Steel Reopens Pay Talks With CIO In Steel Pact
Pittsburgh dispatch reports United States Steel Corp along with Jones and Laughlin and Republic agreeing to resume bargaining with the CIO United Steelworkers. The step follows White House praise and a 11 cent hourly package for company paid insurance and pensions, with wage demands reduced to align with the presidential board plan.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
CIO
United Steelworkers
America
United States Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
Republic
US Steel
Truman
Mr. Truman
USW
Benjamin F. Fairless
Philip Murray
Hospital Doctors Say Ross Insane
A panel of seven state doctors and two consultants ruled Dr. Lloyd I. Ross of San Antonio remains insane after nearly three months at the Austin State Hospital. Ross, condemned to death for the May 25, 1947 killing of Mrs. Gertrude York, escaped the electric chair when ruled insane in La Grange. He was committed June 17, and a formal report on his condition will be sent to District Judge J. R. Fuchs within 90 days. The decision governs his detention length under Texas law.
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Lloyd I. Ross
San Antonio
Austin State Hospital
Ross
Willard York
Gertrude York
Comal
22Nd District Court
la Grange
Harvard
Hanretta
H. F. Bolding
J. R. Fuchs
Texas
True Love and July Fourth in Texas Birth Name List
A quirky archival note lists unusual legal birth names registered with the State Health Department. Names include True Love, July Fourth, Hoover low mood, Garlic, V8, and others such as Castor Old Hardtimes Evil Angel Panicky Ann NRA Yale Lock Mercy Me and Sample.
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Texas
Garlic
Hoover
State Health Department Bureau of Vital Statistics
Castor
Old Hardtimes
Evil
Angel
Florence Tot Admitted To Brackenridge Polio Ward
One new polio patient was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital Tuesday while the ward count remained unchanged as another patient was dismissed. Wayne Prainor, 3, son of Mrs Helen Prainor of Florence, entered the polio ward in the afternoon in good condition. Ronnie Peterson, 4, of 909 Taulbee Lane, was released from the ward the same day.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Wayne Prainor
Helen Prainor
Florence
Ronnie Peterson
Taulbee Lane
Governor Blames Media for Miscasting Peace Officers
Texas Governor Allan Shivers told the 56th conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police that movies radio programs and detective novels distort the public view of police. He praised policing as a science and urged a professional, educated corps for law enforcement.
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Dallas
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Angry Lewis Threatens Strike Against Southern Coal Mines
In a Washington report, top Communist officials met at Beacon New York with three Moscow representatives to discuss the party line. Maurice Malkin, Brooklyn native and former official, testified that the group discussed United Nations focus and a stronger line while three unidentified Comintern agents attended the Beacon session.
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Lewis
Southern
Washington
Moscow
Beacon
N.Y
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On
Maurice Malkin
Brooklyn
Malkin
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Communist Party
United Nations
Comintern
Communist International
United States
Operators Withhold Payment From Miner Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis threatens a strike against Southern coal operators withholding welfare fund payments. The dispute centers on payments to the United Mine Workers welfare fund, with negotiations due in Bluefield, W Va, and White Sulphur Springs, W Va, as Lewis faces a three day work week and pressure to secure a new contract.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
National Coal Association
Lewis
New York
Francis
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Huntington
W. Va
South
Welfare Fund
John C. Gall
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern Association
Bluefield
Northern
Western
White Sulphur Springs
Southern
John Owens
Brooklyn, St Louis Score In NL Action As Kiner Sparks Pirates
Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 6-3 and St Louis beat New York 1-0 to stay in pace in the National League. Ralph Kiner homered twice powering Pittsburgh to an 11-6 win. Boston stopped Detroit 7-4 ending a 10 game skid. District 14AA stats released and Texas Tech eyes Texas clash after 20 lettermen listed. Betsy Rawls eliminated by Dorothy Kielty in national amateur golf.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Boston
Red Sox
Detroit
Austin
Corpus Christ
Texas Tech
Texas
Betsy Rawls
Dorothy Kielty
US Officer and Civilian Freed from Soviet Zone
In Berlin on September 13, US Air Force Major Victor Milner Jr and his father, a Hollywood cameraman, were freed after arrest Saturday in the Soviet zone. They were escorted by American patrols from the border to Hersfeld and reported to be in good health and well treated.
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Berlin
US Air Force
Victor Milner Jr
Milners
Kronberg Castle
Hersfeld
Frankfurt
US Army
Coburg
Hof
Wartha
Hershfeld
Milner
J. P. Hodges
Military Security Board
Italy
Major Milner
Soviet Zone
Truman backed candidate trails in 26th District race
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on September 13 a Democrat backed by President Truman trails a Republican Navy veteran in the special 26th district race to fill the seat left by a plane crash death. Early returns show John P Saylor leading Mrs Robert L Coffey Sr across 117 of 325 precincts.
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Johnstown
Truman
John P. Saylor
Robert L. Coffey Sr
Saylor
Coffey
Cambria
Indiana
Armstrong
Ambassadors Say West Europe Ready to Fight If Armed
Four U S ambassadors testified that Western European nations would defend freedom if armed, though they warned today’s defense cannot halt an attack without U S weapons. They cited France Britain Belgium Luxembourg Holland Norway and others moving toward a common defense to deter aggression.
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Congress
Europe
Washington
Western Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Bruce
France
Ambassador Douglas
London
Ambassador Bay
Norway
Dunn
Italy
Douglas
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Western
Earliest in 50 years cool front hits Texas
Central Texas felt a first fall chill with a cool front reaching the state. Austin dipped to the low sixties after a 7 degree drop and a 15 mph north wind. The front cooled many areas with some places reaching 40s to 50s in the Panhandle and North Texas, with light rain possible Wednesday.
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Texas
Austin
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
North Texas
Central Texas
Oklahoma Accident Fatal to Austin Man
Oscar H. Sussdorf a 73 year old Austin man was killed Tuesday night when struck by an automobile on US Highway 183 near Hobart Oklahoma He had boarded the wrong bus in Oklahoma City and was en route to New Braunfels Texas and Ardmore Oklahoma The body will be sent to Austin for funeral services under Hylton Manor Funeral Home Survivors include a son Walter and four daughters as well as four brothers and two sisters across several states
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Oscar H. Sussdorf
Austin
Hobart
Okla
Floyd Morrison
Hobart Union
Sussdorf
Oklahoma City
New Braunfels
Ardmore
Morrison
Hylton Manor
Walter Sussdorf
Three Rivers, Mich
Arnold Sussdorf
Alma Gold
Denver
Colo
Ed. Renker
Doak Walker Injury Rumor Sparks Sprint of Denials
In Dallas SMU officials deny Doak Walker breaking his arm after an anxious fan report. Lester Jordan says Walker left for practice with two good arms and legs, and Pop Morgan notes Walker passed by waving as speculation ends.
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Dallas
Associated Press
Doak Walker
Lester Jordan
Southern Methodist
Doak
Pop Morgan
Athletic Department
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Dr. Ross
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Fred A. Roff
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