More Money Needed Says Senator Taft
Washington June 24 Senator Taft urged funding for the National Labor Relations Board as the Taft Hartley act adds duties. Senate and House votes backed the veto override, with projected board funding near 9 million dollars for the coming year. Gerhard P. Van Arkel resigned as NLRB general counsel citing doubts about the act’s workability and fairness.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
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Ball
R-Minn
Congress
Ohioan
Gerhard P. van Arkel
Education For All Age Theme Of Workshop At East Central
Education for the Air Age is the workshop theme at East Central State College from June 30 to July 3. The program aims to show how public schools can prepare students for jet age geography and global attitudes.
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East Central State College
Export Curbs Are Restored
Washington June 24. Weichel says Soviet tankers built for U S government carried gasoline and oil to Russia. Six tankers on the west coast are linked to Amtorg Trading Corp. Export controls to petroleum products may end next Monday. extensions are possible. Weichel seeks maritime commission explanations on how ships were obtained.
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Weichel
Ohio
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
U. S
California
Commerce Department
Canada
Compress
Amtorg Trading Corporation
United States
Maritime Commission
World's Top Seal Catcher Retires From Old Business
Santa Barbara California June 23 AP Captain George M McGuire 94 retires from the live seal trade claiming a world monopoly He says he supplied the world with sea lions and will sell the business to his nephew While once clubbed seals he shifted to nets and cowboys using kelp nets and lasso tactics to capture sea lions for zoos circuses and buyers worldwide
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Santa Barbara
Calif
George M. McGuire
Henry Ford
California
McGuire
Santa Cruz Island
Capivity
Gasoline Shortage Triggers 9-Cent Allocation Plan
Standard Oil Indiana imposes a 9 carrier allocation across 12 of 15 states due to tight supply. Dealers, independent stores, must share limited gasoline equitably while maintaining local methods. Most states affected Illinois to Wisconsin. Wyoming Colorado Montana excluded.
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P Standard Oil Company
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Nebraska
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Oils Fit for Jet Propulsion On Large Scale
More than 30 of the country’s crude oils are deemed suitable for jet propulsion, indicating a broad potential supply for aviation fuel and related defense industries.
Whisky consumption falls 30 percent in early 1947
The Distilled Spirits Institute reported that Americans drank 30 percent less whisky gin rum and brandy in the first four months of 1947 than in the same period of 1946. The drop is blamed mainly on consumer resistance to prices not substantially lowered since the war.
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Washington
Distilled Spirits Institute
Oil Production Makes Slight Gain
The Oil and Gas Journal reports national crude output averaged 5,123,295 barrels daily for the week ended June 21, up 5,405 from the prior week. Gains came from Kansas, California and Oklahoma, while Michigan, Illinois and Indiana fell. Texas production remained steady at 2,288,950 barrels.
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Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
California
Oklahoma
Michigan
Makes a Difference in Ethnic Labels and Milk Output
Native Ethiopians reject the term Abyssinians calling it a mixed race label while Ethio pian denotes being burned by the sun. England's milk production exceeds a billion gallons annually as a major agricultural indicator.
Regional Council May Be Formed
Oklahoma City report says momentum grows for a regional legislative council to study laws for neighboring states. Chairman James C. Nance and Gov. Roy J. Turner note potential to solve common problems, with oil and gas conservation among priorities. L. D. Melton named director at $7,200 yearly salary to coordinate with other states.
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L. D. Melton
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Council
Nance
Melton
Oklahoma
Labor Law Lets Union Shop But Bans Closed Shop
Washington reports the new labor law permits union shop under certain conditions while completely banning the closed shop. It also restricts preferential hiring, maintenance of membership, and automatic union dues checkoff, with penalties up to 10 thousand dollars and one year in jail for violations. States set to override federal rules where bans exist.
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Maine
State Highway Work Underway In Coal County
Coal County projects exceed 85,000 dollars with Moore Brothers Inc Ada laying five miles of surface from State Highway 48 south of Tupelo and Henryetta Construction building two bridges. Maintenance crews finish 12 miles of State 31 from Coalgate to 48 and recondition 20 miles on State 48 to Allen at costs noted. A 38,528 dollar U.S. 75 reconditioning from State 3 to Hughes county line is planned this summer.
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Tupelo
Henryetta Construction Company
Henryetta
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State Highway Department
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State 3
Hughes County
Street fishing yields catfish and perch in Kansas City gutters
Grocer Harold Claybrooks fished in flooded main street gutters and hauled two catfish and four perch. He said the fish swam in deep puddles near the curb and likely came from waterlogged sewers after a heavy rain. A Connecticut agricultural experiment station geneticist notes heat-treated corn seedlings lose fertile pollen.
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Kas
Harold Claybrooks
Claybrooks
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Reporter Fails To Get Story On Veto And Override Debate
A reporter attempts street interviews on Truman's veto of the labor bill but fails to produce a story as respondents offer mixed views. Some defend Congress, others back the president, while many refuse to be quoted and no clear consensus emerges.
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Oklahoma
Truman
Congress
Gress
Britain abandons bid to beat air speed mark
Britain said it would not attempt to top the U S air force speed record of 623.8 miles an hour until a faster plane than the Gloster Meteor is built. A ministry spokesman said the Meteor’s 616 mph was its limit and the U S record awaits official approval.
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Britain
U. S. Air Force
Ministry of Supply
U. S
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Floods Force Wide Evacuations Across Nebraska Iowa Missouri
Midwestern flood crests push residents from homes in Nebraska Iowa and Missouri for the third time this month. Drownings total 16 across the region with search ongoing for four bodies in Cambridge Nebraska while bridges and dikes fail along the Republican and Elkhorn rivers causing extensive damage and travel disruption.
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Nebraska
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Miller
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Oxford
Alma
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Harlan County
Weather Bureau
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Ewing
Meadow Grove
Kansas City
William E. Potter
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St. Louis
Jed Johnson Receives New Appointment
Jed Johnson, former Oklahoma congressman, confirmed for a new post after a committee motion. The appointment follows discussion in the Interior Committee, with Johnson's nomination noted by the law and the administration.
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