House to vote on nine month draft extension and holiday
Washington April 14 The House prepared to vote on a nine month extension of the draft and a ban on teen age inductions amid debate over a broader one year extension in Senate. The measures would run the draft from May 15 1946 to February 15 1947 with conditions on inductions and presidential orders after May 15. The vote followed a row over a holiday provision and politics surrounding responsibility for mid October reactivations.
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Senate
Walontery
Pearrelte
IHG
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Marine Corps
Jo Morrow
Ge Patuday
Teller
Truman
House Military Committee
Congress
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Piedmont Road Voters Back Nonpartisan City Manager Plan
Piedmont Road residents urged adoption of a nonpartisan city manager to fix dangerous railroad grade crossings and city services. Voters cited garbage fees, trash, parks, and street improvements as proof of the need for more businesslike administration, with several supporters naming overhead crossings to protect children crossing tracks en route to school.
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Charleston
Washington
Piedmont Rd
Mey
L. R. Turner
Highland
Cora Martin
Fiedmont Rd
Proposed Sugar Strike Averted
A strike that would have cut off more than half the cane sugar production in the nation was averted today. Edgar L. Warren announced that representatives of the National and American sugar refining companies reached a wage accord with AFL CIO unions in midafternoon.
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New Delhi
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India
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Philadelphia
Long Island
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Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Kashmir
All-Indian Congress
Moslem League
Congress
Gons
Third firm joins cane sugar strike at midnight
A third company Revere Refining Co. with a Bustor plant was included with two others in a midnight strike. Revere not at the talks. a Labor Department conciliator was in Boston. American plants employ about 2,200. National a little over 2,000, producing about 60 percent of U S cane sugar. Revere is the smallest of the three.
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Revere
Warren
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National
Belgrade names streets after U. S. figures and unity
In Belgrade over 100 streets were renamed with names such as Shakespeare Roosevelt Theodore Dreiser and Charlie Chaplin. George Washington street remained, while Wilson Square became the Square of Brotherhood and Unity marking a citywide naming change.
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Shakespeare
Roosevelt
Theodore Dreiser
Charlie Chaplin
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Wilson Square
Phillie Willis by Robert Quilten
An unruly remark from Phillie Willis attributed to Robert Quilten recalls a sly joke about invitations to a swell party and the dreaded pimple on the nose, highlighting a playful social interaction in a bygone setting.
U. S. Hands Off Policy In Labor Disputes Advised
The Senate labor committee endorsed a hands off approach to labor disputes. They favor a five member federal mediation board within Labor Department and deem violence or coercion against transport of perishables a misdemeanor. They reject compulsory arbitration and fact finding boards, arguing such steps threaten free strike rights and could signal government arbitration.
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Truman
End of Meat Price Controls Sought by AMI
The Americans Meat Institute urged Chicago readers that further OPA meat regulations including slaughter quota orders would worsen the black market. It said current rules are unworkable despite hundreds of orders and called for Congress to repeal all GPA meat and livestock pricing regulations.
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Senate Group To Fight OPA Farm Controls Emerges
Southern senators form a bloc as the House prepares for a showdown on farm price controls. Bowles seeks a one year extension of OPA authority while critics urge shrinking or ending controls by July. Senate figures including Bankhead McLean Tall and Bowles press for or against extensions and subsidies.
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Truman
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Alabama
Paw
Bowles
Economie
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Thomas
OPA Criticized For Scrapping Price Control
OPA faces criticism as price controls are removed. Porter notes consumer sentiment varies, while most changes affect industrial manufacturers and major allied sectors under the new policy. He emphasizes no plan to extend price ceilings and highlights a psychological hurdle in scrapping controls.
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Litte Ich
Pore
Aueh
Shanghai Crime Wave Draws Editorial Fire
The Evening Peel and Mercury charges city government with inaction amid a daylight crime wave. It cites two Englishmen robbed by six uniformed soldiers, police interference refusals, and a non-Chinese home invasion where a housewife was assaulted while alarms were ignored.
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Iwi
Be Firm With Russia policy planned by Byrnes tied to two major issues
Washington reports Byrnes aims to press a hard line against Russia on two key fronts before the Paris meeting. The Mediterranean dispute centers on Gibraltar and Tripolitania while the Dodecanese demilitarization and trusteeship questions threaten Anglo American unity. Officials say Byrnes will risk a split with Britain and Russia to secure concessions.
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Anaes
Stettinius to Lead Push to Keep Iranian Case on UN Agenda
New York reports say U.S. diplomat Edward R. Stettinius Jr will lead the effort to keep the Iranian case against the Soviet move to remove it from the UN Security Council agenda. Russia seeks to drop the issue until May 6, while Iran maintains the case should stay for discussion. The United States, with support from several delegations, plans to block the Russian request and preserve debate on Iran's charges against the Franco regime and regional tensions.
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Stettinius
Poland
Fifth Taxi Driver Robbery Reported During Week
A fifth taxi driver was robbed within a week, Charles B. Ginther and Lee Sh. employed by City Taxi Co. reported forced handover of 25 dollars after a bandit pretended to reach for money. Police investigate similar holdups and a break in at a local business with four autos stolen on Clarteston streets.
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Ginther
City Taxi Co
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Clarteston
Kanawha Hatchinyahave Co
Cabin &O
Robeck Braxton
Werls Ave
Nell Muir
Powellon
Fayette County
Robert W. Dawson
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Pravda Warns of Slipping Soviet Factory Output
Pravda the Communist party organ reports a postwar fall in workers' output in some Soviet industries. It cites Dan Basin Tele and says 92 percent of machines lie idle. The broadcast urges unions to ensure production follows the plan and notes slack in mills and other sectors.
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London
Moscow
Communist
Dan Basin
Nil’ S
Yplan
Pegler Returns to Runway Editorial Page Column
Westbrook Pegler resumes his regular column after a month’s vacation, appearing on the editorial page in his accustomed place. The piece marks his return to the newspaper’s opinion section and sets the tone for upcoming commentaries.
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Westbrook Pegler
Iran says Russia to evacuate Persia by May six
Tehran reports confident that terms of the Soviet Iranian agreement will be loyally and honorably carried out. Firouz states Iran will inform the United Nations Security Council that Isfahan clashes between workers and landowners are baseless and aim to provoke panic. He notes Soviet troops would evacuate all Persia by May 6 and that the council should decide on procedural steps.
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Hussein Ala
Washington
Persia
Firout Saia
Security Council
Azerbaijan
Yan S Firouz
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Ficoux
Col Thia
Business Leaders Control Jap Diet
A survey of the election results shows business and professional men predominating in Japan's new House of Representatives. Of 464 members elected, 82 were company directors, 39 other business men, 80 educators and doctors, 82 industrialists, plus 21 public officials. The body is conservative-leaning with no single party holding a majority.
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Apei
Tipasese House of Representatives
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Ile
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Joyt
Four Die in Mid Air Plane Crash Near Atlanta
Four persons died in a mid air collision near Atlanta including an eight year old boy. The crash happened about 500 feet up as one plane prepared to land and another had just taken off. Police identified the dead as Neal Sanders and his son Richard, Bert H. Beiley a pilot, and AB Ward a pilot in the other aircraft.
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J. EF. Wray
Falton County
Neal Sanders
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Bert. H. Beiley
Miee
Ab, Ward
Manchurian War Clouds Rise As Maoists Seize Changchun
CHUNGKING April 14 Communist Gen Chou En lai said government troops have driven Manchuria toward general civil war with Communist forces encircling Changchun and attacking air fields as the Soviet withdrawal nears. He warned fraternal conflict could engulf China while government spokesmen accuse the Communists of unprovoked aggression and violation of a Manchuria control accord. General Marshall, US envoy, rushed back as tensions escalate. United Nations eyes school info service plans for Jews presented by Dr Victor Hoo with background material for high schools and teachers.
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Chou En-lai
Manchuria
Changcnun
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Changchur
Chou
China
Changchun
Chow
Marshall
U. S
New York
United Nations
Victor Heo
Public Information Department of
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Teachers: Guild of the American Federation of Labor
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U.N
Delails
Coal Strike Raises Unemployment Across U S Mills
Pittsburgh report shows over 30,000 idle in steel plants railroads and related units as the third week of the soft coal strike begins. 16,700 idle at U S Steel sites in Pittsburgh and Chicago plus 4,500 Baltimore & Ohio workers and about 7,000 in Pittsburgh district railroads trucks and small plants. Operators still seek talks with United Mine Workers. John L. Lewis walked out to press safety and welfare fund issues.
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Lewis
Sharon Steel Corp
Sharon
Tits Farrell
Portland
Utah
Columbia Steel Co
Peacetime Record Set In Civilian Goods Output
The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion reported civilian production exceeding 150 billion dollars, a peacetime record. Despite gaps in food supplies, first quarter gains aim to showcase postwar output strength, with autos, refrigerators and radios still below 1941 peaks but demand high.
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Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Juciuls
John W. Snyders
Truman
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Snydee
Bor
Corn Production Administration
Jingling the News Foreign Relations Tale In Brief
A garbled OCR note describes a domestic feud as a man named Stan Arnold and his British wife bring relatives into a dispute. The fragment mentions in laws and a bride, with confusing references to places and names. The readable facts are sparse and unclear.
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Fer Tey Garett
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