Steel wage demand denied as US Steel cuts prices
New Yorkers push markets to fresh highs while Pittsburgh reports US Steel Corp rejects CIO United Steelworkers wage rise and unveils price cuts totaling about 25 million dollars effective May 1. CIO says no good-faith bargaining and pledges to continue a no strike contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittsburgh
US Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers’ Union
Benjamin FP. Fairless
Steel Corporation
Murray
OKAY HOUSING BILL Senate Sends Measure to Doubtful Fate in House
The Taft-Ellender-Wagner long range housing bill passed the Senate by voice vote with a $268.5 million farm housing program and a plan for subsidies to farmers. It authorizes up to 33 year loans at 4 percent, aims to build 15 million homes in 10 years, and moves to the House where opposition centers on public housing provisions. The measure would also fund farm housing and veteran housing subsidies amid debate over scope and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
NEA
Senate
Washington
America
Young
North Dakota
Russell
Georgia
Agriculture Department
House
House Banking Committee
Cain
Washington Republican
Coffin Affects Seat in China’s Assembly Controversy
Chao Sui Chu of Tieni won a national assembly seat despite no Kuomintang blessing and arrived with a coffin as a threat to kill himself if not seated. Delegates finally seated him amid the tense display.
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Coffin
China
Assembly
Chao Sui-Chu
Tieni
Kuomintang
Communists Warned by Italian Premier and Chief
Premier Alcide de Gasperi warned Italy's Communists to keep their place in the political process. Palmiro Togliatti, secretary general of the Communist Party, said his followers will not use force to upset election results, while accusing foreign threats of atom bombs and starvation influencing the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Communists
L’unita
Poisoned Waters Halted By Earthen Dam In Sweeny
In Sweeny Texas officials report a crude dam blocked Little Linville Creek after more than 6000 gallons of arsenic were dumped into the stream killing cattle horses and wildlife across Brazoria County. Officials from Alamo Refinery Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and health authorities investigate the accidental contamination and possible treatment options.
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Sweeny
Tex
Brazoria County
Little Linville Creek
G. A. Tbach
Alamo
Houston
West Columbia
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad
Alamo Refinery
Kansas City
Chapman Chemical Co
Temple
Big Linville
Caney Creek
Sawyer Named Secretary of Commerce by Truman
President Truman named Charles Sawyer former ambassador to Belgium as Secretary of Commerce. Sawyer accepted after a morning telephone conference with the President. Sawyer, a Cincinnati attorney and former Democratic National Committeeman from Ohio, will lead the Commerce Department. In France, 130000 miners walked out in a flash strike called by the Communist controlled miners union.
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Truman
Charles Sawyer
Belgium
Sawyer
W. Averell Harriman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ille
France
Farley pressed to run for Congress by Wellington group
Eight Wellington men petition Cal Farley in Amarillo to enter the Panhandle district race. Farley, founder of Boys Ranch, declines immediate ambition but says he would consider the Washington post if urged by voters after insisting he would need to be persuaded first.
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Wellington
Amarillo
Cal Farley
Congress
Panhandle
Polly O'Neil
Farley
Tom Campbell
Bobo Castleberry
J. W. Wells
James Sullivan
Ernest Lewis
Dick Sweat
Deskins Wells
BE the
Jan Dace Dave
Hice Ty
Boys Ranch
Washington
Weather and political quotes from Amarillo region voters
The text quotes Farley and Deskins Wells on a possible Congress run and expected support across West Texas. It notes forecasts for Amarillo and vicinity with mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers, and high temperatures around 78 degrees with lows near 54.
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Congress
Farley
Amarillo and
Vicinity
Texas
Deskins
Pele- Boon
Gation
Pampa
Shamrock
Radio Ser
Amarilio
Joe Palooka Dies In Panhandle Fish Rodeo Event
In Buffalo and Amarillo a Panhandle Outdoor Sports Club tag event reports the death of Palooka a noted 8 pound fish found by the Johnson brothers near the boathouse. The Fish Rodeo continues with additional tagged fish caught including POSC Tag No 199 and Tag No 134.
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Buffalo
Panhandle
Palooka
Globe
Tack
Dixie Dugan
Panhandler Club
Earl
Bob
Frank Johnson
Amarillo
Glen McKenzie
McKenzie
Globe News
Johnsons
Vawuegrouna Wearuany
Lloyd B. Collis
Collis
Ime Kenzle
Wards
Roy Ritton
Groom
Ritton
Panhandle Club
Ana
Joe Palooka
Amarillo Hardware Company
Rain drenches Panhandle as showers bring relief and wind
The Panhandle received April showers with many cities reporting over an inch of rain. Berger led with 1.30 inches and Claude 1.24 inches while Amarillo had 0.73. Winds reached 38 mph yesterday afternoon but fell to 2 mph tonight. Forecasters expect more rain and thundershowers this afternoon as temperatures dip then rise to near 81s tomorrow.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Berger
Claude
Clarendon
Gage
Okla
Adrian
Dimmitt
Crosbyton
Dumas
Follett
Hereford
Lubbock
Memphis
Miami
Muleshoe
Pampa
Level Rainview
Shamrock Man
Stratford
Clayton
Clovis
Roswell
Tucumcar
Weather Bureau
Haifa Falls as Fighting Ends Port City Change Hands
Haifa, Palestine reports say Jewish forces seized Palestine's port city after heavy overnight fighting. A cease fire was ordered by Haganah amid terms demanding Arab disarmament and deportation of foreign troops, while casualties were reported on both sides. Arab leaders urged British mediation claiming a massacre occurred.
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Haifa
Palestine
Stalingrad
Haganah
Meeting Postponed After Pension Plan Challenge
A miner's welfare fund trustee meeting was postponed to Monday after the 100 monthly pension plan faced a court challenge. Also reported a House vote directing the Secretary of Commerce to turn over an FBI letter on Edward U Condon's loyalty. Trieste police dispersed a 7000-strong Communist march with gas and night sticks. A street sweeper cleared nails near Armour and Swift plants. Mother's Day gifts promoted at Russell's Gift Dept.
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Meetington
Miner's Welfare Fund
Condon
Secretary of Commerce
FBI
Edward U Condon
Senate
Truman
Evna Worth
Armour ‘& Co
Armour and
Swift & Co
Russell's
Taylor
Screen Doors and Screen Wire Paint Sale Ad
A fragmentary ad lists screen doors screen wire and paint offerings with a dealer likely named John Maynard Lor at 800 West South Street.
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John Maynard Lor. Co
W. Sth
Diver Edward Christiansen Rescued From Staten Island Cave-In
Port Richmond reports a commercial diver Edward Christiansen trapped 30 feet below off Staten Island amid cables and muck. Navy divers, aided by a fireboat, freed him after trench walls began to cave in while surface crews coordinated with a heavy hose blast for rapid extraction.
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Port Richmond
Edward Christiansen
Staten Island
Navy
Christiansen
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Thach
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Boone Setlement
I. C. Mark
Epe Bratt
Henrietta Rumbaugh
Mountain Drive
Miss Rumbaugh
the Globe
Barton
Thomas Metz
Stevenson
Hillsboro
Coke R. Stevenson
R. Calvert
Haifa Falls
Pius Kit
Europe
Panking
Yenan
Ministry of National Defense
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Trieste
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