Truman's bid to revamp NLRB rejected in Senate
The Senate defeated the Presidents plan to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board by 99 to 18 with 35 Republicans joining 18 Democrats, many from the south. Minutes later a second Truman proposal on the comptroller of the currency was also rejected by 65 to 13. Republican leaders hailed the NLRB vote as signaling limited support for the Fair Deal.
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Washington
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
South
Truman
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Labor Board
Scott Lucas
Lucas
Ill
Wherry
NLRB
Taft
Senate kills Truman plan to reorganize NLRB and Treasury
The Senate rejected President Truman's proposals to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board and the Treasury Department. Ohio Republicans Taft and Bricker sided with the majority, signaling cross‑aisle opposition to Fair Deal aims. Debate over FEPC and related appointments continued as Lucas sought limits on FEPC talks.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Treasury Department
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Talisman in distress fires engine room amid rescue by ships
Radiomarine Station KPH reports a distress signal from the Norwegian motorship Talisman battling a large fire in its engine room at latitude 34.15 north longitude 137.45 east. The 6700 ton vessel expects aid from US Navy Tanker Shawnee and Japanese Freighter Tokatisan Maru, both rushing to assist aboard. The position places the Talisman about 300 miles east of Yokohama.
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San Francisco
Radiomarine
KPH
Yokohhama
Truman calls for repeal of Taft Hartley act in national speech
President Truman denounces the Taft Hartley law as an infringement on collective bargaining and vows to fight to replace it with a fair law. Speaking from a rear platform on a cross country train, he frames the act as undermining labor gains and argues government action has strengthened private enterprise against socialism. He warns critics not to fear government action and stresses Fair Deal goals.
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Butte
Mont
Takte Dent Truman
Truman
Permit Revoked by State Liquor Board in Columbus
The State Board of Liquor Control revoked one liquor permit and suspended those held by eight other permit holders. It also modified one prior order declared one case moot and withheld suspensions in six cases pending good behavior.
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Columbus, O
State Board of Liquor Control
The Boys Parade in Uniforms of a Bygone Era
A vivid critique of aging veterans marching in a big parade. The piece notes veterans once proud in trim uniforms now portly and out of date. It contrasts puffing dogfaces, bulging blues, and leathernecks with heavy meals, predicting future embarrassment when youths see dad in ill fitting civies.
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Dad
West Germany Restrictions May Be Eased
London AP reports that Western Powers opened talks to ease occupation controls in West Germany and discuss shifting internal and foreign affairs power to Bonn. The Big Three aim to bolster defenses against Soviet expansion while delaying full statute revisions. France proposed merging French and German industry potential, with disagreements noted among the Americans and British.
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London
West Germany
Bonn
France
Tobin Favors Proposal For Aged Workers
Secretary of Labor Tobin endorses a plan to pay employers a government bonus to keep workers aged 65 and over employed. Originating with Harvard economist Sumner Slichter, the proposal aims to reduce compulsory retirement and curb unemployment by offsetting reduced productivity of elderly workers.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Tobin
Congress
Harvard
Sumner Slichter
Slichter
Hospital Drive Surpasses Goal For Miami Valley Hospital
Miami Valley Hospital fund drive raised 2,673,689 dollars toward a 5 million dollar project, exceeding the 2,275,000 goal. Milton H. Wagner said the campaign total, plus 2,225,000 from 1941, will finance a 450 bed addition with construction starting in October.
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Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
Milton H. Wagner
Wagner
Lawmakers reject sharing atomic bombs with allies
Washington reports Congress condemns any plan to permit allied states to possess A bombs. Only Rep Vinson of Georgia signals conditional support, arguing allies should have necessary equipment for defense. Most senators and committee members oppose arming Cold War partners, citing security and leakage risks.
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Washington
America
North Atlantic
Congress
House
Ae Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Congressional Atomic, Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees
Pentagon
Russia
British Navy Reclaims Steamer Ethel Moller
The British Navy recaptured the 64 ton steamer Ethel Moller seized by Chinese Nationalists two months earlier. The Cossack boarded the vessel off Amoy after hailing it, disarmed the Chinese forces, and raised the merchant flag to show the ship was not a warship, with wounded Nationalist soldiers and passengers aboard.
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London
Ethel Moller
Admiralty
Cossack
Amoy
Pusheke”Ts
Barkley Opens Ohio Democrat Campaign in Columbus
Vice President Alben W. Barkley rallied Ohio Democrats in Columbus urging the election of more Democrats to Congress. He touted progressive laws, warned against defense cuts, and defended wartime welfare measures while criticizing Republican inflation of Liberty against Socialism. The address framed the party as world leadership in the Cold War.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democrats
Alben W. Barkley
Jeffferson
Jackson
Congress
Seccntart
Stevie
Washington
Barkley
Russia
Truman
Mystery of Berkeley Springs Homicide Deepens
Reported strangling of a young girl near Berkeley Springs is being linked to a four year old Pennsylvania case. A hitchhiker named Betty Lou is identified as a possible victim, with details of a red hair and a blistered heel cited by a county official. Autopsy places death within 1.5 to 3 days. Fingerprints do not match FBI records. Authorities compare the case to the unsolved Betty Jane Kennedy murder from Hagerstown Maryland.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Yacap
Betty Lou
Akron
Jane Kennedy
Bowersville
S. D. Helsey
Yost
Altoona
Betty
Bedford
Helsey
FBI
Washington
Betty Jane Kennedy
Betty Jane
Hagerstown
Mds
Top Democrats Chicago Bound For Jubilee Show
Top Democrats from 48 states head to Chicago for a three day Jubilee celebrating Jefferson as President Truman will be welcomed in grand fashion. The event aims to boost enthusiasm for congressional campaigns and a Monday night finale features a Truman speech at Chicago Stadium.
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Truman
Genator Lucas
D-Ii
Chicago
Washington
Gene Autry
Sparklin
Rches
Sesente O'Brien
Gunmen Seize 15000 From Brink's Guards at Carpet Plant
Four masked gunmen robbed the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Factory pay room of 15000 for the payroll of 300 workers. The guards were beaten, one seriously, and treated at Mercy Hospital in Springfield Massachusetts. Police scoured the plant for hours but found no trace of the assailants who fled by car before 5 a.m. EST.
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Bigelow-Sanford
Alll
Hosa Tie Tee
Springfield
Mass
Flood Waters Receding in Midwest Area
Floodwaters receded in parts of Nebraska and Oklahoma with damage in the millions. The death toll in the two states was 26 22 in Nebraska. The Red River at Winnipeg neared its highest mark in over a century. Evacuations continued in Manitoba as 40000 refugees sought shelter in the Twin Cities. In Oklahoma and nearby regions farmers evacuated Sequoyah County bottom lands. A man and woman died on a flooded bridge near Shawnee. Waurka residents fled as two creeks isolated the town. No rain fell in most flood zones. showers remained in Arkansas to Ohio.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Red
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Winnipeg Tribune
Twin Cities
Feen
South Central
Sequoyah County
Shawnee
Oklo
Waurcks
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ohio
Judge Orders Dennis Jailed For Contempt Of Congress
In Washington AP report says Communist Leader Eugene Dennis was ordered jailed immediately for contempt of Congress in 1947. Federal Judge David A. Pine directed Dennis to serve a one year sentence, despite a request to delay until June 22. Dennis and 10 others were convicted of conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government. appellate review was scheduled in New York.
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John David Provoo
New York
Japan
Philippines
Washington
Eugene Dennis
Congress
David A. Pine
American Communist Party
Dennis
Court Ofan
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Supreme Court
Violence Flare Strikes Leave Firemen Wounded Across Railways
The nationwide firemen strike widens with thousands more railroad workers idle across major carriers. Violence erupts near Knoxville as shots are reported. pickets deny firing, saying they were stoned. Railroads cut service and issue layoff slips as the walkout escalates, with tens of thousands idle and a presidential fact finding effort underway.
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Chicago
Forkernin
Inc
Inclu
Mby
Knoxville
Southern Railway
New York Central
Indiana
Southern
New Central
Santa Fe
Risburg
New York
Rail Union
Brotherhood of
Youth Sought Through U S In Slayings
Nationwide search mounted for 18 year old Hartman after his elderly grandparents George W Fi t4 and Evalena Fi t4 were slain at their Melbern home. Hartman, married to Dolores Swank 16, is charged with first degree murder. sheriff Barnes circulates Hartman photo and description. a purse with about 300 dollars reportedly taken.
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Bryan
Norman A. Barnes
Hartman
George W
Gideon L
Hartme
Dolores Swank
Odd Montnelier
Auburn
Ind
Fisher
Barnes
Sunday Movie Pests and Mother's Day Lead Features
The Sunday issue features a pictorial lead on movie etiquette pests and a Mother's Day profile centering on a Germantown woman. It also previews MClub's feminine shift after the Girls' Athletic Association banquet, the spring sports pictorial at Middletown High, and reports on Women's Safety Division, JA banquet, and the Treble Clef Chorus.
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Mother
Germantown
MHS’ “M
Girls’ Athletic Association
Middletown High School
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