General Motors Slashes Auto Prices Amid Wage Cut
GM lowers car and truck prices by 10 to 150 dollars hours after a 2 cent hourly wage cut for 273000 production workers under the CIO UAW contract. GMC and Chevrolet divisions lead the cuts with varied amounts, while salaried employees lose part of the cost of living allowance for three months. Stock movement was modest as the market digested the announcements.
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General Motors
Gmcio United Auto Workers
GM Automotive
Chevrolet
GMC
Uawcio
Cadillac
New York Stock Exchange
Pontiac
Taft-Hartley repeal stalls as lawmakers seek pause
Senator Elbert Thomas asks Senate Labor to delay action on the Taft-Hartley repeal for one week to allow printing of hearing records. Senator Morse predicts no majority for the administration bill, favors a middle course, while hearings wrap up and staff prepare records amid other labor and education issues.
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Washington
Demrats
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
Rore
Senate
Thomas
National Science Foundation
Truman
Busines
French Crack Down On Reds
Paris in the crackdown eight men were picked up and brought before a military court. An editor Jacques Friedland of Regards was arrested while leaving Communist party headquarters with documents on national defense. Authorities raided offices of three Communist publications and a publishing house.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Politbureau
Central Committee
Communist Party
Defense Ministry
Jacques Friedland
Regards
FCC Proposes Comprehensive Probe Into Radio Networks
Washington reports the Federal Communications Commission calls for a long overdue comprehensive investigation of AM FM and television networks. Chairman Wayne Coy writes Senator Edwin C. Johnson that no full network inquiry has been done since 1941 to evaluate regulations, network relations with talent bureaus and recording companies, and effects on FM and television policies.
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Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Wayne Coy
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Coy
Trumpet Blows And The Raiders Vanish
Dormitory housing about 300 Augustana College coeds was raided early today by 200 masked youths during fraternity invitation week. The Woman's Building power switch was pulled plunging the room into darkness as beds furniture and clothing were scattered. Police arrived but no arrests were made and the attackers vanished after a trumpet blast.
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Rock Island
Ill
Augustana College
Bigwigs Rush To Defend ECA Aid To Britain
Washington reports Secretary of State Acheson and ECA Administrator Hoffman led a rapid push to defend a 940 million dollar Marshall Plan installment for Britain. Senate leaders said the aid will be reviewed Monday, with Connally noting aid funds are approved only when direly needed.
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Truman
Britain
State Acheson
Paul G. Hoffman
Senate
Acheson
United States
Europe
ECA
Hoffman
Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Missing pink slip triggers theft report in Richmond
Mrs. Sidney Francis reported jewelry theft after her train arrival in Richmond from Philadelphia. A platinum bar pin with sapphires a one karat diamond ring and a three quarter karat diamond were taken along with the pink luggage slip, which was missing when she unpacked.
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Richmond
Sidney Francis
Mrs. Francis
Philadelphia
Rocket Combination Soars 250 Miles Above Earth For Record
At White Sands New Mexico Brig Gen Philip G Blackmore announced a mother daughter rocket test reached 250 miles altitude and 5000 mph speed using a German V-2 with a WAC Corporal nose. The two stage launch set a new man made object height and speed record.
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White Sands
N. M
WAC
Philip G. Blackmore
White Sands Proving Ground
Army Ordnance Specialists
Blackmore
London
Antwerpt
Virginia youths held for Virginia authorities in theft spree
Two Virginia youths were held in Huntington after waiving extradition. Ferrell Seaberry of Bluefield Va., 22, and a 16 or 19 year old Hurley Va. resident admitted entering 21 vehicles in a seven block area and stealing $800 in merchandise and robbing a cab driver at Grundy. Local police arrested them as they pilfered cars on Third Avenue.
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Huntington
W. Va
Virginia
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Don Maynard
Ferrell Seaberry
Bluefield
Hurley
Maynard
Grundy
Logan
Girl 18 Cleared Of Slaying Aunt In Row
Deloris Waldo 18 was found innocent of murder in a 19 day trial. The jury deliberated about two hours after Judge Sara M. Soffell instructed them. Waldo testified she acted in self defense during a quarrel over boy friends and late hours. She denied setting her aunt Gertrude Norris 61 on fire as she lay unconscious in the basement last May.
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Pittsburgh
Deloris Waldo
Gertrude Norris
Sara M. Soffell
Judge Sets March 7 Start for Communist Leaders Trial
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina announced March 7 as the start date for actual prosecution of 11 indicted U S Communist leaders in New York. Since January 17 most court time has been defense efforts to prove jury selection is discriminatory. Medina warned the defense to halt evidence unless extension is needed, saying I’m through being fooled in this case and if you don’t like it you can lump it.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
U. S
Medina
Guilty pleas mark opening of Bulgaria Protestant trial
In Sofia two of 15 Protestant churchmen charged with treason pled guilty at the open ing of their trial amid espionage and illegal currency accusations. The Rev. Nikola Naumov and Rev. Yanko Nikolov Ivanov testified, claiming guilt for spying for the United States and Britain. The case unfolds as authorities hold 15 in jail and observers watch in court.
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Associated Press
Bulgaria
Dimiter Rishev
Mishev
Prague
United States
The
Richard Kasischke
Sofia
Austria
Nikola Naumov
Yanko Nikolov Ivanov
Naumov
Cyril Black
Bularia
Black
U. S
Princeton
Mary Stevenson Johnston
Bottled Bossy Trapped in Yukon Silo Halts Farmer’s Plans
Yukon rancher Bill Mack faces a 1400 pound Hereford cow trapped in a 40 foot high concrete silo via a 17 by 252 inch opening. Veterinarian warns against forcing her out. editor Ralph Partridge jets from Denver with secret tools to attempt a break free.
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Okla
Bossy
Bill Mack
Bill
Oklahoma
Russell Peters
Bangor
Daily Commercial
Mach
Peters
Denver
Post
Ralph Partridge
Partridge
Mack
Patridge
Continental Airlines
Belshazzar Feast Compared To Democratic Banquet Sparks Row
A Senate floor exchange over President Truman’s speech followed a Republican senator’s Belshazzar feast joke about a $100 a plate Jefferson-Jackson dinner. Pepper argued Belshazzar was a Republican king, while Langer noted wealth at the event and lacked “common people.”
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Belshazzar
Senate
Truman
Statler Hotel
Lucas
Brewster
Senator Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Baldwin
Newport
Langer
Safety Bill In House For Final Touches
Charleston West Virginia February 25 AP A mine safety bill close to final passage emerged from a tense three hour session. The House rejected a bid to reopen a vetoed amendment and adjourned toward next weekend while sending the measure to the Senate. The House also refused to back a tax plan for a $90000 veterans bonus and debated other bills including an attempt to phase in a four year medical school and chronic disease hospital. The Senate sent back a minor amendment on pay raises for delegates and senators. The session featured pledges and counterclaims over influence as lawmakers voted to liberalize unemployment benefits and to advance or block various measures.
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W. Va
House
Senate
West Virginia
Ballard R-Monroe
Dack
Taylor
D-Payette
Soa Aan
Mullins
D-Clay
Tually
Morgan
R-Upshur
Rush D. Holt
Lewis
Hampton man sues salt substitute maker for damages
Luther A. Wilder of Hampton seeks 100000 in circuit court from Foster Milburn Company and Westwood Pharmacal makers of Westsal for alleged ill effects after taking five bottles prescribed in Florida. Wilder says he suffered drowsiness and jerking and was treated for a stomach disorder. he learned of deaths linked to the product in Cleveland and Ann Arbor. Southampton Pharmacy named as a defendant for selling the substitute.
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Hampton
New York
Plco Paranama
Luther A. Wilder
Foster-Milburn Compay
Westwood Pharmacal Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
Westsal
American Medical Association
Wilder
Florida
Newport News
Missing watch key clue in Virginia magnate murder case
New Orleans police seek a Longines watch once owned by James A. Mahoney the Virginia magnate killed in a Monteleone hotel room. Acting Detective Chief John Jackson says finding the 1937 watch could crack the case while a Richmond carpenter Edwin L. Morris is detained for alibi checks. A broad-shouldered six-foot man seen with Mahoney the night before remains sought.
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James A. Mahoney
Virginia
John Jackson
Monteleone
Jackson
Richmond
Mahoney
Edwin L. Morris
Morris
Monteleone Hotel
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