Murdock Proposes Vet Help to Enforce Price Controls
Senator Murdock of Utah urged using veterans to help enforce Office of Price Administration rules as hearings debated extending price controls. William Green of the AFL supported the idea while some senators accused the admin of black market tactics in famine relief and commodity dealings.
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Washington
Murdock
Utah
OPA
AFL
Senate
House
Cnll
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
Taylor
Idaho
World Today Scrutiny of Franco Regime and Possible Census
The United Nations Security Council debate on how to deal with Francoist Spain continues as observers note a census plan for all adults over twenty one. The move sparks speculation of a potential plebiscite amid international tensions.
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U. N. Security Council
Spain
Police Seek Negro Gunman After Slayings Of Storeowners
Authorities in Aiken South Carolina search for a gunman who killed storekeeper Edward Bennett and his wife Mary Bennett as their four year old son Allen hid in the store. The child described a black man wearing an army cap and shirt. Robbery motive cited. cash drawer reportedly emptied.
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Aiken
S&s. C
Price Fallon
Edward L. Bennett
Mary Bennett
Vaucluse Road
Allen
Barbara
Fallon
Starkeeper
Bennett
Wood Household Furniture Output To Hit New High
Seidman and Seidman accountants forecast 1946 wood household furniture output to set a new all time peak. Despite lumber shortages, first quarter production and shipments suggest annual output will surpass 1941 peak levels.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Seidman
Coercion Charge Issued Against Labor Leader
William Hutcheson, general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, faces coercion charges in Baltimore related to intimidating witnesses in an alleged embezzlement case of the local funds totaling $244,038.30. Hutcheson, in Lakeland, Florida, declined comment awaiting more details as the Baltimore local was suspended at the union convention amid separate injunction petitions before Judge Michael J. Manley.
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Baltimore
William Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Brotherhood
Lakeland
Fla
Hutcheson
Michael J. Manley
Rail managers and unions meet in Chicago to review Truman board findings
In Chicago on April 29 representatives of railroad managements and two unions held closed sessions to study the emergency fact finding board report. Spokesmen described a friendly atmosphere as talks on working rules changes began and were expected to continue for days amid a threat of a strike.
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Chicago
Truman
Tojo And 27 Other Japs Indicted For War Crimes
Tokyo April 29 Allied indictments spell charges against Hideki Tojo and 27 military leaders for crimes against peace and humanity. Arraignment set for May 3 on 55 counts, including Pearl Harbor murder and world domination conspiracy. Trial will proceed before an 11 nation tribunal. some names omitted, not exonerating others.
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Tokyo
Japan
Rd Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Emperor Hirohito
Tojo
Michio Yuzawa
Michiyo Iwamura
Kunihiko Hashide
Hiroya Ino
Mobutsuke Kishi
Ken Terajima
Ranking Educator Blames Emperor For War In birthday address
Shigeru Nambara, president of Tokyo Imperial University, told students that Hirohito bears moral and spiritual responsibility for the war and urged abdication. He said legally the emperor is not responsible, but morally he is definite. Only a few hundred people attended the emperor's birthday ceremony, mostly American GIs.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Shigeru Nambara
Tokyo Imperial University
Miyubashi Bridge
G. L's
Two Japanese Surrenderers Sent to Sugamo Prison
Mamoru Shigemitsu and Yoshijiro Umenzu, the two Japanese officials who signed their nation's surrender aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay, were directed to Sugamo prison after being named major war criminals in the indictment before the International Military Tribunal. They previously held the roles of ex foreign minister and former chief of the imperial general staff.
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Tokyo
U. S. S. Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Sugamo Prison
International Military Tribunal
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Yoshijiro Umenzu
Imperial General Staff
Congress Back To 2 Chamber Basis Tuesday
Congress returns to two chamber basis with the Senate voices expected to dominate. House members unwind a 12 day Easter recess as battles over the British loan bill draft extension and OPA fate continue.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
OPA
Ministers Face Vital Conference in Paris
Four power foreign ministers met in Paris for a crucial session focused on North Africa and the Dodecanese. Disputes over Tripolitania trusteeship and Britain's Mediterranean routes dominated talks with Russia and the United States weighing UN trusteeship plans for Libya Eritrea. Molotov joined Bevin in a three hour dinner discussion on unresolved peace questions.
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Paris
Italy
North Africa
Dodecanese
Mediterranean
Britain
Politania
Tripolitania
Ernest Bevin
Middle East
India
United States
United Nations
Lib
Eritrea
East Africa
Bevin
London
Trieste
Four Power Commission
James F
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Streicher clashes with attorney at war crimes trial
Julius Streicher and his defense clashed repeatedly as U S Prosecutor Robert H Jackson urged the International Military Tribunal to compel Streicher to submit the remainder of his case in writing. Judge Geoffrey Lawrence admonished Streicher to show courtesy to counsel and the tribunal. Streicher defended his lurid Der Sturmer writings on Jewish ritual murders as long tolerated in Germany.
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Hanna Marx
Streicher
Potatoes as Bread Substitute Urges Aid Workers
Virginia Van Der Veer reports that the U S Department of Agriculture suggests using potatoes to feed starving families in Europe China and India The guidance lists practical substitutions such as mashed potatoes in meals instead of bread rice or cereal and offers ideas like potato cakes hash browns and potato based pancakes to stretch food supplies for those in need.
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Virginia van der Veer
Washington
Europe
China
India
Bureau of Home Economics
The
Agriculture Department
Plan Proposed by Marshall Fails to Halt Manchurian Fighting
Informed Chinese sources say Chiang Kai-Shek Chou En-Lai and General Marshall failed to reach a truce in Manchuria. Negotiations move to Nanking with Marshall Chou and Chiang to follow. Marshall has submitted a four point plan including an armistice status quo until elections and troop reorganization.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou En-Lai
U. S
George Marshall
Manchuria
Nanking
Marshall
Chou
Chiang
Democratic League
Harbin
Changchun
Ngchun
Chiang-Shek
Hsing Min Pao
United States
Calf Lifting Ends As Teen Weighs Result
Allen La Fever of Somerville New Jersey ends his calf lifting marathon after Phoebe reaches 365 pounds to matching the early goal. The 17 year old senior has lifted the calf daily since October 9 to replicate Milo the Greek strongman. Phoebe now weighs 365 pounds and is being prepared for the National Daily show in Columbus Ohio in October.
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Somerville
N. J
Allen
Phoebe
Milo
National Daily Show
Columbus
Ohio
Thinner Pigs Head To Market Under Government Plan
Chicago report notes lighter weight pigs arriving as government pays 30 cents above ceiling prices for better grade corn. Traders say smaller hogs mean less fat on pork products, prompting farmers to ship hogs earlier, increasing supply despite scarce meat.
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Chicago
Spanish Probe Expected To Be Ordered
NEW YORK April 29 The United Nations Security Council is set to order an investigation of Franco Spain today unless the Soviet Union vetoes. Delegates prepared to meet at 3 p.m. EDT and favored Australia’s proposal for a five man sub commission to determine if the Franco regime threatens world peace.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Russia
Australia
Four Sisters Wed in Unique Quadruple Ceremony
DETROIT April 29 Four sisters married today in a rare quadruple wedding at St George Syrian Orthodox Church. Pastor Rev Benjamin To Hoffiz officiated as the brides and their grooms filed in pairs, with George Laieg escorting his daughters down the aisle to Mendelssohn. The event was described as unprecedented in marriage annals.
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Detroit
Benjamin To Hoffiz
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
George Laieg
Mendelson
Labor and coal talks to resume in Washington
In Washington April 29 the Labor Department announced negotiations between John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators, broken off April 10, will resume at 2:30 p.m. EST in Labor Department conference rooms with mediators Edward F. McGrady and Paul W. Fuller present.
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Washington
Labor Department
John L. Lewis
Department
Les Eichel
Edward F. McGrady
Paul W. Fuller
Eichel
Schwellenbach
Lewis
Harlan F. Stone
White House
Robert H. Jackson
William O. Douglas
Tury
Robert P. Patterson
Jackson
Truman
Nuernberg
Capitol Bill
Atterson
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Robert E. Hannegan
Williamsburg
John W. Snyder
Quantico
Snyder
13 People Die Violently In North Carolina Over Weekend
Traffic deaths topped a weekend tally of at least 13 violent deaths across North Carolina. Victims ranged from six to 80 years old in crashes and other incidents, including a high profile jail fire in Hot Springs. Other fatalities occurred in Kannapolis, Dunn, High Point and Wake County.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Wilkinson
Charlotte
Gastonia
Mary Champion
Shelby
Neil Bradley
Dunn
Roger A. Smith
Goldsboro
High Point
Merrill McWharters
Mary Goodman Bradford
Concord
Kannapolis
Frank Gentry
Arnold Gentry
Portsmouth
Hot Springs
John Daniels
Wake County
Roy M. Banks
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Montauk Point
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Cline
Alfred Cline
Hall of Justice
San Francisco
Bulletin
Robert R. Rogers
Erich Pinkau
Germany
Stalag 13
New Jersey Lad
N. Carolina
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