Westinghouse to Cut Prices Following U S Steel
The electrical industry matches steel in price cuts as Westinghouse Electric Corp lowers prices on a wide range of electrical products. The move is expected to save industrial customers about 2.195 million dollars annually.
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Westinghouse
U.S
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Lewesw
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Truman
General Electric Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Gwilyn A. Price
United Electrical Workers
Price
USW
Detroit
Arthur R. Davis
Manufacturers Council
Kingsley to Lead County Bond Campaign in Wisconsin
Ralph S. Kingsley, president of the Kenosha Evening News, was named as Kenosha county bond drive chairman to reach a $1,445,000 goal in U S Savings Bonds by June 30. Milwaukee state chair Walter Kasten announced the appointment, urging local effort to bolster national debt management and economic security.
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Ralph S. Kingsley
Kenosha
Kasten
Kenosha County
Kingsley
U. S
United States
Wisconsin
Mystery Witness Questioned in Reuther Shooting Probe
Detroit police whisked a mystery witness to headquarters as investigators pursue the gunman who attacked Wal P Reuther. Prosecutor McNally said the informant identified Nelson Davis as a person who knew who shot Reuther, while Davis denied making such remarks and faces no charges yet.
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Detroit
Wal * P Reuther
Jams N. McNally
Nelson Davis
McNally
Davis
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Reuther
UAW
Sheldon Tappes
Ford
Percy Llewellyn
Wilfred Grant
George F. Addes
Addes
Fight over Condon loyalty letter escalates in Congress
President Truman faces a House showdown as Rep. J Parnell Thomas threatens 48 hour demand for the FBI loyalty letter concerning Dr. Edward A. Condon director of the Federal Bureau of Standards. The committee plans hearings next month amid charges of weak atomic security and links to suspected Russian spies.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
Edward A. Condon
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
House UN- American Activities Committee
House
Secretary of Commerce
Condon
Federal Bureau of Standards
Thomas
Congress
Thomas’ Committee
Violence erupts at Cudahy packing strike in Kansas City
Police clubs drove pickets from the Cudahy Packing Co gate and smashed the CIO packinghouse workers headquarters in a bloody outbreak. Several strikers and a photographer were hospitalized as Captain Dahlin led the response amid calls for order. The melee lasted about ten minutes.
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Kansas City
Kan
U.P
Cudahy Packing Co
CIO Packinghouse
Union Hall
Cudahy Gate
Eli Dahlin
Clark Tucker
Dahlin
Ben Shanoski
Acme
A B C Three Weapons More Destructive Than A Bomb
Ellis M. Zacharias, former naval intelligence expert, says the United States developed bacteriological, biological, and climatological weapons during the war. He states Russia knows these weapons are available and that the atomic bomb ranks fourth in destructiveness due to its limited local effect.
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Miami
Fla
Ellis M. Zacharias
Naval Intelligence
United States
Russia
Ex Police Chief Fired in Rhinelander Wis
Former Rhinelander Police Chief Joseph J. Hack, who had served as a patrolman since last August, was ordered dismissed by the police and fire commission. The action followed charges raised at a public hearing Tuesday night by Acting Chief Alfred H. Schuetz, who had suspended Hack eleven days earlier.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Joseph J. Hack
Police and Fire Commission
Alfred H. Schuetz
Hack
Judge Delays Indefinitely Cardinal Bus Lines Penalty
In a two hour public hearing at the courthouse Cardinal Bus Lines again opposed a secondary role in southeastern Wisconsin transport after the Public Service Commission deemed it needed. L. J. Peterson noted no dividends from joint service with Northland Greyhound between Kenosha and Madison via Lake Geneva and Janesville. He warned continued losses threaten current services. The case reflects a six month dispute over a direct Kenosha Madison route. Public witnesses urged a direct link, opposing transfer arrangements. The hearing continues as readers await Page Five details.
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Cardinal Bus Lines, Inc
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
Madison-Kenosha
L. J. Peterson
Cardinal Lines
Northland Greyhound Lines
Kenosha
Madison
Lake Geneva
Janesville
Peterson
Northland Greyhound Lines, Inc
PSC
Cardinal
Greyhound
Racine
Judge Postpones Civil Contempt Sentence for Lewis and UMW
U.S. Attorney and Judge Goldsborough defer civil contempt penalties against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers after government recommendation. Morison cites high coal production back at work. court injunction under Taft Hartley remains. Pending pension fund disputes and Bridges Lewis plan trigger further actions.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Goldsborough
Graham Morrison
Lewis
UMW
Union
Morison
Justice Department
National Health and Safety
Welly K. Hopkins
Arabs Flee Haifa Refuse Jewish Truce
Arab population of Haifa flees by land and sea after rejecting a Jewish truce demand. More than 6,000 sail to Acre in fishing boats, while thousands, mostly women and children, head to inland Arab strongholds. Jewish Haganah forces advance, capturing Suq on Haifa’s eastern gate and attacking Tireh.
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Haifa
U.P
Acre
Haganah
Suq
Tireh
Federal Housing Measure Faces Fight in House
House members signal a Senate approved program to build 15 million homes in 10 years. The plan includes a 500 000 unit public housing program with government owned structures, subsidies totaling 160 million dollars yearly by year five, and 40 year funding. It also envisions slum clearance, farm housing loans, expanded FHA insurance, liberalized home loan terms, and 90 percent rental housing loans with guaranteed profits for big investors.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Banking Committee
Federal Housing Administration
Thief Steals 94 Foot Derrick From Kilgore Oil Lease
Gregg county officers report a 94 foot long, 18,000 pound oil derrick was stolen from an oil lease near Kilgore Texas. A thief or thieves are sought and the incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Kilgore
Tex
Gregg County
Bids Sought On Two Major Kenosha Highway Projects
Kenosha County bids due May 11 for two state funded road upgrades. The east lane repaving on Highway 41 from 43 to 20 will use 7,613 miles of pavement with 21,000 tons of surface course and 6,000 cubic yards of base. A second project repaves county trunk Y North Twenty second Avenue to the county line using about 3,508 miles of surface with a $75,000 share from county and federal funds. An electric signal will be added at the Brass Ball corners intersection of Highways 75 and 50.
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Kenosha
George Friedl, Jr
State Highway Commission
Friedl
Racine County
State Commission
Fried
Rotarians Begin Canada Trip For International Assembly
Rotary officials from 15 countries board a special train to the Rotary International assembly in Quebec Canada. S Kendrick Gurnsey of Jacksonville Florida president leads the delegation of 217 persons with incoming president Angus S Mitchell of Melbourne Australia.
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Chicago
Rotary
Rotary International Assembly
Quebec
Canada
S. Kendrick Gurnsey
Jacksonville
Fla
Rotary International
Angus S. Mitchell
Melbourne
Australia
Miners Call Postponement a Wise Decision
Miners greet postponed contempt sentence for the United Mine Workers and John L. Lewis. Frank Hughes of UMW District 3 in Greensburg Pa calls it good while Michael Honus of District 4 says he doubts Lewis’s guilt and expects restaffing across Western Pennsylvania. About 400,000 bituminous miners return to work as production aims 100 percent by Monday.
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Ezra van Horn
van Horn
UMW
Lewis
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Frank Hughes
United Mine Workers District 3
Greensburg
Michael Honus
Uniontown
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Knutson Urges Crackdown On Income Tax Evasion
Representative Knutson of Minnesota calls for larger tax collections and more funding to pursue billions lost to evasion. As chairman of the Ways and Means Committee he helped author a new 800 million dollar income tax reduction law.
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Knutson
Washington
Rep
Minn
House
Ways and Means
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