Steel Walkout Threat Looms Over GM and Steel
The 70 day GM strike nears settlement as Dewey meets with GM president Wilson and CIO UAW officials seeking quick mediation. Steel industry threat could idle 1,000,000 more workers. Officials warn of broad closures if talks fail.
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Charles E. Wilson
CIO
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Detroit
Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Secretary of Labor
Schsxellenbach
Hopkins Dies in New York Former Roosevelt aide dies at 38
Harry L. Hopkins, 38, former special assistant to the late President Roosevelt, died at Memorial Hospital in New York. Hopkins had entered hospital last November after resigning his White House post on July 3 to rest. He had been a long-time ally of Roosevelt, serving as federal relief administrator, WPA administrator, and secretary of commerce, and later chaired New York City cloak and suit industry while remaining a confidant to the President. He participated in wartime conferences and chaired war mobilization efforts. His birthplace was Sioux City, Iowa. A hospital attache said the illness’ nature had not been determined. Longtime social worker in New York City, Hopkins had lived at the White House for three and a half years.
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H. H. Haynes
Bristol
Sullivan County
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Hugh B. Anderson
Rey Barger
Tom Lee Bandy
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Roosevelt
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White House
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Cloak and Auit
James J. Walker
Sioux City
Iowa
War Mobilization Committee
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Tage
McNarney Reports On Occupation Policy Criticism
General McNarney notes rising German criticism of Allied policy in Germany and urges intergovernmental action to remove over 260000 stateless or displaced persons. He cites a mild winter aiding public calm, limited anti Nazi activity, denazification progress, plant output at 10-12 percent, coal bottlenecks, and exports of 3750000 tons of solid fuels since occupation began.
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Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
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Belgium
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Luxemburg
Denmark
Norwag
GIs Depend On Draft For Relief
Washington report states Secretary Patterson views the draft as essential to relief and urges Selective Service expansion. He asserts the Army cannot safely drop below 1,500,000 after mid year yet promises Eisenhower’s discharge pledge for those with two years or 40 points by June 30. Senate committee meets in closed session to review the demobilization subcommittee report.
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Pacific
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Two Chicago Youths Held In Degnan Case
Detectives said two Chicago youths Theodore Campbell and Vincent Costello were held for questioning in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and murder. Police noted no statements connected them to the crime and that a manhunt for leads continues as investigators review clues from the grisly case.
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Storms
Costello
Ilinois
St. Charles
Wen
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Campbali
Susanne
North Side
Kenmore
Chilean cabinet reshuffled after bloody riot
Chilean government imposes a 60 day state of siege after a violent clash between police and labor demonstrators in Santiago. Five killed, 77 injured. Mounted troops patrol streets as military men take new cabinet posts. Bernardo Ibanez of the Workers Federation urged a nationwide strike. Police and demonstrators blame each other for the clash in Plaza Bulnes.
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O'Higgins Avenue
Search Continues For Fire Victims At Tinker Field Hangar
Oklahoma City workers continued to search the twisted wreckage of Tinker Field’s principal hangar after a fire at the Army Air Force depot. The blaze killed at least ten people and injured 43, with seven civilian workers identified. Col Ralph O. Brownfield estimated damage at 750000 dollars and named a board to investigate the cause of the fire.
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Ralph O. Brownfield
Senator Tydings Urges White House Action On Disarmament Plan
Senator Tydings D Maryland urged President Truman to call an immediate disarmament conference to avert atomic war. He plans a personal appeal, with aides saying he will seek a meeting at the first opportunity. Reactions from other senators varied, with support for urgent steps and concerns about UNO boundaries and future weapon control.
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Specias Senate Atomic Committee
U. S
Committee to Study Pay Of Virginia State Workers
The House Appropriations Committee will decide whether to adopt Governor Tuck's plan to boost state workers' pay or Darden's proposal to make automatic bonuses permanent. Funding for Darden's plan would require about $1.6 million for the next biennium, with an estimated $13,000 unspent, according to committee estimates and comments by Delegate Robert Whitehead.
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Darden
Bane Pry
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Robert Whitehead
Nelson
Seo Va
Utilities Plans Another Meet With UCW Union
Federal conciliator J B Palmer says another wage conference will be held between the Kentucky Union Company and Local 224 of the United Construction Workers union. The union agreed to arbitrate the contract issue after a prior failed wage negotiation at Pineville.
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J.B. Palmer
Kentucky
Uniter Construction Workers Cari
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Thomas Davis
Palmer
Watt
Pineville
Pinevilla
Street Scene Echoes of Unexpected Homecoming at Office
A calm wife confronts her two year absence as her husband reappears at her office. Coworkers reel with nerves over the sudden reunion while a window shopper studies a mannequin whose arm is awkwardly posed. A businessman on Breed Street falters on a walk signal as a teen on a bicycle narrowly avoids him.
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Kaka
Breed Street
AFL Top Council Makes Room For Lewis And Miners
The AFL executive council welcomed John L. Lewis back into the federation as vice president and installed him on the governing board amid mid winter sessions in Miami Florida. Lewis, longtime labor figure and former UMW leader, arrived from Springfield DL and said little about future plans while AFL President William Green and other leaders hosted a dinner in his honor.
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Fla
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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Ales Fale
Federation
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CIO
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William Green
Green
Council
Reed Cleek Found Guilty Of Nuisances
Reed and Cleek were found guilty by Sullivan County juries of operating public nuisances. Jury recommendations included a $600 fine for Cleek and sentences left to Judge Shelburne Ferguson. Separate cases saw John Albert Sneed jailed eight years and a day for voluntary manslaughter in the Depew shooting. Grand Jury adjourned urging a new county jail and demolition of the old building with repairs ongoing.
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Spi
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Sullivan County
Henry Reed
Zeek Cleek
Shelburne Ferguson
Cleek
John Albert Sneed
Bristol
William R. Depew
Hickory Tree
Gran Jury
Alea
French Units Smash Annamite Resistance in Indochina
Airborne French troops with tanks and colonial infantry crushed Annamite resistance in southern Indochina. The Second Armored Division aided the advance, seizing Dalat inland from the China Sea, marking the largest Allied offensive yet.
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Soerabaja
China
Japan
Plan for Atomic Control Endorsed by Observatory Chief
Dr Harlow Shapley director of Harvard Observatory told the Senate Atomic Energy Committee that a plan for atomic control by a five member civilian commission aided by an unpaid advisory panel should be considered. He supported a bill by Chairman McMahon of Connecticut and noted endorsement from James B Conant president of Harvard University.
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Senate Atomica Energy Committee
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Observatory
McMahon
Shapley
J.B. Conant
Margard University
Trygve Lie Nominated for UN Secretary General
Trygve Lie a Norwegian born diplomat and former foreign minister was nominated for the post by the 5 power meeting in London. The 50 year old car penter's son edged as a compromise choice after United States shifted from Lester Pearson and support for Lin. Russia and the United States discussed the controversy and sought an acceptable candidate.
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Trygve Lie
Norway
World Council Tonight
United Nations Organization
Hawyer
U. S
Manila nurse seeks annulment from famed Wermuth
Olivia Oswald-Wermuth, a Manila civilian nurse, petitions for annulling her marriage to Arthur Wermuth alleging she wed him on December 7 1941 in Manila in ignorance of his prior US marriage. She says she learned of his US wife by October papers and filed to start a new life after learning of his remarriage.
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Asikerdl
Arthur Wermuth
United States
Traverse City
Mich
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U. S
Jean Wilkins
Chicago
Misa Oswald
Oswald
Brenila
America
Leaders May Relax Controls in Price Program Extension
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley signaled the administration may loosen price control authority to win a one year extension. He cited possible changes in clothing price control and suggested rationing and priority rules could be lifted. Senator Tait predicted exemptions might be written if a smoother path to extension is found. President Truman has said he wants continuation.
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Kentucky
Tait CR Ohie
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