Living Cost Index Hits Highest Yet
Washington AP reports the government cost of living index rose to a May 15 peak of 185.4 relative to the 1935-39 average, marking the highest reading and signaling wage escalator effects for 1.2 million railroad workers with a July 1 bump. Food prices edged up across many cities while some late May declines hint at a possible dip in the mid-June report.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Wage Stabilization Board
Labor Statistics Bureau
Chrysler to lay off 20000 workers under new limits
Chrysler Corporation announced that new government restrictions on civilian material use beginning July 1 will force layoffs of 20,000 of its 127,000 production and salaried employees. A spokesman said about 2,500 have already left payroll and 15,000 more will be affected by week’s end.
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Detroit (Lp
Chrysler Corporation
Heidt Yodelers Face Neighbor Pushback Over Zoning
Horace Heidt and his six acre Sherman Oaks estate drew local protest as 56 residents signed a petition opposing rezoning for commercial use. Heidt said the property serves as a school to train youth talent and the City Planning Commission held decision until July 8.
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Los Angeles
Horace Heidt
Sherman Oaks
Heidt
City Planning Commission
Atlantic and Gulf Ship Strike End Reached After Talks
United Press reports shipping on the Atlantic and Gulf coast resumed Wednesday after a 111 day maritime strike ended. The CIO Marine Engineers Benevolent Association swapped terms with shipowners on hiring halls and contract inequities and urged members to man 200 ships ready for sea. Earlier, the National Maritime Union and the American Radio Association reached agreements with shippers.
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United Press
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
CIO Marine Engineers Benevolent Association
CIO
National Maritime Union
American Radio Association
Oil Pumping Halted at Big Field in Iran
In southern Iran the Aghajari field stopped crude oil pumping after Anglo-Iranian Oil Co withdrew tankers. British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd said Abadan refinery may run 10 to 14 days more before storage runs out as tension grows over evacuations and the Mauritius cruiser stationing near Abadan.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Francis Shepherd
Aghajari
Abadan
Bandar Mashur
Shepherd
Britain
Mauritius
Iraq
Acheson Rules Out U S Iran Intervention
Secretary of State Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee there is no thought of U S intervention in Iran. He said active intervention is not contemplated, with or without congressional authority.
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Washington
State Acheson
U.S
Iran
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hancher Declines NYU Chancellorship Offer
University of Iowa president Virgil M. Hancher states he will not pursue the NYU chancellorship or any other presidency. He notes informing NYU and another un named university of his decision after widespread reports. Hancher mentions ten years at Iowa and the offer details cited as $30,000 at NYU and his current $16,000 salary.
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Iowa City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
New York University
N.Y.U
Hancher
Iowa
NYU
Wholesale Food Prices Decline This Week
New York AP report shows the Dun and Bradstreet food index slipping slightly to 7.02 from 7.07, while remaining 16 percent higher than the level at the outbreak of the Korean war a year earlier.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
U.S. Combat Casualties in Korea Reach 76 749
Defense department reports 76 749 American combat casualties in Korea as of Wednesday, up 3 145 from a week ago. The total includes 12 670 deaths, 51 919 wounded, 10 680 missing, 159 captured, plus 1 321 previously missing found.
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Washington
Defense Department
Assured of A Bomb At Yalta
Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves testifies that President Roosevelt was advised before Yalta in 1945 that the atomic bomb would likely succeed with 99 percent certainty. Groves and War Secretary Stimson reportedly provided the assurance. Groves confirms the statement.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Roosevelt
Yalta
Groves
War Stimson
Senate
Sen. Hickenlooper
Stimson
White House
Grove
Missing Poison Barrel Located in Geneva Ohio
A barrel marked Poison containing sodium cyanide was found near Geneva Ohio ending days of alert. It had rolled from an Indiana bound truck on U S Route 20 near here and was reportedly loaded by a truck driver who took it home.
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Geneva
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Here
Cedar Rapids Woman Rescued After Fall From First Avenue Bridge
A Cedar Rapids woman, Mrs Marvin Tinkham, 42, was pulled from the Cedar River after falling from the east end of the First Avenue bridge. Patrolman Murphy Davis and a fisherman helped her from chest-deep water near the Second Avenue bridge. She was treated at Mercy hospital for a sprained ankle and elbow injury and released.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Marvin Tinkham
Mt. Vernon Road
Tinkham
Murphy Davis
Davis
Ray Murdock
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hospital strike hits Minneapolis scales back surgeries
Service employees from Local 113 AFL Public Building Service union walked out at Abbot, Northwestern and Parkview hospitals in Minneapolis. The walkout could spread to nine more facilities in the city and St. Paul as dispute over working conditions led to sick calls and critical reductions in services with volunteers stepping in to maintain care.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
AFL
Public Building
Tvice Union
Abbott
Northwestern
Parkview
Northwestern Hospital
Korean War Casualty List Details 299 New American Losses
The Defense Department on Wednesday identified 299 additional American casualties in Korea. The 339th casualty list reports 33 dead, 235 wounded, seven injured and 24 missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
July Cattle Quota Raised 10 Percent for July
The government raised July cattle slaughter quotas 10 percent over June to boost beef supplies. Hog quotas drop about 10 percent, and calves sheep and lamb quotas rise 5 percent. Slaughterers may add up to 15 percent to meet military and civilian demand.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Diet of Raw Meat Leads to Divorce
In Chicago, Mrs. Josephine Defranza 36 won a divorce from Dominick Defranza 36 on cruelty grounds. She testified he fed their 8 year old son raw meat as a reward for solving hard arithmetic, insisting the meal build the boy’s brain and forcing the child to crouch if he failed to finish.
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Chicago
Josephine Defranza
Dominick
Defranza
Donald
Luciano II Dope Boss Named by Federal Agent
Federal narcotics agent Charles Siragusa testified before a Senate crime committee that Charles "Lucky" Luciano acts as the kingpin of the international drug trade with operatives in the United States and Italy. He urged harsher laws and citizenship cancellations for naturalized suspects, flagging Mafia involvement and U.S. Italian cooperation in the crackdown.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Charles
Lucky” Luciano
United States
Italy
Charles Siragusa
Luciano
U.S
New York
Siragusa
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
U. S
Mafia
Joseph C. Billick Missing in Korea
Cpl. Joseph C. Billick aged 37, son of Mrs. John Corcoran of 1620 First Avenue NE, is reported missing in action in Korea as of May 13. An 18 year army veteran, Billick arrived in Tokyo January 1, 1950 and went to Korea at the war’s outbreak. He previously served in World War II in Germany and Japan with Company B, Thirty-Eighth Infantry Regiment. Born in Monticello, he was a Monticello High School graduate.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph C. Billick
John Corcoran
First Avenue
Korea
Cpl
Billick
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Thirty-Eighth Infantry Regiment
Monticello
Man About Town Nabbed for Thefts
New York AP report says Arthur Chesler, 34, self styled actor artist, robbed the Jean Schlumberger shop twice totaling 220000 in gems. He returned a third time but a private detective foiled him. a Panana hat tied to him. Accomplice Thomas Keenan, 28, was arrested for receiving stolen goods. The gems were not recovered.
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New York
Arthur Chesler
Jean Schlumberger, Inc
Chesler
Thomas Keenan
Keenan
Brooklyn Dodgers Beat Giants 10-4 in Big Innings
Brooklyn Dodgers toppled the New York Giants 10-4 as four runs in the fourth inning and six in the sixth powered the win. The contest featured the league leaders en route to the decisive victory.
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NEW York
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Reds Begin Fresh Korean Drive As buildup moves east
Tokyo AP reported Reds shifted from one Korea buildup area to another while pouring new troops and supplies into a second center near Kum Song and Yonchon. U N officers warned of possible July strikes, and Chinese screening tightened as front lines saw increased artillery fire and grenade clashes.
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Tokyo
Korea
U. N
Uijongbu
Seoul
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
Kumsong
Inje
Yonchon
Mrs. Ryan Named By Governor to Conservation Post
Gov Beardsley appoints Mrs Mary Patricia Ryan to the State Conservation Commission for a term ending June 30 1955 to fill the unexpired term of Mrs David Kruidenier. Ryan active in youth work and conservation. interim appointment pending Senate approval.
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Des Moines
Beardsley
Mary Patricia Ryan
Underwood
State Conservation Commission
Ryan
David Kruidenier
Dallas Center
Kruidenier
Iowa Senate
A. S. Workman
Glenwood
Senate
Board of Architectural Examiners
Arthur Ebeling
Davenport
William L. Perkins
Osceola
Roy Hawkins
Leon
William Jervis
Clarence Chapman
Albia
A. E. Erskine
Ottumwa
William G. DeJong
Keokuk
Dr. M. A. Royal
H. A. Schmidt
Stuart
Howard E. Kelly
Denison
Probers Assert America United in Readiness
The Senate MacArthur inquiry panel said America stands united in readiness to defend itself against forces threatening world peace and freedoms. The statement warned Russia not to view the MacArthur ouster controversy as US division or weakness.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur Inquiry Committee
America
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Russell
D-Ga
Russia
MacArthur
U. S
Envoy Kirk Talks With Moscow On Korea Cease Fire
U S envoy Alan G Kirk met with Andrei Gromyko in Moscow to discuss the proposed Korean cease fire while Western diplomats doubted Moscow would back a strong peace plan. Secretary Acheson urged phased withdrawal of all foreign troops after an armistice and emphasized Chinese pullback beyond the Yalu as key to acceptance. U N Secretary General Lie rushed back from Norway to push cease fire talks.
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United Nations
W.Y
West
Moscow
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Kirk
Washington
Eddy Gilmore
Jacob A. Malik
38Th Parallel
Acheson
Yalu River
Korea
Nasrallah Entezam
U.N. Assembly
Malik
U.N
Trygve Lie
Norway
Lie
New York
Kremlin
Internal Revenue Chieftain Quits
Washington AP reports George J. Schoeneman resigned as commissioner of internal revenue and President Truman appointed John B. Dunlap of Texas to succeed him. Dunlap has long been a leading government investigator of income tax returns of gamblers and racketeers.
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Washington
George J. Schoeneman
Internal Revenue
Truman
John B. Dunlap
Texas
Dunlap
Commissioner of
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