Hawaii Stalls on Strike Settlement
Honolulu today stalled in attempts to reopen strikebound ports as union leaders and seven stevedoring firms pressed for wage gains. Territorial officials, led by Attorney General Ackerman, delayed action while talks with CIO ILWU and ship owners continued, with possible mediation by Cyrus Ching. Bridges defied the new dock seizure law, and a contempt action was discussed as government crews observed the picket lines aboard the Hawaiian Merchant.
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Harry Bridges
Territorial
Walter D. Ackerman
Ackerman
Bridges
CIO International
U. S
Cyrus S. Ching
Bridge
ILWU
pier Nine
Matson
Edward A. Towse
John Young
Truman Reveals Senate-Approved Reorganization Plans
President Truman has six of seven proposed government reorganizations approved by the Senate. Plans No. 2 and No. 7 moved the employment and unemployment services to labor and the roads administration to commerce. Plan No. 1 failed, denying creation of a welfare department. Plans 3, 4, 5, and 6 are set to take effect.
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Truman
senate
U. S. employment service
federal security agency
labor department
public roads administration
general services administration
commerce department
post office department
national security council
national security resources board
civil service commission
maritime commission
Detroit and Chicago Baseball Skewed Scoring Brief
In a drawn inning sequence Detroit scored 25 runs to Chicago's 8 while several pitchers conserved arms in a muddled box score. In the National League Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 9 to 5 behind Bonstanty and Seminick with Erskine and others matching hits.
Congress Acts On Money Bill
Washington August 18 swift action on capitol bill pulled a number of big government agencies out of a financial hole today but nearly 30000000000 in operating funds that should have been voted six weeks ago still were snarled in Congress. Sept. 15 is the new deadline for solving the tangle. Cannon and McKellar sped approval of a stopgap measure so about 40 agencies can continue meeting payrolls and expenses as the army navy air force atomic energy commission veterans administration interior department and others ran out of money at midnight Monday.
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Cannon
D-Mo
McKellar
D-Tenn
house
senate appropriations committee
Cannon and McKellar
army
navy
air force
atomic energy commission
veterans administration
interior department
Capone Convictors Eye Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles August 18 AP The men who jailed Al Capone turn attention to local gambler Mickey Cohen. Tax experts recheck Cohen returns with secret recordings from Cohen home as police wired two years ago. Officials demand answers on handling and potential coercion. References to grand jury probe and police secrecy fuel city hall clash.
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LOS ANGELES
Al Capone
Mickey Cohen
Chicago
Capone
Cohen
Harry C. Westover
internal revenue
E. E. Debs
William E. Simpson
South America
America life span increases two more years
Washington Aug 18 Americans live about two years longer than the pre war life span says the office of vital statistics The average life expectancy for white women at birth is 70 6 years and for white men 65 2 years based on 1947 death rates In 1946 white women at birth was 70 3 and white men 65 1 The non white averages were 61 9 for women and 57 9 for men The national average was 66 8 about two years higher than the level three years before the war The rise follows a long trend since the turn of the century mainly due to control of infectious diseases
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WASHINGTON
house
maritime commission
commission
Philip B. Fleming
Lindsay C. Warren
office of vital statistics
Australia Power Strike Ends after Eight Week Rationing
Sydney reports power supply restored as coal strike ends. Factories, shops, and offices had been operating under rationing for nearly eight weeks, but electricity is now back on full blast across the city and surrounding areas.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Defense witness calls Tokyo Rose patriotic in treason trial
In San Francisco on August 18 194?, chief defense witness Charles Cousens former Australian army major testified he helped prepare Zero Hour scripts for radio Tokyo and that he and Iva Toguri D Aquino conspired to make them entertainment. He said the enemy aim was to create homesickness and that the Japanese were displeased with the programs. He demonstrated how he instructed Toguri in voice emphasis and noted Allied prisoners were beaten starved or killed. He also said he handed a complete diary to a senior officer but no one was prosecuted.
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Iva Toguri
D’Aquino
Tokyo Rose
Charles Cousens
radio Tokyo
James Knapp
Cousens
U. S
SAPS
war crimes tribunal
Tito to Purchase U. S. Steel Plant
Tito of Yugoslavia secured a U S export license to buy an American steel mill after months of consideration. The license marks the strongest government move to aid his split with Moscow as he continues his conflict with the Soviet bloc.
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WASHINGTON
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
United States
World Flight Near Completion
Cambridge August 18 Mrs Richarda Morrow-Tait postpones the final leg of her round the world flight by one day delaying takeoff from Cambridge. The delay lessens chances of completing the journey on the first anniversary of the start and shifts plans to fly to London today.
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CAMBRIDGE
Eng
Richarda
Morrow-Tait
postiay
London
Rent Control Gets Axe Over One Third Areas
Washington August 18 housing authorities plan to lift rent controls from about one third of areas still under regulation. Federal housing expediter Tighe Woods says the action will move quickly in border zones with available or soon to be available rental housing. The policy will be country wide and tied to the rent act that expires next July. Woods cites budget cuts forcing staff reductions or more decontrol.
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WASHINGTON
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
congress
Perjury Case For Scientist
Washington dispatch reports two investigators from the Un American Activities Committee left Washington to seek perjury charges against the unnamed Scientist X accused of wartime atomic spying. Rep. Velde says the scientist, linked to Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, may face trial, with past hearings recounting a March 1943 formula given to Communist Steve Nelson.
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WASHINGTON
un- American activities committee
Washingon
Rep. Velde
R-Ill
radiation laboratory
University of California at Berkeley
Steve Nelson
Clark Approval Expected Today
Washington Aug 18 21 Senate expected to confirm Attorney General Tom C Clark as the 86th man to sit on the Supreme Court. Three and a half hour debate precedes a 2 30 p m vote. If approved Truman also seeks McGrath to succeed Clark as attorney general amid anticipated opposition from Ferguson and Donnell.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Tom C. Clark
United States supreme court
Clark
Truman
Ser. J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Frank Murphy
Ferguson
R-Mich
Donnell
R-Mo
Cripps Leaves Swiss Clinic After Four Weeks of Treatment
Sir Stafford Cripps Britain's chancellor of the exchequer departs Zurich Switzerland for home after four weeks in a Swiss clinic for an intestinal ailment.
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ZURICH
Switzerland
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
President's Aide On Probe Hot Spot
Senate inquiry ties Maj. Gen. Harry H Vaughan to fast tracked race track permits and sugar case. McCarthy demands Vaughan resign as veterans affairs coordinator while Truman weighs his status and awaits Vaughan’s Senate testimony.
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WASHINGTON
McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
veterans’ affairs
Vaughan
senate
Woods
Politics Out On B 36 Order
Plane maker John K Northrop testified before a House subcommittee that politics did not influence the B 36 order after his Flying Wings contract was canceled. Oliver P Echols, Northrop board chairman, said he was probably most responsible for the B 36 being ordered.
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LOS ANGELES
John K. Northrop
air force
house
Oliver P. Echols
Northrop board
air force materiel command
Crash Survivors Reach Bradley Field After Ireland Air Crash
Eight survivors from the Ireland coast air crash arrived at Bradley Field Windsor Locks Connecticut by plane. Among them was Ruth Nichols the noted woman flyer, who said she piloted part of the DC 4 liner on the journey from Ireland. The incident left eight dead and fifty rescued.
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WINDSOR LOCKS
Conn
Ireland
Bradley field
Ruth Nichols
Arms Program Gets Challenge In House Today
The House debated slashing the European arms program from 1.161 billion to 580 million and ending the program by June 30. Rep Richards proposed halving allotments to force Western nations to unite, with a check-in next year to decide continued support based on good faith and teamwork against Russian aggression.
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WASHINGTON
Rep. Richards
D-SC
house
Rep
Priest (Tenn
Richards
congress
Doctors Stir Health Dispute Over Truman Plan Ads
Washington August 18 doctors in Minnesota sparked a clash amid ads linked to the Truman health program. The dispute centers on the American Medical Association's 3.5 million dollar lobbying effort and accusations of undermining patient protection against quacks and commercialism.
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WASHINGTON
Minnesota
Truman
committee for the nation's health
Channing Frothingham
Boston
American Medical association
Color Trials For Television In Baltimore Test
WMAR TV technicians conducted another color telecast trial to Washington with a battery of cameras at Johns Hopkins Hospital ready to send pictures for reception by Washington national guard armory apparatus. Engineers called the test satisfactory and it mirrored yesterday’s test.
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UPI
WMAR-TV
Washington
Johns Hopkins hospital
Washington national guard
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