AFL Reaffirms John Lewis UM W Move To Unity
AFL President William Green announced the reaffiliation of John L Lewis and his United Mine Workers with the AFL. Lewis was elected to the Executive Council vacancy after Harvey Brown’s withdrawal, and the miners’ return signals unity. The move could spur other unions to rejoin the AFL, as Green noted broader labor unity and solidarity.
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United Labor Movement
CIO
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Dubinsky
Miami
Springfield
Til
U S Seizes Meat Plants as Strike Actions Loom
The government begins operating the national meat industry at 12:01 am with 184 plants under Agriculture Department control. CIO workers may not return amid union decisions. AFL leaders call a temporary truce. Looming strikes in steel and autos threaten further disruption across key industries.
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Gayle G. Armstrong
New Mexico
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Ford Motor Company
Allied Industrie
General Motors
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Bristol Area Brings Guilty Pleas In Circuit Court
Court actions from Sullivan County Circuit Court reflect a Bristol area focus as six defendants faced multiple charges. Frank Gentry and John Henry Wood admitted petit larceny for stealing tools from Hamilton’s car, with 30 day jail terms. Wood also pleaded guilty to drunk driving, receiving ten days suspended and a $20 fine. Tom Barrett faced a $300 fine after admitting possession of 24 gallons of liquor. Charley McQueen received a 10 day jail sentence for stealing three shirts. Mildred Offield was cleared of charges related to improper charges on her grandfather’s account. Fred Skeens and Homer Skeens faced car break in with pistol and other items. Fred Walls faced a year and one day after Kingsport death case. sentence by Judge Ferguson.
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Bristol
Sullivan County
Frank Gentry
John Henry Wood
James Hamilton
Wood
Tom Barrett
Kingsport
Charley McQueen
Grant
Mildred Offield
H. P. King Co
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Homer
Fred Skeens
Bristol Brothers
W. S. Baumgardner
Fred Walls
Marshall County
Robert Davis
Broad Street
State Penitentiary
Shelburne Ferguson
Walls
Davis
Court
France Moves To Start Deflation Program In Crisis
Paris reports that President Felix Gouin and fellow leaders approved a deflation program to cope with France s financial crisis. The plan calls for price and salary freezes, deep spending cuts, and ties to Britain and the United States, with Mendes France likely to head the finance portfolio. Gouin warned he might abandon attempts to form a government if proposals failed.
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Paris
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Felix Gouin
Socialist Party Today
United States
Pierre Mendes-France
Charles de Gaulle
MRP
Gouin
Britain
Grand Jury Probes County Court Report on County Funds
Grand jury studies a County Court committee report charging County Judge T R Bandy with violations. The January term panel seeks code references on warrants and county fuel expenditure as it weighs actions by the attorney general.
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Witness Testimony On Treatment At Mauthausen Camp
Maurice Lampe testified before the international military tribunal about Septem ber 1944 events at Mauthausen. He described executions of 47 American and Dutch prisoners, beatings, and a forced ascent of a stone quarry stair climb, detailing their punishment after alleged escape attempts.
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Mfivera
Gestapo
Heinrich Almmier
Mauthausen
International Military Tribunal
Maurice Lampe
Hachman
Lampe
Hirate Convicted and Sentenced to Hang in Yokohama Case
Hirate, a government librarian turned prisoner camp commandant, was convicted today of causing the deaths of four Allied soldiers. He received the death sentence by hanging after being found guilty on all charges except misappropriation of Red Cross supplies. The military commission, led by Oliver H. Trechter, announced the verdict.
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Kaleht Hirate
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Oliver H. Trechter
Red Cross
Pic
Raymond
Sut‘ble
Hadleigh
England
Ernest J. Glover
Hemsworth
Yorks
Set. J. Pelleneau
Soerahaja
Java
Sgt
van Daslen Meyer
Djamboclaan
Batavia
U S Army Claims Radar Contact With Moon
The Army says radar recorded a contact with the moon, a 238,000 mile echo returned in 2.5 seconds. Report by Signal Corps at Evans Lab Belmar New Jersey notes repeatable results with potential peacetime and wartime uses, but no forecasts on impact.
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Evans Signal Laboratory
Belmar
New Jersey
Army
Meon
War Department
Assembly Votes On Liquor Ration Change Proposal
Richmond delegates weigh a two gallon per person monthly liquor limit via Crockett amendment to end ABC board rationing on May 1, with Campbell proposing the statutory cap. Another measure would earmark 500000 dollars yearly from ABC profits to localities. A boundary correction with D C awaits Virginia concurrence.
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General Assembly
Crockett
House of Delegates
Pat Crockett
Yorktown
State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Stuart B. Campbell
Wythe
Tuck
Virginia
Virginia District of Columbia
Old Dominion
Kinnie Wagner Docketed Again in Sullivan Case
Kinnie Wagner, 20 years after a Kingsport police shooting, returns to the Sullivan County Circuit Court docket on a murder charge linked to the death of three officers. The outlaw, already serving a life term in Mississippi, was returned by Attorney General Walter Gray’s motion. Wagner, a Scott County Virginia native, had been previously convicted for killing Patrolman John Smith and fled before a new trial could be held. He faced no trial in connection with Deputy Sheriff Weahb or Officer George Frazier. Subsequent pursuits tied him to other killings in Arkansas and Mississippi, during which he was captured while seeking refuge from Mississippi authorities. He was home on a Christmas furlough from Parchman Prison.
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Ferguson
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John Smith
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Frazer
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Vets Promise Adequate Artificial Appliances Policy
The Veterans Administration pledges to supply best quality artificial limbs eyes and other appliances to disabled veterans even if necessary by state acting directly in prosthetic manufacture. Walter Burr heads the new advisory committee with many veterans and promises welfare of the handicapped at heart.
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Veterans Administration
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House Changes Mind About Remodeling The White House
President Truman faced a $1.85 million shortfall for the White House remodeling project as Congress withheld funds. Excavations had begun for a theater with a disappearing stage, cafeteria, and extra offices, spurring criticism from architects. The House had redirected nearly all construction money to the Treasury, with only a small amount for operating expenses. Senate action was expected, but House Republicans pledged continued resistance to restoring funds.
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World War II war crimes trials expand to include Reds and Allies
Tokyo reports that the Soviet Union Russia France and the Netherlands join the international tribunal for Japan's top war crime suspects led by Hideki Tojo. The United States China and four British Empire members had already prepared the process. The trial may begin March first with nine signatories in the render of Japan aboard the Mia sourk Sept 2.
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New Zealand
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Palmer Predicts South Will Boom
Kingsport native E. W. Palmer president of the Kingsport Press, in a University of Tennessee publication Tennessee Business, envisions unprecedented growth for the South. He cites banking promotion, TVA developments, and new enterprises fueling a vast industrial empire for Tennessee and the region.
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Tennessee
South
E. W. Palmer
Kingsport
Kingsport Press
University of Tennessee
Tennessee Business
Palmer
TVA
James H. Strauss
The
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Five More Hurt By Gunfire In Bombay Rioting
Rioting in Bombay for the third day wounded five more persons by rifle fire as mobs attacked Kalbadevi Road. A railway ticket office was set afire and police used tear gas and gunfire. 18 people were reported dead and nearly 500 injured overall. Student factions pressed a school strike amid the unrest.
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Bombay
Kalbadevi Road
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian National Army
Atomic Bomb Testilian Cost of Naval Hulls and Warships
Navy figures estimate the A-bomb test against U S warships could top half a billion dollars. Hulls and engines for 47 combat units cost about 230 million dollars, transports over 100 million, with operating and supply costs around 100 million. German and Japanese ships' costs are undeclared, and armament fittings would raise total outlays. Vice Admiral Blandy declined to quote current ship values or operation costs, noting the ships' age and negligible combat value.
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Navy
U. S
U.S
Nevada
Hitler's mental state linked to 1944 bomb plot, witness says
Gen. Von Below testified to British officers that Hitler showed shock after the July 20 1944 assassination attempt and later deteriorated mentally. The witness, once adjutant to Hitler, escaped a Berlin Reich Chancellery bunker and was captured at Bad Godesberg posing as a student.
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Fuehrer
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Bad Godesberg
Bonn University
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