Fact-Finders Study Fourth Round Wages Debate
The Truman board headed by Carroll Daugherty will hear New York wage and pension demands from the United Steel Workers beginning July 28. Steel firms warn wage boosts now would strain the economy while Steinkraus of the Chamber argues higher wages help few and raise prices for many. CIO leader Emil Rieve links unemployment to Communist appeals and urges joint action by labor, business, and government to avert mounting unemployment.
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Truman
Carroll Daugherty
Northwestern University
United
Daugherty
New York
Herman W. Steinkraus
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Steinkraus
Robert Nathan
CIO
Emil Rieve
CIO Textile Workers
Americans For Democratic Action
Rieve
United States
A.D.A
Sidelights and oddities from distant shores and harbor
A Darwin man Edward Arnold mislaid his glasses then swam for 12 hours before a police launch rescued him. Kansas ends prohibition with a voter-backed repeal. Jean Ellis builds a pole-top apartment hoping for space, her husband Arthur a steeplejack. A dollar bill sinks with a seaman who dies after retrieving it in Philippine waters.
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Edward Arnold
Darwin
Australia
Arthur
The
Marine Board
Philippine
Britain and Dominions Cut Dollar Spending in Western Hemisphere
British Commonwealth finance ministers from seven dominions plus Southern Rhodesia agreed to trim annual dollar outlays in the western hemisphere by about 25 percent, about 650 million dollars this year, with Canada participating. The move follows Cripps report that the common pool of dollars stood at 1.624 billion, aiming to bolster Europe through new credits or currency revaluation.
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British Commonwealth
England
London
British Dominions
Rhodesia
Western Hemisphere
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Pakistan
Ceylon
Canada
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Washington
Europe
Britain
Anthony Eden
America
House of Commons
United States
Haigh on Trial for Murders in Brutal Blood Drenched Case
British murder case centers on John George Haigh 39 who allegedly killed nine people. He faces trial for February killing of Olive Durand Deacon 69, claiming insanity while prosecutors argue premeditated murder for money. Jury convicts Haigh of death penalty by gallows after brief deliberation.
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Britain
John George Haigh
Haigh
Olive Durand-Deacon
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Inter
Nuernberg
Hartley Shawcross
Shawcross
Senate panel backs broad military pay raise bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a measure to raise pay for nearly all service members. The draft also notes terms about leadership changes and other political appointments amid a broad legislative agenda.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Hugh D. Scott
Republican National Committee
American Labor Party
New York City
Vito Marcantonio
Gerard Dennis
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Harold Lloyd
Guatemalan Crisis Deepens as Army Chief Is Killed
Guatemala faced a fresh upheaval as the army rift led to the assassination of Col. Francisco Javier Arana. Troops fought for the national palace after removed forces moved on it and a state of emergency was declared. Outside troops were sent to aid the capital in fending off rebels while the government blamed a few militarists for misusing their role. This marks the 20th plot against President Juan Jose Arevalo in under five years.
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Latin America
Guatemala
Col
Francisco Javier Arana
Juan Jose Arevalo
Britain
America
Trud
Quick Cancer Test Cuts Treatment Feedback Time
University of California researchers announce a rapid blood test to gauge cancer treatment effectiveness within a day or two, potentially saving lives by catching recurrence early. Developed by Dr. P. M. West and Jessamine Hillard with Birmingham Hospital, it outpaces years of survival-based assessment.
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University of California
Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital
P. M. West
Jessamine Hilliard
The
University
Medical School
Birmingham Hospital
Church Struggle Grows in Eastern Europe Against Communism
The Vatican tightens a stance as Communist regimes push to bar Catholics from sacraments in Czechoslovakia. Archbishop Beran faces treason charges while the party plans to empower state control over religious life. In Berlin, Lutheran bishop Dibelius is denounced as a tool of American aggression.
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Cagie
Vatican
Cardinal Mindsventy
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Alexei Cepicka
Iron Curtain
Maurice Thorez
Kremlin
Berlin
Otto Dibelius
Neues Deutschland
Dr. Dibelius
New People's Police
Gestapo
United States
Germany
Prague
Cepicka
Multiple Dates and Anniversaries Listed
The notes list July 25 the 40th anniversary of Louis Bleriot’s Channel flight July 26 Liberia Independence Day July 28 the 95th birthday of George Bernard Shaw and the 35th anniversary of World War I. It also notes Peru Independence Day.
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Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Liberia
George Bernard Shaw
Peru
Quotes by Jackie Robinson and President Truman at hearings
Jackie Robinson, Dodgers second baseman, testifies before the House committee urging unity against communism and defending democracy. President Truman declares democracy more dynamic than totalitarian forces in the battle for men's minds.
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Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
House UN- American Activities Committee
Truman
Peace Plans from Quakers Seek US USA and Germany Kased Steps
The American Friends Service Committee urged US leadership in world disarmament with atomic bombs under UN seal. They proposed Germans draft a constitution under four powers, restart normal exports to Russia and eastern Europe, and criticized the Soviet stance on the Marshall Plan.
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Russia
American Friends Service Committee
U.N. Seal
Germany
U. S
Europe
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