Rival Unions Battle in East Hollywood Strike Is Unbroken
The 16 day AFL Longshoremen strike paralyzed New York harbor as violence flared between rival factions and police intervened. Meanwhile mass transit in Massachusetts resumed after a three day strike. In Hollywood AFL and CIO disputes continued with studio pickets and negotiations ongoing.
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East Hollywood
Associated Press
New York City
AFL
CIO
New England
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massasetts Street Railway
New York Harbor
A'Z” International Longshoremen’s Association
la Guardia
War Shipping Administration
Joseph P. Ryan
Longshoremen Union
CIO Maritime
Longshoremen
Boston
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Hollywood
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Producers, and Distributors of America
Wh. Johnston
Johnston
Pacific Northwest
CIO Lumber
Death and Taxes Feature Big Congress Agenda
In Washington today Congress debates death and taxes as key topics. The House Military Committee weighed reopening atomic energy hearings after criticism over witness count. Senate Finance hearings continue with CIO testimony criticizing House tax plans as favoring corporations. The House addresses Palestine and a $600 million airport program while Vinson and Taft discuss tax repeal moves. Senate contemplates government reorganization, with debates over a National Defense Council and a single science administrator. The atomic energy bill would create a nine member, part time, salaried commission with broad powers.
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Washington
Congress
House
Robert Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
CIO
Senate
Palestine
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Taft
Vinson
Taft Egret
Army
Navy
Mac Arthur
Armed Services
War and Navy Departments
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Council of National Defense
Secretaries of State, War and Navy
Wheeler
D-Mont
Truman
Aeporter
Kilfore
D-Wva
National Science Foundation
U. S
Canned Meats Supply Larger Canned Meats Supply Larger
War Department reports near complete end of canned meat contracts for combat and field rations. Pork products among first affected reflect civilian shortages. Luncheon meat and various hashes cancelled then renegotiated for UNRRA civilian relief in occupied territories. Niles crash claims Alphonse Cates, 30, killed. wife Sophie injured in Erie train collision at a crossing.
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Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
UNRRA
Niles
Alphonse Cates
Sophie
Erie Railroad
West Coast Welcomes Third Fleet in Guarded Homecoming
West coast ports from San Francisco to Seattle greet Admiral Halsey and the Third Fleet as ships drop anchors for Navy Day observances. Sailors and Marines march through San Francisco, with receptions at City Hall, while West Virginia Texas Nevada Iowa and Arkansas lead ceremonies and discharges in San Diego Los Angeles and Puget Sound. Also Maj Gen Curtis Lemay named special deputy at Wright Field in Dayton.
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California
Oregon
Washington
William F. Bull Halsey, Jr
U.S.5
South Dakota
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Market Street
Embarcadero
Halsey
San Francisco Bay
San Diego
West Virginia
Sargent Bay
Kadashan Bay
24Th Marine Regiment
Los Angeles
Texas
Nevada
Collett
Maddox
Admiral Halsey
Iowa
Arkansas
Seattle
Puget Sound
Dayton
Curtis Lemay
20Th Superfortress Bomber Command
Hugh J. Knerr
Wright Field
Air Technical Service Command
Taft Backs Treasury Plan To Slash Taxes
Senator Taft of Ohio supports Secretary Vinson's tax cutting plan as the House cuts 5.35 billion from 1946 tax bills. Vinson seeks to end the excess profits tax next January while questions rise about extending wartime luxury taxes and veteran income tax exemptions.
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Aft
Treasury
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
Fred M. Vinson
House
Vinson
Tait
Vandenberg
R- Mich
Congressional
Doolittle Visits Dayton Air Fair and Wright Field Tour
General James H. Doolittle, head of the Eighth Air Force, flew from Detroit to Wright Field in Dayton to inspect the army air force fair. He planned to depart for Washington in the afternoon.
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Dayton
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Wright Field
Detroit
Japs Flood China With Billions in Bogus Bills
Tokyo presses backed by bayonets flood China with worthless currency totaling about 54 billion U S dollars in face value, the Asahi reports amplifying wartime plunder. It cites 4 billion yuan notes issued by the Central Reserve Bank of China, inflationary impact, and halved values as Japanese occupation notes circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
U. S
Asahi
Central Reserve Bank of China
Financial &Grency
Springfield
Arnold J
Dillon
Bank of Japan
Nippon
China Bank
Japan Begins Return to World at Large After Surrender
In Tokyo AP reports Japan moves toward reconstruction after surrender. Occupation forces shape a peaceful future while former rulers face demoralization. Koreans in Japan rush home as mass mobilities and demobilization unfold amid hardships and displacement.
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Tokyo
New Japan
Japan
New Nippon Working Masses Party
MacArthur
Kyushu
Hakata
Honshu
Senzaki
Korea
Veteran Meigs Educator dies at 71 in Syracuse
David B. Williams, 71, longtime Meigs educator, died at home in Syracuse after a long illness. A Rio Grande College graduate, he taught 40 years, was a Presbyterian and Mason. Survived by three sisters, a brother, and three foster sons. services pending at Ewing Funeral Home.
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Donald R. Hart
Paul Augustine
William Sandy
Ewing Funeral Home
Cadet Nurse Corps Reaches Admission Cutoff
Washington U. F. marked the start of a new era for the Cadet Nurse Corps as Surgeon General Thomas Parran noted the corps had supplied nursepower to the military and staved off nursing collapse at home. No new admissions will be made after today. the corps enrolled 179,000 young women over two years, with 110,000 still serving.
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Washington
U.S
Cadet Nurse Corps
Thomas Parran
Ironton Man Sentenced for Trucker Slaying
Orville Fradd, 27, of Ironton, was sentenced to one to 20 years in the Ohio penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the slaying of Arthur Smith, 45, a local truck driver. Earlier he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to second degree murder.
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Ironton
Orville Fradd
Steel Production To Be Reduced Sharply
The American Iron & Steel Institute says coal shortages will push steel mills to operate at 66.3 percent of capacity, producing about 1,214,400 tons, the lowest rate since May 6, 1940.
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New York
American Iron & Steel Institute
Notre Dame Receives $1 Million Gift
In South Bend Indiana the University of Notre Dame announced a donation of one million dollars from Peter Co Reilly of Indianapolis. Rev J Hugh O Connell C S C president said the gift will aid university programs.
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Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Peter Co. Reilly
Indianapolis
J. Hugh O'Connell
C.S.C
Ohio Veterans Benefits Stepped Up Under Hildebrand Act
Columbus Ohio begins enhanced processing of discharged veterans claims under the Hildebrand Act. A county veterans service officer will handle relief and benefits and coordinate with the Veterans Administration to speed payments. The county board expands from three to five members including veterans organizations. Financing comes from a tax levy not exceeding half a mill on assessable property.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hildebrand
Veterans’ Service
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Veterans Administration
Washington
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Salaried Workers Seek Production Line Wages
Salaried workers at 14 Westinghouse plants renewed demands for the same incentive bonus paid to hourly production workers for unusual output. The Federation of Westinghouse Salaried Workers told the War Labor Board during a hearing that members should receive the UME bonus, about 10 to 15 percent of wages. Lt General James H. Doolittle will be guest of honor at a Cleveland Aviation Club banquet Thursday night.
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Washington
Westinghouse Manufacturing Company
Federation of Westinghouse Salaried Workers
War Labor Board
UME
Cleveland
James H. Doolittle
Cleveland Aviation Club
Strike Continues at Timken Bearing Co
Canton plants see limited workforce as about 9 000 United Steelworkers walk out halting most operations. Union says stoppage began after the company sidelined a 20 inch mill crew for working short handed.
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Timken Bearing Co
Canton
Timken Baller Bearing Co
Canton Division
United Steelworkers
Elderly mother dies waveing at Third Fleet welcome
Mrs Elizabeth A Heggie 60 Oakland Calif paid with her life while greeting units of the Third Fleet in San Francisco after being warned her heart might fail with exertion She told friends she would be on hand and was seen climbing Telegraph Hill before collapsing and dying at the harbor hospital Two Navy sons are listed as missing in action.
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San Francisco
CPI
Elizabeth Arnold Heggie
Oakland
Calif
Telegraph Hill
Harbor Emergency Hospital
Military Court Decrees Death of Nazi Killers
A U S military tribunal in Wiesbaden sentenced Alfons Klein former administrative head of the Hadamer insane asylum and assistants Heinrich Ruoff and Karl Willig to death for the systematic murder of more than 400 Russian and Polish inmates. The attendants admitted administering lethal morphine doses in hundreds of cases.
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Wiesbaden
VPI
Alfons Klein
Hadamer Insane Asylum
Klein
Heinrich Ruoff
Karl Willig
Eisenhower says Berlin election would curb Communist dominance
General Eisenhower in his monthly report on military government in the American zone says informal reports suggest a fair supervised Berlin election would not support Communist dominance. He notes four Berlin parties under Soviet allowance and predicts Social Democrats and Christian Democrats would gain support, with Communists still holding many posts. He adds each party publishes a newspaper with newsprint quotas set by Soviet authorities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
Germany
United States
U. S
Communist Party
Social Democrat Party
Christian-Democratic Union
Liberal
Auteocratic Party
Centrum
German Democratic Party
German People’s Party
Locraire Party
Communist Party of Germany
Social Democrats
Christian Democratic Union
Government Delays on Mines Amid Wage Reform Talks
The government failed to secure a settlement in the soft coal strike as 200000 miners remain idle and production halts. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach says no immediate seizure of mines, while Truman weighs a three sided reconversion panel and WLB resists new wage rules. Operators reject five offers on foremen talks with United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Hope
Schwellen
John L. Lewis
Truman
War Labor Board
WLB
White House
WLE
Schwellenbach
Lewis
United Mine Workers ‘Union
Ohio Miners Protest Fines Amid Work Stoppage
District 6 United Mine Workers denounces coal operators for fining each member one dollar for every day away from work during the stoppage. Sampson reports 9,494 Ohio miners idle with 58,550 tons of coal lost daily as mills shut down. Internal telegrams dispute enforcement, while foremen organize meetings in Cadiz.
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Ohio
Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Ford
Ocl
Cincinnati
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Sampson
Pete Philipps
Piney Fork
International Umw
Alvin Douglas
Adena
Cadiz
Sip
Lake Trive
16 300 GPs Scheduled To Reach States Today
About 16 300 servicemen are scheduled to arrive in the United States from Europe aboard nine troop transports docking at New York Boston and Newport News Virginia. Four ships including the Queen Mary are due at New York with over 12 500 men, four vessels bring more than 3 800 to Boston, and one ship carries 28 to Newport News.
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New York
United States
Europe
Boston
Newport News
Weeunort News
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Sweden
Stockholm
West Coast
Great Third Fleet
Doolittle
Dayton Air Fair
Meigs
Trucker
Denver
John W. Bncker
Bridges
International Longshoremen's Association
Harry Bridges
Bouy
Pacific Coast
F. H. la Guardia
Ohio Veterans Benefits
U. S. Fleet
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