United Nations backs world arms reduction plan
The UN general assembly political committee unanimously approves a draft resolution for a global arms reduction program and non veto controls, calls for inspection machinery, and outlawing weapons of mass destruction while probing peaceable atomic energy use.
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New York
United Nations Political and Security Committee
United Nations
General Assembly
Lake Success
Assembly
Security Council
Sport writers urged to form national body for clean youth sports
Westbrook Pegler reports U S attorney general Tom Clark invites sports writers to Washington to help raise youth interest in clean sports and recreation. Corum backs plan while Pegler warns of Hollywood influence and calls for a boundary between sports and crime.
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New York
Tom Clark
United States
Washington
Bill Corum
Georgia Tech student acquitted in Winecoff incident
Arnold Hardy, a Georgia Tech student, broke a glass door to a drug store to obtain surgical supplies for Winecoff hotel fire victims. In recorder's court he was acquitted of disorderly conduct with the judge ruling his motive was to help. The store owner did not wish to prosecute.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Winecoff Hotel
Recorder's Court
Arnold Hardy
A. W. Callaway
Ardy
Harvey Hill
Auto Workers Demand General Wage Increase in 1947 Talks
The United Automobile Workers announces 23.5 cent hourly hikes for about 900,000 members totaling $1,692,000 daily. President Walter P. Reuther says inflation must be tackled without price rises and notes benefits to over half a million nonunion auto workers. plans include equalization funds and social security retirement schemes.
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New York
United Automobile Workers of America
Walter P. Reuther
International Executive Board
Friend of Truman Faces Accusation
New York report reveals salary irregularities at Home Insurance Co the nation’s largest fire insurer. President Harold W. Smith drew 2090 monthly expenses while charging travel gifts and entertainment. ex-VP George E. Allen received 14000 annual salary plus 5000 unauthorized as traveling expenses.
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New York
New York State Insurance Department
Home Insurance Co
Harold W. Smith
George E. Allen
RFC
State Superintendent of Insurance
Smith
Allen
Truman
Housing curb easing eyed by new housing chief
Washington officials say a gradual lifting of strict non home building curbs isAdvocated by Frank R Creedon housing expeditor. Senate hearings planned as Stewart predicts full decontrol after Congress convenes to aid veterans and spur construction. Creedon warned against sudden removal of all limits as a phased approach is seen.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Wilson Wyatt
Stewart
Tennessee
Congress
Senate
Truman
Wyatt
Rotary Again RaisesFunds for Monroe Good Fellows
The Monroe Rotary Club raised 194 at a noon luncheon from its White Elephant sale and donations, led by B. B. Martin. The fund supports Good Fellows as part of a yearlong community relief effort.
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Good Fellows Fund
B. B. Martin
Good Fellows
Monroe
First American Cattle Shipment to China Planned
About 30 men from Northeastern and Midwestern states gathered in New Orleans to load roughly 150 heifers onto the Lindenwood Victory for a voyage to China. The workers belong to the Church of Brethren, a peace church with roots in the Midwest and East.
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New Orleans
China
Church of Brethers
Midwest
Health Units Meet to Discuss State Public Health Reform
Health unit directors and staff from Caldwell Concordia East and West Carroll Franklin Jackson Lincoln Madison Morehouse Ouachita Richland Tensas and Union gathered in Monroe for a quarterly conference aimed at coordinating regional meetings and considering Reactivation of the Louisiana Association of Public Health Workers or forming a new state body. The morning session outlined recent state health department developments.
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Monroe
Louisiana Association of Public Health Workers
Caldwell
Concordia
East
West Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Tensas
Union
State Health Department
Hope Dims for 15 More Buried in New York Tenement Collapse
Rescue teams laboring through the night at 2515 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan faced a grim toll after a five alarm fire and collapsing ice house wall left 21 dead and more than 30 injured. Police said 15 others remained believed buried under rubble as steam shovels prepared to join the search.
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New York City
New York
Rose Fucci
Amsterdam Avenue
Upper Manhattan
Checks totaling twenty five thousand to Bilbo questioned at war contracts inquiry
Felix Thomas Newton of Hattiesburg identified four checks totaling 25000 made out to Senator Theodore Bilbo on 7 September 1942. Three were endorsed by Bilbo and Robert Gandy. Newton said he earned about a million dollars in war contract fees since 1940 and Bilbo's help in obtaining contracts was uncertain. The committee planned further testimony and subpoenas, including banker J M Quinn of Jackson and a National Bank executive.
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Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
Felix Thomas Newton
Hattiesburg
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Newton
Bilbo
War Contracts
Robert Gandy
Gandy
Jackson
Senate War Investigating Committee
First Baptist Church
Ferguson
Mich
Edward P. Terry
Burbo
Mead
N. Y
J. M. Quinn
Jackson State National Bank
George Meader
Quinn
Forrest
Miners' Blame Before Court in Contempt Case
The Supreme Court weighs whether the United Mine Workers can be held responsible for acts of John L. Lewis after a $5.5 million contempt fine amid the soft coal strike. Lewis faces a $10,000 personal fine as the union petitions seek certiorari and potential tripling of issues for January arguments.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Justice Goldsborough
Union
Norris-La Guardia
The
Largest tax payment highlights parish fiscal growth
The Louisiana Power & Light Company paid a record 121627.67 in 1946 taxes, the sheriff noting it as the largest single tax in Ouachita Parish. Company officials cited increased rural line construction totaling 717 miles, boosting electrification from 11.5 percent in 1940 to 37.1 percent in the state, with education on farm use as a key next step.
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Louisiana Power & Light Company
Milton Coverdale
Coverdale
A. O. Evans
Power Company
Ouachita Parish
Evans
Louisiana
Louisiana to Get Colder Weather
Cooler weather was expected to move into Louisiana and Mississippi tonight with near freezing temperatures predicted for the northern portion of Mississippi. Partly cloudy conditions will prevail in both states tonight and Saturday, with continued cool weather forecast for Saturday. Gentle to moderate northerly winds on the Mississippi coast.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Soldiers Among Accident Victims
In Mansfield Ohio the Golden Triangle passenger train struck two freight trains early today. At least 15 persons were killed and 50 injured, including five soldiers and three trainmen. Soldiers were en route from Fort Dix New Jersey to Chicago. Rescue teams freed victims as rails and ties were severely damaged.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Golden Triangle
Coulter
Here
Fort Dix
N. J
Chicago
Frank Robinson
Richland County
Robinson
Kenneth Compton
Superior
Wis
Mansfield General Hospital
Sheriff Robinson
Truman Praised by Republicans on Temporary Controls Move
Washington lawmakers applaud President Truman’s move to place price, reconversion and stabilization authority under a new temporary controls office. They promise oversight to ensure savings while evaluating sugar, housing, and rent policies and the impact on veterans groups.
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Washington
Truman
Wiley
Wisconsin
Republican Congress
Millikin
Colorado
Senate
Republican Conference
Congress
Economic Advisory Council
Senate House Committee
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Taft
Ohio
Welfare checks to shrink for Louisiana citizens
Baton Rouge Louisiana welfare officials say aid payments will be cut before June 30 as costs rise. Welfare director W S Terry Jr cites growing caseload from 62 000 to about 67 500 and notes a fixed state and federal funding mix totaling about 18 million dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
W. S. Terry, Jr
Welfare Department
Terry
Oklahoma City Bus Operators Strike Sparks City Transit Standin
Street car and bus operators in Oklahoma City fail to report to work over a labor dispute. City officials deploy police and fire department vehicles to haul passengers as a three-man arbitration board proposes a five cent hourly wage increase. The union demanded twenty cents.
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Oklahoma City
Amalgamated Union of Street Car Operators
A. F. of L
William Gill, Jr
Arbitration Board
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