Government delays Lewis sentence in coal strike case
The government postponed indefinitely any civil contempt sentences for John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for disobeying the April 3 order to end the soft coal strike. Fines already levied total 20 000 dollars on Lewis and 1.4 million on the union, with higher courts possible to reverse.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Union
Goldsborough
Waterloo Unionist Fined for Assault
Waterloo Iowa April 25. Municipal Judge George Sager fined LeRoy Halley a member of CIO United Packinghouse Workers Local 46 twenty five dollars on assault and battery charges in a quarrel with two women leaving Rath Packing Co. plant workers.
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Waterloo
Iowa
George Sager
LeRoy Halley
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Local 46
Halley
Alegedly
Rath Packing Co
Lemars Millionaire Faces 25000 Suit Over Farm Gifts
Herman R Schultz, 75 year old bachelor millionaire, faces a $25 000 lawsuit in district court filed by William and Viola Rieken. They allege they leased four farms from Schultz from 1950 to March 1 this year and that produced checks were made out to Schultz or to Schultz and Rieken. They accuse him of failing to account for money and disposing of property to dodge obligations. Schultz had said he was giving away farms to relatives and friends to avoid capital gains taxes and because you cant take it with you.
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Lemars
Iowa
Herman R. Schultz
William
Viola Rieken
Caiming
Schultz
Quiz Suspect in Reuther Shooting
Police sought to hold Nelson Davis a 72 hours for questioning over the Walter Reuther shooting. Davis a Ford foundry worker and CAW official filed for habeas relief while doctors confer with Duke University neurosurgery expert Dr Barnes Woodhall at Walter Reed Hospital about Reuther’s arm and chest wounds.
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Detroit
Nelson Davis
Walter P. Reuther
CLO
United Auto Workers
Davis
Ford Motor Company Foundry
CAW
Arthur Webster
Harry 3. Toy
Reuther
UAW
Emil Mazey
Barnes Woodhall
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Woodhall
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Mazey
New Grace Hospital
CIO Workers Face Ottumwa Hearings
Hearings set in Ottumwa Iowa on Monday in two court actions against CIO united packinghouse workers Local 1 on strike at John Morrell & Co. Five local members pled innocent to assault and battery charges brought by William Winters Morrell supervisor of watchmen.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
John Morrell & Co
William Winters
Mor- Rutz
Eugene Johnson
Donald Rel
George Jones
James Hammersly
George Schmitz
Seek to Bargain Steel Wage Hike
The CIO United Steelworkers wage policy committee orders its negotiating teams to press for a substantial wage increase after U.S. Steel refused. The panel, reaffirming Philip Murray’s no strike pledge, seeks 60 to 90 days more time if needed and continues talks on social insurance plans to reach a successful conclusion.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Today
Philip Murray
Steelworkers International Executive Board
U. S. Steel
Murray
U .S. Steel
Farmer at Junction in Tractor Mishap
Guale E. Smith aged 46, a farmer from southeast of Columbus Junction, suffered a severe head gash and broken ankle after losing control of his tractor while turning to operate a lift mechanism. His son Raymond, 20, reported the collision with a tree. Smith was taken to Bellevue hospital, Muscatine.
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Columbus Junction
Guale E. Smith
Raymond
Smith
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Morrell plant foremen face assault allegations in trio case
Doyie King a Morrell foreman accused Schmitz Rutz and Johnson of offering to fight him and a companion Robert Millin when King returned from work at the packing plant Wednesday night. Jones and Hammersly charged in connection with an alleged assault on another Morrell foreman Claude Smith on April 15.
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Schmitz
Rutz
Johnson
Doyie King
Morrell
Robert Millin
King
Jones
Hammersly
Morrell Fo
Claude Smith
Peace Making In Palestine Left to U. S. Lead
United Nations diplomats acknowledge that any peace effort in Palestine must be led by the United States and Britain as fighting intensifies. President Truman weighs sending a UN force under trusteeship with Britain, France, and the U.S. as responsible nations. Ardent moves by Jews and Arabs shape Haifa and Jerusalem areas as the mandate nears expiry.
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Palestine
United States
Britain
United Nations
Holy Land
Truman
France
U. S
Sen
Owen Brewster
Maine
Mr. Truman
London
The
Star
Haifa
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Lake Success
Abba Hillel Silver
Funeral services for Lucy A Leet held in West Chester
Funeral services for Lucy A Leet were held Thursday afternoon April 22 at Federated church West Chester with Rev H P Phillips in charge. Members of the J W Baker detachment of the Women’s Relief Corps attended in a group. Pallbearers were Ira Hough Walter Statler Floyd Crayne Charles Ralston Glen Martin and Howard McCall. Burial was in West Chester cemetery with Sherman’s funeral home arranging.
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Lucy A. Leet
Federated Church At
West Chester
H. P. Phillips
J. W. Baker
Women's Relief Corps
Ira Hough
Walter Statler
Floyd Crayne
Charles Ralston
Glen Martin
Howard McCall
Sherman
Washington Junior College Guidance Conference Opens
High school students from area towns attend the seventh annual Washington junior college vocational guidance conference at the local high school. Dr. H C McKown keynoted with Let s Get Personal. Afternoon sessions and entertainment followed including a baseball game and minstrel show.
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Washington Junior College Vocational Guidance
Harry C. McKown
Dr. McKown
J. P. Street
State Department of Public Instruction
Washington Junior College
Bloomfield
Judge Praises Washington High Music Groups At Ottumwa
Principal Roy Minnis reports Washington high vocal groups received high praise from a judge at the Little Six music festival in Ottumwa. The judge, a Southwest high school administrator from Kansas City, lauded the Washington ensemble directed by Wendell Rider. Instrumental students led by Melvin Hill will attend the Little Six festival in Ft Madison on May 11. No contest ratings were given. judges offered constructive criticism for each group.
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Roy Minnis
Washington
Ottumwa
Southwest High School
Kansas City
Wendell Rider
Melvin Hill
Ft. Madison
Washington reports 0.70 inch rainfall overnight
Washington's official weather observer recorded rainfall reaching 0.70 inch last night across the area. The data reflects a moderate precipitation event with no immediate reports of flooding or damage.
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Washington
Republicans Invited To Dinner With Blue
An invitation to a pot luck supper for local Republicans in Iowa City on April 29 at 6 20 p m in the Community building Sponsored by the Johnson County Women's club Governor Robert D Blue and Chairman Whitney Gilliland will speak State and county candidates are urged to attend Guests should bring sandwiches a covered dish and their own silverware
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Iowa City
Johnson County Women’s Club
Robert D. Blue
Whitney Gilliland
Taft Campaigns in Ohio Presses Stassen on Liberalism
Senator Robert A. Taft assails Harold Stassen in Ohio arguing his bid for delegates rests on unproven liberalism and generalities. Taft defends the Taft Hartley era while urging Stassen to disclose views on social legislation costing potentially a billion dollars annually.
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Robert A. Taft
Ashtabula
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Minnesota
Dayton
Stassen
International
Cleveland
Sen
Harold EK. Stiussen
GOP
Safety film shown at State Theatre this week
Cooperating with the Iowa department of public safety a five minute motion picture prepared by the department is shown at the State theatre on Thursday Friday and Saturday this week. The film explains how the new safety responsibility law affects unlicensed reckless drunken and habitual violator drivers. State highway patrolman Harley Strater arranged the showing calling it educational and a warning to careless automobile drivers who daily risk lives on Iowa streets and highways.
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Lowa Department of Public Safety
State
Harley Strater
Lowa
Governor Blue to Speak at Izaak Walton Sports Show
Governor Robert D Blue will headline the second evening of the annual Izaak Walton league sports show at the Washington Armory. Nearly four hundred attended the first night as 34 local models showcased sports and street wear. Tonight includes golf shot demonstrations by Joe Cheves and fly casting by Ralph Bell. bad roads forced last minute musical cancellations.
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Robert D. Blue
Washington Armory
Armory
Washington
Joe Cheves
Washington Country Club
Ralph Bell
Mr. Bell
Cedar Rapids
Robert L. Singleton Dies Near Junction
Robert L. Singleton 2, a farmer near Columbus Junction, dies at his home April 22 after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 PM at the Columbus Junction Methodist Church with Rev. Lester Bill officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City cemetery. he was born April 11, 1876 near Conesville and survived by wife Stella Smith, son Ray of Davenport, daughter Alma Budd of Moline, IL, and a half sister Nellie Knight of (incomplete).
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Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Lester Bill
West Liberty
Richie
Columbus City
Conesville
Singleton
Stella Smith
Ray
Davenport
Alma Budd
Moline
Nellie Knight
Police clash as pickets pushed from Cudahy plant
Kansas City April reports a violent clash at the Cudahy Packing Co. plant with police driving away pickets and storming the CIO Packinghouse Workers Union hall. About 45 protesters were knocked down, six injured including a possible skull fracture, as officers used clubs and shields to quell the crowd. The Union hall suffered extensive damage with glass, furniture, and walls ruined while detectives described weapons inside the hall after it was breached. Attorney David Carson protested to Mayor Clark Tucker over the forceful action.
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Kansas City
Kan
Cudahy Packing Co
CIO Packinghouse
David Carson
Union
Clark Tucker
Carson
Eli Dahlin
Tucker
Dahlin
Southern Congressman Urged for Cabinet Post
In Washington on April 23 a petition circulated by Democratic House Agriculture Committee members urged President Truman to appoint Rep. John W. Flannagan Jr. of Virginia as secretary of agriculture succeeding Clinton P. Anderson. Anderson said he would resign May 10 to campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination in New Mexico.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol
House Agriculture Committee
White House
John W. Flannagan, Jr
Clinton P. Ander
Anderson
New Mexico
City court fines and venue change noted
One dollar fines for parking violations were levied in city police court against Richard Dallas and Homer Conklin. Mayor G. E. Mace presided and granted a change of venue to Justice of the Peace E. J. Rayburn for Mrs. Meira Brown who faced charges of striking an unattended vehicle and not reporting the accident.
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Richard Dallas
Homer Conklin
G. E. Mace
Justice of the Peace
E. J. Rayburn
Mace
Meira Brown
Jim
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