Supreme Court orders Lewis case mandate for March 20
The Supreme Court ruled the John L. Lewis case mandate will be issued on March 20, eleven days earlier than usual. The decision requires Lewis to withdraw a notice to miners within five days of the mandate or face further penalties totaling 2.8 million dollars.
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Lewis
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
High
Tom C. Clark
High Court
Union
Marshall And Stalin To Confer In Ongoing Soviet Talks
The seventh session of the foreign ministers council in Moscow sparked expectations that Prime Minister Stalin and U S Secretary of State Marshall would soon meet. Bevin reportedly drafted a letter to Molotov rejecting a special conference on China and stressed that China affairs remain chiefly between the United States and Russia.
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Clay
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
Germany
United States Armed Forces
Europe
Joseph T. McNarney
Moscow
George C. Marshall
Foreign Ministers Council
Stalin
U. S
State Marshall
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Labor Issues In Spotlight On Ban Of Closed Shops
Washington reporters note House labor committee members debate a compromise on banning closed shop contracts and industry wide bargaining as they prepare for a Thursday labor bill. Rep Landis opposes an outright ban while Rep Gwinn argues the committee will act, with the dispute centered on the ban versus declaring it an unfair labor practice.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Landis
R-Nd
Ralph Gwinn
R-Ny
Weather in North Carolina Turns Warm and Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy and warm today and tonight with little temperature change into Tuesday. The outlook shows continued mild conditions as the area experiences dry skies and light winds.
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North Carolina
MacArthur Urges Early End to Japan Occupation
General Douglas MacArthur called for an early end to the Allied occupation of Japan and for peace negotiations to begin within months. He said a UN supervised democratization would continue after the formal peace pact, with demilitarization completed and political reform nearing completion. He warned that economic controls remained and UN guidance might be required if mild oversight could not be provided.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
United Nations
Sion
Truman Kept Indoors By Weather
President Truman remains at the naval submarine base in Key West as rain and overcast skies hinder daily sunbathing. He spent the night in the commandant's quarters and listened to daughter Margaret's Detroit Symphony broadcast with staff. He also phoned his ailing mother in Grandview Missouri and spoke with his wife and her mother at the White House.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Margaret
Detroit
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
White House
Saint Patrick MO Post Office Sparks Green Stamp Craze
In Saint Patrick Missouri the post office uses a green shamrock hand stamp on envelopes. Postmaster John Logston has cancelled over 20 000 letters amid collector interest in the world’s only Saint Patrick postmark. Shamrock Missouri notes similar holiday mail but reports a drop in activity since the green ink stamp began.
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ST. Patrick
John Logston
Saint Patrick
Missouri
United States
Ireland
Shamrock
W. 8. Armstrong
United States Trustee Idea for Pacific Islands Faces Delays
The U S plan to place the Japanese mandated islands under UN trusteeship stalled in the Security Council amid amendments from New Zealand India the Netherlands and the Philippines Russia Australia and Great Britain. Warren R Austin said the amendments are unacceptable and a prolonged debate is likely. The proposed strategic area trusteeship would give Washington sole administration with power to seal the islands fortify them and ban foreign aircraft. The U S would retain control of the Marshalls Carolines and Marianas including wartime bases such as Saipan.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations Trusteeship
Security Council
New Zealand
India
Netherlands
Philippines
Russia
Australia
Great Britain
Warren R. Austin
Pacific
Washington
Marshalls
Carolines
Marianas
Saipan
Communism Firing Grounds Court Upholds Civil Service Rule
The Supreme Court refused to review Morton Friedman's challenge to his firing as a Communist sympathizer by the War Manpower Commission under Civil Service rules. The ruling preserves lower court decisions upholding the commission's order. Friedman calls the action a government witch hunt.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Civil Service Commission
Morton Friedman
War Manpower Commission
Friedman
Extension Of Two Controls Are Urged
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming urged continuance of essential rent controls through June 30 while Frank R. Creedon argued many controls remain needed to complete the housing program. The House Banking Committee weighs Wolcott’s bill to end Patman era housing controls and set March 31 1948 as the rent control end date. Fleming warned the bill risks higher rents and hardship for veterans. Creedon warned removing controls now couldcut housing production for veterans.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Philip B. Fleming
Frank R. Creedon
Wolcott
Rmich
Fleming
Creedon
Junior High Pupil Faces Death Penalty
14-year-old Carl De Flumer, held in Albany County Jail, awaits Wednesday examination on a first degree murder charge for the impulse hanging of eight-year-old Robert Wahrman. District Attorney Elway says De Flumer confessed. the body was found in Loudonville woods with a clothesline around the neck.
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Albany
N. Y
Carl de Flumer
Amy County
Robert Wahrman
de Flumer
Julian B. Elway
Carr
Loudearnt
Elway
de Flamer
Eighteen North Carolina Deaths From Violent Causes
Eighteen persons were killed violently in North Carolina over the past week. Ten died in traffic accidents including Herbert Snyder of Alta Pass Mitchell County. Thomas Wilson a former N C State student. Fred Ryan of Garner. Sherrod Vance Bell of Portsmouth Virginia. Mrs James C Braswell of Rocky Mount. Charles Price a 16 year old rider near Nashville. and Pfc B E Onscard of Duluth Minnesota. Additional fatalities came from carbon monoxide poisonings and a gunshot incident.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Herbert Snyder
Alta Pass
Mitchell County
Spruce Pine
Thomas Edward Wilson
N. C. State College
Franklin County
Fred Ryan
Garner
Sherrod Vance Bell
Portsmouth
Rocky Mount
James C. Braswell
Nashville
Charles Am Price
Pfc
B. E. Onscard
Duluth, Minn
Aircraft Set To Hunt For 12 Missing Seamen
Nine aircraft prepared to depart Midway Island to search for 12 men missing in a life boat from the Fort Dearborn tanker. Twenty two crewmen ride the stern section, reported to be safely aboard the liner General W. H. Gordon as weather worsened. The bow and stern broke apart 1,100 miles northwest of Honolulu during last week’s storm.
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Honolulu
Midway
Fort Dearborn
Fears Harbor
Navy
el Dorado
W. H. Gordon
San Francisco
British Hurricane Kills Eleven Across Britain
A powerful Atlantic hurricane killed eleven people and caused extensive property damage across Britain. Winds up to 98 mph uprooted trees, wrecked buildings, and flooded regions, with many families marooned and transportation paralyzed.
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London
Britain
Air Ministry
Atlantic
England
Scotland
United States Protest Over Hungary Aims at Communists
The United States lodged its second note in 12 days to Soviet authorities in Budapest protesting that minority groups led by the Hungarian communist party seek power by extra constitutional means. Brig. Gen. George H. Weems signed the note to Lt. Gen. V. P. Sviridov, arguing such tactics threaten democracy and calling for a concerted international investigation into Hungarian political conditions, including the Bela Kovacs case.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
Communist Party
George H. Weems
Allied Control Council For
V. P. Sviridov
Yalta
Europe
Bela Kovacs
Kovacs
Small Holders
Sviridov
Three Men Reported In Fair Condition After Accident
Three men from Huntersville were in fair condition in Charlotte after a car struck an iron guard rail at a dead end street. The car catapulted 50 feet into a ditch. R. D. Wallace 25 suffered possible internal injuries and facial lacerations. Richard Grace 20 had fractures of the left leg and right ankle with facial cuts requiring stitches. Johnny Auten 21 the driver was cut on the leg and hand.
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Charlotte
Huntersville
Noapital
R. D. Wallace
Richard Grace
Johnny Auten
GOP Hints Plan Should Go To UN
Fresh republican leaders suggested President Truman report his Greek Turkish aid plan to the United Nations and name Herbert Hoover to direct relief. Congress prepares a 400 million dollar Mediterranean aid package as debates over UN involvement continue and envoys return from Europe.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Herbert Hoover
Congress
H. Alexander Smith
U.N
Moore
R-Okla
Hoover
Paul Porter
Greece
Lincoln MacVeagh
Edwin C. Wilson
Athens
Ankara
OPA
Governor Cherry Warns of Revenue Loss From Liquor Bans
Raleigh March 17 Governor Cherry warned that halting wine and beer sales in 17 counties could cost the state about 2.5 million dollars in the 1947 49 biennium. Rep Mal of Cleveland delayed a revenue bill then withdrew a rider after a compromise. The next day 16 other counties joined in seeking the measure.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Mal
Cleveland
Miss Truman In Triumph
Margaret Truman the president’s five year old daughter made a triumphant debut as a soprano soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Karl Krueger praised her performance as a big thrill and tributes poured in from across the nation. The president phoned congratulations from Key West and plans a Washington return after rest with her singing teacher Mrs. Margaret Armstrong Strickler.
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Detroit
Margaret Truman
Detroitt Symphony Orchestra
Karl Krueger
Washington
Margaret Armstrong Strickler
Key West
Fla
Charles G. Ross
Molotov pushes 20 year German reparations plan at talks
Moscow demands a 20 year reparations schedule with 10 billion dollars from Germany and four power control of the Ruhr. He calls for immediate cancellation of the American British zonal fusion and removal of capital goods for reparations. He urges division of German assets abroad and reparations from ongoing production, dating the period from Potsdam 1945.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers
Germany
Soviet Union
Molotov
Ruhr
Diplomats Clash Over Germany Peace Drafting At London
In London meetings deputy force ministers debated wider participation by smaller nations in drafting Germany peace terms. Murphy urged 25 nations including Mexico and Iran, while Vishinsky blocked broader inclusion preferring separate approvals. He attacked Turkey and a British four committee plan as ineffective. The conference aimed to address economics and reparations, key issues splitting Western powers and the Soviet Union.
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Bevin
United States
Germany
Robert Murphy
London
Murphy
Mexico
Bolivia
Iran
Philippines
Ceputy
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Turkey
Austria
Paraguayan Rebels Stage An Uprising
Paraguayan rebels reportedly captured Piedro Juan Cabellero the capital of Amambay province on the Brazilian border and seized Pena Hermosa while releasing about 1,000 officers including Col. Alfred Galeano. Loyalist forces claimed capture of Belen Cue near Concepcion as fighting continued in the north.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Asapress
Piedro Juan
Concepcion
Troo
Belen Cue
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