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February 20, 1947

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Veterans Fleeced in Cab Sales Through License Racket Here; VETERANS FLEECED IN TAXICAB RACKET

By Charles Grutzner

proposes to increase taxicab medallions by 1,000 in effort to smash black market

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HOUSE PORTAL BILL MADE MORE DRASTIC AS COALITION FORMS; Conservative Democrats Help Committee Limit Filing of Back Pay Claims to Year

By William S. White

Repub majority and right-wing Dems join against other Dems in com test vote on Gwynne bill against back portal pay and limiting future claim-filing; com minority, led by Celler, plans House floor test; Celler cites statutes of limitations on other forms of claims; plans minority rept; admits minority was beaten on Wage-Hr Adm power for final settlement of portal-pay claims; com chmn Michener reminds Celler that com session was 'exec'; Sen (Wiley) subcom predicts early action

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TENNESSEE VOTES CLOSED SHOP BAN; Measure Goes to the Governor as Momentum for Labor Curbs Gains in Nation

By John N. Popham

House passes open-shop bill, 64-25 with 1 abstention; Repr Headon sponsorship noted; Crump power cited; ex-GI from Athens supports bill

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End of More War Controls Asked in Truman Message; He Tells Congress Action Will Help Bring Early Termination of the State of Emergency -- Would Extend Some Laws

By Harold B. Hinton

Truman recommends revision of legis granting extraordinary powers to Exec Branch under emergency declarations of '39 and '41, message to Cong

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Notable Births

1947Peter Osgood, English footballer (died 2006)^[†]

Peter Leslie Osgood was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton as a forward at club level, winning the FA Cup with each, and was also capped four times by England in the early 1970s.

1947Peter Strauss, American actor and producer^[†]

Peter Lawrence Strauss is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He is an Emmy winner and five-time Golden Globe Awards nominee.

Notable Deaths

1947Viktor Gutić, Croatian fascist official (born 1901)^[†]

Viktor Gutić was the Ustaše commissioner for Banja Luka and the Grand Prefect of Pokuplje in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an Axis puppet state during World War II. He was responsible for the persecution of Serbs, Jews and Roma in the Bosanska Krajina region between 1941 and 1942.