Senate poised to pass strike curb measure in final vote
The Senate prepared for a final vote on a labor disputes bill with passage viewed as certain. Republican whip Wherry predicted a two thirds majority to sustain a veto test, while Democrats pressed a milder substitute supported by Mr. Truman. The bill imposes broad union restrictions, bans the closed shop, regulates union shops, curbs jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts, and creates a federal mediation agency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wherry
Neb
Nebraskan
Truman
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Labor Committee
House
Labor Department
De Gasperi Resigns After Socialist, Christian Democrat Rift
Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi handed in his resignation to Provisional President Paurico de Nicola as Socialist and Christian Democrat factions blamed each other for the collapse of the coalition. The three party government, facing Italy's debt issue, has been riven by internal dissension and a cabinet crisis.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Doday
Paurico de Nicola
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Christian Democratic
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Hlaly
Giuseppe Romita
Constituent Assembly
Italy
Wice
de Nicola
Ministry of the Interior
United States
Haly
Italian Socialist Party
Rosita
Newsmen Today
Schacht
Hitler
Nuernberg
Police Stumped in St. LA Slaying
Detectives search for a white open toed shoe linked to the murder of Laura Trelstad 37, the fifth victim in a Los Angeles area sex slayings series. Her body found near the Signal Hill oilfield showed rape and strangling. autopsy planned as investigators seek where the crime occurred.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Laura Trelstad
oLng Beach
Signal Hill
Frederick Newbarr
Jury to Decide Fate of Cosner
Prosecution and defense rested after Oscar Cosner 36 sobbed on the stand admitting he beat his wife to death in a blackout following her alleged affair. The jury likely to begin first degree murder deliberations this afternoon as witnesses testified Cosner often suffered blackouts. Cosner’s three young sons remain at Star of Hope Orphanage in Burlington, Wisconsin.
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Keyser
Oscar Cosner
Cosner
Grace Yost
Tozen
Ernest A. Lee
Hether
Vance
Vince
Teddy
Star of Hope
Burlington, Wi
Little Change in Phone Strike as Deadlock Enters 37th Day
The Western Electric union dispute within the Bell system remains stalled on day 37 as government mediators weigh a settlement. Employers press for wage arbitration while unions seek broader contract terms. Involved groups include the Western Electric Employer Association, the Association of Communications Equipment Workers, and the National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers with talks continuing in New York. A Cincinnati subunit returns to work, easing local tension but not resolving wider impasse.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western Electric Company
Bell System
John W. Gibson
Fred Schmidt
Western Electric
Western Electric Employer Association
The
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Western Electric Union
National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers
New York
Western Electric Employe Association
State Phone Workers at Odds Over Discrimination Clause
Charleston dispatch reports a five week old telephone strike remains deadlocked as Union President T. R. Null accuses Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of an effort to break the union. Crigler defends a discrimination clause to protect nonstriking employees while the union rejects it. The dispute centers on discipline for misconduct during the strike and potential arbitration in discharge cases.
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Associated Press
Charleston
T. R. Null
Null
Communications Workers Union
J. R. B. Crigier
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Crigler
Soviet Palestine plan faces likely defeat at UN
At Lake Success, Soviet proposal for an independent Palestine likely doomed as the 55 nation political committee favors a freehand inquiry into Holy Land independence. The panel voted to give the commission broad power and rejected five alternatives, signaling a likely setback for Moscow.
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Associated Press
N. Y
Russia
United Nations
Palestine
General Assembly
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Holy Land
Inquiry Commission
Commission
Dems Move to Postpone Tax Cut Action in Congress
Senate Democrats rally behind delaying the proposed 4 billion income tax cut until mid June to allow time to study potential savings in President Truman s 37.5 billion budget for the new fiscal year. Taft and Millikin prepare informal talks with House leaders on the budget resolution as reform rules press a February 15 size decision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress to Get Truman Pay Bill Message
President Truman will send a message to Congress tomorrow on the portal to portal pay bill. Secretary Charles G. Ross said he would not forecast a veto or signing and noted the President will accompany the action with an explanation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Acc
Sion
War Secretary Called To Stand in Bribe Case
The prosecution summoned Secretary of War Patterson to testify on May's wartime actions for the Garsson war firms. Ex congressman Andrew J. May faces bribery charges over alleged intercession with Patterson regarding $800,000 in wartime contract matters. Patterson aides testified as the case centered on four alleged intercessions.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Andrew J. May
William A. Paisley
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Joseph F. Freeman
Garsson
Department
May
Batavia
A, Garsson
Enterprise
Kenneth C. Royall
War Department
Army
Erie Bass Metal Products Company
Elgin
Fight over State Department cultural program widens
Washington debate splits the House and Senate along with the Foreign Affairs Committee over the 1948 appropriation for the cultural relations program. Taber rejects full funding while Benton warns of leaving. Greek language shortwave broadcasts expand as hearings consider legal status for the division.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
House
Department
Marshall
Taber
R-N. Y
Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cultural Relations Division
William Benton
Congress
Wallace Urges Coal Industry Nationalization
Wallace argues for nationalizing the coal industry citing its global importance. Speaking before about 5 600 listeners in Minneapolis he says Western Europe faces coal shortages after wheat and that more US production would aid Europe more than Greece Turkey loans. He warns against coal strikes and urges labor rights within corporate structures.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Europe
The
New Republic
Truman
United States
John £. Lewis
Divorce of Post Master General politics cited by Martin
Speaker Martin said a pending House probe could lead to a divorce between the postmaster general and the Democratic National Committee. He noted action this week on a resolution directing the Post Office and Civil Service Committee to investigate and report findings and any recommended legislation to Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
Martin
Mass
House
Democratic National Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Congress
Sugar Stamp 12 Good On June 1
The Agriculture Department announces sugar ration stamp No 12 for individuals becomes valid June 1 instead of July 1. It allows purchase of 10 pounds of sugar through October 31 when controls may end. Stamp 12 is the second 10 pound designation after No 11.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Road Workers Demand More After Pay Hike Rejected
The Road Commission announces a 10 cent hourly increase to all workers and a 40 hour week when possible, but unions call the raise unsatisfactory and threaten continued walkouts. Minimum wage rises to 74 cents, retroactive to May 1, with overtime and snow removal pay adjusted.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Road Commission
E. L. Worthington
Road Commission
Chibe
Worthington
German court convicts Schacht of Nazi offenses in renazification trial
Hjalmar Schacht, former Reichsbank president, is found guilty as a major Nazi offender by a German renazification court. He receives eight years, reduced to six due to prior custody, and loses public rights, with ban on offices and many civil rights.
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Associated Press
Stuttgart
Hjalmar Schacht
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Fritz Lenz
Reichsbank
Schacht
Ried
Bitler
Tiger Woman Back at Asylum in Arizona Hospital
The Arizona State Hospital places double locks on Winnie Ruth Judd room after her recapture. Superintendent John A. Larson says she is too dangerous for the infirmary and notes she has escaped before. He cites recent incidents including beating her mother.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Atiz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
John A. Larson
Jude
DI. Larson
Weather forecast for Middle Atlantic states
Tomorrow through Sunday temperatures run two to five degrees above normal. North portion will be around 55 degrees with Thursday cooler. Showers are forecast for Wednesday Friday and Sunday across the region with central around 60 degrees and south near 55.
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