AFL to Punish Lawmakers Who Defend TaftHartley Act
Green opened the 67th AFL convention praising labor’s role in Truman’s victory and Democratic gains. The council urged repeal of the Taft Hartley Act while aiming to restore Wagner Act protections and set new pay and leadership reforms, including higher president and secretary treasurer salaries.
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Green
American Federation of Labor
Truman
Dhd
House
Senate
America
AFL
League
AFL Council
Democratic Party
George Meany
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Federation
Meany
John Lewis Sees Coal Gasification Plant Opening
President John L. Lewis visited LIBRARY Pennsylvania to inspect Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co s new $500 000 coal gasification pilot plant. The facility conducts research on producing synthetic fuel gas from coal for manufacturing synthetic gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Wallace Likely Runs Again for 1952 Nomination
Wallace, former Progressive nominee, indicates he would run again in 1952 if it benefits the party. The party’s national committee lists goals, including reopening negotiations with the Soviet Union, as it outlines legislative priorities.
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Wallace
Chicago
National Committee of the
Progressive Party
Congress
Soviet Union
Henry A- Wallace
People's Ice Cream Store Adds Hot Sandwiches
20 percent S. Braddock will begin selling hot sandwiches and hot drinks Tuesday November 16. Also Desirable Building Lot for Sale 627 S. Stewart St Worth of E. T. Bean's Residence Auction Saturday Nov 20 Noon Coleman Dunn, Auctioneer.
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People's Ice Cream
People's Ice Cream Stor
S. Braddock
S. Stewart St. Worth
E. T. Bean
W. C. Miller Coleman Dunn
Princess Elizabeth Welcomes Heir to British Throne
London reports reveal Princess Elizabeth and her seven pound six ounce son are in satisfactory condition after birth. Doctors noted the infant may become Prince of Wales and described him as a lovely bonny lad as crowds gathered at Buckingham Palace. In Norfolk, Virginia, a 21 gun salute greeted the news aboard HMS Duke of York with Adm. McGrigor visiting Norfolk.
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London
Toingham Palace
Elizabeth
Britain
Dominions
Empire
Prince of Wales
Commonwealth
Sandringham
George
Norfolk
Fort Monroe
Norfolk Naval Station
Rhoderick McGrigor
St. James
Virginia Creates State Alcohol Studies and Rehabilitation Bureau
Virginia's public health bureau for alcohol studies and rehabilitation opens as an experimental program. Dr. L. J. Roper announced the new agency will accept patients for treatment and directs appointments via Dr. Ebbe Hoff at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
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Richmond
Virginia
Bureau of Alcohol Studies and Rehabilitation
State Department of Health
United States
L. J. Roper
Ebbe Hoff
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Roper
Commonwealth
Car Recovered. Winchester Theft Suspect Held in Ha gerstown
Clarence Taft Carter had his car returned after it was stolen from outside a Winchester lunch room. The vehicle was found in Hagerstown Sunday morning with James Ash in custody, facing Federal charges for transporting a stolen car across state lines and Winchester charges for breaking and entering Larry's Market. An accomplice remains at large. Carter’s car shows minor dents and missing license plates.
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Clarence Taft Carter
Winchester
Hagerstown
Jmes Ash
Larry's Market
Carter
Boy Hunter Shot On Opening Day Of Game Season
Frederick Maryland November 15 a 16 year old hunter Paul Kenneth McCarthy of near Thurmont becomes the state s first hunting casualty of the season. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with a shotgun wound to the leg below the knee after his gun discharged accidentally three times as he carried it pointed downward. His companion reported the third discharge caused the injuries. The hospital described the wound as serious and the youth had lost considerable blood.
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Frederick
Maryland
Paul Kenneth McCarthy
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
McCarthy
Huntsman
Taft May Yield Senate Leadership Amid Liberal Push
As Taft travels in Europe, GOP liberals push for a shakeup of party leadership. Some backers fear his role on the policy committee hurt Dewey’s bid and 1948 gains. Others expect Taft to step aside voluntarily due to Ohio 1950 re election concerns and time constraints.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate Gop
Europe
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Gov
Dewey
Truman
Congress
Maritime Strike Spreads to Halifax Halts 65000 Workers
Halifax Longshoremen say 65,000 East Coast ILA workers are idle as ships diverted from U S ports remain idle. Some ships continue to work Halifax destinations. In New York Mayor O Dwyer and AFL leader Ryan seek settlement as 65,000 ILA members stay idle and about 200 ships are tied up.
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Halifax
N. S
J. J. Campbell
Halifax Longshoremen’s Assn
AFL
U. S
Campbell
New York
Cunard
White Star Lines
Southampton
O’dwyer
Ryan York
William O'Dwyer
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Assn
New York City
ILA
Lawyer Seeks U.N. Review of Jap Sentences
Alfred W. Brooks of Kansas City, attorney for two Japanese convicted, seeks an appeal to the United Nations and the World Court. He claims funds exist to live in Japan during an appeal and hopes the Security Council will review the Tokyo tribunal verdict that sentenced seven leaders to death and 18 to prison. Dr. Ichiro Kiyose says he will ask General MacArthur to set aside the judgment but will not seek clemency for Tojo.
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Tokyo
Alfred W. Brooks
Kansas City
International Tribunal
United Nations
World Court
Brooks
Japan
Security Council
Ichiro Kiyose
Tojo
MacArthur
Kiyose
Released Time For Religious Education Upheld
In Kingston New York a State Supreme Court justice ruled released time programs in public schools constitutional The decision by Justice Roscoe V Elsworth rejects claims by the Free Thinkers Society of America to halt the program He tied the ruling to a March U S Supreme Court decision McCollum v District 71 which found schools may not aid religious instruction and found New York's system free of disqualifying elements
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Kingston
N. Y
Supreme Court
New York
Roscoe V. Elsworth
Free Thinkers Society of America
Elsworth
U. S. Supreme Court
McCollum Vs. District 71 Board of Education
Cham County
Ill
Physicians Speak At County Meeting
Drs. John McKee John Hortens t ine Leslie Bell and John Adams of Winchester presented a symposium on gall bladder diseases at Shenandoah county medical society meeting in Strasburg.
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John McKee
John Hortenstine
Leslie Bell
John Adams
Winchester
Shenandoah County Medical Society
Strasburg
Truck Weight Check Nets Violations Near Richmond
A 16 hour check counted 450 trucks with 87 violations of load limit laws, about 19.2 percent. The Chickahominy River Bridge area north and south of the loading site saw heavy truck jams as crews extended their surprise inspection. The 87 violators face trial in Hanover Justice Court on Thursday.
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R. I
Chickahominy River Bridge
Richmond
Hanover
Parking Meters Removed North Side Boscawen St
Parking meters were removed from the north side of E Boscawen Street from Cameron Street to Penney's store and replaced with No Parking signs. The action, approved by Winchester council in the November meeting, also includes meters on Cameron Street and bans parking on the north side from Cameron Street to Indian Alley. No changes were made to the south side between Braddock and Indian Alley or near Miller and Anderson's store to Cameron Street.
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E. Boscawn St
Camera St
Penney’s
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Cameron St
Boscawen St
Indian Alley
Braddock
Indian l Alley
Miller and Andrson’s
Winchester Baseball Club Angel Eyes Local Financing
Baseball backers meet at 7:30 tonight at the George Washington hotel to form a Class C or D league led by Ray Ryan from Hamilton Ohio. He expects six cities including Cumberland Frederick Chambersburg Charlottesville Harrisburg Waynesboro to back a Winchester club with outside investors if needed plus reps from Staunton Woodstock Front Royal Martinsburg Westernport Clifton Forge. The effort aims to organize a league by next season despite a lukewarm initial reception and no clear lead investor yet.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Ray Ryan
Ryan
Hamilton
Ohio
Lakeland
Pla
Cumberland
Frederick
Chambersburg
Charlottesville
Harrisonburg
Waynesboro
Staunton
Woodstock
Front Royal
Martinsburg
Westernport
Clifton
Six Are Orphaned When Suitor Kills Widow with Shotgun
Kentland Indiana reports a widow Mrs Ethel Bobbitt 45 was killed by two shotgun blasts as she and her 11 year old son Donald prepared to leave for church services George Martin 48 a paper hanger who had been keeping company with her is named as the killer State Trooper Apple described the event as a fatal shooting leaving six children orphaned
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Kentland
Ind
Ethel Bobbitt
Donald
Apple
George Martin
Wanted to carry The Star for Boys
Notice seeks a youth to deliver The Star in exchange for pay. Apply to Mr. Miller at The Star Office.
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Miller
Star Office
Canada Demands Immediate Holy Land Armistice
Paris dispatch reports Canada urging the United Nations to order Jews and Arabs to negotiate an immediate Palestine armistice. Gen A G L McNaughton proposed a UN Security Council resolution calling for withdrawal and demarcation lines, with U S interest noted. Israel faced protests against Bunche’s withdrawal order in the Negev as Israel debates sanctions.
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Paris
Canada
United Nations
Palestine
A. G. L. McNaughton
Security Council
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Isaeli
America
United States
U.S
General Assembly
McNaughton
Belgium
France
Britain
Council
Israel
Feia
Lebanon
The
U. N
Negev
Holy Land
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Tel Aviv
Ralph J. Bunche
U. N. Palestine
Beersheba
Mahmoud Fahmy Nekrashi Pasha
Egypt
Fridgy
Tiger Breaks Loose at Middlesex Fells Zoo and Is Shot
In Stoneham Massachusetts a full grown male tiger escaped its cage and bit assistant curator James McCarthy 57 suffering a compound arm fracture and cuts. Police officer Michel Waters 64 and Louis Gilman 35 helped seal exits as nearly 2000 spectators watched. After four hours authorities shot the tiger dead.
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Stoneham
Mass
Middlesex Fells Zoo
James McCarthy
Long House
Michel Waters
Louis Gilman
West Medford
Chinese Battle To Break Out of Trap at Suchow
Government troops with a new mechanised arm fought to break through a communist trap in central China near Suchow. Reports claimed a successful pincers breakthrough but confirmations were awaited. Chiang Kai-shek’s son possibly linked to troops joining the Seventh Corps amid heavier fighting south of Suchow.
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Suchow
Nanking
Central China
Ching-chuan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Wei-kuo
Nienchuang
Suhsien
Pengpu
Northwest
Tientsin
Tsingtao
Civil Defense Plan Outlines Germ Warfare Ban and Fire Safety
Washington civil defense planners urge that air raid shelters offer limited protection against atomic attack and that cities prepare to save lives, fight fires, and limit contamination. The report backs volunteer mobile units under state control and emphasizes expert teams for radioactivity and gas risks, while omitting public references to germ warfare.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Partic
Office of Civil Defense Planning
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Federal
Office of Defense
Civil Defense Planning Office
Research and Development Board
National Military Establishment
Marshall to Answer U.N. Berlin Peace Plea
Paris dispatch reports Secretary of State Marshall will answer the U N peace letter from Trygve Lie and Herbert Evatt after consultations with Britain and France. The plan includes briefing President Truman on all phases of American British French talks and unveiling a formal reply.
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Paris
Marshall
Truman
United Nations
Berlin
U. N
Trygver Lie
Herbert V. Evatt
Stalin
Clement Attlee
Britain
Henri Queuille
France
Lie-Evatt
Moscow
Juan A. Bramuglia
Thg Security Council
Bramuglia
County Seeks Federal Ruling Reversal in Salary Dispute
Chesterfield county school board of Virginia asks the U S Court of Appeals to revoke a federal injunction ruling that Negro teachers faced salary discrimination. Attorneys for Negro teachers allege white teachers were paid more despite 1940 eliminations, while board lawyers argue that unintentional discrimination is constitutional and disparities stem from ratings.
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Baltimore
Chesterfield County
Virginia
Sterling. Hutcheson
Richmond
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Refuses Review Of Portal Pay Case
The Supreme Court today effectively upheld Congress action denying workers about 6 billion dollars in back portal to portal pay. The court refused to review a lower court decision that Congress had cancelled the claims.
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Portal
Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
High
Congress Pass
Apple Wood Free Offer At Weems Orchard
Free Applewood at the old Weems Orchard advertised by Bickers Realty Co Inc. Includes a self serve claim for available fruit.
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Applewood Old Weems
Bickers Realty Co
Imc
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