Mine Walkout Threat Sparks Steel and Rail Alarm
John L Lewis warned of independent action to win a miners pension, urging mine owners to plan for a possible April 1 walkout. Industry officials warned a strike could cause immediate production collapse, crippling steel, rail, utilities, and manufacturing amid low coal reserves and jammed shipments.
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Norman Agathon
New York
INS
John L. Lewis
United States
United Mine Workers’ Chief
Lewis
American Iron and Steel Institute
Steel Institute
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ming
E23 van Horn
Miners Welfare’ Fund
UMW
Iran Denies U.S. Military Mission Charged by Soviets
Deputy premier Hussein Farhoodi in Tehran says Iran will send a formal denial to Soviet charges that the U S Military Mission in Iran is involved in improper activities. An army spokesman says the mission advises only and does not direct Iranian forces, denying maps and air installations built for Russia’s frontier.
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London
Iran
Hussein Farhoodi
Tehran
U. S
Russia
U. S. State Department
Marshaltan
Tass
State Legislature Targets State Purchases in February Hearing
The special committee on government and finance led by House Speaker John E. Amos and Senate President Arnold Vickers plans to probe the State Purchasing Department and related agencies at a Feb. 16 meeting. The panel will examine bond purchases and potential kickbacks while wielding subpoena power to obtain records. Snow continues in Kanawha valley with light snow forecast today and Thursday, and temperatures expected from 10 to 41 degrees as fuel gas concerns persist in Charleston.
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Legislative Group
State Purchasing Department
House
John E. Amos
Senate
Arnold Vickers
Amos
D.kanawha
Sen
Vickers
D.fayette
J. Hornary Davis
D.-Kanawha
Julian C. Hans_barger
D.-Mcdowell
Sherman |Ballard
R-Monroe
R. L. McColty
R.-Roane
C. Howard
Kanawha
West Virginia
30 Foot Fall at Work Fractures Man’s Skull
James Walter Nunn aged 29 of 205 Kanawha Turnpike South Charleston suffered a serious injury after a 30 foot fall while working for H K Ferguson Co contractors on the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp laboratory project. He fell two floors and struck the cement floor, rendering him unconscious for about 16 minutes before being taken by Snodgrass ambulance to Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital where doctors reported a fractured skull.
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James Walter Nunn
Kanawha Turnpike
South Charleston
H. K. Ferguson Co
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp
Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital
Partlow Files for renomination as attorney general
Atty Gen Tra J Partlow formally became a candidate for renomination by filing with the secretary of state. He seeks a second full four year term, having been named acting attorney general on January 20, 1943 while James Kay Thomas served in military duty. Other board of public works members, including Edgar B. Sims, W. W. Trent, and R. E. Talbott, have filed or announced bids. Agriculture Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin has not yet announced.
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Tra J
Partlow
Secretary of ‘State
Board of Public Works
Hl Partlow
Hej
James Kay Thomas
Edgar B. Sims
W. W. Trent
R. E. Talbott
J. B. ‘McLaughlin
Long-Married Sol Property 1
Washington on February 3 reports a fragmentary item about a long married sole property claim. The readable text shows playful verse lines promising shared life and fifty fifty division of worldly goods. The rest is unreadable.
Texas Congressman Proposes Household Property Split
In the Congressional Record Rep J M Combs of Texas argues for a fundamental shift in marital property rules. He claims a wife earns a formal half of household goods by virtue of her role and urges stronger traditional rights in the home.
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Texas
Lone Star
J. M. Combs
Demjcrrat
Lwives
Combs
Rights of wives defend in 19th century reform debate
Combs advocates for wives owning property and opposing joint assets for family purposes. He contrasts modern states with old common law dating to England where wives had no property and men controlled gains. He warns against token rewards for mistresses and urges broad, lawful wealth sharing rather than piecemeal advantages.
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Rand
England
Combs
Western Germany hits 24 hour food strike amid shortages
Western Germany endured a 24 hour mass protest by about 2 million workers over food shortages. The strike disrupted business and transport while protesters blamed German officials for mismanaging food distribution. U S and British military governments stayed hands off as unions pressed for fair quotas and curbs on hoarding.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Western Germany
Hamburg
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Wuerttemberg
Baden
Wheeler Named to Lead AFL Political Education League
Former Senator Burton Wheeler 46 named by the AFL Executive Council to direct its effort to purge Taft Hartley supporters from Congress. Wheeler will appear before Labor's League for Political Education administrative committee in Miami and is supported by a majority of the council. The league, financed by voluntary contributions, seeks repeal of the Taft Hartley act and will operate a half million dollar propaganda effort. Wheeler’s background as a critic of Roosevelt and prewar policy is noted.
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Miami
Fla
Burton .K. Wheeler
AFL Executive Council
Congress
Taftdartley
Wheeler
Labor
League For Political Education
League
William Green
Abs
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Carpenters
William L. Hutcheson
Roosevelt
U. S
Green
Council
AFI League
Federation
AFL
Joseph FE. Keenan
Chicago Federation of Labor
War Production Board
Bankrupt America Held Russian Aim
Senate floor debate over ERP cuts features Sen Jenner arguing Stalin seeks U S bankruptcy to gain world dominance. Marshall presents costs while CIO leaders denounce cuts and vessel transfers. Lamont funeral planned in New York for J P Morgan chairman.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Generalissimo
Stalin
America
Fenner
Marshall
Indiana
U.S
United Nations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
IERP
CIO
Philip Murray
Joseph Curran
CIO Maritime Union
U. S
Curran
Murray
Thomas Lamont
New York
Thames W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Brick Presbyterian Church
Boca Grande
Fla
Lamont
House of Morgan
Wall Street
St.10
A.m
Bankside Cemetery
Englewood, N. J
Senate Dixie push for party showdown over civil rights
Southern governors were urged to force a Democratic split over Truman civil rights proposals. Abernethy urged a Washington showdown with party leaders, while Southern critics warned leaders were bartering races for radical Negro minority support. discussion followed in Tallahassee and Annapolis with no confirmed plan.
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Washington
Truman
House
Tallahassee
Fla
Annapolis
Maryland
William Frestay
Lane
Rep
Abernethy
D-Miss
McGrath
Rhode Island
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Abernsthy
Democratic Party
Congress
FEPC
Wright
Tax Cut Faces Senate Paring in Debt Reduction Plan
Senate Republicans plan to trim the House tax cut to fit a 2.5 billion dollar debt reduction for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. They will wait on budget decisions including European recovery funds before setting how much income tax can be cut, with action possibly delayed until spring.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Congressional Budget
Sen. Bridges
R.N.H
Meat rationing debated as Congress weighs March of controls
A banking subcommittee failed to pass a bill allowing the Agriculture Department to set up rationing machinery, delaying any start until Congress acts. Senator Flanders led the measure with Senators Sparkman Capehart Back and Robertson opposing. A voluntary program and price rationing were also discussed amid forecasts of spring shortages and higher meat prices.
Violence flares in Palestine as prison raid kills several
In Jerusalem on February 3, a major public safety incident left three British constables, six Arabs, and five Jews fatally hurt. Arabs tried to break Jerusalem Central Prison using hazardous devices during a 20 minute attack that freed two inmates, while other raids in Petah Tikva and attacks on The Palestine Post added to the deadly toll amid rising unrest since UN partition plan. Hagana blamed both sides but did not name a group.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Petah Tigyan
Central
Palestine Post
Hagana
Police
Old City
UN to Send Advance Party for Palestine Partition Work
The United Nations plans an advance party to Palestine to begin partition work, aiming to enter within 10 days. The Palestine partition commission, meeting with Britain, urges reconsideration of London’s delay and notes Britain will end the mandate by May 15. The five nation commission unanimously approved the move, with the advance group not including delegates.
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U. N
Palestine
Britain
Palestine Mandate
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Panama
Bolivia
Philippines
Bailey asks governor to halt political fund for crown prince
Bailey the state Democratic chairman and governor candidate says he wrote Gov Meadows demanding an end to state employee payroll contributions to a political fund dubbed a gigantic slush fund. He alleges Road and Liquor Commission workers contribute 1 to 3 percent since 1947 to support the crown prince and campaign expenses. He mails the letter. Meadows aides decline comment.
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Bailey
Gov. Meadows
Crown Prince
Fineville
RF. D. Bailey
Democratic
Sait
Gov
Meadows
State Road Commission and Liquor Commission
National Airlines Pilots Walk Out in Chicago Strike
The AFL Air Line Pilots Association said 145 National Airlines pilots began a walkout as the strike started. The union cites air safety concerns and decades of poor pilot management relations as the driving motives behind the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Airlines
Chicago
AFL Air Line Pilots Assoc
Meat Crisis Disputed Over 1948 Supply Outlook
In Chicago the American Meat Institute contested A S Manhattan Baker’s forecast of a worst meat slump in 1943. The institute predicted per person availability would be 0.5 ounce less daily than 1947, or 0.5 ounce more than prewar years, with spring and summer as the tightest period. Baker warned prices could reach all-time highs in 1948 unless a recession occurs.
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Chicago
INS
American Meat Institute
American Stock Yards Assoc
Meat Institute
Institute
Cleveland
A. Z. Baker
Baker
Albany Cold Snap Stings Dewey Campaign Visit
A terse Albany weather note reports temperatures plunging to 26 below as Tom Dewey visits. Stan Arnold is mentioned in passing amid campaign chatter and local reaction to the frigid conditions.
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Albany
Tom Dewey
Stan Arnold
Pyright
the Gazette
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Poland
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R.-N.l
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