President Acted Beyond Powers in Steel Seizure Ruling
U S District Judge Pine ruled President Truman exceeded constitutional bounds in seizing steel mills amid the emergency. The decision voids the seizure while urging Congress to act or invoke Taft Hartley. industry warns of irreparable plant damage as plants shut and workers strike.
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Congress
Pine
Taft
Truman
Murray
Pittsburgh
Big Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
John Murray
Steelworkers
L. S. Steel
Chicago
Gary
Consu
Joseph Short
White House
Judge Pine
Short
CIO
Sawyer
U. S
Holmes Baldridge
Ellis Arnall
U. S Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
D. A. Haley
Dallas
Tex
Reddick Faces Two Murder Counts in All-White Jury Case
The defense contests the all-white grand jury claiming discrimination as the Wright killings case proceeds. A six hour jury deliberation followed questioning by a dozen witnesses while State Attorney Ullman denies racial issues and asserts no ties to jurors.
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Reddick
Wrights
Neddick
Ullman
James Redding
Mahoney Named to Fish and Game Post
D C Mahoney is appointed to the three member Fish and Game Board alongside Richard T Cooke of Torrington and John P Montgomery of Hamden. Mahoney, a Republican and avid hunter, vows to push a strong conservation program with available funds and rejects overstocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Cooke
Torrington
John P. Montgomery
Hamden
Mahoney
Charles A. Smith Dies in Hospital
Charles A. Smith died after five months of ill health. He is survived by brothers George and Alfred Smith and two sisters Mrs Arthur Pratt of Bridgeport and Mrs Frank Rouland of Detroit. Funeral services Friday at 11 a.m. at Wilmot West and Goulding funeral home with Rev J Warren Hutchens officiating. Burial at Park Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot, West and Goulding, Inc
Lafayette Street
J. Warren Hutchens
St. John's Episcopal Church
Park Cemetery
Air France airliner shot at by Soviet jets near Berlin
Two MiG-15 fighters attacked an Air France four engine liner from Frankfurt to Berlin over the Russian zone wounding four of 17 aboard. Western Allied protests and a Russian counter protest followed as U S officials investigated.
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Berlin
U. S
Air France
Tempelhof
Germany
Frankfurt
East Germany
Leipzig
Andre Francois-Poncet
Eisenhower
Coblenz
U. S. Air Force
Vassily Chuikov
Soviet Control Commission
Elbe
Gilbert Schwallinger
Paris
Koethen
Dessau
Tax officials' loans used to fund campaigns draw scrutiny
Senator Williams exposed Internal Revenue rulings that treated large political contributions as loans, enabling tax deductions for Democratic donors. He cited Reynolds and Schulte loans to New York and New Jersey committees, urging parity for Republican contributors and immediate repayment after elections.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
Field
Internal Revenue Department
New York State
Democratic Committee
Schulte
New York
Delaware
Reynolds
Democratic State Committee of
Williams
E. I McLarney
Internal Revenue
New York State Committee
New Jersey
1 000 Are Idle by Walkout at Stanley Works
The steel walkout shut the industry again as of April 8, with 1,000 idled at Stanley Works and U S Steel plants across South Chicago Gary Lackawanna and Pittsburgh. Union leaders expected a brief stoppage while aiming to protect equipment and resume production after a resolution.
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Stanley Works
Chicago
Gary
Ind
U. S. Steel Corp
Cleveland
USW
William J. Donovan
Murray
United Steelworkers
Buffalo
Youngstown
Lackawanna
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Walter Elis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Congress
Truman
Elis
Homestead
Jones and Laughlin
Bethlehem Steel Co
Johnstown
John Murray
Nsw
Philip Murray
Big J. and L
Sne
Korea
C W. Cumpston
L. Employe
Baltimore
Glee Smith
USW International
Connecticut Eisenhower Taft caucuses split
Connecticut Eisenhower wins wide caucus support while Taft advocates claim strength. Delegates to Hartford convention will be unpledged but many towns show clear voting patterns and calls for party unity from Meade Alcorn Tage Pearson and Governor Lodge.
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Eisenhower
Connecticut
Meade Alcorn
General Eisenhower
Alcorn
Tage Pearson
Taft Committee
Taft
Pearson
Wilton
Stamford
Meriden
Greenwich
Bristol
Hartford
State Central Committee
Baldwin
Lodge
Fairfield Girl Hurt in Fall From Horse
Sally Nichols eleven daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Nichols of Haydens Hill Fairfield fell from a horse yesterday sustaining a possible skull fracture. Attendants at Norwalk hospital admitted her at 615 p m. Officials reported her condition as fair late last night. No details of the accident were available.
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Sally Nichols
Bruce Nichols
Haydens Hill Road
Fairfield
Norwalk Hospital
Airliner Missing in Brazilian Jungle With 30 Aboard
A Pan American Constellation with 30 aboard is missing after a flight from Buenos Aires to Belem. Rescue forces including U S Air Force B 50s Navy SA 16s Brazilian air force patrols Panair Do Brasil Constellation and PBY craft scour the San Francisco Uraguaya and Tocantins river region between Barreiras and Carolina. Aboard were Daniel Radersma 42 New York bound executive of Borneo Sumatra Trading.
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el Presidente
Buenos Aires
Stratocruiser
Pan American
Boeing
New York
Borneo Sumatra Trading Company
Daniel Radersma
Radersma
Eisenhower leads in early Massachusetts vote with big write-ins
In early returns from Medford and Cape Cod towns Eisenhower garners 3 302 write ins to Taft 1 966 Taft carries Dennis Eastham and Oak Bluffs Massachusetts Republicans celebrate as Edmund V Keville says results show mass voters favor Eisenhower Henry Cabot Lodge Jr calls the outcome an atomic scale political explosion and predicts a GOP victory next November
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Lot
Medford
Eisenhower
Taft
Sen
Dennis
Eastham
Cape Cod
Oak Bluffs
Edmund V. Keville
Massachusetts
Nation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Embargo Clamps Steel Supplies Amid Strike Fears
An embargo blocks steel from warehouses to protect military needs if a strike halts shipments. Auto makers and consumer durable producers face disruption while mills not affected keep normal output. A three‑man emergency committee will prioritize defense and atomic energy contracts.
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NPA
Chicks Arrive Safely Despite Soviet Ban
In Vienna a chartered KLM plane landed at Linz with 79 000 chicks, destined for Russian zone farms in Burgenland and Lower Austria. Russian occupation authorities barred landing in Vienna. Austrian trucks transported the birds to farms in time to meet 72 hour old feeding needs. Only about 700 chicks, or one percent, died en route.
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Vienna
Austria
KLM
Linz
Hartford
Death Notice for Catherine Flow Wilson in City
Catherine Flow Wilson of 15 Nermah Street died. Funeral from M J Gammon Funeral Home 515 Washington Ave with time to be announced. Friends invited to attend.
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Wilton
Catherine Flow
Wilson
Nermah St
M. J. Gammon
Washington Ave
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Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser
Inland Steel Company
Clarence Randall
Steel Company
Charles A. Smith
Schwallinger
West Berlin
Irmgard Nebel
Walter Kurth
Bad Homberg
Nebel
Soviet Zone
Robert le Paute
Roger Truffe
Tly
Tempelhof Air Base
West Germany
West
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Gates
IEE
BUSH
New Haven
GOP
Harmony
Fairfield Girl
Brazil
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