Government Action On Steel Strike Delayed By White House Plan
A White House official said President Truman will seek outside experts next week to discuss the steel strike and other economic issues. Cabinet members Vinson and Byrnes met with the President, with no conclusive results, while talks with Bowles focused on extending price controls. A compromise pricing option proposed a about four dollars per ton steel rise with earlier government review, avoiding a larger hourly wage boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Ashington
White House
Truman
Bowles
Chester Bowles
South Carolina
John W. Snyder
House
Truman Backs Bradley In Legion Scrap
President Truman fully backs General Omar Bradley amid a feud with the American Legion over Veterans Administration handling. Texas Legion Chief Herman G. Nami endorses criticism of the VA, noting failures in regional offices and reduced hospital beds as the Waco unit is restructured.
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Ashington
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans
American Legion
John Stelle
Legion
Veterans Administration
Bradley
Congress
Charles G. Ross
General Bradley
Stelle
Texas Legion
Austin
Texas American Legion
Herman G. Nami
Omar Bradley
National Legion
Texas
Texas Department
Veterans Ad
Dallas
Ho Egal Antonio
Waco
Nami
Veterans’ Administration
Waco Mental Hospital
Site Chosen For UNO Capital Near New York
A 40 to 50 square mile tract on the New York Connecticut border was recommended as the first choice for the United Nations international capital site. New York City would be interim HQ while the permanent headquarters are built. The committee also named Hyde Park New York Blue Hills and North Shore near Boston as possible permanent sites with Boston and Atlantic City as interim alternates.
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New York
Connecticut
United Nations
New York City
UNO
United Nations General Assembly
London
Stoyan Gavrilovic
Hyde Park
N. Y
Blue Hills
North Shore
Boston
Atlantic City
General Assembly
Gavrilovic
Washington
Stamford
Greenwich
Conn
Harrison, Rye
North Castle
Pound Ridge
Conspiracy Alleged Over War Message Destruction
CAPT L F SAFFORD testifies of a wartime plot to blot out December 1941 intercepted signals as investigators cite disappearance of records. He cites a winds code message allegedly shown to President Roosevelt aides and questions why officers would hide such a warning of conflict with Japan.
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Pearl
Safford
Obe
Navy Department
Taree
Tokyo
United States
Cheltenham
Japan
Seth W. Richardson
George C. Marshall
H. K. Hewitt
Richardson
White House
Army
Navy High Command
FDR
Admiral Beardall
Roosevelt
Navy
Jones Trial Delayed In Fort Worth
Joe Jones former U S assistant district attorney charged with income tax evasion will have his trial postponed from Monday to a later spring date announced in Fort Worth. Adv. for Chatelaine pens advertised price range from 1 50 to 14 95 at King's Jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Jewelry
Foul Play Hinted In Death Of Stockman
Oscar Routh a 55 year old Ballinger stock farmer was found dead by Willie Ballew near the Ballinger highway. An autopsy suggested possible natural causes though Ballew suspects a car threw the man from its back. No visible wounds beyond a small temple abrasion observed.
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Stockman
San Angelo
Oscar Routh
Ballinger
Ballinger Highway
Ralph Logan
Willie Owain Ballew
Ballew
Navy
Routh
Grand Jury Calls For Immediate Hospital Building Replacement
TERRELL Texas February 2 A county grand jury condemned the old main building at the state hospital as a dilapidated fire hazard and urged its immediate replacement. The report notes the 1885 structure houses 600 of about 3000 patients and echoes a similar 1 year old finding.
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Grand Jury
Terrell
Tex
State Hospital
Small Capitol Fire Quickly Smothered
Capitol fire crews were called to a room under the dome to extinguish a minor blaze. Guards said a cigarette or light match apparently started the fire on trash and it was quickly put out.
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Capitol
Washington
TWA Constellation Sets One Hour Airlines Record
Los Angeles on February 2 a TWA Constellation established a new record for passenger carrying flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles covering one hour and a few minutes.
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Los Angeles
TWA
San Francisco
Retired Pilot Capt. Simmons Dies in Galveston
Capt. Joseph W. Simmons 82 a retired member of the Galveston Texas City Pilots association died in Galveston on February 2. He served as a pilot for many years and lived in the Gulf region.
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Galveston
Joseph W. Simmons
Galveston-Texas City Pilots Association
Return to rationing urged to aid starving Europe
Undersecretary Dean Acheson told NBC that Americans must sacrifice more even if wartime conditions recur in some sectors. He warned Europe faces starvation this winter despite efforts, while cabinet reviews food status and Agriculture Secretary Anderson calls for reduced grain feeding for livestock as wheat supplies stay tight.
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Ashington
Dean Acheson
U. S
Europe
NBC
State Department
Acheson
White House
Anderson
New Political Issue Looms For UNO Syria Plans Protest On Troops In Levant
The UN Security Council faces a new dispute as Syria and Lebanon protest Western troop presence. Faris Al Khoury pledges to seek UN intervention against French and British forces in the Levant while Britain and Russia resume debate over Greece. interim UN headquarters recommended for New York and Connecticut. Trygve Lie sworn in as secretary general.
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Greece
Faris al Khoury
United Nations
Security Council
Levant
Ier
Ae Beiais
Syria
Lebanon
France
Organization of
The
Arab Higher Committee
Jerusalem
Holy Land
United Nations Secretariat
New York City
Greenwich-Stamford
Connecticut
Trygver Lie
Norway
International Organization
Carpenter
U. S
United States
Ukraine
Dmitri Manuilsky
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Japan may join Allies to prosecute Tojo war leaders
Tokyo reports say Japan's purge of ultra nationalists continues as charges against Hideki Tojo and senior war figures are being prepared for a Tokyo trial. The first case will target cabinet and high military leaders with 20 to 30 defendants expected. John P. Higgins is named U S representative on the international tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Imperial Armed Forces
U. S
Joseph B. Keenan
Sugamo Prison
MacArthur
John P. Higgins
Massachusetts Superior Court
International Military Tribunal
Higgins
Skunk Refuses To Leave Dallas Home
A skunk hunkered under the Dallas home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Thompson since before Christmas. The Thompsons have tried tear gas trapping poison and under house hunts without success and appeal for any ideas to remove their offensive guest.
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Skunk
Dallas
A. H. Thompson
Texan Senator Calls Clark Award a Whitewash
State Senator James E. Taylor of Kerens denounces the Navy Distinguished Service Medal awarded to Gen. Mark W. Clark for Salerno and Anzio. He says the timing aims to cover up the Rapido river operation and praises Maj. Gen. Fred L. Walker for actual frontline leadership. Taylor and 36th division veterans seek congressional review of the unit’s crossing failures.
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Erens
Tex
James E. Taylor
Kerens
36Th Division
Salerno
Navy
Mark W. Clark
Rapido River
Clark
Vienna
DSM
Anzio
Brownwood
Italy
Taylor
Texas
36Th
Texas National Guard
West Point
Europe
Walker
Fred L. Walker
131St
Veterans to Move Into Lubbock Barracks Tuesday
Lubbock Housing Authority and the engineer's office at Lubbock Army Airfield await a utilities release order to light 800 barracks for veterans attending Texas Technological College. Bradshaw expects the order by Monday with moves possible Tuesday. Seven barracks will house 16 married veterans and families, with two room apartments per veteran.
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Lubbock
Farmers Vote Marketing Strike Across Regions in Oklahoma
About 100 Cleveland county farmers met in Norman and voted unanimously to withhold from the market all farm products until industrial strikes are settled. The meeting followed a prior gathering at Chickasha and a later session in Clay County Nebraska where farmers also voted to strike against industrial dissension.
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Norman
Okla
Cleveland County
Chickasha
Clay County
Neb
Dairymen's plight after milk price boost rejected
Dallas Office of Price Administration disapproved a 26 cent per 100 pounds price rise for grade A milk from the Lubbock milkshed. Abernathy's G G Gililland calls the move unfortunate and sobering as area dairymen face mounting debt and potential foreclosure. An Avalanche-Journal breakdown shows13 milkers earned 1.48 average profit for the first half of January with eight profiting 243.96 and five losing 224.73.
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R. C. Hankins
Avalanche-Journal
Dallas
Office of Price Administration
Lubbock
Washington
G. G. Gililland
Abernathy
Gililland
Milk Association
Push-Button Plane Demonstrated by Army Air Forces
In Columbus Ohio the Army Air Forces described a four engine C 54 cargo plane that can take off fly predetermined route and land with no pilot input. Automatic systems handle climb heading navigation landing and stopping while pilots act as passengers monitoring the equipment. The craft requires an occupant for crew safety.
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Columbus
Army Air Forces
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Peak Yields Four Bodies
Four bodies from the vision crash on Peak 11,162 feet were recovered by dog sled at Elk Mountain Wyoming. The rescue team braved 30 below zero winds to reach the site and began lowering the corpses 1,000 feet to the dog sled awaiting below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard K. O'Malley
Associated Press
Elk Mountain
Wyo
Airlines
Peter A. Gallagher
Cheyenne
Nine More Colleges Get Vet Contracts
The Veterans Administration announced contracts with nine additional colleges to establish veterans advisement and guidance centers. Centers provide counselling for veterans pursuing on the job training or continuing education in spaces provided by the schools. The list includes Palm Beach State and Abi ene University among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Papa
Simone University
Abiene
Navy flier identified after Galveston Bay crash
Lt. Ralph Gordon Brownell, a Navy flier, was recovered from Galveston bay after his Hell-Diver aircraft crashed Wednesday night. His wife resides in Chico, Illinois, announced Lt. Bryan Coyne, Navy public relations officer at Houston.
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Texas City
Navy
Galveston Bay
Ralph Gordon Brownell
Chico, Ill
Bryan Coyne
Houston
Cleveland Catholic home fire kills twelve
A blast and fast spreading blaze at Jennings Hall, a Catholic home for the aged in Cleveland, claimed 12 lives. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber reported all 62 residents were accounted for with seven in hospitals and five treated. earlier estimates ranged up to 40. Fire officials planned a thorough investigation into the century's fourth disaster in Greater Cleveland.
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Associated Presse
Ueveland
Jennings Hall
Careass
Strucure
Samuel R. Gerber
Gerber
C. O. Bettman
Garfield Heights
Cain
Cleveland
Ens
Hyacinth
Greater
Cleveand
City reports record 1945 waterworks and electric plants income
Lub bock financial statement shows a net income of 610596.86 in 1945 the highest in city history. The five year report supports bond offerings of 1500000 in general obligation bonds due for sale Feb 28. It lists 1945 actual property valuation at 49682759 and total assessed value 33122005.
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Lubbock
U. S
Collec
Weather summary for West Texas and New Mexico
Mostly cloudy in West Texas with cooler turns in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico will be fair before easing into the week. Temperature readings from the Texas Experiment Station show a period of 26 hours of high and low totals with a high of 60 and a minimum near 33, indicating little overall change in temperature across the region.
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Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Joe Monee
Setrea
Texas Experiment Station
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L. F. Safford
John A. Parr
United Nations Security Council
Russia
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