White House renews steel talks as strike drags on
The White House resumes negotiations with steel leaders and CIO head Philip Murray as Congress weighs new strike curbs. About 750,000 workers are idle amid a six month steel dispute with key issues including price and wage increases. Senate panels seek limits on Wage Stabilization Board powers and possible government seizure of defense plants to avert strikes.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Philip Murray
CIO
John R. Steelman
Truman
Steelman
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
Sen
Maybank
D S.C
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Yanks Split Riot Torn POW Site on Koje Island
AP reports Allied forces split one prisoner compound 607 at Koje Island with a barbed wire fence as 3340 internees chanted Red hymns. Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner ordered the fence as part of breaking up 17 compounds for 80 000 POWs amid ration withdrawal claims, which he denied. He cited Geneva Convention rules.
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Koje Island
Korea
Kore Island
Haydon Boatner
Boatner
FTC Accuses Large Tomato Processors of Price Plot
The Federal Trade Commission accuses a major group of tomato processors of conspiring to boycott and crush a tomato grower cooperative in Ohio Michigan and Indiana. The complaint cites price leadership to fix raw tomato payments and says the trio Ohio Michigan Indiana forms the third largest tomato region. The case lists 17 Ohio members of the Ohio Canners Association Celina Ohio among respondents.
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Federal Trade Commission
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Everett F. Haycraft
Los Angeles
Ohio-Michigan- Indiana
United States
Ohio Canners, Association, Inc
Celina, O
Allied and Communist Patrols Exchange Brief Fire on Korea Fronts
Allied and Communist patrols skirmished on the Central Front in Korea as UN forces met 30 to 40 enemy infantrymen. Western Front saw no significant contact while artillery on the Mundung and Satae valleys and near the Punchbowl pounded about 155 Reds, yielding roughly 58 casualties.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Mundung
Satae
Indianapolis brakeman Paul Miller Killed in Rail Accident
Sidney dispatch reports Paul Miller 43 of Indianapolis a New York Central brakeman died Wednesday in a railroad switching accident at Sidney. The fatality follows a public safety inquiry into the incident and notes Miller’s service with the railroad.
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Sidney
Paul Miller
Indianapolis
New York Central
State Prison Escape Spurs New Program
Ohio Welfare Director J H Lamneck said plans are under way to tighten security and relieve prison overcrowding after the Memorial Day escape of nine convicts. Seven were recaptured, two at large, with bars and tool resistant sash to be added at Ohio Penitentiary Lima State Hospital and Mansfield Reformatory. About 1100 convicts will be shifted to Marion Training School Lima State Hospital and Roseville Dormitory.
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O.—U
J. H. Lamneck
Ohio
Lamneck
Frank J. Lausche
Oho Penitentiary
Lima State Hospital
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio Penitentiary
Marion Training School
Roseville
Auto Repair Fight Fatal in Florida Jurors Rule Excusable Homicide
In St Petersburg a coroner's jury absolved J T Appling of blame for the death of Richard Mitchell after an argument at a service station. Mitchell, 31, a mechanic, cursed and heckled Appling before Appling struck him. He died from a brain hemorrhage. The jury called it excusable homicide under Florida law.
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Fla
J. T. Appling
Appling
Richard Mitchell
Mitchell
Florida
Drop Charge Against Confessed Robber
Albert Johnson, 23, had bank robbery charges dismissed by District Judge Robert H. Kaul under a two year prosecution rule. The Hoyt robbery of $835 occurred four years ago after Johnson confessed in a Topeka church May 4 claiming divine instruction to surrender.
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Holton
Kan
Albert Johnson
Topeka
Hoyt
Robert H. Kaul
Johnson
Kansas
West Point Cadets Visit Wright Patterson AFB
The 550 senior class members of the U S Military Academy at West Point flew to Dayton Ohio for a two day visit to Wright Patterson Air Force Base this week.
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Ohio
Dayton
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Taft Clings to Slender Lead in South Dakota Primary
Sen Robert A. Taft held a 591 vote edge over Gen Dwight D Eisenhower with 16 precincts left uncounted in South Dakota's Republican primary. Taft led 64700 to 64109 in unofficial results as Mickelson disputed defeat and mull over a possible recount.
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Taft
S. Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
George T. Mickelson
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Warren
Robert Raft
Gen Grow's Diary Sparks Army Court Martial
Maj Gen Robert W. Grow former military attache in Moscow faces a court martial at Fort Meade Md after the Army completed an investigation into charges that he improperly reported classified information in private records. Russian agents had stolen his diary and publicized excerpts. The trial date was not announced and sessions will be closed to the public.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Germany
Grow
Moscow
Warnow
Russia
Fort Meade
Third Enlistment Attempt Thwarted
In Ferndale Maryland Johnny Arzoomanian a Bronx eighth grader aged 13 was picked up after attempting a third time to join the Army or sail to Korea. He left home Monday night and was found on Route 301 headed south toward a port as police awaited word from his family. He declared he would try again if kept at home.
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Ferndale
Johnny Arzoomanian
New York
Bronx
Korea
Baltimore
August Draft Quota Issued by Army in 1950s update
The Army issued a draft call for 29 000 men in August while the Marine Corps Air Force and Navy planned no draft that month. The year to date total drafted since September 1950 reached 983 420 with Army contributing 902 000 and Marines 81 430. A Dover bound grand jury case followed a 36 year old housekeeper charged with shooting at her employer.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Dover
Warren Victory Spurs Ike Backers as Taft Slap Claim
In California Warren led with 994 220 votes as 19 453 of 19 730 precincts counted. Werdel's free choice slate totaled 508 251, while Kefauver swept Tennessee's 68 convention delegates. Taft avoided direct involvement but supporters urged anti Warren delegates. The result boosts Warren's bid for the GOP national convention and signals a shakeup in state leadership.
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Dwight D. Pisenhaker
Werdel
Taft
Warren
Tennessee
Sen Estes Kefauver
Mock Rites Set Again for Burlington Farmer
Jim Gernhart, a 75 year old Burlington farmer, plans a second mock funeral at his home with Rev. S. H. Mahaffey. Expected crowd of 5 to 600 will listen via loudspeakers as he again seeks to avoid being buried “like a dog” and to use part of his estimated 75 000 fortune.
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Burlington
Colo
Jim Gernhart
S. H. Mahaffey
Kanorado
Kan
Gernhart
Atomic Tests Nearing End in Nevada Series
The eighth atomic blast of spring lit the Nevada sky at Yucca Flat test site at 4 55 am PDT. The detonation occurred from a 3 foot tower and was visible 65 miles away near Las Vegas. This 20th test since January 1951 signals the Nevada series near completion.
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Nev
Nevada
Yucca Fiat
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman plays waiting game on TH Act convention
President Truman refused to endorse or deny any steel legislation and declined comment on invoking the Taft-Hartley Act. He said he will attend the Democratic national convention only after a nominee is chosen and he will not be that nominee. He added he would not attend the Chicago convention in full to avoid a disturbance.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court
Chicago
Jacob Geib 84 former state commander of SUVCW dies
New Philadelphia Ohio Jacob Geib 84 longtime member and past state commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War died Wednesday.
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New
Philadelphia
Jacob Geib
The
Sons of Union Vetserans
Daring maneuver by pilot averts tragedy near Pittsburgh
Captain Henry Glaser of a twin engine airliner executed a sudden sideslip to avoid two smaller aircraft near an unlit Allegheny County Airport. About 30 passengers were bruised in the chaotic descent. eight were hospitalized. Doctor Arthur O Keefe aided the injured. Glaser landed safely and credited quick thinking.
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Pittsburgh
Henry Glaser
Arthur O'Keefe
Boston
Eisenhower Speech Signals 1948 GOP Rifts and Stakes
Washington lawmakers dissect Eisenhower's springboard address delivered in Abilene Kansas as he launched his presidential bid. Taft backers scrutinize his stand on steel seizure civil rights and farm price supports while allies call the talk a solid framework of issues and a sign of better times ahead.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
William E. Borah
Idaho
Taft
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Abilene
Kan
Buckhannon
W. Va
Eisenhower
Allies Won't Force Return Of Red POWs
UN truce negotiators in Munsan accused communists of insisting on forced repatriation of Allied prisoners. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said the UN will not drive anyone back. He cited screening programs showing 100000 prisoners would rather die than return to communism. Gen. Nam I called voluntary repatriation bankrupt and accused the plan of violating the Geneva Convention.
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Munsan
Korea
William K. Harrison
Nam I
Koje Island
Nam
Two Negro Robbers Terrorize Columbus Couple in Home Invasion
Emerson N. Cheney and his wife Donna of the North End area were terrorized by two men at 11:30 pm. A shotgun-wielding intruder forced entry after a staged water request, ransacking the home for about an hour and tying the couple. They escaped with clothing, radios, jewelry and valuables valued around $1000.
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Emerson N. Cheney
Donna
North Eastmoor
Cheney
Logan Crash Injures Four As Cars Ram
A late night intersection collision in Logan injures four people. Earl Freeman 25, lacerations. Harold Kettell 18, concussion and cuts. Dorothy Kettell 18, broken collarbone. Harold Hill 17, concussion and cuts. Freeman car overturned and struck a hardware lot. Kettlels returning from Virginia Beach. All admitted to Hocking Valley Hospital. both cars demolished.
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Earl Freeman
Logan Route 3
Harold Kettell
Columbus
Dorothy Kettell
Harold Hill
Kettell
Hill
Freeman
Tony Cook
Kettells
Virginia Beach
Hocking Valley Hospital
Cicero Riot Probe Convicts Police Chief and Officials
In Cicero Illinois the police chief and two officers along with the village attorney were convicted on Civil Rights charges connected to July rioting after a Black family moved into a 20 unit building in the suburb. Rioters damaged property. national guardsmen patrolled. authorities arrested over 100 as violence injured nearly twenty. Chief Erwin Konovaky was found guilty on conspiracy and civil rights count and faces up to two years and a 21 dollar fine.
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Chicago
Cicero
Erwin Konovaky
Movie Star's Mate Begins Prison Term
Walter Wanger started a four month sentence for the jealousy shooting of Jennings Lang, agent for his wife Joan Bennett. He surrendered at county jail last night and refused to comment on reconciliation with Miss Bennett, with the couple estranged since the December 15 incident.
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Los Angeles
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
Joan Bennett
Miss Bennett
Charles E Wilson Sees U S Arms Stretching for War
In Emmittsburg Maryland former Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson told Mt. St. Marys College alumni that American industry and the military are expanding weapon production. He described the new weapons as so powerful the United States could readily handle Russia.
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Emmittsburg, Md
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Mt. St. Marys College
Wilson
United States
Russia
Eisenhower Seeks Peace and Security as Campaign Focus
General Dwight D. Eisenhower outlined real peace and security as the paramount issue in the campaign. He said he would speak frankly on national concerns, discuss foreign policy with MacArthur if elected, and stressed state rather than federal control on education and fair employment matters.
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Abilene
Kas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dougal MacArthur
Truman
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Csnt
China
Senate
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Fisenhower
Europe
wHm
Manien Fisenhower
Canada
United States
Dutch Thunderjet Crash Leaves 15 Feared Missing
A Dutch Thunderjet participating in NATO air sea exercises crashed into a 112 foot British minesweeper near Den Helder. The Dutch naval communique said the plane’s crew perished and two survivors from the 65 ton minesweeper were rescued.
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Netherlands
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