Labor Party splits over Bevin threaten pro American stance
London April 2 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin faces a Labour rebellion as 173 Labour MPs vote against or abstain on the conscription bill while 20 to 30 oppose his foreign policy. Cripps, Dalton or Morrison named as potential successors if Bevin resigns after returning from Moscow.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Foreign Office
Moscow
Britain
Bevin
House of Commons
Miners warn of extended coal holiday after safety doubts
United Mine Workers leaders say members will not return to government pits until mines are deemed safe. Hugh White of District 12 cites Centralia explosion that killed 111 as reason to extend the mourning period and strike. About 400000 soft coal miners stay out until Monday.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Hugh White
UMW District 12
Centralia
Centralia No. 5
UMW
White
Lewis
Amarillo area mass school election on tax, bonds and trustees
Voters will decide two tax rate questions for the Amarillo Independent School District, and whether to issue bonds for school buildings. The Amarillo College District asks to issue bonds for a new building. Six precincts list polling locations and candidate names for the school and college boards with incumbents Rush and Gibson seeking reelection.
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Ssini
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School District
Amarillo College
J. Avery Rush
W. W. Gibson
H. Herman Smith
A. L. Biggs
J. M. Bulloch
A. R. Bivins
Rock Island Railroad
Sixteenth Street
Tenth Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Fillmore Street
Santa Fe
Twenty-first Street
Pillmore
Washington Streets
Wolflin School
Potter
Randall Counties
Washington Street
Potter County
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
The forecast notes scattered cloudiness and mild temperatures tonight and Thursday with widely scattered showers late Thursday afternoon. West Texas staying partly cloudy with no major temperature changes. New Mexico partly cloudy today and Thursday with scattered showers and cooler conditions in the northwest and mountains. Also listed are local ads for Easter Bibles at Baso Stationery Co and advance skating classes at Roller Palace along with lumber and asphalt shingle offerings from John Maynard Lbr.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rent Vote Delayed Two Weeks By Banking Committee
The House Banking Committee postponed final action on rent increases to April 16 to sound out constituents. A tentative 10 percent rent hike was approved yesterday but faces doubt as a Republican leader predicted reversal and a Senate panel also rejected the plan. It may be weeks before floor votes in both houses. The committee chose to delay by 17 to 7 instead of voting today.
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Washington
U.P
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Eassusiansci Nomuna
New Hampshire ratifies term limit amendment for presidents
New Hampshire becomes the fifth state to ratify a constitutional amendment restricting presidents to two elected terms or a maximum of 10 years in office. Maine was first, followed by Michigan Iowa and Kansas.
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United Press
New Hampshire
White House
Maine
Senate
Michigan
Iowa
Kansas
Phone Strike Appears Likely As Law Delayed
Washington April 2 A strike threat looms as NFTW president Joseph A Beirne says a nation wide telephone strike will start next Monday unless companies offer changes after a 24 hour talk with Edgar L Warren head of the U S Conciliation Service and John W Gibson assistant labor secretary House Labor Committee approved anti strike legislation though not expected to pass before Monday NFTW represents 287 000 workers in 39 affiliates Beirne and Warren described a gloomy outlook and called for a congressional inquiry into Bell System labor policy seeking to show national bargaining opposed by Bell as unitary despite local bargaining posture. The proposed measure would let the President obtain a court order to halt a strike if public utility transportation or communication services are threatened.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Beirne
Edgar L. Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
John W. Gibson
NFTW
House Labor Committee
Hartley
New Jersey
House
Labor Committee
Bell System
J. A. Beirne
Halleck
Indiana
Senate
GOP
White
Maine
Bell Telephone System
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph
Palestine UN session cleared by Big Five endorsement
The Palestine question moves toward a United Nations special session after China and France endorse Britain’s plan, with the U S Russia and the others likely to back the proposal. Acting Secretary-General U Thant announced the endorsements and noted Britain has prepared the formal note calling for the session to start within days. The plan aims to limit the session to a single task, the Palestine issue.
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Lake Success
N. Y Y
General Assembly
Palestine
China
France
United States
Russia
Great Britain
United
Victor Hoo
Britain
Hoo
United Nations
Fear Muddle in Precinct 7 Leads to Ballot Recount Suit
In yesterday's city election Lawrence Hagg won mayoral race while Jim Hudson and Ira Stephenson advance to the Commissioner No 1 runoff. Bud Curtis held a clear plurality for Commissioner No 2 with 14 votes separating second and third, triggering a runoff between Curtis and Jimmy James. a recount suit is expected for Precinct 7.
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Charley Crowe
Mmayor
Hagg
Amarillo
No. 2
Lawrence Hagg
Jim Hudson
Ira Stephenson
No. 1
Bud Curtis
Jimmy James
al Reville
James
Reville, James Vote Discrepancy Spawns Recount Talk
Precinct 7 at Wolflin School reported a tally shift that put James 14 votes ahead of Reville while showing more votes for the No 2 commission race than for the top contest. presiding judge Gus Leftwich noted a discrepancy, City Manager Hancock agreed, prompting recount speculation. City Attorney Manning cited law prohibiting reopening sealed boxes without district court order after suit filed. Reville vowed to file if needed to obtain a court rehearing.
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Reville
James
Wolflin School
Gus Leftwich
A. P. Hancock
Ben Manning
Marshall Tells All On China
U S Secretary of State Marshall told Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov that after current troop withdrawals from China, about 6180 military and naval personnel will stay at the Chinese government request. He said American forces repatriated three million Japanese from China and had no information on the 700 thousand Japanese said to be in Manchuria by the Soviets.
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Moscow
Manchuria
Marshall
Molotov
United States
Britain
Russia
French and British Outline Stage By Stage German Peace Plan
In Moscow on April 2, Foreign Minister Bidault agreed to a British proposal for a provisional government in Germany by stages to fulfill China obligations per the Moscow 1945 accord. Marshall’s letter circulated by the American delegation, Molotov’s reply awaited public release, and four power talks faced possible stalemate with French and British diplomates more pessimistic than hopeful.
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Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bidault
Germany
China
Molotov
Truman
Marshall
Foreign Ministers Council
French Commanders in Far East Die in Plane Crash
Dispatches from Hanoi report Col. Robert Marie Gufflet French chief of staff for the Far East and Col. Pierre Louis Debes acting commander of French forces in northern Indochina killed in a plane crash off the Tonkin coast. Wreckage sighted on Ke Bap island opposite the Chinese frontier.
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Paris
Hanoi
Robert Marie Gufflet
Far East
Pierre Louis Debes
Indochina
Tonkin
Ke Bap
Donations Push Youth Center Fund to 3069
Yesterday contributions to the San Jacinto Youth Center totaled 125 dollars. Secretary John Fairey announced the running total rises to 3069.50 dollars. Donors may mail gifts to Box 2433 with yesterday’s contributors listed on page 10.
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San Jacinto
John Fairey
UN moves to form 10 to 12 nation panel on Palestine
Delegations discuss creating a 10 to 12 nation committee to sift Palestine facts ahead of a September assembly decision. Today's developments push the United Nations toward what may become its severest test.
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Palestine
Anti Closed Shop Bill Adopted in Texas Legislature
The Texas Senate unanimously approved an amended anti closed shop bill with a per capita cost to teachers and a minimum $2,000 salary. the measure moves to the House for concurrence and potential signing by Governor Beauford H. Jester.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
House
Senate May Require Senate Confirmation for Greece Turkey Aid
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington voted to require Senate confirmation of the director of a 400 million dollar aid program for Turkey and Greece and barring use of funds to repay past debts. The panel also adopted a UN spirit preamble and unanimity in votes. Meanwhile the Leyte sails from Quonset to the Mediterranean for a two month task force tour and Athens reports note diplomatic recalls, shelling by a Greek destroyer, and King George II’s death with his brother’s accession.
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Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Senate
Turkey
Greece
Rodionov
Moscow
George II
Athens
Mount
Pelion
Volo
Thessaly
Compunist Organ
British Ship Bombed In Chinese Harbor
British Captain William Lee of the LST Wanshen was seriously injured when his ship was bombed and machine gunned while unloading UNRRA supplies at Shihkinso in the Chinese port. The attack, attributed to Chinese Nationalist forces, wounded three others and led to treatment aboard the gunboat Wilkie at Tsingtao.
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Shanghai
William Lee
LST
Wilkie
Tsingtao
UNRRA
Wanshen
William D. Haining
Vancouver
B. C
Lee
Haining
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