Coal Miners Walkout Shrinks Steel and Auto Industries
The ongoing 63,000 member United Mine Workers strike forced Crucible Steel to cut Midland plant operations by 500 jobs, with possible 1,000 idle by week end. GM warned steel shortages could halt production within 30 days, while Youngstown Sheet and Tube planned cutbacks at Brier Hill Works. Western Pennsylvania led with 33,500 strikers.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine
Crucible Steel Corporation
Midland
Crucible
General Motors
H. R. Boyer
Motors
Automobile Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Brier Hill
Youngstown
UMW
John L. Lewis
Western
Pennsylvania
Costs May Go Up Soon For A Bomb
Belgium seeks higher prices for uranium ore used in the atomic bomb. A six year old US Belgium Congo deal paid 200 to 300 dollars a ton. US, Belgium and Britain will meet privately next week to set new terms and discuss ore sharing.
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Washington
Belgium
United States
U.S
State Department
Belgian Congo
Congo
Hensley Trial In Court Spotlight
The state rested its case in the murder trial of Clint E. Hensley Jr. at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in Bullivan County Circuit Court. Attorneys finished summations at 12:45 p.m. after three and a half hours of testimony while jurors deliberated.
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Hensley
Bill Maples
Times
Blountville
Spi
Clint B. Hensley, Jr
Cordell Mace Gilliam
John Henry Resque
Wadlow Gap Road
Brounsville
Spl
Clint E. Hensley, Jr
Bullivan County
3. R. Clark
John Allen
Long Island
Missouri Vessel Grounding Blamed on Unusual Circumstances
Norfolk Va. The battleship Missouri’s grounding on a Chesapeake Bay mud bank was blamed on a chain of unusual and unfortunate circumstances by Captain Willem D. Brown. He declined to detail, citing the court of inquiry still pending. He expects the ship to be floated after the next move on February 2 Groundhog Day.
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Norfolk
Misouri
Chesapeake Bay
Willem D. Brown
Tax crackdown eyed on middle income earners
The Treasury plans stricter scrutiny of income tax returns for individuals earning between 37 500 and 25 000 a year, contingent on Congress funding more enforcement agents. Testimony to the House Appropriations Committee cited high error rates and audits yielding substantial revenue, with evasion corrections mainly in higher income groups.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
T C Atkeson
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
George J. Schoeneman
McCloy ready to crack down on nationalist revival in Germany
Washington reports that High Commissioner John J. McCloy says he will act swiftly and firmly to suppress any dangerous nationalist revival in Western Germany. He trusts pro western elements will prevail but warns extremists may gain strength if allied with Soviet Russia. He states the U S Britain and France retain ample powers to influence Bonn and can intervene directly if needed.
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Washington
John J. McCloy
Germany
McCloy
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Bonn
Rajendra Prasad Named India's First President
New Delhi India Dr Rajendra Prasad 44 year old disciple of late Mahandas Gandhi was named first president of the Indian republic today by a cheering constituent assembly. Prasad who had served as president of the constituent assembly will be initiated at ceremonies Thursday when India formally drops her status as a British commonwealth dominion and becomes a sovereign democratic republic.
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New Delhi
India
Rajendra Prasad
Manhandas Gandhi
Prasad
Constituent Assembly
George VI
Commonwealth Association
Gorgeous Gussie Moran postpones engagement in India
American tennis star Gertrude Moran nicknamed Gorgeous Gussie announced from Madras that her engagement to British businessman Anthony Davenport in Calcutta is indefinitely postponed. She cited not going against her parents' wishes and declined to predict future plans.
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Madras
India
Gertrude
Gussie" Moran
Calcutta
Anthony Davenport
Fairless Links Steel Price Rise to Costs Not Trend
President Fairless of U S Steel told a congressional committee that the recent price hike should not trigger broader price increases in other industries. He blamed higher coal freight and fuel costs and new insurance and pension programs, noting added costs of about 3.68 per ton offset the 3.82 per ton hoped from price boosts.
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Washington
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel Corporation
Fairless
Senate House Economic Committee
Senate To Confirm Sherman Navy Head
Senate leaders planned a vote on Adm. Forrest Sherman for Chief of Naval Operations to succeed Adm. Louis Denfeld, likely by 4 p.m. Senators Kern and McCarthy pressed questions about Denfelds removal last November, with McCarthy signaling a present vote.
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Washington
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
Senate
Sherman
McCarthy
Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev Go On Spy Trial
New York prosecutors begin the espionage trial of Judith Coplon, 28, and Valentin A. Gubitchev, 33, a Soviet diplomat, in Foley Square federal court. Jury pool of 95 seated as pretrial disputes over wiretap legality and diplomatic immunity are resolved.
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New York
Soviet Union
U. S
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Federal
Foley Square
Sylvester Ryan
Heslao
FBI
Miss Coplon
Gubitchey
Ilegal
Ryan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Department
Moscow
U.S
United Nations
Gubitchev
U S Takes Hand In Phone Trouble
The government steps into a labor dispute threatening a nationwide telephone strike by 300000 Bell System workers. The CIO Communications Workers of America seeks higher wages, pension changes, and a 35 hour week, with plans to jam switchboards if negotiations fail.
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Washington
Federal Mediation Service
William N. Margolis
21 Year Old Girl Goes On Trial In Mercy Killing Of Her Father
Carol Ann Paight 21, Stamford college student, stands trial in Fairfield County for second degree murder of her police sergeant father, Carl W. Paight, in his Stamford hospital room last Sept. 23. Defense plans temporary insanity plea. trial aims to decide guilt and possible 15 year minimum or longer in prison.
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Bridgeport
Cana
Carol Ann Paight
Stamford, Conn
David Goldstein
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Carol Ann
Carl W. Paight
Stamford
Caro Ann
John A. Cornell
Bad Boy Killed by Traffic Mishap in Lincoln Park
A 10 year old boy was hit by a car in Lincoln Park and died at Columbus Hospital. Park police found a note in his pocket reading Dear Dad I was a bad boy in school today. Your son Terry. The boy was identified by Albert Moore as Terry Moore after authorities traced the note and signature.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Columbus Hospital
Terry
Mr. Moore
Albert Moore
FEPC Measure Seems Stymied in House Rules
Washington report says the FEPC anti job discrimination bill was blocked in the House Rules Committee with a 5 to 5 tie on a motion to send it to the House floor. Four southern Democrats and a Republican opposed the motion, while four Democrats and one Republican favored. Brown of Ohio shifted to oppose final action in absence of two Republicans but moved to reconsider. With full membership, private polls suggest a 6 to 6 tie. Speaker Rayburn showed no rush to rescue it.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Smith
Virginia
Cox
Georgia
Colmer
Mississippi
Lyle
Texas
Brown
Ohio
Sabath
Ilinois
Madden
Indiana
McSweeney
FEPC
Rayburn
Alaska
Hawaii
Street Scenes on Broad Street Child Thrills Over Candy and Meters
A two year old rests on his mother and nearly leaps as a passerby offers a candy bar. A patient in a doctor’s office complains of chairs with bumps. A father lifts a child to a parking meter and the boy thrills at dropping a nickel, like an elephant act.
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Broad Street
Dad
Submarine sighting near Kodiak prompts search ban
A unidentified submarine was reported within half a mile of Kodiak Alaska where a northern naval base is located. Navy launched a search with planes but results were not released. Admiral F D Wagner refused to comment as five Civil Aeronautics Administration crew members reported the sighting on Sunday.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Navy
F. D. Wagner
17Th Naval District
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Congress weighs tax shifts amid veto threat by Truman
Washington talked of drafting its own tax plan while President Truman warned he would veto any bill that cuts taxes without offsetting revenue. Congress was told that up to 6.3 billion dollars may be tied in crop surpluses by 1954 farm price supports as talks on reducing excises continued. The President proposed a tax package to raise 1 billion dollars from corporate taxes and estate gifts while easing wartime excises, with no tax increase for individuals. The Treasury added a third point to the administration plan as lawmakers considered revenue gaps.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Blankenbecler Elected Grand High Priest of Tennessee Masons
Nashville city news reports E B Blankenbecler mayor of Kingsport elected and installed as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Tennessee. He has long held multiple lodge and chapter offices, and is linked to Lynn Bachman Chapter and Kingsport Lodge. Native of Coeburn Virginia, resident of Kingsport since.
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Nashville
E. B. Blankenbecler
Kingsport
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of Tennessee
Kingsport Lodge
F. &Am
Lynn Bachman
R. Ka. M
Blankenbecler Grand Council
Order of High Priesthood
Tennessee
Holston
Johnson City
Kerbela Temple
Knoxville
Knights Templar
Coeburn
Blankenbeeler
Blankenbecler
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