Labor Bills In Congress Seethe Over Wage Controls Debate
APSTOL HILL reports Congress wrangles wage controls inflation and strike bills as a sharp dispute over the Case bill dominates hearings. Fed chair Marriner S Eccles warns of higher living costs, cites prewar levels, and urges wage gains only with productivity. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach attacks Case bill as hostile to labor. AFL President William Green denounces the measure and promises massive organized opposition.
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Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Canada
House Banking Committee
Reserve Board
National Association of Manufacturers
OPA
Schwellenbach
Senate Labor Committee
Ellender
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House
William Green
AFL
Truman era changes and global events headline
President Truman appoints Julius A. Krug 38 as Secretary of the Interior and Herbert Brownell Jr. resigns as GOP chairman. U S Third Army hands over 1 590 Soviet soldiers who fought for the Nazis to Russia while a volcanic isle rises near Yokosuka. Three Americans including John Foster Dulles Reinhold Niebuhr and George A Oldham named to World Council of Churches panel. Japanese elections postponed to weed out ultra nationalists. A 40 pound newborn hippo at Brookfield Zoo is born. US Jewish leaders seek 100 million for European Jewish relief and Palestine. Truman invites Princeton to honorary degree at bicentennial on June 17.
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Julius A. Krug
War Production Board
Interior
Herbert Brownell, Jr
GOP
U. S. Third Army
Russia
Yokosuka Naval Base
World Council of Churches
International Relations Commission
John Foster Dulles
N. Y
UNO
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union Theological Seminary
Episcopal
George A. Oldham
Albany
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Bebe
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
U. S
Princeton University
Stowaway Tales Reach Army Men Across Oceans
Two heart warming stowaway stories unfold as Katherine Tilley a 17 month old infant travels with her father Pvt Francis Tilley from Paris to Burlington Vermont and then to Germany while soldiers aid the infant and the plan to reach his wife in Dun dee Scotland is blocked by a five day reenlistment furlough. In Waxahachie Texas Johnny Camera a 13 year old Salerno orphan and 36th Division mascot returns home after slipping toward New York aboard a liner and is placed in Curly Thompson’s care. Curly hopes to adopt Johnny if immigration allows him to stay in the country.
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Paris
Pvt
Francis Tilley
Burlington
Germany
Tilley
Katherine
Dundee
Scotland
England
Johnny Camera
Salerno
36Th
Texas
Divi
Sion
Waxahachie
Tex
Johnny
Clarence
Curly) Thompson
New York
Curly
Awakening Dragon Unifies China Armed Forces Under Marshall
China consolidates central government and Communist armies into 60 divisions by 18 months under Gen. George C. Marshall. Signers include Gen. Chang Chih Chung and Gen. Chou En Lai. Reports of opposition from generals and unrest in Shanghai and Chungking accompany Manchuria concerns as Russia seeks concessions. In Europe, Ribbentrop defense case at Nuremberg and Tokyo Army marriages policy prompt Allied questions.
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China
George C. Marshall
Gen. Marshall
Chang Chih-Chung
Chiang Kai-shek
Chou En-Lai
Marshall
U.S. Army
Hu Chung-Man
Manchuria
Shanghai
Chungking
Hankow
Chiang
Port Arthur
Dairen
Moscow
Red Army
Empire faces mounting problems for Britain’s world rule
Britain grapples with imperial strains across Asia and the Middle East as rising nationalism, colonial demands, and wartime debts test its reach. India faces turbulence from riots to mutiny linked to Cripps plan failures while Canada and Australia push toward autonomy and closer ties with the United States. The Labor government maintains foreign policy with Bevin and Churchill—emphasizing preservation of empire amid famine threats and ongoing negotiations to stabilize dominions.
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Palestine
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Russia
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Greece
Iran
Turkey
London
Canada
Australia
United States
Ernest Bevin
Winston Churchill
Churchill
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U.S
Sir Stafford Cripps
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Argentina Ends State of Siege After Landmark Election
Argentina lifted a nationwide state of siege to allow over 300000 voters to choose between Col. Juan D. Peron and Dr. Jose P. Tamborini for president. The Army kept order at 16162 polling places while ballots were counted, then reimposed the siege during the count. Both men claimed victory amid international interest and U.S. comments on Peron.
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Juan D. Peron
Jose P. Tamborini
Argentina
Army
Col. Peron
U.S. State Department
Tamborini
Democratic Union
March 5 6 7 8 events outlined for Lent week
Dates list events including Shrove Tuesday with talks by President Truman and Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri. Federal Council of Churches meets in Columbus. Ash Wednesday begins Lent. A telephone strike is scheduled for Thursday. Farm Day marks Farm Aid's 13th anniversary. World monetary conference opens in Savannah.
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Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Truman
Winston Churchill
Westminster College
Fulton
Federal Council of Churches
Columbus
World Monetary Conference
Savannah
Housing dept to push uniform codes to ease housing shortage
The Commerce Department will publicize outdated local building codes and coordinate nationwide construction practices. Top industry experts will help draft a uniform code with local climate variations, focusing on safety, new materials, time-saving methods, and waste elimination.
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Commerce Department
Alfred Schindler
Justice Department
Schindler
Aerial Winged Mercy in 1945 Perfect AAF Transport Record
The War Department reported the Army Air Forces Air Transport Command achieved a perfect record in 1945 by flying 64,318 patients home from combat zones.
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War Department
Army Air Forces Air Transport Command
Labor Education Aims At Union Leadership Training
The Schwellenbach Labor Department set up a five member AFL CIO Education Committee to train future union leaders and educate members on rights and responsibilities. Amid nationwide strikes the government weighs arbitration versus walkouts while Ford signs an 18 cent hourly raise for 103000 workers and GM leader Walter Reuther warns settlement is unlikely soon.
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New York City
Michael Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
City Transit Commission
O'Dwyer
Pittsburgh
Vna
Duquesne Light Co
Independent Union
Philadelphia
General Electric
Houston
Tex
AFL
Civil Service Commission
Schwellenbach
Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
General Motors
Civilian Production Administration
Detroit
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
U.S. Allies Halt Atom Research Flow to Britain
The Daily Express reports the U S Army stopped sharing atomic research results with Britain saying the British have nothing new to offer in exchange. English scientists have heard little from U S nuclear physicists for over four months and withheld plutonium delays experiments funded at six million dollars. Japan’s raw silk industry, revived after wartime blackout, runs at about twelve percent of prewar capacity.
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Daily Express
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Britain
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