Sugar Refining Strike Threaten East Coast Supply
Conciliators tried to avert a looming strike by sugar refiners that would cut two thirds of U S cane sugar output. unions demanded 18 12 cents hourly boosts across Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore with several plants involved.
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Associated Press
Edgar L. Warren
Washington
American and National Sugar Refining Companies
A. F. of L
A. F. of L. Longshoremen
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Lansing
Mich
Kalamazoo
A. F. of
United Mine Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
Louis H. Wildermann
AFL Union
New York City
Agriculture Department
Cuba
Revere and
American Sugar Refining Companies
National Sugar Refining Company
McCann and
Frank
Conservation seen as safeguard of Louisiana wildlife value
Louisiana wildlife is valued at over 30 million dollars yearly with an added 700000 dollars from license sales, said P A Frye state director of natural gas conservation. He spoke at the Louisiana wildlife federation meeting in Baton Rouge urging protection of natural resources as economic livelihood and tourist draw. Arkansas official T A McAmis attended as guest of honor. Dr Ira N Gabrielson of the Wildlife Restoration Institute spoke at a banquet. State officers for the coming year to be elected Sunday.
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Baton Rouge
P. A. Frye
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Frye
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
T. A. McAmis
Arkansas Fish and Game Commission
Ira N. Gabrielson
Washington, D. C
Wild Life Restoration Institute
U. S. Fish and Wild
Democrats Call For Angry Caucus Protest Meeting
A Democratic caucus to protest party headquarters actions is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Rep. James Domengeaux leads a petition signed by 53 House members urging the gathering, to be chaired by Rep. Jere Cooper. Louisiana lawmakers sign on as conservatives condemn letters urging support for Progressive candidates.
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Washington
Democrat National Committee
James Domengeaux
Louisiana
House
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Cooper
Domengeaux
Leonard Allen
Henry Larcade
F. Edward Hebert
Congress
Robert E. Hannegan
Truman Year Branded Confusing by National Committee
The national committee describes President Truman’s first year in the White House as confusion in international relations national affairs and within the administration. It cites hopes of bipartisan support but accuses him of radical experiments after an early honeymoon with Congress.
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Washington
The
National Committee Today
Truman
White House
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Nude torso of middle aged woman found in Willamette River
A pathologist reported the autopsy of the body recovered in the Willamette River identifies the woman as about 50 years old rather than a teen. Tugboat men retrieved limbs from a gunnysack near Oregon City Falls as officers plan river searches for missing parts. The victim stood about 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 140 to 150 pounds with light hair. Sheriff Reaksecker says leads are exhausted.
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Milwaukee
Ore
Willamette River
Warren Hunter
University of Oregon Medical School
Oregon City Falls
George Raker
Frank Metic
Fred Reaksecker
Peron Promises Food Aid to Meet World Famine
UNRRA announced that Argentina's president-elect Col Juan Peron pledged to mobilize all his power to meet the world food crisis. Francis B Sayre reported Peron will cooperate with UNRRA and push the government program for relief. La Guardia urged a 35 percent grain set aside for wheat needs and pressed for prompt action from the U S government and Britain. Congress and senate committees weighed small business complaints about Grain for Europe amid flour mill fears and bake shop losses.
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Washington
Juan Peron
Argentina
UNRRA
Peron
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Francis B. Sayre
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Farrell
Sayre
LaGuardia
Europe
la Guardia
Attlee
United States
Department of Agriculture
Columbia University
New York
Truman
Senate
Small Business Committee
Anderson
Midwest
PT A Announces Theme for Louisiana PTA Convention
Mrs. Roger P. Sharp announces the Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association convention in Shreveport April 25 to 27 with the theme Character the Cornerstone of Citizenship. Speakers include Don M. Ewing and William J. Dodd, plus L. K. Bishop Dr J M Artman Eric Voegelin and Joseph Mickle.
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New Orleans
Roger P. Sharp
Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association
P.T. A
Shreveport
Don M. Ewing
Shreveport Times
Louisiana
William J. Dodd
Louisiana P.T. A
L. K. Bishop
National Conference of Christians and Jews
J. M. Artman
Chicago
Character and Citizenship
Eric Voegelin
Louisiana State University
Joseph Mickle
Centenary College
Sharp
S. R. Clay
Sam Caldwell
Roscoe H. White
Fred Simon
J. L. Jackson
Shreveport Council
Eighteen Hungarians Killed in Budapest Munition Blast
Eighteen Hungarian soldiers were killed and 27 wounded when a store of munitions exploded at an army officers training school in Budapest on Thursday. The incident was disclosed today by authorities.
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Budapest
Poland And Mexico To Fight France Proposal For Atomic Investigation
Civilians in eastern and southern parts of the country face severe meat shortages in coming months, the agriculture department said. With no rationing, seasonal drops, export sales, and high demand, supplies will shrink unevenly, hitting distant regions hardest while the midwest consumes first. The report warns rationing helped distribute meat more equitably and its end worsens overseas commitments and storage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
National Food Situation
Midwest
Invitation Rejected By Spain Restrictions Stir UN Probe
In New York on April 13 Poland and Mexico signaled readiness to oppose a Franco backed UN inquiry into German atomic bomb research in Spain. Spain’s terms limit the commission to friendly nations and to industrial sites, with publicity. five Security Council members would be barred, complicating Russian objections. Iran meanwhile seeks UN intervention to ensure fair elections amid threats from a leftist group.
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New York
Poland
Mexico
United Nations
Spain
Security Council
Generalissimo
Franco
Madrid
Soviet Russia
Russia
China
Australia
Tehran
Iran
Congressional Uprising Against OPA Grows In House
Washington dispatch reports a strong rebellion in Congress against OPA with Rep Hartley urging moderation to preserve price controls. A 63 member panel campaigns to inform the public how they view price controls as legislation to extend OPA beyond June 30 faces floor debate. Paul Porter warns amendments would cost consumers billions in a year and prices in clothing and automobiles would rise.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
OPA
Hartley
R-Nj
House
Congress
Paul Porter
Spencer D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
Flannagan
D-Va
Flood Control to Hear Urgent Hearings in Washington
Rep. C. E. McKenzie heads to Washington for flood control hearings with Monroe tied to the Lafourche area. An already approved more than five million dollars funds Boeuf Tensas and Bayou Macon work, with plans to extend aid to Monroe. Also note a family update as Jane McKenzie’s son in law Johnny Sherrouse Jr is ill in Houston.
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Rep. C. E. McKenzie
Delta Airlines
Washington, D. C
Monroe
Lafourche
Congress
Boeuf
Tensas
Bayou Macon
Rep. McKenzie
Louisiana
Mississippi
Washington
Jane
Johnny Sherrouse, Jr
Houston
Carson and proxy bride remarry in New Orleans
Donald Carson of Oak Ridge Tennessee and his proxy bride Lily Mendoza of Guatemala City were remarried in New Orleans to satisfy immigration rules after a proxy ceremony on March 9. The couple, who met while Carson served with the U S Army Air Corps in Guatemala, planned a belated honeymoon after a two week vacation and return to Oak Ridge for work.
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New Orleans
Donald Carson
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Lily Mendoza
Guatemala City
Carl S. Schutten
St. Patrick's Church
Carson
Tennessee
U. S. Army Air Corps
Guatemala
Atlanta
Louisiana seeks doubling of state sales tax for schools
State Education Supt. John E. Coxe proposes to double the one cent sales tax to raise at least 26 million dollars per biennium for elementary and high schools. The plan earmarks 70 percent for teacher salaries and 30 percent for buildings and operations, addressing teacher shortages and classroom growth.
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Baton Rouge
John E. Coxe
Louisiana
Coxe
Plane Crash Kills Army Lieutenant and Brother-in-Law in Chicago
An army F-6 photography plane crashed between a two story apartment and a frame house on Chicago's northwest side killing First Lt. Arthur V. Robitschek Jr. and Albert Schultz both of Chicago. Seven others were hurt including two firemen. The plane, from Brooks Field Texas, was on a training cross country flight when the accident happened.
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Chicago
Army Air Corps
Army Sixth Service Command
Arthur V. Robitschek, Jr
Army
Albert Schultz
Virginia
Robitschek
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texas
House hesitates on teen draft ban and holiday
The House endorses a five month induction holiday and extends draft law to 1947 but delays final action until Monday. Debate centers on banning teen inductions and a possible 18 month service limit while pay raises and other reforms await separate bills.
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Washington
House
Senate
Cox
Rayburn
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Merchant Marine Ag
Holeiday
McCormack
Massachusetts
Vinson
Georgia
Naval Committee
May
Kentucky
Military Committee
Armed Services
Food Shortage Warned for U S Zone in Germany
In Berlin on April 13 U S military officials told former President Herbert Hoover that the American Zone could not sustain life at basic levels from German supplies. They urged food imports and warned that 915 daily calories per person may be available April to September. Hoover plans to depart Berlin next day.
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U. S
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Hoover
Joseph T. McNarney
Lucius Clay
Europe
Truman
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