U S Efforts to Secure Steel for Military Needs
Pittsburgh harnesses a constrained steel industry as 12 percent of normal output drags on amid a 650000 strong CIO strike. White House reports progress in talks with Weirton Armco Kaiser and others while 100000 allied workers are laid off. Government seeks 500000 tons monthly defense steel and four man Murray committee to negotiate terms.
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Pittsburgh
National Defense Program
Philip Murray
CIO
White House
Weirton Steel Company
Armco
Kaiser Steel Company
Murray
American Iron and Steel Institute
Ees
Allied Industries
Lempco Products, Inc
Cleveland
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Lansing
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ing
C. F Hood
Senate Patronage Reform Scrambles Congressional Influence
A Senate fight was anticipated as Truman proposed to remove congressional input from 21,584 federal posts including 21,438 postmasterships and 94 U.S. marshal jobs. The plan shifts appointments to Postmaster General and Treasury and Attorney General, aiming for civil service reform unseen in 70 years. If not disapproved by Friday midnight, the plans take effect automatically.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Department
Civil Service
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Government Operations Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Civil Service Commission
Pollution in Alabama Killing Off Menhaden Fish
Thousands of dead menhaden coated a canal in Mobile Alabama after a sudden pollution event. Officials described a strong odor and noted that the delicate fish, prized for their oil, were heavily affected while more hardy species survived. The pollution appeared after a tributary stream was swept by sudden rain.
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Mobile
Ala
Starving Husband Stabs Wife After Meager Meal
Paris report says Robert Brusi believed in eating well. He stabbed his wife when she served only a beefsteak and six eggs. He claimed the seven seas included the Antarctic Ocean, noting the last does not exist.
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Paris
Robert Brusi
North
South Atlantic
North and
South Pacific
Indian
Arctic
Antarctic
House Likely to Side With Senate on Taft-Hartley Steel Action
The House appears ready to back the Senate in urging President Truman to use the Taft-Hartley Act to reopen strike-closed steel mills. Rep Howard W. Smith reports broad Democratic and Republican support while debate on wage, price, rent, and production controls looms.
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House
Senate
Washington
Truman
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Defense Mobilizer
CIO
United Steelworkers
Congress
Supreme Court
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Morse
R-Ore
Australians Shipping Horses to Thailand
Forty five Australian horses accompanied by stockman Pat Rice arrived in Singapore aboard the freighter Carpentaria and began an overland rail trip to Bangkok. Rice notes Thai grazing is unsuitable for horses, so mounts for the Royal Cavalry must be constantly replaced.
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Singapore
Thailand
Siam
Royal Cavalry
Carpentaria
Bangkok
Pat Rice
Flowers spur blood drive with roses in Capital
In Washington DC, florists sponsored a campaign where 3,000 red roses were handed out with cards urging recipients to donate a pint of blood at the Red Cross center. Pretty models distributed the flowers to promote the blood drive.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross Center
Old Locomotive 999 Takes New York Appearances
ROCHESTER N Y Old 999 still busy visiting fairs and community events in black and gold paint ceremonially reviving historic fame. The retired speed queen of the rails, once queen of the New York Central, boasts a record of 112 percent miles an hour set in 1893 that still stands.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York Central
Ocean Water Salt Content
About four to six percent of ocean water is salt. The fact indicates salinity levels in marine environments and helps explain seawater density and ocean chemistry.
Radio and TV Libel Protection Bill Advances
A Senate House conference moved a bill to shield radio and TV stations from libel suits over political candidate broadcasts and to bar unequal rates. The measure requires equal airtime for opponents and bans censorship of speeches, while allowing newspaper publishers to seek licenses on equal terms with others.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Senate House
House
Horan
R-Wash
Senate
Federal communications bill on political speeches debated
A bill to shield radio and TV stations from liability for defamatory political statements prompts House objections. Critics warn the clause invites vicious campaigns while supporters say broadcasters cannot foresee defamatory remarks and can cut speeches off air. under current law, damages suits remain possible.
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Federal Communication Commission
House
Dondero
R-Mich
West Berlin Newsmen Freed After Kidnap by Reds
Two West Berlin newspapermen, held by Communist police for a week, were released on Tuesday. No explanation was given for their detention.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Reds
Pool proposal near Oakland Ave sparks town debate
Baldy Talkin imagines wading pools and playgrounds on both town sides with sub fire stations, suggesting firemen supervise year round and wondering how to lure kids from pools when fires call. He weighs safety, access, and community benefits in a playful town discussion.
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Oakland Ave
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U.S Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Strik
By Joe Hall
Alabama
Lane
Rexall Drug Store
Lincoln
Neb
Walter Anderson, Sr
Denver
New York
St.Joseph Aspirin
Ron Eniu
Maclaren
E. Bridge St
Gildners
Austin
Bill
Baldy
Stevensons
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