Housing Bill Seemed Doomed After House Vote
A 3,000 strong Philadelphia crowd of electrical strikers clashed with police near a General Electric plant injuring about a dozen and 17 arrests. In Washington, the House voted 145 to 88 to terminate emergency housing powers by June 30 1947, threatening Truman administration plans for mass home building and marking a key defeat for the program.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Eastwick
General Electric Co
Washington
House
Patman
Texas
Truman
Wolcott
Mr. Truman
OPA
Wyatt
Walcott
Bradley for Pension Hike
Veterans Adminstrator Gen. Omar N. Bradley urged Congress to remove a legal barrier to a new disability pension schedule. The plan would raise pensions for about 120000 to 140000 veterans with average boosts of 17.25 dollars monthly, benefiting 16 to 12 percent of World War II vets and roughly 5 percent of World War I veterans.
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Washington
U.2
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
House Veterans Committee
Bradley
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Weather forecast calls for cooler, fair conditions next
The weather bureau predicts a drop of about ten degrees from tonight’s 39 to around 29 tomorrow night. The high tomorrow is forecast near 54 with strong northerly winds tomorrow afternoon. It will be fair and warmer today and tonight before the cooling trend.
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Weather Bureau
American Authorities Alert for Possible Disorders in Korea
American authorities warned military and Korean police to stand by for possible disorders as Korea marks Independence Day. Riot squads were organized as a precaution against potential flare-ups among politically volatile groups opposing continued trusteeship.
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Seoul
Korea
Weather forecast for Amarillo West and nearby regions
The Amarillo area sees fair warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with stronger northerly winds. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler afternoon temperatures. West Texas and New Mexico follow similar trends with warmer spells, cooler highs Friday, and specific temperature ranges noted for north and south zones. Jack Sorelle at 10th and Fillmore advertises top prices paid for used cars.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Jack SoRelle
Fillmore
Howard Ewin Faces Forgery Trial in 47th District Court
Howard Leslie Ewin stands trial on forgery charges in 47th District Court before Judge Henry S. Bishop. Ewin pleaded guilty and requested a suspended sentence as jurors prepare to hear the case this afternoon.
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Howard Leslie Ewin
47Th District Court
Henry S. Bishop
Ewin
Spain Gathers Troops at French Border Amid Tense Standstill
Reports indicate Spain moved thousands of troops and artillery toward the Pyrenees border as France and Spain halt cross border traffic. Spanish authorities fortified Hendaye and Bourg-Madame areas while French guards maintained normal patrols. London reports said additional forces were expected as the Franco regime faces possible international action and an interim government proposal.
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Spain
France
Hendaye
United States
Britain
Pyrenees
Bourg-Madame
London
Daily Herald
Paris
Puigcerda
Catalonia
Underwear Shortage Sparks Senate Hearing Satirical Testimony
Washington report mocks the OPA by recounting Roy J. Chaney of the underwear institute presenting his private drawers as evidence of wartime cotton shortages. Senator Bankhead examines the garments before returning them, highlighting postwar supply woes for men and women.
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Washington
Union Suit
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Senator Bankhead
Roy J. Chaney
The
Underwear Institute of America
Chaney
Agriculture Subcommittee
OPA
Senate
Bankhead
Union
Walkout Is Sure In Texas and Louisiana Rail Strike
Houston February 28 The strike by engineers and trainmen on the Southern Pacific lines in Texas and Louisiana will start at 6 o'clock Saturday morning the two railroad brotherhoods announced. They said the walkout proceeds whether or not an emergency board is appointed to hear the dispute.
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Ford
River Rouge
Michigan
Ford Motor Empire
CIO Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Truman
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Detroit
Houston
Southern Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
Painter
Sweatt
University of Texas
Wiley College
Marshall
Tex
University of Michigan
General McNarney Loses Hope For French Cooperation
In Frankfurt on February 28 General Joseph T. McNarney head of American forces in Europe said he has given up on obtaining French agreement to a unified civil administration for defeated Germany and has handed the issue to the U.S. State Department. He criticized the French for refusing proposals from the American British and Russian military governments.
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Frankfurt
U.P
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Germany
U. S. State Department
McNarney
Manila Workers Strike for Higher Wages
Over 2,000 Manila workers walked off today seeking higher pay. Most were employees of the American owned Manila Electric Railroad and Light Corporation, disrupting electric power and city bus services. Governor Coke Stevenson announced plans to attend Fort Worth Fat Stock Show opening March 8.
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Manila
Manila __ electric railroad and light corporation
Austin
Coke Stevenson
Fort Worth
Senate hears smear claim in Pauley nomination hearing
John A. Smith testified that Norman Littell warned the Naval Committee would smear him as the Pauley Undersecretary nomination encounter continued. Senator Tydings pressed for details while Tobey sought Littell’s aid in opposing Pauley. Reports mounted that a Senate vote on Pauley remains uncertain.
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Washington
John A. Smith
California
Norman Littell
Senate Naval Committee
Smith
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Tydings
Maryland
Tobey
New Hampshire
Littell
Pauley
Senate
Foley brothers depart ment store to rise in Houston
Ground will be broken tomorrow for a new nine million dollar Foley Brothers Department store in downtown Houston. Mayor Otis Massey will lead a group of speakers at the ceremony.
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Houston
U.P
Foley Brothers Department
Otis Massey
Boy Scout HQ in Manila Rebuilds to 10000 Members
The Boy Scout headquarters reports the organization in Manila has rebuilt after Japanese occupation and now counts over 10 000 members, about a quarter of its prewar strength.
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Manila
Boy Scout
NLRB Chief Opposes Case Labor Bill Forcing Strikes Risk
Chairman Paul M. Herzog of the National Labor Relations Board told the Senate Labor Committee that the Case Labor Bill would not cure strikes but provoke new labor management troubles. He said the measure encroaches on NLRB authority and imposes drastic penalties for minor actions, risking blacklistings and renewed violence. He urged that the bill could backfire and create legal vacuums.
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Washington
U.P
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
Herzog
Senate Labor Committee
NLRB
Britain's Postwar Might Revealed
London reports Britain will keep up to 4,200,000 personnel in the army navy and air force this year and allocate about 4.77 billion dollars to military spending. The white paper notes the 4.2 million includes men in discharge units still paid for terminal leave.
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London
Great Britain
War Hero's Young Son Receives Medal
Two year old Robert Ede Carswell received a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor for his father Maj. Horace S. Carswell Jr. of Fort Worth who stayed with a crippled bomber in China and sacrificed himself to save a wounded crewman. The ceremony at Goodfellow Field was conducted by Maj. Gen. Albert F. Hegenberger.
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San Angelo
Robert Ede Carswell
Horace S. Carswell, Jr
Fort Worth
Goodfellow Field
Albert F. Hegenberger
14Th Air Force
China
Carswell
Texas weighs Prairie View as Negro university option
Governor Stevenson urged appropriations to make Prairie View a full university serving negro students. The Sweatt case at UT sparked debate as officials consider a branch university or new law program. Atty Gen Sellers to advise, while Prairie View operations face funding and constitutional hurdles.
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Austin
Texas
Prairie View College
Coke R. Stevenson
University of Texas
Heman Marion Sweatt
Houston
T. S. Painter
Grover Sellers
Japanese war crimes general sentenced to death
Lt. Gen. Fukuei Shimpei, long in charge of Japanese POW camps in Malaya in 1942, was condemned by a war crimes court to death by shooting. The 57 year old commander heard the verdict calmly.
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Singapore
Fukuei Shimpei
Malaya
Air Forces deny intent to sink Navy in atomic test plan
The Army Air Forces state the May 15 atomic test at Bikini Atoll is a laboratory experiment not aimed at sinking the U S Navy. Brig Gen Roger M Ramey says the test will assess damage from an aerial Nagasaki type burst on naval vessels to inform the Navy and Manhattan project.
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Joseph L. Myler
Roswell
N. M
Army Air Forces
U. S. Navy
AAF
Pacific
RAF
Roger M. Ramey
Denton
Bikini Atoll
Marshalls
Navy
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