Striking Miners Demand Showdown Across Nation
The soft coal nationwide strike hits 14 states with 372,800 miners walking out. Production drops as railways and utilities warn of layoffs and power shortages while UMW leaders vow not to bow to the Taft Hartley act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Duquesne Light Company
Albhronia Brown
Maxwell
Uniontown
United Mine Worker
UMW
Pennsylvania
Truman
Unemployment Rises Seasonally Amid Winter Slowdown
Washington reports 1.6 million job openings vanished last month sending unemployment to 4.48 million the highest since 1941. Census Bureau data show seasonal factors lift joblessness as weather slows construction and farming. Secretary Sawyer notes midwinter months are typically worst for job seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Federal Aid To Education Bill In Making
Washington report on the House labor committee's open dispute over a federal aid to education bill. Leaders show deep splits on aid scope and aid to parochial schools, with three main questions guiding talks. Senate already passed a 300 million dollar plan, while many oppose federal involvement or support only tax-supported public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Labor Committee
Steen
D-Okla
Senate
House
Rep
Barden
D-N. C
McConnell
R-Pa
Labor Committee
North Carolina Critiqued as Narcotics Capital
Durham February 7 A U S supervisor of narcotics declared North Carolina the capital of illegal narcotic dealings in this section of the United States He named Fayetteville Asheville and Burlington as main distribution points in a syndicated drug network He cited a wide regional area from Maryland to Florida and Texas as part of the circuit while testifying at a federal narcotics trial.
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Durham
U. S
North Carolina
United States
B. M. Martin
Fayetteville
Asheville
Burlington
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Florida
New Orleans
Texas
Martin
Mild Weather Across Nation Despite Subzero Spots
The Associated Press reports broadly mild national weather with only scattered subzero temperatures in Maine and North Dakota. West coast temps run below normal. rain in the Middle Atlantic and northern Gulf regions. snow flurries in the Rockies. Northern Montana and Cascade passes handle snow removal to reconnect farms and ranches. Flood relief continues in the midwest and south as evacuees in Arkansas face extended shelter stays.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Maine
Caribou
Mercury
Pembina
N. D
West
Middle Atlantic States
Gulf States
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Seattle
Rockies
Montana
Cascade Passes
Midwest
Arkansas
Ohio
Garden vanishes into sea cliff in Southbourne incident
Victor A. Hunt of Southbourne reports a garden 30 feet long vanished after a midnight tearing noise. The plot split from the cliff and fell 100 feet into the sea. His house now sits about eight feet from the crumbling edge.
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Southbourne
Eng
Victor A. Hunt
Hunt
Russians Slow Down Berlin Traffic Again
Russians constrict west Berlin truck flow at Helmstedt check point slowing clearance to eight trucks per hour and lining up forty more, while taegliche randschau accuses the west of reviving the cold war with new Berlin tensions. West Germany curtails Ruhr steel shipments to the Soviet zone to cover grain shortfalls, amid Berlin friction. Premier Georges Bidault seeks a policy mandate in France as his cabinet forms with new ministers and no clear confidence vote planned.
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Associated Press
West Berlin
Helmstedt
Taegliche Randschau
Berlin
Ruhr
West Germany
Georges Bidault
France
National Assembly
Paris
Bidault
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
Radical Socialists
Soldiers Dishonorably Discharged for Tokyo Dinner Party
Pvt. Lawson R. Davis of Lexington North Carolina and Pfc. Sanford E. Shackelford of Newport Kentucky were convicted by a court martial in Tokyo for assaulting an officer, an enlisted man and four civilians at the Garden hotel during a diplomatic dinner. Davis received 10 years and Shackelford 5 years as they were jailed and dishonorably discharged.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Lawson R. Davis
Lexington
N. C
Kentucky
Davis
Pfc
Sanford E. Shackelford
Newport
Garden Hotel
Shackelford
Japan
Another Attempt Is Made on Nobel Life
A rifle shot shattered the hospital window of wounded gambler Herbert Noble in Dallas. Detectives say the shot came from the ground, tearing through a screened window and striking the ceiling as Noble, seriously wounded on December 31, stood near his front porch. Noble links the attack to his ongoing injuries.
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Dallas
Tex
Herbert Noble
Will Fritz
Noble
Three Man Board Must Work Fast
President Truman appointed a three man board to investigate the soft coal dispute with orders to report in a week. The action follows fears of dwindling coal stocks and could lead to an 80 day injunction to force miners back to work.
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Lewis
West Virginia
District 29 United Mine Workers
George J. Titler
Titler
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Uncle Sam
John L. Lewis
Taft and Hartley
Truman
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Washington
Taft Hartley
McGrath
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
Association of American Railroads
Uproar Over Bergman Rossellini Romance Hits Hollywood
Hollywood erupts as Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini face mass protests over their affair and Bergman motherhood. Religious groups and state censors call for bans while legal moves in Texas and Mexico unfold. Bergman plans divorce and marriage to Rossellini amid boycotts and censorship warnings.
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Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellin
Alabama
Texas
Stromboli
Ingrid
Rossellini
Rome
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Birmingham
Ala
Protestant Ministers Association
Memphis
Tenn
Rep
R. E. Blount
Big Spring
Tex
Lindstrom
Mexico
Los Angeles
Pia
Albuquerque
N. M
Former Chadbourn Officials on Trial
In Whiteville on February 7 a former Chadbourn mayor and police chief went on trial charged with embezzlement. L. Z. Hall, former police chief, faced 23 counts of diverting fines and court costs for personal use. Sam Let, former mayor, faced sixteen similar charges.
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Whiteville
Chadbourn
L. Z. Hall
Sam ~Let
Dormer
Phone Strike Delayed to February 24 Amid Mediation Efforts
The CIO Communications Workers Union postponed a nationwide telephone strike until February 24 to allow conciliators more time. Mediation Director Cyrus S. Ching urged intensified bargaining with Western Electric Pacific Southwestern and Mountain States Bell. A New Jersey vote is ongoing, with a potential wider strike after March 1.
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Washington
Cio-Communications
Cyrus S. Ching
Joseph A. Bierne
Ching
Western Electric
Pacific
Southwestern
Mountain States
Bell Telene
Ing
New Jersey
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO
Waynick May Get Higher Diplomatic Assignment
Raleigh reports that Ca pus Waynick U S Ambassador to Nicaragua hints at possible transfer to a more demanding post. He declines comment on rumors of a promotion while in the United States for several weeks and plans to return to Nicaragua soon. He also said he will not run in the May Democratic primaries against Senator Clyde R Hoey.
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Raleigh
Capus Waynick
U. S
Nicaragua
Waynick
State Department
U.S
Liberty vs Socialism: GOP rallying cry in 1950 campaign
Republicans named Liberty versus Socialism as their top issue in a 1950 platform. They urged a balanced budget, spending cuts, repealing war time taxes, reforming the Taft Hartley act, farm support, and expanded Social Security. They urged consultative foreign policy and warned against a planned economy, socialist policies, and security leaks. Senator Humphrey accused them of stealing the administration program.
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Washington
Yalta
Potsdam
Alger Hiss
Klaus Fuchs
Senate
House
National Committee
Britain Accused Of Bungling In Atom Spy Arrest
Washington reports say lawmakers blamed slow British legal steps for hindering FBI追 pursuit of atomic leak leads in the Klaus Fuchs case. Hoover told senators he lacks full Fuchs confession details from Britain, risking suspects fleeing the country before leads emerge.
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Britain
Washington
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
J. Edgar Hoover
Fuchs
Justice Department
Scotland Yard
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Senate
Bricker
Ohio
Congressional Atomic Committee
Quebec
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Stock Prices In Downward Trend
New York stock prices fell in early trading as gains were brief after the opening. Traders watched the coal situation for hints of resuming full car production and debated Taft Hartley law injunctions on miners. Shares in Chrysler Studebaker U S Steel Republic Steel Goodyear and others declined.
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New York
Chrysler
Studebaker
U. S. Stee Republic Steel
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
Schenley Emerson Radio
Zenith
America Smelting
Dow Chemical
Amercan Can
Westinghouse Electric
Y. Central
Baltimore & Ohi
Southern Pacific
Nickel Plat
Eastern Air Lines
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Nobel
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Bergman
Abilene
Board of Censors
Sioux City
Joseph Muller
Indiana
Trinity Methodist Church
Calif
Daily Journal
RKO Studio
Motion Picture Association
Mediterranean
Europe
Pric
Brannan Plan
Boshga Democrats
Humphrey
D Minn
GOP
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Committee
Cap
Graduate Medical Assembly
Atlanta
Georgia
Grady Memorial Hospital
Grady
Frank Wilson
Louise Deerden
Mary Ela Sams
NEA
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