New Yorker Ralph Becker Elected Young GOP Leader
Ralph Becker of Port Chester New York was unanimously elected president of the Young Republican National Federation at its first annual meeting since 1944. John Wilkinson withdrew after Becker won a clear majority in a state poll and 39-year-old Becker’s election became unanimous. Milwaukee, Atlantic City and Denver bid for the 1947 convention with action deferred pending officer elections.
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Ralph Becker
Port Chester
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Young Republican National Federation
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Washington, N.C
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New Yorker
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Atlantic City
Denver
Wilkinson
National Republican
Mines on Coal Wage Fight Hint at Possible Government Seizure
Discussions on a coal wage dispute reveal no new developments while some officials favor seizure of mines. Observers note government operation of railroads may influence mine seizures and anticipate a wage policy committee review after the current truce ends. Senate may vote soon on anti strike controls as hard coal miners meet operators in New York.
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Lewis
Capitol
Senate
New York
A. F. of L. United Mine Workers
Troopers Patrolling Burgettstown as Coal Strike Tensions Rise
Pennsylvania state police ordered troopers to patrol highways around Burgettstown to prevent miners from blocking traffic amid the Western Pennsylvania coal strike.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Pennsylvania
Burgettstown
Miners Begin Talks On New Wage Contract In Pa
Agreement discussions with Pennsylvania's 76,000 hard coal miners stretched two hours on Saturday but workers did not disclose any progress or likely outcomes from the wage-work contract talks.
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Pennsylvania
Labor Council Calls U S Must Press Russia to Honor Wartime Pacts
The council approved a statement urging the U S government to demand that Soviet Russia honor wartime commitments under the Atlantic Charter. It cites prolonged hostilities in Asia and Europe, U S Britain Russia policy rifts, and criticism of U S and Britain by Moscow agents and the United Public Workers at Atlantic City.
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Russia
Council
Paris
Asia
U.S
Britain
American Federation of Labor
Europe
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Moscow
Atlantic City
Great Britain
United Public Workers
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U. S
Kennedy Says U S Sick Industrially
In Chicago Joseph B Kennedy former ambassador to Great Britain warned the United States is sick industrially and cannot be cured by state control He told the Chicago Junior Association of Commerce that strikes and unemployment unrest first bring unrest then industrial revolution
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Chicago
Joseph B. Kennedy
Great Britain
United States
Kennedy
Chicago Junior Association of Commerce
Truman Flies to Missouri for Honorary Degree Visit
President Truman will travel to Missouri for a quick weekend trip cut short by the railroad strike crisis. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from William Jewell College in Liberty and visit his ailing 93-year-old mother, then return to Washington.
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Truman
Missouri
Fairfax Airport
Kansas City
Kans
Muehlbach
Liberty
William Jewell College
Only Kin May See Hunger Striker In Crumlin Prison
The Home Office ruled that only relatives may visit hunger striker David Fleming in Crumlin Road Prison. Fleming has fasted 56 of 69 days protesting treatment of political prisoners. Tim O Sullivan, fiance of Fleming's sister, was refused access. Sheila McCurtain, a friend, is barred after today.
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Northern Ireland
Home Office
David Fleming
Crumlin Road
Fleming
Tim O'Sullivan
Helen
Sheila McCurtain
She
O'Sullivan
Etre
Soviet grain pledge to four nations sparks famine debate
A Soviet broadcast claimed Russia would donate over 1.1 million tons of grain to France Poland Romania and Finland within a year while domestic supplies remain tight. Izvestia urged peasants to accelerate sowing along the Volga Urals and Western Siberia amid favorable moisture and promising yields.
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Romania
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Ukraine
Marshall MacDuffie
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Peter Orlov
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