Rail and Steel Activity Slowed By Coal Strike
Washington reports coal mine closings curtailing train service by about 11 percent as government orders curb coal use. Cyrus Ching meets with miners and operators to bridge pension gaps while John L. Lewis presses for weekly pensions. Railroads face 25 percent cut in coal burning passenger trains effective Sunday, with diesel powered riders largely unaffected.
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John L. Lewis
Hill United Mine Workers
Ching
Lewis
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Conciliation Service
Ezra van Hort
van Horn
Office of Defense Transportation
Association of American Railroads
ODT
Rail and River Movements Hit West Virginia Coal Trade
West Virginia coal transportation stalled as miners walkout halts rail and river shipments. Chesapeake and Ohio areas report 300 layoffs at Logan with 200 more planned, Huntington terminals idle, and only limited rail to barge movement remaining. Deep mine output nearly stops as the walkout continues.
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Guyan
Logan
Peach Creek
Cleveland
R. J. Bowman
Bowman
Huntington
Ohio River
Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co
Ohio River Co
Cincinnati
Willie Willis Says Dad Smoke Habit Sparks Sore Throat
Willie Willis responds to rumors about his father smoking too much and his own non smoking stance. He argues sore throats are not from his actions and complains about being questioned about his health.
Open Letter Urges West Virginia Purchasing Scrutiny
The Charleston Gazette presses Arnold Vickers and John Amos to use their joint legislative panel to closely probe war expenditures and the Purchasing Department. It accuses awards of favoritism, calls for immediate action, and treats the committee as a grand jury to expose fiscal policy corruption.
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Arnold Vickers
State Senate
John Amos
House of Delegates
Joint Legislative Committee
West Virginia
Nations agree to build a European customs union
In Brussels the 16 Marshall plan powers agreed to establish a permanent economic commission for a European customs union before adjournment. Deputies from Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg will begin work next week on the pact provisions. Field Marshal Montgomery to visit Brussels. Bevin stays for talks with Spaak.
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Belgium
Economic Commission
Europe
Truman
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxpembourg
New Alliance
Bruegels
Lord Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
European Union
Ernest Bevin
Paul Henri Spaals
Court upholds House contempt convictions in communist inquiry
The U S Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that Congress may require witnesses to answer questions about Communist affiliation, upholding contempt convictions of Chairman Edward Barsky and 15 members of the Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Barsky fined 500 dollars and six months in jail. others received three months and fines up to 500 dollars.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
House
Edward Barsky
New York J
Refugee Committee
Congress
E. Barrett. Prettyman
Bennett Champ Clark
Henry W. Edgerton
House Committee
Nature of Inquiry
Communist Party
Barsky
unsAmerican Activities Committee
Howard Fast
West
Parachute Jump Sparks Rescue Of U S Crime Prosecutors In Berlin
Brig. Gen. Telford H. Taylor and four other U. S. passengers plus their spouses parachuted from a disabled C-47 over Berlin 2 000 feet up. Taylor and wife and most others were hospitalized for observation, one crewman injured, four detained by Russians briefly.
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Berlin
INS
Telford H. Taylor
U. S
Taylor
Gatow
Nuernberg
Tempelhof
I Cen Taylor
iChevy Chase
James McHaney
Little Rock
Ark
Benjamin Ferenz
New York
Ferenz
McHaney
Soviet posed forces threaten Greece invasion in Balkans
U S dispatches report three Soviet backed international brigade divisions in the Balkans poised to strike Greece. About 30 000 men in Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria. Albania likely source of attack toward Ioannina Epirus. Greece braces as air strips near Prespa repaired and Greek forces prepare for spring offensives.
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U.S
Greece
Yugoslavia
Washington
Balkans
Athens
State Department
Russia
Balkan
Truman
Albania
Bulgaria
Ioannina
Epirus
Lake
Prespa
Tirana
Military chieftains back plan for stronger U S forces
Washington reported that military leaders endorse President Truman’s call for revived draft and higher manpower ceilings. They urged a strong mobile force with balanced land sea and air power and warned Congress to act. Forrestal pressed for industrial mobilization and hinted at increased Army strength.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Forrestal
Packers Spurn Offer of E10
Arbitration proposed to settle wage dispute as meat prices climb. Ralph Helstein, president of the union, urged a presidential fact finding board to arbitrate, but the Packers declined to back the idea. Wholesale meats rise for the fourth day amid a national strike of 100000 packinghouse workers.
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Chicago
Syracuse
New York
Safeway Chain
New Jersey
Ralph Helstein
Western powers delay Chilean complaint on Soviet Russia
The United States and Britain adopt a wait and see stance as the Security Council plans to begin discussion on Chile's charge against Russia over the Czech coup. Delegates debate jurisdiction with Jan Papanek facing Moscow's defiant stance and possible seating at nine votes.
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Cinsi
Tan
U. S
Great Britain
Russi
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Chile
Russia
Jan Papanek
U. N
Andrei Gromyko
Papanek
Cominform Sets Secret Committee for Italy and France
Rome reports Premier Alcide de Gasperi announced that Russia and four other Cominform nations formed a special secret committee to coordinate Communist activity in Italy and France. He spoke to about 70,000 in Bologna asserting the committee exists within Cominform.
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Reds
Italy
France
Rome
iAlcide de Gagperi
Russia
Cominform
Bologna
de Gasperi
Communist International
Repeal of Levy On Oleo Loses In Senate Vote
The Senate defeated a repeal of federal taxes on oleo margarine as an amendment to a 4.8 billion income tax cut bill. The vote stood 43 to 83 with southern cottonseed oil senators backing repeal defeat, while Fulbright criticized the tax as backed by a butter lobby. Republicans argued the tax cut would spur production and aid national security amid global tensions.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
America
Rte
US Czech Pact Plan Revealed in House
Rep Harness charged in the House that the State Department planned to sign a trade treaty with Communist dominated Czechoslovakia within 30 days. He claimed the pact would require the United States to ship heavy equipment to Russia via Czechoslovakia in exchange for shoes glassware and rubberware.
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Washington
Harness
State Department
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Russia
House
United States
Reds in Reich Plan Republic Reds in Reich Plan Republic
The Communist controlled Peoples Congress in Berlin proposes a German republic and a Peoples Council to draft a constitution and govern. Hermann Matern leads the effort while anti Communist forces rally near Burned Reichstag on the 1848 anniversary. Jakob Kaiser warns of totalitarian moves in the Soviet zone. About 2 500 delegates attend from the Russian and Western zones. The council would total 400 delegates with 300 from the Russian zone and 100 from Western Germany. They march to Friedrichshain cemetery where 1848 revolutionaries are buried. Wilhelm Pieck appears from the Soviet sector as the proceedings continue.
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Berlin
Peoples Congress
Hermann Matern
Socialist Unity Party
Germany
Reichstag
Jakob Kaiser
Christian Democrat
Soviet Zone
Czechoslovakia
Peoples Council
Friedrichshain
Wilhelm Pieck
Moscow
Scandinavia premiers unite against outside aggression
Premiers Hans Hedtoft, Einar Gerhardsen, and Tage Erlander declared they would defend freedom by all means. They denounced communism and dictatorship at a Stockholm concert hall gathering of about 2000 after a conference discussing Truman's warning on Finland.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Truman
Finland
Scandinavian
Hans Hedtoit
Einar Gerhardsen
Tage Erlander
18 Months Needed to Build a 34 000 Plane Air Force
An aircraft industry spokesman said it would take 18 months to regain production to the 34 000 plane level deemed essential to national security. He noted wartime gains and warned of drastic reductions in plants and labor since 1944, urging swift authorization of funds and orders to reach an annual 6 000 planes.
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Warsmauton
INS
Aircraft Industry
Marshall
Sen
Taft R.ohio
Martin
Congressional Aviation Policy Board
Era
Air Force
Armed Services
Roosevelt
Naval Aviation
Truman and Wallace Clash Over Cold War Policy
Henry A Wallace denounced President Truman's doctrine as a threat to humanity and questioned Cold War causes in a radio reply to Truman's St Patrick's Day speeches. Wallace urged peace despite accusing rivals of fearmongering while denouncing Communist attacks.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Mr. Truman
Russia
Henry Wallace
President Teases Running Mate Decision
An unsigned 1948 Gazette item reports the president has not named a running mate and appears unsettled about his own candidacy. The brief item notes private doubts and indicates uncertainty about his future plans.
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Stan Arnold
the Gazette
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