Pennsylvania Governor Orders State Police into Pittsburgh
Governor Edward Martin ordered state troopers into Pittsburgh to protect CIO strike picket lines at the Westinghouse plant as 16,000 workers join a nationwide walkout. Deputies broke up a melee at the East Pittsburgh plant and union leaders called a mass meeting to vote on a wage proposal contrasting Westinghouse’s 18 14 cents an hour claim with union estimates of about 9 7 cents.
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Associated Press
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
CIO
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Martin
North Carolina tobacco acreage set for 1946 rise
Raleigh March 22. North Carolina farmers plan to plant 816000 acres of flue cured and burley tobacco in 1946, up nine percent in the flue cured belts and down ten percent in burley regions. Crop statistician Russell Handy notes overplanting risk but forecasts overall growth. Eastern NC aims 385000 flue cured acres, old and middle belts 315000, border belt 92000.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Russell Handy
Handy
Border Belt
Hoover probes European food shortage amid hunger crisis
Paris March 22 Former President Herbert Hoover launches his inquiry into the European food shortage stressing the gravity and dangers of hunger. He recalls his wartime relief work and warns that hundreds of millions face hunger with only enough food for about three quarters, risking deaths before production catches up. His Rome trip continues this study.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Rome
Europe
Reds Will Help Preserve Crops Of Iranians
Moscow reports a Soviet expedition organized by the agriculture ministry and the airfleet departs to combat grasshoppers over 148000 acres in northern Iran. I I Sazonov of a special airfleet section says Iran requested aerial control and the project should finish by June 1, protecting cotton plantations in southern Azerbaijan.
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Moscow
Ministry of Agriculture
Iran
Evening Moscow
I. I. Sazonov
Russia
Sazonov
Azerbaijan
Parole Granted by Governor In Raleigh
Governor Cherry approved six paroles in Raleigh on March 22. Among those released is Fred Moton, convicted in Guilford in 1939 for second degree murder and given a 20 to 25 year sentence.
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Guilford
Raleigh
Cherry
Fred Moton
Disposal Of Surplus Goods Is Problem
A Senate committee reports the foreign surplus disposal issue remains a muddle. It cites army and navy indecision delaying stocktaking and surplus declarations, scant attention to civilian surpluses for reconversion, State Department restrictions abroad, and nebulous Britain lend lease balance terms.
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Washington
Senate
National Defense Program
United States
Army
Navy
Cone
Office of War Mobilization
State Department
Britain
United Kingdom
Pineapples Sell For $20 Each In London Store
Fresh pineapples from the Azores went on sale in London at $20 each today while string beans sold for $5 a pound. Prewar prices ranged from 50 cents to $4.
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London
Azores
Administrator For OPA Sees Costs Rising
NEW YORK March 22 Paul A Porter OPA administrator said there would be some price increases from approved wage boosts but the wage price policy would have little effect on rents or food prices He warned the policy would add to creeping price rises yet said in most industries wage gains exceed prewar levels and need not raise prices He spoke at a luncheon of the AFL Democratic Action group and urged firm action to curb speculation in raw cotton and accelerate production to minimize hardship and ensure price adjustments when necessary
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New York
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Anion For Democratic Action
Porter
Bearings for Norden bombsight made with tiny needles
SKF Industries announced under secret orders it began producing special ball bearings for the Norden bombsight at its Lansdale Pennsylvania plant. Company executive vice president Co F Wollmar said the bearings are so small they must be oiled with hypodermic needles. SKF added its war contracts for ball and roller bearings will end April 1.
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Philadelphia
SKF Industries, Inc
Norden
F. Wollmar
Lansdale
SKF
Child Victim Of Accidental Hanging In Yard
A four year old girl, Barbara Jean Jenks, died in a freak yard accident in Detroit on Thursday. Police inspector William de Lisle said she was alone when she threw a rope over a clothes line and the rope looped around her neck. Her body was found by her brother, Lawrence, 12.
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Detroit
Barbara Jean Jenks
William de Lisle
Barbara
Lawrence
Death silences radio voice of Beulah
Hollywood reports the death of Marlin Hurt at 40, the actor who portrayed Beulah on radio after a vaudeville start. Hurt, who created Beulah on Fibber McGee and later headlined a Sunday program, died of a heart attack as his wife helped him to bed.
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Hollywood
Beulah
Marlin Hurt
Hart
Double Dues Face UAW Ahead of 1944 Convention
Atlantic City March 22 The CIO United Auto Workers prepares for its 10th convention with a presidential contest likely between R. J. Thomas and Walter P. Reuther. A dues increase to $2 a month is proposed by secretary treasurer George F. Addes quoting insufficient ordinary income. Thomas invites Reuther to run while urging unity. Reuther has not committed. Addes notes liquid assets around $1 million, forecast to drop by month’s end.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
R. J. Thomas
Walter P. Reuther
Thomas
Reuther
UAW
Auto Union
George F. Addes
Addes
Blame Officers For Cruelty To Prisoners
London report says Col. James A. Kilian of Highland Park Illinois and five other officers face charges of conspiring to inflict cruel and unusual punishment on guard house prisoners. Maj. Richard D. Kearney notes counts include misfeasance and malfeasance under the 70th article of war. Kilian and others testified earlier this year in the related Lichfield prisoner mistreatment case.
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London
U. S
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
Ill
Lichfield
Richard D. Kearney
Kilian
Rationing Advocated at UNRRA Meet
A coalition of major national organizations urged the United States to ration cereals fats and oils seen as desely needed elsewhere They also called for aid to political refugees without requiring their governments consent and pressed for immediate action
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Russia to deliver wheat promised to France amid war aid
Reports from Atlantic City and Washington say Russia will ship wheat pledged to France. U S war shipping officials state three American Liberty ships were sent back empty after calling at Odessa to collect the Russian grain.
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Atlantic City
Russia
France
War Shipping Administration
Odessa
Nations unite to care for displaced, urge famine action
Twenty one organizations including the national grange and veterans groups sign a statement urging the U S government to increase overseas food aid and rationing at home. Observers from UNRRA council meetings say Truman’s famine program is insufficient to meet the crisis and moral obligations. The note comes as a dispute over returning displaced nationals to their homelands surfaces within UNRRA council discussions.
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National Grange
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Community Service Committee
The
CIO
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
State Department
UNRRA
Truman
America
U. S
Council
Black Market In Meat Myth Says OPA Official
Iowa OPA Director Walter D. Kline called the alleged meat black market a myth. He said packers complain of losing government subsidies and that if black market prices exist they must exceed retail ceilings. He blamed the agriculture department for the packers’ problem, not the OPA, noting new eastern slaughterhouses licensed by USDA.
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OPA
Des Moines
Mar
Iowa Opa
Walter D. Kline
Kline
Midwest
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Adams-Millis Spends Million For Equipment
J E Millis president of Adams-Millis Corp of High Point N C says in the annual stockholders report the firm ordered one million dollars of new machinery to replace worn out equipment and has already paid 175000. Delivery expected in 1946 and 1947 per Knit Goods Weekly.
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New York
J. E. Millis
Adams-Millis Corpoation
High Point
N. C
Pittsburgh Suffered Big Fire Loss In Downtown Blitz
A major Pittsburgh blaze swept a three block downtown area from First to Fourth avenues destroying twelve food and supply buildings and damaging rail and distributing houses. Firemen reported 14 injuries from debris and walls and estimated losses between 500000 and 700000 dollars as the worst here in 30 years.
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Pittsburgh
First
Fourth Avenue
Golden Triangle
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
William Davis
Public Display Of Affection Banned By U S Army In Japan
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger announces that Eight Army troops are barred from public displays of affection toward Japanese women. He clarifies no fraternization ban, but states such conduct is in poor taste especially with those who were recently enemies.
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Tokyo
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eigth Army
Japan
Stalin Endorses United Nations As Tool For Peace
Moscow March 22 Prime Minister Stalin affirmed confidence in the United Nations as an instrument to preserve peace and security worldwide. He said he was convinced that neither nations nor their armies were seeking another war in a written reply to three questions.
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Moscow
Stalin
United Nations Organization
Gilmore's Stalin interview broadcast before AP filing
AP correspondent Eddy Gilmore was scooped as Moscow radio aired his Q and A with Prime Minister Stalin before he could file. The broadcast went out from Moscow shortly after 11 a m EST and was recorded in London. Gilmore sent a wire to AP at 11 55 a m saying he would file soon with a text letter from Stalin in reply to three questions. His story began arriving in New York at 12 08 p m.
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Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Gilmore
Stalin
Moscow
London
New York
Questions to him on peace and the United Nations
In a March 19 AP interview reply dated March 22, he stresses the UN as a serious instrument for peace and security. He says its strength lies in equal rights for all states and that continued adherence to this principle will help guarantee universal peace and security. He notes current fears shaping global opinion and urges careful attention to maintaining international cooperation.
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Associated Press
United Nations Organization
Jackson Uses Sharp Reproof To Stop Goering Praise
Justice Robert H. Jackson angrily interrupted Hermann Goering during the International Military Tribunal proceedings in Nuremberg. He warned the trial could drag on into August as Goering sought to praise Hitler and review relations with the Fuehrer. Goering denied knowledge of the millions harmed, claiming Germans were ignorant too and saying he followed orders to show loyalty.
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Goerke
Winston-Salem Sailor Sentenced to Life in Rape Case
John J. Blakeney an 18 year old sailor from Winston-Salem North Carolina was sentenced to life imprisonment in federal court in Honolulu for raping a 32 year old woman last October 8. He was found guilty of criminal assault on March 5 by a jury which recommended against the death penalty.
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Gets Life Team
Honolulu
John J. Blakeney
Winston-Salem
N. C
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