Death Toll Tops 650 in Texas City Fire Disaster
Flames raged for a third day at Texas City after a series of blasts. Deaths were feared to reach 650 with about 3,000 injured and $50 to $100 million in damage. Rescue squads hunted wreckage as authorities declared a state of emergency and prepared memorials.
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Associated Press
Texas City
Tex
Gulf Port
W. L. Laddis
Humble Oil Company
Laddis
Monsanto Chemical
High Flyer
Wilson B. Keene
Beauford H. Jester
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Galveston
Houston
International
House Barring Closed Shop Passes in Lopsided Vote
The House labor bill banning the closed shop won passage 308 to 107 after a Republican Southern Democrat coalition rejected amendments. The Senate committee approved its version 11 to 2, with Pepper and Murray dissenting. Both bills ban the closed shop and permit union or national mediation, but differ on measures. A conference committee may iron out the differences later this month.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Senate Committee
Pepper
Fla
Murray
Mont
Federal
Labor Department
Taft urges price cuts as path to lower living costs
Senator Taft told the American Society of Newspaper Editors and lawmakers that many firms could cut prices without harming profits. He linked price relief to broader wage demands and noted President Truman’s push for lower costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Ohio
The
Ohioan
Senate
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Truman
Tall
Congress
House
Union Disclaims Steel Industry Wage Offer
A report in the Iron Age claimed United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp offered a substantial wage increase. Union leaders denied knowledge of the move as steelworkers prepared for critical weekend meetings that could affect contract talks. Philip Murray denied awareness of the offer.
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Associated Press
ITA
Sburgh
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corporation
The
Iron Age, Journal of the Metal Working Industries
Philip Murray
C.I.0
Iron Age
Murrray
Ratifi
Big Steel
Lee
Detroit
C.s.q-United Auto
British Bombard Helgoland Island with 6800 Tons of Explosives
The British Navy blasted 134 acre Helgoland in the North Sea with 6800 tons of high explosives to destroy U boats pens and fortifications. A BBC announcer aboard a plane at 8000 feet said the island seemed to lift off as smoke billowed skyward in the largest man made explosion since Bikini tests. The blast left a mushroom shaped pillar of smoke that obscured the island ten minutes after detonation.
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Associated Press
London
Helgoland
Adolf Hitler
North Sea
BBC
Bikini
Naval
Revival of Foremen Union Drive In District 29
A revived campaign for a mine foremen union in District 29 meets at Oak Hill school auditorium Sunday at 2 PM. William Thomason, on loan from George J. Tiller, leads a general status discussion and report on petitions in Winding Gulf, New River and Greenbrier fields.
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District 29
Supreme Court
Oak Hill
William Thomason
Fayette County
Thomason
George J. Tiller
United Mine Workers
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employer
District 50
Krug- Lewis
Winding Gulf
New River
Greenbrier
John Getreu
National Labor Relations Board
UMW
W. E. Bud Connell Dies at 51 in Charleston
W. E. Bud Connell Jr. longtime Charleston Gazette city editor died at 2:15 am in a Charleston hospital after a two week illness. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at his desk on April 7 and never fully regained consciousness. The WVU alumnus was 51 and widely known in West Virginia for sports work and journalism.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. E
Bud) Connell, Jr
Charleston Gazette
Connell
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Cannell Pegan
the Gazette
Father arraigned in murder after infant death in Columbus
A 32-year-old father, Thomas M. Craft, was to be arraigned on first degree murder charges after allegedly ramming a shower hose into his year-old nephew Stephen in Columbus. Craft said he lost control as the baby threw food. Stephen died from rupture of the lungs and stomach due to water.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Carl Clifton
Thomas M. Craft
Craft
Stephen
Glenn C. Hoffman
Taylor
Texas
John
Graves
Whitestick Street
Austria seeks swift end to peace treaty with Yugoslavia
Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber urged the Council of Foreign Ministers to finish the Austrian peace treaty quickly while opposing Yugoslav demands for Southern Carinthia and any transfer of pre war borders. He rejected ethnical grounds for territory shifts and pledged not to sign a pact altering prewar lines. The American delegation prepared to push new positions as talks opened.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Karl Gruber
Austria
Council of Foreign Ministers
Yugoslavia
Carinthia
Gruber
Council
Edvard Kardelj
British force outcry as Nathanya attack targets leave center
British military reports Jewish attackers stormed Nathanya leave center killing a sentry and throwing bombs. Three assailants in civilian dress drove an unmarked truck, fired on guards, and fled. The strike followed eased security measures amid hangings of Jewish underground members.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Nathanya
Dov Bela Gruner
Palestine
Americans Eat More Meat And Other Foods As Prices Rise
Farm reporter explains that high prices lead consumers to buy more and better foods. Per capita meat consumption is about 150 pounds annually, with farmer output near 21.5 billion pounds this year, risking a price drop and possible government meat purchases to prevent agricultural collapse. Other food categories show sizable postwar gains including cheese evaporated milk citrus fruits and frozen vegetables.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
America
Agriculture Department
Revercomb Warns U.S. Aid May Spur Soviet Invasion
Senator Revercomb argues the $400 million aid bill for Greece and Turkey could provoke a Soviet invasion by backing those nations too strongly. He warns the move risks war, wrecked economy, and a dangerous escalation as Greece’s plight draws continued U.S. support.
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Revercomb
Senate
Greece
Turkey
Associated Press
Washington
R-W.va
United States
Hatch
Dn.m
Russia
Connally Predicts Truman Victory at Jefferson Dinner
Senator Connally of Texas said at the Jefferson Day dinner that based on the Democratic record since 1933 and Truman's achievements, the people will elect him in 1948. Harriman praised Truman's leadership at home and abroad and said his qualities fit the times.
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Associated Press
New York
Connally
National Democratic Club
Harry 5S. Truman
United States
Texan
Averell Harriman
Truman
Weather forecast notes sunny and warmer days ahead
Dry and mild with mostly sunny skies today. Clear and not as cold tonight. Saturday brings sunny conditions and warmer temperatures.
Texas City Blast Seen as Civilian War Test and Fallout
Boyle reports that a string of ship and oil tank explosions in Texas City marks a costly disaster, drawing parallels to wartime bombings and testing American resilience as fires burn in the Gulf Coast port. The event signals profound civilian disruption and recovery challenges in a major oil storage district.
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Hal Boyle
Texas City
Tex
Texas
America
Gulf Coast
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Five Die and Five Die in Broad Street Fire
A two story Walter Jordan home on Broad Street in East Brady Pa burned early today killing five family members and injuring five. The dead include four Jordan children aged one to eight and their grandmother age about sixty along with Mrs Jordan the children's mother who jumped from the flames. The story notes further details on page 8.
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Associated Press
Brady
Walter Jordan
Broad Street
Pennsylvania
Dean
Jordan
George Jordan
Money in Circulation Drops by One Billion Since Christmas
Public cash holdings fell from $29.163 billion at Christmas to about $28.163 billion as weekly figures show a steady decline. Analysts cite high living costs as a key factor prompting savers to dip into hoarded currency, while wartime cash surges from earlier years partly reflect unfamiliarity with banking and investments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Federal Reeserve Board
ROTH
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