Senate backs quick vote on draft strike provision
Senator Ellender said President Truman will press for emergency labor legislation with a strong draft-strikers measure. The Senate agreed to a 4 p m CST vote on removing the draft strike provision from the president's labor bill as party leaders push confrontation with internal labor leaders.
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Washington
Ellender
Louisiana
White House
Truman
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Associated Press
Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt and the mining question
The piece examines Eleanor Roosevelt’s sympathy for striking miners and contrasts it with perceptions of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a practical businessman. It cites Delano and Roosevelt family mining interests, wartime profits, and mine closures from 1914 to 1940, noting guarded ties to UMW actions and company towns.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Delano-Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strike Ends After City Officials Agree to Meet
In Rochester New York May 29 union members halted city work, idling about 30 000 workers after a city wide shut down. Frederick H Bullen of the state mediation board announced that unions accepted a three point declaration of policy by City Manager Louis B Cartwright ending the stoppage and bringing negotiations to a close.
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Rochester
N. Y
Frederick H. Bullen
State Mediation Board
Thomas E. Dewey
Louis B. Cartwright
Louisiana Lawmaker Seeks Public Support for Closed Shop Bills
Rep. W. J. Cleveland of Acadia Parish asks state citizens to back his anti closed shop measures. He argues unions coerce workers and cites the calling for a constitutional amendment to guarantee employment without union membership. A public hearing is set for Thursday before a state House committee.
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Baton Rouge
W. J. Cleveland
Acadia Parish
Louisiana
Cleveland
Eveland
Pse
State House
Whitney to rally unions after rail strike clash
A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen traveled to New York to accuse President Truman of a double cross over the railway strike. He urged unification of major unions and hinted at consolidating with a large labor group to oppose anti labor forces.
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Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Whitney
Madison Square Garden
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
US to Seek Slashing Arms Across Nations
Secretary Byrnes told the House foreign affairs committee the United States will work for limitation of arms worldwide. He said details are pending but aims to reduce burdens of large armed forces. Byrnes urged congressional approval of a broad military cooperation program with American nations and noted Moscow’s reaction to Molotov’s charges. He denied a British American bloc against Russia and cited Stalin agreeing to support a four power treaty.
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Washington
Byrnes
Congress
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Moscow
Molotov
Foreign Ministers Conference
Paris
Europe
Soviet Union
Russia
London
Susquehanna River Flood Crest Drowns Dozens in PA NY
The Susquehanna River surged southward after four days of heavy rain, flooding cities and farmland in north central Pennsylvania and southern New York. At least 10 people drowned and four more are missing as damage passes $3 million while Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre endure record flood levels and widespread evacuations.
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Walter Dressler
Bradford
Holley
Brandford
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York State
New York
U. S. Weather Bureau
Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Sunbury
Susquehanna
Williamsport
Examinations Open for Monroe Police and Fire Posts
Examinations to qualify candidates for Monroe police and fire departments began at Central fire station under J B Roberts of Baton Rouge state municipal civil service examiner. Positions include police chief captains sergeants and patrolmen and fire chief first and second assistant chief captains drivers and firemen. Provisional appointees from last 18 months await grading before the civil service board certifies eligible names to the mayor.
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Monroe Police and Fire Departments
Central Fire Station
J. B. Roberts
Baton Rouge
State
Municipal Civil Service
Monroe Civil Service Board
Cash Fallout in Monroe Grocery Fire Hoard of $700 Lost
Fire at Pete Davis farm store on the Columbia road 12 miles south of Monroe destroyed a one story frame building. Warren Williams and family lost $700 in cash hidden in a syrup can as flames consumed $500 of stock and household goods. Firefighters saved a nearby two room structure. Cause undetermined.
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Warren Williams
Pete Davis
Columbia Road
Monroe
Central Station
J. W
Welch and Engine Company
Williams
Davis Place
Mass execution of Dachau Nazis begins by U S Army
Landsberg Germany May 29 Fourteen Dachau commandant Pi Martin Gottfried Weiss hanged at Landsberg prison as part of the largest mass execution by the U S Army. Twenty eight defendants were tried for murdering over 300000 people including women and children at Dachau with brutal methods.
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Landsberg
Germany
Martin Gottfried Weiss
Dachau
Weiss
United States Army
War Crimes Branch
Wiesbaden
U. S
American Baby Born in Berlin Signals Postwar milestone
The first American baby born in Berlin since the war is a six pound nine ounce boy, son of Sgt. and Mrs. Marvin C. Gerber of San Antonio Texas. Gerber has served overseas three years and met his wife Andree Fortelle in Paris. The child was named Franklin Roosevelt in honor of the president.
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Berlin
Marvin C. Gerber
San Antonio
Texas
Gerber
Andree Fortelle
Paris
Franklin
Roosevelt
Chiang heads fighting in Manchuria claims
Gen Chou En-Lai, China’s No 2 Communist, said Chiang Kai-Shek personally directed the government’s Manchurian campaign and warned the war there had reached a critical turn. Reports meanwhile said national troops seized Kirin and Liao yuan as lines moved toward Szepingkai and Tsitsihar.
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Nanking
Chou En-Lai
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Associated Press
Kirin
Yungki
Peiping
Shih Chieh Jih Pao
Liaoyuan
Szepingkai
Szepingkai-Tsitsihar
Wolungtun
Chou
Stassen Survives Elevator Plunge in Pasadena Hotel
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen survived an elevator plunge at the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena California. The car dropped three floors en route to a Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet but struck safety springs and caused only minor shakings among riders. Stassen continued to the banquet and spoke later urging control of atomic energy noting youth must direct scientific advances toward constructive use.
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Pasadena
Calif
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Huntington
Stassen
France Receives $1.37 Billion US Credit for Rebuild
The United States and France announce a 1.37 billion dollar loan package to aid France’s rehabilitation plan. The package includes a direct 650 million dollar loan at 3 percent repayable in 25 years and 720 million dollar credit at 2 percent repayable in 35 years. France will pledge not to raise tariffs on American goods and both nations seek broader world trade with lowered tariffs.
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United States
France
Britain
Lewis and John L Lewis Meet Amid Coal Strike Talks
Senate coverage reports Senator Lucas of Illinois urging support for emergency labor legislation as John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers policy committee discuss possible soft coal settlement. Officials in Columbus and Washington note ongoing negotiations and potential 10:30 a.m. Washington conference.
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Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Ohio
Lewis
White House
Charles G. Ross
Secretary of Interior
Krug
District Six
Columbus
Union
Resolution targets Henderlite over civil service status
Louisiana House debated a measure to empower the governor to discharge Chief Highway Engineer Harry B. Henderlite for alleged discourtesy and “estimates out of line” despite civil service protections. The proposal was referred to the highway committee after debate on civil service implications.
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Baton Rouge
Harry B. Henderlite
Fred Heintz
St. Tammany
William Steele
E. W. Sehon
LaSalle
House
Davis
Harry Henderlite
Henderlite
Sidney Sylvester
St. Landry
Tugwell estimates surplus of 19 million in treasury
Baton Rouge May 29 The House appropriations committee heard State Treasurer A P Tugwell estimate that the general treasury surplus June 30 will be about 19 million dollars, vs a budget forecast of 12 million. Tugwell cautioned the figure is not a revenue prediction for the next biennium.
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Baton Rouge
House “Appropriations Committee
A. P. Tugwell
Treasury
Tugwell
J. H. Restex
Bonnie Baker
Appropriations Committee
W. G. Metzger
Stanley Gross
Labor Department
State Child Labor Council
Orleans Votes To Legalize Gambling
In New Orleans a 7 to 1 referendum approval backed Mayor de Lesseps Morrison on legalizing and taxing race bookies. unofficial returns show 50,683 for and 7,334 against as Morrison vows to consult with legislators before deciding next steps.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
de Lesseps Morrison
Morrison
William J. Gruber
Gruber
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YANTI
U.S
House Foreign Committee
U. S. Army
Paul Grossman
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Chiang
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T. J. Price
Interior Krug
Cone Tract
Orleans
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