Coal Miners Expected To Return To Pits Monday
News that John L. Lewis and a large part of the soft coal industry agreed on fundamental contract principles reached miners with cautious optimism. Men and families, some with wives or girlfriends, gathered in Bridgeville bars as autos horned through streets. One veteran miner said, “I’ll wait until the contract is signed,” while others welcomed a possible end to the lengthy strike and better pay ahead.
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John L. Lewis
Bridgeville
Washington
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French Assembly Gags Red Deputies In Fiery Session
The French national assembly ended a 24 hour session by gagging debate on an anti sabotage bill aimed at securing unloading of American arms. Communist deputies fought with fists staged sit downs and long speeches to block the measure. A near riot erupted as guards moved to eject a hard pressed member. In Prague the Czech government accused a Catholic archbishop of inciting disruption amid church tensions.
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Soviet Union
Gerard Duprat
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Alexei Cepicka
Josef Beran
Soviet Prices Show Russian Costly Goods in Moscow Stores
U S officials estimate a man’s suit cost about 277 dollars in Soviet shops after Moscow cut prices and fixed four rubles per dollar. Price lists show bread, meat, and consumer items priced in rubles with dollars per item, revealing Soviet wages around 150 dollars a month.
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State Department
Moscow
Kasbek
Senate Debate Over Displaced Persons Bill Stalemates
In Washington March 4 a split Senate could not find common ground on a more liberal displaced persons bill. Senator Kilgore doubts a compromise is possible while Senator Eastland backs the judiciary committee plan and foresees a late Saturday session to press the issue. Senator Idings suggests a premon Monday committee meeting to seek a deal.
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Kilgore
D-W Va
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D.miss
Idings
D.-Md
Judiciary Committee
American Colonel Sentenced For Taking Valuables
A U S Army general court martial sentenced Lt Col Richard S Whitcomb of Worcester Massachusetts to two years hard labor for removing valuables from a requisitioned German house in Garmisch. He was also dismissed from the service. Whitcomb pleaded innocence. The case involved wines rugs and other property valued at about 50000 deutsche marks. About 30 defense and 30 prosecution witnesses testified.
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Munich
U. S. Army Today
Garmisch
Richard S. Whitcomb
Worcester
Mass
Whitcomb
Gartmisch
Jan Army
Statehood For Alaska Now Up to Senate
Alaska's bid for statehood, approved in the House and endorsed by President Truman, moves to the Senate with uncertain prospects. The House passed the statehood bill 186 to 146 amid bitter debate as opponents warned Alaska and Hawaii may miss this session.
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Alaska
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Senate
Butler
Hawaii
Congress
Polish attaché quits to avoid return home in wartime Ottawa
In Ottawa on March 4 the Polish legation commercial attache Tadeusz Wiewiorowski aged 50 resigned rather than answer a government order to return to Poland. He said diplomats believed to be under Russian suspicion were being called to Warsaw for a conference of indefinite duration, effectively never to be seen again. He plans to stay in Canada with his wife and six month old son.
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Ottawa
Legation
Tadeusz Wiewiorewski
Warsaw
Wiewiorowski
North Carolina General Fund Revenue Decline in February
North Carolina general fund revenues fell in February with total receipts of 10.17 million dollars, down from 11.13 million a year earlier. For the year to date, receipts are 64.27 million, down 4.85 million from last year, driven mainly by a drop in income tax. Sales tax rose about 125 thousand, to 2.97 million, while income tax due by March 15 remains a focus for the state. Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw attributed the income tax dip to a broader enforcement impact rather than missed payments, and noted improved compliance and mercantile activity alongside the sales tax gain.
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North Carolina
General Fund
Revenue Department
Highway Commission
Eugene Shaw
Shaw
Miners Win Gamble In Coal War Defying Court
Washington March 4 John L Lewis and mine owners altered the coal war by defying a Taft Hartley court order amid a nationwide crisis. The miners refused to return to work after a court directive, nearly upending the owners’ strategy and signaling a dramatic victory for the miners in a high stakes season.
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James Marlow
Washington
John L. Lewis
Mercy slaying trial in Manchester proceeds with defense case
Dr Sander faces Monday on stand as defense presses mercy killing narrative in the high profile trial. Witnesses describe patient Abbie Borreto as near death before air was injected, while doctors debate euthanasia and the ethics of palliative care amid testimonies from Sander's former patients and colleagues.
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Hermann N. Sander
Sander
William L. Phinney
Abbie Borreto
Phinney
Snay
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Robert Rix
Rix
Cotton Textile Market Down as Coal Strike Bites Demand
In New York on March 4, the coal strike and related speculation reduced demand in the cotton textile market. Print cloths showed lower prices in the second hand market while mills largely held prices firm. Drills and mills remained in good demand for early year delivery and osnaburgs saw light April May selling.
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New York
Train wreck near Madras claims fifty lives
A mail train from Madras to Calcutta derailed at Sulurpet, about fifty miles northeast of Madras, killing at least 50 people and injuring several hundred. A railway official attributed the disaster to sabotage.
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India
Calcutta
Sulurpet
Weather Moderates In All But Northeastern Section
Wintry weather lingers in the northeast with record lows in cities from Michigan to Maine. Below zero readings occur in Albany and Portand while New York City and Pittsburgh see frigid mid teens. Warmer conditions prevail west of the Rockies with light rain in the gulf coast and Pacific Northwest per forecast.
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Coal Agreement Sets New Pattern
Washington reports a labor contract between John L. Lewis and the coal industry sets a new pattern with miners gaining about 1 1/2 dollars daily in total value, split between direct wages and welfare fund benefits. CIO president Philip Murray cited steel workers receiving roughly a dollar daily in social benefits with no wage rise after last fall’s strike. Other unions align toward the 80 cent daily level established in steel disputes.
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Mar
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Liquor Voting Debates Split South and North Carolina Plans
In South Carolina liquor sales are statewide but privately licensed across counties while North Carolina restricts sales to 28 counties under county or municipal ABC stores. Both states show broad opposition to legal sales. North Carolina favors county unit voting. South Carolina supporters seek a statewide election with county results guiding access.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
ABC
Agreement Brings Gains to Lewis as Coal Strike Eases
The ICC suspended a third proposed rail coal service cut and miners vote optimism rises as John L. Lewis appears to gain in wage and welfare terms. A tentative settlement is near with 372,000 miners likely to return to work while Congress weighs action and a broader industry study proceeds.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
J. Monroe Johnson
Auto Workers Demand 125 Dollar Pension At GM Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers plan a 125 monthly pension and a nine cent per hour raise as part of a 31 cent package to General Motors for 235000 workers. Bargaining could begin April 1 with the current contract expiring May 29 and Chrysler ongoing strikes noted in context.
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