Hearing Today May Settle Fate Of Portal Suits
Detroit January hearing in the Mt Clemens Pottery case opened with Judge Frank A. Picard accusing CIO counsel of misreading his ruling on portal pay. The government seeks dismissal as the clash over whether the judge favored portal pay escalates.
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Detroit
JINS
Frank A. Picard
CIO
Mt. Clemens
Picard
Frank Donner
U. S. Supreme Court
Portal
Donner
Fate of portal pay suits hinges on Detroit hearing
In Detroit Judge Frank Picard delays start as federal court prepares to hear portal pay lawsuits totaling over four billion dollars. A joint conference with union and company attorneys precedes the session with proceedings continuing on page two.
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Detroit
INS
Portal
U. S
Frank Picard
Picard
Union and Company
Weather, relics, and small-town notes from Pa Newe
Pa Newe reports repair work on the two latest pillar casualties on the Diamond. Unseasonably warm overnight temperatures reached around 60 degrees, with colder weather expected. Merle Cover of R D 2 sends Indian relics including 21 arrow heads and a five inch spear head found on Youngstown road. Motorists faced easy starts after overnight cold. Outdoor parks benefited from the warm spell while rain harms farmers waiting for frozen or dry ground to harvest last year’s corn. An Ohio couple tended a gray squirrel struck by a car on Croton avenue hill, highlighting local wildlife concern.
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Merle O. Cover
Pa Nene
Anme
Ohio
Croton Avenue
Daily Weather Report Summary
A daily weather report records a 24 hour period ending at 9 m with a maximum temperature of 61 and a minimum of 35, precipitation of .04 inches, and a river stage of 79 feet. The same date last year showed a max of 42, min 25, and precipitation of .02 inches.
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United States
U S Marines Begin China Withdrawal
U S Marines withdrawing from China as about two thousand Marines of the 11th regiment depart Tangku for Guam. The rest of the first division stationed at Peiping Tangku and Tientsin are alerted for reassignment. Lt General Gillem said nearly two thousand U S Army personnel will leave China soon and redeploy upon Washington orders. No danger anticipated.
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Peiping
INS
United States
China
11Th Regiment
First Division
Tangku
Guam
Marine
America
Tientsin
Pacific
Alvan C. Gillem
Executive Headquarters
U. S. Army
Gillem
Washington
Hold Hope That China Will Not Engage In All Out Civil Strife
U S observers in Washington deem the United States action to quit mediating in China as a move to let liberal factions unite for a peaceful government. They note a lull in fighting since last July despite Secretary Marshall’s failed peace talks. A Shanghai business manifesto is mentioned as further context.
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China
Washington
United States
George C. Marshall
Shanghai
Seek To Break Deadlock On Atomic Control
United States moves in the Security Council to break deadlock on atomic controls and disarmament by informal talks with all ten other delegates. Warren R. Austin leads, with Herschel V. Johnson assisting, after prior consultations by President Truman and Secretary Marshall.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Council
Herschel V. Johnson
Marshall
Warm Spell Ends Abruptly With Incoming Cold Front
Temperatures rose to 61 degrees this morning in the district amid a springlike spell with scattered showers. Forecasters warn the warmth will reverse as rain turns to snow and colder air moves in, though last January saw 68 degrees during a warmer spell. January temperatures have run above the monthly average so far.
Boys Confess Causing Fatal Train Wreck
Two boys aged 10 and 12 confessed to placing a 175 pound fencing wire bale on the Pennsylvania tracks at Walton. The derailed Union passenger train killed four and injured twenty three. The pair said they removed the wire from a nearby fence stack to see what would happen.
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Logansport
Ind
INS
Harold Smith
Smith
Walton
the Union
Chicago
Daughter Of West Virginia Official Killed By Auto
Elizabeth Sattler 28, daughter of WV State Labor Commissioner Charles J F Sattler, died from injuries after being struck by a car on a Charleston street. Police investigated whether the death was accidental as autopsy showed multiple injuries including broken ribs and crushed organs.
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Charleston
W. Va
INS
Elizabeth Sattler
West Virginia
Charles J. F. Sattler
L. B. Warren
School Officials To Present Plans For High School Addition
Superintendent Frank L. Burton, Senior High Principal Clare B. Book, Directors Daniel B. Woolcock and C. L. Shira and Superintendent S. G. Ligo left for Harrisburg today to present proposed plans to the Department of Public Instruction. The addition would include a cafeteria, music room, teachers dining room, home economics room and several classrooms.
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Department of Public Instruction
Frank L. Burton
Clare B. Book
Daniel B. Woolcock
C. L. Shira
S. G. Ligo
Harrisburg
Fifty Die As Ferryboat Capsizes in Japan
Tokyo January 30 The Kyodo news agency reports fifty people drowned when a crowded ferryboat overturned at a Namazu pier as more than 300 passengers rushed to the dock. The vessel returning from a shrine festival was three times its normal load.
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Tokyo
INS
Kyodo News Agency
Namazu
Tne
Police appeal in Black Dahlia case seeks killer talk
Los Angeles police urged the presumed murderer to surrender after a deadline in a note. They promised fair treatment and a fair trial if he surrenders. Authorities discount three confusing confessions by a man and two women while scanning mail and calls for more clues. The genuine letter sent to The Los Angeles Examiner included Elizabeth Short’s personal effects.
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Los Angeles
INS
Elizabeth Short
Donahoe
Danial S. Voorhees
van Nuys
Emily E. Williams
WAC
San Diego
Minnie Sepulveda
Los Angeles Examiner
Russia Bar Small Nations From German Peace Talks
At a foreign ministers' deputies meeting in London on January 30 the United States Britain and France opposed Russia's draft procedure to exclude small nations from German peace treaty discussions. Robert D Murphy said small powers earned the right to help prepare the pact and that their inclusion would yield a more lasting peace.
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London
INS
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Feodor Gusev
Robert D. Murphy
Germany
Murphy
Study Proposals In Steel Wages Talks In Pittsburgh
Negotiations between CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel suspended for a week after two and a half days of talks on 15 Steelworkers points and 13 company counter proposals. A February 6 recess was called with no point resolved as committees prepare to streamline for future conferences. About 70 participants including officials and attorneys attended the opening discussions.
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Pittsburgh
INS
CIO
United Steelworks
U.S. Steel
Truman Denies Rent Increase Rumors
President Truman rejects reports of a 10 percent rise in rent ceilings and defends the hold the line policy. He told Congress the decision rests with lawmakers as Senate hearings examine relaxing controls while OTC officials disputed the rumor.
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Truman
Washington
Republican Congress
Rent Control Key Witness Not Present
Washington January 30 A sweeping rent control revision hearing faced a blank chair as key witness James W. Follin failed to appear before the Senate Banking Committee. Chairman Tobey ordered the session to continue with a substitute list of witnesses while Gen Philip Fleming was recalled to Iowa by his mother’s death.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Senate
James W. Follin
OTC
Philip Fleming
Senate Banking Committee
Follin
Tobey
Gen. Fleming
Burlington
Iowa
Colder Weather Forecast Hits Western Pennsylvania
The International News Service reports a cold wave sweeping into Western Pennsylvania. Light rain moved in early as snow squalls and thundershowers are forecast with two inches of snow and sub freezing temperatures expected tonight.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Weather Bureau
Hoover Confers With Marshall On Germany Survey
Herbert Hoover met with Secretary of State George C. Marshall at Marshall's desk before leaving for an economic survey of Germany. The meeting occurred in Washington and referenced Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of state, by noting the desk's historical portrait.
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Washington
INS
Herbert Hoover
George C. Marshall
Hoover
Germany
Marshall
Henry L. Stimson
Judge awarded honorary Groundhog Lodge membership
Lancaster January 30 Federal Judge T. Alan Golds calm handling of contempt fines against the United Mine Workers earned him an honorary membership in the Slumbering Lodge of Groundhogs at Quarryville.
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Lancaster
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Groundhogs
Quarryville
Royal Family Set for South Africa Trip Leaving Friday
London crowds line routes to Buckingham Palace as the king the queen and two daughters prepare to depart for Portsmouth the first leg of a high profile tour to South Africa. Princess Elizabeth expected to turn 21 in Cape Town on April 21 amid engagement rumors.
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South Africa
London
Buckingham Palace
Waterloo Station
Portsmouth
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Britain
Capetown
Milwaukee
House Approves Extension Bil On Luxury Taxes
The House passed the measure 373 to 35 to extend indefinitely the luxury taxes on liquor furs jewelry and other items. President Truman urged continuation to help fund the national debt with an expected one billion one hundred thirty million dollars in additional revenues for 1948. Senate plans a prompt Finance Committee meeting to act on the bill.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House
Truman
Congressional Republican
Sen. Milliken
R) Cole
Senate Finance Committee
President Truman to Observe Atlantic Fleet Maneuvers
President Truman will join the Atlantic fleet in March to witness maneuvers in the Caribbean. The White House confirmed the trip will follow his state visit to Mexico City early in March.
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Washington
Truman
Caribbean
White House
Mexico City
Firemen Respond Twice No Damage At Two Calls
Firemen were summoned twice late Wednesday with no damage. At 12 25 a m smoke entered Luella Cooper's home at 205 East North Street due to a defective chimney. At 3 a m gasoline leaked from Solly Hasson’s car on West Washington Street. no action was required.
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Luella Cooper
East North Street
West Washington Street
Solly Hasson
British Troops Hunt Abductors in Jerusalem suburbs
British troops swept Jewish Jerusalem at dawn to find the captors who held banker H A S Collins for about 78 hours after an ultimatum threatened martial law. Local searches detained six Jewish men and entered the home of Rabbi J L Fishman, acting Jewish agency executive chairman, where Collins was freed and hospitalized with bruises.
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Jerusalem
J. L. Fishman
Jewish Agency Executive
H. A. S. Collins
Return of World War II Remains Planned for August 1947
The War Department announced a tentative schedule for bringing home the first World War II remains from overseas cemeteries. Remains from Pearl Harbor and other Hawaii sites are set to reach San Francisco around August 18, with Belgium burials due in New York about August 25. Repatriation requires next of kin approval for final burial in private or national cemeteries. Maj. Gen. T. B. Larkin announced the plan.
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Philadelphia
INS
America
War Department
Office of the Quartermaster General
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
San Francisco
Henri Chapelle
Belgium
New York
United States
T. B. Larkin
Army
Death notices listed for six residents across several streets
Death records for January 30 1947 include Thomas B Richards 73 of 415 East Garfield Avenue Archie Gordon 3253 Wallace Avenue Mrs John Dilley 72 of 104 North Liberty Street Howard J Davis 75 of Wampum Mrs Laura Cunningham 91 of 415 Court Street William L Fordyce 62 of Corapolis and Mrs Margaret Harbin 80 of Youngstown Ohio
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Thomas B. Richards
Garfield Avenue
Archie Gordon
Wallace Ave
Six Known Dead in Path of Storms Across States
At least six people die and hundreds are injured as blizzards, dust storms, and a tornado sweep through Montier Missouri and Salem Arkansas, with additional fatalities including a Greyhound bus driver near Columbia City Indiana. Homes, farms, and power lines are destroyed as ice and sleet disrupt travel and communication.
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Montier
Salem
Ark
Robert Williams
Greyhound
Columbia City
Ind
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Bitter Cold Grips London
London faced a bitter cold wave with central electricity cut 100 percent, leaving residents without heat or light for the first time since wartime raids. The freeze disrupted transport across the city and suburbs, with gas and power restrictions spreading to villages and towns as rivers froze and isolation increased.
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London
England
Europe
Rainy Day Verse From Arthur Memeter
The narrator observes persistent rain and flooded fields and creeks from a damp day. Overshoes are nearly lost as people trudge through soggy ground. The refrain notes a desire for the rain to return when it ends, with a line about the temperature being fifty four.
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Daily Weather Report
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U.S
John A. Reichmann
By Pyerre J. Huss
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United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission
West Virgina
Auto
Japan
Office of Temporary Controls
OPA
James W. Fellin
Philip B. Fleming
Fellin
Congress
Charles G
International News Service
Judge Goldsborough
Cupid
California
Dean Jagger
Hollywood
Gloria Ling
Albuquerque
N. M
James EF. Brown
Cd N.S
Atlantic Fleet
Arthur Memeter
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