Critical Steel Pay Talks Open Without Drama
In Courtroom 1305 the three man wage board hears steel labor issues as Phil Murray and steel executives face off. The piece suggests White House pressure and a forthcoming September vote on pay, with warnings of potential wider industrial unrest if a deal fails.
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Critical Steel
Victor Riesel
New York
Justice Department
Phil Murray
America
Truman
Alger Hiss
Walter Reuther
Auto
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Eyebrow
John L
John Owens
White Sulphur Springs
Tom Kennedy
John
Mine Workers
John Lewis
Harry Truman
Big Steel
Ford
New York Pest Corp
Congress quotes and smiling guardrails in casual prosaic bits
Senator Margaret Chase Smith comments on Congress calling lawmakers average humans. The piece notes James Cagney returns to tough roles after 11 years. A fable about a man altering a will is retold. A writer muses on beauty and competition, ending with a paradox about gender and disguise.
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Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
James Cagney
The Hope Diamond Shooter Returns to Little Whitney
A Bronx marble tale follows a gang of boys at 242nd Street near the subway as they chase the legendary Hope Diamond shooter in a five round hex match. The shooter passes from Whitey Wizcoczki to a Riverdale rival then to a hospital intern before ending with patient 218.
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Little Whitney
242Nd Street
Hope Diamond
Bronx
Triborough Bridge
Spuyten Duyvil
Chepachet
R. I
Irv Sondergaard
Whitey Wizcoczki
Harlem
Harry Winston
Harry
Charlie Hersch
Whitey
Hope
Wizcoczki
Riverdale
Hymie Michernick
Jackie
Michernick
Billy Rose
Austin Growth Receives Industrial Investment Notice
The Editor's Notebook reports United Gas Pine Line Company's near half a million dollar expansion to raise Austin natural gas from 50 to 75 million cubic feet daily. New pipeline loop and second substation will meet peak demand as UT power plant shifts to gas fuel.
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Austin
United Gas Pine Line Company
University of Texas
Southern Union Distributors
Texas
Questions and Answers Bureau Authored Quiz Insights
The piece presents a Q A column from the Questions and Answers Bureau in Washington DC. It summarizes 1876 Lincoln tomb plot details where a Boyd Mullins and Hughes ring planned to steal Lincoln’s body for ransom, ultimately arrested. It also covers fingerprint odds, dog care booklet offer, moose neck bell function, fertile egg tests, and mainspring lengths, with quick factual answers and an 25 cent booklet ad.
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Lincoln
Secret Service
Abraham Lincoln
Boyd
Mullins
Hughes
Indiana
Illinois
Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington
D.C
Factional Fights Blur GOP Chair Bid in 1949 Scene
Washington chronicles factional strife within the Republican National Committee as Hugh Scott resigns. Guy Gabrielson faces GOP opposition from New Jersey congressmen who oppose his candidacy, amid Dewe y alignment concerns and intra party maneuvering.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Dewey
Guy Gabrielson
Bernardsville
N. J
Gabrielson
East
Scott
Sioux Rapids
Iowa
New Jersey
Omaha
GOP
Reeve Schley
Chase National Bank
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
Schley
Texas
Rentfro Creager
Arizona
Clarence Buddington Kelland
Harrison Spangler
Senator Brewster
Maine
Sam Pryor
Connecticut
Pan American Airways
Pryor
Andrew Gahagen
Park Avenue
New York
Lee McCann
Harry Darby
Kansas
Kansas City Airways
Kansas Palomino Horse Exhibitors Association
Darby
Broadway gossip from Jack Lait column hits many stars
In a sprawling Hollywood diary, Lait lists Errol Flynn, Gloria De Haven, Sophie Tucker, Arline Judge, Mercedes Rubio, and many others in playful anecdotes. He mentions yachts, vacations, marriages, and social scenes from Atlantic City to Park Avenue, with tongue in cheek quips about publicity and fame.
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Errol Flynn
Europe
John Perona
Mediterranean
Gloria de Haven
Gloria
John Payne
Lake Tahoe
Sophie Tucker
Park Avenue
Atlantic City
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Drew Pearson
Kansas’ Darby
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John Foster Dulles
Senate
District of Columbia
Sullivan and Cromwell
Washington Gas Light Company
Potomac Electric Company
Washington Railroad and Transit Company
Capital Transit Company
Senator Dulles
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Sen. Dulles
Foreign Relations
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Alden Waitt
Army
James V. Hunt
Harry Vaughan
White House
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Waitt
Hunt
Gen. Vaughan
Gen
Vaughan
Army Evaluation Board
Douglas MacArthur
Edward T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Stotesbury
J. P. Morgan
Beil Syndicate
Jack Lait
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Arline Judge
Barney Ross
Mercedes Rubio
Spain
Baron Mihanovich
Yale
Dan Duggan
Ann Messmore
Messmore Kendall
Janet Thomas
Johnny Meyer
Gogi
Barberry Room
Johnny
Steve Stanford
Beverly Hillsbilly
Patsy
Jimmy Lydon
Pat Dane
Tommy Dorsey
Bob Lowry
Mary Jane Lansburgh
Saratoga
Belmont
John Conte
Pat Coffin
Billy Reed
Lizabeth Scott
Kermit Kegley
Dorothy Waring
Steve Doxvylion
George Wright
Nancy Lee Cushing
Vanderbilt
el Morocco
Christiania Torlonia Tuck
John L. Senior, Jr
Duke of Hamilton
Dungavel
Rudolf Hess
Lisbon
Carol
Magda
Lester Lanin
Bill Dobbs
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Angie Shea
Felicia Warburg
Warburgs
Irwin Kramer
Hotel
Kramers
Linda Christian
Adriane
Charles Skipsy
Mexico City
Farouk
Egypt
Israel
Doris Duke
Porfirio Rubirosa
Hugette Empain
Doris
George Raft
Michele Morgan
Carol Bjorkman
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Prince Victor Luftwain
Peacock Alley
Rja Atal
Jaipur
India
Bo Ne Win
Miami University
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