Coal Crisis Keeps Nation in Coal Strike Standoff
The piece notes President Truman weighing emergency powers to curb a coal strike as Southern operators resist bargaining and Lewis negotiates with mine owners. Capitol Hill debates Taft Hartley machinery while miners consider resuming limited work weeks amid prospects of renewed talks.
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U. 5S. Steel Ration
Love
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Ory
Truman
Act
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Trains Collide Near Besancon Killing Six
In eastern France near the Swiss border, two trains on a single track collided near Besancon killing six and injuring fifteen. Four victims were in the first coach of the Besancon bound train.
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Besancon
France
Here
Vesoul
New Federal Wage Hour Rules Expand Child Labor Bans
The rules impose a direct ban on employing children under 16 in most industries and those under 18 in hazardous work. Violators face up to $10,000 fines and six months in jail. Exceptions cover newsboys, agricultural work after school, arts and media, and work by minors with parents, with attendance required when schools are open.
Western May Aligns Amid Saar Dispute and Indonesian Recognition
Washington presses France to avoid sealing Saar in long term leases, linking Saar’s fate to a final German peace treaty and Europe’s unity. In Jakarta, Indonesia hails Soviet recognition, vows neutrality while planning to balance US and USSR aid, as de Gasperi forms a sixth coalition cabinet in Rome amid Republican delays.
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United States
France
Saar
Indonesia
U. S
India
Lake Success
Russia
Java
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Luigi Finaudi
de Gasperi
Christian Socialists
Wallace Bomb Not Possible and Cosmic Ray Arguments
The piece argues that a Earth destroying nuclear bomb is unlikely. It cites cosmic ray explosions in the upper atmosphere as far more powerful triggers than A-bombs and notes billions of such events in air and sea, making a planet-wide blast impossible.
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New Mexico
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Miners Die in Underground Blast in St Eloy France
An underground explosion at a French coal mine in St Eloy killed 13 miners and injured 20 others with gas poisoning. The blast, blamed on a routine rock charge, burned the miner who triggered it.
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ST. Eloy
France
Southern senators skip conference as Byrnes talks loom
The article notes several southern U S senators and North Carolina lawmakers declining invitations to a Jefferson Jackson day conference with Vice President Barkley as the keynote. Maybank Johnston Kefauver McKellar Long Fulbright McLellan Sparkman all cite busy schedules or prior engagements.
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Congress
Maybank
South Carolina
Daniels
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Olin D. Johnston
Byrnes
Tit
Kefauver
Tennessee
Jonathan Daniels
McKellar
Senator Long
Louisiana
Fulbright
Arkansas
McLellan
Sparkman
Alabama
North Carolina
Cooley
Jones
Redden
Bonner
Chatham
Deane
Durham
Carl Barden
Doughan
Barkley
Record Warmth Surprises Northeast as Mild Winters Continue
Across the region temperatures surged past all-time winter highs with Boston reaching 72, Baltimore 79, Philadelphia 73.2, Washington 79 and Atlanta 77. The New Jersey health department warned on heat prostration as forecasts showed temperatures easing into the 40s.
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Kentucky
Texas
Appalachian Mountains
Philadelphia
Towson
Frederick
New Jersey State Health Department
Weather Bureau
Boston
New England
Baltimore
Washington
Atlanta
Worker Gets Sentence of 18 Months
Howard F. Butcher a 46 year old transient of 305 South Wrenn street received 18 months in municipal court before Judge D C MacRae on fornication and adultery and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Co defendant Loraine Morrison 22 also from the same address drew 12 months. Both appealed. Bond defaults to $400 for Butcher and $200 for Morrison. Other cases include James H. Jones Vernon Rich Buck Smith James R McKinney with drunk and speeding convictions.
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Howard F. Butcher
South Wrenn Street
D. C. MacRae
Loraine Morrison
Butcher
James H. Jones
Vernon Rich
Greensboro
Buck Smith
James R. McKinney
Greenville
S. C
Allies Sign Defense Pacts to Shield Western Europe
United States and eight allies including Britain France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Denmark and Norway sign defense agreements to pool plans for defending western Europe and limit arms transfers without US consent. Each pact vows security measures to protect classified military information and align American aid terms. A separate note mentions mountain water draining into city gutters in Salt Lake City.
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France
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Europe
United States
Boneshaker bicycle famed for extreme vibrations
An early bicycle named the boneshaker earned its nickname for extreme vibrations, as noted in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Statue of Liberty Left Hand Holds Declaration
A lesser known fact about the Statue of Liberty is that in her left hand she holds the Declaration of Independence while broken chains lie at her feet, symbolizing freedom from tyranny.
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