United States charges Soviets over Hungary crisis note
The United States accused Soviet Russia of causing a political crisis in Hungary through interference in internal affairs. A note delivered to Moscow and other capitals called the high command's actions unwarranted and warned of foreign meddling threatening Hungary’s right to self government.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Soviet
Russia
Budapest
Hungary
Moscow
Marshall
Bela Kovacs
Kovacs
Smallholders Party
State Department
Marshal
Great Britain
Allied Control Council
Greece
V. P. Sviridov
Control Council
Ian
Divergent Labor Views Are Given
National Labor Relations Board Chairman Paul M. Herzog warned that proposed Wagner Act changes could trigger a nationwide strike wave as labor and business groups clash over amendments. The U S Chamber of Commerce argued Congress must rewrite the law to clarify its intent to avoid widespread disruption. He predicted years of uncertainty and possible work stoppages if the bills pass, while the chamber stressed risks to employers from altered strike penalties and broader bargaining limits.
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Washington
Mar
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Senate
House Labor Committees
NLRB
Chamber of Commerce
House Committee
Herman W. Steinkraus
Business Organization
Labor Relations Committee
Ball
Minn
Taft
Ohio
Smith
Herzog
Steinkraus
Weather Briefs From March 1947 City Readings
The record notes cloudy and mild conditions with light rain in parts of the east. Temperatures across several cities including Charleston Charlotte Meridian Miami New Orleans and Spartanburg show varied highs and lows with precipitation totals around 0.00 to 8.80 inches in a 24 hour period.
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Baiot Ab Aotte
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Nea
Columbia de Denver
Ivanaville
Veston
Reens
AL Meridian
Miamiov
Minn - St. P
Mitchell
Kew Orleans
Max Min
Ken Antonio
Pratcieen
Spartanburg Ai
Weenaon the Rock
Eles Ats
Etna Erupts From New and Old Craters
In Catania Sicily on March 6 the Etna volcano renewed activity with lava from a new crater above Monte Santa Maria and an existing crater along its northern rim. Rail traffic near stations around the base faced danger as tremors continued.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Monte Santa Maria
Marshall In Paris Dulles In Berlin
Secretary of State Marshall arrived in Paris en route to Moscow while John Foster Dulles and advisers landed in Berlin for the foreign ministers conference. Bidault and Bevin traveled toward Moscow and Warsaw respectively as 11 U.S. correspondents joined Berlin arrivals.
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Paris
Marshall
Moscow
John Foster Dulles
Foreign Ministers
Berlin
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Warsaw
Washington
Bermuda
Azores
Orly Airfield
United States
Jefferson Caffery
Vincent Auriol
Paul Ram
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
State Department
Lewis W. Douglas
Truman
Great Britain
UN may seek postponement of five Greek executions
The United Nations Balkan investigating commission may ask Yugoslavia to delay the executions of five condemned men at Skopje until their testimony can aid the inquiry into Greek guerrilla support from Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The request follows a Greek note claiming the men hold information useful to the commission. An informed source said Windle of Britain and others on the commission were reprimanded for certain actions.
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Chakales Salonika
Greece
United Nations Balkan Investigating Commission
Yugoslavia
Josip Pierje
Skopjje
Guerrilas
Albania
Bulgaria
UN Security Council
R. T. Windle
Britain
Lilienthal Meeting Today Before Senate Confirmation
The Senate Atomic Energy Committee called in David Lilienthal and other Atomic Energy Commission nominees for a possible final conference before confirmation votes. The 2 p.m. meeting was closed. Senator Millikin said a vote seemed likely, while Chairman Hicksen Looper suggested a possible delay until tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David FE. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Millikin
Cole
Hicksenlooper
Iowa
Court Upholds Lewis Case Convictions Cuts Fine
The Supreme Court upheld contempt convictions of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for defying a court order ending the 17 day soft coal strike. It reduced the miners’ $500,000 fine to $700,000 while leaving a $10,000 fine for Lewis, and warned of an additional $2,800,000 unless compliance is shown within five days after the mandate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Imon Lewis
Lewis
Justice Vinson
Murphy
Rutledge
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Black
See As
Vinson
New York Postal Service Faces Heavy Mail Load
Annual post office receipts in greater New York exceed 64 million dollars. Daily handling includes over 12 million ordinary mail pieces, 135 thousand registered items, 300 thousand pounds of newspapers, and 60 thousand parcel packages. About 18 thousand employees serve the system.
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New York
Rural Schools In East Isolated By Severe Weather
Upstate New York and New England face four days of heavy snowfall that closed rural schools and isolated communities. Maryland reports 600 miles of secondary roads closed and two fishermen died of exposure. Kansas and Missouri see five inches of snow with drifted western prairies complicating road maintenance. Eastern Michigan’s Thumb district records drifts up to 12 feet leaving rural routes isolated. Food drops by plane assisted 700 residents of Hubbard Lake in Alpena County.
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Associated Press
New York
New England
Maryland
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Thumb
Hubbard Lake
Alpena
Winter's Worst Snowstorm Hammers Moscow Visitors
One of the winter's worst snow storms hit Moscow as foreign visitors arrived for the four power foreign ministers conference. Workers rushed to clear streets anew as the temperature fell to five degrees above zero.
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Moscow
Port Measure Introduced For State Ports Authority
Rep Kerman and Sen Lennon of New Hanover submit bills to provide $50,000 yearly for maintenance and operation of the North Carolina state ports authority. The measure notes the authority created in 1945 lacked funding during WWII and argues postwar shipyards and shipping need support. Senate committee on manufacturing, labor and commerce weighs the anti closed shop bill after a hearing with several witnesses expected.
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Raleigh
Kerman
Lennon
New Hanover
North Carolina
Vee
Sng Od Joyner
Greens
25 Terrorists Under Arrest in Palestine
An official announcement reports 25 known terrorists arrested in Palestine over the past days. The group is said to include members of Storm gang and Irgun Zvai Leumi. In the Hadera area south of Haifa, attackers wounded three British soldiers as they tried to raid an army camp, with shots and mortars and six homemade grenades found nearby.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Storm Gang
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Haifa
Hadera
Soviet Critique of United Nations Atomic Control Plan
Lake Success March 6 Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko delivered a long policy speech attacking the American plan for full international inspection and control of atomic energy. He urged strict but limited control not on the broad terms proposed by the United States, while other delegates weighed the implications for national independence and global powers.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Security Council
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Planromyko
United States
Gromyko
Georgia Supreme Court Opens Govship Case
Oral arguments begin in Georgia's Supreme Court over rival claims to the governorship by Herman Talmadge and M. E. Thompson. A decision is expected within ten days. Attorneys argue over rightful legislative representation in electing Talmadge to serve the term of his late father Eugene Talmadge.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Supreme Court
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Talmadge
B. D. Murphy
Enain
Eugene
Rent Control Plan Offered By Senator Sparkman
Senator Sparkman proposes a compromise to extend rent controls through June 30, 1948 with no across the board ceilings increase. He predicts support from five fellow Democrats and possibly one Republican to secure a majority.
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Washington
Sparkman
Dala
Senate Banking Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
OPA Faces June 30 Closure As Funding Fades
Washington March 6 The Office of Price Administration faces a definite June 30 death sentence as Senate and House wrangle over a $182 million deficiency bill. OPA chief Fleming warns he needs 12 million to close and 5 million to operate through April, while the House had previously cut funds and ordered returns to prewar controls.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Treasury
Fis
Senate
House
Senate-House
Weap Bing
Fleming
Chinese Push to Retake Harbin in Manchuria Drive
Chinese government rushed heavy arms by sea to Manchuria to strike retreating communist forces. A bridgehead was established on the Sungari river north of Harbin as Gen Tu Li-Ming claimed Harbin could fall within 10 days if authorized.
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Nanking
Manchuria
Sungari
Harbin
Tu Li-Ming
80 Near Yet 80 Far From Bennos Aires
A quirky note states if you lived in Chicago you would be closer to every European capital or to Moscow than to Buenos Aires, Argentina, highlighting hemispherical distance in a light editorial wordplay.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Europe
Moscow
Bennos Aires
Argentina
Truman Urges Free World Trade Policy During Baylor Visit
President Truman, returning from a Mexico goodwill trip, spoke at Baylor University in Waco about reducing world trade barriers. He urged that the United States lead for economic peace or risk economic war, accepting an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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Waco
Tex
Truman
United States
Mexico
Baylor University
Tru man honorary degree citation revised in Waco
A citation granting an honorary degree to President Truman was revised in Waco on March 6 to remove a claim that the President's mother refused to sleep in the Lincoln bed at the White House.
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Waco
Texas
Truman
Lincoln
White House
Trumah urges bipartisan support for world trade charter
President urges continuation of bipartisan backing for a global trade charter to be discussed by 48 nations at Geneva. He warns against high tariffs and economic isolation, calls for regimentation of international commerce, and frames U S leadership as essential to avoid a repeat of the 1930s.
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Congress
Geneva
United Nations
Trumah
Greece
Britain
Marshall
United States
House Republicans Move to Restore Hoover Name at Dam
On March 6 1949 House Republicans move to rename Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam, seeking to right a historical wrong after 14 years. The resolution faces House public lands committee approval and a chamber vote, with final sign off by President Truman expected Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Herbert Hoover
Mammoth Boulder Dam
Colorado
Hoover Dam
Senate
Truman
House Public Lands Committee
Chamber
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Interior
Dine
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Soviet Bucks Atomic Energy Control Plan
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