Truman may take labor repeal case to the people after House defeat
President Truman faces a major setback as the House defeats the administration backed Wood labor bill 217 to 203, thwarting repeal of the Taft Hartley act. The loss signals possible direct appeals to voters and a party loyalty rift as Democrats break with the president on key proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Representative Priest
D-Tenn
Labor Committee
Capitol Hill
Congress
White House
Florida
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Two fund raising methods for foreign relief protests
Westbrook Pegler describes two ways to raise funds for foreign relief including appeals via Catholic and union channels. He questions the motives of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union led by David Dubinsky and alleges secret wartime espionage by the I L G W A.
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Catholic Bishops’ Fund
New York
Internaional Ladies Garment Workers Union
David Dubinsky
Roosevelt
Liberty Party
Dubinsky
United States
Europe
Truman backs McCloy to head German civilian rule
President Truman urged World Bank president John J. McCloy to succeed Gen. Lucius D. Clay as chief of the American occupation zone in Germany. Clay’s retirement as military governor is effective May 15, paving the way for a civilian high commissioner as part of the Western allies plan to merge zones and form a federal German republic.
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World Bank
Clay
Germany
Washington
President Truman
John J. McVloy
The
Lucius D. Clay
Truman
whCley
Igh
United States
Britain
France
McCloy
Allied High Commission
Cheers and boos greet Hartley in Baton Rouge town hall
In Baton Rouge May 4, a co author of the Taft Hartley Act defended the labor law amid cheers for former Republican Rep Fred A Hartley Jr and boos from hecklers. Hartley said Congress will enact a basic Taft Hartley act while acknowledging faults.
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Baton Rouge
Congress
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
New Jersey
Hartley
Monroe
Washington
Woodhill
Shooting Ends Farm Dispute In Louisiana
Madison Ray, 39, detained in Franklin parish jail after six .22 caliber bullets hit neighbor Robert A. Smith, 38, in a dispute. Smith with wounds to arms, chest, and side was rushed to Winnsboro hospital. Ray faced no charges as of noon. The sheriff cited family trouble as the motive.
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Robert Smith
Madison Ray
Baskin
Farmer
Franklin Parish
Hiram B. Waller
Robert A. Smith
Ray
Smith
Sheriff's Department
Winnsboro
Wisner Wind Storm Delays Flower Show Amid Heavy Damage
Wisner Louisiana May 4 Special The Wisner Garden Club flower show is indefinitely postponed after a wind and hail storm Sunday night. The storm damaged homes, tore trees, shattered windows and roofs, snapped telephone poles, and left Wisner property damages estimated above 50000 dollars. no injuries reported. Mayor Tobe Brown notes almost every house suffered some damage.
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Wisner
Wisner Garden Club
R. A. Brown
Tobe) Brown
Five Die In Jersey City Flash Fire Tragedy
A stairwell blaze in a three story Jersey City brick building killed five members of one family and injured three others, including a firefighter. The fire began on the ground floor hall and swept to the upper floor, trapping residents as neighbors escaped to a adjacent roof. Fire Chief Frank Ertle led the response and crews carried the victims from a seven room apartment and a rear bedroom amid smoke and burns.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Ertle
Frank Quazzo
Albert
Angie de Marco
Phyllis Quazzo
Concita
Mary Quazzo
Quazzo
Samuel de Marco
de Marco
John Billa
Stevens Avenue
Jersey City Medical Center
Angie
Phyllis
Forecasting champ accused of fraud
John Lengyel a 29 year old former Pottstown postal clerk rose to fame by predicting exact scores in college games and earned prizes from The Sporting News and regional papers. A federal grand jury charged him with mail fraud after prosecutors said he posted letters with game results before games were played and mailed them for prizes.
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Philadelphia
John Lengyel
Pottstown, Pa
Lengyel
Sporting News
St. Louis
U. S
James K. McGranery
Fred I. Noch
Pottstown
Four Powers Meet to Discuss Berlin Blockade Lift
In New York on May 4 the United States Soviet Union Britain and France met to work out details for lifting the ten month Berlin blockade and for a council of foreign ministers meeting. The talks marked the first four power Berlin discussions since last summer with plans to lift May 12 and hold ministers meetings May 23. The conferees are Philip C. Jessup Jakob A. Malik Sir Alexander Cadogan and Jean Chauvel.
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New York
Russia
Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
British Press Association
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations
London
United States
Moscow
Britain
France
Jakob A. Malik
Philip C. Jessup
Cadogan
Jean Chauvel
Jessup
Malik
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Chamber denounces Brannan farm program at policy dinner
The United States Chamber of Commerce prepared to vote on a resolution opposing the Brannan farm plan, arguing it would lead to full regulation of agriculture and harm supply laws. The measure, drafted by the policy committee, is one of about 69 declarations to be approved at the 37th annual policy dinner in Washington with delegates from 3,000 chambers and business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Chamber
D. A. Haley
Dallas Oilman
Father Hunts Endlessly For Son Reported Dead
New York May 4 People recall a son missing since 1944 when his bomber went down in France. The father Harry Lepster travels to France and Washington seeking proof of life amid doubts. He works in a Broadway restaurant, waiting for news while clinging to hope his son Nathan may still be alive and return home to Brooklyn.
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Arthur Everett
New York
Harry Lepsester
Nathan
France
Brooklyn
Harry
Washington
Tech War Department
Ford strike threat as union and management race to avert walkout
May 4 Detroit report on 60,000 Ford workers facing a noon walkout at River Rouge over speed-up. Negotiators meet at 2 p.m. in a last attempt to settle, with Walter Reuther urged to attend. A strike could halt 115,000 Ford employees and affect the broader auto bargaining drive.
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Detroit
Ford
River Rouge
C. S O. United Auto Workers
U A. W. International
Ford Rouge
Ford Local 600
Rouge
International
International Executive Board
Walter Reuther
John S. Bugas
Bugas
Senate votes down plan to strip education aid funds
The Senate rejected a Tydings amendment to cut funds from about half the states in a $300 million federal education aid bill. Tydings argued aid should go only to poorer states with below average per pupil spending. the vote stood 57 to 17 against the change. The bill would provide grants to states for teacher salaries and school operating costs, ranging from five to about twenty nine dollars per child depending on state income payments.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
D.-Md
Wherry
Nebraska
Dr George Long Faces Confidence Vote In Louisiana
Alexandria May 4 The office of Dr George Long superintendent of the State Colony and Training School said he was out of town as petitions circulated seeking his removal by Gov Earl K Long. C B Rogers Pineville chairman of the board of supervisors said the board will meet at 2 pm to vote on confidence in Dr Long.
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Alexandria
George Long
State Colony and Training School
Long
Earl K. Long
C. B. Rogers
Pineville
Board of Supervisors
Labor battle ends in stalemate as Wood bill stalls
Washington May 4 AP Truman Democrats yards won a motion to recommit the Wood labor bill by 212 to 209 leaving the House with no labor bill before it. The outcome blocks repeal of Taft Hartley in name but preserves key provisions while Senate fate looms. Republicans faced an upset as the Wood bill had 217 to 203 yesterday and administration forces needed eight votes to push it through.
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Washington
Truman
Democrats
House
Senate
Shanghai Cut Off by Reds
Chinese news reports say Communist forces cut all land routes from Shanghai, isolating the city as Hangchow fell and Hankow defense plans shifted. Nationalist positions in the Yangtze triangle faced encirclement with sea lanes remaining as the only exit.
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Fred Hampson
Shanghai
China
Yangtze
Hankow
Hangchow
Canton
Pai Chung- Hsi
Nanking
Changsha
Hunan
Pai
Kweilin
Li Tsung-Jen
Asia
Red
Love Triangle trial under way in Cedar Rapids
The murder trial of St. Louis baby specialist Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. opened its third day with jurors to be seated by noon. The state accuses Rutledge of killing Byron C. Hattman in a Cedar Rapids hotel room over alleged attentions to Rutledge's wife Sydney. Hattman, 29, had traveled to Cedar Rapids weekly before his death last December.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Rutledge
Byron C. Hattman
Hattman
Sydney
Hartman
Health unit plans 60 percent staff cut in next year
The Ouachita parish health unit faces a 60 percent personnel reduction starting July 1 1949 due to a state and federal budget decline. Total local support remains 19 209 with state funds 14 872, bringing next year’s available funds to 34 081, prompting staff reductions and clinic consolidations including closing the X ray department and scaling back tuberculosis control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Boaz
State Department of Health
Ouachita Parish
City of Monroe
City of
West Monroe
State Health Department
Boaz
Trois E. Johnson
S. J. Phillips
Accident Victim Crum Dies After Hospital Stay
Jesse S. Crum twenty three of 1511 South Second Street Monroe died in a local hospital on Wednesday after injuries from a jeep collision ten days earlier. He collapsed during a leg setting and died. Crum, a World War II veteran, had lived in Monroe 18 months after moving from Chester Mississippi to work at Ward Farm Store. A service will be held at Davis Lawhead Funeral Home and he will be buried in Gloster Mississippi. He is survived by his parents a wife and son John C Crum a sister and three brothers.
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Jesse S. Crum
South Second Street
Monroe
Chester
Miss
Ward Farm
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
Gloster
Crum
H. I. Crum
John C. Crum
Bonnie Coleman
Magnolia
B. C
Willie Crum
Port Gibson
Paul
Summit
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