House Votes Approval Of Labor Measure
The Virginia House of Delegates approves the Moncure Locher bill prohibiting public workers who leave jobs while on strike from 60 to 33, sending the measure to the Senate for final consideration. Debates over pay, annexation limits, and state budget directors also surface as lawmakers prepare for key votes and upcoming elections.
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Richmond
Moncure-Locher
House of Delegates
House
Senate
L. Cc. Bird
Chesterfield
Andrew W. Clarke
Alexandria
General Assembly of
Virginia
Horror photos stun war crimes court at Nuernberg
February 18 reports from Nuernberg courtroom where 21 Nazi war crimes suspects face graphic photographic evidence. Russian prosecutors showed images from battle dead and Gestapo victims depicting mass murder and abuses, triggering gasps as execution sites and torture scenes were projected.
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Nuernberg
Hosped
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
L. N. Simirnov
Russia
Navy Intelligence Officer Says Pearl Harbor Warning Shortchanged
Washington officer Capt. Edwin T. Layton testified before a senate committee that if Hawaii had received decoded Japanese messages earlier the Pearl Harbor story would be different. He claimed the Pacific fleet was misinformed and that negligence after the war began could have led to being court-martialed. The discussion covered prewar actions and fleet movements around Manila Bay and the Indies.
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Washington
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Edwin T. Layton
Senate-House
Changea
Layton
Thoma
Japan
Hart
Netherlands East Indies
Helfrich
Tga Rem
State Department
W. Ps
Oila
E. Kimmel
Pacific
Available Pettiemipe
Ra Hart
Manila Bay
Dasa
Naval Group
Pauley
California
Democratic Party
Navy Post
John L. Akerman
Chicago
N. H
T of Tobey
Judson
Brewster
Rme
Ellender
Dla
Tobey
Tydings
Senator Tobey
32 New Cardinals Created Includes Four U S Prelates
The Vatican announced 32 new cardinals from 19 nations, including four from the United States, in a secret consistory. Pope Pius XII said the move shows the church’s universality amid world conflict and urged a return to faith and prayer to safeguard peace. Cardinal Spellman of New York warned against materialism and urged moral renewal.
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Vatican City
Pious XII
Tadents Antian Whisk Tha Ban
Tit
United States
Western Hemisphere
Italy
Spain
France
Germany
Armenia
Poland
Hungary
Elta Aasta
The
Neverlands
Sacred College
Pontiff
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Amer
Pay Hike Approved For Shipyard Workers
The Shipbuilding wage stabilization conference approved by a split vote an 18 cent an hour wage increase for shipyard workers retroactive to December 4, 1945. Government and labor supported it while management opposed. The plan goes to the national wage stabilization board for approval, though its authority in a wage dispute is unclear.
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Washington
Shipbuilding
National Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Curley Given Prison Term For Mail Fraud
Rep James M Curley D Mass musician of Boston receives six months to a year and a half in prison plus a $1,000 fine for mail fraud Judge James G Proctor presides in Wakefield urging possible appeal by Curley and co defendants James G Smith and Fuller also receive varied sentences and fines in the same case from four months to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James M. Curley
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Boston
James G
Wakefield. Smith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
James G. Puller
Virginia House panel backs road tax bill with gas tax rise
The Virginia House finance committee reported the governor s road tax program favorably with a 10 5 vote after an amendment earmarked the extra revenue for secondary highways. The bill raises gasoline tax from 5 to 6 cents and cuts private car license tax by 20 percent while altering truck taxes and carrier licenses, with debates over gross receipts and special higher licenses for trucks 40 50 thousand pounds.
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Richmond
House Finance Atee
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
House
Thomas B. Stanley
James A
Highway Commission
del Ynard Mag
Apington
Talks Fail To Make Progress In GM Dispute
Detroit February 18 General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers adjourned without settlement in the 90 day strike involving 175000 production workers. A further session is set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow as Special Federal Mediator James F. Dewey said little progress was made. Both sides planned to bring unresolved issues to the table including union security and seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
James F. Dewey
Efort
Dewey
Flood Alerts Warn East Texas Farmers To Move Livestock
High water from 24 hours of heavy rain swelled the Trinity River sending flood conditions along the watershed. Authorities ordered farmers to move livestock from upper Trinity areas as southeast states faced drenching rain and a shift to colder weather across the region.
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Trinity River
Texas
Trinity
Tri
Trin
New England
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Minnesota
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
Memphis
Dale C Stuart Indicted on Murder Charge in Lebanon Farm Case
Dale Carter Stuart, 23, World War II air corps veteran, is indicted for murder by Russell County court in Lebanon. The suspect, from a prominent local family, was committed to the Marion insane hospital for confinement and observation after a January 31 hearing before Ezra T Carter.
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Dale Carter Stuart
Air Corps
Russell County
Lebanon
Gouth
Young Stuart
Pital
Marion
County
Ezra T. Carter
Piary
Senate Confirms George E. Allen for RFC post
The Senate confirmed George E. Allen today as director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation after heated debate over related nominations. Tension rose during hearings on Edwin W. Pauley and James K. Vardaman amid allegations of campaign cash and political maneuvering.
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Washington
Senate
George E. Allen
RFC
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
James K. Vardaman
Pauley
Navy
Vardaman
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Allen
Reconstruction Ficorporation Post
Taft
Barkley
Kentucky
Lucas
Dtil
Allen Senate
Os N D
Phone Workers' Unit Seeks Tieup Over Wage Demands
Memphis February 18 delegates to the National Federation of Telephone Workers policy conference favor a walkout to back wage and hour demands. President Joseph A. Beirne said the assembly will decide action for about 250000 members, with further meetings planned this week to determine next steps.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Federation
American Bach
Western Empires Association
NPTW
John A. Moran
Federation of Long Operators
Philadelphia
Elere
Fed
Slang Of The British Variety Shows Comic Language Clash
A Tense note from Tendon dated February 18 criticizes American slang invading British stage talk. It cites terms like to bed and up the wooden hill, rhyming slang from London to Australia, and phrases such as Rosy Lee and turf accountant. The column mocks slang confusions and jokes about misused phrases.
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Tendon
Eton Chronicle
Chronicle
England
Pin Ball Truant Problem Draws Police Action
Police Chief Arnold Porterfield says despite no age law for pin ball players several truants have been seen playing machines. Operators who allow such play will face court for contributing to delinquency. Principal Stanley Martin reported truants at Wade School. Police court session was quiet with fines and forfeitures, and a theft case involving $381.76 from Dixie Appliance.
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Arnold Porterfield
Porterfield
Cipal Stanley Martin
Wade School
Eee
Dixie Appliance Company
Bluefield Avenue
Army Seeks Remnants of Japanese Garrison
Brig. Gen. Macario Peralta said the first Tarlac regiment landed 70 miles southwest of Manila to comb the jungle for remnants of the once garrison. Patrols failed to locate hiding Japanese who attacked civilians, forcing resumption of village patrols.
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Macario Pereita
Tarlac
Manila
Peralta
Inflation Policy and Wage-Price Talks Stir Washington
Chester Bowles warned the country that under President Truman's wage-price policy essential living costs risk an explosion if inflation rises. He urged keeping price and rent controls to stabilize the economy while signaling decontrol steps if the policy is extended.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Truman
Zenas Bowles
OPA
Capitol Hill
Cy Teers
Train Collision Injures 27 Near Belmont Station
A crash between Chicago & North Shore Highway Express and a Howard Street elevated line express at Belmont station injured 27. Twelve were sent to Illinois Masonic, seven to Columbus, five to Ravenswood, and three to American hospital. Both trains were northbound and at full capacity.
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Chicago
Chicago & North Shore
Howard Street
Belmont Station
Loop
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Columbus Hospital
Ravenswood Hospital
American Hospital
North Shore
Howard A
Tazewell Woman Dies Leaves 101 Descendants
Sallie Deskins aged 97 died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Abbsbary Tazewell county Virginia after years of illness. Survived by seven children including John Deskins and Mrs Racel Harrison, funeral held at Spur church in Bishop with Rev Gus Walden presiding. Burial followed at Grassy Hill Cemetery.
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Sallie Deskins
Dan Christian
Abbsbary Tazewell County
Deskins
John Deskins
Racel Harrison
Bishop
Gus Walden
George W. Deserroe
Seiaeaes
Steel firms reopen plants as unions sign new contracts
Jones and Laughlin Steel joins U S Steel in signing an industry wide pact with United Steelworkers. Weirton Steel announces a 22 cents per hour increase for hourly and piece work. Union leaders say the agreement signals a new era of peace while preparation for salary adjustments continues.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
United Steel Workers Union
U. S Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Fean
Basic Steel
Aephilip Murray
The
Pourray, Cto
Ne I
Weirton Steel Co
CIO
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville
Weirton Independent Union, Inc
WITU
Emperor Hirohito Meets American Newsmen in Tea Talk
Emperor Hirohito greeted three American newspaper leaders in Tokyo in a 30 minute interview praising cooperation with the United States and Japan recovery hopes. He noted General MacArthur's stature and said he reads Stars and Stripes but finds English hard.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
United States
Japan
America
Robert McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Associated Press
Norman Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Benjamin McKelway
Washington Star
Imperial Household Ministry
MacArthur
Army
Stars and Stripes
Bulldozer Accident Fatal in Charleston Area
Dencil Dewey Koontz aged 38 from Kenna Jackson County died en route to Charleston hospital from injuries after a bulldozer overturned at a Montroal Raleigh County strip mine where Koontz operated the machine.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dencil Dewey Koontz
Kenna
Jackson County
Montroal
Raleigh County
Koontz
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Clarke
Senate Finance Committee
J. H. Bradford
Walter H. Scott
Roanoke
Furman B. White
U. S
Curley
East Texas
Dale C. Stuart
Hampstead
Rosy Lee
Bowles
Tazewell
McLean
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