Truman urges resumption in steel wage talks to avert strike
President Truman invited Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel CIO chief Philip Murray and advisers back to the White House to press wage talks on 800,000 steel workers. Talks focus on a 20 cent demand against a 15 cent counter offer as a Monday strike deadline looms.
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Madrid cave dwellers in poverty amid civil war ruins
DeWitt MacKenzie reports from Madrid on families living in caves carved into hillside camps. He warns the cave dwellers do not represent all Madrid or poorer areas, noting the ongoing impact of the 1936 39 civil war on vulnerable households and the displaced.
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Winter Weather Bets Across Carolinas With Snow
A cold outbreak moves into the Carolinas with subfreezing temps. Reports from High Point area show 27 then 25 degrees, while Winston-Salem and Greensboro hit 26. Snow and sleet affect the region with slushy highways and forecasts for continued cold, cloudy conditions and light precipitation in spots.
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High Point
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Iran Faces Test as Azerbaijan Crisis Looms for UN
London dispatch reports Iran may put its Azerbaijan dispute with Great Britain and Russia before the UN Security Council. Premier Hakimi cited failed direct talks with Russia and troop reticence on March 2, signaling a potential international test of Tehran’s diplomacy. The Iranian delegation warned intervention could follow if negotiations stall.
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United Nations General Assembly
Iran
Azerbaijan
Ibrahim Hakimi
Russia
Great Britain
Security Council
Seyed Hassan Taquizadeh
Taquizadeh
Assembly
Senator Urges British Island Bases Connected With Loan
Senator Magnuson called for acquiring British owned island bases as part of the 3.75 billion loan to Britain to aid US defenses. He argued bases from the Aleutians to Manus should be permanently developed or long term leased. President Truman signaled trusteeship for former Japanese islands and plans a special message to Congress on the loan.
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England
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United Nations
Manus
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
Truman to send state of the union and budget in one report
President Truman plans to present both the state of the union and the annual budget message in a single document to Congress, a move the White House says is unprecedented. The combined report will be sent to Capitol Hill on Monday, delaying the originally separate delivery. The decision was disclosed after a news conference, with the president saying the strike situation did not influence the change.
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Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
State of the Union
Mine Blast Death Toll Rises To Fourteen In Havaco
In Havaco West Virginia a mine blast killed 14 people and left 36 injured as 253 miners escaped. Clarence Hale, 24, died at Grace hospital after burns. Officials removed bodies near the shaft and believe no more victims remain.
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Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Governor views Camp Butner hospital as asset for NC asylum needs
Governor Cherry stated that Camp Butner general hospital, once released by the army, could best serve the state as an addition to North Carolina hospitals for the insane.
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Camp Butner General Hospital
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New Clashes Reported In North China
Reports from CHUNGKING say new armed clashes in north China violate a truce. Gen CHANG CHUN, governor of Szechwan, heads a three member committee with MARSHALL’s truce group. CHOU EN LAI says progress depends on army reorganization and demobilization.
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Szechwan
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Der Fuehrer Dreamed Of Strong Nation
The international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg heard Hitler aimed to build a 250 million German speaking population within a century and ordered 500000 Ukrainian women as maids. Fritz Sauckel's records from 1942 were presented as proof, while Martin Bormann remained absent. Prosecutor Atherton accused Arthur Seyss Inquart of directing mass deportations to camps and slave labor, calling him a loyal servant of Hitler.
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Boston
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austria
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Cumberland River Flood Expected Crest at Eddyville
U S engineers forecast the Cumberland River will crest at 65 feet in Eddyville by January 20 1937’s flood level was 78 6 feet. The river stood at 62 1 feet yesterday closing Eddyville High School after water entered the furnace room.
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Selective Service May End On May 15
Washington reports that Congress may let selective service die in four months with no extension. The House committee indicated no effort to extend the draft, while concerns over demobilization and replacements for lower point service remained. Secretary Call testified on army discharge policy as inflation and price controls reemerged in debate.
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Indicted on Forgery and Grand Theft Charges
Alfred Leonard Clihe was indicted on nine counts of forgery and one count of grand theft by the San Francisco county grand jury. Eight forgery counts involve stock certificates issued to Eva Delora Krebs Cline, a wealthy Chicago widow whose death police have investigated for weeks. Cline has been held since December during a nationwide probe of deaths and cremations of elderly women.
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Alfred Leonard Clihe
San Francisco County Grand Jury
Norman Elkington
Eva Delora Krebs Cline
Chicago
Cline
VA Spends Two Billions On World War II Vets
The Veterans Administration announced a war year total of 2,271,318,353.43 dollars spent caring for World War II veterans for the year ending June 30, 1945, nearly triple the prior year’s 828,391,436.33 dollars. The report notes rising costs and a growing number of service connected disability claims.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Death Threats Disclosed In Kimmel Testimony
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel testified before a Senate House committee about death threats received after Pearl Harbor. He presented a 1942 letter to Adm. Harold Stark demanding that the Navy avoid inflaming the public, noting retirement without admission of fault. He said he faced daily threats and crucifixion by the press as war coverage continued. The panel planned to call former Justice Owen J. Roberts as a witness in the inquiry.
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Husband E. Kimmel
Senate-House
Harold R. Stark
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Kimmel
Gaetoats
Seth Richardson
Supreme Court
Owen J. Robers
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate House Inquiry Committee
Nationwide meat strike idles 268000 workers
A massive walkout began in the US meat industry threatening a meatless week as AFL CIO unions strike 139 plants with 268000 workers. Government action and last minute talks with Secretary Schwellenbach sought to pause the stoppage, while unions met in Washington to decide on next steps.
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AFL
Washington
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CIO
CIO United Ace Workers Union
Hwellenbach
International
Lewis J. Clark
Schnellen
Truman
Increases In Crop Goals Are Approved In 1946
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson approved final 1946 crop goals totaling 296,001,000 acres, up from 295,087,300. The plan adds targets for rice, dry beans, sugar beets, flax seed, and feed grains while rejecting higher goals for edible peanuts, potatoes, and barley due to demand concerns.
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