Johnston Proposes Living Cost Linked Wage Formula
Washington June 1 Stabilizer Eric Johnston urged a new wage formula pegging ceilings to living costs and allowing immediate boosts up to 12 percent above January 1950 levels. He asked the Wage Stabilization Board to stop handling individual disputes until a general policy is adopted, with quarterly or semiannual cost of living adjustments and a productivity clause.
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Wage Stabilization Board
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Prices at Bottom Big Stores Packed
New York shoppers swarmed department stores as a fierce price war continued. Men s springwear suits once $49.50 dropped to 29 50 at Macy s and Bloomingdale s. Bloomingdale s ran out of items while Gimbels reported stock exhaustion. Frantic crowds surged through doors as retailers extended reductions and quickly restocked, keeping heat high in the market.
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British King In Jil Health Envoys Learn
London dispatch reports King George the Sixth health anxiety rises as physicians diagnose a small focal pneumonia after a week of influenza treatment. The king, aged about 56, is said to be strained and tired, canceling a Northern Ireland trip. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret travel with the king’s brother Duke of Gloucester possibly acting during a state visit.
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Truman Acts In Oil Crisis
President Truman personally intervenes in the Anglo Iranian oil dispute by writing to Mossadegh and Attlee to urge negotiation. The move signals U S concern while claiming neutrality. Grady delivered the letter to Mossadegh as he prepared an emergency cabinet meeting and a Parliament session was planned.
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June Sky Brings Record Heat to Charleston
June arrives with a Tropic Wave as Charleston hits 93 degrees at 3 30 PM, likely the hottest June in years. Weather officials say warmer today, then cooler tomorrow and later next week with showers shifting to Tuesday and Wednesday. Huntington reports 92, Bluefield reaches 89, lemonade breaks await in the air conditioned city as forecasts flip flopped across the state.
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Senate Adopts Draft UMT Bill By Voice Vote
The Senate approved a measure to extend the draft to mid-1954 and establish a universal military training program by voice vote. Major provisions cut draft age to 18, raise service to 24 months, empower reservists, and adjust mental and physical standards. The bill imposes a 5 million personnel ceiling and faces House action next week.
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Senate
Senate House
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Western bid for Big Four talks garners space in Red Press
Soviet papers highlighted the West’s proposal for a Big Four Foreign Ministers conference but gave no sign Moscow will accept to meet in Washington. Britain France and the United States delivered identical notes to the Soviet Foreign Ministry. Andrei Gromyko is expected to respond in Paris early next week as deputies enter the 14th week of talks. The papers stress discussions on the North Atlantic Treaty and U S bases in Europe.
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France
United States
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Ex-Vice Consul Sentenced for Bribe Scheme
John Wayne Clark Williams, former U S vice consul at Hongkong, pleaded guilty to three counts of taking bribes to speed entry of Chinese nonimmigrants. Judge Hayes sentenced him to six years in Ashland Kentucky reformatory. Williams, 26, home in Carrboro North Carolina, admitted paying bribes totaling 3000 dollars.
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Bus Slaves Freed by Bill of Rights Ruling in Washington
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that forcing captive audiences on buses and streetcars to listen to radio commercials and announcements is unconstitutional and violates the Bill of Rights. The decision, written by Judge Henry W. Edgerton, bans commercial broadcasts on Capital Transit Co. vehicles in the Washington area unless reversed by the Supreme Court.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Formosa's Fall Seen In 49 Plan Draws Fire
Washington reports that a 1949 Formosa policy memo urged minimizing red island's value and warned of risks in backing MacArthur plan. Acheson testified Wedemeyer drafted the memo and criticized the dismissal inquiry as threatening U S foreign policy.
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State Department
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Lie urges Reds to quit on U.N. terms in Korea
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie urged Communist China and North Korea to agree to a cease fire along the 38th parallel. He ruled out appeasement, pledged to seek more U N troops if needed, and spoke in Ottawa to the Canadian United Nations Association amid unconfirmed rumors Russia would urge Peiping to quit.
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Mayor Leads Gas Inquiry Fuel Official Weathers Quiz
United Fuel Gas Co presented its case before the Public Service Commission in a five hour session with Mayor Copenhaver cross examining firm president John W. Partridge. Testimony covered authority on restricting gas use and supply constraints amid anticipated shortages, with protesters asked to submit evidence by June 13 for the next hearing.
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City Vice Squad Maps New Raids
Charleston forms a city vice squad to combat gambling whisky and prostitution. Acting Police Chief Bernard Simms names Garland Weir and May ford Haynes to the three man unit effective yesterday and plans a 24 hour watch from his office. A court injunction was threatened against property owners permitting vice operations. Patrolman Harry Silverman is moved to the detective bureau as a replacement.
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Bernard Simms
Garland Weir
Mayford Haynes
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Ofice
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Detective Bureau
Dewey Williams
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Mock court convicts Soviet Union of camps and slave regime
In Brussels on June 1 a panel of ex-inmates from Nazi camps, including French, Belgian, Dutch, West German and Spanish judges, found the Soviet Union guilty of maintaining detention camps with forced labor, mass arrests, and brutal conditions. The session saw a minor brawl as findings were read. estimates suggest millions in camps and widespread cruelty, including child separation and insufficient food.
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Belgium
Soviet Union
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Tot Climbs From Window to Be Hungry Breakfast Victim
In Brooklyn a two year old boy named Harry Dancziger crawled from a window ledge and fell three and a half stories to a concrete courtyard. He survived with no injuries found by doctors, while his hunger for breakfast remains the only noted issue.
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Harry Dancziger
Brooklyn
Costello Clings To Reins in Erin
Dublin reports the Irish general election ends inconclusively as Prime Minister Costello's coalition seeks to continue in power. Fianna Fail led by de Valera wins 69 seats, while Costello's Fine Gael coalition holds 64 with 14 independents.
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Two Old Soldiers Pay Respects at Fort Monroe
In OLD POINT COMFORT Virginia on June 1 two elderly veterans William Joshua Bush of Fitzgerald Georgia and John Salling of Slant Virginia aged 65 years finally reached Hampton Roads to honor Jefferson Davis at the former moated prison site near Fort Monroe. The reunion flagship State of Pennsylvania delayed sailing from Norfolk docks and a third survivor William Townsend of Ola Louisiana joined later.
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Slant
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State of Pennsylvania
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Salling
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William D. Townsend
Wan's Word Disputed A Man Fires Self Inflicted Wound
A man called from South Side police station claiming to shoot himself. Officers found 38 year old Frank Zajicek with a 34 caliber abdominal wound at 24th and L Streets. Zajicek, living in Sarpy County, was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Omaha
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Old Report Attacks RFC For B. and O. Loan Deal
Washington June 1 sharp criticism of the Reconstruction Finance Corp and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was detailed in a four year old Senate document. The Tobey report faults RFC for aiding B and O in financing an $80 million loan and for improper handling of funds hindering RFC interests. The Banking Committee ordered the report public after leakage, noting it becomes four years old on July 25 and references a 1947 subcommittee action.
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Indictments in Syracuse Trust Co Irregularities Case
A Federal grand jury indicted 19 individuals including prominent Syracuse businessmen in a case tied to 2.406 million dollars in overdrafts at Syracuse Trust Co. Two former bookkeepers, Bernard B Klock and Leslie J Root Jr, were charged with misapplication of funds and conspiracy. Klock also faced false entries charges.
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N. Y
Syracuse Trust Co
U. S
Robert J. Leamy
Booke
Bernard B .Klock
Leslie J. Root, Jr
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Kirlock
Root
Jackson M. Forter
Pant ‘Titus
Auburn
John R. Sims
Cal
Today's 30-Second Prayer for Peace
A brief prayer by Rev Sander Hill of Marmet Baptist Church requests spiritual clarity for national leaders to seek peace through obedience to a higher power, invoking the Prince of Peace and expressing hope for guidance in world affairs.
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