Congress Moves On Labor Dispute Laws In Split Parliament
Congress acts to speed labor dispute controls as House plans timely action and Senate debates fact finding boards and FEPC. Eastland demands discharge of labor panel while Southern foes threaten filibuster. House aims to send a labor measure to the floor next week amid substitutes and veto threats.
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Congress
Truman
House Labor Committee
Eastland
Senate
Labor Committee
FEPC
Randolph
West Virginia
House
Tru
Truman Offers Steel Wage Plan Amid Looming CIO Strike
President Truman proposes a 1812 cent an hour wage compromise to resolve the steel wage dispute with CIO Steelworkers facing a Monday strike. CIO chief Murray and U S Steel President Fairless resumed talks after a White House meeting, promising to report by noon. Separate actions include a fact-finding board for meat-packers and arbitration hints from the CIO Electrical Workers Union.
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Truman
United States Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
CIO
United Auto Workers
Washington
Murray
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
White House
Ross
Fairless
Mr. Truman
Steel Factfinding Board
J. Albert Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers Union
Senate Labor Committee
Office of Price Administration
Ford
New York
Western Electric Company
Cabs Will Get Meters City To Tighten Rules
Amarillo plans a new taxicab ordinance requiring public liability bonds and licensed operations. An inspector will verify service, meter function, and safety checks while meters may be delayed due to procurement. The draft sits with the corporation counsel as city officials defend stricter cab oversight.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Corporation Counsel
Hancock
Atoms to Tell Fate of Navy
Tulsa report quotes Rear Admiral Russell S. Berkey predicting a spring 100 million dollar test of atomic bombs on warships will decide navies' future. He says magnitude equals Okinawa attack, with greatest effect when detonated a mile and a half under the sea and lesser effects if higher.
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Okla
Russell S. Berkey
Berkey
Okinawa
Americans Apply to Marry Austrian Women in Austria
About 300 American soldiers in Austria have sought marriage to Austrian girls or displaced persons since the January 2 ban by U S Army headquarters. Roughly half of the prospective brides are displaced Czechs Poles and Yugoslavs.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S. Army
Jeeps Ordered Salutes to Empty Jeeps on Island
Representative Rees of Kansas told the House that GIs on a South Pacific island were ordered to salute empty jeeps bearing generals stars. He read the remark into the Congressional Record and declined to identify the issuing authority.
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Washington
Rees
Kansas
South Pacific
UNO Council Tackles Peace Job for World
The 11 nation United Nations Security Council opened formally in London to run world arms plants and maintain peace with force if needed. Iran’s Nasrulla Entezam signaled possible aid talks with Soviet Russia over Northern Iran. Foreign Secretary Bevin outlined trusteeship moves for Tanganyika, Cameroons and Togoland while Palestine awaits results of a British American inquiry.
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United Nations Security Council
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Council
Russia
Iran
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Palestine
Ernest Bevin
League of Nations
United Nations
Tanganyika
Cameroons
Togoland
Africa
Bevin
Jans-Jordan
Probe of Information Plan Asked
William Benton assistant secretary of state asked the Associated Press board of directors to name a committee to investigate the United States information program abroad. The request came today in Washington as officials seek scrutiny of propaganda efforts and overseas broadcasting.
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Washington
William Benton
Associated Press Board of Directors
United States
Treasury announces Roosevelt dime to enter circulation Feb 5
The Treasury states the mint will begin striking the Franklin D Roosevelt coin and place it into circulation on February 5 from the new issue. The announcement clarifies the coin is produced for public use starting tomorrow.
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The
Treasury
Mint
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
Weather Bureau reports decreasing cloudiness and warmer conditions for Friday and Friday night. West Texas mostly cloudy with light rain possible from Pecos Valley westward on Friday. New Mexico shows cloudy south portion with light rains along the southwest and border, otherwise partly cloudy with high Friday 40 to 50 west and 45 to 55 east.
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Amarillo
Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Brain disease found in Ley death brain study
Post mortem examinations by the Army Institute of Pathology disclosed a long standing brain disease in the brain of Nazi leader Dr. Robert Ley who hanged himself to avoid war crimes trial. The studies show the disease had been present for years impairing mental and emotional faculties.
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Washington
Robert Ley
Army Institute of Pathology
Army Surgeon -General's Office
Hitler Henchman
Labor Front
Reich
Institute of Pathology
Ley
Nazi Party
Germany
Pure Oil drills fifth well in Cimarron block tops 525 bbls first day
In Cimarron County Oklahoma the Pure Oil Company No 1 Johnson tested 525 barrels in the first 24 hours from the base of the Pennsylvania formation. Depth reached 5010 feet, final plug back to 4880 feet. The 90 000 acre block has five wells with three more drilling and royalty values have risen sharply. The development stems from careful geological and geophysical work.
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Cimarron County
Okla
Johnson
Pure Oil Company
Section 12-in-Jeem
Pennsylvania
Pure Company
Farm Chieftain Sees U S Laws Lag in Social Field
James G Patton national president of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America addresses the Texas Farmers Union at Amarillo Hotel urging daring cooperative action to aid small farmers. He cites wartime ownership shifts and calls for equitable goods distribution and improved social relations amid race and nationality tensions. Officers and directors election and a policy holders meeting of Farmers Cooperative Fire Insurance Co are planned today.
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Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America
Texas Farmers Union Convention
Patton
Tmes
Farmers’ Union
Parton
Amarillo
Farmers Cooperative Fire Insurance Co
80,000 Die at Nazi Camp Lambinowice Reported
An official commission says more than 80,000 POWs from the United States Greece Britain Russia Poland France and New Zealand were killed or starved to death at the Lambinowice concentration camp near Niem medlin in lower Silesia. A separate note promotes Amarillo daffiest sale at Russell Stationery Co on January 21 to 26.
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Lambinowice
Niemmedlin
Lower Silesia
Amarillo
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
Russell
Senator Ferguson proposes Churchill as Pearl Harbor witness
Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged inviting former Prime Minister Winston Churchill to testify before the Pearl Harbor investigating committee. Churchill recently vacationed in Florida while Ferguson pressed for more on the Atlantic Charter conference between Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941.
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Ferguson
Michigan
Churchill
Great Britain
Pearl Harbor
Florida
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Japan
Kimmel Admits He Was Fooled By Pearl Harbor Battle Crises
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel testified before the Senate House committee that as Pacific Fleet commander in 1941 he did not believe Japan would attack the United States though he regarded war as highly probable. He said decoded messages pointed to the time and place, but he lacked submarines and dared not risk destroyers, and he urged relocating the fleet from Hawaii for defense.
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Senate
House
Pearl Harbor
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Tennessee
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Navy
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Overton
Louisiana
FEPC
Southerners To Talk FEPC Bill to Death
A Senate filibuster began after a motion to take up the FEPC bill. Eastland threatened a two year talk, Bilbo pledged long speeches, and George warned against following the administration. The measure seeks a permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission to curb racial and creed-based discrimination in industry, unions, and government. Action on the FEPC bill was set to resume the next day as other labor measures waited.
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Senate
Walter George
Georgia
Eastland
Mississippi
Truman
Bilbo
Massachusetts
United States
Worley Seeks Dairy Strike Resolution in West Texas
Congressman Eugene Worley of Shamrock met with J C Collet and Agriculture officials to discuss a potential 43 county dairy producer strike near Amarillo and Lubbock. He said adjustments for dairy producers were discussed and further talks are planned.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
J. C. Collet
Office of Economic Stabilization
Department of Agriculture
Worley
P-80 Sets Unofficial Flight Record Between Mills Field and LA
An unofficial air speed record was set by a jet propelled Lockheed P-80 flying 361 miles from Mills Field to Los Angeles Municipal Airport in 42 minutes 33 seconds. The average speed was about 510 miles per hour. Top prices paid for used cars at Jack Sorelle 10th and Fillmore.
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San Francisco
Mills Field
Jack SoRelle
Fillmore
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