Communists Said to Fall Back on Suchow Front
Reports from Nanking and official outlets claim Communist forces are in retreat on the Suchow front near Peking, with government troops winning key gains and Red units fleeing under heavy fire. Contrasting accounts from Communist radio cite pushes to encircle Suchow as importance grows for central China.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Suchow
China
Suining
Suhsien
Shanghai
Sinan Pao
Ngrth China
Paoting
Hopeh
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping
North China
Tientsin
Kweisui
Suiyan
Suyan
Jehol
Manchuria
Tsingtao
R. W. Urquhart
Russians Demand Dismissal Of Berlin Economic Chief
The Soviet backed ADN reports Gustav Klingenhoefer, head of Berlin's economic department, ordered removed by Col. Alexander Jelisarov for disorganizing work. Emil Dusiska named interim head amid the city’s fifth split executive department.
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Berlin
Gustav Klingenhoefer
ADN
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Klingenhoefer
Alexander Jelisarov
U S may announce policy to boost morale for China
Washington sources report the United States may issue a policy declaration to strengthen morale of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist forces. President Truman and Secretary Marshall plan a White House review with Lovett to discuss aid levels and broader China policy. Ambassador Wellington Koo urged Washington to express sympathy and solidarity.
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Washington
China
Truman
State Department
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Robert A. Lovett
Koo
United States
AFL Approves Wage Boosts For Officers
The AFL voted a $5,000 yearly raise for President William Green and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany raising their salaries to $25,000 and $23,000. The convention also restored 13 vice-presidents erased in a dispute over John L. Lewis, who had withdrawn from the AFL and refused non Communist affidavits under Taft Hartley, leaving about 300,000 members outside NLRB coverage. Lewis, now UMW president, had his pay doubled to $50,000. Green’s new salary matches CIO President Philip Murray’s after a prior CIO raise. Conciliation Director Cyrus S. Ching commented on the union’s role in labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
AFL
William Green
George Meany
John L. Lewis
NLRB
Lewis
UMW
Miners
Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Union
Cyrus S. Ching
Food Prices Fall Yet Cost of Living Rises Warns Official
Philadelphia AP reports Ewan Clague, labor statistics commissioner, says food prices will drop while rents, autos, and postwar demand push other costs up. He notes 46 million employed, warns skilled labor shortages may worsen, and that readjustments will occur in textiles, clothing, shoes, radios, furniture, and appliances, but overall outlook remains favorable.
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Philadelphia
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Industrial Council of the Chamber of Commerce
Truman Talks Cabinet Shakeup Amid Defense, State Plans
President Truman delays cabinet reorganization while he seeks replacements for Forrestal and Lovett. Close advisers say he aims to keep Marshall from retiring, insisting on a coordinated four year team. defense and state posts unsettled as UN negotiations loom.
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Forrestal
Icot
Truman
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Robert B. Lovett
Marshall
White House
Lie
United Nations
Evatt
UN General Assembly
Four Nations
Shipping Tieup Persists as Coast and East Strikes Drag On
Shipping disruptions span East and West coasts with millions in losses as 65,000 AFL Longshoremen and 28,000 Pacific workers remain idle. Halifax reopens while talks in San Francisco edge toward tentative wage and hiring hall agreements. The dispute centers on a 15 cent hourly raise retroactive to June 15 with wages at 1.67 dollars.
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AFL
Maine
Virginia
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Halifax
United States
Halifax Longshoremen's Association
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Waterfront Employers Association
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Midwest Storm Hits Five States Moving Toward Great Lakes
A wind and rain storm swept over five midwest states yesterday and moved northeastward into the Great Lakes region. Heavy rains and gusts above 70 mph were reported with light snow in Michigan. Rain stretched from the Middle Atlantic states to Georgia.
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Chicago
Midwest
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic
Georgia
Lakes
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
GOP Delays Program Start Ahead of New Congress
Senator Milliken predicts Republicans will wait to see President Truman's proposals before forming opposition policy. The article outlines Truman's platform include repeal of Taft Hartley, price controls, 75 cent minimum wage, federal education aid, housing and social benefits expansion, and anti discrimination efforts. It notes Democratic leaders expect stronger party support for the program and cites leaders Lucas Murray Kilgore commenting on advancing the Philadelphia platform.
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Washington
Milliken
R-Cole
Truman
Congress
Millikin
GOP
Colorado
United Nations
Israel
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Murray
D-Wva
Cer- I
Auto Industry Urged to Clean House by Congressional Panel
The House committee warned the auto industry to reform internal practices or face federal controls. It handed over two days of hearings to the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service, citing dealer tips for fast deliveries as evidence of profiteering. Chairman Macy said disclosures show only a fraction of methods used to obtain high profits, and the panel may reopen nationwide inquiries depending on industry actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Committee
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Macy
R-Ny
Special House
Storms and Labor Board Meet Contrast in Pacific Northwest
A coastal storm subsided in Seattle after seven deaths and three wrecked vessels, including tug St Clair and tug Ruby eight, with Coast Guard rescues and a stranded freighter Herald of the Morning near Grays Harbor. In Portland, CIO executives gathered to review election gains, labor legislation prospects, and a contested New York CIO Council dispute.
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Seattle
St. Clair
Port San Juan
B. C
Ruby
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
Neptune
Columbia River
Vancouver
Victoria
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Washington
Grays Harbor
Woman in Cincinnati May Face Stand Today
Mrs. Mary Clay Watts charged with first degree murder may testify today in Cincinnati court about the death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann on May 15. The defense argues Barbara Ann died from a heart ailment not poisoning, citing experts who say barbiturates and mercury did not cause death.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
Walter J. Siebert
St. Louis
Benjamin A. Gouley
Philadelphia
William R. Rogers
Siebert
Gouley
Rogers
Watts
Three Powers Seek UN Role on Berlin Crisis
The United States Britain and France told UN officials they want the Berlin dispute with Russia treated as a threat to peace and kept in Security Council hands. They reaffirmed a refusal to negotiate with Russia while the Soviet blockade persists, stressing no budge from either side.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Russia
Security Council
United Nations
Moscow Papers Report Prominent Push For UN Big Four Meet
Moscow newspapers ran a bold notice on the Lie-Evatt proposal to convene a United Nations Big Four meeting on the Berlin deadlock. No coverage yet of President Truman’s yesterday rejection pending the Soviet blockade’s end.
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Moscow
Russia
United Nations
Berlin
Truman
Berlin blockade stalemate continues in UN council
Evatt and Lie urged four powers to resolve differences for world peace as Russia balked. Britain cited the Russian veto of a neutrals plan and urged Security Council handling. Marshall offered U S talks with Moscow once the blockade ends and reiterated turning the issue over to the Council.
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H. V. Evatt
Assembly
Trygve Lie
U. S
Russia
Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Britain
Seeurity Council
Trygve Lei
Security Council
Marshall
Truman
West German Governors Reach 90 Percent Agreement on Occupation Statute
Gen. Lucius D. Clay said he and the British and French military governors reached about 90 percent agreement on an occupation statute for western Germany after a six hour meeting. The three power controls would remain after a West German government is formed while several items go back for instructions.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Pierre Koenig
Clay
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