Senate blocks plan to split labor bill into four measures
In Washington on April 30 the Senate Republican majority defeated Morse of Oregon and Lee Peck’s bid to divide the omnibus labor disputes bill. The move, opposed by Senator Taft, aimed to ensure passage of some labor measures possibly vetoed if kept in one package. Senator Hatch noted a veto risk but supported splitting to obtain partial enactment.
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Washington
Senate
Morse
Oregon
Puoplican
nKepublican
Labor Committee
Congress
Truman
Taft
GOP
House
Hatch
New Mexico
Independent unions settle wage talks in two states
About 46 000 striking telephone workers in New York and Pennsylvania begin returning to work under independent union deals. Pennsylvania maintenance and plant workers get up to a 4 dollar weekly increase, while 40 000 New York Telephone workers follow suit with a similar agreement. Officials hope these settlements speed broader talks with NFTW affiliates amid ongoing long distance strike tensions. Separately a Kansas City incident disrupted service with cable damage and a break in a transcontinental line.
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NFTW
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York Telephone Company
Henry Mayer
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Detroit
Michigan Company
Mayer
Toda
Basic
Pel- Vania
Bell System
Pia
Telephone
Western Electric
Amarillo Weather Sees Spring Doldrums And Breaks
Amarillo weatherman H. C. Winburn reports a flat warm spell with little variation. Temperatures rise to around 62 this afternoon and 84 tomorrow with scattered high clouds and a 50 degree low in the morning. A break is forecast by Friday with moisture expected in the five day outlook.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Mr. Wirmburn
Weather Brief Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The report notes scattered high thin cloudiness with little temperature change this afternoon tonight and Thursday. West Texas and New Mexico areas show partly cloudy mild conditions with a few scattered thundershowers in northern mountains. High 77 low 50 noon 78 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Arab States Lose Vote On Palestine Debate at UN
In New York on April 30 the 14 nation steering committee narrowed support for an Arab push to send Palestine independence to the full UN assembly. Five members opposed, several abstained, leaving no majority for the Arab proposal. Only Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Egypt favored early full debate. India urged Jewish representation as Asaf Ali pressed for Arabs’ voice and Palestine consideration. Britain and the United States backed a procedural focus on forming a fact finding committee.
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New York
Palestine
Special Assembly
United Nations
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Britain
Assembly
Poland
India
Asaf Ali
Prince
Denmark
Ali
Alexander Cadogan
Canadians React To 1947 Budget Tax Cuts
Ottawa reports Canadians welcomed a 29 percent average income tax cut in the 1947-1948 federal budget. People express disappointment that sales and luxury taxes stay unchanged. Also noted are ads for skating classes at Roller Palace and drafting supplies from Russell Staty Co.
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Ottawa
Roller Palace
6Th & Jefferson
Russell Staty, Co
Taylor
Pay Check Deductions Outlawed By Labor Bill
A labor bill forbids deductions from an employee's pay without consent, except for federal taxes and Social Security. Dues may be deducted only with written consent and can be withdrawn later. The measure passed the House and Senate and now goes to the governor.
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Austin
Senate
Wayne Gaggenfeller
Fruitland
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
Woodrow Bean
el Paso
Bean
Rules Committee
Truman Hosts Mexican President Miguel Aleman at White House
President Truman greeted Miguel Aleman with a warm send off at the White House south portico after hosting a White House dinner in Aleman's honor. The Mexican president, 43, arrived amid a massive ovation and planned a full day including a tomb visit and Arlington trip. Aleman spent the night at the White House.
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Washington
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Truman
White House
Aleman
Arlington
America
Steel Workers Reach Two Year Pact With Bethlehem Steel
The United Steel Workers announce a two year contract with Bethlehem Steel for 85 thousand workers. Wages rise by more than 15 cents an hour, including a general 12 percent rise and sick pay improvements plus severance, vacations, and work schedule gains.
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Bethlehem
New York
U.P
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Bethlehem Steel Company
David J. McDonald
No Work in Texas City Warns Job Seekers
Houston April 30 Homer H. Jackson district director of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission urges all job seekers to stay away from Texas City. No workers are needed there now, he said, noting crowds from across the state have arrived hoping for jobs only to be disappointed.
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Houston
Homer H. Jackson
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Texas City
Jackson
Texas
Four-State Tornado Toll Tops Twenty Deaths
A multi state tornado outbreak left 21 dead and 56 injured across Arkansas Missouri Iowa and Texas. Worth Missouri suffered the heaviest damage with most businesses destroyed and churches and a schoolhouse demolished. Survivors recounted losses including a family finding their two children and grandmother dead in the ruins. A Kansas City blood plasma plane rushed to aid and a teacher saved her pupils by ordering them to a cellar before the school collapsed. In Northeast Texas, six were injured and Mabank and nearby Clowet saw extensive property damage with homes barns and a church struck.
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Clio
Iowa
Bruce Pickering
Irene
Melvin
Worth
Fred Jennings
Jcelar
Kansas City
Anne Trump
Lydia Huff
Janet Huff
Gracie Fern
Doris
Martha
Levi Batey
Mabank
Kaufman County
Odon
Church
Clower
Huff
Fern Huff
Janet
Vandalism Knocks Out 600 KC Telphone Lines
A telephone company spokesman said 600 more home telephones in the Greater Kansas City area were out of service after four acts of vandalism. Two 200-pair cables were nearly severed by an ax in Johnson County near the south city limits, cutting service to 500 telephones. Nearby a 50-pair cable was hacked and another damaged in the southside residential district.
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Kansas City
Leeds
Topeka
U.P
Johnson County
15 Years For Theft In Hesse Jewel Heist
Franklin Field report describes Col. Jack Durant of Chicago sentenced to 15 years hard labor and dismissal from the US Army for taking part in the Kronberg Castle jewel theft. His wife Capt. Kathleen Nash received five years. Maj. David Watson got three years. The court found Durant guilty of stealing $10,000 worth of jewels valued at $1.5 million by Army prosecutors.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Jack Durant
Chicago
Kronberg Castle
Air Forces
United States
Durant
Army
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash
Phoenix
Ariz
Countess of Hesse
Queen Victoria
US Army
Maj
David S. Watson
Burlingame
Cal
House approves 200 million relief bill with Russia controls
The House passed a 200 million dollar foreign relief measure after trimming 150 million and imposing conditions on aid to countries under Soviet domination. Final roll call 335 to 66 with Senate action expected on the 350 million plan. A Regal Co Insurance Real Estate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
O’kenski
Wisconsin
Moscow
Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics
Russia
Miners to Demand Industrywide Wage Agreement
A source close to the United Mine Workers says a national soft coal strike on July 1 is inevitable if southern operators reject industrywide bargaining. The UMW demands a single industry contract, likely unchanged before June 30 when government seizes mines ends. The Southern Coal Producers Association, covering about 45 percent of soft coal, resisted at the start of new contract talks.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
AFL
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
Air Force Rescuers Still Search for Missing Plane
Canadian Air Force rescue planes comb the wooded slopes of Vancouver Island seeking a trans- Canadian airliner. Fifteen aboard are feared dead as RCAF pilots circle Mount Moriarty after a report of a bright object. Civilian parachutists stand by to fly to the crash site once located.
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Vancouver
B. C
U.P
Vancouver Island
RCAF
Mount Moriarty
Dallas Man Killed When Truck Overturns Near Sherman
James Jackson De Hart, 51, of Dallas, died in a truck crash six miles south of Sherman. Police said the truck overturned last night and crushed him in the cab on a slippery highway.
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Sherman
U.P
James Jackson de Hart
Dallas
de Hart
Texas unions hold firm on Bell strike stance
T. E. Webb, Texas representative of the Southwestern Telephone Workers Union, says the New York and Pennsylvania unions ending their strike do not affect Texas. Southwestern unions may negotiate separately with Bell, but only if approved by the national policy committee. All talks remain in Washington.
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Dallas
T. E. Webb
Texas
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
New York
Pennsylvania
Webb
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Southwestern Workers
Southwestern Telephone
Bell Telephone Company
National Policy Committee
Washington
Kuhn’s Shaft at US Disaster Aid Provokes Curses and Criticisms
Houston paint manufacturer Hi J Kuhn denounces a proposed 15 million dollar Texas City relief appropriation as grandstanding aimed at keeping Congress in office. He says relief is needed but questions the size, fearing it sets a harmful precedent. He reports receiving curses from supporters of Texas City aid.
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Kuhn
Houston
Texas City
Hi. J. Kuhn
Albert Thomas
John Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas
Washington
Congress
Texas
Europe
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John Maynard
Clowet
Grand Saline
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