Coal Owners Seek Anti Trust Action Against Unions
National Coal Association executive secretary John D. Battle urged Congress to subject unions to anti trust laws to curb what he called labor monopoly in coal. He testified before the Senate Banking Committee alongside Harry M. Moses and George H. Love as the panel opened an inquiry into union and management practices. The committee aims to determine if the three day work week ordered by John L. Lewis is monopolistic and to study industry practices impact on small business and consumer prices.
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Washington
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Congress
John L. Lewis
Senate Banking Committee
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Lewis
U. S. Flier and Wife Injured in Abduction Attempt
Lt. Harvey Konitz of San Antonio and his wife were attacked after a large truck halted their car on a road toward Goslar. The pair fought off the occupants who spoke Russian, sustaining minor injuries as gunfire clipped their vehicle near Burgdorf, near the Soviet zone border.
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Brunswick
Germany
Air Force
Harvey Konitz
San Antonio
Tex
Goslar
Konitz
Ean
Burgdorf
Berlin Dog Population Decline Amid Air Raid Fears
Berlin officials report the canine population fallen from 190000 in 1929 to a much lower level. Some dogs were destroyed by owners fearing air raids, others starved during the battle, some were stolen for food, and taxes hit hardest as postwar levy rises. Herbert Hoover and General George C. Marshall to receive New York Board of Trade 1949 awards for distinguished service and contributions to American life.
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Berlin
New York
Herbert C. Hoover
Gen
George C. Marshall
New York Board of Trade
Typhoon Gloria Slams Toward China Coast
Typhoon Gloria kills an American child and injures 11 others as it devastates Okinawa. The storm causes about 20 million dollars in damage to U S military installations and prompts warnings along the central China coast toward Shanghai. Charles Krause, a Baltimore technician, reports on Okinawa’s destruction after reaching Tokyo aboard an army plane.
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Tokyo
Gloria
China
U. S
Okinawa
Shanghai
Charles Krause
Baltimore
Krause
Far East Air Force
Posting Of Roads to Be Posted for Oversized Trucks
Idaho Public Works Commissioner J. R. McKinney said posting of roads for over width logging and mining trucks will start after district engineers submit data Signage printing is near and areas around Potlatch Grangeville Stites and Coeur d Alene are likely involved The move follows protests from north Idaho truckers worried strict width limits would reduce shipping during peak season Trucks on posted roads will allow 10 foot bank widths two feet more than standard under recent state law
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BOISE
Idaho Public Works
J. R. McKinney
McKinney
Potlatch
Grangeville
Stites
Coeur d'Alene
C. A. Robins
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U. S. Flier
RED
Laszlo Rajk
Budapest
Rajk
Communist Party
Hungary
Soviet Union
Earl S. Sweigart
WAC
Philadelphia
Narberth
Earl
Malin
Cation
Duran
ORIG
M. W. Electric
M-W
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