Congress Debates Pension Bonus Bill Amid Amendments
In Washington on March 24 AP reports the House enters its third day of debate on a mixed pension bonus bill. Rep Rankin defended the bill while Rep Teague clashed, as amendments were offered to raise flat pensions to 198 monthly at 65 with extra war service pay, and to set income limits for eligibility. The chamber rejected excluding World War II veterans and also defeated proposals to lower pensions to 600 monthly and to provide disability compensation for service-related injuries.
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Blaze at drilling site draws crowd as flames burn gusher
A large fire at a drilling site drew curious crowds as workers battled the blaze with hundreds of sacks of dirt. Fire raged with a bright yellow glare, propelling roadblocks and police to control traffic while crews tried to suppress the burning gusher that threatened to halt operations.
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Californians Aim for Endurance Flight World Record
The Californians, Bull Barris and Dick Rigel, flew their plane Sunkist Lady for 210 hours aloft seeking to beat the 726 hour endurance record. They refueled from a speeding jeep, ate hot food, and planned another refueling around 4 p.m. amid Korea inspection news from Seoul.
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Lewis Orders End of Strike Ends Miner Idle War
President Lewis ordered an end to a large scale coal miners strike affecting 463,000 idle workers in the east Mississippi region. He said the stoppage was a memorial to dead and injured miners and a protest against Dr. James Boyd's appointment as head of the US Bureau of Mines. The closures cost miners about 30 million dollars in wages and coal railroads laid off over 100,000 workers during the halt.
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Unfounded War Fears Cited By Groves In Chicago Talk
Lt Gen Leslie Groves, retired head of the atomic bomb project, urged Americans not to overreact with panic over a new war. He warned against underestimating a rival nation’s potential to develop the bomb, noting uncertain timelines for Russia’s capabilities and stressing vigilance rather than alarm.
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Reds Nazis Periled Solon’s Life
Washington March 24 INS Rep Edith Nourse Rogers declared her life has been threatened on many occasions. The 68 year old congresswoman added dramatic details to a separate maintenance suit filed by Mrs Eilene Diana Latin-Lawrence, the captain bride of less than a year, who denied the allegations. A Washington physician said the woman suffered food poisoning, but a Lowell, Massachusetts doctor later suspected poisoning. Rogers said she had been in two mysterious train wrecks while traveling from Washington to Massachusetts.
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Mississippi Floods Sugar Area In Louisiana
The Mississippi river floods a sugar country near Baton Rouge after a levee breach. About 200 people live in the flooded tract with 700 nearby at risk. Water sits 3 to 4 feet deep, spreading slowly. Army engineers, Coast Guard boats, and helicopters rush to the scene. no immediate casualties reported though cane crop and livestock damage expected in the hundreds of thousands.
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Georgia real estate license revoked for selling white property to negroes
The Georgia Real-Estate Commission revoked the license of an estate dealer who sold homes in a white neighborhood to a negro, J. H. Calhoun, after Gov. Herman Talmadge ordered action. Calhoun threatened federal court over alleged civil-rights violations as the commission took up the case.
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As in Your Head Not in Your Pocket Says Sawyer
WEW YORK March 24 47 There doesn t stem to be much danger of a low mood if people keep their heads says Secretary of Commerce Sawyer Sawyer said the possible danger s psychological that consumers businessmen and investors may tend to swing from over optimism to pessimism
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Woman and Baby Hurt When Bus Runs Off
Police report a wild school bus incident near 402 W Commerce. Mrs Bernice Ansol, 36, and her infant daughter Bernice Ann McGuire were injured but survived. Driver Henry A Janse, 41, was treated and hospitalised after the bus rolled, jumping a curb and striking the woman on a lawn. the child was unharmed but in arms.
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Blockade Expected Lift in Near Future Says American Official
A high American official in Berlin said there are many good indications that the Russians will lift their year old blockade of the city in the near future. The indications are borne out by the Soviet peace offensive and by counter blockade effects, with an early sign expected when train and truck convoys start passing through the Soviet occupation zone.
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Weather forecast with cloudy periods and showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions with scattered showers or thundershowers late Thursday afternoon, followed by cooler air. Strong southerly winds shift to west and northwest, with a Thursday high near 78 and Friday low around 50. Thursday’s low was 67, Wednesday’s high 78 and low 49.
Cuban Students Stage Anti US Protest in Havana
In Havana on March 24 Cuban students and Communist speakers staged a demonstration protesting an incident in which U.S. sailors cavorted at the statue of national hero Jose Marti. The crowd urged stronger anti American sentiments and applauded the speakers' speeches.
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Cold Front Lowers Texas Temperatures Across Regions
A mild cool front moved into Texas from the west bringing clearing skies in West Texas on Thursday. Rain fell in Bryan Victoria Fort Worth and Dallas. Temperatures ranged from 62 to 90 degrees across places including Guadalupe Pass Bryanville Laredo Corpus Christi and Presidio.
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Churchill To See Trumany
Winston Churchill arrives in New York for a visit with President Truman. Mrs Churchill and their son in law accompany, as Churchill waves to crowds and cameras amid questions on international affairs. The party guests Bernard Baruch and others stay in the city before Washington.
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