CIO Seeks Taft Hartley Repeal And Union Shop
In Philadelphia the CIO United Steelworkers move to back a union shop and repeal of the Taft Hartley Act while threatening a 50 000 steelworkers walkout if wage gains fall short Two Truman aides defend Tobin and Barkley while Sen Ellender criticizes the union stance The union aims to pressure Congress to repeal Taft Hartley and push for a national daily labor newspaper
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Philadelphia
Ciio-United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
CIO
O.K
Alben W. Barkley
Maurice Tobin
Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Sec. Tobin
U. S. Supreme Court
Murray
Party Chief S Chart Plans For Conclave
Democratic leaders in Chicago met at the Stock Yard Inn near the International Amphitheatre to name the keynote speaker for their national convention opening July 21 and to form a team to draft a 1952 platform. They discussed a temporary chairman, a drafting committee, and a permanent chairman for nominating sessions.
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Chicago
Stock Yard Inn
International Amphitheatre
Newark Wife Found Guilty In Manslaughter Trial
Mrs. Bernice Butler 36 was convicted of first degree manslaughter for the shooting death of her husband Wilbur Butler Sr in their Newark trailer home on March 8. A Licking County jury deliberated about 10 hours before returning a verdict at 12 25 a.m. The judge set sentencing for Friday morning after testimony that the couple had been drinking and a struggle over a gun occurred.
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Newark
Bernice Butler
Licking County
Route 13 Crash Fatal for Zanesville Man
A 26 year old Zanesville man died early today at Shelter ing Arms Hospital from injuries after his car crashed on Route 13 north of Chauncey. Carl Marion Dunkle died at 5 50 a m after a crash that flung him from the car as it overturned hitting guard rails and poles. Four teenage hitchhikers were uninjured.
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Zanesville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey
Carl Marion Dunkle
Madison Ave
State Highway Patrol
Dunkle
F. A. McKitrick
Richard Hamrick
Corning
Hamrick
McKitrick
Gerald Robinson
Jerry Blackford
Bob Gillespie
Terry O'Nail
Athens
Nkle
Millfield
Red Traffic Ban Resumes Despite Note in Berlin
In Berlin Soviet and East German officials partially resume the ban on Allied military patrols amid anxiety over a pending peace contract. The Soviet refusal to admit the Allied patrol car to the Berlin Helms? express line follows their six day blockade, while the Helmstedt patrol proceeds on the Autobahn unchallenged.
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Berlin
Germany
Helmstedt
Defends Dems Farm Program
President Truman defended the New Deal and his Fair Deal as proof that planned economy works in agriculture and across national life. He praised twenty years of Democratic governance as a real revolution in farming and rejected critics who call the policies socialist or regimentation.
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Washington
Truman
Mossbacks
Department
Swift Action Taken In Bus Slaying Case
Cleveland dispatch reports Lawrence Goldsby a railroad track worker known as a gandy dancer will be arraigned tomorrow on a first degree murder charge for a fatal bus shooting. He killed four people on a crowded bus including a police officer after opening fire Monday.
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Cleveland
Lawrence Goldsby
Fishing With Beer Bait Draws Crowd at Margaree Harbor
In Margaree Harbor Nova Scotia fishermen with dip nets flocked to the scene after a truck carrying beer toppled into the water. Several hundred quarts were recovered from the river once known for salmon, attracting a sizeable crowd and shifting fishing chatter.
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Margaree Harbor
Nova Scotia
Wife Granted Divorce After Husband's 20 Year Desertion
Ivy Wickens wins a divorce in London on grounds of desertion. She testified that her husband entered a mental hospital shortly after their marriage and refused to leave for two decades, leaving her free from the union.
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London
Ivy Wickens
Goodyear Aircraft Produces Parts for B-47B Bomber
The Goodyear Aircraft Corp announces it is manufacturing components for the Air Force new B-47B jet bomber. Akron is the disclosed location and timing.
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Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Air Force
McCarthy's Lustron Pay Under Study
Washington reports Sen. Benton accuses Sen. McCarthy of ethics violations for taking 10000 dollars in 1948 from Lustron Corp to write a housing article. He also charges fraud perjury and deceit over anti communist claims. Subcommittee weighs public hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
Lustron Corp
Wisconsin
GOP Closes Ohio Chasm at Cleveland meeting
The Ohio Republican ranks near unity after a biennial Cleveland GOP precinct committeemen convention. Guests included Taft of Cincinnati GOP governor candidate and former Gov. Herbert, Medina Mayor Brown GOP lieutenant governor nominee, and Rep. Bender, county chairman, amid contested endorsements.
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Cleveland
GOP
Greater Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Republican Organization
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Thomas J. Herbert
Taft
John W. Brown
Medina
George H. Bender
Soldier Held In Canton Car Theft Case
Pvt. Robert W. Race, 19, AWOL from Fort Custer Michigan, was held on car theft charges in Canton. He kicked and mauled a city detective who followed him about a mile and a half Wednesday.
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Canton
Robert W. Race
Fort Custer, Mich
Oil Workers Hint Accord On New Pact
United States labor officials forecast an early end to a 15 day nationwide oil strike that disrupted tourism and air service. The WSB proposed a 15 cent hourly increase for 90 000 oil workers, with unions approving the plan and shifting pay differentials under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Stabilization Board
WSB
B. J. Schafer
CIO Oil Workers International
Denver
CIO Policy Committee
Coordinating Committee
Cio-Independent- Afl Unions
Gulf
Cincinnati
FBI Agents Join Mr. X Slayer Hunt
FBI agents along with local and state police pursue leads in the killing of Mr. X in Upper Sandusky. The victim was shot in the head and exploded with dynamite in nearby woods, a farmer found remains scattered over a 200 foot area. Fingerprints were shaved to hinder identification, and a burned stolen car found miles away is under review. Elmer Wyss reported hearing an explosion last Thursday and discovered the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Sandusky
Mr. X
FBI
Whever
Elmer Wyss
State Highway Patrol
Toledo
Rubber price cut won’t lower tire cost soon
Akron industry sources say the 20 percent cut in crude natural rubber prices will not translate into cheaper tires immediately. Producers must burn through existing high priced stocks, with about two and a half months of supply on hand, and higher freight rates may offset some savings for consumers.
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Akron
Nother
Taft Leads Ike In Delegate Duel As GOP Nominating Vote Tightens
The Associated Press tally shows Taft with 364 delegates to Eisenhower's 304 after Taft gained 15 votes in West Virginia and Eisenhower one. With 604 needed for nomination, few votes could decide the Chicago convention outcome amid seating disputes and state contests in Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. Eisenhower's Europe return is timed for late May or early June.
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Associated Press
Taft-Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
West Virginia
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
National Committee
Convention
Europe
Pentagon
Ships Ram Four Missing After Canal Explosion
Two vessels collided in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal near Summit Bridge Delaware causing the oil tanker F. L. Hayes to explode and burn. Four crew members are missing while five escaped to the canal water and one was rescued. The Angelina was lightly damaged and able to reach Philadelphia.
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Wilmington
Del
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
F. L. Hayes
Hayes
Barbara Sykes
Army
Chesapeake City
Angelina
Philadelphia
Delaware
Summitt Bridge
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Service Pay Boost Faces House Debate
A compromise bill would increase military pay by 484 million dollars annually. If enacted by May 31 it becomes effective with this month's pay vouchers. Increases range from 3 dollars for privates to 65 dollars for two star generals and admirals. About 3 percent of active and retired personnel would be affected. A Senate amendment for Korea combat pay is not included. The House Armed Services Committee will consider Korea pay as a separate measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Korea
House Armed Services Committee
Keel Laid Planned for Nation's First Atomic Sub
The Navy announced the keel of the first atomic power submarine will be laid next month at Electric Boat Co. in Groton Conn The sub to be named Nautilus recalls Jules Verne’s 1869 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea depicting an atomic future.
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Washington
Navy
Electric Boat Co
Groton
Conn
Jules Verne
Red Accusations Mount New Truce Crisis Nears
In Panmunjom talks North Korea charges UN forces with crimes including POW experimentation with atomic gas and germ weapons. UN chief Joy calls the claim transparently ridiculous as prisoner exchange stalemate persists with 70,000 vs 129,900 prisoners demanded.
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Munsan
Korea
Red Truce
United Nations Command
Nam I
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Panmunjom
Joy
Nam JQ
Liquor Price Controls Likely to Be Lifted
Washington officials said federal price controls on liquor may end soon due to over supply and falling sales. Retail prices are not expected to rise when controls are suspended. OPS suspension committee nears a decision as public demand shifts to cheaper beer amid the Nov tax increase to 10.50 per gallon.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
15th American Pilot Becomes Korean Ace
In northwest Korea Lt. James H Kasler of Indianapolis shot down his fourth and fifth Red MiG-15s as an American Sabre pilot claimed a 50 mile chase and destroyed two enemy planes. The action, part of Fifth Air Force patrols, occurred along the 155 mile ground front with limited artillery firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
America
James H Kasler
Indianapolis
Fifth
Foreign Aid Cut Blocked By 7-6 Vote
President Truman and aides push to defend foreign aid funding as the Senate Armed Services Committee votes 7 to 6 to reject a 400 million dollar cut from a 6.9 billion total. The bill remains as sent from committee and faces a floor fight over further reductions. Truman warns continued cuts could jeopardize the cold war effort.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Tom's Express Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing Over Mudflap Rule
Attorneys for Tom's Express of Weirton West Virginia plan a rehearing request after Monday's U S Supreme Court dismissal for lack of a substantial federal question. The case challenges Ohio mud flap requirements arguing ICC power to regulate interstate trucks overrides state safety mandates.
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Columbus
Tom's Express, Inc
Weirton
W. Va
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Portsmouth salesman dies in apparent self harm case
Acting coroner J A Douglas Bailey ruled Floyd Warren Devers 50 of Portsmouth died by hanging Wednesday in Bluefield West Virginia. Police and medical examiner inquiries noted no third party involvement.
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Bluefield
W. Va
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Floyd Warren Devers
Portsmouth
Cloud-Seeding Expert Claims Nationwide Rainfall Pattern
Tucson report quotes Dr. Irving Langmuir a Nobel laureate claiming cloud seeding with silver iodide created a nationwide weekly rainfall pattern. He asserts Southwest rainfall increased and says the 21 month GE project, funded by military branches, shows seeding is proven beyond doubt and will be fully reported next September.
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Tucson
Ariz
Irvinguir
Langmuir
Tucson Daily Citizen
General Electric Research Laboratory
Ne Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Weather Bureau
Clark Rejects Colson Pact As Invalid In Korea
General Mark Clark repudiated the Colson agreement with Red prisoners on Koje Island. He said Colson had no authority and that the exchanges were made under duress to influence Panmunjom truce talks. Dodd and Colson are both recalled to different commands amid the Koje camp leadership overhaul.
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TOKYO
Mark W. Clark
Colson
Kose Island
Clark
United Nations
Charles Colson
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Gen. Dodd
Panmunjom
Prt
Washington
U. S
Nam II
First Army
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Koje
South Amboy Disaster Suits Hit Eleven Million
A gun for 11 million dollars was filed against the government by 500 plaintiffs in connection with the South Amboy New Jersey munition explosion of May 19 1950. The disaster killed 31 and injured about 400. Four barges of munitions exploded in the port causing damage estimated at 36 million. Plaintiffs include about 200 insurance companies insuring 8500 persons.
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Columbus
Conmeeion
South Amboy
N. J
New Jersey
Eisenhower Pays Final Visit to Queen in London
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in London for farewell talks with British officials and a luncheon with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. The queen and queen mother greeted Eisenhower and his wife as a crowd of about 300 cheered outside the palace in high spirits.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Eisenhower
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Messenger
Fort Worth
Tex
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Hubby
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Ike
Roje
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Harry Gross
New York
Gross
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Gen. Eisenhower
Chaun
Gallipoli
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