House Narrowly Caps OPA Renewal Amid Republican Push
The House pressed a final vote on a curtailed OPA bill ending most price controls after June 30. It keeps rent limits intact while retiring subsidies, trimming the meat subsidy and allowing price rises to offset cuts. Bowles and Porter warned of disaster, while Truman urged full extension and Senate consideration.
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Washington
House
OPA
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
Senate
Truman
Bowles
Porter
Chamber
Trutman
Three-Nation Deadlock Delays U S Food Order
Washington AP A British Canadian American deadlock over relief steps slows an order to cut U S flour supplies by 25 percent. The three nations debated duties and joint relief plans as Truman prepared a radio address on the hunger crisis.
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Washington
Combined Food Board
Anderson
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
White House
Truman
Chester Davis
Food Board
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Sunrise Easter Services For Occupation Troops In Japan
Sunrise services planned for occupation troops in Japan with a joint choir from occupation personnel and the Japanese Christian Brethren at Meiji Bowl in Tokyo. A second sunrise service is scheduled in Yokohama.
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Plan Sunrise
Japan
Tokyo
Kopolyoff and
Handel
Meiji Bowl
Yokohama
Veterans Surplus Priority Raised by House Panel
Washington The House Expenditures Committee approved legislation to raise veterans to No 1 priority for war surplus goods by directing the surplus administrator to set aside appropriate quantities for veterans. Ohio schools to aid Cleveland Case School of Applied Science and Western Reserve University were asked to help develop peacetime uses for atomic energy.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Ohio
Cleveland
Case School of Applied Science
Western Reserve University
Northern Democrats Break Out in Party Discord
Washington reports a tense House Democrats harmony session failed to quell internal splits. Northern lawmakers from industrial districts cited a split with Dixie colleagues and criticized the special 11 member liaison committee with Democratic National Headquarters for bias and disunity.
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Washington
Rep
Hook
Michigan
House
Dixie
Towork
Democratic National
Ford Plants Shutdown Over Week End For Steel
Ford Motor Company announces a weekend layoff affecting about 45 000 production workers due to a steel shortage and auto parts shortages from strikes. Production will pause in most plants and extend into Monday. Delaware judge Fred J Wickham says he plans to resign over insufficient work for the court.
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Detroit
J Company
Ford Motor Company
Transdes
Delaware
UPI— Common ‘Pleas
Fred J. Wickham
Iran Crisis Shadow in UN Council Censorship Row
The United Nations Security Council tentatively agreed to drop the Iranian case as Russia, Poland and France urged removal while the United States led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr. pressed to keep the matter on the agenda until May 6. Meanwhile Iran imposed broad blind censorship, prompting a State Department inquiry into possible Russian influence and inquiring about explanations from Premier Ahmed Qavam.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Council
Japek
Poland
France
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Iran
Alexander Cadogan
Oscar Lange
United Nations
Franco
Stettinius
Britain
State Department
United States
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Republican War Vets To Meet in Ohio Capital
In Columbus a convention of Ohio War Veterans Republicans was called for June 14 to 16 by President Henry C. Wootum of Trenton. The club's 15 member research committee studied a potential Donus program for World War II veterans to highlight the gathering.
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Columbus
Republican Sciup
Ohio
Henry C. Wootum
Trenton
Woolum
Marshall's China Peace Falters in Absence
Washington dispatch reports that General Marshall’s peace efforts in China faltered during his absence of five weeks. He left March 11 for Washington as Manchuria tensions rose, risking a coalition government and a renewed civil conflict between Kuomintang and Communists.
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Shanghai
Marshall
China
U. S
Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Manchuria
Jerusalem Pre-Crucifixion Observances Amid Tense Strike
Thousands of worshippers crowd the ancient streets of Jerusalem to witness reenactment of Christ’s last hours. The Holy City remains tense as Palestine’s three cornered Arab Jewish British dispute is complicated by a 50 000 civil servants strike over pay and conditions.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Palestine
Facsimile Newspaper Printing Demonstrated by FM System
A four column newspaper printing facsimile machine powered by FM broadcasting was shown at Radio Inventions labs in New York. The device, about the size of a typewriter, prints 500 words per minute and could deliver news, maps, photos, and cartoons to homes via FM reception. Demonstrations used WBAM station with a cylindrical drum copy scanned by an electric eye and reproduced at the lab.
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New York
Radio Inventions, Inc
John V. L. Hogan
WBAM
Ohio State Bans Youth for Democracy on Campus
An investigating panel at Ohio State University concluded the Communist Party views the Ohio State Youth for Democracy as part of its organization and as a vehicle for spreading party doctrine. The university revoked campus recognition of the group.
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Columbus
Ohio State Youth For Democracy
Ohio State University
Communist Party
Bland L. Stradley
Joseph A. Park
Commmunist Party
Youth For Democracy
Howard L. Bevis
Fate of Yanks in Changchun under siege
In Changchun Communist forces overran the Yamato Hotel where Maj. Robert B. Rigg and M-Sgt. Clayton Pond were staying, with destroyed lines preventing word on their status. Gunfire tore through the city as General Marshall pressed for peace in Manchuria and National forces fought from sandbag barricades while government planes sent ammunition.
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Chungking
Changchun
Yamato Hotel
Robert B. Rigg
Chicago
M-Sat
Clayton Pond
Portland
Ore
Marshall
U S
Manchuria
Barberton Match Co. Workers Go On Strike
About 900 AFL workers at the Barberton Diamond Match Co. plant walked out in a wage and union demand drive and a spokesman said the walkout could spread through the industry. The National Matchworkers Council seeks an 18% hourly increase for its roughly 4,000 members. In Fremont, office workers faced pickets as the CIO United Steelworkers protested equipment removal at the plant.
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Akron
AFL
Barberton J
Diamond Match Co
AFL i National Matchworkers Council
F. B.gerhart
Fremont
Fremont Foundry
Cio-United
Navy chief Forrestal calls for unified defense structure
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal backs some form of unification and urges navy officers to stop anti merger speeches. He met with President Truman and aides and said the form of unification remains to be decided. Merrill’s comments had sparked White House criticism of navy lobbying.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Sea Service
White House
Navy
Congressional Committee
Merrill
Truman
John L. Sullivan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Army
Senate
Department of Common Defense
Hawaii
Admiral Merrill
Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
Westinghouse Parleys Start After Months of Strike
Westinghouse Electric Corp officials and CIO United Electrical Workers resume wage and hour talks today to end a 94 day strike by about 75 000 production workers. The old contract expired March 31 and mediators had withdrawn earlier. Workers originally sought a $2 daily raise, now ask for 18 percent hourly gain, mirroring a Steelworkers win in January.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Cio-United Steelworkers
Portsmouth Adopts City Consumer Utility Tax
The Portsmouth City Council approved an emergency five percent consumers utility tax to fund wage hikes for city workers and buy new police and fire equipment. City Manager Ernest G. Littleton said the tax, effective immediately, should add about $90,000 annually in revenue.
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Portsmouth
Ernest G. Littleton
Ohio Brewery Seeks Redress Over Shutdown
Youngstown Brewery Inc asks Franklin County common pleas court to set aside the State Liquor Control Board order closing its operations. The firm claims a rehearing was refused, that the decision caused hardships to customers, tied up $160,000 worth of beer and $100,000 of machinery, and cites disputed testimony about a drowned rat in a beer vat and the building being a firetrap.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
State Liquor Control Board
Youngstown Brewery, Inc
State Liquor Board
Herbert S. Duffy
Hauor Board
Youngstown Brewery
Duffy
Incentive System Studied by CIO Official at Lincoln Electric
A CIO aide reported on Lincoln Electric Co announced profit sharing based on work performed. Research Director Harold Rütt enberg of United Steelworkers praised Lincoln Electric’s management, saying other industries lag behind after an all day plant visit.
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Cleveland
Lincoln Electric Co
Fittsburgh
CIO
Phil Murray
Harold J. Ruttenberg
United Steelworkers of America
Lincoln Electric
Wheat conservation order amended to exclude export grain
The Agriculture Department amended its wheat conservation order to exempt grain destined for export from domestic millers fixed feed manufacturers and food processors. The amendment applies to wheat government purchases from farmers. The order set a claims system for domestic users in commercial channels. MARKETS IN RECESS New York and other exchanges suspend Good Friday operations. Mrs Harry L Hopkins widow of the Roosevelt adviser will join Printz Biederman Co May 1 to run a new fashion bureau after serving as Harper's Bazaar Paris editor. Steel strikes end Canton labor disputes settled with a Canton Drop Forge and Manufacturing Company agreement.
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Harry Hopkins
Conduct Fashion Bureau
Washington
Agriculture Department
New
York
Cleveland
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Printz Biederman Co
Coat and Suit Manufacturing
Hopkins
Fashion
Paris
Harper's Bazaar
Canton
Drop ‘Forge and Manufacturing Company
House backs retroactive terminal leave pay for enlisted men
The House is expected to vote on May 13 to grant retroactive terminal leave pay to all enlisted personnel, including those discharged, matching officers. The plan, opposed by Budget Bureau estimates of billions, builds a 120 day furlough cap and cash payment on discharge with a one year claim window for former enlistees.
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HOUSE
Washington
Military Committee
Budget Bureau
Rogers
Government appeals to public over 18-day coal strike
Civilian Production Chief John D. Small declares every citizen has a stake in the coal shutdown as car, home and appliance output would be affected. Interior Secretary J A Krug, Solid Fuels Administrator, stresses urgency and impact on scarce goods.
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Washington
John D. Small
J. A. Krug
Schwellenbach
Small
Safety clauses could settle coal mine strike tensions
Government officials and labor leaders debate safety provisions and health funds as 400,000 bituminous miners walk out. John L. Lewis presses for wage talks while industry warns that production and supplies will suffer. Small reports coal shortages, rail delays, and plant shutdowns threaten consumers nationwide.
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John L. Lewis
Schwellenebach
Lewis
Building of Commercial Projects Is Approved
Lourie Gehring district civilian production administrator authorized two million dollars worth of industries and commercial buildings in 47 central Ohio counties. Projects had already begun or were planned before the March 9 freeze on construction.
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Columbus
Lourie Gehring
Ohio
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