Coal Digging Stops As 71,000 Miners Idle Nationwide
AP reports a two week voluntary layoff called by John L. Lewis halts major coal output. About 471,000 miners idle east of the Mississippi, with 69,000 railroad workers furloughed. The stoppage targets ten states, including Pennsylvania and West Virginia, amid protests over Dr James Boyd's U S Bureau of Mines appointment. The scene at U S Steel's No 1 Mine in western Pennsylvania shows the usual morning siren but a mournful tone as activity ceases.
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Houston Countians Pistol Permits List Shows Thirty-Five
Sheriff J Walter Cameron releases an official list of Houston County men and women issued pistol permits. The document, valid from January 1, 1948 to March 1, 1948, names residents of Dothan and surrounding areas with roles including night operators, guards, and collectors.
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Alabama miners join two week walkout in coal industry
In Alabama, about 18 000 miners idle as coal fields shut down in a two week strike called by John L. Lewis. Alabama & Iron Co mines paused while Union members at Acmarard St Batner in St. Clair County remained on job. Rail lines Losisville Nashville Frisco and others reported reduced crews as stockpiles grow heavy. Industry-wide impact pending walkout length and regional response.
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Inter-Planetary Flights Said Sure As Church's Amen
Dr Walther Riedel chief designer at Peenemuende rocket plant in Germany now helps the U S Air Force build deadly rockets. He predicts space conquest in stages with a satellite within five to ten years and a space station in about 25 years followed by interplanetary flight, as certain as amen in church.
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New Filibuster Peace Conference Stir Hope For Compromise
Senate banking subcommittee moved to tighten rent controls and reimpose them where local boards urge. They backed restoring controls on permanent residential hotels to October 31, 1948 levels, and on trailer camps used as homes. They also eyed treble damages for overcharges, decontrol of luxury apartments at $290+ for single families, and added an assistant for small landlords in hardship cases. Turn To No. 17 On Page 2.
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Mrs Thomas Calls Barkley Dinner Sabotaged In Alabama
Mrs Lennard Thomas Alabama Democratic official charges Jefferson Jackson day dinner with Barkley in Birmingham April 12 has been mismanaged and should be canceled. She faults Birmingham organizers and seeks a Montgomery event honoring Roosevelt with Southern lawmakers.
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Westbrook Pegler Attacks Sovereignty In Editorial Page
The column voices Pegler’s claim that the founding list supports a strong central authority and warns the states they must comply. The page also references Hyde Humphrey’s legislative push and John Temple Graves as it presents editorial framing of political strategy.
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Diplomatic Offer Claimed By Ryan
New York AP reports Clendenin J. Ryan, a civic reformer, said he was offered the France ambassadorship to stop his Sitter campaign against Mayor O'Dwyer. The offer came via Benjamin Sonnenberg, who denied it. Ryan testifies before a Manhattan grand jury probing a wiretapping plot against city officials.
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Ellis to Boycott Jackson Day Dinner in Birmingham
Handy Ellis, Alabama Democratic convention delegation chairman last year, said he will not attend the Jefferson Jackson day party dinner in Birmingham on April 12 and will not contribute to the state’s $60,000 fundraising drive. He led the walkout of Alabama delegates at the Philadelphia convention. Barkley is slated to give the keynote, and Ellis said he would attend only if Barkley speaks openly, regardless of party.
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Tuesday Midnight Final Deadline On 1948 Income Tax
Washington AP report notes tomorrow midnight as the deadline to file 1948 income tax returns. Revenue officials say a large portion of the 55 million obligated have filed, but many remain. Citizens earning over $600 must file on time or face penalties up to 25 percent of the tax for delay.
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State income tax deadline hits March fifteenth
MONTGOMERY AP Alabama collects 1 1 2 to 5 percent tax on income after deductions. Filing required for single earners over 1500 and married over 3000 with credits per dependent. State deadline mirrors federal midnight tomorrow with a 25 percent penalty for late returns and quarterly installments due March 15 June 15 Sept 15 and Dec 15. Revenue Department aims to match last year’s roughly 12.5 million dollars. They review federal returns to catch unpaid Alabama taxes.
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Amy Mallard Plans Talk At Cleveland
Amy Mallard of Toombs County Georgia will address an open meeting at Shiloh Baptist church in Cleveland tonight on My Experiences With a Lynch Mob Her husband Robert Mallard a Negro was killed last Nov 20 and white mobs accused two men were acquitted Jan 11 The speech is sponsored by the Cleveland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People DISCRIMINATION CASE The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether to review a lower court finding that there is such discrimination.
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New Shifts in Soviet Leadership Reported by AP
AP dispatch from Moscow notes major Soviet leadership changes. Nikolai Voznesensky is relieved as chairman of the State Planning Commission and deputy prime minister, with Maxim Saburov taking the post. Ivan Golyakov is removed as president of the Supreme Court. The Council of Nationalities approved the moves amid criticism of industry goals.
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Boyd's Nomination Okayed By Committee
In Washington the Senate interior committee approved President Truman's nomination of James Boyd to head the Bureau of Mines. The two week coal mining holiday began today as John L. Lewis of the miners union opposed Boyd. The committee’s vote was 100 to 1 with Senator Mifflin the lone negative voter.
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Southerners Decide How Far They'll Go
Washington AP reports administration leaders seek a filibuster peace conference to settle a 13 day Senate stalemate. Major actions include Senate rule debate, GOP and Southern Democrat positions, and Morse opposition to any compromise hindering civil rights, with talks aimed at a two thirds or three fourths threshold.
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Israeli Troops Move Toward Trans-Jordan Frontier
Israeli forces about 3,000 strong move to positions along the Trans-Jordan frontier north of Aqaba. United Nations observers cited Bunche reporting northward movement along the Wadi Arab to clear the coastal road from Elath to Aqaba and press Arabs out of Palestine. British reinforcements arrived near Aqaba as armistice talks continued without agreement on lines.
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Clothing Ration System Abolished in Great Britain
In London the government announced the end of the clothes and textile rationing that had been in place since June 1941. Harold Wilson told the Commons that effective tomorrow Britons can buy any clothing or textiles without ration coupons, following a prior experiment removing wet garments from the list on January 31.
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Democrats Fail To Deliver On Truman Promises
Washington reports the 11th week of the 81st Congress shows no fruition of President Truman’s key pledges. A looming legislative logjam and possible long summer session loom as friction grows between White House and Congress. Four major proposals from January appear dead or dying, including rights and health insurance by payroll tax, and the Taft Hartley Act repeal. The Wagner act is to be restored with qualifications, sparking labor leaders’ discontent. Senate action on repeal awaits lengthy debate.
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Truman Busy With Hoover Report Reforms On Vacation
President Truman used a quiet Key West vacation day to study Hoover Commission recommendations for reorganizing the federal government. Eben Ayers said Truman and aides discussed the plan with staff, with John Steelman coordinating telephonically with the Budget Bureau as House approval nears Senate consideration. Legislation to reshuffle agencies awaits Senate action.
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Three Women and Five Men Sentenced as Spies
In Munich a US military commission sentenced three women and five men to prison terms from one to 18 years for spying on American forces in Germany for Communist Czechoslovakia. The heaviest term 13 years went to Hubert Kruse, a 44 year old German.
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