Truman Outlines 1948 Labor Law Program in Speech
President Truman details a four part labor program for 1948 while noting high earnings and living standards. He cites 15 million union members and 60 million employed as evidence of labor gains despite Taft Hartley concerns. He argues cooperation between labor and management is essential to curb strikes and reduce government overreach.
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Truman
Jack ‘Kroll
C.I.O. Political Action Committee
Congress
Labor Department
Organized Labor ‘Movement
Brooklyn Sergeant Held in Los Alamos Photo Theft
Arnold Frederick Kiv, 26, a Brooklyn resident and former Army sergeant, was arraigned in New York on charges of stealing secret Los Alamos photographs. FBI agents seized 37 photos and 10 negatives from his apartment as he faced removal to New Mexico for federal charges. He was held on $10,000 bail while authorities said the pictures depicted atomic research and visitors to the project.
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New York
Arnold Frederick Kiv
U. S
New Mexico
Los Alamos
Kiv
Brooklyn
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Befote
Jacob Visel
Visel
Federal House of Detention
Hoover
Washington
Kivi
Reds Restore Vote Right To 113 906 In Hungary
Hungary's communist government says 113 906 disenfranchised voters regain ballots for Sundays election, listing 5 407 893 eligible voters to elect 380 representatives in a new single house parliament. Premier Lajos Dinnyes announced the reinstatement after voter appeals.
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Reds
Budapest
Hungary
Lajos Dinnyes
Atronz
United States
Refugees Moved as Punjab Riots Prompt Evacuations
Authorities mobilized civilian cars and military trucks on Saturday to evacuate thousands of frightened refugees from the scene of communal rioting in Punjab Province.
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NEW Delmi
INS
Punjab
Civil Rights Congress branded Communist front by HUAC
The House Committee on Un-American Activities labeled the Civil Rights Congress a Communist front and published a Sponsors list including a U.S. Senator and various current and former House members. The report claims the group shields members who break the law.
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Red Front
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
The
Civil Rights Congress
United States
House
Communist Party
Berlin Blitz Report on Failed German Shelter Strike
Reported Allied air raids on Berlin aimed at the Tiergarten shelter faced heavy defenses. British and American technicians detonated charges but only damaged steel shutters as the massive 12 foot thick walls remained standing, shelters housing up to 30 000 Germans.
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Berlin
U. S
VA Adopts Unbroken GI College Pay Plan
The Veterans Administration announced a shift to unbroken subsistence payments for World War II veterans in college under the G I Bill. Veterans will stay on the subsistence rolls from enrollment until 15 days after each semester’s close, eliminating most paper work and supporting accelerated study including summer terms.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Rolla
65 000 March in Legion Parade Hailed by Millions
New York saw 65 000 American Legion members march up Fifth Avenue for the 29th annual convention. Up to 2 million spectators lined the route as veterans from Chateau-Thierry to Guadalcanal passed by with bands and drum majorettes. Four thousand police managed crowds from 9 30 AM to 8 30 PM while Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and NYC officials observed the event at the reviewing stand near the public library.
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New York
American Legion
Chateau-Thierry
Guadalcanal
Legion
Ithe Paras
Thomas E. Dewey
Army
Navy
New York City
Legionnaire
William O'Dwyer
New: York
Doris Duke to Wed Again In Dominican Consulate Statement
Paris reports Doris Duke plans to remarry this week. Porfirio Rubirosa, former son-in-law of Dominican Republic President Trujillo, will be the groom, with the wedding set for Monday or early next week. Duke, Harper's Bazaar fashion editor, was previously wed to James H. R. Cromwell and Danielle Darrieux. Rubirosa, divorced last May, is an honorary chargé d affaires for Trujillo's regime.
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Paris
Doris Duke
Dominican Republic
Porfirio Rubirosa
Rafael ‘TrujMlo
Miss Dube
Harpers Bazaar
UN Panel Recommends Palestine Partition Boundaries
The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, with seven of eleven members, proposes exact borders to divide the Holy Land into Arab and Jewish states. The plan accompanies a recommendation regarding the end of the British mandate over Palestine.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Special Committee On Palestine
Holy’ Land
League of Nations
Palestine
Parley Seen as Success U S Senate Ratification Likely
In PETROPOLIS Brazil the Inter-American Conference approved an unprecedented hemisphere defense treaty and Senator Vandenberg predicted rapid U S Senate ratification. The pact binds signatories to defend against aggression and strengthens UN peace efforts with Truman set to speak on Tuesday.
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Petropolis
Brazil
United States
America
Vandenberg
U. S. Senate
Awanata
Antall
Paris Theater Fire Kills Fifty Four In Suburban blaze
The French agency reported 54 killed and 50 injured as a balcony collapse amid a crowd of about 600 in a Paris suburb theater. A short circuit in wiring ignited the blaze and witnesses described a frantic stampede and fallen balcony, with firemen rushing to the scene.
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Paris
St. Germain Read
Versailles
Todays Features and Classifieds Highlights
Newspaper page note lists sections including Amusements Financial Art Chat Ing. Rep'ter Books Poet Corner Classified Periscope Crossword Radio Deaths Society and Sports. Editorial at page 16 signals diverse items and notices across sections.
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Ing. Rep
Periscope
Society
Maxwell
Piadean
Mantz Wins Bendix Trophy In Record Flight
Air races report Paul Mantz wins the Bendix Trophy from Van Nuys to Cleveland in four hours 26 minutes 57.4 seconds at 460.423 mph. Jim Ruble bailouts after plane fire near Flagstaff. Jean Page first woman finisher in ninth place. Diana Cyrus out on course as timing ends. Joe De Bona takes second.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Mantz
van Nuys
Calif
Jim Ruble
Houston
Tex
Flagstaff
Ariz
Ruble
Glenn H. McCarthy
Texas
van Nuya
Jean Page
Wasp
Florist
Wilmette, Ill
Diana Cyrus
Santa Paula
Joe de Bona
Beverly Hills
Whio
Holiday Car Toll Mounts During Labor Day Weekend
Traffic fatalities rose as the Labor Day exodus began with 67 deaths nation wide since 6 PM Friday. Auto accidents accounted for 53 of the fatalities, with one drowning and multiple mishaps including five small plane crashes. The National Safety Council estimates up to 250 could be killed over the three day weekend.
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National Safety Council
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