House Defeats Plan to Move Virginia Supreme Court from Staunton
Richmond, Feb 7. The Virginia House defeated a senate joint resolution to remove Staunton as a meeting place for the state supreme court. The vote was 60 to 0. The measure would have required the high court to meet in Richmond and other places. The bill’s defeat stops a potential constitutional change and avoids a statewide referendum this year.
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House of Delegates
Senate
Staunton
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Supreme Court
High Court
Wytheville
House
Quesenberg House
Maitland Bustard
Danville
United Nations
House Courts of Justice Committee
C. G. Quesenbery
Waynesboro
Quesenbery
Redrafted Bill Seeks To Bar Public Employee Unionization
Richmond Va Feb 7 A Senate General Laws panel redrafted the Neffett Norris unionization resolution to bar public employees from forming or joining unions or entering collective bargaining. A substitute from Ernest B Pugh was proposed but not adopted. The measure heads back to the Senate as debate continues on a companion bill to prohibit rehiring striking state county or municipal workers.
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Richmond
Senate General Laws Committee
Senate
Ernest B. Pugh
Congress of Industrial Oranizations
Jes
Iest
Sten Vane
House General Laws
Moncure-Locher
Attorney General
War Secretary Orders Stay of Yamashita Execution
The War Secretary orders a stay of General Yamashita's execution pending presidential action on a clemency plea. MacArthur in Manila had affirmed martial law funds against the former adversary. the text notes the stay until the president acts on the defense counsel plea.
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War
Yamashita
Pendineno
MacArthur
Manila
Secretary of War
Move to End Filibuster On FEPC Bill
Washington reports backers of the fair employment practices bill move to end a four week filibuster. The senate slated a 4 p m Saturday vote on limiting debate as supporters seek cloture despite expectations of defeat. The measure would create a three member commission to curb employment discrimination based on race creed color or religion.
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Washington
Senate
Bilbo
D-Miss
Olasty
Kentucky
Barkley
McKellar
D-Tenn
Road Tax Program Heads Hearing List
Richmond Virginia February hearings set on Governor Tucks road tax program and related tax changes. Joint house senate session at 10 am to review highway tax reform. 3 pm hearing on ABC law changes. 2 30 pm annexation limits bill. 3 30 pm education funding allotment changes. 8 pm judicial circuits reduction bills and other judiciary changes.
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Richmond
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Tuck
General Laws Committee
Crockett
ABC Board
House Committee On
Williams
House Committee On Schools and Colleges
Spiers
State Board of Education
House Committee On Courts of Justice
Campbell
Governor Tuck Signs Four Acts Into Law
Richmond Virginia February 7 Governor Tuck signed four acts into law. One act lets the Medical College of Virginia board of visitors set its executive committee size and quorum. The others amend Alexandria Alexandria city charter Franklin town Wise town charters defining borrowing powers juvenile court offices eligibility for appointments.
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia Board of Visitors
Tuck
Senate
Alexandria
Pranklin
Wise
Hess mission to browbeat Britain outlined at Nurnberg
The British prosecutor at Nurnberg said Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland in 1941 to force peace terms and thwart US designs on the empire. He demanded overthrow of Churchill and a free Nazi hand in Europe while warning of harsh methods and claiming Americans wanted Canada. The prosecution argued Hess aimed to remove Britain as a fighting force so Hitler could attack Russia.
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Rudolf Hess
Scotland
United States
International Military Tribunal
Hess
Churchill
Europe
Canada
United
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Hitler
Ribbentrop
Britain
Col
Melvin Griffith Jones
Griffith Jones
Russia
Train Derailment Injures Several Near Niles Michigan
Four passengers were hospitalized after a section of the New York Central Twilight Limited derailed northeast of Niles, Michigan. The Detroit to Chicago bound train left three or four coaches on the tracks. no fatalities were reported and all admitted victims were Chicagoans in non serious condition.
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Niles
Mich
New York Central
Troops Arrive At Home Ports
Navy and Army units totaling 17 482 aboard 26 vessels were due to debark at seven U S ports. Ships arriving included New York Lehigh Victory from Le Havre with 1 160 troops and 919th field artillery battalion. Boston St Lawrence Victory from Calcutta with 24 personnel. West Point from Manila brought 6 107 army 1 466 navy 251 nurses and 123 civilians. Other arrivals included Antioch Victory from Le Havre 1 041 troops and India Victory from Le Havre 999 army 11 navy. Prisoners Joseph H Nicholson and George de Marseille ships also listed with escorts.
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U.S. L
New York
Lehigh Victory
le Havre
Field Artillery
WACS
Haverford Victory
Naples
Army
Navy
Boston
St. Lawrence
Calcutta
Vassar Victory
Bremerhaven
Batalion
West Point
Manila
Antioch Victory
94Th Division
Ordnance Company
Ordnance Heavy
India
302Nd
Ordnance Ium
Ordnance
Auto- George de Marseille
82Nd Armored Reconnaissance Batalion
Motor Ambulance
Treadway
William B. Giles
Joseph H. Nicholson
Maree
Alaska Steamship YUKON wreck death toll and missing crew
The Alaska Steamship Company reports 15 crew members still unaccounted for aboard the liner Yukon after it left Seward and wrecked in Johnstone Bay during a heavy storm. Verification crews list 484 aboard earlier, with 33 missing among them.
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Seattle
Alaska Steamship Company
Liste
Tary
The
Yukon
Formes War
Seward
Johnstone Bay
Truman Faces Opposition Over Food Plan To Shield Abroad
Washington February 7 A House bill by Rep Edwin A Hall to halt Truman dark bread program aims to curb grain and flour exports until American supplies meet domestic needs The president pressed ahead warning of possible mass starvation abroad and pledging priority to allied and liberated nations while seeking cooperation from Canada Australia and other major producers.
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Truman
Edwin A. Hall
RNY
House Agriculture Committee
Hall
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Butler
R-Neb
Australia
Argentina
Europe
Asia
Agriculture Department
Canada
Articulture Department
9 o Clock Curfew Enforced in Bluefield
Police Chief Arnold G. Peterfield announced strict enforcement of the 9 p.m. curfew for children under 14 in Bluefield. The city code bans them from streets before 9 p.m. except when on errands or with parents or guardians.
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Bluefield
Arnold G. Peterfield
Case Measure Wins Smashing House Victory
Washington reports that the Case measure, backed by Republicans and southern Democrats, passed the House by 258 to 155. It creates a federal mediation board to halt major labor disputes for 30 days and imposes new labor management rules including civil suits and outlawing violence in picketing. Senate opposition is anticipated.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Rep. Case
Repubicans
Federal Mediation Board
Congressional Party Alignments Reported by State Delegations
Washington reports voting alignments with Democrats Baldwin Fallon Roe Lass eer Bland Burch Daughton Drewry Gary Robertson Smith of Virginia Cooper Courtney Earthman Murray Priest of Tennessee and Republicans Ellis West Virginia Jennings Reece Tennessee while Democrats oppose Bailey Hedrick Kee Neely Randolph West Virginia D Alesandro Maryland Davis Kefauver Tennessee Flanagan Virginia with Beall of Maryland among Republicans.
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Washington
Baldwin
Fallon
Roe
Lasseer
Maryland
Bland
Burch
Daughton
Drewry
Gary
Robertson
Smith
Virginia
Cooper
Courtney
Earthman
Murray
Priest
Tennessee
Ellis
West Virginia
Jennings
Reece
Bailey
Hedrick
Kee
Neely
Randolph
D’alesandro
Davis
Kefauver
Flannagan
Beall
Mary
Two Hour CIO Work Stoppage In New York Canceled
A two hour CIO work stoppage planned for 4 p.m. Monday in New York City was canceled after talks between Saul Mills and CIO President Philip Murray. The strike targeted Western Union employees and involved about 600,000 CIO members in the city.
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New York
CIO
New York City
Saul Mills
Greater
How Lindbergh Scored Victory Over Jap Fighter Plane
Col. Charles MacDonald recounts in Collier’s how Lindbergh on a mission with Danny Miller and two P-385s closed head on against a Japanese Sonia type. Lindbergh’s plane fired as the enemy climbed and the two narrowly missed a collision during a dramatic dogfight.
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Lindbergh
New York
Charles A. Lindberg
Charles MacDonald
Collier's Magazine
Lindberg
United Aircraft Corporation
MacDonald
Danny Miller
Miller
Damages Sought in Bluefield Police Beating Case
Herbert Peters of Bluefield sues Surety Company of New York for 3500 dollars alleging assault by Earl Robert Kerns then Bluefield police officer on June 17 1944 near the Norfolk and Western station. Peters says Kerns struck him three times with a nightstick and knocked him unconscious after attempting to aid a drunken companion. the city contends Peters resisted an arrest and was involved in a scuffle with officers.
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Herbert Peters
Bluefield
Surety Company
New York
U. S. District Court
Peters
Earl Robert Kerns
Police Department of
Princeton Avenue
Norfolk and Western
Henry Harlow
Drake Hotel
Harlow
Kerns
Wirt Bailey
Police Department
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bailey
H. L. Dean
Truman Backs Pauley Over Ickes in Navy Post Fight
President Truman voiced firm support for Edwin W. Pauley as under secretary of the Navy and dismissed Ickes criticism as mistaken. The move came as Senate banking committee probed George E. Allen’s private business ties and a separate nominee for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation faced scrutiny. Ickes said nothing in response, while other nominees faced secret hearings on potential conflicts.
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Edwin W. Pauley
Ickes
Pauley
Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Senate Banking Committee
George E. Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Allen
District of Columbia
Home Insurance Company of New York
Senate Naval Committee
Mr. Truman
Baby Girl Born to Deanna Durbin in Hollywood
Hollywood news reports Deanna Durbin gave birth to a girl at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital just before noon today. The infant weighs six pounds five ounces and will be named Jessica Louise, says Durbin's husband and producer Felix Jackson.
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Hollywood
Deanna Durbin
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Felix Jackson
Miss Durbin
New Pictures
Jessica Louise
Testimony in Jap Attack Conflicts in Washington
Capt. A. D. Kramer denied pressuring him to alter testimony on Pearl Harbor and rejected claims he was beleaguered in a hospital. He disputed Gafford and Gearhart on Dec 4 orders and the so called winds message, saying there was no directive to destroy memoranda and that reports of coercion were false.
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Washington
A. D. Kramer
Pearl Harbor
Kramer
L. PF. Gafford
Japan
Navy Department
Great Britain
United States
Gearhart
R-Calif
Safford
Guam
Murphy
D-Pa
Keefe
R-Wis
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Railroad Guards Face Murder Charge in Illinois Strike Belligerence
Four guards on a Toledo Peoria and Western train are charged with murdering two pickets amid Bridley Illinois strike action. W C Keiser of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says the union will seek convictions of the guards and of their employer George P McNear for aiding strike breaking.
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Bloomington
Ill
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Railroad Brotherhoods
Bridley
W. C. Keiser
Brotherhood of Locomotivee
George P. McNear
McNear
Nce Heyl
Peroris
Deety
Peoria
Railroad
McLean Oo
Fact Finders Fix Wage Increase Amid Steel and Packing Disputes
Officials report progress toward settlements in two major labor disputes. The packinghouse fact finding board proposed a 16 cent general rise for AFL and CIO workers in the five largest firms, many under federal seizure. President Truman and White House aides press for swift resolutions as CIO steel workers face a halting strike threatening industry production.
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Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
John Stephens
U. S. Steel Corporation
OPA
Chester Bowles
Murray
U. S. Steel
Stephens
White House
Burrs
Government panel urges 16 cent wage hike for meat packers
A government fact finding board backs a 16 cent per hour wage increase for 90 000 production employees in five major meat packing firms. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson will bring the recommendation to the wage stabilization board for approval. AFL leaders in Chicago endorse localacceptance. Lewis J Clark of United Packinghouse Workers says the union will decide at Chicago meetings early next week and that they will monitor developments in the interim.
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Washington
Anderson
AFL
Chicago
Lewis J. Clark
United Packinghouse Workers
Clark
New York Coal Demands Meet Amid Harbor Strike
Army and navy tugboats aided New York's emergency coal deliveries as a harbor strike tied up 400 tugboats and spurred government seizure. The New York Tugboat Owners Association accepted a settlement proposal after an all night talks with union delegates and federal conciliators. Union workers vote on the plan tomorrow. Mayor O Dwyer ordered 12 public buildings closed and 26 freighters remained at anchor unable to dock for fuel oil.
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New York
New York Tugboat Owners Association
Marine Division
International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
Office of Defense Transportation
William O'Dwyer
War Shipping Administration
Seenes
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