House Chief Stalls Torrid FEPC Measure
Speaker Sam Rayburn will bring up the Alaskan statehood bill today and skip the FEPC measure. He delayed debate on civil rights reform and said no U S president orders to proceed with FEPC, shifting focus to other legislation amid partisan tensions.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
House
FEPC
Rayburn
Truman
John Lesinski
Mich
House Labor Committee
J. Hardin Peterson
Fla
Public Lands Committee
John Kee
D.-W. Va
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kee
U. S
Peterson
Interior Secretary Chapman to inspect harbor tomorrow
Interior Secretary Chapman to inspect harbor tomorrow as part of a broader federal oversight push. McCloy, U.S. high commissioner for Germany, returns to Washington with his report for the President. Alan Hale, veteran actor, dies. Other notices and page references follow across the Times sections.
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McCloy
U. S
Germany
Alan Hale
Solons Probe San Quentin Overcrowding Crisis
California lawmakers scrutinize San Quentin Prison as overcrowding and staff shortages trigger calls for relief. The interim crime committee finds psychiatric department swamped with 500 psychotics and only five psychiatrists available for 2400 inmates slated for psychotherapy, amid staff cuts and limited appropriations. Warden Duffyan cites prior requests denied while a new prison is planned and the system aims to grow.
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le Angeles
California
San Quentin Prison
State Department of Corrections
San Quentin
Clinton ST. Duffy
Vernon Kilpatrick
Committee On Crime and Correction
China
Richard McGee
Department of Corrections
McGee
Tison
Duffyan
Duffy
Phone Workers Will Jam Lines If Strike Comes
Washington report states the CIO and CWA threaten a nationwide telephone strike with mass calls to jam lines. The CWA would mobilize 300,000 operators and technicians. the CIO seeks 6 million members to flood the system. Union leaders cite wage, hour, pension gains and apprentice limits, while Beirne asks for picket support coast to coast and coordination with CIO tactics.
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Washington
CG I. of Communications Workers
C. SO
Beirne
Murray
Russ Deny Rumor of Spain Trade Pact
London January 23 official Soviet news agency Tass denied a report it credited to a French statement that Russia had negotiated a trade agreement with Spain. Earlier Madrid reports said Spain, pressed for wheat, sought to buy grain from Russia.
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London
Tass Today
Russia
Spain
Madrid
Youths Warned They Must Register for Draft
Selective Service head marters here today warned young men 18 or older to register with their draft boards. Failure to register can bring five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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San Francisco
Selective Service
Children Rescued From Locked Burning Garage
In Los Angeles on January 23 two small children were saved from a locked, burning garage. Officers Palmer and Sporrers found their mother Virginia Cannon unconscious in her car nearby. The children were found in the garage with a lighted candle, while Cannon faces a hearing on charges of child neglect and drunkenness. Walter Gadowski, owner of the garage, was also booked on a drunkenness charge.
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Los Angeles
C. G. Palmer
L. L. Sporrers
Virginia Cannon
Torrance
Mary Lous
Cannon
Walter Gadowski
New Antitrust Bill Aimed at Union Curb
Sen Robertson of Virginia denounces John L Lewis over coal production and proposes an antitrust bill to prosecute unions in cases of unreasonable restraint of trade or actions affecting essential national industries. Court hearing on the injunction to end the short workweek in soft coal mines was postponed to Feb 1.
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Washington
Sen. Robertson
D.va
John L. Lewis
Robbeson
Virginian
Senate
Lewis
Federal District Court
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Aids
Denham
Lewis Miners Fail to End No Work Strike in 7 States
Pittsburgh dispatch reports John L. Lewis district officials failed to halt the no contract no work strike across seven soft coal states. About 37,900 of 90,000 miners indicated a return, but pickets blocked many from resuming production. Total idle estimated at 60,600 with West Virginia hardest hit. District leaders voiced optimism that tensions would ease this week as some progress appeared in Pittsburgh area.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Monongalia
U. M. W. District 31
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Logan County
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Haas Leads Into Open Final Round 12
Fred Haas Jr of New Orleans paced the Lakewood Country Club field with a 67 to stand 54 holes at 203, four under par, as 12 players remained within four strokes. Cary Middlecoff Jim Ferrier Smiley Quick Stan Leonard and others trailed by two to seven strokes with a potential playoff Tuesday if contenders tie for first after 18 more holes.
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New Orleans
Lakewood Country Club
Haas
Cary Middlecoff
Ormond Beach
Fls
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Smiley Quick
Culver City
Stan Leonard
Vancouver
B. C
Paul O'Leary
Bismarck
N. D
Dave Douglas
Newark
Del
Bob Hamilton
Landover
Marty Furgol
Albuquerque
N. M
Jackie Burke Jr
White Plains
N. C
Jimmy Demaret
Ojai Valley
Ben Hogan
Johnny Balmer
Bade
al Brosch
Garden City
Flying Arrow Sets Sail For Japan After Damaged Voyage
The American freighter Flying Arrow left Communist-held Tsingtao yesterday for Japan, reported by The Isbrandtsen Company. The vessel, shelled and damaged while attempting a $10,000,000 Hong Kong to Shanghai cargo, is expected to discharge in Kobe before returning to the United States.
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Tsingtao
China
Japan
Isbrandtsen Company
Flying Arrow
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Kobe
United States
Russians Relax Berlin Traffic Slowdown at Helmstedt Checkpoint
At Helmstedt the Soviet checkpoint allowed 13 Berlin bound trucks per hour, up from four earlier, slowing only marginally the 1.5 mile line into the Soviet zone. U S trains stalled up to six hours before officials dropped inquiries on three non American passengers. British officials call it a pinprick amid broader tension over a Berlin railway building seizure.
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Germany
Berlin
Avurdiano
U. S
Helmstedt
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
West Germany
Luebeck
G. K. Bourne
Maxwell D. Taylor
Buil
Taylor
Mighty Mo May Yield to Beaching Gear Effort
Norfolk navy crews prepare the battleship Missouri for freeing from Chesapeake Bay mud using two rescue ships and massive cables. The crew of about 400 lands ashore in waves while speculation swirls about the grounding and possible hull damage.
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Norfolk
Dan
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Mighty Mo
Battlewagon
Uberty
Old Point Comfort
Truman proposes excise cuts and corporate tax boost
President Truman sent Congress a tax program with a plan to cut excise levies and close loopholes while lifting revenue by about one billion dollars from corporations estates and large gifts. He did not specify exact cut amounts but urged reductions only as loopholes are eliminated, notably the depletion exemptions for oil and mining.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Congressional
Riot Call Ends Fight in Theater in Florence District
A theater riot in Los Angeles last night ended when 25 police arrived and subdued five men after a disturbance sparked by wine drinking and obscene remarks. Police reported injuries to several officers. Deputy Garold Graves said theater manager Adonis P. Hughes asked the men to leave. The five men faced peace disturbance charges.
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Los Angeles
Centre
Florence
Garold Graves
Adonis P. Hughes
Pact Between Soviet Russia and Chinese Communists Near
Moscow observers say negotiations for a new treaty between Soviet Russia and the Chinese Communists are near completion. The latest development was the visit of Chinese premier and foreign minister En Lai to Generalissimo Stalin in the Kremlin, signaling progress toward signing and announcing the pact.
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Impex
iEn-Lai
Stalin I
Kremlin
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