British Hold Americans At Jerusalem
Twenty American seamen from the intercepted refugee ship Abril were brought to Haifa and ordered held for trial on charges of siding and abetting illegal immigration into Palestine. Also detained were an American newspaperman and a French woman writer aboard the vessel.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Hadera
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Holy Land
Cyprus
U.S
Cytherea
U. S. Navy
Honduras
Sedlla Strike Ends at J. I. Case Plant in Racine
The nations second oldest major strike ends as UAW-CIO local 180 members vote 927 to 448 to accept a contract described as not good but best obtainable. About 3,500 workers had been out since December 26, 1945 with other Case plants already back on the job. The deal includes an across the board raise averaging about 25 cents an hour, down from the original 30 cent request.
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Racine
Wis
J. I. Case Company
Uaw-Cio
Case
Rockford
Rock Island
Burlington
Iowa
Leonard Woodcock
Detroit
UAW
Walter Reuther
Harvey Kitzman
UAW Inter National
Kitzman
Senate Votes Tougher Bill to Ban Back Pay Claims
The Senate judiciary committee voted 8 to 4 to adopt a stricter anti-portal pay bill. It bans back pay suits under the wage hour law and Walsh-Healy and Bacon-Davis acts, allows a good faith defense, keeps a two year filing limit, and preserves a saving section if Supreme Court strikes down provisions.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wiley R-Wis
House
Wiley
Senate
Supreme Court
Molotov raises China info exchange at foreign ministers talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov unexpectedly pushed China into the opening session of the foreign ministers council. He urged the United States Britain and Russia to share information on conditions in China. Secretary Marshall blocked an immediate decision to consider the request.
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Moscow
Molotov
China
Foreign Ministers Council
United States
Britain
Russia
Marshall
Russia Lifts Censorship for Moscow Foreign Ministers Meeting
AP correspondent Eddy Gilmore reports Moscow lowered censorship for conference copy showing faster dispatches to the United States. NBC notes its Henry Cassidy delivered the first unsensored radio broadcast from the Soviet Union.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Russia
John M. Hightower
National Broadcasting Company
Henry C. Cassidy
Soviet Union
Foremen Win Recognition in 5-4 Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court held that employers must bargain with foremen unions in a 5-4 decision. The Packard Motor Co. of Detroit appealed a National Labor Relations Board ruling, arguing foremen are not covered by the Wagner Act. Justice Jackson delivered the majority. Justice Douglas dissented with Chief Justice Vinson and Justice Burton concurring. Justice Frankfurter also dissented in part.
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Packard Motor Company of
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Jackson
Douglas
Vinson
Burton
Justice Frankfurter
Fire drives 175 guests from Hotel Colonial in York
Fire alarm at 2 58 a m in York Pennsylvania sends about 175 partly clothed guests fleeing from the seven story Hotel Colonial as flames consume the upper four floors. officers and bystanders help guests use main stairs and fire escapes in the pre dawn evacuation. damage estimated at 350000 dollars.
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York
Hotel Colonial
Continental Square
Pennsylvania
C. D. Saylor
Plane Crash Kills 13 Near Naples Island Ischia
Thirteen people died when a four engine RAF plane en route from Cairo to Rome crashed into Bisco di Terra mountain off Ischia island in thick fog. The aircraft burst into flames after striking the mountainside 15 miles from Naples.
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Naples
Cairo
Rome
Ischia
Bisco di Terra
Stockman Charles H. Walker Dies in Boise at 75
Charles H. Walker, 75, longtime Idaho livestock leader and former two time state legislator, died at his Boise home. He ran Elmore county’s livestock business before moving to Boise in 1924 and served as Elmore county state representative in 1911 and Ada county in 1937. He was born January 5, 1872, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Boise
Charles H. Walker
Idaho
Walker
Elmore County
Ada County
Salt Lake City
Utah
Officers Hold Operators of Burley Clubs
Burley deputies freed Oakley operator Ray Critchfield after posting a $200 bond on a charge of illegal operation of a slot machine. Deputy Earl Allen arrested Critchfield on a complaint by Oakley marshal C. H. McMurray, with Sheriff Saul H. Clark noting the man acted after reading about a legislative bill permitting operation.
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Burley
Oakley
Ray Critchfield
Earl Allen
C. H. McMurray
Saul H. Clark
Actress Gene Tierney Seeks Divorce From Oleg Cassini
Gene Tierney testified before Superior Judge Harry Archibald about her estranged husband Oleg Cassini’s violent temper. She described throwing objects at her and one incident with a hot spoon, and said he forced her to attend endless parties while she struggled to balance acting and marriage. Tierney won custody of their daughter Daria and Cassini renounced his Russian title to become American.
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Los Angeles
Oleg Cassini
Gene Tierney
Harry Archibald
Gene
Oleg
Miss Tierney
Daria
Cassini
Sheriff and county leaders discuss beer license suspensions
A morning conference with Sheriff Alma Marley Henry McQuade county attorney and board of county commissioners considered the sheriffs recommendation to suspend beer licenses for 15 individuals fined in justice courts for illegal sale. Prosecutor noted only one held a license and pleaded nolle prosequi, limiting action to fine payment. No comment from the sheriff and no further discussion occurred.
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Alma Marley
Henry McQuade
Board of County Commissioners
US Recalls Scrip Tokyo Urges Quick Currency Conversion
US occupation forces worldwide call for rapid swap of all military scrip to newly printed notes to curb counterfeiting and illegal possession. In Japan a strict news blackout followed the decree pending official currency orders and legal tender changes for civilian use.
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Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Truman to address Congress on Greek crisis and Mediter ranean toll
President Truman plans a Wednesday joint address to Congress focusing on the Greek crisis and Mediterranean turmoil. He is expected to seek a 250 million direct loan to Greece and to outline bolstering the Greek government and potential use of surplus German military supplies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
King George
Germany
House
Senate
Riots Roil Punjab as British Troops Patrol Cities
Communal fighting subsided in Punjab with air borne troops deployed to enforce order. Reports say violence spread to villages with Hindu properties looted. Officials in Rawalpindi observed smoke from several villages while Lahore and Amritsar hospitals listed 53 dead among 159 casualties over nine days. Amritsar toll reported 88 killed and 149 wounded.
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Lahore
India
Punjab
Evan Jenkins
John Bannet
Rawalpindi
Amritsar
Williams on Witness Stand Tells of Woman's Kisses
Williams testified he planned to drive Mrs. Gladys Broadhurst wife of W D Broadhurst to California for a two week trip last August. He said the pair went to Reno for the day then returned to their car near Reno where the alleged affair began and the plan to kill Broadhurst was discussed.
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Charles Swan
Williams
Broad
Rst
Jordan Valley
Grrive
Broadhurst
California
Reno
Rains Expected For Pocatello Tonight And Tuesday
The weatherman forecasts continued cloudy skies with light rain and little temperature change for Pocatello tonight and Tuesday. Low 35 to 40 tonight, high about 46 Tuesday. 24 hour high low were 47 and 37 with mean 42. Nearby readings include Idaho Falls 43 32 and Salt Lake City 51 39.
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Pocatello
Pacific Coast
Malad
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Death claims suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt 88 died of heart disease at her New Rochelle home. A leading advocate for women's suffrage she helped pass the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 and had urged a future United Nations. President Truman mourned her passing, noting her influence on national life.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Carrie Chapman Catt
Mary Gray Peck
United Nations
Truman
Catt
Susan B. Anthony
Woodrow Wilson
Woman's Committee On
Idaho Plans Invitation to National Alcoholic Beverage Control
Seth Harper state liquor dispensary superintendent authorized by Gov. Robins to invite the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association to hold a fall meeting in Sun Valley Idaho. He will present the invitation at the group’s spring meeting April 21-23 in Boca Raton Florida. Harper joined the association’s executive committee, which includes delegates from 17 state liquor monopolies. He said about 400 guests could attend if Sun Valley hosts the meeting.
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Boise
Seth Harper
C. A. Robins
National
Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Sun Valley
Idaho
Harper
Boca Raton
Fla
Butter Declines Sharply on New York Mercantile Exchange
Wholesale butter prices fell 3 to 34 cents a pound today on the mercantile exchange, the sharpest drop in over a month. Creamery grade A sold at 74 cents, down three cents as traders noted receipts and inventories remained tight.
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New York
Mercantile Exchange
Briton Supports Four-Power Pact Amid Moscow Talks
In Moscow Secretary of State Marshall pressed a four power alliance against Germany but Britain’s Ernest Bevin offered clear support while French Foreign Minister Bidault signaled tentative backing only as part of a broader scheme to keep Germany weak. Marshall urged German disarmament and demilitarization, backing Byrnes plan amid cautious Western diplomatic doubt.
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Moscow
Marshall
United States
Germany
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Austria
Georges Bidault
France
Ruhr
James F. Byrnes
Bevin
Byrnes
UMW Oppose Immediate Supreme Court Order in Coal Strike
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers oppose a government request to issue an immediate mandate enforcing the court's coal strike decision. The court upheld contempt fines and directed reimposition of the union fine unless Lewis withdraws a termination notice. Clark seeks immediate effect to avert a March 31 strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Supreme Court
Lewis
UMW
U. S. District Court
High Court
Clark
Hand Bomb Explodes On Platform in Manila
A hand grenade exploded within ten feet of President Roxas and other Filipino leaders on a speaking platform in Plaza Miranda before about 50 000 people. Roxas escaped unharmed, his wife and children were shaken, photographer Emilio Maglaland was injured, five suspects detained.
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Manila
Manual A
Roxas
Amercan
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
United Nations
Plaza Miranda
Malacanan Pale Ace
Jose Avelino
Senate
Romulo
Gereardo
Ruby
Emilio Maglaland
Idaho Bill Requires Russet Plate On Licenses
Governor C A Robins signed 10 measures giving final approval to legislation in Idaho's 29th legislature. One bill requires 1948 and 1949 motor vehicle licenses to bear a Russet potato emblem. A conference will be held with beekeepers and airplane crop dusters to regulate insecticide use and protect bees.
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Boise
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Agriulture
Dave Stubblefield
Stubblefield
Intereshere
Boy Kills Father in Logansport After Chase
Deputy Sheriff and state trooper report Donald Gene Sisson, 13, killed his father John R. Sisson, 52, during a chase as the man pursued the boy's mother with a shotgun. Neighbors say John R. Sisson had been drinking since Thursday and grew frenzied yesterday. He was committed to a state hospital for insane behavior last November.
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Logansport
Ind
Eugene Burkett
Donald Gene Sisson
Burkett
Berenard Leavitt
John R. Sisson
Sisson
Twa
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