Steel Talks To Reopen Tomorrow In Pittsburgh
Washington reports steel negotiations resume at 9 a.m. CST in Pittsburgh with union and industry leaders. Officials study seizure options under the 1948 act while hoping for a contract before Monday and facing pressure from CIO President Philip Murray and industry spokesman Clarence Randall.
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Washington
Steel Industry and Steel Workers Union
Pittsburgh
John R. Steelman
CIO
Steelworkers
Philip Murray
CIO and Steelworkers
Wage Policy Committee
Murray
Chicago
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
Defense Department
Defense
Chaplain Appointed at Beloit College
The Rev. David J. Maitland, longtime University of Wisconsin student pastor since 1946, is named chaplain at Beloit college.
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Beloit
Wis
David J. Maitland
University of Wisconsin
Beloit College
Truce Talks at Panmunjom Fail to Break Deadlock
Secret talks between Allied and Communist negotiators yielded no breakthrough on prisoner repatriation. A Peiping radio broadcast echoed continued stalemate and no issue solved, while Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols avoided comment after the session. A Sunday meeting was set, with no progress reported on the key repatriation dispute.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Peiping
Alan Winnington
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Truman Returns to White House After Health Checkup
President Truman arrived at the White House after a three day physical at Walter Reed. He told reporters he felt fine and joked with photographers while noting he had undertaken 233 pieces of legislation since illness began. He appeared to lose a bit of weight but said he felt all right and planned no meetings that day.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
White House
Army
Walter Reed Medical Center
White House On the Ground Floor, Mr. Truman
Thomas d'Alesandro, Jr
Baltimore
Harriman
New York
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Weather Halts Trans Atlantic Helicopter Flight
The world’s first trans Atlantic helicopter flight was postponed at Goose Bay Labrador as bad weather held the two aircraft at Narsarsuaq Greenland. Capt. Vincent H. McGovern of Springfield New Jersey and First Lt Harold W Moore of Cincinnati Ohio awaited clearer skies to resume the voyage.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
U.P
Narsassuak
Greenland
Vincent H. Mc.Govern
Springfield
N. J
Harold W. Moore
Cincinnati
Eight Foot Seven Inch Texan Dies in El Paso
El Paso, Texased El Paso resident Jake Erlich known as the Friendly Giant died last night in a local hospital at age 47. Born in Denver he toured the nation with circuses such as Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey and appeared in 48 Hollywood films before a later career as a sales representative in San Francisco. He never married and was famed for his work with children and his poetry and photography.
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el Paso
Tex
U.P
Jake Erlich
West Coast
Erlich
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Circus
San Francisco
San
Ringling Brothers Circus
Childrens
Battle for Old Baldy Continues Amid Heavy Shelling
In western Korea near Chorwon Allied infantry pressed a renewed drive to take Old Baldy from Chinese forces. Frontline reports describe the crest as no man’s land with fierce resistance and sustained artillery, averaging seven shells per minute, marking one of the war’s heaviest bombardments.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Old Baldy
Chorwon
Truman Signs Bill On Withholding Taxes
President Truman signed legislation authorizing states to withhold state income taxes from federal employee pay. Military pay is exempt. Analysts note only Vermont Oregon Alaska and Hawaii currently employ withholding systems.
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Washington
Truman
Vermont
Oregon
Alaska
Hawaii
Wisconsin Humid Weather Persists With Showers
Very humid conditions continued across Wisconsin for the third day in a row with scattered showers overnight and this morning. Park Falls and Grantsburg recorded the heaviest rain, with more showers forecast tonight and Sunday. Temperatures reached 79 at the high, 66 low, and 73 at 11 a.m. today.
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Wisconsin
Park Falls
Grantsburg
Law boosts social security and public assistance benefits
President Truman signed a measure increasing social security and public aid payments by about 540 million dollars yearly beginning Sept 1. The hikes raise 4 1/2 million beneficiaries to at least 25 dollars monthly, raise family maximums, and adjust aid for children the blind and aged. Servicemen gain social security credits in service and workers may earn up to 75 dollars monthly without losing aid.
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Washington
L.P
Truman
Rail Yard Workers Reach Agreements
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin announced that 80 major railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen signed a five day week for yard workers along with a four cent hourly wage increase.
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Washington
U.P
Maurice J. Tobin
Brotherhood of Railroad
Stevenson Says No Yet Again in Democratic Nomination Drive
Stevenson vetoes renewed efforts to enter the race as Barkley Kefauver and Russell push to shape the Democratic nomination. Barkley emerges as a possible compromise figure while Truman’s future looms uncertain. Harriman backs the Fair Deal with limited delegate impact as Truman faces leadership pressure.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Barkley
Stevenson
James A. Garfield
Endorsement Set for Two State Regular Delegates
Democratic credentials sub committee backed placing Texas and Mississippi regular delegations on the convention's temporary roll. It urged all delegates to follow majority convention decisions. The floor fight between regulars and loyalists will decide the contests. Governor Shivers stated he will abide by majority rule.
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Chicago
U.P
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Mississippi
Allan Shivers
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Hugh White
J. P. Coleman
John A. Clark
Maverick
Texas ‘Regulars
Pauley Denies Stop Kefauver Movement
Oilman Edwin Pauley of California rejected reports that he joined a stop Kefauver movement at the Democratic national convention or backing a Stevenson Russell ticket. George Miller Jr. telegrammed Frank McKinney claiming there were alerts about Pauley and E George Luckey. Pauley told a reporter this is the first he’s heard of it and that it obviously isn’t true.
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Chicago
Edwin Pauley
California
Pauley
Girl, 4, Dying From Old Age In Illini Hospital
A four year old girl at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago is dying from progeria. Identified as Linda, she was admitted Jan 28 1948 at two months of age. Her body is that of an old woman with wrinkled face and tiny stature.
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Chicago
U.P
University of Illinois’ Research and Educational Hospital
Linda
Youth Confesses He Killed Rabbi on a Dare
Donald Ferrick a 17 year old juvenile delinquent and reform school graduate and his 16 year old friend Edward Baldwin were held without bail Ferrick confessed to shooting Rabbi Samuel London 23 in Brooklyn s McCarran park on June 27 He said he was taunted into killing a total stranger by his companion and did it to prove he was not chicken
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New York
London
Edward
Baldy) Baldwin
Democrats Seek Unity as Dixie Clash Looms at Convention
Democratic leaders face a possible split over civil rights with Dixiecrats opposing federal intervention. House chair John W. McCormack aims for unity while Northern senators led by Humphrey and Lehman push a strong civil rights platform. Public hearings continue with over 40 witnesses as Benton from Connecticut set to open with possible rule change to curb filibusters.
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Stevenson
Barkley
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Chicago
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Platform Committee
Sen
Humphrey
Minnesota
Lehman
New York
Philadelphia
McCormack
House
William Benton
Connecticut
Senate
Denver County Jail Riot Ties Up Prisoners In Denver
Denver County Jail wardens report an hour long riot sparked by juvenile inmates accusing each other of stealing cigarets. The disturbance began in the boys section and spread to the women’s area, ending with tear gas. Four ringleaders, three teens and a 22 year old, were moved to Denver City Jail for safekeeping. One ringleader was lightly injured by tear gas.
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Denver
Colo
Norton Conklin
Conklin
Denver City
Norwegian Vessel Burns In Atlantic
Forty nine aboard the Norwegian freighter SS Black Gull leaped into the Atlantic after a naphthalene fire. Forty crew and nine passengers drifted in four foot swells until rescue by the liners Gripsholm and Excalibur and the coast guard Cutter Mackinac saved 45. four remain missing as dawn broke. The ship burned 65 miles southeast of Montauk Point New York.
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New York
U.P
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Gripsholm
Mackinac
Bremen
CST
Excalibur
Montauk Point
N. Y
Long Island
Brenton Reef
Rhode Island
Austrian Parliament Votes to Restore Rights to Former Nazis
The Austrian parliament voted last night to restore property and civil rights and grant other benefits to thousands of former Nazis, signaling a major shift in postwar policy. The decision affects many individuals and raises questions about restitution and justice in Vienna.
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Vienna
Austria
Flaming Ship Described By Coast Guard Flier
Coast Guard flier Lt. William G. Fenlon reported the SS Black Gull ablaze in the Atlantic with 49 passengers aboard. He described flames reaching 20 to 30 feet high, smoke to 1,000 feet, and nearly impossible visibility as rescue ships and lifeboats searched, with the Gripsholm and Excalibur saving 485 survivors.
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Coast Guard
Quonset Point
R. I
Black Gull
Atlantic Ocean
William G. Fenlon
Oak Park
Ill
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Bulletin
C. M. White
Republic Steel
Cleveland
William J. Grede
National Association of Manufacturers
Grede
Ellis Arnall
Etiant
Bil Agres
Thomas J. Cavin
President Truman
Kansas City, Mo
Kefauver
Rockford
Charles St
Rabbi On Dare
Dixie
Denver County
Fenlon
Fenton
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