Truman outlines emergency curbs as coal and rail strikes end
President Truman wins rail strike settlement and seeks six month emergency powers to curb strikes against government seized industries. He cites obstinate union leaders, warns of drafting workers, and promises near normal rail service as government takes over key lines.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Congress
Senate House
United States
Leslie Biffle
Capitol Hill
House Chamber
Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers
Senate Delays Action as Truman Labor Measure Passes House
The Senate stalled on a President Truman labor bill after the House approved a stricter anti-strike measure. The Senate passed a similar dispute bill 49 to 29, now sending it back to the House for changes. Taft opposed fast-tracking maneuvers.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Truman
House
Senate
Barkley
Mr. Truman
White House
Taft
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Committee
John L. Lewis
Painter Accepts Texas U. Post
Dr. S Painter, a 56 year old zoologist and longtime UT faculty member, accepted the university presidency pledging unity and actions to advance teaching, research and student life. He succeeds Dr Homer P Rainey and becomes the 14th head of the 110 million dollar institution founded in 1883.
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Austin
Tex
S. Painter
University of Texas
Painter
Board of Regents
Texas
Homer P. Rainey
Texans Favor Keeping Poll Tax in Texas Says The Texas Pell
The Texas Poll finds 55 percent of Texas adults want the poll tax continued as a voting qualification. Whites favor continuation 57 percent, Negroes split 54 percent for elimination or 41 percent for continuation, with 41 percent undecided. The poll compares 1940 and today.
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Joe Belden
Texas
Democratic
CIO
Congress
Vets Office At LAAF To Open By June 1
Preparations proceed to open the Veterans Administration Regional Office at Lubbock Army Airfield on June 1 with seven buildings used and the Post headquarters as the main VA office. Robert W. Sisson reports limited staff before opening. emphasis on hiring veterans and veterans widows, calls for women veterans to apply for technical clerical and stenographic roles. Bus schedule from regional stations listed.
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Veterans Administration
Lubbock Army Airfield
Robert W. Sisson
Sisson
Air Field
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Polio Cases Rise Across Texas With City Health Efforts
Texas reports six new infantile paralysis cases in four cities including Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio. Dallas County patients Deborah Ann Holland and Julia Howard plus Fort Worth youths Bobby Price Neaves and Rebecca Hernandez are treated. Corpus Christi records seven cases with a death and a sailor in serious condition. Dallas forms health committee to study and control polio.
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Associated Press
Texas
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Paul Egan
Brooke Army Medical Center
Bexar County
Corpus Christi
Steven Colema
Naval Air Station Hospital
Dallas City
J. W. Bass
Memorial Day Plans To Be Made At Meet
A meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars members and VFW auxiliary will plan Memorial Day services on Thursday May 30 at 3 p.m. in the Aztec room Hilton hotel called by T R Carpenter senior vice commander in commander A I Glassman’s absence. The annual service will be at Lubbock cemetery over a soldier’s grave.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Aztec Room
Hilton Hotel
T. R. Carpenter
A. I. Glassman
Lubbock
Carpenter
Jets Land At Midland Airfield From Tinker Field
Twenty seven Army P-80 Shooting Stars jet fighters are due to touch down at Midland Army Airfield Sunday at 8 45 a m from Tinker Field Okla. The flight includes six G 82 packet planes and is part of a scheduled arrival.
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Midland Midland
Midland Army Airfield
Tinker Field
Oklo
Officers Injured Breaking Up Fight at Cotton Club
Constable G. W. Crain and assistant J. D. Robertson were bruised and cut during a 1 am melee at the Cotton Club on the Slaton highway as they broke up a dispute between two men. Four men and one woman were jailed as officers and state officials investigated the incident.
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Cotton Club
Slaton
G. W. Crain
J. D. Robertson
Tornado leaves Williamson county dead and damaged farms
A May tornado struck near Granger Williamson county killing Frankie Cepcar 10 and injuring his parents and sister. Homes and livestock were destroyed fields flattened and crops nearly wiped out. Trails of destruction spread across East-Central Texas with heavy rain in some areas and cooler weather expected.
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Associated Press
Bell-Williamson County
Texas
Granger
Williamson County
Frankie Cepcar
Julian Cepcar
Martha
Cepcar
Louis Hanzelka
Athens
West Texas
South
Readings workers return to duty ending railroad strike
Philadelphia May 25 Reading Railroad reports two hundred thirty eight engineers and trainmen who had been on strike returned to work by 4 p m eastern daylight time before the official announcement of the end of the railroad strike.
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Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
New King Assumes Throne in Trans-Jordan Amid Splendor
Abdullah Ibn Al Hussein becomes king of Trans-Jordan in a 14 minute enthronement ceremony attended by 300 guests. He calls for Arab unity and federation while British mandate rule ends. Thousands gather outside the palace as the proclamation of amended laws is read.
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Trans- Jordan
Associated Press
MMAN
Trans - Jordan
Abdullah Ibn al Hussein
Trans-Jordan
Britain
League of Nations
Abdullah
Mohammed Pasha Shuraiky
Council
President Truman Calls for Drastic Labor Measures
President Truman urged Congress to grant authority to draft striking workers from government seized industries for six months and to impose criminal penalties on leaders and employers who ignore requests to return to work. He defended workers' right to strike private firms while proposing a long term labor policy.
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Chas. A. Guy
Avalanche-Journal
Ashington
Harry Truman
Congress
House of Representatives
U. S. Senate
House
House Members Beyond. the Packed Galleries Listened Intently As Mr. Truman
Texas Railroads End Strike Back To Normal Schedules
Texas railroads resumed operations Saturday night and officials predicted normal schedules by Monday. Livestock and perishables moved first as hundreds of carloads stranded since the strike began Thursday were loaded. Passenger service was streamlined and backlogged mail and express shipments were dispatched as crews returned.
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Associated Press
Texas
O. Johnson
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Engineers
Texas Line
Southern Pacific
Frisco
Paris
Poppy Day Sales Break City Record
Poppy Day sales totaling 1 755 34 were reported by P L McIntyre and Mrs Ruth McDonald chairs for the VFW auxiliary. Area residents bought 11 000 poppies to fund relief for disabled veterans and their families. Mrs Harrell aided by the auxiliary president.
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P. L. McIntyre
Ruth McDonald
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Auxiliary
Committee Votes To Lift Meat Controls
The Senate Banking committee voted to lift price controls on meat and dairy products June 30 1946 as President Truman urged Congress to maintain price controls. The panel adopted two amendments by Senator McFarland and set up a de control board with authority to reinstate controls on meat and dairy products upon agriculture secretary action.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Murderer Carl Sorge Sentenced in Eldorado Killing
Ballinger May 25 A 51st district court jury found Carl Sorge Richland Springs stock farmer guilty of murder in the shooting death of his brother Clem Sorge on Eldorado streets last October 22. Punishment assessed was two years in the penitentiary.
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Ballinger
Carl Sorge
Richland Springs
Clem
Clem Sorge
Eldorado
Trains Resume Service as Strike Ends in Lubbock
Train service returns to normal in Lubbock after union leaders order members back to work at 6 05 p m. Crews restore operation on Panhandle and Santa Fe lines with No 92 reaching Clovis New Mexico at 6 18 p m. Freight and livestock trains follow with schedules to resume Monday.
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Panhandle
N. M
Slaton
Sweetwater
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver City
Burlington Lines
Childress
J. E. Rucker
Santa Fe Engineers
Cleveland
Topeka
Kansa
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