LaGuardia urges merger of all labor groups into American Congress of Labor
Former New York mayor LaGuardia tells the Senate labor panel a single national labor body would benefit wage earners and industry. He proposes a four department structure and a study committee to draft labor reform, delaying action until next October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Congress
Congress of Labor
Labor and Industry
Tafluvardia Eo Ennancar Aft
Norris - LaGuardia
Senate Labor Committee
New York
Senate Committee
LaGuardia
American Congress of Labor
AFL
CIO
Bevin Arrives Moscow Calls for Sound Peace at Big Four
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin arrived in Moscow for the Big Four conference and urged foreign ministers to craft a sound peace ensuring global security. He was greeted with modest ceremony by Andrei Vishinsky, while Molotov was absent. Marshall and Bidault to join as discussion opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Russia
Josef Czyankiewicz
Radio Moscow
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
George C. Marshall
Georges Bidault
France
Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Bidault
Palestine
Truman
Appeal Seen in Seizure Case Seeks to Limit Krug-Lewis Pact
Government expected to appeal a district court ruling that the federal coal mines administration had no right to seize Ralph A. Fox’s Morgantown mine over a five cent a ton UMW welfare fund dispute. Judge Baker paused further CMA operation of the 15 man pit, citing lack of UMW agreement, while allowing Fox to run his mine when convenient for transfer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Federal Coal Mines Administration
United Mine Workers
AFL) Welfare Fund
William E. Baker
Baker
Interior
J. A. Krug
Capt. N. H. Collisson
Morgantown
Ralph A. Fox
Fox
UMW
Krug
John L. Lewis
CMA
Case of Howling Dog in Racine
Racine police sought help from local musicians to solve the case of the howling dog near Lincoln grade school. Officials reported a dog that wailed beneath classroom windows during singing lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howling Dog
Racine
Wis
U.P
Lincoln Grade School
Communists Mass Troops Around Tsingtao and Manchuria Fronts
Chinese press reports 100000 to 170000 Communist troops ring Tsingtao while 30000 Reds advance toward Kiaoh sien. In Manchuria government forces push across the Sungari river with fighting expected near Taolaichao bridgehead. Vanguard north of Harbin within 69 miles.
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Peiping
Tsingtao
Kiaohsien
Manchuria
Sungari River
Taolaichao
Harbin
U S Moves To Fast Track Ruling Against Miners
The government plans to urge the Supreme Court to immediately issue its mandate against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers to prevent a soft coal stoppage by March 31. Union attorneys weigh opposing the motion as the Justice Department cites public interest and a danger of a walkout. Interior Secretary Krug says negotiations will wait until Lewis complies with the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Irete
Clark
Justice Department
Krug
Lewis
GOP Studies Differences on Rent Controls and Labor Strife
The GOP debates rent control extension as Taft braces for Senate actions after hearings. Intricate exchanges over government operation of coal mines, mine profits, and a looming July 1 strike deadline frame congressional discussions. Senator Taft predicts a rent policy decision after Labor committee hearings, with Buck subcommittee work and a Lilienthal confirmation vote looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Banking Committee
Buck
R.-Del
OPA
Pope Talks Europe During Stassen Audience
Pope Pius XII met Harold Stassen for a 20 minute audience in Rome. They discussed European economic conditions. Stassen visited the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museum and spoke with Premier Alcide De Gasperi.
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Rome
U.P
Pius XII
Harold Stassen
Vatican
Stassen
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Museum
Alcide de Gasperi
Sun Spot Disrupts Global Radio Communications
A long sun spot 75 000 to 80 000 miles across disrupted radio links worldwide. Press Wireless in New York and AP circuits to London faced erratic signals. San Francisco reported eight minutes of complete curtain to the Orient. Harvard Observatory noted sun spot eruptions likely to cause fading and magnetic disturbances across 500 million square miles of the sun’s surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Wireless, Inc
New York
Associated Press
London
Roy K. Marshall
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Marshall
San Francisco
Orient
Philippines
China
Japan
Press Wireless
Bloemfonstein
South Africa
Harvard University Observatory
Arrest of 57 Nazi Leaders in Austria Halted by Police
Vienna reports that Austrian interior ministry says a large Nazi underground movement was smashed with 57 leaders arrested. American troops aided Austrian police in rounding up the gang. Former S S General Walter Rafelsberger found under an assumed name. ministry says arrests killed the gang while it was still in germ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
U.P
Interior Ministry
S. S
Walter Raffelsberger
Germ
Spring Open House Draws Large Crowds
Thousands of shoppers toured Kenosha stores Friday for the spring open house sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce retail division. Local districts showcased displays across 60 stores with prize judging in merchandising novelty and distinctive displays.
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Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce
Waukegan
Segal’s
Black Bros
Peltier Furniture Store
L. Turner Sons
Lydia
Chiapetta
Obertin’s Florists
Thorn Shoppe
Stoneman
Korf's
Sepp’s
Garb’s
Isermann’s
Morrison’s
Marshall Seeks Four Power Security Pact at Moscow
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States favors a four power security pact as an interim German solution pending a peace treaty. En route to Moscow for the foreign ministers conference, he called the pact the top U.S. objective and noted it could ease obstacles to Allied German Austrian settlements. He cited Byrnes as first proposing the idea and suggested France might welcome it to counter German aggression fears.
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Berlin
Marshall
United States
Foreign Ministers
Moscow
U. S
Germany
Austria
James F. Byrnes
France
Taft accuses Democrats of stalling Senate bills
Senator Taft charges Democrats with a deliberate attempt to stall legislation. He vows to press sessions daily to advance the GOP legislative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
R.-O
Senate
Veterans urged to report on trailer home plan
Kenosha County veteran officer Evan Planmiller urged World War II veterans to report by Monday evening on interest in securing a trailer home at their own expense if the city council provides a site and facilities at a reasonable charge. He noted Bonnie Home housing will serve 84 families from 300 applications and that many veterans may not receive permanent housing, with the council weighing a trailer center option tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Planmiller
Kenosha County
Kenosha
Plawmiller
Planmiller
Bonnie Hame
Pfanmiller
17-Year-Old Gob From Alabama Outgrows Navy
The Navy ordered medical discharge for 17-year-old J. E. Gillespie of Montgomery Alabama. He joined almost a year ago at six two and grew to six six and a quarter inches. Navy hammocks and bulkheads no longer fit him.
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Gob
Alabama
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
U.P
J. E. Gillespie
Montgomery
Ala
Gillespie
Kenoshans Join right To Save Flambeau River
Kenoshans join sportsmen and nature lovers in opposition to a Dairyland Cooperative plan to build a dam on the Flambeau River near Tony Wisconsin. The Public Service Commission approved the dam which would create an 11 mile flowage between Ladysmith and Big Falls, erasing a major river attraction. Edward Quinn of the Kenosha Conservation Club filed a protest on behalf of the local group.
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Kenoshans
Wisconsin
Flambeau River
Phil Sander
Dairyland Co-Operative
Tony
Wis
Public Service Commission
Sander
Ladysmith
Big Falls
Edward Quinn
Kenosha County Conservation Club
Club
Kenosha
Guerrilla Attack Kills 28 on Burma Train Near Pyinyaung
Twenty eight people including seven British soldiers were killed when a passenger train was attacked by native guerillas near Pyinyaung station about 90 miles south of Mandalay in Central Burma. Fourteen passengers were injured.
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Rangoon
Burma
Pyinyaung
Mandalay
Chicago Woman Placed On Trial For Grand Larceny
Edith Ann Carrino, 24, a hospital attendant, was arrested after a grocery bill dispute led to claims she posed as a doctor and twin female doctors. Police say she stole a fur coat from the University of Illinois research hospital and faces felony charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Edith Ann Caruso
University of Ulinois
Edith Ann Carrino
Truman weighs action on Greece crisis amid congressional talks
President Truman weighs direct intervention in Greece as Britain withdraws protection. He召 summons 15 congressional leaders to a White House conference Monday to decide on authority and funding to support Greece and stem Communist expansion in southern Europe. The plan may seek up to 250 million dollars in aid pending allied talks in Moscow.
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Washington
Truman
Greece
Britain
Mediterranean
White House
Caribbean
Congress
Europe
More Yanks To Leave China
Peiping guarded evacuation proceeds as 440 Americans tied to the truce headquarters entrain for Tangku to board the Brewster. Observation planes monitor safety. fighter planes stand by. Brewster to land in Yokohama then San Francisco with 24 officers 36 dependents and 18 civil service personnel. Pioneer battalion Marines to depart for Guam within a week as U S forces withdraw from China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Executive (Truce
Tangku
Brewster
Peiping-Tientsin
Marine Air Wing
Tientsin
Yokohama
San Francisco
Pioneer Battalion
China
Guam
U. S
Arraignment of Milwaukee Farm Implement Maker On Tax Evasion
Milwaukee inventor Hepy J. Noll was arraigned before U S Commissioner Floyd E Jenkins on a federal warrant accusing him of evading 78649 dollars in income taxes for 1940 45. He was released on ten thousand dollar bail and ordered to appear before Jenkins on March 21.
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Milwaukee
Hepy J. Noll
U. S
Floyd E. Jenkins
Noll
Jenkins
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Robert Taft
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National Coal Association
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Nixon
R.calif
House Committee On unAmerican
Leon Josephson
Trenton
N. J
Josephson
Gerhard Eisler
America
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Pope
Sun
Byrnes
Holt
Mich
Fred Welsh
Michigan Central Railroad
Bonnie Home
Quinn
House
Near East
Turkey
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