Murray harshly denounces steel industry at union convention
Philadelphia CIO President Philip Murray urged 3000 delegates to demand a 26 cent wage rise for United Steelworkers, accusing steel firms of deception and defying common decency. He warned of possible strikes, criticized taxpayer funded advertising, and called for repeal of the Taft-Hartley act as a top labor goal.
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Philadelphia
CIO
Philip Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
United Steelworkers
Murray
United States
NAM urges end to wage price controls to boost production
The National Association of Manufacturers told Congress that wage price curbs fail to curb inflation and hamper production. NAM president William J. Grede urged a return to free market rules and asked lawmakers to let the defense production act expire as scheduled on June 30.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
NAM
William J. Grede
House Banking Committee
Radar failure cited in Wasp Hobson collision testimony
Bayonne New Jersey reports capture of Captain Burnham C McCaffree's testimony on the World War Two era carrier Wasp. He said radar failed shortly before the collision with destroyer Hobson which sank costing 176 lives. He described reliance on visual observation under red truck lights before impact.
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Bayonne
N. J
Hobson
McCaffree
Wasp
Japan to Seek United Nations Membership
Tokyo reports that Premier Yoshida and his cabinet have decided to apply for U N membership and will present the request to parliament. If approved it moves to the U N in New York with potential veto considerations by a Security Council member. Russia’s non recognition of Japan’s independence is noted as a possible veto.
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Tokyo
U. N
Foreign Office
Akira Miyazaki
Shigeru Yoshida
New York
Miyazaki
Security Council
Japan
Russia
Boy 13 Seeks Generals Parade Fails On Washington Trip
John Arzoomian of New York rode to Washington with army gear and a $14, aiming to learn from a real general. Police picked him up at a bus station at 4 30 am. He was held by the juvenile squad after marching to the station with his rifle and kit. He had a plan to deposit $200, but his father says he loves army stuff.
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Washington
John Arzoomian
New York
John
Pentagon
G.I
McDermott
MrDermott
Leral
Reds Extend Road Barrier Near Berlin
Russian forces blocked both ends of the Berlin Helmstedt autobahn trapping Allied patrols for five days. American officials said eastbound traffic was turned back at Helmstedt while western end patrols continued. The U S army convoy out of Berlin was allowed through and civilian traffic moved normally along the 110 mile road.
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Berlin
Herlin
Helmstedt Autobahn
Helmstedt
U. S. Army
Bridge Designer Allston Dena Dies at 87
Harrisburg reports the death of Allston Dena 87 a prominent bridge designer and the grandson of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who died Monday of a heart attack prompting tributes from engineering and literary communities.
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Harrisburg
Allston Dena
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Government cites war state in seizure case at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments over the steel seizure with the administration arguing wartime necessity to keep mills in operation while the steel companies claim their property and bargaining power were bypassed. Solicitor General Perlman pressed that the nation’s existence was at stake. John W. Davis countered that the seizure was unlawful and tantamount to trespass. The justices pressed questions about damages and Taft Hartley consequences as the session stretched into overtime.
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Davis
John W. Davis
Supreme Court Chamber
Truman
Washington
Supreme Court
Philip B. Perlman
Death List Terrorizes Hill People in Sardinia
In Orgosolo, Sardinia, 19 of 35 names on a church wall death list have been killed since April 1950. Survivors live in fear as police remain baffled. authorities suspect bandit betrayals linked to arrests earlier this year.
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Cagliare
Sardinia
UPJ
Orgosolo
Orgoéolo
Giovanni Battista Liandru
Peppino Secci
Secci
Orgesolo
Liandru
City panel weighs dog ban in parks over public worry
Chicago committee on forestry debated a proposal to bar dogs from parks and playgrounds. Alderman Mathew Bieszczat warned the measure could bar officials from parks in the future.
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Chicago
City Council
Mathew Bieszczat
Locust Plague Threatens Food Supply Across 15 Nations
In a FAO report from Rome the worst desert locust plague in a century devastates food supply across 15 Asian and African nations. Swarms threaten Iraq to Pakistan with billions of insects. Russia joins efforts to halt spread. airlifts and spraying units are deployed by FAO, Britain, and regional allies amid widespread infestation from Eritrea to Jordan and Egypt.
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Rome
Asia
Africa
Iraq
Pakistan
Russia
FAO
Fuissians
Iran
India
Bombay
Jodhpur
Royal Air Force
Kingdom of
Jordan
French Somaliland
Eritrea
Sudan
Aden
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Kuwait
Egypt
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Boy runs away to seek excitement flies small plane
Ronnie Gregorec, 13, fled Joliet for Moline seeking excitement. He tried to fly a small plane from a Quad Cities flying service, ground looping in a cross wind, attracting airport attention. State police detained him and he was held in county jail until his parents picked him up.
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Moline
Ronnie Gregorec
Joliet
Sheriff Morris
Mukteman
Quad Cities
Ronnie
Rennie
Muhleman
Ten Klansmen Found Guilty in Kidnapping Case
Ten of eleven Ku Klux Klansmen arrested for floggings in coastal Carolina were convicted Tuesday of kidnapping and conspiracy. Federal Judge Don Gilliam delayed sentences for leniency arguments. One defendant, George Miller, 18, was found innocent after pleading no contest. The seven others pled innocent but waived jury trials.
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Wilmington
N.C
Coastal
Carolina
Don Gilliam
Charles P. Green
Gilliam
George Miller
Wage Board Hit By Own Member Over Neutrality Claims
Washington AP The Wage Stabilization Board faces sharp criticism from George W Armstrong Jr industry member accusing the board of using its dispute settling power beyond the Taft Hartley law. He says the board has impaired collective bargaining and failed to reduce disputes though it aims to stabilize wages. Armstrong heads Texas Steel Co Fort Worth on leave as industry representative.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
House Labor Committee
George W. Armstrong, Jr
Armstrong
Congress
Armatrong
Texas Steel Company
Fort Worth
Koje Prison Camp chief fired amid prisoner accord row
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson was removed as Koje Island commandant after a controversial deal with Red prisoners for his predecessor’s release. Gen. Hayden Boatner named to replace him as the 80,000 man camp tensions persist amid protest and Pentagon scrutiny.
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Seoul
Charles F. Colson
Koje Island
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Francis T. Dodd
Colson
P.O.W
Dodd
Mark Clark
Far Eastern
Pentagon
James A. van Fleet
Hayden L. Boatner
New Orleans
First Corps
Korea
U.S. Eighth Army
Kore
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Voters Debate Bond Plans For Cedar Rapids Schools
A Cedar Rapids school board meeting voted to seek a multi million dollar bond next fall to build two new senior high schools add a Hayes elementary and acquire 10 acres via condemnation. Architects Childs and Smith of Chicago were hired to design new east and west side high schools as crowding prompts action.
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Art Heusinkveld
Business’ School
Cedar Rapids
Hayes
Northside
Childs and Smith
Chicago
East Side
West Side
Hayes I
Carl C. Kesler
Kesler
Lincoln School
Old Marion
Center Point Roads
Skogman
North Side
Henry Goodrow
B. D. Sibiman
Goodrow
Stoddard Recommends Use of Misprinted Report Cards
Los Angeles School Superintendent Alexander J. Stoddard urged the board to reuse half a million misprinted report cards as office duplicates in secondary schools and to hand-correct the rest for elementary students. He noted the printer transposed letters and omitted a second s in semester, quipping that language and semester must not be misspelled again.
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Los Angeles
Alexander J. Stoddard
Board of Education
Stoddard
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