Draft Extension Backed by Congress Divisive Over Timing
Lawmakers split on extending Selective Service beyond May 15 as testimony from Eisenhower Spaatz Patterson and others urged a full or indefinite draft. Navy budgets faced scrutiny amid presidential critique, while Iran joined the U S against delaying UN Security Council talks with Moscow seeking to delay the meeting.
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Brynes
Secretary of the Navy
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Navy
Secretary of War
Patterson
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl Spaatz
Army Air Forces
Austin
Avi
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
State Police Oil Pickets In Pittsburgh Amid CIO Strike
National groups push for rationing cereals fats and oils to avert famine. In Pittsburgh Governor Martin orders State Police to guard supervisors as CIO strikebound Westinghouse Electric workers clash with pickets. Deputies disperse a melee while 6 000 workers join a 75 000 strong national CIO strike.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Edward Martin
CIO Electrical
Compromise Sought in Broad Labor Disputes Across United States
Bituminous coal operators urged to concede key demands from mine workers to avert a strike. The 75,000 CIO Electrical Workers strike continues since January 15, with 700 supervisory staff reported urged back to work. Port of Philadelphia and Detroit GM plants face potential shutdowns as tugboat and auto worker actions ripple nationwide.
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John L. Lews
Philadelphia
AFL
William E. Collier
Harbor Workers Union
Iafl-United Mine Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Farm Girl's Condition Delays Assault Warrant
Prosecutor James E. Burke delayed serving an assault with intent to kill warrant against James F. Lincoln Jr. 30, in the hammer beating and shooting of a nine year old farm girl, pending the child's condition. The elder Lincoln, president of Lincoln Electric Company, said his son's skull fracture from a 10 year old auto accident is connected to the latest incident.
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James E. Burke
James F. Lincoln, Jr
Lincoln
Lincoln Electric Company
Eveland
U S bombsight began secretly in 1929 says firm
Philadelphia plant of Sandsdale Pasndale produced tiny bomb bearing parts for the Norden bombsight under secret government orders starting in 1929. S F Wollmar, executive vice president, noted bearings so small they required oiling with hypodermic needles.
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Philadelphia
Social Conscience Urged By Educator At Midwest Meeting
Dr. J. E. Windrow of Seabody Demonstration School Nashville urged a social conscience for citizens at the Midwest Physical Education Association convention in Columbus Ohio. Eisenhower to address Cleveland Aviation event on April 11.
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J. E. Windrow
Seabody Demonstration School
Nashville
Tenn
Midwest Physical Education Association
Ohio
Cleveland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Chief of Staff
Cleveland Aviation
Reward for Minnie Rose Webb A Train Line Gesture
In Covington Tennessee a 14 year old girl nicknamed Minnie Rose Webb who waved at passing trains became a line mascot. Conductor and railroad workers bought her a wheelchair and trained to bring her to Shrine Hospital in St Louis for medical care as a reward for her friendly waves.
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Covington
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Minnie Rose Webb
Minnie Rose
Shrine Hospital
St. Louis
Farms Shifting To Easier Crop In Ohio
Ohio farmers weary from four years of wartime overwork plan to shift to crops requiring less labor. The Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports overall acreage up 14 percent, largest since 1935, with barley down 30 percent and hay, corn, cigar filler tobacco rising amid mixed shifts in soybeans and potatoes.
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Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Oass
Hitler Praise Halted To Speed Goering Hearing
Justice Robert H. Jackson interrupted Hermann Goering as he again praised Adolf Hitler. Jackson warned the war crimes trial could drag on into August and declared the subject exhausted.
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Hitler
House Post Office Committee Approves Postal Pay Boost
Washington action approves a bill to raise salaried postal workers by 400 dollars a year and give substitutes 20 cents an hour and fourth class postmasters 20 percent. The raises would be retroactive to January 1.
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House Post Office Committee
Return of European Veterans Is Speeded
U S Army redeployment officials announced a speed up allowing about 20 000 soldiers scheduled to sail home in April to depart European ports by late March. In the last 24 hours 3 500 troops went home including 2 500 officers and men sailing from Le Havre.
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Germany
le Havre
Truman Talk Substitute For Food At Dem Dinner
Democratic Leader Barkley said the Jackson Day dinner will offer the least food for the price in U S history. President Truman will give an extra speech as the main attraction. In Tokyo Lt General Leidelberger banned public affection by Eighth Army troops toward Japanese women.
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Washington
United States
Barkley
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Tokyo
Robert Leichelberger
Eighth Army
Army to standardize uniforms for all ranks by 1948
The War Department orders identical battle jackets and olive drab trousers for officers and enlisted men by June 30 1948 except insignia. Supporters say the move will reduce class distinctions and boost enlistments while critics note no Navy plan announced. The summer tropical uniform remains khaki with a tropical battle jacket.
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War Department
Capitol Hill
May
Melvin Price
DTI
Navy
Army
Predicts Gain In Ohio Work Opportunities
Ohio unemployment is on a plateau with a potential gradual decline. J Kimball Johnson of the Ohio Michigan Kentucky region and Stuart R. Smith of the Cleveland area foresee steady job gains through the year. They cite expanding opportunities and later shortages of male workers across occupations as reentries of veterans continue.
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Cleveland
Ohio
J. Kimball Johnson
Ohio- Michigan-Kentucky
United States Employment Service
Johnson
Stuart R. Smith
Defiant Crew Holds Fast at Crawford Steel Foundry
Independent unionists remain at Crawford Steel Foundry absorbing a third night on makeshift beds. The CIO United Steelworkers strike continues as the plant reports 117 workers at work while the union cites 20 to 25. A defiant worker vows to stay despite a new picket line. Union leaders call the back to work movement a failure and plan a membership meeting tonight.
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Bucyrus
Crawford Steel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Liquor Period Extended in Ohio to Three Weeks
The state liquor period will stretch to three weeks starting Monday as whiskey ration sales are extended. Assistant Liquor Director A I Bal mert announced that the two week periods used since before Christmas will be lengthened. the next period runs from March 25 to April 13.
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Columbus
A. I. Balmert
Churchill Memoirs Dictated on New Recording Device
Former British prime minister Winston Churchill, returning aboard the Queen Mary, plans to dictate portions of his memoirs using two electronic recording sets with lapel microphones. He will use the devices alternately at the bedside and while pacing, resting in bed.
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New Haven
Conn
Winister Churchill
Indict Slater in Columbus murder case
Franklin County grand jury indicts James D. Slater, 40, of Columbus, on first degree murder charges for the February 19 shooting of his wife Louise.
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Columbus
Franklin County
James D. Slater
Louise
Jet engines in civilian planes held distant
Cleveland 41 A panel at the National Aircraft Propulsion meeting of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences debated when jet engines will power non military aviation. Experts proposed about ten years, with five years for short range commercial transports and eight to ten for general use, while predicting 10 to 15 years to reach reliability. Samuel R. Pofter of General Electric urged longer timelines, challenged by Robert M. Stanley of Bell Aircraft who cited no engine failures to date and claimed jet engines are less troublesome than reciprocating types.
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National Aircraft Propulsion Meeting
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Samuel R. Pofter
General Electric Co
Robert M. Stanley
Bell Aircraft Co
Stanley
Prisoner Testimony Details Torture at Japanese War Trial
Pvt. James W. Jones testifies at the trial of Shinichi Motoyashiki that four American POWs were forced to squat naked in a large tub of near freezing water for 20 minutes, ice forming on the surface. Jones, of Ventnor City New Jersey, submits the affidavit.
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Hirohata
Beulah Voice Stilled by Death in Hollywood
In Hollywood the voice of Beulah, radio’s chuckling figure, died of a heart attack. Beulah was revealed as Marlin Hurt, 40, a longtime radio veteran of 16 years. He fell ill and died soon after seeking medical help.
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Beulah
Sven
Marlin Hurt
Pittsburgh Fire Rips Three-Block Downtown District
Fire swept a three block area in downtown Pittsburgh injuring fourteen firefighters and destroying twelve food and supply buildings. Estimated damage 500000 to 700000 dollars as thousands watched the blaze near the Point where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet. Flames surged to 100 feet threatening the eight story Wabash Building.
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Golden Triangle
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
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Monongahela
Fears of Scandal Over Surplus Government Property Sales
Cleveland congressman George Bender warns the existing surplus property sale system risks a nationwide scandal. He notes veterans seeking small business tools must search 4000 RCA plant records, while government goods are sold in large lots.
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George Bender
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Petiot Described as Political Lone Wolf in Trial
Paris doctors Petiot faces trial on 27 counts of murder. Police testifying yesterday said they found no evidence supporting his claim of resistance group membership. The 55 year old physician is accused of killing people who helped others escape Nazi occupied France.
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Stalin
Associated Preach
Moscow Radio
Moscow
United Nations Organization
Paris
Marcel Petiot
Resistante Movement
Gestapo
Gargs
Louis Poirier
Lucien Pineau
Petiot
France
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State Fairgrounds To Be Returned Sunday
The Ohio State Fairgrounds will be returned to the state Sunday at midnight, announced Col. B. C. Dunn division engineer of the Ohio Rover Division for the corps engineers.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Col
B. C. Dunn
Ohio Rover Division
Corps Engineers
Restaurants Authorized To Cut Salad Oil Bread
Washington reports OPA authorized restaurants and hotels to serve less bread and salad oil without cutting prices to aid famine relief. The measure follows famine committee recommendations to divert wheat and edible oils abroad. OPA also allows automatic subsidy reductions or fortification when packers pay above ceiling prices for cattle to curb a meat black market.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Security Council dithers as Iran troops stay put
Moscow papers report Iceland demands U S troop withdrawal. UN talks stall for time as Russia seeks delay. Hussein Ala says Iran will not delay caseload against the Soviet Union. Pepper accuses critics of blocking peace moves while Ball blasts atomic control aims. Bail warns of Soviet arm strength and Iran occupation as public debate on disarmament continues.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
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Trygve ‘Lie
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Truman
Andrei A. Gromyjo
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Soviet Union
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Washington
Pepper
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Florida
Bail
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Ball
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Turkey
Vandenberg
Mich
Pearl Harbor Probers Seek Full Stimpson Diary
Washington reports Senator Brewster of Maine pressed for the complete diary of former Secretary of War Stimson after excerpts were shown to the Senate War Investigating Committee. Brewster said the released pages contained highly interesting and previously undisclosed information.
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Pearl Harbor
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