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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 12

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DES MOINES REGISTER JAN. 9, 1948. 12 Army's Big Gun Mover Makes a Belated Bow SUE FORD FOR 251 MILLION Greene, publicity; Mrs. John Es-tes and Mrs. James Morrow, en tertainment; Ike Smalls, hospitals; Charles P.

Howard, legal redress; John S. Coleman, industry and labor; William Spriggs, veterans affairs; Mrs. Sarah, E. Jett and the Rev. W.

H. Wheeler, finance; Mrs. Bernica Blackgaines and Mrs. Bertha Wolder, education. N.A.A.C.P.

Commit Chairmen Appointed Committee chairmen of the Des Moines branch. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, were appointed for the year Thursday by Luther Glanton, branch president. Appointed were: Mrs. Guy E. 1 yams give you yj tyr rviH Mr 1 i 9 vmassim lis 5.

M' fit it niiiciana The army's new 1 gun mover was designed for now making: its official bow. Steered from front and back like a heavy tanks, guns and other equipment- at 35 miles an hour. use In World War II, but Is only ladder truck, It can transport MAKES DEATH-BED WILL. DAVENPORT, IA. Edwin W.

McGinn, 42, who died Dec. 24 as the result of a gunshot wound, and whose former wife, Eva McGinn, 37, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting, named his brother, John McGinn. Davenport, as heir and executor of his estate in a death-bed will, it was disclosed Thursday. 1 uam vwcci ruiaiucd Richer in Vitamin A Richer in Flavor Taste Grand Fresh or Canned Hay jome tonight BakeJ, Mashed, Candied, Fried Jury Dismissed In Hewitt Case SAN RAFAEL, CAL. (P) Failing in seven hours to reach a verdict, the jury was dismissed Thursday night in the blood test conspiracy trial of Ann Cooper Hewitt Nicholson and her radio entertainer hu)anl.

Frank. District Attorney Albert E. Bagshaw announced he would seek county grand jury indictments for perjury against the couple for their testimony at the trial. A new trial date of Jan. 16 was set.

The 32-year-old daughter of for parties or playing Man-Sized Job Mrs. Dorothy Pugh, 31, railroad yard clerk and mother of three children, Thursday was appointed mayor of Kant Ca-rondelet, 111., population 600. Her predecessor, G. L. Riebling, quit because the job was "too much for one man." Orders Teacher Held Red, Rehired NEW YORK, N.

UP) New York city's board of higher education acted "without legal justification" in dismissing a teacher charged with membership in the Communist party, the state department of education ruled Thursday. The ruling ordered the board to reinstate Francis J. Thompson, a City college public speaking instructor suspended without pay in 1941. In Baltimore, Thompson said he plans to remain at Johns Hopkins university as associate professor of writing and speech. Seventeen other teachers have been dismissed from the city's four municipal colleges on similar grounds since 1941.

"Until such time as the legislature has outlawed this party, a board of education would be without legal justification in dismissing a teacher because of membership," the department ruled. Wires in Favor Of Truman Talk WASHINGTON, D. C. CT The White House Thursday said reaction to President Truman's state of the union message Wednesday was "quite favorable." Press Secretary Charles G. Ross tolds newsmen that telegrams and messages "seemed to be four or five to one favorable," and that they still are coming in.

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Small, medium, large. 2.25 Dunkable Dud pt-Xx s- nil t-J rALfir Hear A.F.L.'s Plan to Enter Steel Industry WASHINGTON, D. C. UP) One of the toughest problems under the Taft-Hartley act came before the national labor relations board Thursday for decision in an A. F.

of L. attempt to enter the solidly C.I.O.-organized eteel industry. Separate cases involve the point whether the new labor law permits a craft unit a group of specially skilled workers to be nevered from the main group of industrial workers in two Ohio steel mills for collective bargaining purposes. Strife Seen. Attorneys for steel companies and the C.I.O.

Steel Workers union told the NLRB inter-union strife, will break out in the industry if the board sanctions craft union organization. The warning was given at a hearing of two cases involving petitions of the A.1 F. of bricklayers union for permission to establish separate bargaining units for craft employees at the two Ohio plants. Industrial Basis. Both plants now are organized on an industrial basis with all employees, regardless of craft or particular skill, represented by the C.I.O.

steelworkers. This also is true of most of the rest of the industry. "If this once gets started it will bring on craft disputes throughout our industry," warned Ft. Heath Larry of Pittsburgh, attorney for the National Tube a subsidiary of the U. S.

Steel Corp. C. J. Petzhold, attorney for the American Rolling Mill Co. and Lee Pressman, counsel for the C.I.O.

Steelworkers union agreed with After hearing the argument, the NLRB took the cases under advisement for decision later. The dispute involves the traditional struggle of the craft vs. the Industrial type of union organization. It is the crux of the difference between the A. F.

of which leans toward craft organization, and the C.I.O., which split away from the A. F. of L. in favor of unionizing entire industries regardless of what type of work the individual employees do. All Craftsmen.

The old Wagner labor relations act left it entirely up to the NLRB to determine what type of bargaining unit it deemed proper. And for the steel industry, at least, the board always favored the industrial type of bargaining unit blanketing in all craftsmen with steelworkers for union representation; However, the Taft-Hartley law says that craft employees in a plant shall have a right of declaring by a majority among themselves whether they want a separate unit from the rest of production workers. Separate Units. The two cases involve the American Rolling Mill plant at Middletown, Ohio, and the National Tube plant at Lorain, Ohio. 'in both situations the A.

of L. bricklayers union asked separate bargaining units so that it can speak for about 24 bricklayers out of almost 4,000 workers Middletown and approximately 80 bricklayers out of 12,000 workers at Lorain. THE REDBIRD Only 5 krs. 10 minutes to Detroit Convenient morning departure. Equipped to meet your needs: Drawing Room Parlor Car, Parlor Lounge Car, Dining Car, Reclining Seat Coaches' and an Observation Buffet 'Lounge for coach passengers.

Lov Chicago 9:15 AM (CT) (Union Station) Arriv D.troit 3:25 PM (ET) (Fort St. Station) Leave Detroit 5:00 PM (ET) NEW YORK. N. Y. CP) A 251-million-dollar damage suit was filed Thursday by Harry Ferguson, of Detroit against the Ford Motor the Dearborn Motors Henry Ford II and other officers and directors of the companies.

The suit charges Ford and the companies copied the Ferguson line of farm tractors. Anti-Trust Laws. The suit, brought under the Sherman and Clayton anti-trust laws, was filed in federal court by Ferguson, inventor and once termed Henry Ford's "only partner," and his Tirm. It alleges that since July, 1947, the defendants had violated a 1939 agreement between Ferguson and the late Henry Ford by unlawfully seizing and using Ferguson's inventions, engineering developments, ideas and designs. Ferguson claims he brought his tractor and implement developments to this country from Ireland at Henry Ford's Invitation and In 1939 the Ford Motor C'o.

put the tnu--lor. In production, Helling it until Jun, 1947, as the "Ford Tractor-Ferguson System. A break in relations between Ford and the Ferguson company occurred in November, 1946, but production of the tractors by Ford continued under an interim agreement until June, 1947, the complaint said. Impede" Efforts. The plaintiffs also allege the defendants conspired prior to November, 1946, to copy the Ferguson system, to take over the dis-Lributor dealer organization built up by Ferguson, and to impede efforts by the Ferguson company to provide capital funds and arrange for manufacture of its tractors.

Ferguson claims he and Henry Ford made an agreement, never put in writing, by which the Ford Motor Co. manufactured the tractor exclusively for distribution and Bale by the Ferguson company. HEADS MACCABEES. DETROIT, MICH. CP) John P.

Stock of Detroit, Thursday was named president of the Maccabees, an international fraternal society of 280,000 members. He succeeds J. B. Baker, who died Christmas day, in a term that runs until 1950. AL LEVICH- Closing-Out SALE on Radios Record Players Largs assortment of styles $10 WALNUT ST.

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