Truman Seeks Power to Seize Steel Mills
President Truman urged Congress to authorize federal seizure and operation of the steel industry or face government action under the Taft Hartley act. He argued for a wage and conditions board and just compensation for mill owners, warning against the act’s injunction powers and urging swift action to secure essential steel production and fair treatment for both sides. He noted the Supreme Court ruling limited seizure and stressed Congress must decide.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
United Steel
Supreme Court
Wage Stabiliztion Board
GOP
Senate Urged To OK Pacts With Reich
Secretary of State Acheson pressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ratify a peace treaty with West Germany and extend NATO guarantees for German defense. He cited these pacts as essential to postwar unity among free nations and urged early ratification.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
West Germany
United States
Britain
Europe
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
U. S
British end seven day siege of Radio Berlin
British forces lifted a seven day siege on Radio Berlin after removing barbed wire at 1 30 a m. The Soviets barricaded the station for eight hours before noting the act. The blockade began June 3 in retaliation for Soviet isolation of western held islands in East German territory.
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Berlin
U.P
Radio
France raids fail to uncover military plans
Paris officials said raids on Communist party headquarters did not reveal military plans or secret material, undermining France’s get tough policy. No further evidence found, officials stated.
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Paris
France
Communist Party
Red
Veeck removes Hornsby as Browns manager
St Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck announced Rogers Hornsby was ousted as manager and will be replaced by Marty Marion. The move reshapes the Browns' leadership and betting on Marion to guide the club.
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Veeck
Hornsby
Browns
Boston
U.P
Bill Veeck
St. Louis Browns
Rogers Hornsby
Marty Marion
PSC orders closure of 50th St crossing in Kenosha
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin rules the 50th Street crossing cannot be made safe and must be closed. A new vehicular crossing at 45th Street will be built, with costs split: railway bears crossing work and signals, city funds the approaches and drainage, and a watchman remains until closure. The decision follows years of hearings and a prior staffing order.
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50Th St
North Shore
45Th St
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
Robert V. Baker
PSC
Commission
City of
Kenosha
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway
Nash
City Hall
A. E. Axtell
52Nd St
Ted Smith
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Phantom gunman strikes along Rt 66 terror span widens
The so called phantom gunman wounded Phillip Mossitt of Loami Illinois after firing through his windshield on a by pass south of Springfield. Reports say attacks extended into Sullivan Indiana where another car was fired at earlier. Police track leads from Sullivan to Illinois while an air base suspect remains in custody as the case widens.
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Boatner
Lee Hak Woo
Compound 76
Lee
Phillip Mossitt
Loami, DL
Moffitt
Springfield
Illinois
Sullivan
Ind
Hubert Wagner
Indiana
Wagner
Charles Meier
Harold Conner
Meier
Mossitt
St. John’s Hospital
Government Planning Tidelands Operation
The General Services Administration confirmed a tentative plan for federal operation of tidelands without congressional statutory authority. GSA head Jess Larson drafted an exploratory order to empower Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman to lease submerged coastal lands for oil and gas.
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Washington
U.P
General Services Administration
Congress
Jess Larson
GSA
Secretary of Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
UN Should Strike Back If Reds Launch All-Out Air War
Gen. Mark W. Clark told United Press that if Communist forces unleash a 2000-plane air offensive, the United Nations should respond with no holds barred. He warned of intensified bombardment of Chinese Communist territory if air power is fully used.
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Tokyo
U.P
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
United Press
Clark
Korea
Panmunjom
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Reds
North Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Nam II
Enters Service As Phoney 1-A
In San Antonio Lackland Air Force base withheld action in the case of a Chicago 4-F who swapped identities with a willing 1-A friend to join the air force. FBI reports from Chicago awaited. officials predicted no dishonorable discharge unless FBI proves a scheme to violate selective service laws by Cpl. Robert Hubert.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Air Force
Chicago
Lackland Air Force Base
FBI
Robert Hubert
Navy Plane Soars Past 79 000 Feet
The navy reported the rocket propelled D 558 2 sky rocket flight reached higher than 79 000 feet about 15 miles, setting a high altitude record for the aircraft.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Weather Forecast Slightly Cloudy With Scattered Thunder Showers
Tonight will be partly cloudy with humid conditions tomorrow as a chance of scattered thundershowers in the area. Highs near 86 to 90 with tonight's lows around 55 to 62, cooler further north. noon at the sewage plant recorded 76 and yesterday's high 85 low 57. No rainfall reported.
Boat Crashes Pier In New York Injuring 27
A sightseeing boat carrying school children struck a pier in New York today injuring at least 27 people. At least 12 victims were hospitalized.
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New York
WUP
Boy Drowns After Fall From Raft at Wausau Bridge
Eight year old Gerald Smith drowned in the Wisconsin River yesterday after sliding from a raft at the foot of a new bridge. A diver team had been using the float nearby. A companion witnessed the accident and notified the boy’s mother. The body was recovered.
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Wausau
Gerald Smith
Wisconsin River
Garfield leaves $100000 to wife in will
New York actor John Garfield left his $100,000 estate to wife Roberta in a probate filing. Garfield, 39, died of a heart attack May 21.
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Garfield
Wise
New York
U.P
John Garfield
Roberta
Death of Sturtevant Man After Auto Crash
Racine area notice reports George Haigh Sr. 69 of Sturtevant died following a two vehicle crash on County Trunk S and Kraut Road. Investigating officials listed no further details.
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Racine
George Haigh Sr
Sturtevant
Russia Rejects Disarmament Plan at UN
United Nations in New York—Soviet delegate Jakob A Malik rejected a Western disarmament proposal. He charged the plan by the United States Britain and France would block real arms reductions and prohibit atomic weapons. The plan aimed at one third cuts and set force ceilings at 114 million for the big three and 800000 for Britain and France.
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N. Y
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
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