Steel strike fears loom as wage talks stall
A high official warns of a nationwide steel strike if demands for wage hikes and benefits are not met. The Wage Stabilization Board plans to stay in session overnight to draft settlement terms while steel mills begin shutdowns and industry price boosts remain a central bargaining lever.
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Washington
Ment
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Market Indices Fall. Steel Prices Edge Lower
New York stocks declined in morning trading with oils rails and steels among losers. Volume around 240000 shares, down from yesterday, as American can lead losses, Gulf Oil and Pure Oil drop, rail shares mixed and Santa Fe fluctuates. Steel strike talk surfaced but major steel shares fall only small amounts while some rails advance early.
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New York
Newmont Mini
Northern Pacific
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Standard Oil
N.J
Pure Oil
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Studebaker
Santa Fe
Milwaukee
Seaboard Air Railroad
United Carbon
Burlington man on trial for murder of Miss Crook
Hubert Lee 34 of Burlington stands trial in Hillsboro on the murder charge of Miss Rachel Crook whose body was found last August in a wooded area north of Chapel Hill. Lee, a bulldozer operator, was arrested one week after the body was discovered.
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Hillsboro
N. C
Hubert Lee
Burlington
Rachel Crook
Lee
Crook
Chapel Hill
UN Proposes Ports Deal in Korean Armistice Talks
In Panmunjom the United Nations and Communist negotiators edged toward a compromise on entry ports. Kinney announced progress and noted a shift by Allies to drop a demand for certain ports. The plan would class airfields and seaports near capitals as entry points open to inspection, balancing access between Pyongyang and Seoul areas with ports such as Chinampo and Inchon and related airfields and coastal hubs.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Moore
Andrew J. Kinney
U.N
Kinney
Lscemeier
Kam P. Nuckols
Pyongyang
Chinnampo
Sinuiju
Yalu
Manpojin
Hamhung
Hungnam
Chongjin
Inchon
Seoul
Kunsan
Pusan
Kangnung
Taegu
Eisenhower High in Write-In Surge in Minnesota Primary
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower surged to second place in Minnesota's presidential primary via a massive write-in push, closing within 12 000 votes of Harold Stassen though his name was not on the ballot. Stassen led with 106 073 to Eisenhower's 4 753 as weather delayed counting and precincts varied between cities and outstate areas.
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Minneapolis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minnesota
Harold FE. Stassen
Eisenhower
Paris
New Hampshire
Washington
Stassen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Bradshaw Mintener
Bernhard Levander
St. Paul
Douglas MacArthur
Black Soldier Held After Confession of Rape Near Bath
A 21 year old Black soldier confessed to raping a 17 year old married white woman in Aiken County near Bath. He was in the state penitentiary for safekeeping in Columbia after leading authorities to the crime scene. Evidence included bloodhounds tracking to a relative’s farm.
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Columbia
S. C
State Penitentiary
C. L. Brady
State Law Enforcement Division
Pfe
Charlie Hightower
Bath
Brady
Hightower
Aiken County
Aiken
Weather Bureau Begins Public Tornado Forecasts
The Weather Bureau cautiously issued public tornado forecasts, noting mixed views on their usefulness. Chief Francis W. Reichelderfer said forecasts may provoke public panic and lack precise timing, yet authorities will continue if the public wants them. Telemetered warnings traced to Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana fronts with localized threat.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Francis W. Reichelderfer
United States
Reichelderfer
Washington Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Grain Firm Sues Over 28 000 Bushels Molded Wheat Shortage
Lester Grady of Ten County Grain Co. says a mold age caused a wheat shortage in a federal contract dispute. The federal suit seeks $74,952 in damages for a 28 000 bushel shortfall at his com.
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Kinston (LLP
Lester Grady
Ten-County Grain Co
Sheriff reports SBI notified over notes threatening five Pitt County men
Greenville sheriff Ruel W. Tyson said the SBI has been notified of letters warning five men to quit drinking and gambling or face a beating. He said he had not notified Tyson.
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Greenville
Ruel W. Tyson
SBI
Ku Ki
Pittay Ae
Gambli
Tyson
Weather warnings extend along Florida coast to Cape Hatteras
A sequence of gusty warnings spread from Fort Myers to St Marks and Palm Beach to Cape Hatteras as a storm system tracked up the Atlantic. Earlier flights shifted routes along the coast with warnings lowered by 8 p m last night.
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Florida
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Gage
Ft. Myers
St. Marks
Palm Beach
Palms Beach
U P
Raleigh Tax Revenue Sees March Gain Ahead of Last Year
Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw reports March income tax collections about 7.5 million dollars higher than the previous year. The fiscal year tally reached 306,217 returns, with receipts near 46.367 million, as officials anticipate a record total and credit stronger compliance and enforcement.
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Raleigh
Eugene Shaw
Shaw
Field Arenea
Weather outlook with chilly night and mild day
Tonight temperatures dip to 34 degrees with a low around 34. Tomorrow rises to a high near 63 as the day warms. Today’s high reached 60 degrees and the previous night’s low was 42, shaping a cool period ahead.
Rain Storms soak Korean battle area
Rain storms drenched the Korean front as Gen. James A. Van Fleet marked his 60th birthday with family, while Navy forces including the Wisconsin and two destroyers pounded Red positions and trenches. Communists fired over 2000 rounds, and UN troops reported Chinese losses of about 50 in a Western Front engagement near Yonchon.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Air Force
James Jr
van Fleet
United Nations
Wisconsin
Navy
Eighth Army
U. N
Yonchon
U.S. Faces Soviet Germ Warfare Charge at UN
At the United Nations in New York the United States and Russia clash over claims that American troops used germ warfare in Korea and China. Benjamin V. Cohen will reply to Jacob A. Malik as the Disarmament Commission meets, with no counterresolution planned.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Russia
Korea
China
U.S
Benjamin V. Cohen
Jacob A. Malik
U.N
Cohen
Malik
Commission
Pays Income Tax In Eggs In Kentucky Lively Tax Dispute
Clennie Holion of Williba Ky pays part of his social security tax with eggs after claiming no money to settle his bill. The revenue collector responds with a check for part of the value and demands the remainder in cash at ten dollars a month, not in eggs. The exchange highlights a backwoods humorist’s tax dilemma and a county store operator’s failed chicken business.
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Williba
Clennie Holion
Internal Revenue
Holion
Internal Revenue Office
Ville
Seldon R. Glenn
Hollon
Five-Foot Wave Slams New Orleans River Jetty
A five foot high wall of water swept into the Mississippi near New Orleans washing away nearly 1000 tons of concrete blocks from a jetty. Weather officials cited an undersea earthquake or strong winds as possible causes while Burrwood station noted winds under 35 mph. The wave hit the southwest pass midday and damaged docks but caused no further harm.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Stephen Lichtblau
Weather Bureau
Eea
Burrwood
Minnesota Primary Totals Reported With Several Write-Ins
Returns from 2422 of 3769 precincts show Stassen leading Republican votes at 108054 and Humphrey running strong with 88314. Write-ins include Eisenhower Taft Kefauver Truman MacArthur Stevenson Kerr Warren Eleanor Roosevelt and others.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minnesota
Stassen
Slottedahl
Taft
Eisenhower
Warren
MacArthur
Kefauver
Truman
Humphrey
Stevenson
Douglas
Kerr
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bricker
Vinson
Political Bombs Burst In Capital
Washington turmoil erupts as corruption probes swirl through Pennsylvania Avenue during an election year struggle between the Truman administration and critics. Morris calls for data on Semamees, while a House subcommittee questions McGrath and aides. McCarran rejects subpoena power in favor of a presidentially appointed chief investigator and new access rules.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Truman
J. Newbold Morris
McGrath
Rtment
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Old E. Stassen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Morris
McCarran
de Neo
Senate
Congress
Nevadan
New York City Council
Pope
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