Soviet Fight For Iran Case Set For Likely UN Defeat
In New York the Soviet bid to have the Iran issue dropped from the UN Security Council agenda faced likely defeat as seven of twenty one members opposed the move. The council heard sharp exchanges with Poland and France backing Moscow while the US and Britain questioned a peaceful settlement. Iran withdrew its complaint but did not endorse further council action.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Britain
Council
Iran
Poland
France
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Alexander Cadogan
Soviet Union
Stettinius
Cadogan
Quo Tai-Chi
China
Gromyko
London
Cooling Off Period Raises Draft Bill Debates
In Washington the Senate discussed a cooling off period for a draft extension bill and companion pay raise after the House passed both. Leaders doubt quick action, preferring to study changes, with Elbert Thomas favoring a July 1 extension rather than the House five month halt on inductions. The War Department fears teenage draft bans and manpower limits if kept in any form. The House supported a February 15 extension with May 15 to October 15 bans. pay hikes would range from 50 percent for privates to 10 percent for generals. A foreign legion proposal by Rep Case seeks 500,000 volunteers to lessen military strain overseas.
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Washington
Senate
House
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
War Department
Pan
Army
Navy
United States
Foreign Legion
France
Rep- Case
R-Sc
Case
Houses
Uncle Sam
Diaper Special Baby Flights Run Coast to Coast
San Francisco reports United Airlines launches nursery airliners dubbed Nurseryliners with stewardesses trained in infant care. The plan aims to ease travel for families as pediatrician Dr William Palmer Lucas endorses planes over ground travel for children. The infant focused service carries rattles and baby food, with a joking note that the reservation list is stamped Men Not Wanted.
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Los Angeles
United Airlines
William Palmer Lucas
San Francisco
Junior I
Coal Deadlock Still Unbroken
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Sctellenbach intensified efforts to end the stalemate in coal negotiations between John L. Lewis and strike-bound soft coal operators. He could not report any change but would continue trying. No conference resumption today.
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Washington
Sct
Ellenbach
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Suspend Beer Permit of Crooksville Eagles
The State Liquor Board suspended the 3.2 beer permit of the Crooksville Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles for 60 days. Alot machines were confiscated after Governor Cette ordered action. The lodge pleaded guilty to permitting slot machines and illegal possession of liquor at a hearing last week. Slots were shown as evidence.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Crooksville Aerie
Order of Eagles
Aerie
Frank J. Cette
Lodge
Indoors? Well That’s Different at San Diego Naval Station
In San Diego California an outdoor love making ban has been extended indoors as a disciplinary offense for Naval personnel and civilians. Captain Lenshe E. Gekres, station commandant, cites a growing public affair termed neving or the pact of some men and women as the reason for the new order.
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San Diego
Calif
Naval Air Station
Lenshe E. Gekres
Bikini Force Officer Says Cost Exaggerated
Washington reports the atom bomb task force sees Bikini experiment costs not exceeding a single large new ship. Vice Admiral W H P Brandy notes the informed estimate had put test costs at 425 million dollars for target ships and 100 million for other expenses, suggesting a total much higher than current projections.
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Washington
Adm
W. H. P. Brandy
Joint Army Navy
City drivers strike as cleanup week opens
Indianapolis dispatch reports the city’s annual cleanup week began with street trucks idle as 200 members of the AFL Teamsters Local 107 walked out to press for bargaining rights. Local officials aimed to resume operations, while asserting the stoppage would not halt essential services.
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Indianapolis
AFL Teamsters
Ohio Valley States Urged to Share Flood Control Burden
Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler urged Ohio Valley states and communities to cooperate in flood control projects funded by Congress. He said Ohio River projects will receive more than a quarter of appropriations and called for right of way arrangements and cost sharing. The 1947 bill in conference totals over 28 million dollars with potential for six million more.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
Congress
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. S. Army Engineers
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Beverly C. Dunn
Ohio Division
Wheeler
Ohio River
Congressional Conference
Ohio Valley
Philadelphia scientists report anticancer extract in rats
Three Philadelphia researchers announced a paper in the Journal of Immunology detailing an alcoholic extract that destroyed tumors and cancers and appeared to induce immunity in inbred albino rats. They cautioned the treatment is untested in humans. In Nazism news, Alfred Rosenberg claimed the Wehrmacht reinstated religious freedom in the conquered Soviet areas during the tribunal session.
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Philadelphia
Journal of Immunology
Mernberg
Alfred Rosenberg
International Military Tribunal
Wehrmacht
Soviet Union
Salome Skit Triggers High School Controversy at Lincoln
Detroit G reports Lincoln High School faced a board meeting over a teen age assembly revue item called Salome Where She Danced after rumors spread that Beverly Cort 16 would be expelled for the performance. Principal Walter Bradley said no expulsion and possible no punishment, urging a delegation to the board.
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Detroit
Lincoln High School
Salome
Beverly Cort
Walter Bradley
Dircum
Beverly
Bradley
Stella Koski
Modent
Former Lausche Guests Welcome Daughter Cynthia Louis
The Robert Whites of Kent who stayed in the Ohio executive mansion as guests of Gov Lausche are the new parents of a daughter named Cynthia Louis born April 9 at People's Hospital Akron. White, a student at Ohio State University and a returned veteran, no longer lives in the mansion. his wife has stayed with White's parents in Kent.
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Kent
Robert Whites
Ohio
Executive Mansion
Frank J. Lausche
Cynthia Louis
People’s Hospital
Akron
White
Ohio State University
Ex-Convict Is Being Tried in Murder Case
Death certificates of two women and the personal effects of a third were in evidence as state efforts shed light on Alfred Leonard Cline. The 56-year-old ex-convict, on trial in San Francisco for forgery and grand theft, is linked to estates of Mrs Eva Delora Krebs Cline of Chicago and Mrs Elizabeth Hunt Lewis Cline of Oakland, former wives.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
Cline
Eva Delora Krebs Cline
Chicago
Elizabeth Hunt Lewis Cline
Oakland
Calif
Illegal Dealing Is Hit as Need Becomes Acute
A large section of the nation remains on a meatless diet as the government battles illegal meat dealings and aims to restore fair distribution. Acute shortages plague metropolitan centers, with conditions worse than wartime rationing. Butcher shops open yet offerings are limited to fowl and cold cuts. A meat packer testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee in Washington.
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Associated Press
Senate Agriculture Committee
Meat shortage to end by fall, say Cleveland meat dealers
Cleveland butchers and the Cleveland Retail Meat Dealers Association predicted fresh meat supplies would rise by mid July and the shortage end by September. National and local leaders urged voluntary rationing while the OPA and Agriculture Department reimposed wartime slaughter quotas to direct livestock to packing plants. FBI involvement added national scope amid shifting supplies and market pressures across Chicago New York and Detroit.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Retail i Meat Deasers Association
Adam Guth
Walter Steppke
Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
FBI
Chicago
Paul A.porter
Anderson
Three Major Cities Linked in Permanent TV Network
New York Washington and Philadelphia formed the nation’s first permanent commercial television network. The Allen B. Dumont Laboratories said stations in Pittsburgh Cleveland and Cincinnati would join and expansion toward coast to coast was expected. Deny Pay Hires Canton reports city council rejected a $20 monthly raise for police and firemen due to insufficient funds.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Allen B. Dumont Laboratories
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Canton
Assurance of OPA Fairness Is Held Vital
Senator Morse urged President Truman to provide clear assurances that the OPA will function fairly and in line with facts to sustain price control against inflation. He spoke as the Banking Committee recalled Chester Bowles for further testimony on extending the OPA beyond June 30.
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Washington
Morse
R-Gre
Truman
Tesu
OPA
Congress
Oregon
Senate Banking Committee
Chester Bowles
Copper Strike Rioting Ends In Butte Montana
Butte, Montana eases after three days and nights of vandalism as Sheriff Al McLeod credits volunteer war veterans and CIO miners union members for calming tensions. Police and officials patrol homes of non-strikers to prevent outbreaks while crowds are urged to keep order. Children and women helped break up gatherings. no major trouble reported.
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Butte
Mont
al McLeod
CIO Miners
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CSO
McLeod
Restrictions Imposed To Unsnarl Nation's Butter, Bread and Meat Situation
Government reimposed wartime controls on butter bread and meat to ease distribution. Stabilization Director Bowles predicted a real improvement within 60 days. Senate committees seek details on meat dislocations while restoring other controls to spread supplies. Madrid radio warned of potential flour loss if supplies fall from friendly nations and Spain faced accusations of harboring German scientists.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Senate Agriculture Committee
OPA
Agriculture Department
Senate
Small Business Committee
London
Madrid
Russia
Baking Indus
Spain
Try
Franco
OPA weighs impact of 25 percent rail freight hike
The OPA examined how a 25 per cent rise in railroad freight would affect living costs, signaling potential intervention before the Interstate Commerce Commission if inflationary pressures arise. The article also covers dairy subsidies, butter and ice cream restrictions, and a looming bread supply challenge amid price controls and possible meat measures.
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Washington
OPA
Interstate Commerce Commission
Leonard E. Hurtz
Omaha
Dairy Industry Committee
FBI
Anderson
John T. McCarthy
Toledo
Ohio
American Bakers Association
State Department
Russia
France
Additional Pay Hike Is Sought by Railroad Unions
In Chicago yesterday 15 non operating railroad brotherhoods filed notices seeking a 14 cent per hour wage increase for over 1.05 million workers on 130 carriers. The unions say the 16 cent raise awarded April 3 by government arbitration boards is insufficient and would cover the gap toward their 30 cent demand. The action excludes the five operating brotherhoods and their ranks including engineers conductors and firemen.
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Chicago
Propose Tax Exemption for Vets Buying Homes
Senator Murray proposes a federal income tax exemption of payments up to $10,000 for World War II veterans purchasing a home. The plan would apply to a home occupied by the veteran and would deduct qualifying payments from the veteran’s taxable income.
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Washington
Murray
D-Mont
Nelsonville
Receive First Reports Four Years After Disaster
In Columbus the State Public Works Department weighs options for a street recently acquired in Nelsonville as Secretary Leonard J Stern notes the abandoned unpaved street lies on canal lands. The Tokyo report states the Chinese and Koreans involved in the Manchuria coal explosion at Honkeiko Colliery were part of the disaster aftermath.
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Columbus
State Public Works Department
Nelsonville
Leonard J. Stern
Tokyo
Ohio Canal
Honkeiko
Manchuria
Stern
Aldening
House Hope Tu Strike Wage Clause Slows Homes Bill
Senate authors Taft and Ellender urged the House to remove a wage provision urged by unions. They argued it would slow FHA mortgage issuance for one to four family homes, while other officials warned it could curb lending. The House stood firm on subsidy funding, delaying final passage and sending the bill to a conference committee.
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Hope House
Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
Raymond M. Foley
FHA
Eliendex
Pekiee Sivote
Tientet
Foley
AFL
House Conference
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Janice McKay
Crooksville Eagles
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Tanis
King
al Koran Temple
Ernest J. King
Lorain
Hoover Ee
Hoover Co
James D. Cooney
Wilson & Co
Michigan
Kirby Smith
USNR
Civil Engineering Corps
Thhe
National Housing
Wilson Wyatt
Oscar Lange
United Nations Security ‘Council
Negnbcles
Egypt
Netherlands
Brazil
Madrid Radio
Paris
Wagner
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