GM union contract settles auto industry with long pattern
General Motors and the United Auto Workers sign a five year contract the longest pact to date in the industry patterning for Ford and Chrysler. The agreement guarantees a four cent hourly raise next Monday and annually thereafter for four years plus pensions of at least 100 a month and a modified union shop.
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Ford
Chrysler
cro-United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Walter Reuther
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Field Marshal Wavell Dies In England
Viscount Archibald Percival Wavell a one eyed British field marshal who led Africa campaigns in World War II died after abdominal surgery on May 5 his 67th birthday He had earlier helped drive Italian forces from Egypt and defend the empire and served as viceroy of India in the postwar era He began fighting in 1901 and lost an eye in France during the war.
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London
Viscount Wavell
Africa
India
Archibald Percival Wavell
Britain
Wavell
Egypt
Cirenaica
Mussolini
South Africa
France
West Nations Hit Russia Over East German Rearmament
Western powers broadcast protests to Moscow via Voice of America and BBC accusing Russia of rearming East Germany with about 50 000 troops. The appeals, timed with Berlin tensions, warned Moscow against overrun efforts in Western Berlin while Russia promotes a peace offensive.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Moscow
United States
Ritain
France
Europe
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corp
London
Berlin
Navy Approves $350 Million Modernization Plan
The House approved a Navy modernization program worth 350 million dollars. It funds 50,000 tons of new vessels including an atomic power submarine and a guided missile ship, and converts up to 200,000 tons of existing ships with no opposition.
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Washington
House
Brotherhoods Postpone Strike Until June
Four railroad operating brotherhoods delayed a planned strike set for tomorrow against New York Central lines east of Buffalo to June 10. The request came from the National Railway Mediation Board. In Youngstown Ohio a 62-year-old man, Sam Buoscio, was killed when an auto struck him and he was run over by a bus.
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Cleveland
New York Central
Buffalo
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Carl J. Goff
Youngstown
Sam Buoscio
6 Year Old Electrocuted in Kentucky Playtime Tragedy
Kenneth Dyer, age 6, of Garrison Kentucky, died after grabbing a live wire while climbing a tree at his home. Authorities report a 2300 volt shock caused the fatal accident on Tuesday.
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Portsmouth
Garrison
Kenneth Dyer
Funds For Vacation Sales Through Messenger Want Ad
People can turn unused items into cash by placing a Messenger Want Ad in The Messenger Classified Columns. Buyers seek many items and are ready to pay cash. call to list offerings today.
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Messenger
Regatta Tax Clarified for Marietta Race
West Virginia will not collect its two percent admissions tax on the Marietta Regatta held in state waters. Tax Commissioner C H Koontz said the line is the Ohio River low-water mark, placing the race in West Virginia but admission taxes only apply if a spectator area is on the West Virginia bank or if admission is charged there.
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Charleston
W. Va
Marietta
Ohio
West Virginia
C. H. Koontz
Ohio River
Koontz
Funeral Services Held For Ohio Ex Governor Davis
Harry L. Davis, 72, former Ohio governor and four term mayor of Cleveland, was buried at Lake View Cemetery after dying Sunday. Hundreds honored the son of Welsh immigrants at the Davis home in Shaker Heights.
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Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Ohio
Lake View
Davis
Shaker Heights
Brannan Farm Bill Support Narrow in Ohio Poll
Ohio farmers show only 15 percent in favor of the Brannan Plan with 32 percent opposing any government farm program. The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation reports 50 percent want amendments to the 1949 act and 39 percent support using production payments for perishables.
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Washington
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
John W. Sims
Sims
Bureau Advisory Council
Secretary of Agriculture
Board of Trustees
Republican Strategy Set By Ohioans
Ohio Republican leaders plan a united campaign with Taft linking stump efforts for GOP House nominees. Taft will kickoff in Cleveland on August 17, aiming for a statewide tour and television use after technical details are settled. Ray Bliss organized the group urging discipline to avoid overconfidence.
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Washington
Ohio
Taft
Republican House
GOP
Cleveland
Ray Bliss
Fumes Overcome Three In Huge Milk Bottle Tank
Three painters and a firefighter were overcome by foul air in a 30 foot high milk bottle shaped water tank on the Sanitary Milk Co roof in Canton. They were treated at Mercy Hospital for shock and oxygen starvation after a rescue attempt Tuesday night.
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Canton
Sanitary Milk Co
Mercy Hospital
Etiquette Takes a Beating at Acrobats Convention
Newark event shows performers flinging decorum aside with table acrobatics at the National Society of Acrobats and Aerialists fifth annual meeting. Members juggle salads and cocktails on the banquet table while families perform stunts around the chair. Alois Smetona stands apart choosing restraint.
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Newark
N.J
National Society of Acrobats
Jelski
Fritz Baronek
Mia Jonennen
Finland
North South Highway Set to Begin in Chester
Edward J. Flaccus of the West Virginia Turnpike Commission says the $200 million north south superhighway will start at Chester to manage heavy traffic from the Pittsburgh area. The project may connect with the Pennsylvania turnpike near Youngstown, with a southern terminus at Bluefield.
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Weirton
Edward J. Flaccus
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Chester
W. Va
North Panhandle
Pittsburgh
Flaccus
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Youngstown
Bluefield
Youth Fatally Wounded At Play With Brother
A seven year old boy shot and killed his five year old brother on the lawn of their suburban home. Deputy Ray Roe said a .22 rifle found in the trunk of the father’s car was used in the game. Terry Hughes 7 said I found the gun and played the trigger and Lavern fell dead.
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Toledo
Ray Roe
Terry Hughes
Roe
Lavern
Taft campaign team split as Martha Taft ill
The election team of Bob and Martha Taft collapses after Mrs. Taft falls ill, making it unlikely she can share the campaign platform with Senator Taft this year.
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Washington
Bob and
Martha
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Buzzie Dall Weds Robin Edwards in California Ceremony
Santa Monica California Curtis Buzzie Dall and Robin Edwards married in an Episcopal Church ceremony yesterday attended by about 200 family members and friends. Edwards is the daughter of James B Edwards an engineer with Douglas Aircraft Co. The couple plans a honeymoon they hope lasts forever.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Curtis
Buzzie) Dall
White House
Roosevelt
Robin Edwards
James B. Edwards
Douglas Aircraft Co
Decision Deferred on Ohio Soldier-Bonus Levy
The Ohio Sinking Fund Commission postponed a decision on a real estate levy needed to meet the 1951 requirements for retiring soldier-bonus bonds until next Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio Sinking Fund Commission
Extension of Selective Service Passes to House
A two year extension of the Selective Service law was set for House debate with probable passage before night. The bill would extend the draft to 1952 but keep inductions on hold unless Congress declares a national emergency. It also limits enlistment to over 18 and bans short voluntary enlistments. Defense chiefs urge continuation for the Cold War. The House also approved roughly one billion dollars in new defense spending for the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Government Reorganizing Takes Effect
Washington reports a government reorganization drive taking effect as 16 plans of 21 approved by Congress become law. The Maritime Commission is dissolved and a new Federal Maritime Board to be staffed soon replaces it. Maj. Gen. Fleming may lead the new top posts with other key appointments pending.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
Maritime Commission
Federal Maritime Board
Commerce Department
Commerce
Transportation
Philip B. Fleming
Justice
Interior
Labor
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reclamation Bureau
Women Seek Right to Serve on Church Councils
In Cleveland the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio passed a resolution urging equal rights for women to serve on parish and diocesan councils and to vote in church affairs. Introduced by Mrs. Martin Schmid of Canton, the measure cites training for women to help shape a Christian society with 1000 delegates attending the final session.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Woman’s Auxiliary
Episcopal Diocese of
Martin Schmid
Canton
Dayton Voters Back City Income Tax Restoration
Dayton residents approved by more than 3 to 1 a reinstatement of a 0.5 percent city income tax. The measure follows an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that a 1945 charter amendment did not authorize the tax without public approval.
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Dayton
Ohio Supreme Court
Penny Arcade Fire Destroys Amusement Park Arcade
SCRANTON Pa A fire believed to have started in a penny arcade at Rocky Glen Park burned the arcade a roller coaster and two other installations early Wednesday The blaze could be seen for 15 miles and firefighting was hampered by a water shortage as water had to be pumped from a pool about 200 feet away.
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Scranton
Rocky Glen Park
Firemen Save Boy From Second Floor Fire
Cleveland firefighters rescued an 11 year old boy from the burning second floor of his home. He suffered serious upper body and head burns. The family of seven noticed his absence after escaping outside. Firemen say gasoline in a can exploded near a heater started the blaze.
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Cleveland
Trio Held In Stickup At Sunset Inn Near Cold Spring
Three Hamilton men Delbert Murphy John Lee and Robert Bruce Ward were arrested after an armed robbery at the Sunset Inn near Cold Spring. They held the bartender Charles Kiefer Jr and 11 customers at gunpoint taking about 300 to 350 dollars. A chase occurred reaching 90 miles per hour before Kentucky State police recaptured them near Brooksville. The suspects faced armed robbery charges.
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Newport
Hamilton
Ohio
Sunset Inn
Cold Spring
Delbert Murphy
John Lee
Robert Bruce Ward
Norman Schweitzer
Kentucky
Brooksville
Charles Kiefer, Jr
Pair Wound Officer Recaptured and Held in Michigan
Two brothers Lloyd and Paul Russell were arraigned in Munising Michigan on assault with intent to murder charges after shooting at state police trooper George Strong during their capture. Justice of the Peace Thomas J. Walters set a June 2 hearing and ordered both brothers held in default of bonds of 10000 dollars.
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Munising
Mich
London
Ohio
Lloyd
Paul Russell
George Strong
Strong
Justice of the Peace
Thomas J. Walters
Schools to Reinstate Religion in Springfield Schools
The board of education has decided to reinstate religious instruction in public schools for the next school year in Springfield.
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Springfield, O
Board of Education
GOP Chiefs Lead Fight On Aid Bill
Senate Republicans led by Wherry and Taft attacked Truman’s Point Four aid plan as the foreign aid bill, totaling 3.12 billion, faced possible delay. Wherry aimed to send the measure back to a conference to carve out 44 world irrigation, power, and road projects under Point Four. Taft criticized House language widening executive authority beyond technical assistance limits.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Senate House
House
State Department
GOP Plans Three Rallies With Chicago Climax
Republicans outlined three party rallies led by a Chicago finale to outshine Truman’s Democratic jubilee. The program opens with an East coast rally in Atlantic City on June 23, followed by a western conference in Salt Lake City in July and a general roundup in Chicago late August or September.
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Washington
Chicago
Truman
GOP
National Committee
Atlantic City
Salt Lake City
Church Group Seeks Halt in Weapon Output
Cincinnati report says the Presbyterian Church in the U S A will decide today on a push for an immediate halt in mass destruction weapon production. It asks Christians to observe August 5 as a day of mourning for Hiroshima and urges Americans to repent for shared sin in war and conflict.
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Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
America
Hiroshima
Philadelphia chemist Harry Gold held on atomic spy charges
Harry Gold, 39, a Philadelphia General Hospital biochemist, is jailed on $100000 bail for receiving atomic bomb secrets from Klaus Fuchs and passing them to Soviet Russia. He admitted contacts with Fuchs and faced a June 12 hearing, after FBI and Justice Department disclosures in Washington and Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet
Russia
Fuchs
Harry Gold
Washington
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
James P. McGranery
Gold
Moyamen Mg
Philadelphia General Hospital
McGranery
Joseph
Harry
Civil Service
Municipal
Mee Grath
London
Justice Deprtment and Hooveer
New York
East Side
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
N. Y
United States
Los Alamos
N. M
Franklin C. Fetter
Soviet Union
Cambridge
Mass
Santa Fe
N.M
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Merchant Dies in New York After Apple Selling Plan
Joseph Sicker age 64 a commission merchant credited with the idea of employing unemployed people to sell apples during the 1930s downturn died Tuesday night in New York.
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Merchant
New York
Joseph Sicker
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