Labor Eyes Outcome of Miners Walkout and Wage Shifts
The piece covers John L Lewis leading the United Mine Workers as 400,000 members resist a government injunction amid AFL CIO support. It notes wage disputes, a 40 hour week aim, and potential broader gains, with CIO and MacArthur reports on postwar economics and a housing plant battle involving Lustrom and Tucker.
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John L
Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
AFL
CIO
Lewis
Truman
John S
Atlantic City
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Murray
States Push Aid for Vet Housing
Five states including New Jersey, New York, California, Connecticut and Ohio have enacted emergency housing appropriations this year. New York set aside 35 million dollars for statewide housing and approved low rent slum clearance. New Jersey launched a 41 million dollar veterans housing program with a 6 million dollar housing operations appropriation and a 35 million dollar bond issue.
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New Jersey
National Association of Housing Officials
New York
California
Connecticut
Ohio
Postwar Power Struggles Shape Soviet Succession Claims
Behind the iron curtain rival Russian officials jockey for leadership after Stalin's era. Andrei Zhdanov led early in the line, with Georgi Malenkov rising, while Lavrenti Beria and Nikolai Bulganin also eyed top posts. Molotov lacked party backing for No. 1.
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Josef Stalin
Stalin
Andrei Zhdanov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Lavrenti P. Beria
Dread
Secret Police
Nikolai A. Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
L’ordre
Claude Vivieres
Lobbyists Register Reveals Wealth and Influence in Washington
Capitol Hill reports that lobbying is now regulated to inform the public of interests at work in Washington. Purcell L. Smith, aligned with powerful interests, emerged as the highest paid at 65,000 dollars annually plus unspecified expenses, under penalties for noncompliance.
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Congress
Washington
Purcell L. Smith
china crisis deepens as civil war looms and economy sinks
As China nears a civil war between Nationalists and Communists, the yuan slumps to 5 000 per dollar on the black market and coal rises to 450 000 a ton. Red forces fortify in Manchuria and northern China while reports say Nationalist forces push toward Shantung along the Tientsin Pukow line.
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Japan
China
U. S
Manchuria
Peng Teh-hwai
Shantung Province
Tientsin-Pukow
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Latvia
Ukraine
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England
Australia
Lustrom Corporation
Hinsdale
Ill
Chicago
Tucker Automobile Corporation
Dodge-Chicago
Preston Tucker
National Housing Authority
Lustrom
Tucker Corporation
Theodore Granik
NHA
Dodge- Chicago
War Assets Administration
Tucker
Western Newspaper
Union
Eeiene
Johnson City
John L. Lewis
John O'Leary
Goodrich
Briggs & Stratton
Elgin National Watch Company
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Homestake Mining Company
Treasury Department
Dick York
Mies Tle
Seidhar Becton
Tony Trankina
Lola Ameche
United States
Tom Brown
Gardner Mulloy
William Talbert
Frank Parker
Jack Kramer
Walter Pate
Fred Schroeder
Plan Atomic Education
Albert Einstein
H. C. Urey
Professor Einstein
Selig Hecht
L. 8. Szilard
Hans A. Bethe
T. BR. Hogness
P. M. Morse
Plan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Reid
Tokyo
Malenkov and
Zhdanov
Capitol Hill
Lobbyists
Scotts
Holl
Beck
Vicks
Mixes Laboratories, Inc
Indiana
Elkhart
Wices Nervine
Telegraph Ave
WNU
Iire
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