Final Steel Wage Talks Pause as Strike Looms
The wage dispute nears deadline with Feinsinger and the Big Six CIO United Steelworkers meeting for progress toward a settlement. Officials warn a strike would affect national defense while some independents sign pacts, leaving major firms divided over the wage board's 1.72 cent an hour raise and related benefits.
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New York
Wage Stabilization Board
Nathan Feinsinger
U. S. Steel Corp
Benjamin F. Fairless
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
General Electric Company
Barium Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Big Six
Thief Killed Stealing Child's Piggy Bank
In Los Angeles Alphine Callahan, 28, was shot and killed by police after attempting to steal a child's piggy bank from the home of L. T. Whitinger. Whitinger's wife alerted officers when she saw him exit a window while Gregory Hahn, 7, slept. The piggy bank contained $17.
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Los Angeles
Alphine Callahan
L. T. Whitinger
Whitinger
Callahan
Gregory Hahn
The Last Real Forty Days Hymn Excerpt
A devotional verse by Julien C. Hyer reflecting on Jesus's burial and resurrection. It contrasts fear and despair with faith on the third day, urging steadfast belief and vows to fight for righteous causes.
Morris Flags Capital Setup
Morris says federal payroll workers in Washington have barely worked in six months. He says Attorney General McGrath resented his inquiry and fired him before resigning. Morris calls McGranery a whitewasher and demands aggressive investigations. He urges a department to check up on governmental departments.
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New York
Newbold Morris
Washington
Morris
U. S
New York World-Telegram
Sun
McGrath
James P. McGranery
McGranery
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Congress
McMahon Says U.S. Has Hydrogen Bomb Progress
Senator McMahon of Connecticut asserts during a radio interview that the United States is building a hydrogen bomb and has made great progress in atomic weapons development. He chairs the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee and indicated construction may be underway though specifics on the stage of development were not clarified.
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Washington
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
United States
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Stalin holds talks with Indian envoy on world peace effort
Prime Minister Stalin and India's ambassador Sir Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan discussed convening top world leaders to resolve global tensions. They highlighted renewed Soviet moves toward peace talks, including a proposed four power meeting and expanded trade talks, amid ongoing international diplomacy in Moscow.
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Moscow
Stalin
India
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
M. V. Nesterov
Russia
Chamber of Commerce
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Kremlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Y. D Gundevia
Vladimir Pavlov
Sir Sarvapalli
Radhakrishnan
Portland Woman Recalls Hoax About Missing Husband
Mrs. John A. McAllaster of Portland says a caller told her her husband, missing in Korea, had been found alive. The claim was a hoax aimed at her and involved the son of Lt. Gen. James Van Fleet.
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Portland
Ore
John A. McAllaster
Korea
James van Fleet
Parking Meter Feud Reaches Kansas Supreme Court
Real estate dealer J W Harrison of Hutchinson challenges Kansas parking meters as unconstitutional in a case that rose to the state supreme court. He alleges fines without arrest or trial are unfair and vows to continue the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed. The dispute began December 12, 1950, with meter number 13 at the center of the contention.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
J. W. Harrison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Harrison
Hutchinson, Kan
U. S. Supreme Court
Hutchinson
Franklin B. Hettinger
Spreme Court
Vote recount finds large tabulation errors in two contests
Recounts in two Tuesday races show substantial miscounts but no change in winners. Joseph Zuffa widened his school board lead from 56 to 175 ballots. William Streit’s ward seven constable margin dropped from six to three. Officials blame turnover and haste, note partial ballot damage from candles, and call for improved accuracy and equipment.
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Joseph Zuffa
Board of Education
Robert Grover
William Streit
John Tondryk
B. A. Herrmann
Election Board
Nicholas Wade
Council
Herrmann
Zuffa
Senate Takes Up Spending-Check Bill For Budget Oversight
Washington. The Senate considers a bill to create an 18 member joint congressional committee on the budget with a staffed group from tax writing and appropriations panels. The measure aims to curb excessive federal spending and prevent deficits and higher taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen. McClelland
D-Ark
House
House Appropriations
Hearings Voted On McGranery Nomination
The Senate judiciary committee voted unanimously to hold hearings on President Truman’s nomination of James P. McGranery as attorney general. No date or public/closed status was set. The move signals delay in confirmation and prompted questions about the wartime Amerasia case and espionage angles.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
James P. McGranery
Senate
McGranery
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Watkins
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Pat McCarran
Dnev
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Newbold Morris
Justice Department
Amerasia
Highway 42 repairs planned to counter lake erosion
Manitowoc to Two Rivers section of highway 42 faces erosion from Lake Michigan. State highway commissioner Owain Hughes said staff are filling bad spots while a permanent plan is studied and a lake rise projection of up to 18 inches this year is possible. The highway department will study options for mitigation.
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Madison
Owain Hughes
Highway Department
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Lake Michigan
Hughes
Legislative Highway Committee
FCC Postpones Hearing On Theater TV Channels
The Federal Communications Commission postponed indefinitely hearings on allocating special television channels to theaters. The May 5 start date was canceled due to pressure of other business.
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FCC
Washington
U.P
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Wiscon sin Sees Warm Tides After Freezing Night
A bright sun warmed Wisconsin after a frigid night with readings below freezing statewide. Park Falls logged 14 degrees the coldest in the nation, Milwaukee bureau says the clear spell continues tonight then clouds move in with warmer weather forecast for tomorrow. Downtown Kenosha marked 41 at noon.
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Wisconsin
Park Falls
Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Six Killed Accidentally in Wisconsin Weekend Toll
A Wisconsin weekend tally records six accidental deaths ranging from 4 to 84. Arthur Rounds, 9, Milwaukee, died when biking was struck by a car near home. Derryl Shkirkre, 4, Cudahy, choked on a crayon while coloring. Joseph Wertz, 18, Sturgeon Bay, died in an auto crash on Hy. 42 near Fish Creek. Frank Remiker, 84, Grimms, perished in a house fire. Bobby Holstein, 10, Eau Claire, swept to death in the Chippewa River. Robert Hodd Jr., 6, Abbotsford, struck by a car and thrown into a light pole.
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Wisconsin
Arthur Rounds
Milwaukee
Derryl Shkirkre
Derryl
Howard Shkirkre
Cudahy
David
Joseph W. Wertz
Sturgeon Bay
Fish Creek
Wertz
Frank Remiker
Grimms
Here
Chippewa
Eau Claire
Bobby Holstein
Robert Hodd, Jr
Abbotsford
Ammonia Gas Floods Schlitz Cellar in Milwaukee
Ammonia gas flooded a Schlitz brewery bottling house storage cellar in Milwaukee today. Six workers inside escaped uninjured while more than 50 firemen were deployed to assist with ventilation and gas clearance. The leak origin remained undisclosed as officials pumped out the gas as a precaution.
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Milwaukee
Schlitz
Communications strike roils Bell System and Western Union
CIO walkouts shut 43 states of Western Electric and 5 Bell state lines while AFL strike disrupts Western Union. About 67 000 workers quit, with long distance calls reportedly still going through and emergency service to be maintained. The strikes span New York New Jersey Ohio Wisconsin Michigan California Nevada and fewer offices facing picket lines. Ernest Weaver notes 300 000 CWA telephone workers poised to respect picket lines though not all offices will post. Beirne declares emergency service for public government and military.
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CIO
Western Electric Co
Bell System
Telephone
AFL
Western Union Telegraph System
Western Electric
Ohio
New Jersey
Michigan
California
Nevada
CIO Communications Workers of America
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Western Telephone Co
John Paige
Wisconsin Telephone Co
AT & T
Bell Systems
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Bell
Ernest Weaver
CWA
New York
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
Joseph A. Beirne
Washington
Icebreaker Mackinaw Frees Freighters in Whitefish Bay
The Mackinaw battled solid ice and 60 mph winds to free the last of 15 Great Lakes freighters stranded in Whitefish Bay since Saturday. Coast guard officials said the vessel freed six ships last night.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Coast Guard
Mackinaw
Great Lakes
Whitefish Bay
Government bans steel deliveries for civilian use
Washington U.P government bans steel deliveries for civilian use to reserve supplies for defense. Air Force plan shows 28 more overseas air fields than in the United States by June 30. House appropriations notes 90 continental bases vs 118 bases abroad.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Washington
Air Force
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Continental
Lodge Predicts Over 500 Delegates for Ike at Paris Convention
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower campaign manager Sen Henry Cabot Lodge Jr says Ike will enter the Republican national convention with well over 500 delegates committed. Nomination needs 603. Lodge declines to comment on Ike’s return to the United States. Churchill Signals Openness to Stalin Talks if Conditions Favorable in London.
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Dwight Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
Ike
Eisenhower
John Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Lodge
United States
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Grover Zuffa
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Finch
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