Johnston may raise pay ceilings for wage earners
Washington reports that the Economic Stabilization Agency headed by Eric Johnston is nearing a decision to sign a 10 percent catch up formula. The move could lift the wage ceiling for most workers with calibrations up to June 30 for contracts signed before the price freeze. The Wage Stabilization Board remains divided and its labor members resigned in protest.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Economic Stabilization Agency
Ing
Johnston
Charles E. Wilson
Almond says 10th Corps breaks central Korea rout
Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond announced the 10th Corps killed or wounded 64,000 Reds on the central Korean front since Jan. 4 and repeated that the retreat became a virtual rout. He cited destroy of two NK corps and portions of two Chinese divisions at Chipyong, with 3,000 to 4,000 casualties in five days.
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Korea
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
U.S. Eighth Army
Almond
Chechen
Chipyong
Eighth Army
Hoengsong-Pyongchang
Chechon
Big Bend
Han River
Pyongchang
Hoengsong
Ohio Basin Commission Suggested in Water Policy Report
The President's Water Resources Policy Commission proposed an Ohio River Basin Commission to coordinate water and land resource plans across 11 states and a 163000 square mile area with 17400000 people. The report highlights pollution as a major challenge alongside rising demand for industrial and domestic water.
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Washington
President's Water Resources Policy Commission
Ohio Basin
United States
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Charleston
W. Va
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Defense Chief Sees Russia Ready Fatal Attack
Federal Defense Administrator Millard F Caldwell told Mrs. Roosevelt's TV program that Russia can deliver a fatal strike any day, affecting hundreds of thousands. He spoke on the Civil Defense discussion with Sen. Humphrey and Arthur Wallander in New York City.
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New York
Millard F Caldwell
Russia
Caldwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hubert Humphrey
D-Mini
Arthur W. Wallander
New York City
Seaway Hearing Ups Stakes On Deep Water Route
Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick and Mon C. Wallgren press for quick Seaway approval as House panel questions costs and construction. They outline the project’s energy output, five year timeline, and a $1 billion price split with Canada, stressing defense and ore transportation needs.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
Capitol Hill
Pick
House Public Works Committee
Wallgren
Canada
U.S
Labrador
Minnesota
Buckley
Escape attempt by six prisoners at Clark County Jail
Six inmates used hack-saw blades to cut from a cell block into a corridor. Detected by deputies, they were recaptured and confined in another cell block. The event underscores a failed breakout attempt at the Clark County Jail.
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Springfield
Clark County
Navy Signals K-1 Sub S class Killer Unveiled
The Navy will launch the first modern anti submarine submarine, the K-1, at Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut. It measures 195 feet and 750 tons, is packed with electronic and sound detection gear, and aims to hunt enemy submarines rather than travel far. Most details remain classified by the Navy.
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Washington
Bradley says about quarter million Americans fighting in Korea
Gen. Omar N. Bradley told the House Armed Services Committee that about 250,000 Americans across all services are now in Korea. He declined to break down numbers by branch and noted world conditions may require a prolonged mobilization, potentially up to 3.5 million.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Armed Services
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Korea
Marshall
Anna Rosenberg
Bradley
Conveyor Line Sill Argued In Legislature
In Columbus opponents press a Lake Erie Ohio River conveyor belt proposal as hearings mark the early week in the Ohio Legislature. The week features investigations into state boards and civil service, a fight over poor relief fraud penalties, and bills on slot machines and subversive activities.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
State Board of Barber Examiners
Senate
State Civil Service Commission
Groneman-Glandorf
House Judiciary Committee
Charlies Noel, Jr
R Pike
Ohio Bound Refugees From IRO Ship Arrive in New York
Forty six of the nine hundred ten refugees arriving today on an International Refugee Organization ship in New York are slated to proceed to Ohio.
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Washington.c.p
International Refugee Organization
IRO
New York
Ohio
Frontiersman Duel Ends in Double Homicide in Tex Cafe
In Mineola Texas two men Rufus Browning 55 cattle dealer and Joe Henderson 45 railroad conductor shot each other in a cafe standoff. Browning then crawled to Henderson and fatally stabbed him with a knife. Justice of the Peace Pendleton called it a double homicide. Witness waitress Kate Womack provided key details.
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Mineola
Tex
Rufus Browning
Joe Henderson
Browning
Henderson
Justice of the Peace
Dick Pendleton
Bill Knippel
Kate
Ing
Knippel
Rufus
Bill
Gulf Coast AFL Foundry Strike Ends With Wage Boost
About 1900 AFL Molders and Foundry Workers Union members in 22 Miami Valley plants prepared to return to work after a week long strike. Voting 786 to 189, workers approved the end of the walkout. Hamilton plant employees led the action with 800 striking. mediation officials announced the settlement granting a 12 1 2 percent wage increase.
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Hamilton
Miami Valley
AFL
Martin E. Swauger
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Office
Cincinnati
AFL Molders and Foundry Workers Union
Air Races Cancelled in Cleveland for This Year
Race officials announced the National Air Races will not be held in Cleveland as no suitable site remains. The Cadillac tank plant has taken over the area formerly used for the event. The races, usually run over Labor Day weekend, were canceled last year after armed services withdrew participation.
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Cleveland
Cadillac
Armed Services
Casualties Listed in Korea War Report
The Defense Department released its 236th casualty report naming 228 additional U S military deaths wounded missing in action and injuries from accidents in Korea. The tally includes 25 deaths 167 wounded 16 missing in action and 20 injured in accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Wolfhounds Aid Osaka Orphanage Through War Effort
The 71st Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division in Osaka adopted a struggling orphanage in 1949. Led by Hugh O Reilly the unit raised $38,000 during two years while deployed in Korea, purchasing a new home run by the French Sisters of Charity. They continue monthly support and visit during leave, with children praying for their benefactors.
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Osaka
Japan
Hugh O'Reilly
Bronx
New York City
Wolfhounds
Set. O'Reilly
Toledo businessman dies after hotel fall
Russell Q. Gruber, 35, a Toledo manufacturer's agent and son-in-law of Electric Auto-Lite Co. leaders, died at General Hospital after falling from the Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati. Police said he jumped or fell from an 11th floor window amid reported domestic troubles.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
General Hospital
Terrace Plaza
Russell Q. Gruber
Gruber
Royce G. Martin
Electric Auto-Lite Co
ADA Adopts UN as Tool Against Communism
The Americans for Democratic Action says the United Nations remains the best means to meet the threat of communism. In a resolution at its fourth annual convention, ADA urged strengthening the social political and economic health of the free world.
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Cleveland
United Nations
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Free World
Dewey Sees Ike as GOP Nominee in 1952
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and allies expect General Dwight D. Eisenhower to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1952. Dewey reporters say Ike would need time to form a defense force while remaining as commander of the North Atlantic defense area. Some Democrats also push Ike for their ticket if Truman does not run. Senator Taft says Ike is likely busy in his military role next spring.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Dewey
Eisenhower
Alfred Gruenther
Truman
Taft
Pennsylvania
Conflict of Philosophies Highlighted by Dr Judd at Ohio Univ
Dr Walter H Judd US Congressman from Minnesota delivered the keynote during Ohio University Religion in Life Week at Memorial Auditorium. He argued two myths misled Americans, challenged claims of Soviet peace loving aims, and described China and Korea as parts of a broader struggle between competing life philosophies.
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Walter H. Judd
U. S
Minnesota
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Judd
Congressional Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russia
Germany
China
Japan
Korea
Yalu River
38Th Parallel
Pentagon
Peiping
Russia Denies Arms Claim and Underlines Military Size
Moscow asserts Britain France and the United States together field more than 5,000,000 troops while Soviet forces number about 2,500,000 including Navy Air Force and Army. Observers view this as a rare public indication of Russian strength figures and a rebuke to the Anglo Soviet alliance.
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Moscow
Russia
Britain
Alilee
France
United States
Pappas Quadruplets’ Good Health Continues
Baltimore report says the Pappas quadruplets remain in good health at Maryland General Hospital after surprise birth last Saturday. Parents Edward and Mrs. Pappas, both 28, were told twins but welcomed four healthy babies. Mrs. Pappas exclaimed they are wonderful.
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Baltimore
Pappas
Maryland General Hospital
Edward Pappas
Chrysler Official Fred Zeber Dies at 64
Fred M. Zeber, 64, vice chairman of Chrysler Corp. board, died yesterday in Detroit. He had served as a key executive and longtime leader within the automaker's corporate governance structure.
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Chrysitler
Detroit
Fred M. Zeber
The
Chrysler Corp
Senate Debates Free Life Insurance for Servicemen
Senate opens debate on a bill to provide $10,000 free life insurance to all on active duty since last June 27. It would replace the current low-cost government policy and allow continued coverage after leaving the service.
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Washington
Senate
Grants-in-Aid to Ohio Total $89.8 Million
Ohio received 4 percent of the $2.435 billion the federal government collected from the state in the year ending June 30. A Senate Expenditures Committee report assigned grants-in-aid for old age assistance and highway programs to $89,816,918 for Ohio.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
Aftermath of Korean Front Pushes Yield Heavy Casualties
U S Seventh Division advances six miles north of Pangnim as Reds retreat units suffer heavy losses across Central Korea. Second Division moves 18 miles from Chechen while allied forces push north with air support and ground combat around Pangnim Hoengsong and Seoul region.
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TOKYO
U.S
8Th Army
Korea
Pangnim
Manchurian
Changjin
Hungnam
Chechen
Tenth Corps
United Nations
Seoul
Red
Pyongchang
Associated Press
Nate Polowetzky
Haanhung
Hoengsong
Ninth Corps
Oliver P. Smith
Bryant FE. Moore
Army Finishes High Altitude Rocket Tests
The army reports completion of ultra high altitude multistage rocket experiments and shifts focus to development rockets as weapons. A single V-2 test is planned at White Sands New Mexico, reviving past feats with the Wac Corporal and bumper configurations to study high altitude flight data.
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Washington
White Sands
N. M
Wac
Army Ordnance
Floods and landslides in Venezuela kill at least 12
In Venezuela, floods and landslides yesterday caused at least 12 deaths. Rescue teams searched the affected areas as waters surged and roads were cut. Authorities warned of more rain and urged caution in vulnerable regions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
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