Virginia House approves worker compensation and street aid measure
The Virginia House of Delegates approved liberalized workmen's compensation with higher maximum payments and increased state aid for primary highway street maintenance. The Senate sent a related tax and highway bill to the governor, while debates included load limits on trucks and potential tax changes, plus creation of regional health centers and a Roosevelt commemorative bill.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Senate
Heavior
Deate V. B. Tate
Wise
Dele Robertson
Garner
L. L. Moore
Unruh
Senator Major
Portsmouth
Irvineyatt
Highway Commission
Stanley
Whitehead
James M. McGruder
Arlington
Department of Health
Clarke
Fairfax County
Brock-Hagood
H. B. Shingleton-Whitehead
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
General Laws Committee
E. Jeff Robertson
Norfolk
Paul Crockett
Yorktown
Singleton
House
Irvine-Wyatt
C. G. Quesenberg
Waynesboro
E. W. Dodd
Betet
Albert O. Boschen Richmond
Ises
James O. Stickley
George W. Taliaferro
Harrisonburg
Charles.h. Phillips
State Department of Culture
Genera
Mrs Taft Attacks Truman Regime At Lincoln Day Dinner
Mrs Robert A Taft campaigned in Bluefield blaming the Roosevelt New Deal and Truman administrations for deception and national confusion. She urged Republicans to back strong candidates in upcoming congressional races and pressed party unity at a Lincoln Day dinner with over 300 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Aiece
Taft
Ers. Taft
United States
Ohio
West Virginian
Bluefield Es Women's Club
Jackson Hammond
Robert T. Peters
Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Peters
Charleston
Bluefield
Governor To Act Today On Commutation Plea
Charleston WV February 13 Governor Meadows will act on John L Sheppard by a date to be announced on his commutation plea The 26 year old Logan county man faces a death sentence for the slaying of Preston Burgess on a rural road during a holdup last October 10 He has been moved to the death house awaiting an 9 p m Friday execution Wayne Sheppard 24 and Tennis Fry 18 were given life terms for their roles in the killing.
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Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
John L. Sheppard
Logan County
Moundsville State Prison
E. F. Reaser
Huntington State Hospital
Preston Burgess
Logan
Sheppard
Wayne
Tennis Fry
Three Ohio youths to stand trial in Lindbergh law case
Three Ohio youths Jack Diamond Bernard Carico and Lehman Johnson face trial March 26 in U S district court Huntington for violation of the Lindbergh kidnapping law Judge Harry Watkins will preside over the proceeding following a Charleston hearing where a demurrer to the indictment was overruled The defendants were indicted by a Bluefield grand jury on January 16 for abducting a Huntington woman and her daughter
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Ohio
Harry Watkins
U. S. District Court
Hun
Charleston
Moore
Jack Diamond
Bernard Carico
Chesapeake
Lehman Johnson
Proctorville
Huntington
Bluefield
Truman Fears Coal Strike After April in UMW Contract
Washington February 13 President Truman via Secretary Ickes fears a coal strike after April 1 when the current UMW bituminous contract could be reopened for wage changes. Ickes notes the SFA may wind down by April 1 with some functions lasting to May, as Lewis returns from Miami to push wage demands and rejoin AFL.
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Washington
Truman
Ickes
United Mine Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
John L. Lewis
SFA
Daniel Wheeler
Lewis
Miami
UMW
American Federation of Labor
UAW Head Sees Strike End Soon
Detroit February reports UAW president M J Thomas says strike could end in the not too distant future if GM agrees to terms from the federal fact finding board. UAW officials Walter Reuther and George Addes stand with Thomas as Dewey negotiates. GM signals willingness to resume talks May prompt renewed sessions.
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Detroit
M. J. Thomas
CID
UAW
Harry
Thomas
Walter P. Reuther
George F. Addes
Dewey
DAW
Omas
Wage Increase Granted To Du Pont Workers
An official of United Mine Workers district 50 said a 6 1/2 cents per hour wage increase was granted to about 3,500 employees at the E I Du Pont plant near Belle WV. The raise is in a new contract signed by the union and the company effective February.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers District 50
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Belle
D. Mason Smith
Probers Find Trace Of More War Warnings
Washington reports that Pearl Harbor investigators learned the War Department warned Hawaii on November 5, 1941 of credible rumors Japan would wage war in December or February. Lt. Col. Clausen testified that June 1941 notices about small Marines and Black Dragon activity appeared and that Short received a conflicting June 1941 report.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Japan
Black Dragon Society
United States
Henry C. Clausen
Hawaii
Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of War
Clausen
Walter C. Short
Mandant
Hawaiian Naval District
Navy
Short
George C. Marshall
Army
FBI
Aese
Conan
New York City Named Temporary UNO Site
United Nations headquarters committee votes 29 to 13 to set up temporary headquarters in New York City. General assembly of 51 nations may act to approve NYC as interim site with estchester Fairfield area of New York and Connecticut for permanent home.
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London
United Nations
World Peace Agency
New York City
Ang
Pr Advia
Australia
San Francisco
General Assembly of 51 Nations
estchester-Fairfield
New York
Connecticut
General Assembly
Assembly
Baby born aboard ship arrives in Baltimore port
Richard McCarthy Alves, age three days, born during a Sunday voyage on the Richard K Call, reaches Baltimore with mother Marie de Jesus Alves after a 48 mile labor. The infant weighs seven pounds and is reported healthy at Johns Hopkins Hospital along with his mother who required a blood transfusion.
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Baltimore
Richard McCarthy Alves
Richard K. Call
Lisbon
Portugal
Richard
Marie de
Jesus Asancio Alves
Freeman Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Alves
Joaquim Alves
New York
United States
Richard K
Ickes Resigns Over Perjury Comment in Cabinet Row
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes quits amid a dispute with President Truman over party loyalty and alleged perjury. He attacks the administration in a 3000 word letter and a press conference denouncing demands to stay in an administration he calls improper. Oscar Chapman is named acting secretary.
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Washington
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Truman
Ickes
White House
Mae Pubis
Oscar Chapman
Denver
Colo
Evacuation of American Troops as Calcutta Riots Intensify
Calcutta news reports 1000 US troops on leave evacuated to barracks and Red Cross clubs as British forces quell anti British riots that killed 22 and wounded over 200. Rioting disrupts Bengal Assam rail traffic with main lines repenced and trains diverted. protests stem from a Moslem officer’s seven year sentence.
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Calcutta
Bengal
Assam
U. S
Bengal-Assam
Bengal-Nagpur
Fang
Pay-Price Policy Decision Delays Steel Strike Settlement
A disputed pay price policy for steel delays a nationwide settlement of the CIO United Steelworkers strike. White House wrangles wage controls and price boosts while Bowles faces possible resignation over the stance on carbon and alloy steel pricing. AFL President Green opposes wage stabilization plans as Truman weighs labor input.
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Washington
CIO
United
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Schwellenbach
WSB
White House
Valieys
Charles G. Ross
Snyder
Mr. Truman
AFL
William Green
Secretary of Labor
Aes
Tugboat Strike Ends In New York Harbor
New York Mayor William O Dwyer announced the tugboat strike was called off pending arbitration of wage and hours. About 3 500 tugboat workers will return to work at 8 00 a m tomorrow as 10 day stoppage ends. Arbitration panel includes Edward P McGrady and James P McAllister with local 333 of ILWU involved.
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New York
New York Harbor
William O'Dwyer
Edward P. McGrady
William V. Bradley
United Marine Division
International Longshoremen's Association of
APL
James P. McAllister
Deanon
New York City
Ickes Last Show Has Everything
Harold Ickes quits as secretary of the interior in a dramatic statement described as a memorable press conference. Reporters packed the room, rumors swirled, and the event moved to a larger auditorium as Ickes faced questions for about 30 minutes before a final curtain.
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Washington
Ickes
Harold Ickes
Ickless
Faw
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Darden
Tate
Mrs. Taft
du Pont
Babe
Columa
New Dealer
Roosevelt Cabinet
Edwin M
Labor
O'Dwyer
Easons
Cohumn
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