Republicans Lose Fight on Steel Control
Senate Republicans sharpened a budget cutting attack after losing a skirmish over voluntary steel controls. Democrats won a seven month extension while Republicans pressed for a 13 month extension and questioned the budget outlay process. Senate leaders debated how to handle the fiscal plan due before February 15 for the year starting July 1.
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Illinois
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Wyoming
Top Communist In Germany To Hear Verdict
In Düsseldorf Germany the British military government court will deliver its verdict on Communist leader Max Reimann who likened German supporters of the Ruhr administration to Quislings The defense contends the charge infringes free speech Police guarded the courthouse as demonstrators sang the Internationale outside the window of the courtroom
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Ruhr
Dudley Collard
Reimann
Western Germany
Battle breaks out in Burma near Rangoon
Fighting between Burmese troops and Karen tribesmen erupted at Saw bwagyigone ten miles north of Rangoon near Insein. The clash centered near the home of Karen National Union president Saw Ba U Gyi, who had been unreachable since yesterday. Mortars rumbled in Rangoon amid tense calm as late night shelling lit Ahlone suburb and the Karen HQ area.
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Burma
Sawbwagyigone
Insein
Saw Ba U Gyi
Karen National Union
Ahlone
Power Sought To Wage War On Gambling In Ohio
Governor Lausche seeks state wide power to remove sheriffs for neglect in enforcing gambling laws. Legislation would allow county and state action, with removal for gross neglect, bribery, or immorality. The session opened with about 40 new proposals amid tense labor and oleo margarine debates.
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Columbus
Gov
Frank
J. Lausche
Aftantian
Wuay
W. H. Daugherty
Columbiana
Lausche
General Assembly
Daugherty
House Labor Committee
Senate
H. D. Defenbacher
Tausche
Edwin F. Sawicki
Dcuyahoga
Defenbacher
Guy C. Hiner
R-Stark
Scandinavian Decision On Atlantic Pact May Be Reached In Week
Paris reports Prime Minister Queuille says it is essential that Stalin's peace statement be translated into facts. U.S. officials note a Russian peace offensive while Washington hopes Norway and others join North Atlantic security talks. Scandinavia may decide in the next week with Norway leaning for NATO and Sweden staying neutral. Lange to address parliament on Nordic defense talks.
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Fire Levels Wisconsin Hotel Trapping Six Guests
RIPON Wis AP six persons missing presumed dead after Grand View Hotel fire early today including Lloyd Wasserbach former Wisconsin Chicago Rockets tackle and longtime building worker Charles Wendtland 80 and three hotel guests. About 48 guests were in the hotel when flames broke out origin undetermined firemen battled ruins. witnesses described guests escaping from ladders and fire escapes with one man leaping from the third floor.
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Ira Dunham
Lloyd Wasserbach
Madison
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Chicago
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Alice Callan
Longfellow
Clara Solverson
Ripon Knitting Company
Wasserbach
Wisconsin
Chicago Rockets
Bleich and
Wingler
C. W. Abreut
Warren Schleinzer
Elmhurst
Ill
Strike block provision may remain in bill
Cyrus S. Ching of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service told the Senate Labor Committee that moving the independent agency under the Labor Department would be a step backward and harm the service’s impartiality. Senator H. Alexander Smith predicted Congress will keep the Taft Hartley court order provision as hearings proceed on the administration’s labor bill to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner Act with Truman reforms.
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H. Alexander Smith
Smith
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Conciliation Service
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National Labor Relations Board
Herzog
NLRB
Clark
Government Warns Chinese Reds To Pause Demands For Peace
Nanking AP Li Tsung Jen's government sharply warns the Communists to drop irrelevant demands if they seek peace. A radio attributed message says the Reds risk obstacles to a peace conference unless they stop raising issues day after day. The government lists three red demands a source of anger and notes talks remain far from a seat at the table.
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Li Tsung- Jen
Mao Tze-Tung
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Yasutsugu Okamura
China
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Driver Found Dead in Truck Along U S Route 40
State police reported the death of Lester Ambrose Dunn, 30, of Lima, Ohio, found inside a parked truck trailer near Terre Haute. Coroner D. M. Ferguson said fumes from an improvised charcoal stove caused suffocation. The trailer belonged to Wholesale Fruit Distributors of Lima.
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Lester Ambrose Dunn
Lima
D. M. Ferguson
Wholesale Fruit Distributors
Dayton Girl Dies In Suburban Fire
A 15 year old girl, Aline Webb, burned to death when a one story bungalow in Northridge suburb burned early today. Her father John Webb and brother J R Webb, 20, were seriously burned.
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Aline Webb
Northridge
John Webb
J. R. Webb
U S Recognizes Israel and Transjordan in Landmark Step
Washington officials hailed full de jure recognition of Israel and Trans- Jordan as a potential turning point in the Arab Jew dispute. President Truman announced the recognitions and noted a forthcoming exchange of ministers with Trans- Jordan, while Israel’s Ben-Gurion vowed friendship with both powers and an alliance with Arab states.
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Missing Plane Hunt Renewed Report Queried
London dispatch reports four nations resuming search for an American B 29 missing since Thursday with 15 aboard. Debris seen off the Canary Islands by a Belgian steamer prompted doubt it came from the missing aircraft. Debris and life preservers were sighted but no survivors found. The bomber departed Dakar on a training flight to Marham, England.
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Inter lake Iron reports year start per share preliminaries
Cleveland based Inter lake Iron Corporation releases a preliminary statement showing year early earnings at $3.04 a share. In 1947 the firm posted net income of $4,559,847 or $2.33 a share.
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Weather Cold and Clear Across Nation
Weather was mostly clear with chilly temperatures across the country. Sub-zero blasts in Texas damaged crops while northern states faced record lows. a fresh cold wave hit the plains and mountain regions as frost tightened in North Dakota and Minnesota with lows well below zero.
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Tobin Confirmed Secretary of Labor by Senate
Washington AP report says Mau rice J Tobin was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of Labor. He had gambled his political future on President Truman, left Massachusetts governor's race, and accepted a recess appointment five months earlier.
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Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Truman
Senate
Massachusetts
AFL Plans Drive Against State Labor Restrictive Laws
In Miami the AFL outlines a 1949 plan to repeal restrictive state labor laws starting in Delaware. Joseph Keenan cites Delaware as having the worst anti labor statute, aims to cancel Taft Hartley style laws, and build political strength for 1950 elections. The AFL Council backs housing expansion and a 1950 census, with wage boost expectations amid rising living costs.
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AFL
Miami
Fla
APL
Delaware
Joseph Keenan
Labor's League For Political Education
Kennan
Keenan
Congress
William Green
Fugitives Sought in Warren County Jail Break
Five of six fugitives were recaptured in Middletown and nearby areas. Crenshaw was arrested at 1618 Sycamore Street after a tip. Otis Richardson and L C Doyle were found along the Little Miami River near South Lebanon. Matt Waggoner was taken at 612 Wilson Street. Charles Roach remains at large amid cold weather aiding the hunt.
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Eugene Plummer
Hollywood
Franklin
James Crenshaw
Cincinnati
Shorty
Sycamore Street
Tom Carmody
John Fitzgerald
Crenshaw
Gerald Couden
Otis Richardson
L. C. Doyle
South Lebanon
Little Miami River
Matt Waggoner
Wilson St
Carmody
Fitzgerald
Charles Roach
Blueball
Couden
Mainey
Red Jon
Franklin, O
Ex Prisoners To Testify In Axis Sally Treason Trial
Washington AP reports ex prisoners of war Grover C. McKinney of Denver and Captain Harvey Crosthwaite of Hamilton, Ontario will testify in Mildred Gillars Axis Sally treason case. Prosecutor John M. Kelley notes they were interviewed by Gillars while fellow prisoners in Chartres, France. Also called were German radio actors George Schell and Ulrich Haupt.
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Grover C. McKinney
Denver
Harvey Crosthwaite
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
John M. Kelley, Jr
McKinney
Crosthwaite
Mildred E. Gillars
Kelley
Chartres
France
Milton Berle II Canceled Appearances With Virus Illness
Milton Berle is on the sick list after contracting a virus. NBC reported he will recuperate in Florida and has canceled all engagements for a month as he recovers.
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