Solons Rush Bill to Pay Postal Employes
The Senate approved a stopgap measure to fund the Post Office payroll and avert a payless payday for about 400,000 postal workers nationwide. The bill moves to the House for reconciliation as cash shortages threaten June 5 pay, tied to Truman steel-mills seizures and a stalled supplemental appropriation.
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Post Office Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Jesse M. Donaldson
Congress
Donaldson
Truman
Senate Unit OKs U.S. Amendment To Curb Seizures
The Senate Judiciary Committee swiftly approved a proposed constitutional amendment requiring specific congressional permission for government seizure of private property. A House Judiciary subcommittee planned public hearings on proposals to impeach or censure President Truman for seizing the steel industry, with Sen. Pat McCarran introducing the amendment last Monday.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary
Truman
Senate
Pat McCarran
D-Ney
McCarran
Truman Extends Emergency Power
President Truman signed a bill extending war emergency powers until June 15. Congress studies longer extension and may renew authority until June 1. The measure gives Congress 15 more days to act on longer-term legislation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Con- Breas
Birthdays Quints Turn 18 in Quiet Ceremony at Home
CORBEIL Ont May 28 The Dionne quintuplets were graduated from school and celebrated their 18th birthdays today. Papa Dionne controlled access outside their wire‑fenced home while gifts were seen as limited. The private ceremony featured white gowns and blue tasselled hats. Pauline Dionne gave the valedictory as the quints prepare for college in the fall.
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Montreal
Johnson Forgery Case Admits Hearing Date Set
Edward A. Johnson, 29, pleaded guilty to forging a $15 check on May 1. Superior Judge Fred Miller set sentencing for June 16 after the admission at a probation hearing.
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Edward A. Johnson
Fred Miller
Air Defense Drill to Involve 250000 Personnel Across U S and Canada
The Defense Department announced more than 250,000 military personnel and civilian volunteers will participate in a continent wide air defense exercise this summer. The operation, starting in July 1927 and spanning the United States and Canada, will be a joint effort of the Air Forces of both nations.
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Defense Dept
Department
United States
Canada
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