Million Idle In Steel Strike Stirs Pittsburgh Scene
The 1949 steel strike expands at Homestead and steel plants nationwide as CIO and Steelworker Leader Philip Murray backs the walkout. Picket lines form, bars fill, and local unions mobilize soup kitchens while workers cite pensions and social insurance as demands.
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Pittsburgh
Homestead Works
Carnegie Ilinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel
Glassport
Homestead
Pittsburg
CIO
Philip Murray
Tito accuses Russia of plot to overthrow Yugoslavia
Premier Tito charges Soviet spies aimed to infiltrate Yugoslav army and government to topple his regime. Yugoslav note cites Moscow diplomacy and border pressure as attempts to intimidate Yugoslav people while Russia and allies denounce Yugoslavia and warn of anti democratic aims.
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London
Marshal Tito
Russia
Hesigevy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Comin
Tito
Moscow
Tanjug
Cominform
Rassian
Reseia
State board narrows WWII bonus claims by 21000
Des Moines reports the state bonus board has whittled down by 21 000 claims held for further investigation. Checks are now disbursed to 21 000 World War II veterans whose payments were delayed due to discrepancies or uncertainties in the claims.
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Des Moines
State Bonus Board
Lews
Brakeman Kills Himself After Cab Fight on Freight Locomotive
Kenneth Hopkins, 36, attacked engineer Brent W. Campbell and fireman Ben J. Mackowiai aboard a speeding 70 car Southern Pacific freight train near Portland. Hopkins seized a throttle, lit flares, and struck at crew. he was subdued, then died later at a Salem hospital.
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Portland
Ore
Brent W. Campbell
Kenneth Hopkins
Eugene
Southern Pacific
Hopkins
Clinton, Jr
Campbell
Ben J. Mackowiai
West Chester Farmer Killed in Tractor Overturn Accident
Ralph Jay Robertson, 55, a West Chester farmer, died yesterday when his tractor overturned on a country road near the town.
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West Chester
Ralph Jay Robertson
Here
Coal strike two weeks old yet stockpiles high
The coal strike is two weeks old as stockpiles rise beyond last year. The Bureau of Mines reports a 48 year supply, versus 45 days in 1948. One fifth of United Mine Workers return to digging Monday while 400,000 diggers remain idle.
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Pittsburgh
Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Lewis
Pennsylvania
UMW
White Sulphur Springs
W. V
Chinese Reds Establish Central Government at Peiping
Mao Zedong became head of the new central peoples government with Chou En Lai serving as premier and foreign minister. The government formed after a massive rally, with a Soviet cultural delegation in attendance, as the central peoples government council assumed office.
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Associated Press
Peiping
Aole
China
Communist Radio
Chou En Lai
Mao Tze-tung
San Francisco
Mao
Central Peoples
Peoples Republic of China
Manchuria
Central Peoples Government Council
Young Iowan Who Borrowed Plane Held in Ohio
Sinclair Gering, 20, was arrested in a Zanesville hotel room after a Cub plane taken from Boone Iowa airport landed there. The owner Everett Scott and Zanesville airport manager Gene Griffin confirmed the incident. Des Moines aeronautics chief Norbert Locke identified Gearing as a Boone employee and said a note indicated he planned to return with the aircraft.
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Zanesville
Boone
Sinclair Gering
Everett Scott
Scott Flying Service
Gene Griffin
Mass Troops for Battle of Canton Escalate Chinese Conflict
Nationalists and communists mobilize large forces for a Canton battle. The communist 12th army advances from Kiangsi into Kwangtung and takes up positions near Namyang. Red regulars in northern Kwangtung around 30,000 strong, while Nationalist reinforcements reach Kukong rail center, 125 miles north of Canton. Reports of fighting in the area continue. From Des Moines Miss Katherine Bruscnhahan visits relatives for the weekend.
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Canton
12Th
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Namyang
Red
Kukong
Nation's civil defense groups lack say so
Washington says federal civil defense planning is minimal with about a dozen personnel and no clear authority. Truman dissolved the Office of Civil Defense Planning, transferring duties to the NLRB, amid dormant efforts and no Congress action despite Russia's atomic test.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
Defense Department
Truman
Office of Civil Defense Planning
Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal
NLRB
William H. Gill
Office of
Civil Defense Planning
Russell J. Hopley
Omaha Telephone Company
Congress
Mr. Truman
Russia
Polio Cases Rise at Mercy Hospital In Council Bluffs
Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs treats an uptick in polio patients this year as two new cases are admitted. The patients are 17 year old Robert Hansen of Logan and 23 year old Marie Ulrich of Denison.
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Council Bluffs
Mercy Hospital
Robert Hansen
Logan
Marie Ulrich
Denison
Whitewash of AEC Stirs Senator's Ire
A proposed report clearing the atomic energy commission of mismanagement charges sparked a bitter Senate-House atomic committee dispute. Senator Hickenlooper denounced the draft as a whitewash and said the investigation remains unfinished, while Chairman McMahon argued no change was needed in the commission's management.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
AEC
David Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
McMahon
D-Conn
Commission
William Borden
Hickenloopers
Air Force B-17 Crash Kills 10 in New Mexico Mesa
A B-17 from Briggs Air Base crashed atop Lynwood Mesa near Raton New Mexico, killing all 10 aboard. The rescue craft vanished earlier en route from Biggs to Lowry Field. Wreckage was scattered over 400 yards, with only the tail section intact.
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Mary Bartolino Black
Barber
Lynwood Mesa
Raton
Air Force
Tennessee
New Jersey
Northwest Airlines
Milwaukee
Chattanooga
William E. Blair
Houston
Tex
Cape May Court House
First Time Steel Coal Workers Strike Together
The nation sees widespread labor unrest with steel and coal workers striking simultaneously for the first time. About 1.4 million idle, with 400,000 United Steelworkers in 23 states joining 1.0 million United Mine Workers in action. Some 100,000 miners preparing to leave lines while others remain on strike amid pension talks and contract negotiations.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Cio-United Auto
UAW
Walter Reuther
Kenneth Bannon
Reuther
Ford
William Clay Ford
John S. Bugas
International Soundphoto
Associated Press
CIO
United Steelworkers
United Mine Workers
United Mine
UMW
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Planta
Otra Indusheres
Pittebergh
Chicago
Ireon
American Can Company
Beil
Missouri Pacific Railroad
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Company
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Community Chest Campaign Starts Nationwide Drive
The 1949 campaign opens after President Truman urges all citizens to give generously to reach a fund of 185 million dollars. The president calls the red feather drive a typically American peace campaign and urges universal support.
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Washington
Truman
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