Rail Walkout Continues As Wilson Pleads With Striking Workers
A week-long railroad strike paralyzed major rail hubs including Chicago and New York. Charles E. Wilson urged strikers to return, warning the walkout harms defense efforts and the U S economy. Some yards reported back-to-work moves, but多数 lines remained crippled with ongoing cancellations and layoffs across industries.
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New York
Charles E. Wilson
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United States
Korea
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National (Railway) Mediation Board
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Pennsylvania
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New Haven Railroad
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San Bernardino
Calif
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
California
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Cotton Belt
Dallas
Richmond
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Rieth
Ore
Grand Trunk Western
Flint
Mich
Missouri- Kansas-Texas
Burlington
St. Louis-San Francisco
Kane City
Salt Lakety
Birmingham, Ala
DiSalle pledges adequate meat supplies and curbs on black market
Toledo AP report says Michael V Di Salle, head of the Office of Price Stabilization, promised housewives meat will be available at legal ceiling prices. He warned black marketeers and outlined two orders to regulate slaughter and reporting by wholesalers and retailers to keep supplies moving. He noted the plan targets both buyers and sellers, including restaurants and hotels, not housewives.
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Toledo
Lawitiomata
Neiase
Lulute AL Se Riumals
Michael V. di Salle
DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
di Salle
OPS
Tax Ideas Are Studied By Congress
Congress reviewed a Treasury outline for a second $6.5 billion tax bill to balance the budget. Secretary Snyder outlined first phase increases in personal and corporate income taxes plus higher excise and capital gains taxes. He urged retroactive dates and closing tax loopholes to raise about 1.5 billion more toward the total.
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Congress
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
President's Term Limit Considered
A constitutional amendment to limit a president to two elected terms may become law this year. Twenty seven states have ratified the 22nd Amendment with nine left for the required three fourths of 36. Indiana Montana and Idaho ratified in January. The measure, approved in 1947, sets a two term limit and restricts partial term eligibility other than a single election. President Truman is exempted from the restrictions.
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New York
Indiana
Montana
Idaho
Congress
Truman
Republic profits rise for Republic Steel in 1950
Republic Steel Corp reports record 1950 net profits of 63,711 dollars, marking a high point in company earnings for the period.
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Republic
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Two Men Exonerated Of Murder Charge
In Columbus a Madison County man’s death from a January 1 1950 scuffle is resolved as two men are exonerated. James E Bennett 48 had a second degree murder charge dismissed by Common Pleas Court after Roy Patrick 39 was acquitted Saturday. Dewey Shipley 51 died in the fight over a foxhound.
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Galloway
Madison County
Common Pleas Court
James E. Bennett
Roy Patrick
Dewey Shipley
Draft 18 Year Olds Trained Six Months Favored
Washington reports show House Armed Services Committee leaning toward drafting 18-year-olds with six months non-combat training before combat. Chairman Vinson said he would press for a provision in a new draft law to lower the draft age to 18 and require basic training prior to deployment. The Pentagon argues 18-year-olds are needed for a semi permanent force of 3.5 million.
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House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D. Ga
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House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Pentagon
Senate
Nevadan Girds For Fifth Atomic Blast
Las Vegas residents and visiting firemen braced for a possible fifth atomic detonation, weather permitting. If the Atomic Energy Commission follows prior pattern, explosions were expected today and tomorrow after blasts began January 27 and 28, followed by a lull and two more tests.
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Nev
Third Ohio Rural Health Meeting Focused on Civil Defense
The Third Ohio Rural Health Conference on the Ohio University campus highlighted civil defense as a local issue with state officials as consultants. About 75 representatives from 28 counties attended, hear speakers stressing community responsibility and county-wide organization, with a panel in the afternoon outlining each organization’s role and resources for local defense efforts.
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Ohio Rural Health Conference
Ohio University
Ewing Auditorium
Ohio
F. H. McKelvey
University
Center For Educational Service
McKelvey
John C. Baker
Edgar A. Silbaugh
Lancaster
Area 2
William E. Warner
Ohio Civil Defense
Leo M. Kreber
John D. Porterfield
Col. Silbaugh
Lawrence Eblin
Ohio U
Warner
Porterfield
Charles Nelson
Ohio State Medical Association
Charles Crow
Ohio Agricultural Extension Service
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County
Marie C. Ryan
American Red Cross
Reds Unleash Tanks in Battle for Seoul
Allied tank infantry columns pressed toward Seoul along the main Chinese defense line south of the city in a daylong clash. Chinese troops reinforced across the Han River as heavy fighting raged five miles northwest and two miles northeast of Anyang, with both sides suffering significant losses and the front edging closer to Seoul. The eastern column advanced toward the capital while the central front secured two miles of gains and captured Hak tam and Chowon north of Hoengsong.
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Seoul
United Nations
Rad Farene
Sveu
Marine Corsair
Han River
Anyang
Jim Becker
Haktam
Chowon
Hoengsong
Five Percent War Opened in Louisiana
In Alexandria a government official from the Munitions Board’s Small Business Office says a new crop of five percenters operates in Washington. Commander P F Ashler notes many are from the legal field and mostly a good group but Capitol Hill disapproves of firms promising to secure specific contracts. He warns contracts include a clause about hired help and penalties could include losing the contract.
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Washington
Louisiana
P. F. Ashler
Munitions Board
Ashler
Capitol Hill
Second Allen quadruplet dies in Boston hospital
The second of Boston's Allen quadruplets died early today at Children's Medical Center. Timothy, born last Friday at two pounds three ounces, died from respiratory trouble, doctors said.
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Allen
Children's Medical Center
Timothy
Government Red Cross Aid in Vinton County
Rep. Jenkins reports that the Defense Department and American Red Cross joined to restore communications to storm hit Vinton County. Federal aid and National Guard efforts were augmented by Red Cross input, leading to restored contact and delivery of Western Union messages to McArthur.
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Jenkins
Ohio
American Red Cross
Defense Department
Vinton County
F. L. Benedict
Western Union
McArthur
Senate Group Probes RFC Loans Scandal
Senator Fulbright leads a subcommittee reopening probes into Reconstruction Finance Corp loans. The panel faulted three RFC directors for submitting to dictation by Donald Dawson, a White House adviser, amid a broader inquiry into possible tampering with government loan decisions. Dawson returned from Brazil and had no immediate comment.
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Senate
White House
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D-Ark
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Donald Dawson
Truman
Dawson
Brazil
Chinese Welcome Year of the Rabbit Amid Firecrackers
In Hong Kong experienced fortune tellers offered forecasts as the year of the rabbit began with firecrackers. Seers debated outcomes but agreed trouble lies ahead, though not as severe as the prior tiger year.
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Hong Kong
Cruise Again Postponed Of Sabotaged Carrier Magnificent
Halifax Nova Scotia Canada the 18000 ton aircraft carrier Magnificent damaged by sabotage over the weekend has had its training cruise to Bermuda postponed again. Navy officials earlier said the damage was not serious and she would sail yesterday but a spokesman said the ship would not leave before today.
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N. S
Canada
Bermuda
Magnificent
Vanadium Alloy Plans 7 Million W. Va. Addition
Vanadium Corporation of America will build a seven million dollar silicon alloys plant near Graham Station West Virginia. The facility near New Haven will employ over 400 locally recruited workers and will utilize 300000 kilowatts from the Philip Sporn plant with access to waterways and the B and O Railroad. Construction starts immediately and operations begin late this year.
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Graham Station
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Vanadium Corporation of America
E. Bartow Jones
Tri-County Industrial Foundation
William C. Keeley
Vanadium
Keeley
New Haven
Philip Sporn Electric Power Plant
Olsen Sayre
E. P. Pickens
Franklin Realty Co
Pennsylvania
Ford Morrow
Charleston
Jones
P. J. Gibbons
Vanadium Corporation
Philip Sporn
Waterways
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Storm damages hit Deep South crops and timber hard
New Orleans reports an ice storm crippling the boll weevil pest and damaging cotton fields with experts noting hibernating insects likely killed. Storms caused staggering losses to crops and timber, with Mississippi timber damage alone pegged at 10 million dollars and broader harm extending to Louisiana and nearby states.
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Deep South
Mississippi
Louisiana
Legislature Considers Boost For Ohio Race Tracks Taxes
In Columbus Rep Ray M White proposes a bill to raise Ohio race track taxes by about 865000 yearly by changing the tax base. The plan shifts the state share to five percent of total bets and allows tracks 12 percent of wagers, with breakage split above 2000 dollars yearly. Forty bills were offered in the legislature last night.
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Columbus
Ray M. White
D-Holmes
Horce
Frank J. Lausche
State
Rep. White
White
Plants Await Gas Supply Increases
Ohio plant managers hope milder weather will allow Ohio Fuel Gas Co to raise gas supply after restoring 40 percent of normal. Texas pipeline freezes and two Charleston compressor stations reduced deliveries by 100 million cubic feet daily, halting plant production. Coroner reveals 30th death from last week's freezing, Frederick Dormal West, 35, found frozen in Morgantown Pike County.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
William E. Gernheuser
R-Lucas
General Assembly
Ohio
House
Ohio Fuel Gag Co
Toledo
Texas
Texas Gas
Columbia Gas System
Ohio Fuel
Charleston
W. Va
M. E. Ooore
Pike County
Frederick Dormal West
Morganstown
West
GOP Starts Taft Drive for President
Rep. George H. Bender launches Taft for president campaign via the National Republican, a paper he publishes. About 11 000 copies were handed out at a Lincoln Day rally at Uline Arena. Bender says the endorsement helps build party sentiment and urges locals to promote Taft’s candidacy. Taft declined comment.
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Taft
George H. Bender
Ohio
National Republican
Bender
Uline Arena
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