Top officials clash over steel issues as contract talks resume
Washington report says mobilization chiefs split into rival camps over steel prices and wages as CIO United Steelworkers resume talks with U S Steel in Pittsburgh. The Wage Stabilization Act set a 17 1 2 cent wage rise plus 8 1 2 cents in fringe benefits, with tensions rising between Wilson Feinsinger and union leaders amid looming April 8 strike.
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Washington
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Charles E. Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
Wilson
Negotiators Display More Frankness in Korean Armistice Talks
U N Command and Allied spokesmen reported progress in the stalled exchange of prisoners as talks at Munsan Korea showed more frankness. The UN signaled a shift from voluntary repatriation to no forced repatriation, aiming to please the enemy while stressing that force will not be used.
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Munsan
Korea
William P.nuckols
U. N
Nuckols
Ice
Oer
Vbeas Oe Cadens Cabs Ts
Allied
Allied Jets Blast Rail Lines in Korea Across Four Links
Allied fighter-bombers struck Communist railroad lines in four locations in Korea under overcast conditions that limited Red air activity. Major hits were on the Chongju-Sinanju line for a second day, as 3 pilots notched their 100th missions. B 26s pounded an emergency truck route, destroying 116 vehicles and repair crews.
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Seoul
Korea
Chongju-Sinanju
James V. Proffitt Jr
Caspar
Weed
O. Simmons
Pensacola
John R. Roy Jr
Willimantic
Conn
San J Ean Sabres
Els
Panmunjom
West Pushes German Issue in Western Powers Note
Washington reports that the Western Powers issued a firm note to Moscow backing a united Germany and West Germany’s anti Communist government. The note challenges the Soviet Union to allow a United Nations commission into the Soviet zone to verify free elections. Officials expect further exchanges over the issue in coming years.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Kremlin
West Germany
Gerae
Germany
United Nations Commission
Soviet
Inquest Recommends Charges Against Two Held
Coroner's jury in Greenville ordered Mrs. Lucille Dail and Glenn Slim Brantley held for grand jury action after the fatal Saturday night shooting of Melvin E. Daniels. Brantley, a former filling station operator, testified. Daniels, 35, an appliance firm employee, was shot at Dail's apartment following a trespass warrant.
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Greenville
Melvin E. Daniels
Lucille Dail
Glenn Slim Brantley
Brantley
Daniels
Air raid warning demonstration draws state officials
Mayors city managers and civil defense directors from across North Carolina gathered in Winston-Salem for a 3 30 p m demonstration of a new air raid warning system. E Z Jones state civil defense director led the out of town delegation.
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Winston-Salem
E. Z. Jones
Funeral plans for Martha Anne Allen descendants
The funeral for Martha Anne Allen in Smithfield draws 181 descendants including four sons and many grandchildren. Family members anticipate a service as authorities note the large turnout and generations spanning 54 grandchildren 103 great grandchildren and 15 great great grandchildren.
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Smithfield
Martha Anne Allen
Tomor
Tabor City Man of the Year is W Horace Carter
The Tabor City merchants group named W Horace Carter editor of the Tabor City Tribune as Man of the Year for leading a local fight against the Ku Klux Klan in Columbus County. Carter's Tribune assistant Mrs Evelyard received a silver trophy as the year's Woman of the Year at the dinner.
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Tabor City
Merchants Association
W. Horace Carter
State highway bids total 6.68 million for 492 miles in 29 counties
The State Highway Commission received low bids totaling 6,682,387.40 yesterday for 492 miles of road work across 29 counties. The commission will review bids at its Wilmington meeting and consider three major projects: a second US 29 lane between Charlotte and Concord, paving the Lexington bypass with a dual lane between Lexington and Yadkin, and paving one lane of the Chapel Hill Durham highway.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Commission
Wilmington
Charlotte
Concord
Lexington
Yad
Chapel Hill-Durham
Dull Day of Stock Trading on NYSE
New York price movements narrowed in dull trading on the New York Stock Exchange with only a few issues edging through fractional gains or losses. Armour & Co fell 1 4 point to 11 1 2 as 13 week earnings through Jan 26 disappointed.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Armour & Co
Texas Pacific Land
Trust
Amerada
Midcontinent
Atlantic Refining
General Precision Equipment
Atlantic Coast Line
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Alabama & One Railway
Hooker Chemical
Eastman
Firestone
Chrysler
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Aes
Youngstown Sheet
Curator Honored in Britain Fellow Election
CURATOR HARRY T. DAVIS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SAID HE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF ELECTING AS A FELLOW OF THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Harry T. Davis
North Carolina Museum of Natural History
Muscum Association of Great Britain
Dunn Dunn unit to receive Third Army training award
Dunn-Dunn's Battery B of the 113th Field Artillery will be honored April 28 as the best trained unit in the Third Army. Lt. Col. Clarence B. Shimer said it is the first time a North Carolina unit has won the recognition, with Lt. Gen. John C. Hodge or a representative presenting the award. The Third Army spans North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee. George E. Pearce, 31, of Petersburg, Va., escaped Johnson County Prison Camp, after being convicted in Wake County in December of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 12 months.
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Dunn
113Th Field Artillery
Third Army
Clarence B. Shimer
North Carolina
John C. Hodge
W National Guard
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Raleigh
George E. Pearce
Petersburg
Johnston County
State
Pearce
Wake County
Congressional Act Threatens to Block Defense Contract Plans
Congress moves to curb the Defense Mobilization Committee aimed at funneling contracts to distressed unemployment areas in textiles. Vinson proposes low bid contracts for standard military items while debates over regional price differentials and quota allocations continue. Maybank questions ODM's current function as lawmakers weigh competing bills and witness testimony from Northern and Southern textile interests.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Irman Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
ODM
Maybank
Defense Mobilization Committee
New England
Rep
Lane
D-Mass
John J. Buckley
J. Casey
Lawrence
Mass
North
North Carolina
NACM
William F. Sullivan
National Association of Cotton
New England Mills
Scranton
Durham
D-Nc
Defense Department
Congress
Woodrow Jones
Eisenhower Eyes European Army Treaty Path to Ratification
Paris reports that a six nation European armed force treaty should be ready for ratification by mid April. France Italy West Germany Luxembourg Belgium and The Netherlands plan to sign in Paris soon after and Eisenhower may return home in May to campaign. Ratification by the six parliaments is required before German troops can be recruited.
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Paris
Eisenhower
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Europe
Truman
Mock atomic war in Texas kills paratrooper at Fort Hood
A simulated atomic attack during Operation Longhorn at Fort Hood left one paratrooper dead and 34 injured as 82nd Airborne aggressors dropped from transports. Lt. Gen. Hoge announced atomic weapons would be used in a controlled mock battle involving 115000 troops across South Texas towns.
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FT. Hood
Tex
82Nd Airborne
U. S
William Hoge
Victoria
Beeville
Cotulla
Alice
Hondo
South Texas
Col
Stanley Larson
325Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Andrew §. Mann
Alartie Elizabeth Russell
Gruenther Seen as Ike Successor and Foreign Aid Advocate
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief of staff Alfred Gruenther testifies on the 7.9 billion foreign aid bill. He argues for continued U S investments in Europe and is viewed by many lawmakers as the logical American candidate to succeed Eisenhower as Atlantic Pact commander. Some oppose an American general, but Gruenther is favored by both parties as the likely choice.
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Washington
Alfred M. Gruenther
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gruuenther
U. S
Europe
Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
James P. Richards
Ske
South Carolina Democrat
James G. Fulton
R-Pa
Walter H. Judd
Rminn
North Carolina Guard Gets New Armory in Red Springs
A NC National Guard spokesman said the secretary of defense approved a one unit armory here costing about 130000 to 140000 dollars. Capt. W R Bullock said bids will be sought in 60 to 90 days and the armory will allow the 139th Battalion, fifth to be reactivated in NC, to recruit members locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Springs
North Carolina National Guard
Secretary of Defense
W. R. Bullock
North Carolina
McCarthy Sues Benton for 2 Million Over Alleged Libel
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin filed a two million dollar libel and slander suit against Senator Benton of Connecticut accusing him of conspiring to remove McCarthy from the Senate. Benton had testified that McCarthy committed perjury and deceit before a Senate committee and offered to waive congressional immunity. Benton did not comment, while McCarthy agreed to the waiver and Benton was in Los Angeles for tax hearings.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Congress
Los Angeles
Small Business Taxation
Motorist Races Across Knoxville Runways
A Michigan motorist detoured onto a municipal airport runway area in Knoxville by night and drove about as awaiting aircraft landed. Guard Jim Cruze chased and stopped the man who fled with his wife and child, claiming confusion and seeking Maryville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Jim Cruze
Red
Peeca
Maryville
Cruze
Jim Hutton
Maverick Auto
Hutton
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