Navy and Labor Strikes Drive National Economy Crisis
United Press reports escalating labor actions as 1500 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen workers threaten a strike on Indiana Belt and Chicago Junction lines. President Truman orders government seizure of over 100 meat packing plants and establishes an emergency board. Navy projects 191100 more discharge-eligible personnel by March 15 and April 2 under updated point reductions affecting officers and sailors. Legislation to curb radio broadcasters coercion gains House committee approval amid Petrillo tensions.
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United Press
Brotherhood of Railway
Indiana Belt Railroad
Chicago Junction Railway
Chicago
Truman
Washington
Department of Agriculture
National Mediation Board
CIO
New York
General Electric
Westinghouse
CID
Jan
U.P
Navy
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Denfeld
WAVE
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Whitney
Amer- Lee Rails
Senate
Capitol Hill
Senate House
House Rules Committee
House
House Labor Committee
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Cloudy conditions with northerly winds 25 to 35 mph. Temperatures near unchanged, colder tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and colder with diminishing winds. In West Texas fair and warmer this afternoon, then partly cloudy and little temperature change tonight. Snow flurries in South Plains and Upper Pecos Valley eastward. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries in northeast this afternoon. Warmer south, colder east tonight. Winds 20 to 30 mph, higher in mountains. highs 45 to 50, lows 0 to 10 in mountains. Highs Thursday 49 to 55, depending on location.
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Amarillo
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Hieh
Get Hep With The Flat Feet
Kansas City report quotes Dr. Earl C. Elkins of Mayo Clinic Rochester warning that the bobby soxer fad risks flat feet among teen girls. He says moccasins and sandals worsen arches and high heels are equally bad, predicting long wear will pancake arches and produce sled runners for feet.
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Kansas City
Earl C. Elkins
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Milk price hike stalled by Austin refusal in Amarillo talks
An OPA official in Dallas refused to back a local milk price rise in Austin, saying a state wide hike would be required. Amarillo and Lubbock milkshed producers already sought a 26 cent increase, with Washington to decide after reports from Bill Orth and R C Hughes.
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OPR
Austin
Amarillo
A. F F. Madison
Plains Creamery
Pinkey Vineyard
Borden Company
West Texas
Washington
Francis Weber
OPA Poultry, Ere and
Dallas
Weber
Associated Press
The
Globe
Lubbock
Bill Orth
R. C. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Orth
Amarite
OPA
Madison Reid
Short says War Department wholly responsible for Pearl Harbor surprise
Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short told the Pearl Harbor investigation committee that Washington bore total responsibility for Hawaii’s defense surprise, insisting he reported fully and relied on higher correction. He noted four hours of advance information indicating an attack and questioned Marshall’s memory of a telegram.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Harbor
Sam Kaufman
Short
Kaufman
George ©. Marshall
Marshall
Earl
Windy conditions and colder temperatures forecast downtown
A brisk wind rattles Polk Street with gusts near 25 to 35 mph, felt stronger downtown. The forecast calls for a temperature drop to the mid thirties tomorrow with no precipitation and a colder night, with tonight’s low around twenty degrees.
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Polk
Weather Bureau
Jap Medical Officer to Face Allied War Crimes Trial
Tokyo reports General MacArthur’s headquarters announce plans to try a Japanese medical officer on charges of contributing to the deaths of eight British prisoners of war. An accompanying case involves a non commissioned officer accused of atrocities against 35 American personnel.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Rainey Signals Possible Run for Texas Governor
Dr. Homer P. Rainey, former UT president, indicated in a radio address that he may enter the gubernatorial race to promote his principles. He warned that many current problems are political and denied CIO backing, noting his sponsor as Jacques Power Law Co. of Denison.
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Austin
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Rainey
CIO
Jacques Power Law Co
Denison
France Chooses Gouin President After De Gaulle Resigns
Felix Gouin, Socialist chairman of the French constituent assembly, was elected president of France today succeeding the resigned General Charles de Gaulle. In Texas, Rio Grande Valley canners face a potential shutdown within 10 days due to a steel strike and plant closures in Houston.
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Mcallen
Rio Grande Valley
Houston
Paris
U.P
Felix Gouin
Constituent Assembly
France
Charles de Gaulle
Five Powers Drift Toward Deadlock on UN Secretary General Nominee
The five principal powers met secretly in Byrnes office and again failed to agree on a candidate for secretary general of the new security organization. The 90 minute session prompted officials to fear a deadlock worsened by Iran's charge of political interference by Russia and by Britain in Greece and Indonesia.
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London
United Nations
James F. Byrnes
New
Security Organization
Iran
Russia
Geece
Indonesia
British Come With a Big Wail at Tidworth Camp
At Tidworth England American soldiers help brides and brides with babies navigate emigration and medical checks for sailing on the Argentina. Col Thomas A Houston oversees待 supply issues as German prisoners assist in loading baby gear into the ships hold. Marjorie Guidry a former WAAF lectures brides on the process while GI families adapt to army life.
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Perham
Tidworth
England
Argentina
Gis
Red Cross
Thomas A. Houston
Crockett, Tex
Houston
WAAP
Marjorie Guidry
Pfe
Harry P. Guidry
Army drivers barred from crossing picket lines charged
Washington January 23 Pa Chairman May of Kentucky ordered an immediate House military committee inquiry into charges that Army truck drivers in the Third Service Command have been told not to cross strikers lines without union approval. May said he directed committee counsel H Ralph Burton to gather Army data for Friday morning review.
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Washington
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Third Service Command
H. Ralph Burton
Army
Back In Fold A Little Late
Town Line New York votes to return to the United States after seceding in 1861. Residents suspended allegiance to the Confederacy last October and placed the village under Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s protection pending a referendum.
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N. Y
United States
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Seek compromise dirty job keeps Amarillo clean
Senate Republicans signaled a plan to limit debate on the Fair Employment Practices bill amid southern Democrat filibuster. A cloture petition may be filed this week requiring 16 signatures, with a two thirds vote to impose limits.
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Washington
Senate
White
Maine
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Lea
California
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
House Interstate Commerce Committee
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Ruesell
John Maynard Lor. Co
E. A. Real Co., Real Estate and Loans
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes. ‘Insurance
White House
Onal
King Features Syndicate
Washington Star
Allied Commission
Jack LoRelle
Fillmore
Dancine
Thomas
Ee Enon
WAAF
N. Foster
North Lamar
M. E. Martin
Jack Grimes
North Fillmore
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