Six-day Week Urged During Emergency War Checks
Seamen strike disruptions and a national push for expanded production dominate reports from Paris and Los Angeles. Senator Arthur V Watkins urges Americans to work six days weekly during the emergency to boost output and meet wartime needs. He cites a war with Russia and calls for government candor on shortages. In France, a 40,000 strong strike halts shipping as unions seek 15 percent wage boosts and the government averts a broader railway walkout.
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OS Angeles
A.P
Sem
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Watkins
California State Chamber of Commerce
Southern Council
Paris
Subway
General Confederation of Labor
U. S&s. Lines
le Havre
America
Channel
Bordeaux
Marseille
Cherbourg
Paul Ramadier
France
Russia
Yalta
Sen. Watkins
Labor chiefs swing power at AFL parley without Lewis
U S grain market gambling probe launched by AFL parley controlled by Meany Tobin as Green is reelected president amid absence of John L. Lewis and fellow UMW officers. Meany Tobin push to sign non Communist affidavits and reform AFL executive council shifts control to plumbers and teamsters. Hutcheson bears the brunt as 700 delegates back constitutional changes and the loss of old guard influence.
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San Francisco
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Green
The
M. W
Phil Hannah
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Bronx
Boston
George Meany
Plumbers
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
Meany
Tobin
William L. Hutcheson
Executive Council
Hutcheson
National Labor Relations ‘Board
NLRB
Federation
Hollywood
Carpenters
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Richard Walsh
Snow closes four California mountain highways
A heavy Pacific storm closes state highways over Ebbetts Carson Sonora and Tioga passes. Major routes to Nevada remain open including U S 40 and U S 50 via Placerville and Auburn. Snow accompanies rain with another Aleutian storm looming along the coast.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Nevada
Canadian
Aleutians
Ebbetts Pass
Carson Pass
Sonora Pass
Tioga Pass
Auburn
Placerville
U. S
Siskiyous
Britain Prepares African Hideout for Royal Family
Chicago dispatch reports Eugene C. Pulliam says Britain has arranged a mid Africa retreat for the King and Queen in case of conflict with Russia. He notes anti American sentiment in England and doubts about sending royal figures to Canada during a possible showdown.
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Chicago
Eugene C. Pulliam
Indianapolis Star
the Phoenix
Republic and Gazette
Britain
mid-Africa
England
Russia
Pulliam
Europe
Mid-East
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Stevens Hotel
United States
America
Canada
Africa
Cheers for Wallace Leader at C I O Convention
Boston reporters note Michael Quill head of the Transport Workers Union extols Henry Wallace as the independent voice amid criticisms of President Truman and party politics. Quill and Roosevelt Jr. urge labor unity to win elections, while convention shows strong support for Marshall and State Department foreign policy.
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Boston
A.P
Truman
Henry Wallace
America
Michael Quill
Transport Workers’ Union
White House
Jim Farley
Ed Flynn
Pendergast
Green
William Green
Te American Federation of Laos
Jack Kroll
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
Hir
Marshall
U. S
U. S. State Department
Roosevelt
Sen
Taft
Washington
Press of America
Woman found in car trunk shocks Chicago area
The mutilated body of 35 year old Catherine M. Wasil was found in the trunk of her car on a highway near West Chicago. Her husband Stephen J. Wasil and a close friend are questioned as investigators search for the killer. The couple’s children, including 17 month old William found unharmed on the front seat, were left at home.
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Jean Hoffman
du Page County
Ill
Catherine M. Wasil
Associated Press
Cook County
William
Chicago
Stephen J. Wasil
Wasil
Set
Nick Reidy
Joseph Dieter
DuPage County
Raymond
Catherine
Cicero
Truman Urges Co operation and Targets Rationing
President Truman called for voluntary food saving to aid Europe and warned against returning to wartime rationing and price controls. He said government will probe commodity market gambling, while Attorney General Clark investigates grain and fiber trading pushing wheat prices higher.
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Washington
A.P
Truman
Europe
Clark
Citizens Food Committee
Princess Margaret Launches New Liner
Princess Margaret launched the 28,500 ton liner Edinburgh Castle for Union Castle Lines in Belfast. She called the event a wonderful experience and a happy day after undertaking her first solo public engagement at City Hall.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Margaret
Princess Royal
Edinburgh Castle
Union Castle Lines
Fowl Prices Dropped at Boston Grocery Chain
A Boston grocery chain cut poultry prices by 6 to 10 cents a pound due to abundant supplies from Poultry Less Thursdays. Fowl had sold for 45 to 49 cents and was now available at 39 cents.
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Boston
Three Boys Held After Brutal Beating
Three youths aged 12 13 and 14 from Gloria Gardens were held at Juvenile Hall after they allegedly beat 11 year old William Russell in a vacant Bellflower Compton area lot. Det Sgt Don Mead said the attack was linked to a reported bicycle theft. Russell remained in critical condition at Women and Children’s Hospital in Compton.
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Gloria Gardens
Norwalk
Russell
Bellflower
U S General and Wife Attacked in Frankfurt Home
Maj. Gen. Carter B. Magruder of Arlington Virginia and his wife were injured early today when attacked in their Frankfurt residence by a former Polish guard named Joseph Bak. Bak was shot and seriously wounded in the stomach by the general after a chase through the house as they arose from bed.
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Frankfurt
Carter B. Magruder
Arlington
Joseph Bak
Magruder
Farm Income Put at All-time High
The Agriculture Department estimates gross farm income this year at 34.3 billion dollars, the highest on record and 18 percent above 1946. Net income after production expenses is put at 18 billion dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Alaska Quakes Hit Fairbanks with Shocks and Damage
A two hour quake sequence rattled Alaska through Fairbanks and the peninsula. The event caused damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars with no casualties. The heaviest shake at 6 15 p m reached Anchorage area. windows shattered and liquor stores affected. no fires reported.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Anchorage
France to Get German Ships
Undersecretary of State Robert Lovett announced the United States will turn over 31 former German naval vessels and a floating dock to France. The ships are part of the American share from the Potsdam conference three nation naval commission. The 1946 Blum agreement set the U S to make available some ships to France.
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Robert Lovett
United States
Naval Commission
Russia
Britain
U. S
Leon Blum
Arab Challenge to UN Palestine Rule Goes Formal
Two Arab nations said they would formally challenge any UN action on Palestine as Britain signals a quick Holy Land withdrawal. Canada urged the Assembly's Palestine committee to study partition options. Poland condemned Marshall's peacekeeping overhaul as contrary to the UN charter. White Russia joined the bloc, while Greece India and the Netherlands opposed the US plan. Egypt and Syria reportedly back a joint Arab challenge.
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Marshall
U. N
Russia
Greece
India
Netherlands
United States
Egypt
Syria
Palestine
New York Traffic Impeded by Fog
Heavy fog delayed sea and air traffic in New York. Visibility dropped to zero at quarantine and Ambrose Light with about 20 ships including the liners De Grasse and Queen Elizabeth waiting for the fog to lift.
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New York
Ambrose
New York Harbor
Disabled Tanker Drifts Toward Oregon Coast
A disabled tanker listed toward the north Oregon shore in rough seas near the Columbia River mouth. The Coast Guard dispatched the cutter Mallow after Esso Bethlehem reported boiler trouble and said aid might be needed. Radio contact was established. vessel in no immediate danger.
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Warrenton
Ore
Oregon
Coast Guard
Mallow
Columbia River
Esso Bethlehem
Teeth May Identify Girl's Skeleton
Police search dentists records to identify an 18 year old girl whose skeleton was found in a shallow woodland grave near Newport Pennsylvania. The remains were located yesterday by a highway worker about 150 feet from a road, partially buried under dirt leaves and brush, and officials believe she had lain there for nearly two years.
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Newport
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