Big Steel Fights Seizure in New Court Appeal
The U S steel giants press fresh court bid to block Truman seizure of the industry arguing the move harms production and forces wage hikes for CIO Steelworkers. House GOP pushes probes into Wage Stabilization Board powers as law and politics clash over the government takeover.
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Big Steel
Washington
Truman
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
Theodore Kiendl
U. S
David A. Pine
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Cimber
D. A. Haley
Senate
Vid A. Pine
GOP
House
Wage Stabilization Board
Leo Allen
R-ill
Wage Board
Senate Banking and Labor Gantttees
Judiciary Committee
Arti Haley
Rotary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Truce Teams Recess POW Talks Twice in Korea
In Panmunjom POW talks the Allied and Communist staff officers recessed twice during a one hour ten minute session. A news blackout covered developments while Radio Peiping accused the U N of revealing a revised prisoner list. In a neighboring tent, officers met 43 minutes with no progress toward an armistice.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
China
North Korea
Radio Peiping
U.N. Command
Ridgway Pledges Japan Will Be Defended After Independence
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told United Press Japan can be defended against any attack as occupation ends and peace treaty takes effect next Monday. He warned Korea armistice could free Communist forces for action against Japan and said Japan will align with the democracies amid possible moderate postwar reforms.
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Ee Ipoats
United Press
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Japan
Russia
Red China
Ridgway
United Nations
United States
Far East
Asia
Red Asia
Siberia
Manchuria
North
Korea
Korean Peninsula
Tsushima
Republic of Korea
Free World
U.N
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Floodwaters Cover Huge Air Base in Missouri River Crest
Yellow floodwaters ran 10 feet deep over Sherman Air Force Base as the Missouri River crest threatened Kansas City. Upstream at Leavenworth the air base was under water and dikes were strained after a nine day battle to save facilities. Officials expected the _Mighty Mo_ to push south as dikes held and damages were estimated at about $1,000,000 while hundreds worked to avert breaches.
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Kansas City
Sherman Air Force Base
Missouri River
Missouri
Leavenworth
Kan
Mammoth
Air Force
Sabula
Davenport
Kansas
Ry” Ile
St. Joseph
Rule
Neb
Wage Hike Urged by United Textile Workers Convention
The UTW AFL called for a direct presidential primary in all states, a minimum wage rise from 75 cents to 1.25 an hour, and a 7 percent increase in old age assistance starting at 60. Loumade, Southern director, warned the South faces organizing challenges amid employer fears. Rhodes criticized unnamed Southern politicians as a disgrace to the nation.
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Miami Beach
Fla
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
Loumade
UTW
South
Rhodes
Drama Festival Plays at Carolina Playmakers Theater
The second round of productions at the state drama festival at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill features city high school college and children's theater performances. By Saturday night about 350 young dramatists from across the state will have participated in events at the Carolina Playmakers Theater.
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Chapel Hill
Carolina
Sinies
Idren
Carolina Playmakers Theater
Cherokee County and Graham County election board vacancies
Raymond Maxwell of the State Board of Elections said he received resignations from P. H. Leatherwood of Murphys and Tommie Crisp of Cheoah, Republican member of Graham County Board, creating two vacancies in Raleigh reported today.
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Raleigh
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
P. H. Leatherwood
Murphy
Cherokee County Board
Tommie Crisp
Cheoah
Graham County
Ike May Speak in Asheville If Nominated in July GOP
General Dwight D. Eisenhower tentatively accepted an invitation to speak in Asheville North Carolina pending his presidential nomination at the July 9 Republican convention. Dr Furman Angel of Franklin said he received a letter from Eisenhower consenting to Asheville as a speaking venue if nominated. The invitation came from James Bailey state GOP chairman.
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Ike
Charlotte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Asheville
Furman Angel
Franklin
Ibe
Genase
James Baley
Irish Potato Shortage Develops in Raleigh Area
A Raleigh OPS official reports a serious potato shortage with a gray market for white potatoes emerging after price supports ended. Dealers say supply has dwindled as farmers reduced plantings and storage stocks are exhausted, with six weeks of no potatoes reported by some.
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Raleigh
OPS
Gray Market Horton
OPS Food Section
Midwest
H. D. Martin
State Department of Agriculture
Jeune
Cherry Point
Martin
Maine
New York
Michigan ends five day prison riot with hostages freed
Nine guards held in Cell Block 15 are freed as Governor Williams yields to inmate demands for reforms. Mutiny began Sunday night at Southern Michigan Prison, costing one life and two million dollars in damage.
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Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Reon
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
State Department of Corrections
Rds
Opalack
Crazy Jack
Big Red
Pris
Carl Ward
Vernon Fox
Southern Michigan
Fox
Thomas Elliott
Ward
Jack
Wyatt
23 Chinese Junks Sunk By Planes
Allied planes and ships sank or damaged 23 Communist junks on the North Korean West and Fast Coasts. Fighter bombers sank seven junks and damaged six. ships Manchester and Buck sank four more and damaged six. Ground action included a patrol under heavy fire near Yonchon with 12 killed and 60 wounded.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korean
Yellow Sea
U.S.S. Manchester
U.S.S. Buck
Coemey
Yalu River
Manean
If a State Wants New Industry It Can Get It By Baiting Fields
In a Carolina centered study, Lathan Mims profiles Louis W. Bishop and Southern industrial catalysts shaping a mass migration southward. Since 1944 South Carolina built 900 plants costing 456 million dollars, adding 758 million in annual business and 60,000 jobs. Researchers note tax, coal, gas and electricity advantages, plus cooperative governance. The piece cites backlash against old Cotton Belt penalties and highlights tax comparisons by Francis W. White of American Woolen Co.
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Lathan
MIMS
Charlotte
Society
Louis W. Bishop
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Bishop
Bankioe
Dixon Line
South
State Planning Board
Mill
Francis W. White
Big American Woolen Co
White
Massachusetts
Riot in Prison Cell Blocks Ends as Guards Quell Fire
Frightening grass fire outbreak in a prison escalated as convicts burned recreation buildings and wrecked cells. One inmate died and 11 state troopers were injured as authorities subdued the revolt block by block across the facility.
Truman Reveals Ultimatum Forcing الروسية From Iran After World War II
President Truman disclosed that the United States issued a 1945 ultimatum to Soviet Premier Stalin demanding Russian forces leave Iran by a set date or face U.S. naval and ground intervention. He cited other wartime moves including dispatching Eisenhower to Northern Italy and Navy forces to the Adriatic to deter Trieste.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Iran
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Russia
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Ould
Oarent Ofe
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Navy
Adriatic
Ialy
Greec
Turkey
Berlin
Korea
Little Liz Boldly Sets Sights Beyond the Heart
A witty portrait of Little Liz as a cautious romantic who doubts one man can satisfy her needs. The piece suggests she values independence and may end up staying single rather than settling for less.
Weather report notes temperate spread tonight and tomorrow
Tonight's low forecast near 50 degrees. High expected Thursday around 65. Report notes prior low last night at 455 though no scale given.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Max Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Memphis
Los Angeles
Ceseeerus
Miami
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
Eee
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San
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East Carolina Bank of Engelhard
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Federation of Wombe Clubs
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