Labor Bill Edges Toward House Passage
The House committee party lines blur as Republicans push for quick passage of the pending labor bill. Democrats aim to frame the bill as Republican responsibility while unions resist, hoping to influence the 1948 election. In the Senate, Taft weighs whether to offer a substitute or tighten the measure, as Ives and Morse push for a more lenient version that could win Truman’s signature.
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Associated Press
Washington—House
Democrate
House
Senate
Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Ives
R- N.Y
Morse
R.ore
Truman
Local Pure Oil Plant Picketed by CIO Oil Workers
Four Cabin Creek members of CIO Oil Workers International Union picketed the Pure Oil Mabscott bulk and refinery plants in a campaign for industry wide bargaining rights. Pickets deny blocking deliveries while noting emergency oil shipments to hospitals. Parkersburg police allegedly monitored lines. police deny any intimidation or arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cio-Oil Workers International Union
Mabscott Bull
Pure Oil Company
W. D. Lowe
American Federation of Labor Teamsters Union
Coricket
Hobart Patterson
L. J. Linville
J. A. Stevenson
Curtis Potter
Cabin Creek
Lowe
C. I O
Ohio
Texas
Parkersburg
Logan
Huntington
Charleston
I Ld
Howard S&s. West
West
C. W. Huilbert
Wage Survey On VA Hospital Conducted
A wage survey to set minimum wage scales for construction workers at the Veterans Hospital in Beckley is underway. Two civilian employees from Huntington District Corps of Engineers are gathering data from local builders, employment services, and the chamber of commerce. The survey, due to be completed today, will be filed in Huntington for contractor use when future bids are requested. Tucker and Silling of Charleston are drafting plans and specifications, reported to be in final stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Preparatory O
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Tucker and Silling
Charleston
Street Scene Crowds Hear Hymn From County Jail Windows
A fast gathering crowd on Herber Street listens to the song Jesus is Calling emanating from the windows of the county jail. Several onlookers note the scene as tension rises and community concern grows about the inmates and the jail’s conditions.
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Herber Street
Jesus
Reynolds Bombshell Sets New World Circling Record
The trio Milton Reynolds William Odom and T Carroll Sallee landed the Bombshell at LaGuardia at 120630 A M EST after 78 hours 55 minutes for the fastest around the world flight. They also claimed the fastest Atlantic crossing in five hours 17 minutes and set other possible records. Howard Hughes sent congratulations after the prior 91 hour 14 minute record.
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Associated Press
New York
Milton Reynolds
Chicago
William Odom
T. Carroll Sallee
la Guardia Field
E.S.T
Reynolds
Hughes
Hungarian Plot Convicts 13 With 3 Death Sentences
The Associated Press reports a Peoples Court in Budapest convicted 13 individuals of plotting to reestablish Admiral Horthy's regime by armed revolt. Three were sentenced to die by strangulation, including former parliament member Gyorgy Donath, identified as the brains behind the conspiracy.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Nicholas Horthy
Gyorgy Donath
Grand Waldorf Fire Destroys Jewels and Mink Coat
At the Waldorf Astoria Tower a midnight fire disrupted gin rummy in a three floor suite. Firemen saved jewels valued at 200000 dollars while a mink coat worth 20000 dollars burned. Duke of Windsor aided hose lines as guests helped battle the blaze.
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Associated Press
New York
Tower
Waldorf Astoria
Duke of Windsor
Egmont van Zuylen
Army Jet Bomber Said Ready Soon
The Baltimore Sun reports the Army Air Forces six jet engine XB-48 bomber may be ready for its first flight from the Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Middle River Maryland. War Department and Martin officials gave no confirmation or denial of the report.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Army Air Forces
Middle River
Glenn L. Marlin Company
War Department
Martin Company
The
Sun
Moscow Parley Fails to Break East West Rift
The Moscow talks between Secretary of State Marshall and Premier Stalin ended with guarded notices and no disclosed agreement. Officials say 90 minute session yielded little. Marshall likely filed a report for President Truman as tension over Germany and Turkey persists amid a widening Cold War split.
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Associated Press
Moscow
George C. Marshall
Stalin
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Inters
Turkey
Greece
Truman
Four Jewish militants hanged in Acre prison
Dov Bela Gruner and three Irgun members were executed at dawn in Acre after military courts convicted them of anti British violence. Authorities imposed strict security around Jewish quarters to avert retaliation as tensions rose in the Holy Land.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Dov Bela Gruner
Acre
Gruner
Irgun Zyal Leumi
Palestine
Ramat Gan
Doy Ben Salman Rosenbaum
Elieser Ben Zion Kashani
Mordecai Ben Abraham Alkachi
Irgun
Arthur Creech Jones
Holy Land
Bomb Found In Colonial Office
A home made bomb with a fuse was found in the colonial office hours after four Jewish extremists were executed in Palestine. Police removed the device for home office inspection. fuse shows signs of having burned but appears to have misfired.
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Colonial Office
Associated Press
London
Palestine
Home’ ‘ Office
British Press Association
Home Office
Gruner
Taft backs study on price rises not wage hikes
Senator Taft of Ohio said prices are too high but warned against raising wages before curbing living costs. He chaired a Senate House Committee-Economic Report meeting to study the nation’s price structure and cost of living with staff reports noting price advances outpacing wage gains and improved profits for firms.
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Taft
Senate House
Associated Press
Washington
Ohio
Truman
Senate House Committee
Economic Report
Joint Committee
Tall
Charles O. Hardy
F. E Berquist
Hardy
Berquist
First-Hand Report on Hukbalahap Revolt Near Arayat
Manila reports describe a growing agrarian insurrection as Hukbalahap guerrillas fortify a mountain stronghold near Arayat north of Manila. Government troops swept into Arayat earlier this month, while peasants conduct a rearguard departure toward the Bataan Peninsula amid a rising organized movement on its fifth birthday.
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James J. Halsema
James J. Walsemarp
Manila
Arayat
Bataan
Attorney General Lashes Out At Wallace Aid Bill Gains Support
Attorney General Tom Clark denounces Wallace criticism as a cheap blundering assault on bipartisan foreign policy. Senate supporters back the 100 million dollar Greek Turkish aid bill as Ellender says he will vote for it, citing Wallace’s stance.
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Wallace
Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Coor
Greece
Turkey
Tom Clark
Clark
United States
England
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Capitol Nil
Ellender
Reenactment Planned For Mee Yacht Shooting in Havana
Cuban authorities set a reenactment of the Havana yacht Sativa shooting of Chicago attorney and poet John Lester Mee on April 8. Suspect Patricia Schmidt 24 alias Sattra detained from Guanabaco Prison to explain how a single .22 shot fatally wounded Mee in his cabin. Schmidt testified she fired one wild shot after learning Mee was married, saying they were deeply in love. Joint owner Charles Jackson 27 named Dr Israel Solo Barroso to defend him as accessory after the fact.
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Associated Press
Havana
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Patricia Schmidt
Miss Schmidt
Mee
Rene Castellanos
Fearne
Morro Castle
Charles Jackson
River Forest
Israel Solo Barroso
Sophia Condemns Land For Street
Circuit Judge Ben H. Ashworth granted Sophia permission to condemn 912 square feet of land owned by Frank J. Stokes and Mary Stokes near the Virginian Railway for a new street. A commission will be named later to determine fair compensation.
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Sophia
Ben H. Ashworth
Madison
Frank J. Stokes
Mary
George L. Ballard
Ashworth
Virginian Railway
Stokes
Nazi butcher Hoess dies on gallows at Auschwitz
Rudolf Hoess the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz was executed yesterday in Oswiecim Poland after conviction for mass murder. He removed his wedding ring and wished it sent to his wife and children in Germany. He had supervised the gassing and cremation of millions during 1941 to 1943 under orders from Himmler. The trial followed a year-long investigation by multiple countries and Allied authorities.
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Associated Press
Oswiecim
Poland
Rudolf Hoeess
Auschwitz
Germany
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
Krakow
Hoess
Russia
Hungary
France
Belgium
Reich
Netherlands
Czechoslo
Vakla
Conciliators Hopeful To End Nationwide Tieup
Washington reports government conciliators search for a new formula to settle the cross country telephone strike after rejection of Schwellenbach arbitration. AT&T suggests ten regional boards, NF-TW demands nationwide arbitration, retroactive cost of living raise, union seeks 12 dollar weekly raise for all members, Beirne notes no wage offer yet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor
Telephoné
Telegraph Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Companies
UN delegates tackle Palestine and atomic energy issues
At Lake Success United Nations delegates return to work on Palestine and atomic energy. The political committee of the Atomic Energy Commission meets to define a worldwide supervision authority. Warren B. Austin and Dr. Quo Tai Chi attended the session and preparatory talks ahead of the April 28 assembly opening in New York. President Truman names Austin as U S representative with Herschel W Johnson as alternate.
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Associated Press
Lake Success
Philadelphia
United Nations
U. N
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Warren BR. Austin
Quo Tai Chi
China
U. N. Security Council
Austin
United Staes
U. N. Assembly
Palestine
Flushing Meadow
New York City
Truman
U. S
Herschel W. Johnson
Security Council
Weather outlook with showers and cooler temperatures
Showers and thunderstorms mix with wind today as conditions shift to mostly cloudy and noticeably cooler. Thursday winds ease, with partly cloudy skies and continued cool air.
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Mary Fields
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pure Oil
George Gregory
Barone de Rutsis
Duchess of Windsor
Waller B. Smith
Kremlin
U.S
Walter 3B. Smith
Charles Bohlen
Spasso House
Ambassadors Residence
Moscow Radio
V. M. Molotov
N. V. Novikov
Mindorg
MT. Arayat
Huk Land
Candaba Swamp
San Luis
Luis Taruc
HUK
Luzon
Philippines
Beckley
Winding Gulf
New River
Pocahontas
United Mine Workers
C. E. Jones
District 29
Jacobs Fork Pocahontas Coal Company
Jones
Coal Mines Administration
UMW
Chirk
Europe
Soviet Union
Elender
AT & T
N.F.T.W
National Board
Bell System
Uit
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