Ten Die When j
Train Hits Truck
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CARTHAGE, Tenn., (>P)—A fast j
^freight train rammed a truck i
crowded with Sunday worshippers 1
at a crossing near here last night,
killing 10 persons—nine in one
family — and seriously injuring
another.
The truck burst into flames and
was dragged some 100 yards down
the track before the speeding
1 Tennessee Central diesel could
come to a halt. ,
Some of the dead were scattered
along the tracks, while the rest
were pinned in the cab of the
truck. All eleven were returning
from church services to their
homes.
The driver of another car said
he had stopped his car at the
. crossing to let some passengers
fout when the truck came up be
hind him. “I knew the train was
coming,” he said. “I tried to wave
the truck down, but the truck
driver pulled around me and went
on in front of the train.”
U.S. Commissioner's Court
^ Jim Dexter was given a ten-day
suspended sentence for an attempt
to defraud an inn-keeper.
Fishing Schooner |
Runs Aground j
SEATTLE, OP)—A 70-foot fish-1
ing schooner with nine men :
aboard went aground early yester- '
day on Herbert Reef, 96 miles
south of Ketchikan, but floated
free several hours later.
Coast guard headquarters here
said the damaged vessel, the Cel
tic, apparently freed itself at high I
tide.
It was taken in tow by the J. P.
Edwards, believed to be another
fishing boat, and was due at
Ketchikan today.
Earlier, the coast guard said
that movable fishing gear and per
sonal belonging, valued at $40,000,
had been transferred from the
Celtic to the Edwards and another (
vessel, the Hauana.
Two of the Celtic’s crew were
taken aboard the Marconia, which
was not identified further, but the
skipper and remainder of the
crew remained with their ship.
INDIAN POSTAL REPORT
NEW DELHI, India, {IP)—With
only 10 per cent of her 325 million
people literate, India in 1948 han
dled 226,300,000 letters and post
cards. Indian post offices sold
i stamps and stationery last year to
the value of 46 million dollars.
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Health Insurance
Bill Introduced
In Congress
(By Marvin L. Arrowsmith)
WASHINGTON, (/f>) — Legisla
tion to carry out President Tru
man’s far-reaching health pro
gram was introduced in Congress
I today.
The bill calls for payroll-tax in
surance to provide medical, hos
pital and dental care for about
120.000,000 Americans at a spon
sor-estimated cost of around six
billion dollars a year.
The administration measure
also would put into effect all the
other phases of Mr. Truman’s pro
gram.
Those include federal grants
I for medical education, hospital
| construction, public health serv
ices and research. The bill also
j authorizes an experimental pro
i gram of federal aid to farmers’
health cooperatives.
A sponsor’s statement accom
panying the bill was signed by
Senator Elbert D. Thomas <D.
i Utah), chairman of the Senate la
bor and public welfare committee.
Not a single Republican’s name
was on the list of sponsors. Some
Republicans—as well as some
Democrats — have branded the
president’s national health insur
■ ance program “socialized medi
i cine.”
But the sponsors, in their joint
statement, retorted that substitute
j “voluntary” plans backed by Sen
ator Taft <R.-Ohio> and others
travel “the sure road to socialized
medicine.”
The backers of the President’s
program called their payroll tax
plan “the tried and tested Demo
cratic way.” They added:
' “In fact, it is the only way we
know of to avoid socialized medi
cine ...”
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Cannery Workers
To Vote On AFL As
Bargaining Agent
SEATTLE, i/Pi — Non-resident
Alaska salmon cannery workers
will start voting next Friday on
whether they want to switch to an
AFL union as their bargaining
agent.
Thomas B. Graham, Jr., region
al director of the national labor
relations board, said the first vot
ing would run for two or three
days. He said the tentative plan
calls for a voting day at approxi
mately two-week interval s
throughout the summer labor re
, cruiting season.
He made the announcement un
der the terms of an NLRB deci
sion which was released officially
, Saturday.
The NLRB announcement con
firmed the earlier report from
union sources that only the Alas
ka fish cannery workers union
<AFL> will be on the ballot. It will
be a “yes” or “no” vote.
Workers are to vote between the
time they pass their physical ex
aminations and their departure
for the north.
I The board upheld the hearing
officer’s ruling that the food, to
bacco and agricultural workers
union (CIO* should be excluded
from the ballot. The hearing offi
j cer, Melton Boyd said the CIO
j union had not shown compliance
j with the Taft-Hartley act, includ
i ing officer’s signing of non-com
munist affidavits.
| The election order covers the 39
canneries with! which the CIO un
ion heretofore has bargained as a
unit through Alaska Salmon In
dustry, Inc.
Packard Strike
Called Off; Miners
Return To Work
<Bv The Associated Press*
Eleventh-hour peace talks pre
vented a labor dispute shutdown
of the Packard motor car plant in
Detroit early today.
Nine thousand Packard work
ers, alerted for a strike scheduled
to start last midnight, were told
by the CIO UAW to report for
work. Sixteen disputed points
were settled in a written agree
ment two hours after midnight.
In South Bend, Ind.. union pick
ets set themselves up as inspec
tors as Ford and General Motors
removed machinery from the
strike-bound Bendix Aviation cor
poration plant.
Leaders of the CIO UAW agreed
| to let Ford and General Motors
| remove its dies. A court order
gave the auto makers permission,
( but union pickets later resisted re
. moval. The 7,500 Bendix workers
! have been idle since Wednesday
I in a dispute over dismissal of 47
' employees and alleged slowdowns.
The Bendix strike has made
12.000 idle at Nash-Kelvinator
automobile plant, Kenosha, Wis.
If it continues, 7,000 Kaiser-Fra
zer workers at Detroit may be
. laid off. •
in Lanstord, lJa., b.oou nntnra
cite miners returned to work.
They had quit in support of 10
I sitdown strikers, who later agreed
to arbitration of their dispute.
1 with John L. Lewis arbitrating.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Admitted to the Maynard- Mc
Doug all Hospital were Mrs.
George Lambert, Madeline Pis
coya and Roy Piscoya. the two lat
ter for tonsilectomies.
1 Credit Controls
Removed From
Many Articles
•Contined from Page One!
(Before March 7, the board1
control limit was 18 months. Be
fore the war, board studies show
“typical” terms allowed by deal
ers without controls were 1
months for radios, phonograph
and used cars, 18 months for ev
erything else>.
2. Cut the cash down payment
to 10 per cent from the present Iff
per cent for everything but autos,
—for which it remains 33 1/3
per cent.
• Before March 7, the down pay
ment on most goods was 20 per
cent. In uncontrolled prewar days,
the “typical” allowance by deal
ers was the same as that to be al
lowed under the newly relaxed
terms, both for autos and other
| items>.
i 3. Exempt from control require
ments all articles costing under
| S100. At present, the exemption n;
for goods costing under S50.
| The board’s move to make con
trol terms as easy as, or easier
' than, the uncontrolled terms of
' prewar days was expected to melt
, some of the Congressional opposi
tion to extending control powers
j beyond .June 30, when they are
. scheduled to expire.
Thomas B. McCabe, chairman
of the reserve board, said the
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agency bore in mind “current
credit developments and current
trends in employment in business”
! in taking the action.
The only goods still subject to
I credit controls are autos, cook
stoves, dishwashers, ironers, re
frigerators. washing machines, air
conditioners, radios, television
sets, phonographs, sewing ma
chines, vacuum cleaners, furniture
and rugs.
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