Steel Contract Near Sawyer Silent Sparks Labor Tug
Washington AP report says CIO steelworkers grow restless under 17 month old pay scales. Secretary Sawyer meets with Philip Murray and Benjamin Fairless to discuss a government imposed wage boost. Murray may address the National Press Club. Inland Steel's Clarence Randall attacks the seizure as a corrupt deal.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Sawyer
Murray
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
National Press Club
Clarence Randall
Inland Steel
Randall
Truman
U.S
Korea
Phil Murray
Union Shop Battle Rises Over Aircraft Firms
The Wage Stabilization Board faces renewed backlash after recommending a union shop provision for 26 000 workers at Douglas and Boeing plants in Long Beach California and Wichita Kansas. Critics in Congress say the board oversteps its authority amid ongoing investigations into union shop policy.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Nathan Feinsinger
Douglas
Boeing
Long Beach
Calif
Wichita
Kans
Feinsinger
Truman
Douglas backs Kefauver for Democratic nomination
Senator Paul H. Douglas declares support for Estes Kefauver as the best available Democratic candidate. He says he is in Kefauver's army for the duration and questions Kefauver's ability to defeat Dwight D. Eisenhower in November.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Douglas
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Kefauver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ohio River Barge Sinks After Pier Collision
A steel barge carrying 800 tons of pulverized coal valued at 5000 dollars sank in the Ohio River after sideswiping a pier in fog. Henry Percival of Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co. reported the accident and said the barge was maneuvered toward Coal Haven harbor while being towed by the sternwheel steamer D. W. Wisherd from Huntington, with Capt. Steve Miller as pilot.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Henry Percival
Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Company
Coal Haven Harbor
D. W. Wisherd
Huntington
W. Va
Steve Miller
Tiny Books and Tiny Ads Spark Big Value
The piece notes the world’s smallest books by a German artist, about cherry pit size, including an 8000 word Munich history. It highlights how such tiny works fetch value and cites messenger Want Ads as highly effective for selling or buying, giving an example of a house and washing machine sold after the ad ran.
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Munich
Messenger
Western Union Chiefs Union Resume Talks
Western Union employers and CTU representatives met for the first face to face talks since a two week old strike. Federal Mediator J L Mandelbaum summoned top officials from both sides amid limited optimism the dispute would end. CTU claims 98 percent of services are disrupted while the company reports over 1050 towns open. 24 000 towns remain without service and 31 000 workers were initially out. AFL President William Green urged allied unions to back CTU fully.
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Washington
Western Union
J. L. Mandelbaum
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Six Draft Inductions Set for May in Athens County
The Selective Service Board announced six men are slated for induction on May 1. May will have a single induction call, with six draftees. A separate pre-induction physical examination for thirty men is scheduled on May 7.
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Athens County
Selective Service Board
Draft Board
Easter Gifts Given To Sheltering Arms Hospital Patients
Gifts presented to Sheltering Arms Hospital patients for Easter were reported yesterday. The Chauncey Four Leaf Clover Club prepared favors, McDougal Church supplied Easter baskets, Rufus Putnam school second graders colored eggs, and the Methodist Church fifth grade Sunday School class assembled baskets.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey Four Leaf Clover Club
McDougal Church
Rufus Putnam
Methodist Church
Train Smashes Auto Five Ohioans Killed
A westbound New York Central passenger train struck an auto near Graytown Ohio, killing all five occupants. Gerald Wangrin 33 of Genoa his wife Eileen 34 and daughter Janet 3 John R Damschroder 69 of Graytown and his wife Antonia 64. The Stange Road crossing about four miles west of here was the scene and there were no witnesses.
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Oak Harbor
New York Central
Graytown
Here
Gerald Wangrin
Genoa
Eileen
Janet
John R. Damschroder
Antonia
Stange Rd
Nyc
Candy bars ordered destroyed by federal court ruling
U S District Judge John H Druffel ordered the destruction of more than 2200 boxes of candy bars for violation of pure food and drug laws marking a federal action in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
U. S
John H. Druffel
Douglas Blasts Hazard Pay for Chairborne Pilots in Senate Hearing
Sen. Douglas rails at Pentagon over extra hazard pay for airmen and others deemed as “chairborne pilots.” Gen. Vandenberg and Adm. Cassady oppose steep cuts, warning reduced pay could sap trained fliers. Hearing stems from a bill amendment proposing $45 combat pay for military personnel in Korea.
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Washington
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Pentagon
Infantry
Senate Preparedness
Defense Department
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Adm
J. H. Cassady
Naval Air Operations
Vandenberg
Cassady
Senate
Swift Winds Ground UNs Air Assaults
Allied airmen fought high winds from North Korea with few reconnaissance flights while ground forces repelled a series of light Red jabs on the western front. The destroyer escort Silverstein escaped unharmed after a heavy Korean War attack, with Red shore batteries firing 60 rounds at Hungnam as the Navy noted advanced fire control by the enemy.
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Seoul
North Korea
Navy
Tokyo
Silverstein
United Nations
Hungnam
Wildcat Steel Strike Ends at Republic Plant in Cleveland
In Cleveland 800 nut and bolt division workers walked out in a wildcat action then returned by mid afternoon as night shift workers arrived. Striker spokesmen argued the protest opposed anti union propaganda by Republic while CIO official William F. Donovan urged no official strike but supported worker sentiment against company letters attacking the union and President Truman.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Nut and Bolt Division
Republic
William F. Donovan
CIO
United Steelworkers
Theunion
Truman
Plan to Build Long Gas Pipeline From Mexico to West Virginia
Texas-Ohio Gas Co plans a 1439 mile natural gas line from the Mexican border to West Virginia, requiring 185 million dollars and federal approval. The 20 inch or 40 inch line would deliver 505 million cubic feet daily to Ohio and West Virginia markets, with construction to begin after approval.
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Washington
Texas- Ohio Gas Co
West Virginia
Texas-Ohio
Power Commission
Ohio
Louden C. Doney, Jr
Houston Company
Bell Telephone strike eases as workers return to job
In Cleveland most of the 16,000 Bell Telephone Co. workers idle last week have resumed work, despite Western Electric picketing. A switch in picket assignments at Ohio Bell buildings allowed more operators to return, bringing long distance service closer to normal. The Ohio Bell strike ended with weekly raises of 4 to 7 dollars, but Western Electric remains on strike.
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Cleveland
Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric Co
Ohio Bell
Bell System
Taft Urges Impeachment Over Steel Seizure
Senator Taft accused President Truman of abusing power by seizing the steel industry and urged impeachment. He said a Senate study resolution seeks to examine the president's legal rights in making the seizure as he campaigns through Massachusetts for delegates to the convention.
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Boston
Taft
Truman
House
Ohio Republican
Senate
Massachusetts
Body Recovery Ends Huckleberry Finn River Trip
A1 year old Bruce Bailey of Madisonville drowned when a skiff on the Little Miami River overturned during a planned voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi. His companion swam to safety, and the body was recovered in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Bruce Bailey
Ohio River
Finis
Madisonville
Ohio and Mississippi
Little Miami River
Harriman Spotlight at Democratic Dinner in New York
A Democratic dinner in New York honors W. Averell Harriman and signals possible presidential bid. Harriman, director of the Mutual Security Administration, is the guest of honor at a $100 plate event aimed at delivering New York’s 94 votes at Chicago.
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Mutual Security Administration
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Alben W. Barkley
Stevenson
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Herbert H. Lehman
Richard R. Russell
Georgia
Man Hit With Bottle In Pomeroy Set To Stand Trial
Cris Hubbard 30 of Syracuse bound over to the grand jury under 5 dollars bond on an assault with intent to kill charge after striking Roger Cullums of Pomeroy with a beer bottle outside a tavern. Cullums, a paint union official, suffered a light brain concussion and was treated then discharged from Meigs General Hospital. Hubbard pleaded guilty and remained jailed due to bond inability.
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Pomeroy
Grand Jury
Justice, of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Cris Hubbard
Syracuse
Charles Russell
Hubbard
Roger Cullums
Pomeroy Tavern
Cullums
Russell
Meigs General Hospital
Philo Power Manager Named To New Post
Canton report notes 38 year old George J. Huber Jr. named manager of Ohio Power Co Philo plant and successor Edward Saidler named to run Philo plant. Both appointments take effect May 1 with Muskingum River plant near Marietta slated for completion mid 1953.
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Canton
George J. Huber Jr
Philo
Ohio Power Co
Muskingum River
Marietta
Harold Turner
Huber
Edward & Saidler
Gratitude Over Cashless Doctor How He Won Hearts
In Inverness Mississippi Dr Irvin aged 75 died of liver cancer after 33 years as a country doctor. He rarely billed patients. money arrived after a Memphis trip for his own prognosis, including $2000 from grateful patients and letters from across the nation. A widow’s mite of $2 from an elderly Louisville Black woman also arrived, reflecting his belief that the best people were both black and white in Sunflower County.
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Inverness
Miss
Doc
W.rvin
Sunflower County
Memphis
Louisville
Ridgway Named to Succeed Eisenhower in Europe
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme UN forces commander in the Far East, is recommended by the Joint Chiefs to succeed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Europe. Tokyo officials say Ridgway has asked for no personal interest in future assignments. The plan also outlines Clark and Gruenther as successors in other roles.
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San Francisco
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
The
Chronicle
Vance Johnson
Tokyo
Ridgway
George Patrick Welch
Genral Ridgway
Johnson
Eisenhower
NATO
Joint Chiefs
Mark W. Clark
Army
Fort Monroe
Alfred M. Gruenther
Clark
Press Galleries Row Over Tass Dismissal Demand
At the ASNE convention opening, editors urged barring Tass from congressional press galleries. ASNE President Alexander F. Jones warned that William Oatis remains imprisoned in Czechoslovakia and assailed State Department policies as failing to protect American reporters.
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Washington
Tass
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Society
Associated Press
William Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Alexander F. Jones
State Department
Coal Masher Halts Swing When Dynamite Fuse Appears
Michael Wagner near Lancaster broke up coal with a sledge hammer and halted after spotting a fuse from a dynamite stick protruding from a 12 pound lump. Deputies said the charge likely failed to detonate and would have caused widespread damage if struck.
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Lancaster
Michael Wagner
Near Lancaster
Wagner
Reds Press for Informal POW Parleys in Korea
Communist truce negotiators pressed for immediate resumption of off the record talks on prisoner exchange. The UN command has not replied since talks recessed April 4 to allow separate exploration of options. Red demand: all prisoners returned. Allied stance: no one repatriated against will. No progress on neutral truce inspector or airfield construction ban.
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Munsan
Subcommittee On
Soviet
Russia
Main Lines Blocked As Coal Cars Derail
About 34 coal cars of two Norfolk and Western freight trains derailed at Omega in Pike County near here early today injuring none. Four Columbus bound cars derailed and were thrown into a Portsmouth bound freight, derailing several cars on the south bound train. Neither locomotive left the tracks and both main lines were blocked.
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Waverly
Norfolk and Western
Omega
Pike County
Here
State Elks Open Cerebral Palsy Center in Canton
The Ohio Elks Association opens its first cerebral palsy treatment center in Canton this Sunday for preschool children up to eight years old. The project, part of six planned centers, will cost $28,000 for the first year in a leased building funded by club donations.
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Canton
Ohio Elks Association
The
Elks Club
Elks
Middletown City Employees Win 7.4 Percent Pay Raise
City workers approve a 7.4 percent salary increase in the next pay period along with additional benefits and adjustments.
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Middletown
Desperate Dike Defense As Flood Roars Toward Omaha
Omaha and Council Bluffs brace for a record Missouri River crest as 8000 troops join civilians in a massive flood defense. About 40 000 evacuees, Red Cross says 100 000 displaced, cleanup and rehabilitation underway amid river warnings. President Truman tours area and urges Midwest governors to support flood control projects.
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OMAHA
Council Bluffs
Midwest
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Red River
Minnesota
Minnesota River
Leeds
St. Paul
Minn
Corncill Bluffs
Twin-City
Red Cross
Omaha Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Truman
GI Dividend Pay Launched
The Veterans Administration said it has begun mailing 1952 NSLI dividend checks to veterans. About 5,000,000 NSLI policyholders will receive roughly 200 million dollars in the first regular GI insurance dividend, with most payouts around 60 dollars.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance
NSL
NSLI
Ohio to distribute liquor permit funds to subdivisions
State Auditor Joseph P. Ferguson announced Wednesday the third distribution of Ohio's undivided liquor permit funds totaling 2,377,047 dollars to political subdivisions.
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Columbus
Joseph P. Ferguson
Ohio
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