President Stands Pat On Labor Law In January Address
Taft and Ives said President Truman’s stand aligns with his labor proposals, leaving Senate bill curbs for White House review. Senate bill narrows fewer labor curbs than House, with conference aimed at reconciling differences. The January program called for labor-management reforms, mediation expansion, and Social Security broadening, but the Senate bill omits the latter.
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Ohio
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White House
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Labor Committee
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Lynchings Details Emerge In Greenville Probe
State prosecutors expanded their investigation into a Greenville lynching, detailing statements from 18 self described mob members and surrounding the murder of Willie Harleinst on February 17. The victim’s body was found battered by shotgun slugs near a slaughterhouse, as 32 white men face conspiracy and murder charges and the case unfolds through police interviews and arrests.
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Otter
Hashemir Fataah Party
Palestine
United Nations
Andrei A. Grompko
House backs 1948 Navy budget cut recommendations
United States House Appropriations Committee proposes a nine percent cut to the 1948 Navy budget, trimming personnel by 49 000 including officers and men and closing some shore facilities. It approves most requested items including research and new aircraft but lowers overall appropriations to 4.135 billion versus 4.392 billion this year, with detailed hearings released in a lengthy testimony bundle.
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United States
Minimum teacher pay raise proposed in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg May 15 The administration considers boosting the mandated minimum salary for Pennsylvania’s 8 000 teachers from 1 400 to 4 1 800 with additions for advanced training and six annual increments of 150 to a maximum of 2 700 The plan targets Bachelor and Master degree holders at 2 000 and 2 200 with increments The proposal faces opposition from Gov Duff and House leaders who prefer 2 400 with eight increments and extensions up to 500 for 10 years The cost fits within a 48 million 1947 48 education budget The Sollenberger proposal for a state amusement tax to raise 50 million is opposed by Governor Duff
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Harrisburg
Fennsylvania
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R-Elk
House
Sorg
James H. Duff
House Education Committee
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R-Blatt
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Tuff
Two of Corry men fined after Center Street assault
Two of three Corry men charged with disorderly conduct following an air assault near Center Street railroad crossings were found guilty and fined 25 and 60 dollars plus costs, while a third member was acquitted. Paul Turko, beaten about the face and head, was treated by a local physician. The attack occurred shortly before 1 am Saturday after the assailants left a South Center Street drinking establishment.
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Center Street
M.S. Cobbett
Paul Turko
Franklin Stret
James
Blair Bisset
Orly
John Manigan
Turko
Cook stove explosion kills Blairsville woman in home
Mrs Laure Stella Newhouse 26 of Blairsville R D 2 Westmoreland County was burned to death when her coal cook stove exploded as she cooked dinner in Derry township. Her husband was burned trying to enter the blazing house. A daughter Gertrude 6 survives. Funeral services set for tomorrow.
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Blairsville
Laure Stella Newhouse
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Derry Township
Westmoreland County
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Eenple
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Nitti Offered Premiership by President in Rome
In Rome on May 16 President Enrico De Nicola invited Francesco Saverio Nitti, a 79 year old former premier and financial expert, to form a new cabinet. Nitti said he would decide after assessing whether he could assemble a parliamentary-backed government, amid expectations of a broad based national unity to replace the Christian Democrat-led coalition headed by Alcide De Gasperi. Nearby developments included Vittorio Emanuele Orlando being named to form a government, though he did not appear.
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Enrico de Nicola
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Tallin
de Nicola
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Kovernment
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Phres
Alcide Dé Gaspert
Nitti
Cine de Nicogo
Constituent’ Assembly
National Democratic Union
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Vittoria Emanuele Oris
Orlando
City approves small Heath Alley land purchase
City Council authorizes a 300 dollar purchase of a triangular parcel at the northeast corner of a sharp Heath Alley turn, between North Center and Pure streets. The land from Leo McCarthy frees a narrow route for emergency vehicles, easing access past city buildings after months of negotiation.
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Safecrackers Net $1200 in Three Union City Break-Ins
Union City faced a spate of three break-ins totaling about 1200 dollars. Thieves pried safe doors, battered strongboxes, and smashed windows, while a state police fingerprint expert aided the investigation as patrols widened.
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Phone strikers withdraw picket lines across multiple states
Striking installmen workers of Vie Western Electric Company halted pickets today, resuming telephone service after six weeks. Ernest Weaver of the Association of Communications Equipment Workers urged removal of pickets where settlements exist with Bell Telephone. ACEW gains 20,000 members in 43 states. negotiations continue with Westend Medic Company and Ohio Bell in separate updates.
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Washington
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Ernest Weaver
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
AOBW
Bell Telephone System
ACEW
AGEW
Westend Medic Company
West Virginia
Wisconin
Tinhois
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Pacific Telephone Company
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Truman may announce Greek aid head at signing
Washington May 16 reports say President Truman may name a directing head for the Greek-Turl Ikald program when he signs the 400 million dollar military and economic assistance measure likely tomorrow. Secretary Ross told reporters he is not certain the administrator will be named at the signing ceremony. Summary incomplete and paraphrase due to OCR.
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Washington
White House
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Charles G. Ross
Two Dead In Court Room Gun Battle
Two people died and three were wounded in a courtroom shootout in Washington involving a disgruntled applicant for bar admission. Police identified the dead as Hubert Estes, a patrolman, and another man not immediately identified. The assailant fled, exchanging shots at a street corner before police returned fire. The incident occurred near the District of Columbia Bar building and Capitol area.
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Capitol
Anington
White House
Baccalaureate Service Listed for Senior High School
The Senior High School class of the year completed plans for a baccalaureate service. The ceremony featured processional music, an invocation by Rev. Fr. Menimun, hymns, scripture reading by Rev. G.F. Wiley Hebranid, and benediction by Rev. G.A. Mebntar.
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Air Mail Line Denies Suspension Report
All-American Aviation Inc denied reports of a Civil Aeronautics Board suspension affecting Route 44 between Pittsburgh and Corry. President R Love said CAB orders show a hearing for a rate increase, not suspension, and that the line operates the sole route serving this area, making a suspension unlikely.
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Hollywood House Activities Probe Reveals Spy Thriller Ties
A House subcommittee on American activities in Hollywood alleges Communist ties in the film industry. Key figures Adolphe Menjou Ro bert Hughes and Jack Warner are named along with Viktor Kravchenko who renounced Communism in 1934. Thomas aims to place Kravchenko under 24 hour surveillance while warning of threats to his life. Warner says he disclosed any known subversive activity in the film industry.
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Nation Demonstrates U S Air Power Over Major Cities
An armada of over 100 B 29s, the most powerful U S bombing formation, streaked over New York and other East Coast cities to test combat readiness and showcase American air strength. The mission aimed to prove SAC readiness and deterrence, with plans for b-29s to proceed to Baltimore and Washington before returning to base.
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Washington
Release Suspect In Girl Slaying Dubious Trial Aims
NORRISTOWN May 16 Montgomery county authorities said they would release Arnold Tayser a former mental institution inmate questioned in the rape slaying of Carol Ann Thompson at Lansdale Pa Toombs and police said a man seen in the area is being sought for questioning. Deputies said Turner's extradition from New York was waived and he returned voluntarily to face the case while investigators search for a second suspect.Police said a neighbor described a man matching a prior abducting incident but could not identify Turner as the culprit. The case remains tangled with fragments of descriptions and ongoing investigations across multiple locations.
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Carol Ann Thompson
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