AFL Names Wheeler to Lead Big Taft Hartley Drive
The AFL elected Burton K. Wheeler to head an $8,000,000 campaign to repeal the Taft Hartley Act and to educate union members politically. Wheeler, a former Montana senator, said he has not yet accepted. AFL also backed the Marshall Plan, warned of possible Soviet aggression, and projected wage pressures if Congress does not act.
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American Federation of Labor
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
Washington
AFL
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United States
Congress
inter-American Confederation of Labor
World Federation of Trade Unions
Butte Driver Walks Away From Highway Crash Into Train
R A Theis of Missoula escaped serious injury when a westbound station wagon veered off the highway at the continental divide south east of Butte. The vehicle rolled onto Milwaukee tracks as a freight train emerged from a tunnel, striking the car. Theis suffered a bruised right knee after bailing out and plans to return for the wreckage.
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Butte
Mont
R. A. Theis
Missoula
Continental Divide
Milwaukee Railroad
Theis
Crow Jimmy Inspires Classroom Poems At Local School
In Elkhart Indiana six year old Nancy Van Patten brings her crow Jimmy to class. The teacher handled the bird calmly and students grew fascinated, writing poems and essays, drawing pictures, and showing greater interest in birds overall.
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Elkhart, Ind
Jimmy
Nancy van Patten
Rail unions pressed wage demands during fact finding
CHICAGO AP Howard Neitzert, counsel for the nation’s railroads, tells a presidential emergency fact-finding board that the three railroad unions seek 25 changes in work rules as wage demands. The board, appointed by President Truman, began gathering evidence after unions threatened a Feb 1 strike. Neitzert calls the rule changes a subterfuge for higher pay. The panel will report to Truman and may extend for 30 days.
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Chicago
Howard Neitzert
Truman
Neitzert
Young sturgeon teeth puzzle scientists
Researchers note that juvenile sturgeon possess teeth while mature fish lose them. The finding challenges assumptions about sturgeon dentition and could affect how young fish feed and migrate in their early life stages.
American women less happy sexually than Europeans says expert
Dr Eric J Dingwall, a British anthropologist, says after fifteen years of study that American women face more difficulties in sex life than European women. He cites aims, body standards, and a perceived U.S. matriarchy as factors, and hints a forthcoming masterwork on the American woman.
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United Press
London
Eric J. Dingwall
British Museum
Dingwall
U.S
America
United States
Hindus Arrested in Nationwide Anti-Terror Sweep
New Delhi reports police and secret service agents have detained over 300 Hindu militants, including Rashtriya Sewak Sangha chief Golwalkar in Nagpur, as authorities outlaw private armies and question Mahasabha members linked to Gandhi’s assassination amid mob violence in major cities.
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India
Rashtriya Sewak Sangha Society
Rashtriya
Nagpur
Golwalker
Sewak Sangha
All India Hindus Mahasabha
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Narayan Vinayak Gadse
Mahasabha
Golwalkar
Life term given yet life term given yet
Joseph L. Hardy Jr., 24, a Hartford, Connecticut veteran, was sentenced to life in San Quentin for his role in the July embrace murder of J. W. McLain. Superior Judge James Snell handed down the sentence in the same courtroom where Hardy’s wife Lois was sentenced a month earlier. Both juries found first degree murder, but only Hardy received a leniency recommendation. Sheriff Hoskins will deliver Hardy to the prison tomorrow, while Lois remains at Tehachapi women’s prison awaiting automatic appeal to the state supreme court.
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Cal
Joseph L. Hardy,Jr
Hartford
Hardy
Richard Hoskins
Lois
Tehachapi Women’s Prison
State Supreme Court
Soviet offers to return seven tankers and one dry cargo ship
Washington report notes Soviet government submitted to the state department a note offering to return to the United States seven tankers and one dry cargo vessel that Russia received under lend lease during World War II.
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State Department
United States
Russia
Medical Register of England Lists Over Five Thousand Women Doctors
The Medical Register of England shows more than 5000 women doctors among its entries. The record highlights the growing presence of women in the medical profession across the region this year.
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Medical Register of
England
Checkers Get Fancy New York Hat-Wrap Hats
Hat-check girls at hotels and clubs in New York are wrapping hats in cellophane to protect them from contact with each other. The practice reflects a novelty trend in upscale venues and highlights how attendants handle small personal items during peak hours.
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New York
Communism Has Housing Troubles Too
Moscow reports that budget committees of the Supreme Soviet sharply criticized inefficiency in Soviet government and industry. They charged costs ran above plan and housing construction lagged. Financial experts urged curbing uneconomical methods and local government waste.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Council of Nationalities
Nicaragua Seizes Two U S Bombers Over Caracas Plot
In Washington two surplus U S B 24 bombers reportedly flown from Bushfield Augusta Georgia on January 26th were seized by the Nicaraguan government after landing at Puerto Cabezas. Nicaraguan ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa said 27 Venezuelan revolutionaries were aboard and custody was taken.
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Guillermo Sevilla
Sacasa
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State Department
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Augusta
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Fla
Romulo Betancourt
Nicaragua
Romulo Gallegos
Betancourt
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Board of Economic Warts
Venezuela
Colomia
Juan P. Perez Alfonso
United States
Sevilla Sacasa
Puerto Cabezas
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