State Troopers Aid Pittsburgh Workers Pass Pickets
Governor Martin ordered Pennsylvania state police into Pittsburgh to guard supervisory workers passing Westinghouse Electric picket lines amid a broad CIO strike. About 26,000 striking workers were summoned to a mass meeting to vote on a proposed 38 cent hourly raise, while the Philadelphia port faced potential shutdown as tugboat crews struck.
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ERG
Cosaver
Weston
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
CIQ
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
East Pittsburgh
Koing
Westinghouse
T Conto
Martin Anid
Toom
Shariff Water
C. Monaghban
Allegheny
Walter P. Smart
Goveernor Martin
CIO
Philadelphia
Sodas
AFL
Wiliam E. Collier
District 36
Afl-United Mine Workers
Otar Docle
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Gallery Motors Corporation
Officinia
Pcift
Auto Unions Gather For 16th Convention
Atlantic City N J March 3 7 Union politics and clues command attention on eve of 16th convention of the United Jutta Workers Union. Incumbent president R J Thomas invites UAW vice president Walter P Reuther to enter the race. A proposal to double dues from $1 to $2 a month is placed before members by secretary treasurer George F Addea.
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Atlantic City
CC United Jutta Workers Union
Ita
R. J. Thomas
Walter P. Reuter
Thomas
Reuther
UAW
Gate Union
George F. Addea
Operators Move 0 and UMW Issues in Coal Talks
Negotiations between United Mine Workers and bituminous coal operators stretched hours as producers and union representatives met separately. Morning sessions were postponed with talks resuming at 4:50 p.m. CST to address miners demands including a health and welfare fund for injured workers and families.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Miele Sa
Striees
Protecting Gouzenko Tests at Montreal Preliminary Hearing
Canadian police moved elaborate safeguards for Igor Gouzenko as a star witness at the preliminary hearing of Fred Roa, a communist MP accused of relaying secret data to Soviet agents. Officials said sensational testimony was expected and that Gouzenko’s fears were noted while stressing no implication about others in the case. The hearing in Roxy enka will span several days, then a similar proceeding against Dr Raymond Boyer of McGill University.
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Montreal
Igor Gourenkea
Fred Roa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Officinis
Gouzenko
Gourzenko
Ehosy
Roxy
Raymond Boyer
McGill University
Reye
License Plates on Sale Saturday in county office
Frank Buckles, deputy, county court clerk, announced that Tennessee automobile licenses will be on sale at the deputy county clerk’s office from Saturday, March 22 until 5 p.m. Saturday, March 30. The office had closed on Saturday afternoons. The office will also be open noon to 1 p.m. starting Monday, March 2 for two weeks to give more people a chance to purchase their car tags.
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Frank Buckles
Tennessee Automobile Lcenses
Crowds Barred as Petiot Murder Trial Proceeds
Police in batons blocked crowds near the court where Dr Marcel Petiot faced murder counts. Witnesses and jurors left the Palace of Justice in a motor convoy after testimony described human remains found at the doctor's dilapidated Bolougne home two years earlier. Petiot's defense cites his status as a collaborator.
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Marcel Petiet
Petiot
Mixed reaction to peacetime draft plan in Congress
Lawmakers from both chambers heard cabinet officials and top Army leaders push to keep Selective Service beyond May 1 with no firm extension length. Secretary Byrnes, Patterson, Eisenhower, Spaatz, and Navy head discussed security needs and the insistence on an extended or indefinite draft to sustain manpower for land and air capacities amid atomic-age threats.
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Washington
Amertes
Senate
House
Wester Day
Byrmes
Imerdees
Navy
Forsestall
Horn
Secretary of
Patterson
Mouse
Army
Dwight D. Eizenhower
Eizenhower
Carl Spaatz
Army Air Forces
Tol P
Navy to Seek Higher Funds Despite Attack
Congressional push aims to renew the Navy budget to a minimum 6.325 billion dollars, arguing for a strong fleet. Budget officials suggested 4.225 billion, while Adm. Nimitz and top admirals warned drastic cuts would affect ships, power and research. President Truman contested the Navy statement as inaccurate, suggesting a misunderstanding and defending the defense budget.
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Washington
Cosgeo
Thervon
Anc Wimita
Naval Operationa S
House
Naval
Truman
White House
Tater
Tod
Herold Smith
Federal Grand Jury Ordered To Probe Columbia Race Riot
A federal grand jury was ordered to determine if civil rights violations occurred during racial disorders in Columbia Tennessee Feb 23 and 28. Attorney General Clark directed U S District Attorney Frierson to convene the grand jury with FBI cooperation to fully probe the incident and any related federal violations.
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Columbia
Columbi
Maury County
Washington
Clark
U. & District
Horaci Friarsot
Middle Tennesaaé
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minn
Department of Justice
Stalin Says Nations Not Striving For A New War
Eddy Gilmore was scooped on his own story as Moscow radio broadcast key questions from Stalin’s exchange with Glimova. The AP correspondent, in Moscow since 1936, rode a busy career from Washington coverage to Rostov and Stalingrad, and had long sought a second front story.
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Assisheiad
Eddy Gilmore
Atony
Glimova
Stalin
Moscow Radio
Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Yomme Central
Sandard
Time
London
New York
Gilore
Stetin
Selena
Lemon
P Tha Fate Woodell Will- We
Willkin
Rinse
Rostow
Stalingrad
Carnegie Institute of Fechnology
Ao 4
Atlante
Washlegtom
Gilmore Brag Ag
Oid
Washington
Moore Speacher
Sam Rayburn
D-Tax
Premrier
Rayburn
Rayburn Gard
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Levin
Cammet
Agtatement Tilée
Admiral Vickery Dies After Heart Attack
Admiral Howard J. Vickery, 34, retired deputy chairman of the Maritime Commission, died of a heart attack soon after arriving for medical treatment. He had directed ship design and construction for the Merchant Marine since 1997 and was praised by President Truman for his service. Born in Bellevue Ohio, he held an Annapolis commission and a MIT master’s degree. His wife and daughter Barbara survive, with his son Lt-Comdr. Hugh Vickery stationed in Longer Head, Cull. The family home is in Washington DC.
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Pabn Springs
Call
Ter
Howard J
Maritima Comission
Admiral Vickery
Merchant Marine
Corey Wis
Vickery
Bars
Hugh Vickery
Longer Head
Buvlat
Washington
Annapolis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Huaittey
Governor-Pinerel
Philippine Islands
Roof Collapse Injures Workers at Tennessee Building Site
Worker Homer Ryans sustained serious injuries after a building roof collapsed on Tennessee Bagram Corporation property yesterday. Both logs were crushed in the fall and amputations were required. Ryans was onsite for a contract to raze a warehouse on the Eastman property when the collapse occurred.
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Homer Ryans
Holston Valley
Tennessee Bagram Corporation
Furins
Eastman
Street Scenes Spring Time Vignettes on Broad Street
A fragmentary report sketches street life as spring arrives. The text mentions city dwellers, vendors, and stalls along Broad Street with notes on carts and items like rakes and hoes. The prose hints at family scenes and everyday commerce in a bustling urban avenue.
National Groups Push Rationing Return in United States
An array of national organizations led by the National Grange and Veterans of Foreign Wars today urged the United States to implement rationing for foods such as cereals fats and oils. They pressed care for political refugees without requiring governments consent and backed creating an international body to handle displaced persons pending permanent settlement.
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Atlantis City
United States
National Grange
Comtmgrite Merenei Fee
CIE
General Federation Dé Weemen's Chiles
Es Ithe Organiztions
State Department
America
Tha U
Residua
Cuwps
Generad
Herbert Lemon
UNRRA
Ticama
Anda
Fiprong
Fiprong LaGuardia, Former New York
Central Committee
Lehman
Ea Cuardia
Unrela
Tate
Named At Kingsport Hotel Sees New Managers Installed
Dibayt Burger, native of Kentucky, named as manager of the Kingsport Inn and Hiomentedd Hotel, with husband operation partner. Henry L. Wilkerson leaves Kingsport Inn after two months to manage Roberts Hotel in Carbondale, Illinois. James Lewis remains catering manager. Willard Lewis continues as junior executive. New manager plans redecorating, recarpeting, and air cooling installations at both hotels. Also mentions wartime price controls and rationing measures affecting food products and subsidies.
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Dibayt
Mom
Beery
J. H. Park
Genargt Eanger
Kingsport Hortel Cy
Burger
Kentucksy
Henry L. Wilkerson
Roy
Roberts Hotel
Carbondale
Mlinoia
Fie
James Lewis
Willard Lewis
Chinese Group Urges Peace Terms in Civil Strife Warning
The Democratic League warns that ongoing military clashes in Mam shurta risk China being drawn into civil strife and calls for immediate troop withdrawal. Reports say governments, Communist dispatches note renewed fighting, and Leo Sturgeon of the State Department returned to Washington after a brief, unexplained posting in Deirer.
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Democratic League
China
Skengtat
Leo Sturgeon
State Department
Deirer
Sturgrorm
Dairen
Site Of Naval Armory In City May Be Announced Today
Captain Arthur A Ageton, director of Naval Reserve, met with city officials and industry leaders in Kingsport to select a site for a proposed Navy Reserve armory. The facility would host the Ready Reserve Division and Standby Reserve, with a mass meeting tonight outlining the plan and community support urged.
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Naval Armory
City
Kimgaport
Mar Moeethog
Arthur A Agetar
Naval’ Reserve
Ageton
Kingsport
Easay
Tennessee
Dar Ob Isenbeck
USNR
A. Agen
Kiwanis Club Seminary
Osten
Navel
Captain Ageton
Naval Reserve
Stalin Affirms UN Peace Role Amid War Fear
Moscow reports Prime Minister Stalin voiced strong support for the United Nations as a tool for world peace and security. He said neither nations nor their empires seek another war and urged broad public counter propaganda to expose warmongers. Washington figures praised his stance as a pathway to peace.
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Rosie Glimere
Moscow
Stalin
United Nations Organization
Associated Press
Marets
Staliin
UNO
United. Nations
Lea Settons
Witness Claims Reds Used Canada Spy Network
Montreal witness Igor Gauztenko testified in the Soviet espionage case that Canadian Soviet friendship groups served as a cover for a Moscow directed spy network. He charged Russia pursues a twoface policy and that security police operate in Canada, including near the Soviet embassy.
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Montreal
Igor Gauztenko
Canada
Russia
Gousenko
Conaca
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Packera
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CPA
UNERA
UN Group
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