11th Hour Pact Halts Alcoa Rift
Pittsburgh AP report says a threatened 15 000 CIO steelworkers strike at nine Alcoa plants was averted by an 11th hour settlement. The deal offers a 21.4 cent hourly increase with retroactive 15 cents to March 10 and four cents July 1, plus a modified union shop. Kaiser Aluminum contracts with CIO United Steelworkers also announced. Defense officials warn it may take months to restore civilian steel supply.
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CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Board
Congress
WSB
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Eisenhower to Address VFW Encampment in Los Angeles
General Plans says Eisenhower will speak at the 53rd annual VFW encampment in Los Angeles on August 5 in a speech described as non political in nature. The remarks are expected to address international affairs and world peace amid his campaign for the presidency.
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Denver
Dwight D Eisenhower
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Arthur Hendenberg Jr
Eisenhower
Strike Torn Plant Quiet Amidst Tense Labor Standstill
Peaceful picketing continued at the Cambria Clay Products Co plant while sheriff deputies monitored. Last week violence included shootings and a dynamiting of a gas main and a striker's home. E. E. Davis, VP, said the union never submitted wage grievances or discussed the expired contract. Otto Holtzapfel, AFL Brick and Clay Workers Union, said a meeting request was made July 21 but no reply was received.
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Tronton
Strikehound Cambria Clay Products Co
E. E. Davis
Otto Holtzapfel
AFL Brick and Clay Workers Union
Number of Polio Cases in Ohio Rises to 408
Ohio reports 408 confirmed polio cases after four days, with 77 new paralytic cases. Count includes Gallia, Meigs, Muskingum, and Washington counties among others. many cases likely unreported.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Health Department
Gallia
Washington
Two Million Italian Farmhands Strike Nationwide
About two million farmworkers walked out at dawn across Italy in a 24 hour stoppage. The strike, led by communist and anti Red unions, aims for higher family allowances. A last minute government bid to avert the walkout failed.
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Rome
Italy
Windstorm Rips Bend Area Causing Wide Damage
A late afternoon storm tore through The Bend area causing structural damage trees downed and disruptions to telephone and power service. Homes roofs and a church partially lost, a garage leveled and Route 124 blocked. Power crews worked hours to restore lines while temperatures plummeted from 100 to 71.
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Bend
Pomeroy
Mason
Hartford
New Haven
Roy Pearson
Fast Letart
Robert Crow
Apple Grove
Letart Falls
Point Pleasant
W. W. Smith
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Camp Conley
Appalachian Electric Power Co
West Columbia
Millwood
J. W. Mann
Power Company
Doctor Stansbury Dies by Self Inflicted Rifle Wound
Dr. James E. Stansbury prominent Athens County veterinarian died Tuesday en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital from a self inflicted .22 rifle wound. Sheriff George Bateman said he shot himself while seated on a screened porch at the family residence 35 Richland Ave. His wife Mrs Stansbury heard the shot and found him on the porch. An ambulance and the sheriff were summoned by John Ferry who lives with the Stansburys. He died on arrival at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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James E. Stansbury
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George Bateman
Stansbury
Richland Ave
John Ferry
Stansburys
Wind storm lashes Central and Eastern Ohio counties
A brief wind and rain storm hit Central and Eastern Ohio deserts toppling trees roofs and signs and disrupting power. Temperatures fell sharply from near 100 degrees with Franklin Madison and Fayette hardest hit and hail up to marbles in Washington Court House area. A 30 foot smokestack collapsed onto a Goodyear building roof but no injuries reported. Cincinnati sweltered at 99.3 degrees.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin
Madison
Fayette
Xenia
Greene County
Washington Court House
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Cincinnati
Mercury
Detroit Newspapers Raise Weekly Prices to 60 Cents
Detroit publications announce price increases due to higher production costs. The Detroit News raises to 40 cents per six issues with a 7 cent single copy, the Sunday issue to 20 cents. The Free Press and Detroit Times issue similar increases effective in August.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Sunday News
The
Free Press
Detroit Times
Fire razes Jakarta slums leaving thousands homeless
The largest fire to strike Indonesia's capital burned half a square mile of slums. One child died and about 10,000 people were left homeless. Official damage pegged near a million dollars. Police blamed a cigarette flicked into a gasoline can for starting the blaze.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U. S
State GOP Charts 1952 Platform Planks Garner Support
Ohio Republicans convene to draft a 1952 platform with a public hearing at Deshler W allick Hotel. Ray C Bliss says findings will shape the draft for the convention at Palace Theater in Columbus with farm bureau input urging research, education, and conservation of natural resources.
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Columbus
Ohio
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Ray C. Bliss
State
GOP Resolutions Committee
Palace Theater
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Resolutions Committee
Army to recall 500 nurses and 125 women med specialists
Washington reports the Army will recall and enlist 500 nurses and 125 women medical specialists next February March and April. The move aims to bolster staffing for medical operations and support services across military facilities.
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Washington
The
Army
Deposed King Farouk Lands in Italy with Family
Egypt's ex king Farouk and his family arrived in Naples aboard the royal yacht Mahroussa after passing Capri. The group included his six month old son King Fuad II who was proclaimed king by Egypt's cabinet days earlier amid military pressure. Farouk and Narriman left with their children while speculation swirled about future destinations in Italy or the Riviera.
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Mohammed Naguib
Cairo
Egypt
Naguib
Farouk
Ahmed Fuad
Naples
Italy
Capri
Bay of
Abdel Aziz Badr Bey
Rome
Fuad II
Mohamed Naguib Bey
Narriman
French Riviera
Rapalio
Italian Riviera
N Klan Wizard Faces Court in North Carolina
Superior Court Judge Clawson L. Williams was to sentence 71 defendants in Ku Klux Klan flogging cases in Whiteville NC. Imperial Wizard Thomas L. Hamilton of Leesville SC faced possible four year term after pleading guilty to two flogging counts. Victims Esther Lee Floyd and Dorsey Robinson of Chadbourn, NC testified. Fourteen defendants pleaded guilty or no contest to assault and conspiracy charges. Eight defendants were dismissed for lack of evidence. Witnesses said Robinson was flogged for drinking. Floyd escaped by claiming pregnancy. a Klansman cut a cross in her hair with clippers.
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Whiteville
N. C
Clawson L. Williams
Thomas L. Hamilton
Leesville
S. C
Chadbourn
Floyd
Robinson
Wage Rules Board Ends At Midnight
Washington AP reports the Wage Stabilization Board dies at midnight and a weaker successor may be named by President Truman. Confirmation by the Senate is required, but absent a session he may appoint members to serve until January. The AFL says it will cooperate with the new board despite power losses.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
WSB
Roger L. Putnam
Truman Pal Faces Stern Ballot Battle in Missouri
President Truman backs Missouri attorney general J E Buck Taylor but faces a tough Democratic primary against W Stuart Symington for the U S Senate seat. Symington is a former Air Force secretary and RFC cleanup administrator.
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Truman
Pal
J. E Buck Taylor
Missouri
W. Stuart Symington
Senate
Sen
Kem
R-Mo
Symington
Air Force
RFC
Taylor
Chlorine Gas Strike Hits Diamond Alkali Plant
A ruptured hose released deadly chlorine at the Diamond Alkali Company plant, about 200 people affected, as emergency crews responded to the Houston area incident on Monday.
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Houston
Tex
Diamond Alkali Company
Meat price boosts approved for lean pork cuts this summer
The Office of Price Stabilization raises ceiling prices on lean pork cuts by one to eight cents a pound through October and allows a 120 per hundred pounds surcharge to restaurants and others. Boosts follow higher hog parity prices set July through October under a new controls law.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Agriculture Department
Northwestern University Law School
Stevenson
Europe
Chicherin
Russia
Moscow
Batum
Tiflis
Baku
Kiev
Rostov
Foreign Office
United States
Allied Troops Hold Old Baldy Against Heavy Chinese Assault
Allied forces repelled a Chinese attack on Old Baldy in torrential rains on the Western Front. In a two hour battle 25 Chinese were killed or wounded as bunkers caved and roads deteriorated. Air strikes were limited by weather while heavy fighting continued near T-Bone Hill.
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Seoul
Korea
Old Baldy
Eighth Army
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
T-Bone Hill
Od Raldy
BAE
Fifth Air Force
Fighth Army
Ohio Ponders Hog Embargo
Ohio agriculture officials plan a Wednesday conference to decide on embargoing all hog shipments into the state to keep vesicular exanthema out. No cases in Ohio, but tests on hogs from Secaucus, New Jersey, are ongoing and may take days as the farm near Columbus remains quarantined.
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Columbus
State Agriculture Department
Ohio
Secaucus
N. J
Ohio Five Day Forecast With Temperature Averages
The forecast shows temperatures near normal for Ohio with a normal maximum around 84 in the north and south, and a normal low of 63 to 44. Cooler tonight, warmer in the north Wednesday and across the state Thursday and Friday, then cooling again Saturday night into Sunday.
CANDIDATE STEVENSON A Biography Tragic Episode
Springfield Ill report recounts Adlai E Stevenson at 13 when a rifle discharged during a Christmas party fatally wounding Ruth Merwin. The coroner ruled accidental. The piece traces his schooling, early journalism, and rise to future prominence.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ruth Mary Merwin
Allies Charge Reds Stalling Truce Draft Talks
UN Command accuses Communist negotiators of stalling in Panmunjom talks on a Korean armistice draft. After 1 hour 44 minutes of discussion over wording, UN Lt. Col Joseph Borchert and Col. Duncan Somerville said the deadlock shifts to prisoner exchange as the labored talks resume after recess.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
UN Command
Josph J. Borchert
Panmunjom
Mildresa
Asue
Col
Duncan
Somerville
Bank Hoax Nets $20,000 in San Francisco
Bank manager Walter Blomberg handed $20,000 in small bills to a gunman after being told his wife was hostage. He rode a public bus with the robber during the escape before reporting the incident a half hour later. Mrs Blomberg was found safe at home.
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San Francisco
Walter Blomberg
Blomberg
American Trust Company
16Th
Valencia
Nixon Promises Prosperity Through Peace for America
In Whittier California Nixon addressed over 3000 at College Stadium pledging prosperity built on peace rather than war. He asserted Eisenhower can furnish leadership to insure victory without war.
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Whittier
Calif
Dick Nixon
Whittier College Stadium
Dwight Eisenhower
America
Go Home Chants Meet Russian Envoy on Arrival
A crowd greeted new Russian ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko in London with cries of go home. Police cleared a path at Victoria Station as the crowd milled along the platform and a pamphlet protesting communism was pressed into the envoy's hand.
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London
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Victoria Railway
Cnvon
Gromyko
Bakersfield Earthquakes Spark Fires and Shatter Glass
Two sharp tremors hit Bakersfield early today starting two fires and rattling buildings. Windows broke, bricks fell from damaged walls, and residents fled as quakes were felt across Southern California from Los Angeles to the Mexican border with strongest impact in Kern County towns Tehachapi and Taft. No serious injuries reported though gas lines were damaged and a machine shop roof collapsed. Deputies and the California Highway Patrol said tremors were intense but shorter than the July quake.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
Los Angeles
L. Weber
Kern County
San Francisco
San Diego
Tehachapi
Grief Surge Delays Eva Peron Funeral Rites
Buenos Aires reports a flood of mourning delaying Eva Perons funeral services. President Juan D Peron announced the body will lie in state in an improvised Labor Ministry chapel before a full day in the National Congress Building and eventual burial in the General Labor Confederation hall. The exact new date remains unannounced.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Juan D. Peron
Labor Ministry
Peron
National Congress
General Labor Confederation
Perons
Judge Settles Border Fight Over Property Tax Rights
Judge Clarence T. Crossland in Morgan County Common Pleas Court rules that the 45 million dollar Ohio Power Co plant land along the Muskingum River bend belongs to Morgan County. The decision settles a dispute with Washington County over real estate tax income totaling 250 dollars from 26 acres, dating to the Ludlow Line survey of the late 1700s.
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Zanesville, O
Ohio Power Co
Morgan County
Clarence T. Crossland
Common Pieas Court
Muskingum
Washington County
Ludge
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