Truman knocks down compromise on civil rights plank
President Truman blocks a McKinney compromise amid a party civil rights fight. ADA pressure pushes for a strong civil rights plank at Chicago as Southern leaders fear 1948 fallout. Drafting committee includes Hays and Dawson with Humphrey pledging to fight if the 1948 stance retreats.
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Washington
Truman
Frank E. McKinney
Americans For ‘Democratic Action
ADA
Congress
Chicago
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
McKinney
Walter George
Georgia
Francis Myers
George
South
South’ ‘Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Lister Hill
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
John J. Sparkman
Robert K. Kennon
Burker D. Murphy
Atlanta
Richard B. Russell
Leham
Theodore Green
Rhode Island
William L. Dawson
Ilinoisl
Philip B. Perlman
Humphrey
Senate Edges Toward Approving House Tax Deductions
Senators voiced general support with reservations for the House tax deduction plan allowing all congressmen to deduct Washington living expenses as a business cost. The measure, tied to a 63 million dollar appropriations bill, would tax the existing 2,500 expense allowance so lawmakers are treated like other travelers.
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Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
House
Washington
Congress
Officials Meet Over Brink's Robbery Case
Boston Attorney General Francis E. Kelly called police heads and prosecutors to discuss developments in the Brink's robbery case and its ties to the O'Brien slaying in Rhode Island. Rhode Island AG William Powers accused Boston of withholding information while a witness claims McGinnis planned the heist with O'Brien and Gagnon.
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Boston
Francis E. Kelly
Kelly
Timothy J. Murphy
Rhode Island
William E. Powers
Powers
Joseph F. McGinnis
O’brien
Warwick
Providence
R. IL
Brink
McGinnis
Alfred A. Gagnon
Pawtucket
R. I
Rhode Island State Prison
Gagnon
Suffolk County
Mass
Sinclair Oil Workers Reach Nation-Wide Contract
Ten thousand striking refinery workers affiliated with the CIO Oil Workers International Union announced a wage agreement with Sinclair Oil Corp. at union headquarters. The pact, already signed in New York, received 58 percent backing from over 30 Sinclair locals and is expected to end the 20 day strike soon.
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Denver
Sinclair Oil Corp
CIO Oil Workers International Union
New York
Sinclair
Local Weather Forecast La Crosse Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. No significant temperature change. Low tonight 44 degrees. High Tuesday 68 degrees.
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la Crosse
Security Plan Rejected
Washington legislation to boost Social Security benefits at a cost of 300 million dollars a year was rejected today by the Senate committee.
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Washington
U.N. Truce Chief Calls Red Denial an Out and Out Lie
Vice Admiral Joy labeled North Korea and Chinese officials as false in denying they agreed to screening of captured prisoners. The session produced no progress as Joy warned the Reds they would be forced to return only those who choose unforced repatriation, with Harrison set to replace Joy as U.N. delegate.
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W. K. Harrison
U.N
C. Turner Joy
Mark W. Clark
Adm. Joy
U.S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Reds
Nam II
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U.N. l
William K. Harrisson Jr
Joy
Far East
U. S. Naval Academy
Harrison
Clark
United Nations Command
Progress Indicated In Western Union Talks
Washington reports indicate potential progress in the 47 day strike by AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union against Western Union Telegraph Co. Sources say a wage offer could be tied to higher telegraph rates, though the Federal Communications Commission says no rate increase request has been filed. The last rate rise added about 10 million dollars to annual revenue since September.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Hostage Crises In Brazil Involve Paratrooper Group
U S civilian aviation inspector Scott A Magness and Brazilian Air Force Maj Maranda Correa are held by a paramilitary parachutist group near a Pan American crash site. The embassy says Brazil is seeking Magness release and investigating the hijack with aid from officials including Adhemar de Barros.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.S
U. S
Miami
Fla
Gordon Bennett
Miami International District
CAA
Scott A Magness
Maj
Mairanda Correa
Brazilian Air Force
Pan American World Airways
Albrook Air Force Base
Panama Canal Zone
Magness
Bennett
Lino de Mattos
Sao Paulo
Adhemar de Barros
Brazil
British businessmen plan exit from China amid Communist harassment
London reports say British firms with 800 million dollars invested in the Chinese mainland will withdraw while Britain maintains diplomatic recognition of Peiping. Foreign Secretary Eden is set to tell Parliament that attempts to sell holdings to Chinese authorities may yield little compensation.
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Leonard Leddington
London
Britain
Peiping
Anthony Eden
China
Foreign Office
Britain tells Red China of British business exit plan
Britain delivered a Peiping note stating that remaining British businessmen in China will close or dispose of about 300 million pounds in investments and quit the country. It also requested exit visas for roughly 120 Britons to depart once windups are completed. The decision was made by the firms involved.
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London
Britain
Red China
China
Peiping
Kong of a tanker tied to nationalist and red claims
A fragment notes a tanker once owned by the Chinese Nationalist government and claimed by Communist forces. The snippet mentions British involvement and directs to BRITISH, Page 2 for more details.
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Kong
Reds
Eisenhower GOP bid seen at 524 first ballot votes
The Times reports Eisenhower supporters claim 524 votes on first ballot at the Republican convention and project 604 on the second ballot to secure the nomination. Taft supporters say he is close to a first ballot victory. The Times backs Eisenhower based on delegate outreach across states.
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New York
New York ‘Times
Dwight Eisenhower
the Times
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
James A. Hagerty
Hagerty
59 Rail Cars Derail After Truck Collision In Sawyer
A pickup truck at a crossing near Sawyer Michigan triggered a Chesapeake and Ohio freight derailment. Three teenagers in the truck hurt badly and taken to St Joseph Mercy Hospital while 59 rail cars blocked downtown and several buildings were damaged. service expected to resume by noon as trains rerouted via Kalamazoo.
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Sawyer
Mich
Michigan
Chesapeake & Ohio
Here
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
St. Joseph
Shirley Pratt
Starr Brighthill
Kalamazoo
Reds Shut Off Rail Traffic At German Point
In Frankfurt a sudden Communist order closed one border crossing for German passenger trains between Gutenfuerst in the Soviet zone and Hof in the American zone. The Gutenferst Hof feeder line remained open for freight, as six interzonal crossings still operated, four for passengers. The move heightened Berlin and Bonn fears amid ongoing Cold War tensions and talks on a Western peace contract.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Gutenfuerst
Thuringina
Hof
Frontier Communications Center
Bavaria
Berlin
Gutenferst-Hof
Bonn
Red People’s Police
Fines Break AFP Strike Tactics in Paris
Government threats of arrests and fines ended a one day strike by AFP staff in Paris. Editors quit work for 24 hours to press demands for a 5.65 percent pay raise.
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Paris
French Press Agency
AFP
Mount St Helens Youth Trapped In Ice Crevasse Rescue Underway
Art Jessett a 20 year old University of Washington student is wedged between ice walls 8000 feet up Mount St Helens as rescue teams from Seattle and Portland work from Spirit Lake base camp. The missing climber called that he was slipping while his rope disappeared with him. Authorities expect news of the outcome hours away.
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Spirit Lake
Wash
University of Washington
Mount St. Helens
Art Jessett
Thomas E. Jessett
Seattle
Mon Jessett i
Mt. Rainier
Portlant
Ore
Jessett
Portland
Mt. St. Helens
Bruce Ray
Raby
Compromise Wage Pact Ends Picketing at Lederle Lab
At Lederle Laboratories in Pearl River New York a compromise wage agreement halted a picket line siege that had halted production since Wednesday. An airlift fed 400 workers and half a million animals as two small planes delivered food following the settlement announced by Federal Mediator Thomas G Daugherty.
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Pearl River
N.Y.P
Lederle Laboratories
Thomas G. Daugherty
Lederle
Kluck enters race to succeed late Reid Murray
Stevens Point Democrat Ernest Kluck, a grocer and housing developer, announces candidacy to win the Seventh District seat. Kluck becomes the first Democrat in the field to seek the nomination after Reid Murray's death. in 1950 he narrowly failed to secure the Democratic nomination in the congressional primary.
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Stevens Point
Ernest Kluck
Reid Murray
U.S
Kluck
Brayton Rites On Wednesday
Committal funeral services for Richard Knox Brayton 48 who died on December 9 1951 in Los Angeles California will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Prospect Hill Cemetery La Crescent Minnesota There will be no services at Sletten McKee Southside Chapel Wednesday Rev Fred W Hyslop pastor of the First Congregational Church will officiate. He was born in La Crescent June 16 1903 son of the late A M Brayton publisher and editor for The La Crosse Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal and Mrs Brayton now residing in Whitier California He is survived by one sister Mrs Wilbur Inez Lowndes of Seattle Washington and one brother Potter Brayton of Whittier.
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Richard Knox Brayton
Los Angeles
Calif
Prospect Hill ‘Cemetery
la Crescent
Minn
Sletten-McKee Southside
Fred W. Hyslop
First Congregational Church
Prospect Hill Cemetery
A. M. Brayton
la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Brayton
Whittier
Wilbur
Inez) Lowndes
Seattle
Wash
Potter Brayton
Relief Fund Totals Reach $653 60
Flood relief contributions climbed to 653.60 with new donors including Clarence J Werthein of Minnesota giving 1 and an anonymous donor giving 2. County residents and others are urged to deliver gifts to Room 104 at the Federal Building.
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Clarence J. Werthein
Minn
Federal Building
Two GOP Senators Challenge McGranery For Attorney General
Two Republican senators Ferguson of Michigan and Watkins of Utah led a minority on the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing James P. McGranery for attorney general. They questioned his integrity ability and veracity while threatening to recall further testimony after four days of hearings.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
Sens. Ferguson
Michigan
Sma
Utah
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ingenee
U.S
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Pess
Eee
Judiciary Committee
Jenner
Indiana
Hendrickson
New Jersey
Ferguson
Watkins
McGrannery
Truman
McGranery
House of Representa
Supreme Court Deliberates On Steel Seizure Case
Washington D C routine orders only. The Supreme Court recessed without a ruling on the steel seizure case involving President Truman and the Mills seizure. The justices consider whether the President had inherent constitutional powers to seize the mills, a decision expected later but not guaranteed to be sweeping.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
David A. Pine
Truman
Justice Department
Pine
High Court
District Court
White House
ADA Delegates Decide Against Endorsement
ADA delegates voted unanimously to defer endorsement of a presidential candidate until after July nominating conventions. The move follows President Truman urging a go slow and arguing a liberal nominee could win in November. Supporters of Kefauver Hariman and Stevenson backed the delay while demonstrations favored all three.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Truman
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
W. Averell Harrisman
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Gee
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