Anti-Truman Democrats Hit North Gain in Support
The piece reports Northern growth in opposition to Truman with New England leaders backing MacArthur, Virginia lawmakers moving to adjust ballots, Florida Democrats delaying events, and Klan threats amid civil rights debates. It mentions Curley Ely Murphy and a New York committee backing MacArthur, plus state measures on ballot substitutions and anti-lynching timing.
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Virginia
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New England
Currey
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Japan
Ely
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Murphy
Curley
MacArthur
Mearns Gineed
New York
Warren Wright
Chicago
William H. Tuck
Florida
National Democratic Party
Ku Klux Klan
Wrightsville
Samuel Green
Senate
Spraker Mertin
R-Mans
House
Ither
Rail Crash Kills Nine in Belgium Train Accident
In Jambes, south western Belgium, a railway disaster this morning left nine dead and four seriously injured, as Belgian rail officials reported. The crash occurred on the Brussels line, with early details describing multiple casualties and damaged cars.
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Brussels
Belgium
Gard Ning
Jambes
Weastern
Wage crisis at New York exchanges ends two day truce
A two day truce suspended a looming stock and curb exchange strike as mediation with Local 205 United Financial Employes continued. Union head Keefe warned a walkout could occur at any time, with contracts expiring at midnight Monday and further talks planned to resolve the dispute.
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Stock Exchange Eset
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United Financial Employes
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Stock Exchange
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Callaghan Arraigned in Lichtenberg Slaying Case
Arthur V. Callaghan, 76, appeared before Justice Brusatorl in San Rafael and was ordered held to answer to a murder charge in the February 14 fatal shooting of Rudolph Lichtenberg, 60, co owner of a Boyes Hot Springs resort, with arraignment set for next week in superior court.
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Callaghan
Justice of the Peace
Charles Brusatorl
U A W Plans New Party After 1948 Wallace Strike
The United Auto Workers executive board rejected Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential candidacy and moved to form a genuine progressive party after the elections. It condemned Wallace's third party as a Communist tactic and backed a platform for full production and employment under democratic controls. Walter Reuther led the proposal, urging mobilization against Taft-Hartley and a legislative program aligned with Roosevelt's economic rights.
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Walter Reuther
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
U S Official Warns of Communist Western Europe Rise
In San Francisco Assistant Secretary of Labor John T. Kmetz warned that western Europe could fall to communism within a year if the Marshall Plan is not quickly enacted. He named Czechoslovakia and Finland's positions and said preliminary pressure is already moving into Norway, with Sweden at risk.
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Department of Labor
Kmetz
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Jake
Reclamation Change Urged by Sen Wherry in Hearings
Senator Kenneth S Wherry urged three reforms in Bureau of Reclamation operations. He pressed for improved bookkeeping, 30 day notice of imminent fund exhaustion to avoid project shutdowns, and clearer anti deficiency rules. Wherry noted uncertainty on emergency fund use and cited ongoing debates from hearings on the Friant Kern funding and related shutdown threats.
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Washington
Kenneth S Wherry
R-Neb
Reclamation Bureau
Senator Interior Appropriations
Wherry
Bureau
Ian Downey
Calif
Eny
Downey
Friant Kern
Microphone Spy Case Targets Tenant in Georgia Court
Landlady Mrs E M Shepherd testified in Fulton County Civil Court that tenant E H Richardson placed a microphone in a hot air duct to record intimate conversations in bathroom bedroom and living room and played the tapes for his family. Judge Quincy Arnold ordered Richardson held on $100 bond for Criminal Court on peeping Tom charges.
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Fulton
E.M. Shepherd
Quincy Arnold
E. H. Richardson
Criminal
Pleas for Lower Rates to Ship Livestock From Drouth Stricken Ranges
In San Francisco on March 4, the Pacific Freight Traffic Bureau and major California farm groups urged four railroads to cut livestock rates by 15 to 50 percent to move cattle and sheep to better pastures during drought. They requested guarantee of similar reductions when return transport is needed, citing available pasture in Oregon, Montana, and Colorado.
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Pacific Freight
California
California Cattlemen’s Association
California Farm Bureau Federation
California Wool Growers Association
Association
Oregon
Montana
Colorado
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Union, Pacific
Western Pacific
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Pravda Details Union Vacation Plans for Summer
Pravda reports 1,800,100 Soviet trade unionists will vacation in union sanitoria and rest homes this year under social insurance rules. It adds 2,500,000 children will attend summer camps, as stated by the party newspaper.
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Cammuntak Party
Soviet Union
Pravda
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