Senate Group Cuts OPA Fund and Other Actions
The Senate appropriations committee voted to give OPA 17 million dollars to liquidate by June 30 and to close the office of temporary controls. Other actions include TVA chair confirmation debates, Hoover urging limited foreign relief funds, portal pay ban passage, and budget debt discussions. The day featured multiple committee votes and presidential submissions to the Senate.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
OPA
OTC
Civilian Production Administration
Office of War Mobilization
Styles Bridges
Congress
New
TVA
Senate Public Works Committee
Gordon R. Clapp
David E. Lilienthal
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
Clapp
Kenthal
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Europe
House
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Republican Policy Committee
Ralph W. Gwinn
House Labor Committee
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
Lilienthal
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Wisconsin
Robert M. Littlejohn
WAA
London and Paris Agree on Alliance Pact
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced a British French treaty of alliance in parliament. He said he and Georges Bidault would sign next Tuesday at Dunkerque, a site tied to wartime co operation. Anthony Eden praised the move as a lasting bridge for world peace.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Dunkerque
Anthony Eden
Eden
Leon Blum
Attlee
France and Britain seal 50 year alliance in parliament
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault announced Paris that France and Great Britain have formed a 50 year military political and economic alliance. The accord, disclosed after two days of foreign affairs debate, earned Bidault a unanimous vote of confidence from the national assembly.
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Paris
U.P
France
Great Britain
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Rains To Wash Out Snow In Southland
Rain from Texas moving east is expected to melt snow across the southeast by nightfall. Snow covered Tennessee, northern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina with colder spots in Atlanta and Augusta while New England and the Midwest faced fair and cold conditions.
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Associated Press
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Atlanta
New England
Augusta
Buffalo
N. Y
Midwest
Chicago
Rear Car Tears Loose on Pennsylvania Train Wreck
A Pennsylvania Railroad Sun Shine Special rear car tore loose at dawn on the Allegheny climb near Gallitzin injuring 11 passengers and killing a Pullman porter identified as L Keys of Houston Texas. Investigators probe air brake failure and uncoupling as the train stopped to shed a engine. Riders were taken to Altoona and Altoona Mercy hospital with no serious injuries reported.
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Pittsburgh
Here
Altoona
New York
Ban on Portal Pay Adopted
The House approved a bill to bar portal-to-portal pay lawsuits totaling about 5.785 billion dollars and sent the measure to the Senate. Republicans opposed amendments as lawmakers warned such suits threaten the economy and federal treasury. The bill overturns prior Supreme Court work time definitions under the wage hour law and limits pay for time not spent in productive work.
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Supreme Court
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Federal Treasury
Senate confirms Bryce Covington to highway commission
PHOENIX Feb. 28 The senate confirmed Gov. Osborn's nomination of Bryce Covington of Kingman to the state highway commission for a term ending Jan. 31, 1951. Earlier in the session the senate refused to confirm Gov. Osborn's original appointee Bernard McDonald.
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Senate
Sidney P. Osborn
Bryce Covington
Kingman
State Highway Commission
Covington
Osborn
Bernard McDonald
Mantz Sets West East Cross-Country Flight Record
Paul Mantz, Hollywood stunt flyer, smashed the west-east cross country record for propeller-driven single engines by flying from Burbank California to LaGuardia Field New York in 6 hours 7 minutes 5 seconds.
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New York
U.P
Paul Mantz
Hollywood
Burbank
Calif
LaGuardia Field
Soviet Delays Atom Comment In UN Security Council
Andrei Gromyko postponed a planned Soviet statement on atomic energy control as the UN Security Council canceled its 3 p.m. meeting. Moscow has yet to send final instructions, delaying a return of the issue to the atomic energy commission. The council’s next move rests with Oswaldo Aranha as chair and on U S proposals to reframe the commission report.
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N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
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United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Gromyko
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
United Nations
Moscow
Council
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Herschel V. Johnson
Paul Hasluck
Australia
Colombia
Poland
Albania
Corfu Strait
Syria
Manhattan
Globe Five To Face Safford In Consolation Semifinal
Globe Five advances to meet Safford Bulldogs in the consolation semifinal of the 26th Arizona high school basketball tournament at the University of Arizona. Safford defeated Prescott 41 25 to progress, while Snowflake and St Johns Peoria also played Friday results noted.
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Snowflake
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Globe Hoop
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Bulldogs
Prescott Badgers
St. Johns
Chuco Coronardo
Coyote
Phoenicians
Prescott
Leo Johnson
Safford
Marko Markichevich
Globe
Wally Welch
Ed Senseman
Peoria Panther
Marlon Plumb
St. John’s
Tiger
Gilbert High School
Florence
Betty Jo makes 4978 mile nonstop fighter flight
The Army P-82 Betty Jo completed a 4978 mile nonstop flight from Honolulu to New York in 14 hours 33 minutes, the longest distance flown by a fighter. Lt. Col. Robert T. Thacker and Lt. John M. Ard piloted the aircraft, aiming to test endurance for high altitude escort missions.
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Robert E. Thacker
New York
Betty Jo
National Aeronautical Association
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Pennsylvania
Col. Thacker
Pacific
California
San Francisco
Laramie
Wyo
Great Plains
Chicago
Senate Advances Four Labor Bills in Arizona
Senate leaders, led by banker-president H. H. d Autremont, push labor conciliation measures with emergency clause. The bills, amended to exclude interstate commerce firms, face uncertain fate as two thirds votes and veto histories loom. Governor Osborn and prior pension debates color the session atmosphere.
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H. H. d’Autremont
Hugo Farmer
McCloy of New York To Head World Bank
John J. McCloy of New York was elected president of the World Bank to fill a 10 week vacancy delaying operations. In Phoenix, Arizona, Feb 28, the state senate advanced four labor bills including the right to work amendment. The bills would curb union exclusion, define unfair labor practices, and enforce collective bargaining contracts.
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World Bank
John J. McCloy
New York
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Arizona Senate
House of Representatives
Senate Appropriations Committee
John L. Sullivan
Maricopa County’ Superior Court
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Senate
England Will Weather Crisis Through Strong Character Says Mackenzie
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues Britain's night work measure shows a grave economic crisis but that Labour leaders and the public will persevere. He cites optimism from Lewis W. Douglas and recalls prewar England, predicting rebirth and a better but not restored affluence.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
John Bull
Fair Isles
Dover
London Daily Express
Britain
Lewis W. Douglas
Truman
London
Britain May Turn Greek Burden Over to U S Aid
Washington reports Britain seeks to shift Greece commitments to the United States amid Greece’s crisis and Britain’s waning resources. A White House conference discussed possible U S involvement and budget implications. Foreign questions linger on arms funding and troop removals.
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Britain
United States
Greece
White House
Truman
London
Foreign Office
U. S
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Lord Inverchapel
Europe
Hoover
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Arizona House Votes For State Tax Structure Survey
The Arizona house adopted an all inclusive survey of the state's tax structure to spend 300000 on a tax commission study. The measure expands beyond real property to assess assessment methods excise taxes and revenue sources. A county assessor oversight amendment subjects assessors to the tax commission with salary suspension if not followed.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Sidney P. Osborn
Arizona
S Tax Commission
Jack Cummard
Maricopa
Raymond Langham
Gila
Tax Commission
House
W. G. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Arizona lawmakers override veto on daily expense pay
In Phoenix the Arizona House passed 48 to 1 to override Gov. Sidney P. Osborn and grant legislators up to 10 dollars daily for expenses, on top of their 8 dollar salary. The Senate joined 15 to 3, rejecting the veto. the bill becomes law.
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Arizona House of Representatives
Sidney P. Osborn
Arizona Senate
House
Senate
Osborn
Arizona lawmakers face veto fallout and tax study bid
Gov. Sidney P. Osborn vetoed a bill for a $10 daily expense account for legislators and higher pay for legislative staff, prompting talk of an override. Meanwhile a committee-aided plan would spend 300000 to hire a tax consultant firm to study Arizona’s tax system and guide property valuations.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Qosborn
Colorado
House
Arizona
Coconino County
Coal Contract Not Negotiated
John L. Lewis told Sen Capehart that no overtures toward a new contract to operate the nations soft coal mines have been made to the United Mine Workers of America. He said UMWA has been willing to negotiate a wage agreement since December 7, but no negotiations have occurred.
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John L. Lewis
Sen
Capehart
R.-Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
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United Mine Workers ‘of America
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