Labor Crisis Is Worst in History
The nation endures its worst wave of strikes with 1,786,000 workers idle and daily wage losses surpassing 13.5 million as Truman weighs seizing the meat industry. mediators Davis and Meyer join 200,000 CIO electrical workers amid a widening walkout.
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White House
Truman
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
William H. A
AFL
CIO
United Farm Equipment Workers
International Harvester Co
Washington
American Iron & Steel Institute
Thompson Blames OPA for Fuel Shortages and Gasoline Surplus
Texas Railroad Commissioner Ernest O Thompson accuses the OPA of price fixing causing a winter fuel oil and kerosene shortage while producing an excess of gasoline. He argues OPA policy blocks price increases to balance supply and demand and that refinery behavior would shift toward more heating oils if allowed.
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Austin
Texas Railroad
Ernest O. Thompson
OPA
Thompson
Texas
Mexican Police Fire on Political Crowd In Ciudad Victoria
Mexican police fired on a political crowd in Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas after demonstrators sacked a police station and burned records. One man was killed and two were wounded.
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Mexico City
Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Update
Weather report shows fair, mild conditions with southwest winds 25 to 35 mph. Warmer tonight and Wednesday across West Texas and New Mexico. lows range from 15 to 36 degrees, highs in 38 to 55 degree range.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Asphalt slate shingles and roofing See John Maynard Lbr Co
Asphalt slate shingles and roofing details referenced with John Maynard Lumber Company located at 800 West Fifth.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Filibuster blocks fair employment bill action in Senate
Washington January 22 Backers of fair employment legislation faced a Southern Democratic filibuster. They offered to accept reasonable amendments while Southern leaders insisted on stalling until other bills are ready for debate. Republican leaders planned strategy sessions as discussions touched on appealing FEPC decisions to state courts and the bill’s implications for enforcement.
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Fair Employment Legislaton
Senate
Wrewe
Vu Ove Leeu LO
Dixie Bloc
FFPC
PFEP
Kenneth
Wherry
Nebraska
Wayne C. Morse
Oregon
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Bailey
PEPC
FEPC
Morse
South
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
France Parties Endorse Gouin to Lead New Government
Paris sources report that France's three major parties have agreed to Felix Gouin, president of the assembly, heading a new government and Gouin has accepted the post.
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Paris
France
Felix Gouin
Assembly
Gouin
Greek Revolt Shrinking as Monarchists Disperse near Kalamai
Government spokesmen report a strong band of insurrectionist monarchists dispersing after defying surrender orders and killing hostages. About 500 of the original 3,000 remain barricaded near the Kalamai area as clashes continue and tensions rise with claims of foreign arming of right wing elements.
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Greece
Ministry of Public Orders
Peloponnesus
Kalamai
Kalamata
EAM
National Liberation Front
Stamatis Merkouris
Moscow Radio
TASS
Sparta
KKE
U S Accused by Tass Over Korea Protests
TASS accuses U S military command in southern Korea of stoking reactionary protests against the Moscow Conference of foreign ministers. The dispatch from Heijo charges anti-Soviet propaganda by southern Korean press and portrays American actions as inspiring demonstrations against the conference outcomes.
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Tass Today
United States
Korea
Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers
Heijo
TASS
Russia
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Eisenhower warns no army without fathers on duty
On Capitol Hill Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower faced war mothers and warned that if all fathers were discharged from the Army, there would be no Army. He underscored the link between service and national defense during the wartime outreach.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Short Defends Actions as Pearl Harbor Scapegoat
General Walter C. Short testified before a Senate House inquiry committee arguing the War Department unfairly blamed him for Pearl Harbor. He read a 13,000 word defense and claimed officials in Washington passed the buck and withheld critical Intel from him before December 7, 1941.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Short
George C. Marshall
L. T. Gerow
War Plans
Marshall
Congress split on Truman budget and price controls
Washington lawmakers voiced mixed reactions to President Truman's state of the union. Some urged extending price controls and sustaining higher taxes, while others warned against inflation and proposed gradual price increases. Debates over debt targets and potential tax cuts reflected bipartisan skepticism and cautious optimism.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
WS Oe BP
Mead
New York
Ball
Minnesota
Byrd
Virginia
Taft
Ohio
Dirksen
Sinots
Soviet Charges British Threaten World Peace
Soviet official Andrei Vishinsky arrived to back a charge at the UN that British troop presence in Greece and Indonesia threatens global peace. Britain denies intent to obstruct UN Security Council talks while defending its Greece and Indonesia policies.
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London
U?p
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
UNO
Greece
Indonesia
UNO Assembly
San Francisco
Vishinsky
Tangmere Airdrome
Sussex
Berlin
Balkans
Moscow
Soviet Ukraine
UNO Security Council
Soviet Union
Iran
Athens
Themistocles Sophoulis
Britain
Security Council
The
Ant Poison Is Fatal as Love Potion
Mrs Virginia McElhiney 28 confessed in Los Angeles that she fed her husband poison laced coffee to nurse him and prove her love. He died, and she awaited arraignment on a murder charge sobbing that she did not mean to kill him.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Thiney
Atten Russell's Tackless Sale for Bargains on Goods
Russell's Tackless Sale advertises bargains on books gifts and office supplies. The notice highlights discounts and a wide selection across categories with emphasis on value and low prices.
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Atten Russell
I Bargal
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