Miners Quit and Meat Strike Looms Across Nation
United Press reports two labor disputes disrupt U S industry. John L. Lewis demands a 110 a month pension triggering mass walkouts by 138000 of United Mine Workers 400000 members in soft coal fields. Meat workers poised to strike across 100 plants, while the union accepts arbitration on condition of an immediate 9 cent hourly wage from packers led by Swift. Ralph Helstein says arbitration only if wage concession is granted.
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United Press
America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Swift
Ralph Helstein
Spillane
Conciliation Service
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lewis
Strike Fades as Major Packers Reject Arbitration Offer
Swift and Co and Cudahy Packing Co rejected a government proposal for arbitration in the wage dispute with the CIO United Packinghouse Workers. Other majors also declined, while Wilson & Co withdrew its offer. The union sought a 29 cent raise. AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters accepted nine cents last month. A Taft Hartley mediated delay could push an 80 day pause to a court order if a judge acts. Meat shortages could hit retail shops within two weeks if a walkout occurs.
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Swift & Co
CIO United Packinghouse
Cudahy Packing Co
AFL Amalgamated
Meat Cutters
CIO
Wilson & Co
Truman
US Conciliation Service
Meat Industry
Water dispute stalls Canyon water line expansion
Canyon Amarillo officials fail to win approval for a half mile extension of the Rock Island right of way for a 36 inch inflow line. A damages jury in Randall County convened to hear claims from landowners as city and property owner lawyers prepared witnesses for the afternoon session.
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Amarillo
Rock Island
Stanton Field
Field
Rock Island Railroad
Eighth
Bonham
Jury of View
Canyon
Randall
Randall County
Italy Gets No Aid If Reds Win Vote
The United States signals a tougher policy with Italy promising no aid if Communists win the April 18 elections. The Senate also approved a bill renewing Truman’s power to arm U S vessels during a national emergency.
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Italy
Reds
United Press
United States
State Department
Senate
Truman
Truman Keeps Dixie from Cabinet Post Bid
President Truman reportedly rejected a plan to appoint a Southerner to replace Clinton Anderson as secretary of agriculture. The move aims to avoid alienating Southern backers amid civil rights debates. Governors from six Southern states warned they would withhold electoral votes from any nominee backing the administration's anti discrimination and anti Jim Crow measures. Secretary Marshall pressed aid for Greece and urged quick, decisive action against Communist intimidation as ERP allies met in Paris to discuss a broader European recovery program.
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Wit
Congress
Senate
New Mexico
Anderson
Truman
South
Clark
Sparkman
Alabama
Dixie
J. Howard McGrath
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Beauford Jester
Texas
James E. Folsom
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Ben Laney
Arkansas
M. E.thompson
Georgia
William Tuck
Virginia
Senator Byrd
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Turkey
Paris
Great Britain
France
Germany
Foreign Office
ERP
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Europe
Washington
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Six Killed in Blast at Louisville IH Plant
Six workmen died and at least 26 were injured in a blast at the International Harvester pig plant in Louisville Kentucky. The explosion leveled a 150 by 75 foot test building where engines for the main plant were tested. Firemen and volunteers fought the blaze as heat and a flooded basement hindered rescue efforts.
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Louisville
International Harvester Company
Com
Panhandle winds bring dust and warm spell across West Texas
Panhandle weather report notes 25 to 35 mph westerly winds creating dust in West Texas. Lubbock visibility down to 3 miles as Gusters affect the region. Yesterday topped 78 degrees, the warmest day so far this year. cooler air expected with highs near 60 to 70 degrees and no rain forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
West Texas
Winburn
Strike Leaves Buckingham Palace Without Hot Water
London reports the Ministry of Works maintenance staff from the Transport and General Workers Union walked out for higher wages. Buckingham Palace lost hot water while Parliament and other government buildings remained heated, as central heating is absent at the palace. Royal family plans to return from Windsor tonight amid the wage dispute.
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London
Ministry of Works
Buckingham Palace
Parliament
Palace
Windsor
Transport [ and General] Workers Union
Stolen Text Fragments Describe Fabrics and Stitching
Fragmentary OCR shows fabric descriptions including terystone and ete 511 NE Sra ee, with unclear context. The readable portions reference fabric types and shop notes but lack a coherent event or person names.
Owl Missing In Starling War Report From Front
Comical note from the starling owl war claims an owl is missing in action near the courthouse square. J F E Akin reported two owls missing, Bowen Cox checked and found all but one. Cox doubts starlings carried off an owl and suspects youths with a length of pipe may be involved.
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J. FE. Akin
Bowen Cox
Mr. Cox
Meyers Sentenced to 20 Months to 5 Years in Prison
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers was convicted by a federal jury on three counts and sentenced by Judge Alexander Holtzoff to a term of not less than 20 months and not more than five years for lying under oath to a Senate committee. Meyers, 52, faced a maximum 30-year term.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Alexander Holtzoff
Meyers
Holtzoff
United States
Robert T. Bushnell
Bushell
Benedict Arnold
Taft and Brewster in Nosedive on Kennebec River
Republican presidential candidate Robert Taft and Maine senator Owen Brewster, along with pilot John T. Clark, survived a forced landing on the icebound Kennebec River after engine trouble. They walked through three feet of snow, the trip meant to precede engagements in Orono and Bangor. the Orono speech was canceled. Taft blamed a faulty crankshaft. the plane was damaged but no serious injuries were reported.
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Bangor
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Owen Brewster
Maine
Kennebec River
GOP
John T. Clark
Taft
Augusta
Orono
Vassalboro
Clark
Main Aeronautics Commission
Brewster
Board to Study Sites For Amarillo Schools
The Amarillo school board meets at 7 30 p m in the high school superintendent's office to consider appointing a study group to locate new school sites. Chas M Rogers submits the plan, favoring an impartial, non Amarillo resident panel. The board will also set the April 3 election date for two new members as terms of Dr R P Parcells and Beaumont Stinnett expire. Stinnett will not seek re election. Dr Parcells, board chair, has not stated his intentions.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
R. P. Parcells
Beaumont Stinnett
Stinnett
Parcells
Hagy Aides To Make Freedom Train Plans
Mayor Lawrence Hagy to appoint a committee in Amarillo for the Freedom Train visit set for May 27. A conference April 7 with J Edward Shugrue and Eric Friedhelm of the Heritage Foundation prompts a May 21 27 Heritage Rededication Week to climax the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hagy
Amarillo
J. Edward Shugrue
American Heritage Foundation
New York City
Eric Friedhelm
Heritage Foundation
Joint Tax Boards Discuss Personal Property Assessments
The joint city school boards of equalization discussed personal property assessments this morning. They met in the courthouse tax office with members Hugo Loewenstern Gus Leftwich Dr. R. Thomsen P. V. Alexander H. G. Mills and L. C. Nesbitt. A policy on assessment basis was expected to be adopted this afternoon.
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City School Boards of Equalization
Hugo Loewenstern
Gus Leftwich
Dr. R. Thomsen
P. V. Alexander
H. G. Mills
L. C. Nesbitt
Bulgarian Premier Goes To Moscow for Talks
Bulgarian Premier Georgi Dimitrov travels to Moscow for discussions expected to yield a treaty of friendship and mutual aid with the Soviet Union. The accord would echo pacts already with Romania and Hungary and under negotiation with Finland. All four nations once opposed Russia.
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Moscow
Georgi Dimitrov
Soviet Union
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Russia
TWA plane fired upon near Jerusalem prompts reservations halt
New York March 15 AP Trans World Airline refused direct reservations to Palestine after a DC-4 flight from Athens was fired upon near Jerusalem. Pilot W F Judd reported tracer bullets hit the aircraft after takeoff from Lydda early Saturday. No injuries were reported.
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New York
Trans World
Palestine
Jerusalem
TWA
W. F. Judd
la Guardia Field
Athens
Greece
Lydda
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas today
Scattered high cloudiness and not so warm this afternoon with strong westerly winds. Cooler tonight and Tuesday. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight and colder in the Panhandle and South Plains Tuesday. High 78, low 40, noon 59. FHA Repair Loans No down payment See John Maynard Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Sth
Minister Loses His Shirt and Freedom in Local Theft Case
Baptist minister Frank A. Godsoe is reported to have lost six shirts, while Willie Duval a Black man, is jailed on theft charges. Duval was arrested on West Third Avenue after taking the garments from a clothesline late Saturday.
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Frank A. Godsoe
Willie Duval
Duval
West Third Avenue
Vernon Decker Wins News Tip Contest Top Prize
Vernon Decker of 406 Maryland wins first prize of five dollars for a News Tip about a farmer kidnapped in his own truck, forced to drive, until the vehicle froze and stalled. Leroy Bennett of 609 Florida takes second prize for a tale of a dog trotting up with a ten dollar bill. A dog with two shoes earns third prize for Mrs. R. H. Johnson at 1820 North Cleveland, who also notes the hogs hind feet were frozen. Checks will be mailed. honorable mention goes to Robert Wheatley for two boys duck hunting with a BB gun. Additional tip contributors listed.
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Vernon Decker
Maryland
Leroy Bennett
Florida
R. H. Johnson
North
Cleveland
Robert Wheatley
Fillmore
Paul Gatten
Arthur
Art Knorpp
Hayden
J. T. Green
North East Eighth
Bobby Lee Ford
Floyd Jones
J. M. Bulloch
Western
Morris Bankhead
Betty Burkhalter
Wolflin
E. B. Harris
Mississippi
Cliff Wright
Polk
H. C. McDonald
East
Joe R. Phillips
Crockett
C. C. Bridgewater
Washington
J. Roy Hutto
Herschel Smith
Front
Billy Smith
Truman Orders Aides To Refuse Subpoenas
President Truman instructed all executive branch employees to refuse to answer subpoenas for confidential loyalty information. He acted as House committee moves to compel disclosure loom. The order directs reports and files on federal loyalty to be kept in strict confidence.
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Truman
Washington
U.P
Executive
House Un-American Activities Committee
F. A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
Secretary of Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Congress
Rep
John McDowell
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
McDowell
Executive Branch
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Globe
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Leland Gray
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Clarence Kinkead
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