Truman Praises Wilson as War Mobilizer Amid Labor Walkout
President Truman reaffirmed full confidence in Charles E. Wilson as defense mobilization director despite labor unions boycotting the program. He dismissed the situation as not very serious and indicated a possible vacation to Key West for about three weeks, while saying he will update reporters in about two weeks.
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Preshien Turmid
Charles E. Wilson
Labor
Truman
Wilson
Key West
Fla
United Labor Policy Committee
Eric Johnston
Mr. Truman
Industrialist Blames Ruin On RFC
Carl G. Strandlund told a Senate banking subcommittee that RFC leaders including Walter L. Dunham FE Merl Young and Rex Jacobs destroyed his Lustron pre fabricated housing plant in Columbus Ohio to enrich themselves. He described a small clique behind the firm and said he lost his $37.5 million loan and $1.25 million in patent rights when the plant was seized after bankruptcy.
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Washington
Mar
Carl G. Strandlund
RFC
Walter L. Dunham
Merl Young
Rex Jacobs
Detroit
Netustron Corporation
Columbus
Ohio
Truman
Young
Senate
Ylelied
Joans
White House
Donald Dawson
Standlund
Lustron
Strandlund
Dunham
House Kills Referendum in North Carolina
A North Carolina House committee killed a statewide liquor referendum bill after secret sessions. Rep Walter Crissman led the measure proposing an all or nothing sale ban and beer and wine only in ABC stores if the vote was wet. Committee chair Rep John Regan announced an unfavorable report by voice vote amid speeches from both sides.
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Raleigh
House
Walter E.crissman
Guilford
John B. Regan
Robeson
Regan
ABC
Noah Burfoot
Pasquotank
F. L.gobble
Forsyth
Winston-Salem
Lega
Crackles A Bachelor Footloose and Free
A lighthearted item notes a bachelor enjoying singledom and leisure with playful flair as the columnist hints at his carefree ways and potential romantic misadventures.
Russia Okays Paris Meet in Postwar Diplomacy
Russia accepts a proposed Big Four foreign ministers conference to discuss German questions and other world problems. The 1945 Potsdam framework led to nine such summits. the last in 1949 failed to agree on an independent Austrian treaty. The Nov. 3, 1950 note proposed discussing German rearmament, but Western powers demanded broader issues.
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United States
Britain
France
Austria
Russia
Soviet Union
Friends Who Failed To Register Jailed
In Philadelphia on March 1 the Haverford College students Paul son and Donald B Seaver twins of the Society of Friends were sentenced to 19 months each for failure to register under the selective service act. Judge Thomas J Clary rejected a defense plea noting they were conscientious objectors and asked if they would go to Korea or Mexico to work on a battlefield or a project.
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Philadelphia
Fwo
Haverford
College
Thomas J. Clary
Defense Council
Harry
E. Keceeh
Paul Son
Donald B. Seaver
Society of Friends
Clary
Korea
Jane
Mexico
Rail Wage Pact Ends Nightlong Rail Wage Talks
The White House announced a settlement ending a four month dispute for 1,000,000 non operating railroad workers after an all night session. The 15 unions secure a 12.5 percent hourly raise plus quarterly cost of living adjustments starting April 1 and a productivity raise planned for July 1 1952. The deal avoids wage talks until Oct 1 and the government had seized railroads last fall amid wider mediation efforts.
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Washington
White House
Sovern
John R.steelman
Steelman
Ing
Atest
Steelmen
George M. Harrison
Leighty
National Mediation Board
Civil Rights Still an Issue
President Truman stated the civil rights program will continue and be presented to Congress. He urged enacting statutes outlawing lynching poll tax and employment discrimination, while noting gains over the past three difficult years and the need to balance defense burdens.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
National Civil Liberties Clearing House
82Nd Congress
Trumah
Stock Market Advances Lead Rubber and Motors Groups
New York stock trading opened higher with gains in motor and rubber shares. Utilities joined the advance as railroad issues showed activity, with many carriers edging down slightly. Chrysler and Studebaker led in motors, Goodyear Goodrich U S rubber and Columbia Gas American Telephone advanced. Missouri Pacific preferred rose in rails while others fell.
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Chrysler
Studebaker
Motors
Goodyear
Goodrich
U .S. Rubber
Columbia Gas
American tele+ Pennsylvania
Missouri Pacific
Air Reduction
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse
American
Atchison
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
General Electric
OPS to issue automobile price order may raise new-car prices
The Office of Price Stabilization said it will issue an automobile price order today and hinted it will be more than a simple extension of the current rule. An OPS spokesman avoided specifics but raised the possibility of price increases for new cars.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Marines Lead Renewed Offensive in Korea Front
American Leathernecks seized two key heights near Hoengsong in central Korea as Marines push uphill against a 40,000 strong Communist force. F-80 jets clashed with MiGs near the Manchurian border, with no U.S. losses reported. The battle centers on Cloverleaf hill and Hill 315 as U.N. forces press a limited offensive along a 25 mile front.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Hoengsong
Korea
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
Twinnam River
Esteat
U. N
A.P
Stan Swineton
U. S&s
Eighth Army
Swinton
Not Hopeful Of Revenue Increases Says State Budget Chief
Raleigh March 1 The director who oversees North Carolina state spending tempered optimism after a statement by Appropriations leaders and the gpm committee. They indicated that inflation would likely keep collections near or above amounts recommended by the ad budget commission without raising taxes.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Gpm Committee
Appropriations
Ad— Budget Commission
Larry I. ‘Moore
Wilson
House
John D. Larkins, Jr
Jones
Senate Appropriations
Lge
French Seek New Cabinet As Crisis Pushes Elections
Paris reports President Vincent Auriol weighing an all party national union cabinet to resolve the government crisis and speed up general elections. Rene Pleven resigned amid electoral reform disputes while Camielle Laurens and Georges Bidault emerge as possible premiers.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
National Union
Auriol
Rene Pleven
Bidault
Aurioll
Georges Bidault
Catholic, Popular, Republican Movement
NRP
Tform
Cabint
Thermir EU
Pleven
Emmanuel Temple
France
iTruman
River Misbourne Flows Again After Twelve Years
Villagers of Chalfont St. Giles note relief as the River Misbourne runs for the first time in nearly 12 years. A local tradition says the river dries before national calamity, then returns in good times, dating from 1939.
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Chalfont ST. Giles
Endland
Misbourne
Meat Prices Cut to Hit Resistance
Prices for meat were trimmed a few cents per pound at many stores to tempt shoppers back to meat counters amid consumer price resistance. Meanwhile poultry costs rose slightly in large markets as buyers switched from higher priced meats. Wholesalers noted beef supplies backed up last week were being absorbed, and one major chain kept meat prices at ceiling levels nationwide.
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Associated Press
Cee
Office of Price Stabilization
Washington
California
Pilot Plunges From Plane Over Exell Texas
A Pioneer Airlines co pilot Joseph Henry Dowd 27 of Dallas fell 4000 feet from a DC-3 after being sent to the rear to inspect an unlatched door. The plane was en route from Lackland AFB San Antonio to Lowry Field Denver with 70 sleeping airmen aboard. The captain reported the incident near Exell Texas and the flight returned to Amarillo.
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Dallas
Air Force
Pioneer Airlines
Exell
Tex
United States
Pioneer
Joseph Henry Dowd
Dowd
Bowd
Amarillo
Edds
Denver
Kemp
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