Steel executives urge return to uniform pricing in steel industry
Hearing before Sen. Capehart subcommittee on anti-trust changes explores allowing price and freight absorption nationwide. Beeson of Pittsburgh Steel cites extra profits from added freight charges, while Black of Inland Steel warns small firms will fail. Industry voices clash over legality and feasibility as major plants dominate national distribution.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
J. K. Beeson
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Beeson
Joseph L. Black
Inland Steel
Chicago
Supreme Court
A. E. Walker
National Supply Company
Ambridge
Etna
Pittsburgh
Federal Trade Commission
Heating distributor debates f o b pricing in Iowa hearing
In Cedar Rapids Iowa a heating supplies distributor opposed f o b pricing. Tyler warned his firm could lose the St Louis market to New Orleans if it must absorb a 32 cent freight differential. Barry testified his cost is 66 cents per hundred pounds while rivals with closer sources pay 39 cents.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
F.o.b
Tyler
St. Louis
New Orleans
Barry
Pittsburgh
Tito Acknowledges Soviet Pressure on Yugoslavia
Belgrade AP confirms Marshal Tito stated that Russia and Eastern European satellites are applying economic squeeze on Yugoslavia. He spoke in Ljubljana on socialist bloc relations and noted harsher trade stands by the peoples democracies than some capitalist nations.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Russia
Yugoslavia
Ljubljana
Academy of Arts and Sciences
Slovenia
Cominform
Tito
Yugoslav Communist Party
Patriotism and socialist nationalism in speech
A speaker argues that the nation acts similarly to democratic allies in the East and asserts that nationalism is necessary to foster socialist patriotism among the people. He frames national strength as essential to development and to aligning with allied democracies.
She Didn’t Drive, Just Sat at Left of Driver
Elfreda Hoefer 19 faced Judge Clifford J. Chipman on a charge of driving without an operator license. She denied driving, claiming she sat to the left of Hudson Stroke 24. The judge doubted her and they adjourned to a rear lot where Stroke moved to the front and Hoefer sat between him and the left door. The judge warned the act was close to reckless driving.
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Buffalo
Elfreda Hoefer
Clifford J. Chipman
Hudson Stroke
Chipman
Stroke
Miss Hoefer
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R. L. Gray
Sheffield Steel
William B. Tyler
California and Hawaii Sugar Company
San Francisco
Halford T. Barry
Cook Paint & Varnish Co
First Ave
1St Ave
DPR
Trades Ca Council
Enzler
Hartmann
Newman
Montag
Parker
America
Australon
Cap
Dial
Ugfayen
Wan
DUCO
Dulux
Alinement
S&s
Tapette's
Americas
FBI
the Big Shoe Store
Second Avenue
Cologne
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