Industrial Paralysis Grips U.S. Industry in Broad Strike
The nation faces a crippled steel system with capacity under 5 percent as 1.3 thousand plants, mills and mines shut down. Meat plants are seized to feed the public while 263,000 AFL CIO packing workers wage disputes. Railway workers vote on a nationwide strike as construction, rail and utilities suffer shortages.
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U. S
AFL
CIO
Department of Agriculture
Brotherhood of Railway
Chicago
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Breelent
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO and
Steelworkers
Murray
Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Frazier-Kaiser Corp
Ford
Chrysler
UNO tests resolve as Cold War issues hit first session
The World This Week reports the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council face tests over Iran Greece and Indonesia as big powers clash over enforcement and interpretation of UN charter. Russia Britain and the United States move from idealism toward practical policing and diplomacy. The Anglo Greek crisis and British actions spark protests while the US declares its proposed atomic energy commission lacks enforcement power.
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United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
London
Iran
Greece
Indonesia
UNO
Russia
Azerbaijan
Britain
Commonwealth
Escaped POW Raffaele faces voyage twists around world
Alfred Raffaele, 24, an Italian POW escapee, evades capture by stowing aboard ships to reach Brooklyn. authorities bar him at Baltimore and Antwerp, then route him to Staten Island. Meanwhile Maj. Wermuth seeks the Democratic Senate nomination, and odd travel tales unfold from Atlanta to West Palm Beach as a hearse bedsolver tours the U.S.
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Alfred Raffaele
Casablanca
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Antwerp
Raffaele
Staten Island
U. S
Michigan
Arthur W. Wermuth
Bataan
Arthur Vandenberg
Uncommon visitors charm Miami with politics and art
Winston Churchill paints rapidly at a Miami easel while Lady Astor arrives in New York after a stormy sea voyage. She reflects on politics and gender in public life and hints at a possible run for Congress as Lord Astor supports quietly.
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Commons
Winston Churchill
Lady Astor
Churchill
Miami
U. S
Westminster College
Fulton
White House
Florida
New York
House of Commons
Earth
Lincoln
Clare Boothe Luce
House of Lords
Congress
Virginia
Boston
America
Lord Astor
Japan’s Reconstruction Pace Quickens Under MacArthur Oversight
An American reparations survey finds Japan with surplus industrial capacity despite war damage and able to pay more than expected. MacArthur halts covert reconversion of war plants, seizes nearly 400 facilities, and orders removal halted. He empties permits and targets civilian economy essentials. Civil governance purge continues with dozens of officials resigning, to be replaced by vetted civilians. A rice purchase program aims to stabilize food, while foreign aid hinges on citizen cooperation. Former POWs report civilian indifference to returning soldiers who feel betrayed and disillusioned with the Bushido myth.
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Japan
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Nippon
Home Ministry
Allied
Calendar entries announce Youth Week and events
Upcoming events list Youth Week starting Sunday January 27 and a January 30 birthday ball for Franklin D Roosevelt benefiting infantile paralysis. Also noted is Groundhog Day on February 2 and the 45th anniversary of the U S Army Nursing Corps.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Army Nursing Corps
Short Sought by U S Authorities Top Nazi Doctors Arrest
U S authorities pursue identification and arrest of 30 top Nazi doctors tied to the killing of 600000 people labeled useless eaters and unproductive during five war years. Eisenhower promises release of 500000 Army fathers by July 1 from 700000 enlisted personnel.
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U. S
Eisenhower
Army
De Gaulle Resigns as French Leader in Turbulent Cabinet Clash
The piece notes Charles de Gaulle’s resignation letter after a stormy cabinet meeting and a Con stituent Assembly reading of his letter. It describes France’s political tension with the Communist and Socialist parties considering leadership options and the possible three party government without major figures.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Constituent Assembly
Felix Gouin
Assembly
Gouin
de Gaulle
Popular Republicans
MRP
Germans vote in occupied zone local elections for first time
In the American zone rural districts Germans cast ballots with about 5 percent invalid due to improper masking and 8 percent barred for former Nazi activity. Social Democrats led with 146,508 votes. Christian Democrats followed with 99,591. Communists 16,000. Liberal Democrats 5,000. President Truman urged higher pay, lower prices, and budget cuts, stressing industrial peace through collective bargaining and continued price controls. The 25,000 word State of the Union budget message tied to reconversion and atomic research funding, with defense consuming most spending. Congress debated the plan as labor and business weighed wage impact amid a wave of strikes.
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Congress
Senate
Truman
Social Democrats
Christian Democratic Party
Liberal Democrats
United Nations Organization
Treasury
House
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Bridges
R-N.h
Sen. Ferguson
R.mich
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Atlanta
Hubert Vickers
West Palm Beach
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Bainbridge
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