Republic Steel Chief denounces Kaiser deal in blast furnace transfer
Charles M. White, president of Republic Steel, denounced a 28 million dollar government lease transfer of the Cleveland blast furnace to Kaiser-Frazer as a stinking deal. He testified before congressional panels, claiming big losses over a decade from pig iron supply and accusing officials of misleading statements. Kaiser-Frazer will operate under a 20 year lease after August 31, with government approval pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Ohio
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
White
Jess Larson
War Assets Administration
Republic
Kaiser-Frazer
Senate Small Business Committee
House Executive Expenditures
WAA
K-F
Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
California
Larson
Raymond L. Collier
Gray Iron Foundry
Kaiser- Frazer
K-T
Trapped with Five Snakes Survives Pit Ordeal
Fred J. Snow, a Boonville contractor, was trapped in a dry cesspool in Winston-Salem on August 25. Five copperheads slithered toward him as he worked, and he killed four before a fifth lunged. He dropped the weapon, struck it down, and escaped the pit with unfinished work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
Fred J. Snow
Boonville
Snow
Air Force probes fatal Hickam crash killing 16
An eight member Air Force board investigates the Superfortress crash at Hickam Field after takeoff from Barber's Point. Tail gunner Sgt. Donald Kienholz and Sgt. Harry Larsen survived the blaze and aided others, while four crew members were too badly hurt to interview. The bomber from the 98th group had engine trouble and failed to land, striking a parked transport plane as witnesses described a massive fire. The board will question survivors about why the pilot did not attempt to land on the shortened runway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Air Force
Hickam Field
Donald Kienholz
Pasco
Wash
Kienholz
Harry C. Larsen
Los Angeles
Francisco Billenbeck
el Paso
Tex
Pfc
Halbert L. Pittman
Calipatria
Calif
Billenbeck
Pittman
98Th
Spokane
Barber's Point
Okinawa
Municipal
Hickam
Pursuit Reverses As Police Car Is Taken On Chase
In Spencer West Virginia two cars chased along a Roane County highway. A police car with siren active became the pursued when a stranger tried to ram it. Deputy Ross Adams and two officers pursued for about three miles until the other car halted. Driver James Arthur Williams Jr of Charleston was jailed and fined $50 for driving while drunk the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
James Arthur Williams, Jr
Charleston
NLRB seeks heavy fine on printers union
Washington Aug. 25 The National Labor Relation Board Prosecuting Office asks a federal court in Indianapolis to hold the International Typographical Union in contempt for defying a March injunction. If granted, a large fine could hit the union treasury. Robert N. Denham cited continued closed shop practices in negotiations with newspaper employers, a tougher stance under the Taft Hartley Act. The injunction arose from a suit by the American Newspaper Publishers Association for more than 800 papers, with similar action by the Printing Industry of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relation Board
International Topographical Union
Indianapolis
Treasury
Robert N. Denham
Jack G. Evans
Cincinnati
ITU
Luther M. Swygert
Denham
Printers’ Union
American Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Printing Industry of America
New Controls Hinted For Oil and Steel Markets
President Truman signaled possible mandatory priorities under a new law for oil and steel if armed services still lack. The National Security Resources Board reported current voluntary allocations meet needs, but failure to cooperate could trigger mandatory orders and seizure ofFacilities to secure scarce goods for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Truman
National Security Resources Board
Office Eases Draftee Rush With Marriage License Hope
Cumberland Maryland August 25 The Allegany circuit clerk office was flooded with youths seeking marriage licenses after news married men would be exempt from the peace time draft. Scott William Miller 75 Pittsburgh applied for a license to wed Emma Grieninger 62 Pittsburgh marking a rare orderly act amid the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Allegany Circuit
Scott William Miller
Pittsburgh
Emma Grieninger
Virginia states rights Democrats seek aid in Virginia
Charlottesville August report shows Virginia states rights Democrats courting liberal wings of the state Democratic Party while denying commitments. Frank P. Burton Jr says Miller-Hutchinson organization may back them though no pledge to Thurmond Wright is made. D. Paul Getty discusses with Burton as Hutchinson warns Dixiecrats will face Republicans. Miller backs Truman-Barkley but opposes federal civil rights enforcement, opposing using states rights to deny civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Virginia
States Rights Democrats
Democratic Party
Frank P. Burton, Jr
Old Dominion
Miller-Hutchinson
Thurmond- Wright
Burton
D. Paul Getty
Virginia States Rights Executive Committee
Richmond
Martin A. Hutchinson
Col
Francis P. Miller
Hutchinson
Col. Miller
Miller
Truman-Barkley
National Democratic Party
Mississippi Democrats Renominate Rankin in Primary
In Jackson Mississippi the Democratic Party renominated its congressional delegation to new terms in a one party state. Rep John E Rankin won his 15th term in the first district by about 5000 votes more than his two opponents combined as the four incumbents faced opposition in yesterday s primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
John E. Rankin
Soviet Curtain Over Berlin Grows As Pieck Pushes Occupation
Berlin reports say Wilhelm Pieck addressed 3,000 at a Soviet backed socialist unity party rally urging Western forces to leave Berlin. He accused the United States of wrecking postwar Germany, seeking a long military presence and turning the Ruhr into a attack springboard against Russia. The Soviets extended their blockade to suppress Western press and attacked the elected city government. American officials noted a German wounded by East Zone police in U. S. occupied territory was used as intelligence, with two names given. Western officials doubt a four power Berlin currency conference will succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
United States
Socialist Unity Party
Wilhelm Pieck
America
U. S
Ruhr
Russia
Pieck
ADN
Nuernberg
Coburg
Score
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
George Salwiczcek
Erich Lutz
Lutz
Erlangen
Stalin
Moscow
Alexander Kotikov
Kotikov
Communist Socialist Unity Party
Yugos Launch Row With Romanian Reds
Yugoslavia accuses Romania of insulting Tito regime and seeking revolt. Belgrade provides a formal note to the Romanian ambassador, naming Ana Pauker as a leading figure in Cominform vilification. The dispute follows Cominform's July verdict and a surfaced report of a former Yugoslav army chief shot during an attempt to flee to Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Romania
Tito
Marshal Tito
Stanoje Simic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ana Pauker
Jito
Cominform
Moscow
2500 U S Soldiers Sail for Britain to Service B 29 Fleet
The air force announced 2500 maintenance personnel will depart Sept. 1 for England to support American B 29 aircraft and transport ships used in the Berlin airlift. Headquarters will be at Burtonwood wartime depot in Lancashire. Recruited from the 59th Air Depot at Griffiss AFB New York and from MATS weather and communications service. The move aims to supply facilities, spare parts and maintenance for aircraft in Operation Vittles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
England
Burtonwood
Lancashire
U. S. Air Force
59Th Air Depot
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
N. Y
Weather and Communications Service
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Berlin
Mercer Woman With Four Tots Halts Wedding
An Athens road woman and her four children halted her husband George W. Bowen’s planned second wedding in Binghamton New York. Bowen 36, a painter, faced non support charges and remained jailed while his first wife and family traveled from Mercer County to stop the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Road
New York State
Binghampton
N. Y
Irma A. Bowen
George W. Bowen
Bowen
Kee Street Methodist Church
L. E. Yost
Binghamton Sun
U S Avoids Quick Action On Russ Note
Washington reports Russia shutters consulates and the United States may accept Moscow's closure of the Vladivostok consulate. Secretary Marshall says no rush to respond as Lomakin, New York consul general, loses credentials for abuses in the Kasenkina case. President Truman acts independently, revoking Lomakin's exequatur while awaiting translation of the Russian note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Marshall
United States
Moscow
Vladivostok
New York
San Francisco
Truman
Jacob M. Lomakin
White House
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Charles G. Ross
Lomakin
Ross
U. S
Widow carries ten thousand dollars stuck to clothes
Atlanta August 25 a 60 year old widow Ina Mae Smith a former music teacher carried 10519 50 pinned in clothing police found cash in various denominations including three one thousand bills and thirty six hundred dollar notes Acting Recorder Frank A White ordered a mental examination Police chief Herbert Jenkins said the money would be kept pending orders Smith claimed life savings since age five and valued it at forty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ina Mae Smith
Walrus
Wea Vous
Frank A. White
Dewey Replies to Critics on Education Policy
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey defended his educational policy amid attacks over remarks about the teachers’ lobby. From his Pawling farm, he touted New York’s rise to the world’s highest teachers wages and an 80 percent increase in state aid for common schools, tying it to the new 200 million dollar state university system. Aides said the statement also counters charges about his handling of educational matters and referenced a Portsmouth governors’ conference remark on curbing teachers’ lobby pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Dewey
Portsmouth
N. H
AFL Officials Shape Campaign For Truman
Chicago, Aug. 25. The American Federation of Labor declined to back any presidential candidate officially. Yet, some AFL officials formed a private committee to support the Truman-Barkley ticket. The federation reaffirmed its policy against endorsements while George M. Harrison of the railway clerks announced the Truman-Barkley committee with federation president William Green at a news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Federation of Labor Today
AFL
Truman- Barkley
George M. Harrison
Truman-Barkley Committee
William Green
Witnesses Scrap As Spy Probers Hurl Questions
Washington August 25 AP Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers face to face in congressional spy hearings trading charges and denials about a pre war red underground in Washington Both accused and accuser brought conflicting tales before the House Un American Activities Committee The hearing extended into the night with questions about sanity perjury and possible mental illness as the two men clashed under bright lights and cameras and one witness asked to protect his family from possible threats
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Congressional
House
UN American Activities Committee
Chambers
Hiss
Rep. Nixon
Calif
Nixon
Communist Party
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Baltimore
Committee
George Crosley
Man Cashes Paycheck Stubs In Double theft Case
Zelna Ray faced city court on two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses after police said he cashed his weekly paycheck and the stub on two occasions. The red-faced individuals who accepted the stubs recalled the deception only after the payments bounced, with the scheme cited as an example of high living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Zelna Ray
Escape Motive Stated By Mrs Kasenkina At Soviet Consulate
New York August 25 Mrs Oksana Kasenkina a 52 year old former chemistry teacher who taught Soviet children in the United States says she jumped from a third floor window of the Soviet consulate to escape She said she did not want to return to Russia and had been scheduled to sail home in July but did not board the ship She was injured and lying in Roosevelt Hospital she adds Soviet officials pressured her to say certain things during an interview and she expressed discontent with Stalin era policies including the Soviet regime Her husband fate and her son’s death in 1942 at Leningrad were mentioned in her account
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Moscow
United States
Russia
Washington
New York
Amtorg Trading Corporation
State Department
Oksana S. Kasenkina
Lomakin
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
America
Storm Troopers
Leningrad
Pennsy Rail Line To Launch Building Plans
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a 216700366 building program the largest in its history. President Martin W. Clement outlines a plan for future trains with playrooms movies lounges and climate control. The program would cost more than the government spent on Boulder Dam and the Alaskan Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Martin W. Clement
PRR
Clement
U. S
Boulder Dam
Soviet vice consul leaves U S for good
Jersey City Aug 25 Soviet vice consul in New York Zot I Chepurnykh sailed for Russia on a Soviet freighter. He told reporters he was going for good as he left the New York consulate. He was later seen aboard the Govoray at a Jersey City pier before the ship sailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Zot I. Chepurnykh
New York
Russia
la Guardia Field
Govoray
Plan Closing Of U S Consulates in Soviet Cities
U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith met advisers in Moscow on closing the Vladivostok consulate and the planned Leningrad post. The Soviet government ordered the closure of its New York and San Francisco consulates and withdrew permission for a U S consulate in Leningrad, with Scott Lyon handling the Siberian Post closure. Consul Oscar Holder and his wife were en route to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U. 8
Walter Bedell Smith
Vladivostok
Smith
U. S. State Department
Leningrad
State Department
Jacob Lomakin
New York
San Francisco
U. S
Siberian
Scott Lyon
Columbus
Ohio
Lyon
Oscar Holder
Elmira
N. Y
Kentuckian 82 to wed widow 68 in Louisville
Charles S. Shartzer 83 and Mrs. Mary Alda Shartzer 68 announced plans for a Sunday wedding in Louisville. Charles is widower of Mary's sister and Mary is widow of Charles' brother. Mrs. John A. Craig, Mary's daughter, will be best man and matron of honor at the Craig home ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Charles S. Shartzer
Mary Alda Shartzer
Charles
Mary
John A. Craig
Craig
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Mercer
Mercer County
Hazel Babcock
Fort Christian Church
Broome County
Mewsmen
Pennsy
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