Steel strikes flare as June policy shifts ripple nationwide
The steel workers strike disrupts production with Cleveland mortar shell plants halting 500 layoffs and GM and Ford suspending rocket plants in Lansing and Detroit. About 5,300 Worcester workers and 1,000 miners in Arkansas and Oklahoma face idle time as coal supplies to mills drop. Locomotive Engineers strike on Long Island creates massive traffic jams while wage agreements and working conditions become key dispute points.
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CIO United Steelworkers
Cleveland
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Lansing
Mich
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Worcester
Mass
Arkansas
Oklahoma
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Washington
House
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Long Island
Manhattan
Brotherhood
Polio Research Teams to Test Gamma Globulin for Prevention
Scientists will move into a U S community to test gamma globulin as a preventive for poliomyelitis. Dr Henry W Krumm notes no cure yet but past two years show grounds for hope while narrowing virus types, growing virus in non nervous tissue, and blood entry in primates. The virus likely enters through the mouth.
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U.S
Henry W. Krumm
National Foundation For
Krumm
European coal and steel plan ratified by Italy
The Schuman Plan to unify Western Europe's coal and steel under international control cleared its final hurdle as Italy's chamber of deputies ratified the 50 year treaty this week. France West Germany the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg have already ratified. Gen Omar Bradley warned Russia could overrun Europe but has abstained from military action due to U S atomic superiority and respect for U S military capacity.
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Schuman
Western Europe
Italian Chamber of Deputies
France
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Europe
U.S
Soviet jets fire on Swedish Catalina in Baltic rescue mission
Soviet pilots shot at a Swedish rescue Catalina and its crew during a Baltic search for a transport believed downed by Soviets. The Catalina crew reported being fired on before crashing 60 miles off Estonian coast. A German freighter recovered them and Sweden protested at the Soviet Embassy. Sweden later apologized for another Swedish overflight of Soviet territory.
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Baltic
Sweden
Soviet Union
Justice Department Shifts Prompt New Reshuffle
The 1940s pattern of Justice Department changes continues as six assistant attorneys general depart. Harold Baynton heads alien property, H. Graham Morison leads anti trust, and William Underhill runs lands. Rowland Kirks to replace Baynton as alien property custodian.
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Tom Clark
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Clark
Supreme Court
Harold I. Baynton
Alien Property
H. Graham Morison
Johnson City
Tenn
William A. Underhill
Deland
Fla
Rep. Hillings
Calif
House
McGranery
Rowland F. Kirks
National University Law School
Baynton
Taft campaign solidifies grip on GOP delegates in run to Chicago
Taft forces press for first-ballot nominating strength with strong Washington and New York headquarters. Key figures David Ingalls and Thomas Coleman orchestrate operations as Eisenhower seeks to recruit delegates and avoid public clashes. Douglas MacArthur named convention keynote speaker amid party rift.
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GOP
Denver
Dwight Eisenhower
Colorado
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Wyoming
Taft
Ohioan
National Committee
Chicago
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas E. Coleman
Washington
Taft Committee
New York
Eisenhower
David S. Ingalls
Albert Wedemeyer
Ingalls
Yale
Senate
Coleman
Madison
Wis
Harold E. Stassen
Texas
South
Nehru Seeks Neutral Path for India Amid East West Tensions
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru champions neutrality in the East West struggle, criticizing the United Nations and the U S for Korea policy while defending India's stance on Kashmir and urging Asia to stay cool and avoid broader warfare. He defended trade with the United States despite criticism and warned against militant rhetoric from the Communists.
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India
Jawaharlal Nehru
United Nations
U.S
Red China
United States
Korea
Asia
Kashmir
Tibet
China
Sinkiang
Pakistan
Communists Target Disunity as Senate Debates Adjournment
Soviet tactics shift with a major diplomatic shakeup and renewed germ warfare accusations in Korea. Congress weighs extending economic controls, social security boosts, GI rights for Korean veterans, and West Germany defense links as adjournment deadlines loom amid a crowded schedule.
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Kremlin
38Th Parallel
Korea
Jacob Malik
United Nations Security Council
Russia
United Nations
United States
House
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
West Germany
Congress
Warren Warns Taft Ike Split Threatens GOP Victory
California Governor Earl Warren warns that intra party accusations between Taft and Eisenhower supporters could fracture the GOP and jeopardize next fall's presidential contest. Alf Landon stresses the magnitude of the coming election as a global battle against totalitarian power.
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Earl Warren
California
GOP
Taft
Eisenhower
Alf M. Landon
Diplomats weigh Gromyko appointment and Western tensions
The cartoon forum reports Kremlin moves and Zarubin transfer as Moscow eyes England’s unity weakness. In New York the UN Security Council airs germ warfare charges while Washington talks with London and Paris on Korea Indochina and Germany. Acheson heads to London to review wide issues as Panmunjom talks falter.
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London
Kremlin
Georgi Zarubin
Washington
England
United States
Britain
New York
Soviet Union
Security Council
U.N. Disarmament Commission
U. S
Korea
Inochina
Germany
Lord Alexander
Robert Lovett
Jean LeTourneau
Defense Department
Indochina
France
Russia
Dean Acheson
Panmunjom
U. N
William K. Harrison
Widowed Los Angeles Woman Secures Divorce After Quarrel
A 64 year old Los Angeles woman obtained a divorce from her husband who repeatedly spoke during disputes but silenced his hearing aid when she spoke. In Northampton, Massachusetts, state police used bloodhounds to locate a runaway youth. The search led to a coal bin behind the barracks. In Cairo Egypt authorities announced the birth of King Ibn Saud's 64th child.
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Los Angeles
Northampton
Mass
Cairo
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud
Western foreign ministers open conference in London
On Monday June 23 the Big Three Western foreign ministers open a London conference on East-West problems. Also on that day the National Junior Red Cross meets in Cleveland and the American Astronomical Society convenes in Victoria B C. Secretary of State Dean Ache son to receive an Oxford honorary degree.
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Red Cross
Cleveland
American Astronomical Society
Victoria
B.C
Dean Acheson
Oxford
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