Government Seizure Considered as Packing Plants Strike Looms
A fact finding board preparing hearings in Washington signals possible seizure of major packing plants within days to end the six day old strike. Officials say Truman would decide, with meat shortages worsening if more workers join the walkout. unions demand include 17% to 20 cents an hour raises and a $36 minimum weekly wage.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
AFL
E. E. White
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
Don Mahon
Hollywood influence grows in Spanish life and cinema
Madrid reports American films shape Spanish tastes in hair, makeup, fashion, music, and daily life. Spanish audiences imitate US automobiles, kitchen gadgets, and office efficiency while Mexican films gain ground. Spain produces about 40 pictures annually and released American films comprised 62 percent of screenings last year.
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Madrid
Hollywood
America
Spain
Cherry Opposes Separation Of Fish And Game Division
Governor Cherry rejects splitting the division from the conservation department while praising Commissioner Findlay’s progress toward a statewide game and fish program. He says cooperation is essential and notes North Carolina’s weak 1944 per capita income as context for unified public services. The North Carolina Wildlife Federation promotes separation and meets in Greensboro.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department of Conservation and Development
C and D
John Findley
Game and Inland Fisheries
Man T
Department
North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Inc
Federation
Greensboro
Findlay
Hinton James
North Caroline
North Carolina
Germans Vote Freely in First Postwar Elections
Final returns show 83 percent of eligible Germans voted in local elections across 1,200 communities in Hesse under American occupation. Social democrats led with 146,508 votes, while independents earned 92,383 votes. roughly 5 percent ballots were invalid and about 8 percent of eligible voters were barred due to Nazi past activity.
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Franfurt
Germany
Hitler
Hesse
Truman Seeks Congress Action on 21 Topic Legislative Program
President Truman urged Congress to act on a revised 21 topic plan and added measures including extending price control and war powers acts, continuing subsidies until cost of living falls, creating a permanent housing agency, and extending selective service. The list covers labor, employment, health, education, military, atomic energy, veterans benefits, and transportation projects.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Selective Service
Senate
Ment Committee
Canenue Thesta
Armed Services
U. S
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Speed-Up in Demobilization Tied to Funds Quota Plan
Rep. Dirksen proposes Congress use its money-granting power to speed army demobilization by allocating funds month by month through June 30. The plan would cancel $6.5 billion in prior grants, with troops fed and housed under a limited annual allotment. Eisenhower’s forecast of 3,000,000 returns January 1 to June 30 frames the timetable.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Dirksen
Bill
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Allied textile experts join MacArthur staff in Tokyo
Five American and two British empire textile experts arrived in Tokyo to join General MacArthur's economic scientific section, enhancing the Allied staff today.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
Commission Named To Devise Atomic Controls
United Nations committee approves a special commission to devise controls for atomic energy. The body will issue recommendations only and cannot force countries to reveal secrets. The vote was 46 in favor with one abstention as the plan moves to the general assembly for final action.
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Commission
London
United Nations Assembly
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Dmitri Maniulsky
Ukraine
Philippines
Tomas Cabill
Andrei Gromyko
Ernest Bevin
Connally
Bevin
Zygmunt Modzielewski
Poland
Full Assembly
Sea Committee
De Gaulle Resigns As President In France Crisis
Paris reports Gen Charles de Gaulle has stepped down as interim president after a cabinet war over army funding. Party leaders will meet to decide on a new government and possible interim head while Felix Gouin or Edouard Herriot are floated for top roles. The move follows new budget-cut demands and a UN influenced world tension.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
NBC
Vincent Auriol
Felix Gouin
Edouard Herriot
London
Becomes Official Senate filibuster ramps up against fair employment bill
Washington reports the southern filibuster against the fair employment practice bill becoming official as Senator Bilbo of Mississippi jokes about a 30 day talkathon. He notes about 25 senators are ready to speak and could operate in shifts to force a vote.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Chavez
Orse
Senate
Steel strike begins as 750000 workers walk out nationwide
Pittsburgh report says the CIO United Steelworkers strike starts with 750 000 workers idle across 30 states. Pennsylvania alone accounts for one third of U S steel output as picket lines form and preparations begin for a long disruption in a crucial reconversion era.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States
Pennsylvania
Marines To Be Maintained In North China
In Tientsin on January 21 Rep Bates and fellow naval affairs subcommittee members discussed keeping American marines in north China as a stabilizing force after Japanese repatriation. Bates said Marines may stay to help reconcile Chinese factions while U.S. good offices pursue peaceful settlement and world peace. Other members include Rivers and Cooley.
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Tientsin
North China
Rep
Bates
R-Mass
House
Naval Affairs Subcommittee
Naval Affairs
United States
Rivers
D-Sc
Cooley
D-Nc
New Mass Of Frigid Air Reaches Tonight
An Associated Press report describes a fresh mass of cold air spreading south and east from the northern plains. Snow and ice drenched areas east of the Mississippi with freezing rain below the snow line, as temperatures plunged in places like International Falls Minnesota.
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Mississippi River
Plains
Virginia
Missouri
Canada
International Falls
Minn
South Atlantic States
West
Colorado
New Mexico
Georgia House Passes Resolution Backing Party and Nation
The Georgia House unanimously adopted a resolution declaring God help the Democratic party and the nation if the fair employment practice commission bill is the only thing the president has to offer in a time of strife and turmoil.
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Atlanta
Georgia House
United States
Japs Ordered to Send 2000 Electric Heaters for China
Allied headquarters ordered the Japanese government to furnish 2,000 electric heaters to China to warm American occupation forces there. The heaters would be made available to Japan for payment of essential imports.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Death Investigation Underway for J G Carpenter
Gastonia North Carolina coroner's inquiry continues into the death of John G Carpenter 69 long time solicitor of the 14th district found dead at home Sunday. A prominent political figure since 1907 when admitted to the bar and elected to the state senate he chaired the Gaston county Democratic committee and held the solicitor post since 1922 surviving are seven children.
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Gastonia
John G. Carpenter
Mth
C. C. Wallace
Carpenter
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
State Senate
Gaston County
Democratic Executive Committee
Pentecostal Holiness Church Board Meets in Charlotte
Twenty three members of the church general board of administration will assemble in Charlotte for sessions expected to continue through the week. Bishop Joseph H. King of Franklin, Ga., chairs the meeting and will preside over general sessions. Delegates come from church divisions across the United States and Canada.
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Charlotte
General Board of Administration
The
Pentecostal Holiness Church
United States
Canada
Joseph H. King
Franklings
Rct
Snyder Warns Inflation Threat Could Be Economic Pearl Harbor
Reconversion Director John W. Snyder urged price controls and higher production to head off inflation. He said civilian production is 20 billion dollars per year higher than four months ago and warned demand may outpace supply beyond June. He warned of simultaneous inflation and unemployment peaking early spring and urged extended price controls.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Congress
Truman urges higher wages to boost output and curb inflation
President Truman asked Congress to back a sweeping program linking higher wages to greater output of cheaper goods. He warned against disunity and inflation while outlining a 25 000 word budget and laws package. He said most industries can grant substantial wage increases and emphasized wage growth as good for business and the nation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mrn
Treasury
WAC lieutenant survives crash after hitchhiking ride
Lt Bertie S. Roberts of Georgia assisted by a search party after an Army AT 6 trainer crashed near Valley Forge. The plane ran out of gas ten miles south of Pottstown. Pilot Lt Col William B. Kyes escaped uninjured after his parachute snagged in a tree. Roberts, 27, remained in Valley Forge General Hospital, well and cheerful with a broken leg.
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Phoenixville
WAC
Valley Forge General Hospital
Thomas Baker
Bertie S. Roberts
Solquitt
Flowing Springs
Ralph Moore
Eagle
Grou
Roberts
William B. Kyes
Pittsburgh
Pottstown
Pittburgh
Newcastl
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D. Harold Oliver
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