Wage Board Moves to Limit Oil Strike Pay Increases
The Wage Stabilization Board plans a general ceiling on wage hikes for about 90 000 striking oil workers, aiming to guide settlements across 20 unions. The three week strike has caused oil shortages and prompted new defense measures as production drops and PAD schedules distribution in 15 states. O A Knight of the CIO oil workers union questions whether the strike constitutes a national emergency while noting military supplies remain steady.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Great Britain
U.S. Third Air Force
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Chapman
Five Survive Air Collision Over Pacific
Five B 29 crewmen survived a Pacific collision with a Marine Corsair yesterday three miles above the ocean. Six parachuted to safety. seven are missing. One Marine pilot was killed. survivors had only minor injuries. The bomber reportedly broke in two with the forward section in flames. Navy and Coast Guard searches continued near Santa Catalina Island.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
Marine Corsair
Navy
Coast Guard
Santa Catalina Island
Guard Plans 300000 Shop for West Virginia Guard
The Industrial Rayon Corp of Cleveland will convey about 15 acres between Camp Conley and the WVU extension farm east of Route 62 to the National Guard. Colonel O V Knipp announced a 300000 maintenance shop to serve guard units statewide will be built on the site. Construction starts within two months. land transfer closed Tuesday in Cleveland.
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Point Pleasant
Industrial Rayon Corporation of
Cleveland
National Guard
Camp Conley
West Virginia University
Route 62
O. V. Knipp
Grand Jury Hears Bus Slayer's Case
In Cleveland a grand jury hears the case of Lawrence Goldsby, 20, charged with the death of Patrolman Eugene Stinchcomb, 55, after an unemployed railroad track worker killed a policeman and three bus passengers during rush hour. Ohio law allows first degree murder conviction without premeditation in police killings.
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Cleveland
Lawrence Goldsby
Eugene Stinchcomb
Ohio
Taft Wins Large Delegate Margin in West Virginia Balloting
West Virginia voting yields a 15 to 1 Taft delegate edge and a 3 to 1 popularity lead as 2822 precincts report late results. Eisenhower not in the preferential count. write ins ignored. Democrats name a 20 vote delegation. both parties unpledged. Washington notes Eisenhower clash with Butler and cross-advocacy by Taft and Harriman.
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Taft
West Virginia
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ohio
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
GOP
Washington
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
Police Veteran Ousted on Eve Of Retirement
New York Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan fired Lt. Thomas J. Evans a 21 year veteran hours before his planned retirement. The action followed testimony by boss bookie Harry Gross alleging graft payments. Evans faced a pension loss of 2575 dollars a year amid accusations of sharing bribes tied to Gross’s bookie operation.
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New York
Harry Gross
George P. Monaghan
Gross
Thomas J. Evans
Evans
Monaghan
Democratic meeting to choose new state chair in Ohio
The Democratic state central committee meets May 20 in Columbus to elect officers and decide the fate of Eugene H. Hanhart of Dover. Hanhart, former head of both state central and executive committees, failed to win reelection to the central group. Law requires the central chair to be a committee member, so a new chairman must be named, though Hanhart could remain as party head if reelected executive chairman.
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Columbus
Democratic State Central Committee
Eugene H. Hanhart
Dover
Hanhart
State Central Committee
Central Committee
Trailer Murder Case Goes to Jury Today
The second degree murder trial of Bernice Butler, 36, in Newark is to be decided by a jury. She testified that she accidentally shot her husband Wilbur Butler, Sr., during a struggle over a pistol after a day spent drinking at a Newark tavern, amid threats from him.
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Newark
Bernice Butler
Wilbur Butler
Colum bus Woman Jailed Over Jay Walking Charge
Columbus police jailed Rose Mary Ellis, 46, on a jay-walking charge after serving a warrant at her home. She refused to post bond on a February 11 ticket and was later released on a five dollar bond.
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Columbus
Rose Mary Ellis
City
Rairden Toney Leading In Mason Delegate Bids
Mason County returns show George Rairden leading the Republican delegate race with 1993 votes from 36 of 39 precincts for the House nomination. Wallie E. Toney trails in the Democratic bid with 1477 to George Sayre's 819 in the same precinct total. Ernest Hesson leads Republican sheriff race. Raymond Musgrave tops Frank Poling for prosecuting attorney. Robert A. Taft leads Stassen on the national ticket.
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Point Pleasant
House of Delegates
Mason County
George Rairden
Leon
John Sturgeon
Ashton
Wallie E. Toney
George Sayre
Ernest Hesson
Campbell Stevens
Hesson
Stevens
Raymond Musgrave
Frank Poling
J. E. Watterson
W. M. Ball
Ivan Bush
C. P. Stout
Howard Schultz
Stout
Schultz
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Taft
Rush D. Holt
All's Quiet At Cheshire
For the fifth straight day quiet persisted at the Cheshire strip mine of Ohio River Collieries Co. in Cheshire amid union organizing activity by the United Mine Workers of America. Sheriff George Ehman and deputies maintain checks and vigilance remains high as reports indicate the scene may move to the Phillip Sporn plant site in West Virginia to deter use of Cheshire coal.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire
Ohio River Collieries Co
United Mine Workers of America
George Ehman
West Virginia
Phillip Sporn
Planes Spot Sinking Schooner in Pacific
A Coast Guard search plane sighted a 60 foot pleasure craft taking on water off the Golden Gate with 10 people aboard. There was no immediate word on passenger safety.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
U. S. Coast Guard
Filibuster Threat Clouds Korean Armistice Talks
North Korean Gen Nam II warned of daily truce talks and labeled Allied proposals as propaganda. He refused the armistice package and referenced Brig Gen Francis T Dodd’s kidnapping on Kose Island while accusing Allies of prisoner mistreatment.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam II
Kose Island
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
Dodd
U. S
Washington
Hayden L. Boatner
Rose Island
Charles Colson
Colson
Mark Clark
General Dodd
Allies Repel Red Patrols On Korean Front
Allied forces repelled several Red patrols in Korea with skirmishes lasting up to four hours. An Eighth Army report tallies 36 communist deaths in an early morning raid as UN tanks tested Chinese defenses in Kumwha. Red forces withdrew after multiple engagements near central and Kumwha sectors before 5 a.m.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Kumwha
United Nations
New Passenger Liner Heads For Rugged Atlantic Trials
The 52,000 ton Maritime Palace sails from James River to Hampton Roads for two days of builder trials. Engineers test steam rates and high pressure turbines delivering over 165000 horsepower as speed tests, compass and radio checks, then economy trials. Start of formal speed runs looms Thursday.
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United States
Atlantic
America
Britain
Mary
Elizabeth
James River
Hampton Roads
Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Palace
Queen Mary
Cape Henry
CIO Edict Hints New Steel Halt
The CIO United Steelworkers threaten a new steel strike if terms aren’t reached quickly. A convention resolution urges prompt collective bargaining with 650,000 workers at stake and accuses management of delaying a fair settlement. Secretary Tobin backs the steelworkers in their wage fight.
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CIO
Philadelphia
United Steelworkers
America
Maurice Tobin
Philip Murray
Murray
Rhode Island convict questioned in Brink's robbery tip
Alfred A. Gagnon a 41 year old Pawtucket man serving time for attempted robbery may be linked to the 1950 Brink's Holdup. Massachusetts authorities plan to question him at the Rhode Island State Prison as they assess his claimed involvement in supplying gear and sorting loot worth 1.219 million dollars.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Alfred A. Gagnon
Pawtucket
R. L
Massachusetts
Francis E. Kelly
Gagnon
Providence
Walter Stone
Dynamited Body Found. Agents Seek Identity
Federal agents examine fragmentary fingerprints from remains of a dynamited body found in a wooded area southwest of Upper Sandusky. The victim, found Monday on Elmer Wyss farm, was shot in the head and had fingers mutilated before the body was blown apart by dynamite.
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Upper
Sandusky
Here
Elmer Wyss
Westinghouse To Grant Pay Hike For 15000 Employees
Westinghouse Electric Corp. will implement a cost of living pay raise for 15,000 non union workers as soon as possible. The increase is retroactive to May 1 following a government ruling that the Wage Stabilization Board need not approve the rise.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Wage Stabilization Board
Westinghouse
WSB
Akron man indicted for second degree murder in wife’s shooting
The grand jury indicted Leslie Fogle, 21, on a second degree murder charge in the killing of his wife Virginia after a day long argument last month.
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Akron
Leslie Fogle
Virginia
Jackson Opposes Hasty Steel Seizure Decision
Supreme Court heard final arguments over President Truman's steel seizure. Justice Jackson urged careful, written opinion before any ruling, while steel industry attorney John W. Davis argued the seizure exceeded executive power. Government solicitor Perlman dismissed claims of irreparable injury.
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Washington
Truman
U.S. Supreme Court
Court of Last Resort
David A. Pine
Jackson
CIO
United
John W. Davis
Steel Industry
Philip B. Perlman
Probers Call 3 Educators
The Ohio Un-American Activities Commission will decide next Monday whether to cite four more witnesses for contempt. Counsel Sidney Isaacs said the action could raise the total to 11 who refuse to disclose if they were communists. Three education authorities have accepted invites to discuss a positive program for teaching Americanism: Dr. Douglas McGregor of Antioch College, R. M. Garrison in the state education department, and Sidney G. Kusworm Sr., Dayton, chairman of the American Citizenship Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association.
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Columbus
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Commission
Sidney Isaacs
Cincinnati
Isaacs
Douglas McGregor
Antioch College
R. M. Garrison
State Department of Education
Sidney G. Kusworm
Dayton
Ohio State Bar Association
Felber Biscuit Co Barred From High Pennant Crackers Prices
U S district court in Columbus enjoined the Felber Biscuit Co from selling Pennant crackers at prices above the ceiling set by authorities.
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Columbus
U.S. District Court
Felber Biscuit Co. of
Power Firms Plan Merger For A Plant
The Atomic Energy Commission said Ohio power firms plan to join 15 companies to supply 1 800 000 kilowatts for a proposed atomic energy plant in the Ohio River Valley. The AEC weighs this against other power methods for a gaseous diffusion uranium separation plant with sites under study. Firms listed include Ohio Edison Cincinnati Gas and Electric Toledo Edison Cleveland Electric Illuminating Dayton Power and Light Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Appalachian Electric Power and American Gas and Electric Service Corp.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio
Ohio River Valley
AEC
Commission
The
Ohio Edison Co
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Toledo Edison Co
Cleveland Electric Lluminating Co
Dayton Power and Light Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
American Gas and Electric Service Corp
New York
West Germany Seeks Aid for Rearmed Forces
Berlin sources report West Germany will request at least one billion dollars from the United States to finance initial rearmament after the peace contract and the European Army treaty. The plan envisions 400000 German troops under a six nation force with Britain providing some equipment while main costs fall on Germans and Washington.
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Germany
West Germany
United States
Britain
Salesman Claims $125,000 in Bogus Checks Across States
Cincinnati police sought FBI help to verify the tale of Ira Eugene Nowland alias Jerome K Norvell and G M Juce claiming to have passed $125,000 in worthless checks. Police found three guns on him and two more hidden in his apartment. He allegedly swindled Moose Lodge members for $25,000 and spoke nine languages after claiming chemistry degree from University of Michigan and prison terms in Michigan and New York. He said he came to Cincinnati two weeks ago.
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Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George T. Pearcy
Ira Eugene Nowland
Jerrome K. Norvell
G. M. Juce
Pearcy
University of Michigan
Michigan
New York
Moose Lodge
Moose Lodges
Nowland
Senate Banking panel to remake Wage Stabilization Board
The Senate Banking Committee voted to strip the Wage Stabilization Board of its controversial powers and reorganize it as an all public body. It also approved extending wage and price controls through March 1 1953 and preserving other stabilizing measures while noting criticism from Senators Douglas and Moody.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Douglas
Illinois
Moody
Michigan
Truman
Congress
CIO
Sen. Dirksen
Bell
Senate
Charles E. Wileson
Defense
Capehart
Ohio Studies Sewage Data Findings
The Ohio health department reports one million residents live in areas with adequate sewage treatment while about two million lack such facilities and 2.5 million are served by inadequate plants. The Water Pollution Control Board will use the survey to issue permits, with a Sept. 27 deadline for discharge permits.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Ohio
Kentucky Delegations Bid for Atomic Plant
Delegations from two Kentucky areas bid Tuesday to locate a proposed billion dollar atomic plant in their regions. The Ashland group met with President Truman while the Carrollton delegation pressed Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Gordon Dean, highlighting local benefits and potential sites midway between Cincinnati and Louisville.
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Washington
Kentucky
Carollton
Cincinnati
Louisville
Ashland
Truman
Care Rollton
Gordon Dean
The
Atomic Energy Commission
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Robert D. Murphy
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W. Averell Harriman
Frank Carlson
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Mason
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Harley M. Kilgore
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