U S High Court Rules States Hold Power On Closed Shop
The U S Supreme Court ruled that both the Wagner act and the Taft Hartley law grant states full freedom to ban or regulate the closed shop and union security provisions. Justice Frankfurter delivered the 7 to 2 decision with Black in dissent, clarifying federal policy on union membership and maintenance of membership in labor contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo L. Black
William Tescourt
Frankfurter
Ets
States
Russia to slam doors as Moscow reshuffles ministry
Western capitals seek to bolster their anti communist frontier as Molotov is replaced by Vishinsky in Moscow. Officials warn of intensified internal reforms and possible expansion into eastern Europe with a potential clash with Tito over Yugoslavia. The move signals a hardening Soviet line and renewed purges in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Moscow Foreign Ministry
London
Paris
Moscow
West
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
Stalin
Politburo
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Ground Is Broken For Levy's Store
Ground is broken for Levy's new Tucson department store at Pennington and Scott streets with a 30 minute ceremony. Aaron and Leon Levy, their mother Mrs Jacob Levy, and Michael Simon Levy participate as civic leaders and officials praise the million dollar expansion planned for early 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reecie Russell
Jacob Levy
Michael Simon Levy
Levy
Pennington and
Scott Streets
Aaron Levy
Leon
Michael
Stear
Levy Brothers
Aaron
Tucson
Red Star
Douglas
Levy's
Pennington Street
E. T. Houston
Aaron and
Leon Levy
W. E. Naumann
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
Max Klinger
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Goyette
Andrew P. Martin
Martin Drug Co
Pope Hopes For Quiet Coronation Observance
Vatican where Pope Pius XII asks for no public celebrations on March 12 the tenth anniversary of his coronation. He directs pontifical reps abroad to skip official observances amid sorrowful church conditions in many nations. The commemoration will be strictly religious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Mar
Pius XII
Vatican
Tucson Trade Council Backing Rent Control
The Tucson central trades council representing over 4,000 workers informed the city council it is unalterably opposed to rent decontrol. Secretary Herman R. Berlowe argued decontrol would endanger most members and that retaining controls does the most good for the greatest number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
FBI Pushes Spy Charge Against Coplon and Russian Engineer
Federal prosecutors urged grand jury indictments for Judith Coplon, 27, of Barnard College, and Valentine Gubitchev, 32, a United Nations engineer, on charges of stealing government secrets. The pair were arrested after a bus stop with a planted documents cache. Coplon remains free on $20,000 bail, while Gubitchev is held on $100,000 bail awaiting legal counsel.
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New York
Mar
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine Gubitchev
Raymond P. Whearty
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
Barnard College
United Nations
Foreign Agents Registration Section
Washington
FBI
Arizona Senate Approves Study of State Departments
The Arizona senate approved a bill to form an interim joint committee of three lawmakers from each house to hire assistants and study the operation of state departments, reporting to the next session. A companion bill would expand the Library and Archives Bureau into a research unit with two directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brooks
Phoenix
Arizona Senate
House
Legislative Bureau
Department of Library and Archives
Senate
William F. Kimball
Kimball
James Herron Jr
Pinal
Myron C. Holbert
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Royall Is Next To Leave Post
Presidential confidants disclosed Kenneth C. Royall is the next top administrator set to resign within 10 to 20 days. His successor had not yet been chosen. The President vacationed at a naval base in Key West Florida and planned a Rollins College visit in Winter Park dates to be announced. Col Louis Johnson was named as successor to Forrestal with a March 31 deadline and possible Florida conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Florida
Boca Chica
Rollins
Orlando
Winter Park
Rollins College
Defense Forrestal
Truman
Col
Louis Johnson
Mr. Truman
Forrestal
Odom Far Ahead On Honolulu To Teterboro Flight
San Francisco news reports Bill Odom flying the Waikiki Beech toward California at about 150 mph with a 25 mph tailwind. He contacted a coast guard flying boat 450 miles off the California coast and aimed to reach the San Francisco area around 2 45 p m Tucson time. The escort from Alameda air station and radio communications with KGO aided the non stop attempt from Honolulu to New Jersey. Odom previously set a record at Oak land after a storm forced a 2401 mile earlier flight.
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San Francisco
Mar
Bill Odom
Coast Guard
California
Tucson
Odom
Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
Air Communications Service
Alameda Air Station
Farallon Islands
Hawaii
Oakland
KGO
Reopened Grave and Hex Recreations From U.S. Soldier Tale
In Altoona Pennsylvania authorities reveal a reopened grave a burned U.S. army uniform salt cast on a corpse and a widow's healing through a spell attributed to her dead husband Pvt. Reuben Rock who died January 13 of tuberculosis. Rosella Rock's family reported disturbances and the ceremony February 22 to end the haunting and restore peace.
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Altoona
Bedford County
Reuben Rock
Arthur Dively
Rock
Rosella Rock
U. S. Army
Dively
Bulls Creek
Blair-Bedford County
Rosella
Reuben
Day's Activities in Congress by Associated Press
Senate meets briefly at noon to adjourn in honor of late Sen. Broughton. Interior Committee holds public hearing on James Boyd nomination as Bureau of Mines director. Banking panel resumes rent control extension hearings with Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods testifying. Armed Services hears Navy Undersecretary Kennedy on confidential information. an ASNE representative to testify. Foreign Relations debates Marshall Plan behind closed doors and foreign intelligence bill. Defense Secretary Forrestal briefs on a proposed uniform code of military justice. Labor subcommittee reviews Taft-Hartley repeal. Post Office hears Postmaster General Donaldson on proposed postage increases. Rules weighs rent control and pension legislation procedure.
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Sen. Broughton
Interior Committee
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Banking Committee
Tighe Woods
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Kenney
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Foreign Relations Committee
Ptm Pens Sa
Marshall Plan
Armed Service Committee
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
Labor Subcommittee
Post Office Committee
Donaldson
Tanker search continues for missing B-29 in Philippines
A week after a B-29 tanker vanished with nine aboard, rescuers search the Philippine islands for the aircraft. Eight crew were from Davis-Monthan AFB and the ninth was an assistant chief of staff. ColDalene Bailey with three tankers was due at Davis-Monthan from Arabia as others had already arrived. The Lucky Lady II had completed the nonstop world flight earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Philippine Islands
Arabia
Philippines
Worlds
Spy Bill Moves to Tighten U S Overseas Intelligence Network
Congress pressed to expand the CIA power and secrecy while debating measures to admit up to 100 aliens annually for information. House plans strict debate limits as other military and radar defense bills advance amid spying crackdowns and congressional fallout from the Judith Condon case.
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House
United Nations
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
House un-American Activities Committee
Justice Department
Judith Condon
Garvey Nominates Gavin for State Industrial Commissioner
Governor Garvey sent the senate John E. Gavin of Phoenix as nomination for state industrial commissioner to succeed Ray Gilbert whose term ends January 8, 1950. Gavin is currently secretary to the commission and formerly served as secretary to Senator Carl Hayden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Mar
Dan E. Garvey
John E. Gavin
Gavin
Senate
Commission
Ray Gilbert
Carl Hayden
Garvey
Emmet McLoughlin
State Board of Health
Joseph Madison Greer
Arizona Children’s Colony Board
D. E. Nelson
Safford
One Dead Two Missing In Western Iowa Nebraska Floods
Floods across western Iowa and Nebraska left one man dead in Missouri Valley George W Johnson 77 and two Creighton University students Thomas Nolan 22 and Charles Wermuth 20 missing after a hunting trip near Limona Beach Authorities fear typhoid outbreak in Missouri Valley while Red Cross spends on shoes for homeless children and seeks federal relief funds Crete Seward Ashland and other towns reported rising rivers and evacuations as weather turned cooler with snow flurries forecast
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Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Big Blue
George W. Johnson
Thomas M. Nolan
Charles Wermuth
Creighton University
Omaha
Red Cross
Maurice M. Kirlin
Rep. Jensen
R-Ia
Crete
Seward
Elkhorn Valley
Ashland
Platte
Elkhorn
Nebraska City
K. E. Harris
Thomas J. Aron
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Virginia
Atlantic
Gulf States
Blast Damages Nogales School
Nogales high school suffered a blast from gas and oil vapor in a basement furnace. Heating engineer Alfredo Valencia was thrown but uninjured as the three story building cracked walls and shattered windows. About 500 students evacuated in two minutes. inspectors ordered a chimney demolished and a fire department inquiry planned.
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Nogales
Mar
Nogales High School
Alfredo Valencia
Wade W. Carpenter
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Neb
Rock Island Railroad
Platte River
Levy’s
Tucson Trade Council
U. S
Congress
Associated Press
United States
Capitol
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Central Intelligence Agency
un-American Activities Committee
Department
Miss Conlon
Leto
Tucsonomy Citizen
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