Labor Urged To Use Care With Powers
Cincinnati report from the AFL convention cites International Boilermakers union president Charles McGowan urging restraint. He warns against a fourth wage push, calls for price rollbacks to fight inflation, and supports repealing Taft Hartley with a return to Wagner and support acts. The delegates re elected Green Meany and 13 vice presidents and chose St Paul for the 68th convention. MacArthur asked to allow Japan maximum latitude in labor policy.
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Cincinnati
AFL
Charles McGowan
International Boilermakers Union
McGowan
LABOR
William Green
George Meany
St. Paul
Douglas MacArthur
Britain Admits Planes To Russia in 1940s
Supply Minister George Strauss told the Commons that Britain sent Russia 10 jet engines in 1946 and 45 in 1947 but denied that the shipments saved Russia years of research. He said none were on the secret list and no further shipments were planned, citing Russia not ordering more. He added no engines were sold to Czechoslovakia or any Soviet-influenced country.
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London
George Strauss
Commons
Britain
Russia
Oyster hammerhead discovered in Indian Ocean
A curious relative of the pearl oyster called the hammerhead oyster has been found in the Indian Ocean. It earns its name from its distinctive hammerlike shape.
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Indian Ocean
Kulp Proposes Idaho Reclamation Legislation Pack
Boise UP State Reclamation Engineer Mark R. Kulp outlined the 1949 legislative program he will submit to the governor and the legislature. He favors a Snake River compact with Wyoming to regulate waters and seeks campus extendable flood district boundaries, underground water code, permit timing changes, extended permit time, broader permit publication, and a longer lasting state water utilization committee.
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BOISE
Mark R. Kulp
Kulp
Snake River
Idaho
Wyoming
U.S
Idaho Reclamation Association
Army
Kay Lambert Debuts With Fourth Round TKO
Heavyweight Kay Lambert won his first pro bout by fourth round technical knockout against Bob McDowell at the fairgrounds coliseum in Salt Lake City. Lambert dominated with a strong left jab and right cross flooring McDowell for eight and again at the bell of the fourth. McDowell did not come out for the fifth. Lambert weighed 185 and McDowell 188.
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Salt Lake City
Jay Lambert
Bob McDowell
Montgomery
Alabama
Fairgrounds
Lambert
McDowell
Largest Coral Reef Named in Australia
The Great Barrier Reef along northern Australia is described as the world’s largest coral reef. It runs miles long and about 30 miles wide, forming a vast marine ecosystem.
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Great Barrier Reef
Northern
Australia
Sailor Subdued After Drinking Compass Alcohol
The John W. Mackay radioed for help when assistant steward Walter Ferguson, 18, of Dartmouth Nova Scotia, drank compass alcohol and went berserk. Six crewmen restrained him before the Coast Guard delivered him to police for hospital observation.
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New York
John W. Mackay
Coast Guard
Walter Ferguson
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
Ferguson
Kings County Hospital
French Premier Hopes To End Turmoil With Coalition Win
Premier Henri Queuille seeks a double triumph over communists and Gaullists as he faces a confidence vote in the national assembly and a later election for the Republic's president of the Council. The docks’ nationwide strike ended after a conference, with wage adjustments in the longshoremen's settlement but no raise in the legal minimum wage.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Charles de Gaulle
Queuille
Council
Assembly
Dunkirk
U S Forces Crack Czechoslovak Spy Ring in Germany
U S Counter-Intelligence Corps raids in the American and British zones net over 20 operatives tied to Czechoslovak intelligence. Arrests centered in Munich with others in the British zone. suspects to be turned over to U S military government authorities. The probe began in December 1946.
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Frankfurt
Germany
American Counter - Intelligence Corps
CIC
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
United States
Czechoslovakia
EUCOM
European Command
Ortvedi
Munich
Sring
Milk Distribution Drives Largest Vehicle Fleet
The distribution of milk requires more motor vehicles than any other commodity, highlighting the scale of dairy logistics and the dependency on transport capacity for daily supply.
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Litatutt
Soviet Union
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USA
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Suchow
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
LV Trecthis
Ssoviet Union
Chiang
Bea
Psplo
Old Hickory Distilling Corp
Phila, Pa
Reclamation
Kay Lambert Kaynes
Navy Jet
Navy
Patuxent Naval Air Test Center
Washington, D. C
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
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