Old Dominion Faces Power Shutdown
Virginia Governor Tuck drafted about 1,500 VEPCO production and maintenance workers into the state militia under martial law to avert a potential power strike. Guard units distributed draft notices, with orders to report within 24 hours and be placed on inactive duty until a strike materializes. AFL President Green said the action would not be conceded and that the union would await legal guidance.
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Richmond
Tuck
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Commonwealth
Virginia State Guard
State Guard
VEPCO
Orror
Inirginia
North Carolina
Westirginia
Orde
Memrs
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Virginia
Green
White House
Truman
E. J. Brown
AFL Electrical Workers Union
Thesa
Brown
Vernor
Smallpox Cases Nation's Worst Since 1913
Seattle reports five deaths in a severe smallpox outbreak linked to returning servicemen from Japan. A physician calls it the worst since 1913, with vaccines arriving from Philadelphia to combat the spread amid contributory factors like heart and thyroid trouble and old age.
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Seattle
Philadelphia
Orient
Japan
J. K. Bozeman
No Garden Also No Cooking But He’s Seventy-Five
Welfare Superintendent J A Best recounts a 75 year old man living alone who wants old age assistance. The man has no garden and no cooking, buys crackers bread sausage canned meat or cheese and a bottle of pop. He reports good health with no doctor visits or medicines in 20 years.
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Goldsboro
J. A. Best
Idle Strikes Idle Mining Sitters Stir National Labor Clash
The piece notes rising idle coal mining due to labor strikes affecting soft coal output, with 400000 to 460000 workers on strike lists. President Truman states the government has no plans to seize mines amid the dispute. The AP report outlines government positions as the strike lingers into the week.
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Associated Press
Masony
Uni
Truman
No Prospect of Coal Strike Agreement By Sunday
Washington reports the National Coal Association says there is no chance to avert a strike by John L. Lewis and 400,000 soft coal miners as of midnight Sunday. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, has warned that miners will not work without a contract. Battle, executive secretary of the association, accuses Lewis of stalling and not seeking a real accord, while rejecting an offer matching wage patterns in steel, oil, and automotive industries.
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Washington
National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal Association
John D. Battle
Battle
Government Takes Control As Labor Strife Looms
Government seizes soft coal supply lines to avert shutdown as UMW and operators near no agreement on a new contract. Labor officials push to end clashes. farm equipment workers strike looms with 42,000 in focus. International Harvester votes to keep 30,000 workers idle over negotiable issues. About 60,000 cannery workers idle in California amid jurisdiction fights. GM plants recall 20,000 workers in Michigan and Indiana.
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Labor Department
John L. Lewis
UMW
Agriculture Anderson
Labor
Schwellenbach
International Harvester
Allis Chalmers
J. I. Case
Washington
International Harvester Company
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
Cio-Afl
California
AFL Teamsters Union
General Motors
Michigan
Indiana
Veto Power Sparks Fear Over Hidden Bomb Making
Washington March 29 A cautionary note warns that veto loopholes could allow secret bomb making while a plan for international ore to energy control moves forward. Sen Ferguson questions if any nation can veto UNO Security Council actions to enforce an atomic treaty and urges US safeguards before sharing secret formulas. Senator Pepper backs a majority-vote enforcement and the denaturing progress could aid nonproliferation efforts. The State Department says only gradual disclosure will occur and some data must be shared to implement the plan.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
Rmich
State Department
United Nation
Atomic Development Authority
UNO Security Council
United States
Pepper
D-Fla
Security Council
Grounded in the north awaiting New York flight
The World Today reports from Gander Newfoundland on March 29 detailing repeated delays since Monday night as planes struggle to reach New York from Paris. Radio interference, ice on wings, and auroral conditions hinder visibility, keeping several aircraft grounded at a major airbase developed during the war and now aiding transatlantic travel.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Gander
Newfoundland
New York
Paris
Resourceful Marine Hoaxed Bank To Steal 587800 Yen
In Yokohama a marine private posed as a lieutenant to fool a Japanese bank president, absconding with 587800 yen. Capt. Otis J. Carter said Pfc Earl L. Brown admitted the hoax after MP trap at a resort hotel. Assets were seized, bank closed, and most yen recovered except 20000.
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Yokohama
Otis J. Carter
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Pfc
Earl L. Brown
Clarksburg
W. V
Carter
Brown
Iivate
Totsuka
Government Program Is Explained
Washington March 29 Assistant Secretary of State William Benton outlined the information program as a main spring of peace efforts aimed at replacing global ignorance with understanding. He said the task seeks to advance world understanding to lessen war risk and that the program is not a public relations effort but an objective news reporting approach, noting the aim to reach plain citizens of Shanghai and Leningrad.
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Washington
William Benton
American Public Relations Association
Benton
United States
State Department
Shanghai
Leningrad
OPA Official Sees Danger Of Inflation
Price Administrator Paul Porter tells Congress that ceilings will be adjusted to spur production and avert inflation, urging renewal of OPA for another year. He warns of a possible severe inflation in 12 months and defends selective adjustments to remove production obstacles while adhering to standards and avoiding discrimination.
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Washington
Paul Porter
Congress
OPA
House Banks Committee
House Ceiling Price Plan Is Given Support
Washington March 29 The administration gained unexpected Republican support for its proposed price ceilings on existing houses. Senator Capehart Indiana a banking committee member said he would go along noting it is a gesture. The plan would set each home sale price as a ceiling for the housing emergency. housing expeditor Wilson Wyatt seeks restoration of this and another provision. Wyatt would be allowed to spend up to 600 million dollars to stimulate scarce building materials production. Civilian Production Administrator John D Small testified funds could be used for roads timber access docks or sewage systems.
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Washington
Capehart
R-Ind
Banking Committee
Wilson Wyatt
Senate Committee
House
Wyatt
John D. Small
Housewives To Pay More For Meat Beginning Monday
The OPA announced rising prices for most pork and about a third of beef cuts starting Monday, due to higher packing costs after a 16 cent per hour wage hike. Pork up roughly three quarters of a cent per pound, beef about a third. individual cuts rise one to four cents, with some areas unchanged. Bulk dried beef and Canadian bacon increase four cents. liver and corned beef briskets up two cents. Posters listing new ceilings will be displayed by butcher shops.
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Washington
OPA
Sisters in Raleigh Both Suffer Arm Breaks
Sayde Harris and her sister Mrs Ray Thorne both broke an arm within moments of each other on a Raleigh street. Harris fell and Thorne also injured her left arm at the same spot while rushing to assist. The sisters were taken to the hospital together.
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Raleigh
Sayde Harris
Ray Thorne
Miss Harris
Mrs. Thorne
LaGuardia presses UNRRA push for world relief
LaGuardia, new UNRRA director general, told delegates from 48 nations he would seek food anywhere including Argentina to aid world relief. He urged action against black markets, urged cooperation with Argentina, Canada, and other nations, and said wheat has no political color while vowing to obtain fertilizer if needed. He also warned against dismantling power plants and pressed press cooperation as he weighed possible moves with council members amid Gromyko’s absence and Byrnes seeking a constructive solution.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
New York
Council
la Guardia
Col. Peron
Argentina
Buenos Aires
MacKenzie King
Canada
Herbert Hoover
Europe
LaGuardia
Lehman
Amees
Hoover
Truman
War Department
York
UNO Delegates Outline Three Big Questions
The United Nations Security Council with leadership from Secretary of State Byrnes moved toward an early showdown with Russia over Iran discussions. The council slated a new session to press Moscow and Tehran on three specific questions about Iran, Soviet troop withdrawal, and wider bilateral tensions, seeking replies by early next week.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Byrnes
Russia
E.S.T
Havin
Moscow
Tehran
Iran
Secret UN meeting planned before public session
New York officials report the United Nations Security Council held an extra secret meeting in advance of its public session to map a direct request to Moscow and Tehran for information on the Iranian situation. Secretary Byrnes and Sir Alexander Cadogan discussed the matter at their hotel before arranging transport to Hunter College.
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Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Gromyko
Security Council
Council
Byrnes
Secret Council
Truman
New York
United Nations Security Council
Tehran
Hunter College
State Byrnes
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Woman's Cool Head Saves Her Automobile
In Gary Indiana on March 29 Mrs Lylas Hazelett 42 acted swiftly when her car stalled at a Michigan Central crossing in Grant street. She told companions Ethel Blackwell and Eva Schultz to exit and pressed the starter while keeping the car in gear to inch forward as a freight train passed two blocks away. The rear bumper was clipped but no serious damage or injuries were reported.
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Gary
Ind
Lylas Hazelett
Michigan Central Railroad
Grant Street
Hazelett
Ethel Blackwell
Eva Schultz
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