Wage board struggle over 1950 labor wage limits continues
Washington February 22 1950 wage stabilizer Eric Johnston holds a new meeting with AFL CIO ULPC and wage board members amid a walkout threat from three labor members. Officials discuss raising wage ceilings and potential creation of a fully public wage agency while labor and industry seek representation in mobilization planning.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Johnston
United Labor Policy Committee
AFL
William Green
Green
LPC
CIO
Philip Murray
General Counsil
Arthur J. Goldberg
al J. Hays
The
Machinists
George E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executive Association
ULPC
Cyrus S. Ching
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
George M. Harrison
Harrison
Charles E. Wilson
RFC Director Admits Favoritism in Loan to Personal Friend
RFC director William E. Willett testified before a Senate banking subcommittee that he departed from standard procedures to grant a $300,000 loan to Harrington and Richards Arms Co. of Worcester, Mass., a company chaired by his personal friend and future RFC director Edward Rowe. Willett said the examiner was assigned as a personal favor, a claim countered by ongoing questioning about possible influence from White House aides. The hearings probe alleged favoritism in RFC loans and potential perjury by witnesses, with multiple officials denying or challenging statements.
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Willett
RFC
RFC Board
Harrington and Richards Arms Co
Worchester
Mass
Rowe
Douglas
Ill
Jae
Fulbright
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Senate
Truman
Arms Company
White House
D.-Ark
Dawson
Young
Terday
Texas
Ross Non
Merl Young
Young Who
Extension of Reciprocal Trade Urged by Acheson
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged Congress to extend the reciprocal trade program for three years without House restrictions. He warned that denying access to American grain and restricting trade would push allies toward the Soviet bloc and hunger for bi lateralism, risking global trade.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Achesoidao
United States
Tar Heel Inventor Marsh Williams Morphed From Prison to Gun Designer
Raleigh reports Marsh Williams of Godwin, once jailed for manslaughter, becomes a noted weapons inventor. True and Readers Digest will feature him in March, with Capt H T Peoples noting Williams' prison work on a gun and claims of a $250,000 earnings and a short-stroke principle used in U S army carbines. Winchester paid $234,001 for the invention.
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Raleigh
True
Marsh Williams
Godwin
We the People
H. T. Peoples
Caledonia
Williams
Peoples
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Britain Moves To Avert Strike
Labour Minister Aneurin Bevan met for 50 minutes with the heads of three rail unions in a last ditch effort to stop a planned strike by about 600,000 railroad workers. He told reporters nothing yet as he left for the cabinet meeting to report on the situation.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
10 Downing Street
Britain
Hospital Birth Ends Family’s Fast 10 Mile Drive
Mrs Theodore Boyce of No Chain Breaker SEFFNER Fra reported her 12th child born en route to a Tampa hospital after a 10 mile drive. The baby, a healthy 84 pound boy, was delivered at the hospital with the mother and doctor’s consent to return home after an hour.
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Seffner
Fra
Theodore Boyce
a_ hospital
Tampa Hospital
Nother
Americans Reported Slain While Sleeping in Korea Village
Canadian press dispatch from Korea cites 68 American soldiers killed in Kudun after capturing the village. A lone sentry left in place as troops slept, leading to a deadly surprise attack described by Bill Ross with the Princess Patricia regiment.
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Toronto
Korea
Bill Ross
Princess Patricia Regiment
Chipyong
Kudun
Army to Recall More Guard and Reserve Units
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor announced at a news conference that the Army will call up more National Guard and organized reserve units of company and battalion size. The plan does not involve adding guard divisions unless the world crisis worsens. He declined to specify how many smaller units will be mobilized.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Operation Killer Push Advances In Central Korea Front
Allied forces push northward in central Korea in the new Operation Killer offensive ranged up to 12 miles from Wonju and toward Pyongchang. Rain, mud, and mines slowed progress as mixed American, British, Australian, New Zealand and South Korean units pressed the Red lines amid rugged terrain and airborne support.
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Olen Clements
Korea
Wonju
MacArthur
United Nations
Pyongchang
Sang
Wor Wonju
U. S. Air Force
Marine
Navy
Hunterkiller Drive
New Zealand
Britain Faces Short Vest Debate In Parliament
Labour MP Norman Dodds argues British under shirts are too small for women, blaming the Board of Trade which sets utility sizing. He cites a December January cold spell exposing several vests as much as inches too short, while Harold Wilson denies any evidence of short vests being sold.
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Norman Dodds
Board of Trade
Fce
Britain
Dodds
United Kingdom
Harold Wilson
Board
Air Force Should Be Primary in Defenses Says Lt General
Lt General Ennis Whitehead told senators air power must lead national defenses with a long range striking force as top priority. He urged a defensive air force to shield bases and U.S. industry, spoke at Colorado Springs and addressed a Senate group on troops to Europe. Whitehead declined to discuss NATO troop deployment details and noted progress on the program had slowed after a rapid start.
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Washington
Ennis Whitehead
Whitehead
Colorado Springs
Colo
Senate
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Prospect of Invasion Of Mainland Up Again
Tokyo reports that using Chinese Nationalist troops in Korea remains a live issue but not linked to Vice Admiral Struble’s Formosa visit. MacArthur urges Nationalist forces, considering strategic impact, while injunctions restrain their use.
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Tokyo
Arthur D. Struble
Formosa
Struble
U. S. Seventh Fleet
MacArthur
Mac
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Ping
South China
U. N
Washington
Bere
Internaparen
Bradley urges US to share strength with free world
General Omar N. Bradley calls for extended US support to allied democracies until they self sustain, stressing combined industrial power guarantees military supremacy if needed. He warns American military load cannot be lightened soon as NATO grows stronger than a Soviet satellites league. Awards totaling 100000 dollars honor diverse contributions to freedom, with multiple sponsors and categories.
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Valley Forge
Omar N. Bradley
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bradley
The
Freedoms Foundation
George Washington
U. S
Ae Sener
Greensboro Mayor Plans Resignation Over City Streets Aid
Greensboro Mayor Ben Cone announced plans to resign after his stance on increasing state aid to city streets was repudiated by the city council. The State League of Municipalities debated a bill to boost street funds without new taxes, while Governor Scott opposed tax-free increases.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
Ben Cone
State League of Municipalities
League
Cone
Scott
Greensboro Council
Ako
Senate
Dan Edwards
Durham
Swanspe Ae League Nee i
Edwards
General Assembly
The
Ship Directors Probe as Revenue Agents Dock Near Dockside
A terse note hints at revenue agents appearing at the dock when a man’s fortune arrives, suggesting government scrutiny of profits. The vague line implies impending audits or investigations tied to wealth at hand.
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Internal Revenue
Italian Red Expelled By Communists
Pino Bellone a leading Milan Communist and president of a major electrical firm says he has been expelled from the Italian Communist party for economic policy disagreements. He joins other disillusioned Communists who are leaving the party to align with the Socialist Unity anti Communist faction.
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Milan
Italy
Pino Bellone
Italian Communist Party
Bellone
Socialist Unity Party
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