Steel Crisis Deepens as Seizure Ruling Sparks Strike
Federal Judge Pine rules against the Presidents seizure of steel mills triggering a nationwide CIO strike by 600000 workers led by Philip Murray. The Truman administration seeks to pause the order and appeals to the Supreme Court while embargoes on steel shipments to civilians are imposed.
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David A. Pine
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Pine
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
James Madison
Holmes Baldridge
European Spring Tensions Rise After Berlin Air Clash
U S officials weigh two explanations for a Russian fighter attack on a French airliner near Berlin. Four aboard injured, one seriously, as Britain France and the United States protest and demand investigation. Russia counters with a claim of air corridor violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Washington
High Command
Iron Curtain
Japan Gains Independence as U S Weighs Security Pact
In Tokyo this week Japan becomes independent after the San Francisco peace treaty. The United States hopes a freer Japan will be a stronger ally against Soviet communism, aided by the security treaty backed by Dulles and the State Department. Moscow denounces the moves as preparations for a new Far East war.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
San Francisco
State Department
MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
United States
Soviet Russia
Far East
Squabble in Dixie Shapes Autumn Convention Fight
The Republican race centers on Taft versus Eisenhower with a likely slugfest as Massachusetts backs Eisenhower. Kefauver leads the Democratic field with Russell challenging him in Florida on Tuesday and Maryland eyes a May primary where McKeldin plans to steer Maryland’s 24 votes to Eisenhower if his man falters.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Gen
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Sen
Taft
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Kefauver-Russell
Florida
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Fuller Warren
Democratic State Executive Committee
George Smathers
Maryland
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
U. S. Senate
McKeldin
Democratic Party
New Shape Commander Ridgway Named NATO Leader
Ridgway, a veteran airborne commander and long-time admin specialist, is chosen as supreme commander for NATO. The article notes Gruenther's continued role as chief of staff, Clark's Tokyo succession, and mixed reactions to the large command shifts amid postwar tensions.
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Ridgway
Washington
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Walton Walker
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Far East
Japan
Matthew Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Alfred M. Gruenther
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Gruenther
Munsan Korea Truce Talks Face Final Offer Pressure
Allied truce camp at Munsan tightens as Panmunjom package seen as final. Three point plan anchors non forcible POW repatriation rebuild for airfields and Russia neutral supervision. On front, Iowa fires on inland targets while destroyers Thomason and Doyle strike enemy camps and B 29s bomb rail links in Northwest Korea.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
Russia
Washington
Reds
Red China
Peiping
Iowa
Seventh Fleet
U. S
Thomason
Doyle
Sidelights and Scattered News Across Nations
A Providence motorist named Robert A. Martin explained to a judge he was speeding to recover daylight saving time and was fined $10. In New York a restaurant owner was shot in the mouth by holdup men. a denture saved his life. Maidenhead marked Mercy Coffee’s 100th birthday with a tobacco plug gift from the mayor. In Japan, peace treaty effect, Hirohito birthday, and a hectic week with May Day and Children’s Day planned. the war renouncing constitution to be honored Saturday.
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Providence
R. I
Robert A. Martin
New York
Maidenhead
England
Mercy Coffee
Hirohito
Japan
Army officer faces court martial for diary leak
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, former military attaché in Moscow, is up for an Army court martial. His diary was copied by Communist agents in Germany last year for improperly recording classified military information.
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Truman
Fred Korth
Worth Tex
U. S. Supreme Court
Bonn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
Elizabeth II
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Germany
Taft Wins Wisconsin Delegates and Neb write-in Triumph
A quick digest of April events shows Taft securing 24 of 30 Wisconsin delegates and winning Eisenhower write-ins in Nebraska. Other items include railroad and bank crime sentences, political shakeups, steel seizure disputes, floods, and major wartime era actions across the nation.
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Taft
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Willie Sutton
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
Truman
James P. McGranery
Western Union
CIO
Illinois
Steel Industries
Bolivia
Iowa
Nebraska Brace
Missouri
Russia
Four-Power Commission
White House
Europe
New Jersey
Adlai Stevenson
Omaha
Yugoslavia on Western Iron Curtain, says Dr Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia’s UN delegate Dr Ales Bebler declares Yugoslavia is on the western side of the Iron Curtain for good. Georgia governor Ellis Arnall adds that most prices at wholesale and retail are at or near ceiling levels.
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Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Ellis Arnall
World This Week News Quiz 1
A compilation of questions on postwar events. Topics include Eisenhower’s release as Supreme Commander Europe, binding presidential primaries, steel seizure case, Capehart Amendment, and postwar diplomacy. Includes naval losses, Iran aid, Japan occupation end, and Korean War naval input.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Europe
White House
Navy
United States
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
Tehran
Japan
Adm
William M. Fechteler
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New York City
Mark Clark
U. S. Fifth Army
Italy
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36Th Division Association of Veterans
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Robert P. Patterson
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Hale
R-Me
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Hobson
U.S.S. Wasp
Atlantic
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