| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS tornado kills injures 1000 senate confirms lilienthal 50 31 house gets tough labor B bill EDITORS NOTE when opinions are r pressed expressed in these columns they are those ot of western newspaper union aws analysts and cot necessarily ol of this Vs newspaper LABOR BILL plenty of teeth A strike control bill that would rigorously restrict labor unions in sany any ways has been approved by se 0 h house ouse republican steering com r 4 ut iee atel tee its most dra drastic provision per perhaps haps is a clause authorizing the federal government to obtain injunctions for a 75 day period in industries dus tries which affect public health or safety this apparently would cover the telephone and other communication muni cation industries coal mining electric light and power companies railroads and possibly several other fields the bill was prepared under direction of chairman hartley rep N J of the house labor committee he told newsmen he hoped that the bill would pass the house within a week it probably faces a struggle in the senate observers believe the injunction feature is designed to give the government a stronger weapon against strikes imperiling impe riling public bublic safety and welfare the C torney general would be OS Sred to seek a restraining order in federal courts which would require a 75 day cooling off period during this no strike time government conciliators conciliatory concilia tors would attempt to settle the dispute other provisions would avoult outlaw in austry wide bargaining and ban the closed shop unions would be required to keep dues low and to to elect officials regularly by secret ballot communist d dominated 0 rn I 1 n a t e d unions would lose the recognition of the nat national ional labor relations board unfair labor practices would be investigated vesti gated and prosecuted by a new agency the office of administration of the national labor relations act lilienthal confirmed at last after 11 weeks of argument and vituperation the senate has confirmed david lilienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission the vote was 50 to 31 lilienthal was appointed to the powerful position i by the president last october V M y david E lilienthal lilienthal in a terse victory state stat e said the important thing abow is to get on with this job this job means supervision of all atomic energy plants and materials in the country all ot of which are now government owned it also means almost complete authority over all research and development work in the he field the presidents budget provided hall half a billion dollars tor for the commissions work cork those confirmed besides lilienthal are commissioners robert F bacher a physicist W W Wat mack former editor sumner T pike former member of the federal trade securities commission and L L strauss retired rear admiral k wien X a rie Z ir wollen german workers in the british zone have been growing increasingly restive because of small food rations numerous strikes particularly ticul arly in the coal mines and steel plants have resulted from what the germans call starvation allowances this picture shows part of huge crowd that gathered in the main street ot of dusseldorf in a protest meeting signs read we hunger and we dont want calories we want bread TORNADO sweeps panhandle at least persons were killed and 1000 injured by a tornado that ripped across five dve counties of the texas oklahoma panhandle country A third of the buildings in woodward okla were gre flattened only one structure remained in glazier tex higgins another texas town was leveled except for three brick business buildings furious wind and hailstones like golf balls accompanied the twister it first was sighted at white deer tex where where it blew a house from its foundations and injured three persons then it moved northeastward parral lel to the sante fe tracks on which it derailed a freight train last town struck was gage in oklahoma the red cross rushed doctors and nurses equipped with bedding food and blood plasma into the area the department of public safety of texas used its two way radio to replace disrupted communications all seriously injured patients were sent to oklahoma city FRANCE trouble in colonies rioting and revolts in various parts of the french empire have prompted the french cabinet to strengthen the army to this end president auriol has called up conscripts of the 1947 class on may 15 several months early an uprising in algeria has brought promises of reforms interior minister depreux has gone to the north africa country to make swift changes to pacify the rebellious tribes and to quiet general unrest war minister paul coste floret has demanded additional troop reinforcements to cope with trouble spots in indochina indo china madagascar algeria algera morocco and several african protectorates protect orates reports have ease into the city he and his wife been coming in about native assaults on french civil servants raids on army dumps and arsenals and attacks on garrisons and soldiers third of workers are women the 16 million working women in the country today reprise represent nt 28 per cent of all employed persons the bureau of the department of labor says and adds that historically tori cally determined social and economic factors have led to women getting increasingly important positions sit ions during the war the number of women employed represented a third of the total labor force in the country while before the war it numbered a fourth RAIL ACCIDENTS daily occurrence derailment of the santa fes super chief in northern new mexico with injuries to 25 passengers but no fatalities rounded out a week of railroad accidents reminiscent of the early days of railroading the super chief one of the nations most famous streamlined luxury trains left the track near raton N M while traveling at high speed the three unit diesel locomotive broke loose and came to rest with its nosed nose on anthe the trestle of a dry river bed the train was eastbound from los angeles other accidents within a week april 3 Burling tons twin city zephyr derailed in downers grove ill three killed 35 injured april 4 engine of rock island rocket derailed near linwood kas engineer injured april 5 milwaukee road switch engine fell off bridge near ottumwa iowa crew narrowly escaped drowning in swollen des moines river april 6 union pacifica city of portland collided with a freight near granger wyo 11 injured april 7 pennsylvanian Pennsyl goth gotham am limited jumped track outside columbia city ind 40 injured april 8 pennsylvania s manhattan limited derailed passengers shaken up chandler gets tough suspends durocher in one of the most severe sever crack downs in baseball history commissioner A B chandler suspended leo lippy durocher manager of the brooklyn dodgers for the 1947 season That means that da rocher cannot engage in organized baseball in it 0 any manner chandler also suspended charlie charie dressen coach of the new york yankees yanke for 30 days and fined larry mcphail both the dodger and yankee clubs 2000 because their officials engaged in a public controversy damaging to baseball the case grew out of a charge by lorry larry mcphail general manager of the yankees that durocher Duroc ber and branch rickey president of the dodgers had defamed his character chandler in it his statement declared that the su suspension was ordered as a result of the acci accumulated inn unpleasant incidents in which he durocher has been involved JEWISH FARMERS succeed in U S refugee jews who have settled on farms in the united states have become satisfactory farmers in most cases according to a report by the jewish agriculture society of families placed on farms in recent years are still there they have repaid of the they borrowed from the society most of these refugees settled in the east but others have become farm owners in michigan and california two hundred jewish families are living in petaluma Pet aluma calif engaged in poultry raising another group operate an acre peach and plum orchard the society was founded maurice de hirsch who advocated farming as an occupation for the jewish masses he envisioned america as one haven tor for his brethren where they could go back to the occupation of their forefathers JAPAN conservatives win in japans first popular election of local officials conservatives won most races most candidates ran as independents but their political leanings were well known governors mayors and village heads were chosen nearly two thirds of the governors and mayors of large cities were reelected twenty three incumbents retained their offices prefectures socialists elected three governors the newly formed democratic party succeeded in placing two of its candidates and the liberals two about 68 per cent of registered voters went to the polls a slight decline from the 72 per cent in last years general election the rural turnout was much higher than the urban in tokyo only 61 per cent voted income near record individual income in february stayed up close to the all time record rate established in january As february is a short month total dollar figures at were slightly below the first month but the dip was only two million dollars the department of commerce has just released this report factory payrolls dominant factor in the rise of total wage and sala salary ry payments over the preceding year remained at the january level almost 15 per cent above the average tor for 1946 on the other hand farm income declined slightly after all adjustments see recession coming A recession is almost certain to come during the summer most economists agree this downturn in business activity can be mild or severe but few expect it to be a long or serious setback many look upon it as a healthy corrective reaction prices would fall somewhat there would be some losses and unemployment but there need be no grave misfortune the present high price level is one of the chief concerns of economists they say a direct attack on prices now could stave off the threatened recession SMALLPOX new york city hit four positive cases of smallpox have been diagnosed in new york city and others are suspected causing a flurry among health authorities this is thel first outbreak of the dread disease in the metropolis since 1939 many new yorkers are being vaccinated vaccina ted as measure an out of town business man who died in a new york hospital march 10 is blamed for bringing the disease into the city he and his wife registered at a midtown hotel march 1 remaining fourdais four days the health department is interviewing everyone who worked or stayed at the hotel during the four day period ATOM BOMB SECRET safe sae for 8 years semi official war department view is that the united states will possess the secret of mass production of atom bombs for at least eight years there is no short cut method of manufacturing fissionable material according to these officers off acers best estimates are that it will take foreign nations several years to make one successful bomb for a number of years perhaps as many as 8 to 15 only the united states will possess atomic bombs in significant quantities after this period other nations will possess atomic bombs in significant quantities reads a joint statement all this presupposes that no international control agreement is in effect it is pointed out the navy in a summation called authentic but not official states 1 rockets with atomic war heads capable of thousands of miles of range are not to be expected for another 25 years 2 the present strength and type of navy is needed for the next 10 years 3 dockyards Dock yards and repair bases are most vulnerable and should be spread out more 4 ship structures should be strengthened to withstand the force of atomic explosions 5 advance bases should be built tar far from our shores to detect and intercept a surprise bomb attack 6 ships should be able to stay at sea from four to six months at a time sees for first time V al fal I 1 1 e W miracle of surgery has given sight to 3 year old elizabeth mae mac klein born blind she now can see partially and is eagerly catching up on her reading of colored picture books at af her home in san francisco joe wison wilson a veteran who befriended the family helped her to obtain medical aid nylons worth 1600 loaves A carton of cigarettes or a pair of nylon stockings from the united states will feed one of polands bolands Po lands two million war orphans tor for a month since either commodity is exchangeable in the polish open market for 1600 loaves of bread or quarts aj of milk the executive committee of the commission for childrens relief declares the committee warns against sending money directly to poland since cash quickly finds its way into the black market new nev british breish gar Car arrives the competition a jaunty british 1947 sports model mode I 1 automobile is on display in new york it will sell for the car a two sexter seater weighs 2184 pounds and will ca cover ver 26 miles on a gallon of gasoline it has an eight cylinder engine rated at british horsepower wheel ase inches and a maxi maximum murn bleed of 95 miles an hour others others ln in the line are the four seater and the coupe released by western newspaper union |
