Virginia Assembly Acts On Road And Motor Bills
Richmond lawmakers pushed road and motor vehicle measures. Senate approved two highway funding bills raising city street maintenance allocations and authorizing farms access roads at owner expense. House introduced a flat private vehicle license fee and protections against false license applications. Governor Tuck's road tax plan was postponed.
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Richmond
Senate
High Commission
Rator
Tuck
Bers
Assembly
Orror
M. M. Hillard
Portsmouth
Highway Commission
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
James D. Hagood
Clover
James E. Gardner
Edmund DeJarnette
Ashland
R. F. Baldwin, Jr
Norfolk
Tely
Grounded Yukon Threatens 500 Aboard As Rescue Extends
Coast guard cutter Onondaga stood by a sinking liner Yukon off Ketchikan Alaska with nearly 500 aboard as 45 to 60 mph winds hinder rescue efforts. Vessels including Cedar Curb Zalinski and North Haven raced to Johnstone Bay while snow limited visibility and the Seattle coast guard warned the ship may be a total loss.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Yukon
Army
Zalinski
North Haven
Curb
Johnstone Bay
Kenai Peninsula
Seattle
Virginia Senate committee clears Norris-Moffett labor resolution
The Senate General Laws Committee in Richmond favorable to a Norris-Moffett measure declaring unionization of state and local government workers contrary to Virginia public policy. Amendments clarify discussion with unaffiliated employee groups not asserting collective bargaining rights. The text, including the amendment, restricts recognition or negotiation with unions for public officers or employees.
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Richmond
Senate General Laws Committee
Norris-Moffett
Public Employees
Virginia Federation of Labor
American Federation Labor
Public Employee Union
Bead Brotherhoods
CIO
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia
Yamashita Loses High Court Fight To Dodge Noose
Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita lost his Supreme Court bid to overturn a death sentence. The six to two decision upheld the military commission's lawful conduct, ruling the indictment and trial proper and within wartime law. Justices Rutledge and Murphy dissented, condemning the process as unfair and unprecedented.
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Yamashita
John B. Owen Washington
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Supreme Court
Rutledge and
Murphy
Oe Rutledge
Stone
Court Rules Postmaster Cannot Ban Esquire from Second Class
The Supreme Court unanimously held the postmaster general cannot withhold second class mailing from Esquire for its content or art. Justice Douglas wrote the opinion noting state power to set standards for literature was not allowed. The decision follows Esquire’s prior limited privileges and questions from the Post Office.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Postmaster General
Esquire Magazine
Douglas
Congress
Esquire
C. Walker
Post Office
de T
William Murray Estep
Louis Dabney Smith
Famous Chicago Attorney Silas Strawn Dies
Silas Hardy Strawn a renowned Chicago attorney died of a heart attack today in Palm Beach Florida He arrived with his wife the former Miss Margaret Stewart on February 1 at the villas He is survived by his widow and two daughters Mrs James A Cathcart and Mrs Wesley M Dix on of Lake Forest Illinois Strawn belonged to the law firm Strawn and Shaw
Move To Scrap Labor Bill Fails In House Vote
Washington February 4 The House rejected a bid to scrap pending labor legislation by a 130 to 42 vote and moved ahead with strike control measures. Rep Celler’s motion aimed to delete all provisions except the enacting clause, while Rep Case’s rival plan would create a national mediation board to halt strikes for thirty days and support arbitration and public boards for industry disputes. Prospects in the Senate appear uncertain.
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Washington
Celler
House
Rep. Case
R-Sc
Ee Geefering
Lg Rg
Senate
Pauley Denies Accusations as Senate Hearing Tests Lie
Washington at Senate naval committee hearing on Pauley nomination to be undersecretary of the navy Max Thornburg testified Pauley sought to switch an American oil tanker to a Mexican firm to aid a Democratic fund Thornburg said Pauley boasted there was 6000 for him but he would give it to the Democratic campaign fund Pauley erupted shouting that the accusation was a dirty lie
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Washington
Mexico
Democratic Campaign Fund
Edwin Pausley
Max Thornburg
State Department
Senate Naval Committee
Truman
Pauley
California
Thornburg
Mallory
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Tidelands Oil
Targ
Witness Testifies He Aided Kimmel Exoneration Effort
Navy Captain L F Safford told a Senate committee he worked to line up support in Washington for exonerating Admiral Husband E Kimmel after Pearl Harbor The testimony followed questions about a secret January 1944 code letter claiming distrust of the office of naval operations and mentioning the effort to clear Kimmel The witness said he sought a cautious moment to discuss the matter with Capt A D Kramer and cited a Saturday Post article on Admiral Halsey supporting Kimmel’s clearance.
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Washington
Navy
L. F. Safford
Pearl Harbor
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Safford
Office of Naval Operations
George C. Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Senate House Committee
A. D. Kramer
Kramer
Naval Communications Intelligence
Tokyo
United States
Askey
Rep. Murphy
D-Pa
Kimmel
Pacific Command
Murphy
Lin
Atorsi
Lakeee
Naval Operations Office
Kraner
Halsey
Saturday Post
OPA Announces Hudson Car Prices Rise Against 1942 Credits
OPA set new Hudson price ceilings showing increases of 55 to 97 dollars over 1942 models due to specification changes. The bulletins list 1949 prices for several Hudson body styles including No 51 series and Commodore line with varied increases and one chassis price of 831 dollars.
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OPA
Commodore
Atom Bomb Playlet Panics Listeners
Paris broadcast of Orson Welles dramatic invasion from Mars alarms listeners and triggers parental rush to motion picture theaters to protect children as officials urge calm over reported explosions and chain reactions.
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Paris
United States
Orson Welles
Mars
Jean Noucher
Local Officers Stage Vice Raids In Bluefield Weekend
Police Chief Arnold Porterfield led a select vice squad that raided three establishments and a city residence over the weekend. Thirty people were arraigned or bond forfeited in police court, with additional fines for drunkenness and traffic offenses.
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Arnold Porterfield
L. B. Sutherland
Town Hall Bar of Justice
Porterfield
Morris Hotel
Princeton Avenue
Raleigh
Raleigh Street
City of
Bluefield
Scott Street
Edwards Terrace
First Large Contingent of War Brides Reaches United States
The first large group of brides to reach the United States since colonial times arrived aboard the liner Argentina with 458 British wives and 170 babies of American GIs. They symbolize 65 000 pending reunions as storms and cold could not dull their relief. The brides came from England Ireland Scotland Wales and Malta and were chosen by a priority system from 27 000 applicants. Many husbands were not present at the pier to greet them.
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United States
New York
Argentina
North River
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Malta
William L. Holt
Riverside
N. J
Government Seizure of New York Harbor Looms in Steel Talks
Bowles and Snyder met President Truman to seek a solution to the steel strike crisis and a possible revision of the federal wage price policy. They favor a flexible control approach to address production issues and avoid broad concessions that could undermine price controls.
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New York Harbor
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Truman
Bowles
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Gov
Ayers
White House
Dorion
Murray
Murra
Workers plan two hour CIO stoppage in New York
The Greater New York Council of the CIO calls a two hour work stoppage for 4 to 6 p.m. Monday targeting about 600000 CIO members in the city. The move aims to back the month old strike against the American Communications Association by Western Union Telegraph and to coincide with a city wide demonstration on February 11.
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New York
Greater New York
Dr C L Harman to Head Bluefield College
Dr Charles L Harman resigns as pastor of Starling Avenue Baptist Church Martinsville Virginia to become president of Bluefield College succeeding Dr E C Wade Harman will assume duties July 1 Wade resigning June 30 will devote full time to Easley Wilson Realty He was pastor in Narrows VA earlier and active in Blue Ridge Baptist association Kiwanis and social hygiene work He holds degrees from Burg College Georgia Tech and Southern Baptist Seminary Turn to Page 2-Column 6.
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Charles L. Harman
Starling Avenue Baptist Church
Martinsville
Bluefield College
E. C. Wade
Harman
Wade
Easley- Wilson Realty Company
University of Virginia
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Lynchburg
Harmen
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Bandit Tries Odd Theft At Goldstein Market
Norfolk police report an unidentified Black man snatched a $742 bank deposit from Emmitt Prohom outside Goldstein Market around 11 a m today. The thief grabbed a paper bag containing the funds and fled as pedestrians moved to exit.
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Norfolk
Goldstein Market
Ieanes Eee
Russia Raises Veto Question in United Nations Security Council
The Soviet Union for the first time sought to invoke the veto to block action clearing Britain of endangering peace by keeping troops in Greece. The 11 nation council adjourned without deciding if the veto could be used at this stage as debate raged over unanimity among the big five and whether the Greek issue constitutes a dispute. Council members adjourned to reconvene tomorrow at 8:30 p m. est.
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London
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Great Britain
Greece
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevin
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
France
Tain
United States
China
Council
Qunell
Counci N. J. O. Makin
Australia
State Phone Operators Vote Against Strike
West Virginia telephone workers will stay on the job as polls show a large majority opposed a walkout. Percy Robinson, vice president of the West Virginia Association of Communication Workers, said the national federation may still call a stoppage. Earlier, on January 13, service in Charleston Huntington Parkersburg and Clarksburg was impaired by pickets.
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Grafton
W. Va
West Virginia
Percy Robinson
Robinson
West Virginia Association of Communication Workers
National Federation
Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Pickets Patrol General Chemical Plant In Pulaski Strike
Pickets patrolled plant entrances in Pulaski Virginia as 125 General Chemical workers walked out over wage and working condition disputes. The walkout was ordered by Local 119 of the International Chemical Workers Union and Local 1649 of the International Association of Machinists. The plant, which makes sulfuric acid, shut down after the workers stopped at noon.
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Pulaski
General Chemical Company
International Chemical Workers Union
International Association of Machinists
Uniom
Vegetar Labor Board
Ware
A. Larson
Renee Ama Tida
Tugboat Workers Reject Settlement
New York tugboat workers reject Mayor O Dwyer proposed settlement amid looming federal seizure. About 35 000 longshoremen support 3 500 striking tug crews as city faces fuel and food shortages and possible government control of harbor operations.
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New York
New York City
William O'Dwyer
Edward C. Maguire
William Bradley
United Marine Division
International Longshoremen's Association
AFL
Maguire
New York Tugboat Exchange
Wash
Consolidated Edison
Elec
Wiliam C. Liller
Edward O
Wer
Th Company
James P. McAllister
Employers’ Committee
Filibuster Fight Over FEPC Fails in Senate
Washington reports a failed bid to end the filibuster against the Fair Employment Practice Commission as southern senators oppose the permanent FEPC. Senator Stewart and colleagues pressed for cloture while leaders face a fourth week of debate and party divisions.
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Washington
Truman
Hannegan
Senate
United States
Frorce
Co Oe
Stewart
D-Tenn
Overton
D-La
Beyocrats
Sat
PEPC
Reading
Saale
Oma
Barkley and
Ohio
McKellar
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Alaska Line
Chris P. Trondensen
Cedar
Ead the
Columa
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Marshall
Stark
Hudson
Mary Banks
Lawson Street
Northside
John Nester
Lem Anderson
Draga Ang
Joyce J*ck
Welch
Bluefield Avenue
Clink
She Agrees
Scott and Edwards Terrace
William Cruise
Tern
Pace
Colemn
C. L Harman
Bandit
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