Lawmakers OK Bill To Pay U.S. Workers
A House Senate Conference Committee approved a $968 million supplemental appropriations bill to fund salaries for about 400,000 postal workers and employees across the Office of the President, commerce, treasury, labor, agriculture and interior departments, resolving a dispute tied to President Truman's steel seizure.
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Girls Go on Pill Bender Riot At Home
SAN ANTONIO Tex June 3 Mo A Sunday soft drink party at the Hexar County Home for Girls ended with teens high on rubbing alcohol and barbiturates. Ten escaped with 123 dollars from a matron. Four remain at large. Matron Christine Hanson quit. Authorities plan to revoke privileges and send ring leaders to the Gainesville Texas state school for girls.
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Millionaire Wright offers to advance post office payroll
Dunkirk details show David S. Wright, 86, promising to fund local post office payroll of 7519 with no interest. He previously offered Truman’s salary and funded municipal payrolls in Dunkirk. Other towns like White Plains and Stamford report banks advancing postal workers’ salaries without interest.
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Western Union Warns on Gambling Telegraph Runs
Western Union announced that congressional and law enforcement pressure has halted illegal use of telegraph facilities by bookmakers for the moment. It said it plans new tariff restrictions against gamblers to curb the activity going forward.
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New Curbs On B Return to Normal Bookie Activities
Walter W. Semingsen acting general manager of Western Union urged the Federal Communications Commission to bar the transmission of race information through Onegraph facilities. The company seeks rules to exclude press outlets and to control sending such information to second mails and licensed radio stations. The tariff proposals aim to curb the spread of racing data, with Florida cited among supporters.
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