses Over Firing Four Mechanics
A labor dispute over the firing of four mechanics halted 21 bus routes in Manhattan, affecting about 1.2 million daily riders. The CIO Transport Workers Union called 2,000 workers out, threatening more routes on Fifth Avenue Coach Co. and prompting transit officials to seek settlement as subways boosted service.
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NEW York
Manhattan
CIO Transport Workers Union
Broadway
Madison
Lexington Avenues
Hudson
East
TWU
Michael Quill
Fifth Avenue Coach
Tives
New York City Omnibus Corp
Quill
Omnibus Corporation
U S Conservation Course Completed Near Tyhee
Eighteen members of the U S Soil Conservation Service completed a two day irrigation methods course near Tyhee announced by George Welch. Participants from Montpelier Grace Lava Malad Preston and Pocatello learned water application techniques to conserve water and prevent erosion under supervision by Dell Shockley and Wayne Criddle with field instruction organized by Welch and Ray Mitchner.
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U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Tyhee
George Welch
Conservation Service
Welch
Montpelier
Grace
Lava
Malad
Preston
Pocatello
Ray Mitchner
Idaho Falls
Dell Shockley
Portland
Wayne Criddle
Soil Conservation Research Division
Boise
UAW Chief Reuther Defeated On Dues and Charter Powers
At the CIO United Auto Workers convention in Milwaukee Walter P. Reuther faced his first defeats as proposals to raise dues and to grant the international union power to revoke charters and reorganize disobedient locals were sidetracked. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr criticized U S Steel and Taft Hartley while urging labor to purge Dixiecrats and machine politics from the Democratic Party. Roosevelt urged considering the nation’s welfare over corporate interests and warned against misusing power.
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Milwaukee
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
International Union
UAW
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York
U. S. Steel
Truman
Roosevelt
Benjamin Fairless
U. S
Fairless
United States
Labor
Democratic Party
Forest Fire in Bear Valley Rages Out of Control
A five day old Boise area forest fire in Bear Valley continues to burn out of control as 165 forest service crewmen and volunteers fight the blaze. A new fire north and east of Warm Lake prompted additional response with ground crews and smoke jumpers.
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Boise
Bear Valley
Idaho
Forest Service
Boise National Forest
Warm Lake
McCall
3 Century Old Ruling Upheld in Rape Case
In Leeds a court upheld a 3 century old ruling allowing a husband to rape his wife under certain limits. Edward Clarke 34 stands trial for alleged rape days after a legal separation. Defense and prosecution cited 1066 authorities while the judge ruled a separation order protects the wife’s person and property.
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Leeds
Edward Clarke
Britain
Clarke
New Home For Bureau Moves In Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls supervisors announce the Atomic Energy Commission operations headquarters will relocate this week from the city building to the Rogers hotel annex. Leonard E. Johnston says telephones and equipment are installed and the building is nearly ready. Louise Herbert, head telephone operator, is among the latest arrivals from Washington, D. C.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho ‘Operations
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Leonard E. Johnston
Johnston
Commission
City
Rogers Hotel
Idaho
Washington, D. C
Louise Herbert
Boy Admits Death Shot in Family Tragedy
In Columbus Ohio a 14-year-old boy broke down and admitted to authorities that he shot his sister in law Alma Arledge to death after an argument over work in the bean patch. He and his 11-year-old brother Harold had been held at the detention center after the wife of their brother Earl was found dead at a farm tenant home. The brothers previously denied knowledge of the slaying and admitted only firing a high powered rifle into the house.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dorsel Arledge
Alma Arledge
Fred Pollock
Harold
Earl
Union firings labeled breach of contract claim
The report notes a claim that the firings violated a contract that requires union company consultation on any layoffs. The statement frames the layoffs as a breach and cites union consultation obligations as the basis.
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Lodge Pole
Texas
Allen Shivers
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
Austin
Houston
Tex
Tri-State
Idaho Agriculture
D. A. Stubblefield
Oregon Agriculture
Ter
E. L. Peterson
M. E. Knickerbocker
Oregon Bureau of Animal Indus
Oregon
Washington
Salem
St. Joseph’s School
L. E. Bates
Payette Lakes
Dorothy Barton
Belvedere Apartments
J. E. Haskins
N. Grant Street
Robert E. Hoyt
Los Angeles
William Larson
E. Center
As . D. E. Roberts
Seattle
Boy
Zandel
DuPont
Dulux
Amana
Zundel
Yellowstone
Vlad
Junior Rayon Taffetas
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