Rail strike crisis looms as Truman weighs seizure plan
President Truman and his cabinet confront a threatened nationwide rail workers strike. Trainmen and conductors deny breaking their pledge while a White House led seizure or court injunction weighs as the likely response to ensure troop and supply movement for Korea.
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Washington
Truman
Hisonectan
White House
Brotherhood of
Railroad
Doctor Steelman
W. P. Kennedy
R. O. Hughes
John R. Steelman
Norrow
Ing
North Attack Regains Ground They Had Lost
South Korean forces and allied troops battled Reds 12 to 25 miles north and east of Taegu as 6000 troops and tanks pressed toward the Kumwha and Yongchon corridor. Air and ground bombardment targeted Red positions along a 120 mile perimeter, with heavy fighting around Chongno.
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Tokyo
Taegu City
Korean Central Warfront
Taegu
Korea
Yongchon
Kumwha
Uisong
Chinju
Chongno
Kumwi
Sea of Japan
Yongdok
Kigye
Pohang
Hunghae
Masan
Pusan
U. S
Sobuk
Tundok
Stan Swinton
Tom Lambert
MacArthur
Lambert
Wonsan
Pyongyang
East Germans Warn Against West German Remilitarization
Reports from the Korea front describe renewed fighting near Masan and Taegu with U S forces stalling North Korean thrusts. In Berlin East German leaders meet as McCloy warns Russia aims to back a future attack and Grotewohl calls for concrete anti rearmament actions.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
U.S
John J. McCloy
Russia
Otto Grotewohl
Communist National Congress
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
McCloy
West
Grotewohl
Hitler
Rail Firms Sit Tight as Strike Looms in Cleveland
Cleveland based rail firms respond to threatened nationwide walkout. Erie Railroad warns 4500 mechanical workers of possible layoffs next Tuesday while others hope the strike is averted. Officials expect government action or a presidential decision soon.
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Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Erie
Washington
R. C. Randall
L. L. White
Truman
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
White House
St Laurent Calls Talks as Rail Strike Spreads
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Louis St Laurent personally intervening in Canada’s four day rail and telegraph walkout. He will press rail and union leaders to resume direct negotiations under a government threat. Over 200000 workers idle, with food and power shortages feared and transport clogged across the country.
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Ottawa
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Extended forecast near seasonal normal with mild swings
Forecast indicates average temperatures near normal. Normal max 74 and min 55. Cooler Saturday, warmer by Monday, then cooler Wednesday. Precipitation about 4 inches with scattered showers around Monday and Wednesday.
Doctor Says Milwaukee X rays Draftees At $1125 Daily
An Army report cites Milwaukee doctor Irving Cowan averaging 1125 dollars per day this month for X raying draftees at the Milwaukee induction center. The Army surgeon general and a House committee promise inquiries as Cowan’s machine is used and payments noted.
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Washington
Army
Milwaukee
Capitol Hill
Irving Cowan
Raymond W. Bliss
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Thomas Appleby
Cowan
Fifth Army
Chicago
Powder Puff Flyers Enter Last Lap
Twenty six women pilots begin the final leg of the Powder Puff derby from Reading to Boston. Arlene Davis of Columbus, flying a Cessna, led the first leg and landed here yesterday as the group prepared to depart at seven in the morning for the Air Force Association convention in Boston.
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Reading
New England
Air Force Association
Arlene Davis
Columbus
Man Confesses July Columbus Slaying
Columbus detectives report Thomas Edward Brown Jr., 25, of Nashville Tennessee confessed last night to the July 3 knife killing of 38 year old painter and carpenter Joseph Breitfeller during a burglary attempt. The suspect was a former Mansfield Reformatory inmate.
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Columbus
Clem R. Owens
Nashville, Tenn
Joseph Breitfeller
Owens
Thomas Edward Brown, Jr
Nashville
Mansfield Reformatory
Children s Home Head of Gallia County Dies
Gallia County Children s Home superintendent Williams Sprague age 56 died at Holzer Hospital at 9 05 a m Friday Funeral arrangements are being made by McCoy funeral home Vinton
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Gallipolis
Williams
Reorganizing EUB Church Plans Gain Southeast Ohio Approval
The Southeast Ohio Conference voted 105 to 14 in favor of reorganizing Evangelical United Brethren Church conferences in Ohio. The plan requires approval from four other conferences to take effect as the UB and Evangelical merge continues.
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Logan
United Brethren Church
Ohio
Southeast Ohio
Evangelical
United Brethren
Old United Brethren Church
Ohio East
Miami
Sandusky
Southeast
Evangelical Church
Toledo
War Criminals Freed For Good Behaviour
Friedrich Flick and 18 other convicted Nazi war criminals were released from Landsberg prison before dawn for good behavior. Flick shouted and fled to a waiting car as rain beat down, part of the largest jailbreak of war criminals since the U S began using the site once linked to Hitler.
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Landsberg
Germany
Friedrich Flick
Flick
United States
Hitler
Cheetham's Squirrels Training Wins in Korea
U S 25TH DIVISION reports recruit John B Cheetham learned to shoot while hunting squirrels near Daerun Ga. In Korea his training paid off after a battle left 55 North Koreans dead or wounded around his position. Cheetham said they kept coming and he kept shooting.
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U.S
Korea
John B. Cheetham
Woodlands
Daerun
Cheetham
U S Draft Boost Seen as Next Army Manpower Step
A November call for more than 50 000 draftees is expected as the Army grows manpower. With Korea unresolved and Germany troop levels under review, the plan would affect men aged 18 to 26 chosen by local draft boards. This follows a 47 000 increase in enlisted reservists to be called by November 10.
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Washington
Germany
Army
Military chiefs return optimistic view of war front
Army chief of staff General J Lawton Collins and Navy chief Admiral Forrest P Sherman returned to Washington after a quick visit to the Korean front. They said they sensed a general offensive spirit and optimism among American troops after meetings with General MacArthur and tours of battle zones and ships in the Far East.
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Washington
Army
Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
North Korea Death Edict Targets Retreating Soldiers
In MASAN FRONT Korea the North Korean army orders death by shooting for any soldier who withdraws. A seized Communist general order states Do not give ground and Anyone withdrawing will be shot. UN forces offer safe surrender to Red soldiers.
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Masan Front
Korea
United Nations
Estate of Crispin Oglebay Valued at Over Two Million
The estate of Crispin Oglebay board chairman of Glebay Norton & Co. is valued at 2 179 021. The late executive held leadership in iron ore and shipping. Probate records list the sizable estate and ownership.
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Cleveland
Crispin Oglebay
Glebay, Norton & Co
Malik Will Put Formosa Before U.N.
Malik is expected to raise Formosa in Security Council discussions as Russia backs China’s demand to oust American forces. U S led anti communists aim to keep focus on Korea while Chou En Lai cables to Lake Success threaten Formosa.
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Lake Success
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
United States
Red
China
Chou En-Lai
Malik
U. N
Trygve Lie
Formosa
Seventh Fleet
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou
Canton
Britain
Hong Kong
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Shirley May Leaves Home in Massachusetts
Unsuc cessful channel swimmer Shirley May France, 18, quit her family home over a personality conflict with her father J Walter France. She moved in with her coach Harry Boudakian and his wife, calling them her best friends. Newsmen found her at the Boudakian home 24 hours after she vanished from Somerset.
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Dighton
Mass
Shirley May France
Harry Boudakian
J. Walter France
Boudakian
Somerset
Editor D J Barron Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
Kenneth J. Barron, known as Jockey Barron, 50, managing editor of the Ironton Tribune, died suddenly yesterday after a heart attack. Local staff mourn his loss and age is given as 50. Barron led editorial work and covered community affairs for the Ironton paper.
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Ironton
Kenneth J
Barron
The
Ironton Tribune
Excess Profit Levy Delays New Tax Bill
In Washington a Senate clash over an excess profits levy for corporations risks delaying a $4.508 billion tax bill. Senator George warns an early levy could derail action this year, while Connally and O Mahoney push for an 85 percent tax on profits above normal, claiming it funds wartime spending controls.
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Senate
George
Truman
Finance Committee
Bis
Connally
Tex
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Connalely
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