Coal Miners' Rest Sparks Possible Steel Mills Shutdown
Washington reports government moves to curb coal shipments as John L. Lewis calls soft coal miners to a rest amid looming April 1 contract end. Steel mills face immediate disruption with some to close within 10 days and others progressively within a month.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
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Solid Fuels Administration
Howard T. Colvin
Federal Conciliation Service
United Mine Workers
Courly Moses
UMW
Charles O'Neill
Coal Operators’ Negotiating Committee
O'Neill
Europe lessons for America from a traveling correspondent
The correspondent returns home from Europe praising the United States as the best model of life and well being. He notes Europeans seek emigration to the U S and argues American life exceeds European systems in social, economic, and political areas. The piece hints at further reflections continued on Page Two.
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Brooklyn Family Slaying Stuns Tenement District
Police found five wounded family members and a dead infant after Arthur Crehan 40 attacked kin with knives and a hatchet in a Brooklyn tenement. Six injured survived, with two girls 10 and 8 hiding as officers arrived. Crehan wounded and jailed.
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New York
Brooklyn
Albert Bishop
Arthur Crehan
Teresa
Margaret
Lawrence
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John
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Robert
Kathleen
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James Maloney
Crehan
Cumberland Hospital
Tar Heel Narrow Escape From Pond Crash
Miles Johnson of St Pauls was trapped in the back seat when a car crashed into a pond near Fayetteville. He smashed a window with one hand and held his nose with the other to escape. The crash occurred near Hope Mills where two other men also freed themselves after the vehicle overturned.
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Fayetteville
Here
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Car production to exceed 40000 units this week
Detroit March 27 Production of peacetime cars and trucks likely will top 40 000 units this week for the first time since February 1942. Ward's reports show last week at 37275 with gains expected from Ford Dodge Chrysler Plymouth De Soto. Some GM divisions idle since November 21 strike may resume next week, but full output unlikely for 3 to 4 weeks. Packard lines remain down for bearings shortages, with a similar three week closure expected.
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Ward
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Dodge
Chrysler
Plymouth
de Soto
Chrysler Corp
Hudson
Ash
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Chevrolet
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Oldsmobile
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Cadillac
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United Auto Workers
Packard
Britain And American Agreement On Lend Leased Aid
The United States and Britain announced nine agreements on lend lease obligations totaling about 650 million dollars to be repaid with interest by 2002. Memorandum signed in Washington by acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the Earl of Halifax. Repayment to begin December 31, 1951 at two percent interest.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Dean Acheson
Earl of Haliax
U. S
Congress
Bigamous Case Is Decided In Setzer's Favor
The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed a Caldwell County verdict finding Ernest Raymond Setzer guilty of bigamous cohabitation. Setzer, of Lenoir, had married Claudia Earl Munday in Charleston in 1942 while still married to Lois Moore Setzer. The court ruled Lois’s testimony was incompetent except as it applied to the marriage, overturning the six year sentence.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court Today
Caldwell County Superior Court
Ernest Raymond Setzer
Lenoir
Setzer
Claudia Earl Munday
Charleston
S. C
Lois Moore Setzer
J. Wallace Winborne
Lois Setzer
Thermometer Readings Show Broad U S Warmth and Storms
Nationwide weather report notes thunderstorms and clouds in the south and southeast from Texas to the Atlantic, while most of the country enjoys fair skies and above normal temperatures. Massachusetts records readings in the 50s.
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Associated Press
Texas
Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts
Trustees Of Wake Forest Approve Gift
The Wake Forest board of trustees adopted a resolution favoring a conditional gift from the Z Smith Reynolds foundation. The decision was made at a closed meeting and will be presented to the North Carolina Baptist convention and its educational council when they meet April 11 at Wake Forest.
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Wake Forest College
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
General Bard
North Carolina Baptist Convention
Convention
Educational Council
Wake
Soviet Editors To Attend ASNE Convention
Three Russian editors will attend the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual convention in Washington D C from April 18 to 20. ASNE President John S Knight said the Russian government accepted the invitation after ASNE extended it via the State Department to the Russian foreign office. The editors have not yet been identified.
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Miami
Fla
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington, D. C
ASNE
John S. Knight
State Department
Knight
Food relief limits seen as UNRRA debate shifts
UNRRA delegates weigh steps to stretch relief amid hopes for US and USSR supplies. Proposals include producer-level procurement, livestock grain curtailment, accelerated global food production, and stricter waste controls to speed distribution and curb alcohol grain use.
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Atlantic City
N. J
UNRRA
United States
Russia
Herbert Lehman
Three Million Pounds Of Weed Lost In Blaze
A two hour general alarm fire in Lancaster Pennsylvania destroyed nearly 3 000 000 pounds of tobacco and damaged a four story warehouse owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Loss near 1 000 000 dollars was estimated with no injuries reported. Fire officials noted embers to smoulder for days and the cause remained undetermined.
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Lancaster
Eastern Pennsylvania
Tobacco Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Beans price ceilings lifted for most canned beans
The CPA suspended price ceilings on all canned green and wax beans packed after March 1. The order excludes strained or chapped snap beans sold as baby foods.
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Washington
CPA
Reuther Ovation Bigger Than That Given Thomas
ATLANTIC CITY March 27 Walter Reuther led in nominations for president of the CIO United Auto Workers as a large crowd cheered him on stage with R. J. Thomas sitting sternly by. Delegates showed wide support for Reuther in a lengthy roll call to follow this afternoon. votes ranged from one to eight per delegate.
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Walter P. Reuther
The
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R. J. Thomas
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Cit
Walter Reuther
General Motors
CIO United*Auto Workers
Deleco
Reuther
Thomas
Civil Actions Planned In Usury Cases
RALEIGH March 27 Civil actions will be filed against individuals known to have received usury from Rode rick Davenport s big apple loan business Pyle T Flythe Mount Olive federal trustee in bankruptcy announced here yesterday Most suits will be filed in Wayne county within 30 days as the three year statute of limitations will expire in August Davenport was recently convicted on conspiracy and fraud by false pretenses and sentenced to five to 13 years in prison
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Raleigh
Roderick Davenport
Big Apple
Pyle T. Flythe
Mount Olive
Wayne County
Flythe
Davenport
Russian Naval Officer Nabbed As Spy By FBI Agents
FBI agents arrested Lt. Nicolai Gregorovich Redin 29 a Russian naval officer in Seattle on espionage charges tied to information about the USS Yellowstone and a destroyer tender for the atomic bomb test. He was arraigned in Portland held on 25000 bond with a request to see the Soviet consul and no comment to questions after claiming not to talk.
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FBI
Portland
Ore
Nicolai Gregorovich Redin
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Seattle
U. S. S. Yellowstone
Julius A. Bernard
J. Edgar Hoover
Redin
U. S
Robert A. Leedy
Leedy
Ings
Multnomah County
Hoover
Bernard
U. S. Navy
United States of America
Balanced Budget Prediction by Secretary Vinson
Secretary Vinson told the House Banking Committee the nation is well on the way to a balanced budget as treasury receipts exceed estimates and expenditures are lower than expected. He urged keeping OPA price controls a little longer and warned against relying on price removal to spur production. Taxes should stay high despite a sound fiscal outlook. February expenditures fell to 3.5 billion dollars from a June peak of 9.7 billion.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Vinson
OPA
House Banking Committee
Treasury
National Association of Manufacturers
Vardaman Recommended for 14-Year Federal Reserve Seat
A senate banking sub committee today recommended confirmation of Commodore James K Vardaman Jr for a 14 year term on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Chairman Radcliffe said the subcommittee voted without dissent with Senator Butler not participating. He noted charges against Vardaman, Truman's naval aide, were studied at length.
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Senate Banking
James K. Vardaman, Jr
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Radcliffe
D-Md
Butler
R-Neb
Vardaman
Truman
Naval
Concht
Deadlock Feared Over Iran UN Hearing Among Nations
In New York on March 27 a possible deadlock between the United States and Russia over a United Nations Iran hearing raised serious concern. A sub-committee with US Russia and France began talks to seek an acceptable compromise formula.
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New York
United States
Russia
United Nations
Iran
France
Security council subcommittee adjourns without deal on Iran
The UN Security Council Iran subcommittee halted after 1.5 hours with no agreement. Secretary Byrnes gave no statement and referred reporters to Porter McKeever, who said no accord was reached and the meeting adjourned at 12 45 p m. Andrei Gromyko declined to comment. The U S French and Russian members will report to the council chair this afternoon.
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Iran
Andrei Gromyko
UNO Security Council
New York
Council
James F. Byrnes
Imme- Lee
United Nations Security Council
Byrnes
Porter McKeever
U. S
Iran Russia tensions loom at Security Council session
Secretary Byrnes and ambassadors Gromyko and Bonnet met in Pierre hotel to press for a timely council decision on Iran. Byrnes argues for equality in debate for small states and a fair settlement amid Iran Russia tension as Hussein Ala reiterates Tehran’s protests over Red Army troops’ postwar stay.
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Lovell
Andrés Gromyko
Henri Bonnet
Bonnet
Pierre Hotel
Security Council
Gromyko
Iran
Russia
Hussein Ala
Subsidies for Material Opposed in Housing Plan
Washington reports the U S chamber of commerce rejected renewed subsidies to boost scarce building materials as part of a measure to build 2 7 million new homes by year end. The House sent a 253 727 000 emergency housing bill to the Senate to fund 102 530 temporary homes for veterans and support civilian production programs. The OPA moved to open regional offices in 71 cities to enforce new construction controls.
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Wilson W. Wyatt
United States Chamber of Commerce
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Senate Banking Committee
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Civilian Production Administration
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