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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1949

Page

12

Steel union demands prompt bargaining spark strike threat

Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers threatens a strike on September 25 1949 over precondition that the Presidential Steel Board recommendations be accepted before bargaining. United States Steel vows to resume negotiations and join a joint pension study by March 1 1950 with a contributory social insurance plan, offering up to four cents per hour.

CSO United States Steel

Jealous widow jailed after rancher’s murder in Palm Springs

Sophia Petrillo widow of Peter Petrillo 38 admits shooting him three times as he fled to a hotel room with Alma Ross Prima former wife of Louis Prima Police booked Petrillo 35 on murder suspicion and planned Riverside County jail questioning by DA William Mackey Peters married in 1944 at Reno Nevada Petrillo formerly managed Bar H Ranch Palm Springs club scene

Palm Springs Calif Sophia Petrillo Alma Ross Prima Louis Prima August G. Kettmann Petrillo Peter Petrillo Kettmann

Nevada Jail Escapee Caught by FBI Agents

FBI agents arrested Jack Tatum 27 in Arizona after he escaped Minden Nevada jail on August 13. Tatum was taken at a Florence Junction service station and faced Nevada California parole violation charges for jail break and auto theft. He reportedly sawed his way out using saws smuggled in a thermos bottle.

Phoenix Ariz Federal Bureau of Investigation Jack Tatum Minden Nev Tatum Florence Junction Here William A. Murphy FBI Nevada California Murphy

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