Japan Moves to Halt Inflation with Imperial Decrees
Premier Shidehara urged national backing for drastic anti inflation steps aimed at stopping runaway price rises and the black market. Three imperial ordinances freeze bank notes 10 yen or larger and expropriate hoarded goods while enabling limited withdrawals. War profits taxes and price controls are planned to raise funds and stabilize the economy.
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Russel
Binef
Wataru Narai
Narahashi
First Time Power Of Veto Exercised By Parris
Russia used the United Nations security council veto for the first time to block an American plan for direct talks on withdrawing British and French troops from Syria and Lebanon. Bevin and Bidault supported the American aim yet upheld the veto, pledging Britain and France will carry out the negotiated withdrawal.
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John A. Parris
London
Russia
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Syria
Lebanon
Levant
Security Council
Ernest Bevin
Britain
France
Council
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
The
Andrei Vishinsky
Bevin
Rench
Georges Bidault
New York
C. Freitas-Valle
Brazil
N. J. O. Makin
Australia
United States
Great Britain
China
United Nations
Francisco
Italy
Yugoslavia
Stettinius
Steel wage talks roll on as unions sign many contracts
Wage settlements in the steel strike spread across the nation led by Bethlehem Steel. CIO leader Philip Murray predicted most basic steel workers would be ready to return by Sunday night. Contracts signed or announced with Bethlehem, Republic, Pittsburgh, Crucible, Aluminum Company of America, Blaw Knox, and others cover about half of the 750,000 steelworkers on strike. Murray said more agreements expected with Inland, Youngstown Sheet Tube, National, Pittsburgh, Sharon, and Allegheny-Ludlum. the Crucible contract to be signed tomorrow. Despite waning strikes, full production may take a week or 10 days. The same day, GM talks continued in Detroit after nine and a half hours of mediation with progress toward settlement. C E Wilson and union leaders prepared revised language for remaining disputed sections.
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Washington
Fed
Pea
Philip Murray
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Pittsburg Steel
Crucible Steel Company
Aluminum Company of America
Blaw Knox Company
Murray
Oe Inland
Youngstown Sheet Tube
National
Pittsburgh
Sharon
Allegheny-Ludlum
Crucible
Wickwire-Spencer Steel Division
Colorado Fuel and Iron Coroporation
General Motors Automotive
Detroit
Mo Steel Companies
U. S. Steel Corporation
James F
C. E. Wilson
Trucker Killed In NSBORO Collision Near Burlington
Roosevelt Harmon, 26, of Asheville Route 1, died after a collision on a Burlington highway curve near Rock Dairy 12 miles east of shore. A Burlington Mills truck driven by J C Wilson narrowly escaped serious damage as two Atlantic States tractors and another truck were involved. at least three other Atlantic States drivers were named. State patrolman George Murr reported no charges had been filed.
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Nsboro
Roosevelt Harmon
Asville
Rt. 1
Atlantic States
Burlington Corporation
Burlington
Rock Dairy
Shore
George Murr
Murr
Hendersonville
J. C. Wilson
Burlton Mills
Attic States
Mucr
Claude T. McElvane
Tensboro
John E. Barnes
High Int
Walter W. Parrish
Tks
Imen
World Today discusses end of ricksha era in China
The World Today reports a Shanghai Herald claim that the Chinese government aims to end ricksha use by May 1949 to clear way for motorized traffic. The piece notes rickshas’ social and economic role in China and traces origins of the term jin riki sha.
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Associated Press
Shanghai Herald
China
Japan
Orient
Kilgore Demands Argentina Hand Over German Assets
Kilgore of West Virginia pressed for Argentina to surrender German owned or controlled assets. He warned of strict sanctions or expulsion from the United Nations if Argentina aided Nazism, tying the move to a wider probe ofAxis influence and Nazi methods. He criticized past State Department actions and cited delays in eliminating axis sympathizers in Argentina.
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Ashington
Major Kilgore
D-W. Va
Argentina
Four
Germany
Intina
United Na
AMA Plans Voluntary Insurance Network Against Truman Plan
The American Medical Association announced a nationwide voluntary plan built on locally administered medical care plans with free choice of doctors. It would grant an AMA seal of acceptance to compliant plans and require local medical professionals to ensure medical services in benefits, preserving patient doctor relationships.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Truman
Roger I. Lee Boston
AMA
Council On Medical Science
Ickes Rebukes Truman Over Pauley Statements
Harold L. Ickes charged President Truman with contradicting himself about Edwin W. Pauley and said one of Truman’s statements is not true. He accused the president of inconsistencies from recent press conferences and urged scrutiny of Pauley’s testimony before the Senate naval committee.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Ickes
Senate Naval Committee
Pauley
Pauey
Attorney General
Justice Department
Durham Doctors Perform Rare Corneal Transplant
Durham physicians completed a rare corneal transplant at McPherson’s Hospital on a county woman. A complete eye arrived from New York City, its cornea transplanted onto the patient’s eye. Recovery of vision will take weeks to determine success.
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Durham
McPherson's Hospital
New York City
Duke University
McPherson’s Hospital
Manhattan Eye Hospital
New York
Eastern Air Lines
Knutson Promises GOP Return At North Carolina Meet
Harold Knutson, Republican from Minnesota, told a Winston-Salem gathering that the party is on its way back to control. He criticized the New Deal and President Roosevelt, and condemned party members who he said try to outdeal the new deal. The speech was prepared for delivery before the North Carolina Young Republicans convention.
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Winston-Salem
Lincoln
North Carolina
Harold Knutson
Rminn
Roosevelt
Knutson
Minnesota
Stettinius Calls for UN Action on Free Information
Edward R. Stettinius Jr urged the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to draft a resolution on freedom of information for submission to the Economic and Social Council and the UN. He asked that the commission study the issue and prepare draft recommendations or a draft convention to ensure competitive openness of all news sources and transmission facilities and minimal official regulation of news flow.
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London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Economic and Social Council
United Nations
U. S
Trygve Lie
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Wilbur Forrest
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Stettinius
Commission
Council
United States
Commission On Human Rights
Toxicologists Probe Johnson Death From Berlin Champion
In San Francisco on February 16 laboratory tests began to determine the cause of Cornelius Corny Johnson’s sudden death after he was found in a frantic state aboard the Grace Line ship S. S. Santa Cruz at pier 37. Police reported he became unconscious and died en route to Harbor Emergency Hospital. The coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play.
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San Francisco
Cornelius “Corny” Johnson
Berlin
Joseph B. Swim
Victor Wilcox
S. S. Santa Cruz
Grace Line
Pier 37
Johnson
Wilcox
Erwin Strike Parley Bogs Down Again
Washington report on the Erwin Cotton mill strike shows a ten day meeting ending without an agreement over wage increases and distribution. The CIO union seeks a fact finding board as talks continue with company officials and federal conciliations. The strike involves about 4600 workers across Erwin, Cooleemee, and Durham, NC.
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Washington
Erwin
Clyde M. Mills
CIO Textile Workers Union
Emil Rieve
Mills
Cooleemee
Durham
N. C
English College Press Hits New Language Threat
The Eton college Chronicle laments an invasion of ill-bred offensive words in England. It blames Whitehall and American influence for verbal pollution seeping into newspapers and pages, citing headlines and phrases like God-hungry and prodigy croonette as examples.
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London
Eton College Chronicle
England
Whitehall
Verbal fireworks loom in week of congressional action
Congressional leaders outlined a busy week with hearings and floor votes. Senate Naval Committee resumes Edwin Pauley nomination hearings while the Pearl Harbor inquiry returns to the Senate-House committee. House Banking Committee begins extending the OPA, and the Military Committee wraps universal military training hearings. A Vardaman nomination to the Federal Reserve Board faces a subcommittee. The Senate may advance a new wage hour bill, and final action on George Allen to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board is expected. The House advances a $5.5 billion independent offices appropriation including the Veterans Administration, and debates permanent federal school lunch program.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Capitol
Senate
House
Senate Naval Committee
Edwin Pauley
Senate-House
OPA
House Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
House Military Committee
James K. Vardaman
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking
George Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Board
Veterans Administration
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R. Gregg Cherry
J. Melville Broughton
Ellen Winston
James Glover
Nashville
J. F. Yakley
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A. C. Edwards
Hookerton
S. B. Underwood, Jr
Greenville
Gurney P. Hood
J. H. McEwen
Howard Holderness
Horace Haworth
High Point
I. G. Greer
Thomasville
L. P. McLendon
Kemp P. Battle
Rocky Mount
Lee Parker
J. G. Adams
Asheville
E. H. Stacy
Lumberton
Lennox Baker
United War Fund
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