Wage Boost Policy Sets Growth With Living Costs
Washington reports the government adopted a temporary general policy allowing wages to rise and fall with living costs. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnson called it in line with stabilizing the economy while a spring review is planned. The wage stabilization board will approve increases to offset living cost rises, with three eligible paths and existing boosts to 10 percent.
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Washington
U.P
Eric Johnson
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Reds doom foreigners in Peiping death sentences
Peiping radio reports two non-Chinese, Italian Antonio Riva and Japanese Rinichi Yamagchi, were sentenced to death for allegedly plotting to kill Mao Tse-tung. U S officials denied the charges and defended Col. David D. Barrett, stating he never authorized or engaged in any assassination plot. Other foreigners faced lighter terms.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Mao Tze-Tung
Peiping
United States
State Department
Washington
U. S
Formosa
Red Radio
David D. Barrett
Barrett
Taipei
Boulder
Colo
Antonio Riva
Rinichi Yamagchi
Favor Ending Trade With Czechs
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution urging the United States to suspend trade with Czechoslovakia until Associated Press correspondent William N. Oatis is freed. Oatis is serving a ten year prison sentence for espionage, a trial many have denounced as fraudulent. The measure, nonbinding, expresses congressional sentiment and calls for action to win his release.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
U. S
Czechoslovakia
William N. Oatis
Oatis
Associated Press
Bowles May Be Envoy to India
President Truman reportedly ordered Chester Bowles former Connecticut governor and federal price administrator to succeed Roy Henderson as American ambassador to India Henderson will replace Henry Grady as ambassador to Iran Grady plans retirement early next month The diplomat reassignments were delayed by the Iranian oil crisis and Grady's efforts toward a Britain Iran accord
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Washington
Truman
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Roy Henderson
India
Henderson
Henry Grady
Iran
Grady
Britain
Dispute Settled at Oshkosh Trunk and Luggage Co
A two week strike at Oshkosh Trunk and Luggage Co in Wisconsin ended Friday as union workers voted to accept the company's offer of a new two year contract.
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Oshkosh. Wis
Oshkosh Trunk and Luggage Co
East German Quiz Kids Cheer U S Answers
East Berlin hosted East German quiz youths who asked U S High Commissioner John J. McCloy about German unity and life in the United States. McCloy defended Western policy, discussed postwar rearmament, and admitted the Elbe advance in 1945 was a mistake while stressing partnership with the Soviets against Nazi aggression.
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U. S
Berlin
John J. McCloy
Elbe
FBI Arrests 6 More Reds
The FBI rounded up six Communist leaders in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, charging them with plotting to overthrow the government. It brings total arrests under the Smith Act to 46 since last June, with trials set for Pittsburgh. Steven Nelson, James Dolsen, William Albertson, Benjamin Careuthers, Andrew Onda, and Irving Weissman were named, all linked to western Pennsylvania or West Virginia.
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FBI
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
Steven Nelson
Moscow
Nelson
Communist Party of
Western Pennsylvania
James Hulse Dolsen
Daily Worker
Pittsburgh
William Albertson
Detroit
Benjamin Lowell Careuthers, Sr
Andrew Rudolph Onda
Communist Party
Irving Weissman
West Virginia
New York
Justice Department
Mountain Yields Bodies of 12 Navy Flyers
Amak Island in the Aleutians Alaska reports that the bodies of 12 navy airmen were recovered from a mountainside where a Privateer bomber crashed Sunday. A ground party, delayed by tides, reached the wreckage yesterday and found no survivors among the nine enlisted men and three officers aboard.
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Amak Island
Aleutians
Alaska
A.P
Foreign Aid Bill Passes House Amid Cuts To Europe Funds
The House approved a 7.498 billion dollar foreign aid bill sending it to the Senate. The measure cuts European economic aid below President Truman's request, leaving 985 million for Europe instead of 1.675 billion, and faces Senate resistance as Republicans push for deeper reductions while Democrats defend the aid as essential to European recovery and military production.
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Senate
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Western
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Reece
R-Tenn
Republican National Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Near East
Africa
Asia
Pacific
Air and infantry battles mark brisk action
Report describes air and infantry clashes with steady gains against fanatical resistance. In a second engagement 26 Sabre jets fought 24 MIGs in a ten minute battle at altitudes from 15 000 to 35 000 feet.
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Fensive
University of Wisconsin Fall registration opens Sept. 18
The University of Wisconsin announced that fall semester registration commences September 18 in Madison. Classes begin September 24.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Nash Motors lands $28 million air force contract
A $28,000,000 defense contract will be fulfilled by Nash Motors at its expanding plant. Colonel Max Johl, air force plant representative, will oversee war contract administration at the local plant. Parts will be made in Kenosha and Milwaukee with two new one story buildings planned.
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Nash Motors
Max Johl
Air Force Plant
Col
Johl
War Contract Administration
Air Force
Mid-central Air Procurement District
Chicago
Dodge
Ford Motor Co
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Weather Outlook For Wisconsin Weekend Showers Then Clearing
Scattered showers hit most of Wisconsin tonight into tomorrow morning with skies clearing by Sunday afternoon. Temperatures rise to the 70s, with a 79 at Lake Geneva and Prairie du Chien. Heavy rain totaled 1.59 inches in Green Bay for 24 hours, and statewide nighttime low was 43 around Superior.
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
Lake Geneva
Prairie du Chien
Yuma
Ariz
Superior
Kenosha
Crew Starts Boarding Battleship Iowa
The 45,000-ton USS Iowa, last of the four giant battleships to be reactivated, began boarding as a 2,500-man crew took charge at the San Francisco naval shipyard. The ship was towed from drydock and was scheduled for completion on August 25.
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San Francisco
Iowa
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Cease-fire line urged along 38th parallel leader says
Vice Admiral C Turner Joy stated by a four man armistice subcommittee amid a news blackout that the Communists demand a cease fire line along the 38th parallel. The UN and Communist subcommitteemen seem to be making progress as they prepare for their third meeting.
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Adm
C. Turner Joy
Loses His Other Wife but Keeps First One in Bigamy Case
Towson Maryland Priscilla Bunge Fleming remains at her husband’s side as a 31-year-old New York serviceman pleads guilty to bigamy. Fleming, with Brooklyn and Lynbrook addresses, married Priscilla in January 1948 in Washington. They lived in Suitland Maryland. A Marine reserve, he reported to Camp Lejeune last October. He is said to have gone AWOL last March. A settlement from his mother’s estate is mentioned as part of the proceedings. Judge Murray calls the case fantastic and raw material for a court drama.
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Lynbrook
N. Y
Priscilla
Washington
Suitland
United States Marine Corps
Fleming
Camp Lejeune
N. C
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