Truman plans executive order to liquidate wartime agencies
Washington report says President Truman prepares an executive order to dissolve three major wartime agencies and transfer rent controls from the Office of Price Administration to the Housing Expeditor. The move would also dismantle the Office of Temporary Controls and accelerate liquidation ahead of Congress deadlines.
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Left wing campaign to discredit protective labor legislation
Columnist David Lawrence argues the left is trying to undermine any oral laws shielding the public from monolithic strikes and serious work stoppages. The page also lists features across comics, horoscope, and sections like City Life and Death notices with cross references to pages and columns.
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Lynns Claws Lawyer Describes Ferocious Yet Friendly Lion
A lawyer for Lynn asserts the lion involved was restrained by a stake and began pawing at his chest when snarling workers teased it. The District Attorney Daniel Weyand notes the animal reportedly had no teeth or claws and posed no real danger.
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Krug Safety Charge Probed In Senate Hearing
John Lewis tells Senate committee Krug’s safety policy is a slur and a falsehood. He accuses Interior Secretary Krug of neglecting mine safety after the Centrada Tyrmanian blast that killed 412 workers. Lewis cites government mismanagement and harassment of coal mine workers as evidence for stronger, enforced safety codes.
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Danish King Christian Near Death After Heart Attack
Copenhagen dispatch reports King Christian of Denmark gravely ill after a heart attack. A medical bulletin said his condition worsened yesterday and he spent a quiet night, with doctor V. A. Fonger signing the update.
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Aid Refugees London UNRRA Help Controversy
A Foreign Office spokesman said UNRRA personnel assisted refugees bound for the Pale, with government authorities noting the movement of Jewish refugees, whether wittingly or unwittingly, in question.
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Push for bill on labor policy stalls in Congress
Washington report on a House procedure where a measure restricting industry wide bargaining faces a stiff pushback. The panel refuses to outlaw the union shop and adds a provision limiting employer collusion on wages and hours except for small plants and distant locations. Representative Kersten backs balanced rules while Hoffman’s bid to amend fails.
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Batter Up In Ear Muffs
It was a cool opening day for the International League season with a west wind around 20 miles per hour and temperatures in the 40s. Scattered snow flurries disappeared by noon as skies cleared partly to mostly cloudy with no rain. Cold tonight may dip to 30 before a slight warmup Friday with a gentler wind.
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Weather Bureau
Guesses Vary On Big 4 Windup In Moscow Talks
Reports from Moscow indicate uncertainty over when the Big Four conference will end with speculation that mid next week to mid month is possible. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall were said to favor a departure around the middle of next week amid circulating reports of a special train for travel.
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Too Tired Too Stunned to Weep
Guards with fixed bayonets kept crowds back from the McGar Garage where 150 embalmers worked on the dead. Survivors moved between the garage gym and city hall as death lists were posted, while ambulances and trucks ferried victims from the blast zone to awaiting burial.
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Miraculous escapes as Texas City blast kills and injures
In Texas City a deadly explosion at the waterfront kills Charles Kelley, 25, of Houston, and injures 25 others. A UPI correspondent and Robert E Brown narrowly escape the blast, recalling a near-miss at the water front area minutes earlier.
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James Tlinchum
Texas City
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Charles Kelley
Houston
Priest Roach Bravely Helped Dying at Galveston Blast
The Rev. William Roach, pastor of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, died after the Galveston waterfront explosion when he ignored warnings to aid parishioners and victims. He drove to the docks, pushed past guards, and tended the injured until a second blast killed him.
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Tex City Disaster Aid Sprouts Across Texas Coast
In the Texas port area, volunteers from Camp Polk Louisiana to Texas City rush to help after a devastating event. Salvation Army and Red Cross workers distribute sandwiches and coffee to police and firefighters. Fire and smoke darken the waterfront as crews battle flames and debris in a night of upheaval.
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Texas City Shipyard Blasts Trigger Massive Toll and Evacuations
Reports from Texas City describe a sequence of five major explosions and spreading fires. Gov Beauford Jester cited Red Cross estimates showing about 714 dead and up to 3,000 injured with 350 to 400 in serious condition. The harbor area is evacuated as workers retreat and fires burn without immediate extinguishment.
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Wainwright Leads Texas Relief Amid War Horror
General Jonathan Wainwright described the war horror and relief efforts in Texas after disaster strikes. Army blankets masks and blood plasma were distributed as residents faced fear of chlorine gas and official evacuations. Embalming of 2223 bodies proceeded at a school gym morgue while crews cleared debris and rescue operations continued.
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