Steel Recovery Slower Than Expected As Mills Reopen
Pittsburgh AP. Steel mills reopening after the CIO United Steelworkers strike expect gradual returns to full production over three to four weeks. Weirton Steel Co raises wages by a dollar an hour for all workers, while many contractless fabricators fear losses from higher steel costs.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United
U. S. Steel Corporation
David J. MacDonald
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton
USW
United States
End of Steel Strike Signals Return to Mills
The steel strike ends for over 380000 CIO workers but only a few return to mills as furnaces are readied. GM-CIO UAW talks stall over union security. Lancaster hosts a 12000 AFL strike threat. A nationwide telephone walkout looms as 250000 workers meet in Memphis. Chicago shows peaceful dispute resolution by 18 railroad brotherhoods and 130 Class 1 lines amid wage-arbitration hearings.
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CIO
General Motors Corporation
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago
U. S. Steel Corporation
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Detroit
James F. Dewey
Lancaster
AFL
Central Labor Union
CLU
Lancaster County
Conestoga Transportation Co
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio's Major Steel Plants Back at Work
A four week steel strike ends in Ohio with major producers signing wage deals with the United Steel Workers. Restoring operations, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Republic Steel and U S Steel subsidiaries move to resume output. Some plants remain unsettled, including Copperweld Warren Sharon Steel Jones & Laughlin and Timken Roller Bearing Co. Akron fabricators say they cannot reopen.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Ciq-United Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Republic Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Copperweld Steel
Warren
Sharon Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Jones & Laughlin
Cleveland
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Wooster
Columbus
Mt. Vernon
Zanesville
Republic
Niles
Massillon
Elyria
U. S. Steel Corporation
American Steel & Wire Co
National Tube Co
Lorain
Carnegie-Illinois
Akron
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Indiana
Chicago
Republic Steel
Legion declares VA administration a failure in Indianapolis
The American Legion national executive committee declared a substantial failure in veterans affairs administration. It backed national commander John Stelle’s call for congressional scrutiny and expressed willingness to work with Gen. Omar Bradley while denying demands for his resignation. The session discussed the Decatur site dispute and transportation ties to a veterans home.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion National Executive Committee
Administration of Veterans Affairs
John Stelle
Congress
Stelle
Omar N. Bradley
Legion
Bradley
American Legion
Gen. Bradley
Veterans Agency
Stele
W. R. McCauley
Illinois Department
Decatur
Fil
Decatur Hospital
Pastor Killed In Bus Crash Near Detroit
A Sunday school bus was struck by a train in Detroit killing pastor Rev. James Patton age 40 and two children Joyce Jetton 9 and Richard Scott 7. Five others were injured and witnesses say Patton drove the bus before the collision.
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Detroit
Miche
James Patton
the Carmel Baptist Church
Joyce Loretta Jetton
Richard Scott
Canadian Soldier's Wife Found Dead Near Camp
In Canterbury England a 21 year old Canadian soldier’s wife, Mrs Lillian Miller, was found strangled near a gravel pit close to the soldiers barracks after attending a dance Saturday night. Seventeen hundred British soldiers were confined to barracks pending investigation. The body showed it had been dragged from the main road.
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Canterbury
England
Lillian Miller
Hirohito Hosts U S Press Executives In Tokyo Interview
Emperor Hirohito held a rare 30 minute interview with three American newspaper leaders in Tokyo. The talks focused on cooperation and Japan's postwar recovery, with executives avoiding political topics. Attendees included Robert McLean of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times, and Benjamin McKelway of the Washington Star.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
United States
Robert McLean
Thejing
Pa- Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Associated Press
Norman Navy Departments
Chandler
Americ
Los Angeles Times
Cans
Benjamin McKelway
Washington Star
McLean
Meigs Woman Seriously Hurt by Hit-Skip Driver
Miss Kate Ebersbach 62 of Meigs is hospitalized in Gallipolis with skull and leg fractures after a hit and run on West Main Street near Midway Market. Sheriff Ralph Welker and deputies investigated. one man held in Meigs County jail.
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Kate Ebersbach
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Midway Market
W. Main St
Meigs County
Herman Schoh
Betty Booth
Middleport
Roy Lemley
Columbus
Traffic Death Toll Grows In State On Weekend
At least six Ohioans died in weekend traffic crashes. Two Wood County men died in a collision near Fostoria, with Albert Cramer and Frank Tyson among the deceased. In Hamilton area a couple Raymond Gullett and Bessie Gullett were killed while repairing a tire on their vehicle. Glenn Shipley died in Canton in a crash with a diesel locomotive and Bernard Masseria perished in Cleveland after his car struck a tree.
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Columbus
Wood County
Fostoria
Albert Cramer
Rudolph
Frank Tyson
Wayne
Hamilton
Raymond Gullett
Bessie
Gleen W. Shipley
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Red Arrow
Bernard Masseria
Cleveland
Findlay Oil Strikers Win 20 Cent Wage Increase
CIO oil workers at the National Refinery Co. Plant in Findlay voted to accept a contract granting a 20 cent per hour raise, night differential, voluntary check-off and a board of arbitration. The raise totals about 19.5 percent for about 200 employees.
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Findlay
CIO
Ico
Gallipolis Man Named To Head Chardon District
Richard Babney of Gallipolis succeeds A. O. Newcomb as head of the district Farm Security Administration in Chardon Ohio. Newcomb resigns. Mrs Jill Bateman a British war bride and her 18 month old daughter Elizabeth depart New York for Mount Vernon aboard the Army transport Santa Paula.
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Chardon
Newcomb
District Farm Security Office
Richard Babney
Gallipolis
FSA
Ohio
New York
Jill Bateman
Elizabeth
Mount Vernon
Santa Paula
Red Leader in China Calls for Soviet Withdrawal
En Tai, No 2 Communist, urged that Soviet forces leave Manchuria soon, framing the stance amid rising Chungking sentiment. He denied agitation for withdrawal, saying the party would not exploit a vacuum to gain power. Columbus postmasters to meet April 23 27 for state convention. Sweden signs $12 million jet plane deal with De Havilland in London.
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En- Tai
China
Manchuria
Chungking
Columbus
Ohio
National
Association of Postmasters
And Still Yankees Can't Grasp Meaning
Hollywood reports the Eton College Chronicle charges England faces an invasion of ill-bred words from the United States. Ed Gardner of Duffy's Tavern calls the claim liable and questions American linguistic influence despite long use of English.
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Hollywood
Eton College Chronicle
England
United States
Archie) Gardner
Duffy’s Tavern
To Reforest Mined Lands
Experimental planting of 75 000 trees on strip mined land in Harrison County will begin when weather allows. Federal forestry officials say the work, funded by a $50 000 congressional grant, will be conducted by the U S Forestry Service Central States Forest Experiment Station under A G Linstrom. Land and labor come from the Ohio Reclamation Association, financed by coal operators.
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Cleveland
Harrison County
A. G. Linstrom
U. S. Forestry Service
Central States Forest Experiment Station
Ohio Reclamation Association
Seamen Die After Ship Founders in Bay of Fundy
DIGBY Nova Scotia twelve men in an open lifeboat perish from exposure in the Bay of Fundy after their ship the Robert G Cann a 265 ton coastal steamer flounders Saturday night The sole survivor is Captain Arthur Ells The crew abandoned the vessel in a lifeboat that battled the sea for 19 hours before running aground near Digby Nova Scotia.
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Digby
Nova Scotia
WPI
Bay of Fundy
Robert G. Cann
Arthur Ells
Radio hat by 16 year old Olin Mumford from Atlanta
A 16 year old Atlanta youth, Olin Mumford, built a two tube radio into a tropical sun helmet costing ten dollars. The hat radio weighs three percent and runs on flashlight batteries and can pick up local stations.
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Olin Mumford
Atlanta
Federal Tax Collections for 1945 Break Record
Federal tax collections in 1945 totaled a record 43,352,715,621.35 dollars, surpassing 1944 by about 1.23 billion. Income taxes reached a record 34,357,010,087.73 dollars, eclipsing the 1944 peak by nearly 227,000,000.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce to retire from Congress
New York report says Representative Clare Boothe Luce will leave public life at term end after announcing her retirement and noting her reception into the Catholic Church. The statement hints the faith may be used in state campaign dynamics.
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New York
Clare
Boothe Luce
Conn
Henry R. Luce
FBI Is Called Into Canada's Atomic Probe
FBI agents arrived from Washington amid Canadian inquiries into an alleged leakage of secret atomic information. Officials said the probe involved possible transmission of atomic secrets to Russia and had extended to London where a Canadian official faced questioning. Twenty two government employees or former employees had been rounded up in Canada related to the investigation.
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Ottawa
FBI
Washington
United States
Russia
London
Canada
Alan N. Jordan Dies at 70 Noted Food Control Expert
Alan N. Jordan of Portsmouth and Columbus, Ohio, a leading authority on food control and conservation, died in Jewish Hospital Cincinnati at age 70. He served as executive secretary of the Ohio Valley Food Control and Conservation Congress since 1932 and helped organize flood wall construction along the Ohio River. His guidance was often sought by river engineers nationwide on flood control projects including the Marau-Ti Valley Project.
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Cincinnati
Alan N. Jordan
Portsmouth
Jordan
Dayton
Ohio Valley Food Control and Conservation Congress
Flood Control Organization
More British Brides Arrive in New York
The liner Vulcania docked Sunday bringing 414 war brides and 278 children for American service men. Crowds cheered as 160 husbands welcomed them with candy flowers and gifts. Earlier brideships included the Queen Mary Argentina and Santa Paula. Funeral services are set for Wednesday for Dr Lorne W Yule assistant superintendent of the Ohio Institution for Feeble Minded.
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New York
Vulcania
England
Queen Mary
Argentina
Santa Paula
Columbus
Lorne W. Yule
The
Ohio Instituition
Secret Papal Consistory Elevates 32 New Cardinals
In a historic ceremony at Vatican City a secret consistory created 32 new cardinals, 29 elevated to Prince of the Church. US appointees include Francis Spellman New York Samuel Stritch Chicago John Glennon St. Louis and Edward Mooney Detroit. 28 are non-Italians and 11 from the Americas. The College reaches 69 members. Archbishop Mindszenty, Hungary, among the new cardinals, was en route to the ceremony.
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Vatican City
United States
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York City
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
John Cardinal Glennon
St. Louis
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
Josef Mindszenty
Hungary
Buda
Pest
College of Cardinals
Investigating Three Truman Appointments
The Senate Naval Committee subpoenaed a Justice Department official and a Chicago radio executive for questioning on Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination as Under Secretary of the Navy. A banking subcommittee plans to hear oppose- rs to Commodore James K. Vardaman Jr. as a Federal Reserve Board director. The Senate appears set to confirm George E. Allen to a two year term as an R F C director despite GOP opposition.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Justice Department
Chicago
Edwin W. Pauley
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Truman
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Senate
Joseph C. O. Mahoney
D-Wye
William O. Douglas
Robert S. Kerr
Allahoma
Peron Begins wartime campaign amid gunfire
Col. Juan D. Peron, Labor party candidate for president, left Buenos Aires for a two day tour as Argentines prepare to vote next Sunday in the first general elections in eight years. Opponents train was shot at at a railroad station forcing occupants to barricade railroad car windows amid over 200 shots.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Labor Party
Peron
Dayton Taxi Strike Halves City Service
Dayton taxi service was cut in half as 81 Yellow Cab drivers walked out. D. T. Flynn, secretary of the drivers local, said the strike began Saturday to protest the dismissal of an employee. Company officials could not be reached for comment.
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Dayton
D. T. Flynn
General Strike Ties Up City in Lancaster
In Lancaster acting Mayor Coulter declared a state of emergency during a 12,000 AFL workers strike. Police were moved from Conestoga Transportation Company car barns as AFL lines halted long distance trucks and buses. Pickets ringed industrial plants and 23 AFL locals backed the Central Labor Union in pressuring for higher pay and benefits.
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Lancaster
Daniel W. Coulter
AFL
Coulter
Conestoga Transportation Company
Central Labor Union
Bowles Sees Inflation Pressure Near Boiling Point
Chester Bowles told Congress the nation faces a looming inflation crisis with pressure "up to the bursting point." He said Truman’s wage price policy will work with little effect on food rents or clothing and urged extension of price controls and stabilization acts beyond June 30. Bowles warned of inflationary danger and urged decisive action to keep the economy steady.
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Bowles
Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Truman
House Banking Committee
Sion
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