Navy health board urges improved enlisted dining morale
A navy advisory group and the army's Doolittle board examined officer enlisted relations. They urged better nutrition training, dining facilities for enlisted personnel, and morale improvements. They proposed medical oversight by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and civilian experts, with no return of punishment for general disease cases.
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Doolittle Board
Army Board
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Communists claim progress as civil war nears finish
In Chiang China the civil war edges toward a finish fight with Communist leaders optimistic of victory. A Nangking official predicted a return within a year and a dinner date next March 1. Communists press on Changchun and Tsinan while claiming major captures of U S officers near Changchun. Yenan radio reports anticipated moves on Yenan that have not occurred.
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Yenan
Changchun
Manchuria
Tsinan
Shantun
Washington
War Department
Robert B. Rigg
John W. Collins
Chilunchien
Shantung
Dorothy Lamour Endorses Trendy Hair and Foot Care
Dorothy Lamour favors a tired look to age a face and details her foot care routine with hot soaks and well fitting hose. A kitchen tip suggests using orange sections with juice to cut sugar in gelatin. Guidance on selecting quality mature onions and notes US roofing materials production doubling since 1939.
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Dorothy Lamour
Union claims stall tactics in push for higher wages
Beirne accuses unions of delays as they push for contracts and seek a return to pre organized industry conditions. Illinois Bell says talks proceed in good faith but demand longer bargaining, warns against hasty commitments. Union list covers many states with weekly wage boosts from 12 to 20 dollars and up to 25 percent on the west coast.
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World Assembly Debates On Agenda Screening And Labor Voice
Soviet Delegate Morozov urged items join provisional agenda automatically while British Canadian and New Zealand backed by the United States urged screening by a steering committee Morozov also lamented the assembly's refusal to grant the WFTU greater voice in council affairs and to revisit Russia s proposal for labor participation in discussions Burma led global rice exports before World War II.
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Alexander P. Morozov
Hector McNeil
U. S
Leroy Stinebower
New Zealand
Canada
Morozov
General Assembly
W.F.T.U
Russia
Legislature Debates Liquor Limits and Tax Proposals
State lawmakers advance liquor measures including Penny bill and local options in Mecklenburg and Hickory. Bills target fireworks ban, truck laws rewrite, 40 hour work week and wage, farm cooperatives tax issues, and raising voting age debate ends with 18 still possible. Public notices on debt limits and bond issuance tied to constitutional rules.
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Dan Tompkins
Jackson
L. M. Chaffin
Harnett
General Assembly
Mecklenburg County
Hickory
ABC
South Piedmont
Cherry
House
House Public Utilities Committee
Senate Manufacturing, Labor and Commerce Committee
House Finance Group
Henry Fisher
Buncombe
Judiciary Number Two
State Board of
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House Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Senate
Odus Mull
Cleveland
J. W. Whitfield
Pender
O. L. Richardson
Union
Richardson
Ex-GI Cash Demands Highlighted by House Debates
Last year SEEK favored cash payouts and in July 31 remarks Martin promised the next congress would correct injustice. Rogers noted ex-GIs face greater need for immediate cash than those who stayed and kept their homes.
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Martin
House
Congress
Rogers
Talmadge Seeks Governorship Despite Death Of Father
A disputed 675 write in votes for Talmadge after the elder Talmadge died December 21 1946 prompted legal questions. Georgia's constitutional rule could force the legislature to pick from top two vote getters. The legislature backed Herman while Ellis Arnall held firm. Talmadge later resigned to back M E Thompson amid a Panama sparring round.
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Man Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Herman
Ellis Arnall
Staee
Eee
M. E
Limin
Panama
Serounds
Thompson
Southern Freight Rates Fight Reaches Supreme Court
Southern lawmakers report that North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama and Tennessee each fund about 5000 yearly to back the battle for fair freight rates. They credit the ICC with savings of roughly 70 million since the commodity rate case favored the South and note the general classifications case now before the Supreme Court could widen those gains.
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Utica
N. Y
ICC
Supreme Court
Maybank
Hoey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Vance Norman
Louisville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truman to unveil major plan on Greece aid and Turkish support
The United States may advance up to 250 million this year to back Greece and Turkey as part of a broader strategy to curb Soviet influence in southern Europe. A public program is likely after President Truman’s scheduled speech in Waco, Texas, en route from Mexico, though final details and legislation remain under discussion.
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Truman
Waco Tex
Mexico
Greece
Britain
Europe
White House
Turkey
India
Three Judge Court Upholds ICC Order in Utica
A three-judge panel in Utica upheld the ICC order and asserted that the state will win the supreme court suit as well.
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Utica
ICC
Supreme Court
Allis Chalmers official disputes UAW strike politics
A publicity representative for Allis Chalmers released a statement quoting vice president H W Story denying earlier Allis Chalmers remarks cited by two employees. The testimony linked prolonging the strike to aiding R J Thomas’s bid for UAW presidency, while Thomas attacked Story as stupid and claimed thousands of votes at the next convention. He also challenged Rep Kern to dismiss communism questions.
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Allis Chalmers
H. W. Story
Buse
House un-American Activities Committee
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Thomas
Kersten
R-Wis
Karl Marx
Lenin
108-Year-Old Negro Slave Dies In Kentucky
Aunt Jermima Gilbert of Clay County dies at 108 in Manchester Kentucky She lived in the same house since 1866 Her husband John Gilbert served as a federal soldier in the Civil War She leaves a daughter Carolina Gilbert 72 and a son Randal Gilbert 74
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Jermima
Gilbert Clay County
Here
John Gilbert
Carolina Gilbert
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