Steel wage hike a threat to economy says steel industry rep
John M. Hancock testifies before a three man federal fact finding board that steel wage gains for CIO United Steelworkers could trigger inflation and a general wage spiral. He warns that higher pay might depress the economy and devalue currency, framing the issue as America choosing inflation or stability. The board was convened to avert a steelworkers strike last July and its nonbinding recommendations go to the president.
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New York
American Management Association
U. S
John M. Hancock
CIO
United Steelworkers
America
Hancock
Lehman Brothers
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Farmers may face price drop as crops rise this fall
Agriculture department economists warn bumper fall crops and growing pork supplies could push farm prices below parity by late fall. While overall prices edge toward parity after war-time highs, several staples like grains potatoes dairy eggs cotton and oilseeds have traded well below parity in recent months.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Margaret Mitchell Struck by Drunken Driver in Atlanta
Author of Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell was nearly killed when a speeding drunken driver struck her as she walked with her husband near a theater. She suffered skull injuries and other internal damage, placed under oxygen and treated in hospital.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
States
City Hospital
Miss Mitchell
John Marsh
Hugh D. Gravett
Gravett
Mitchell
Atlanta Journal
Marsh
Deep Freezes Warm Hearing On Percenters
Senator Hoey said Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan Truman’s army aide is willing to testify in the five percenter hearings. The remarks were made as the Senate considers the investigation into alleged influence or improper documents.
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Washington
Hoey
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Senate
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Army
Harry S. Truman
Vinson
White House
Vaughan
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Alden H. Waitt
Army Chemical Corps
New Coal Crisis Rumors Roil West Virginia Talks
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia rumors of a new coal crisis persist as John L Lewis union negotiators meet with northern and western operators. Reports claim operators may stop welfare fund payments a move that could trigger a strike amid 60 day notice timing and stalled contracts. Ezra Van Horn resigns as operator bargaining head and Frank Amos is named temporary chair as talks resume amid 300000 tons yearly output.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Union
Northern and Western
United Mine Workers' Welfare Fund
Lewis
Northern
UMW
Mississippi
van Horn
Ezra van Horn
UMW Welfare Fund
Frank R. Amos
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Far West
Bradley Arms Chief Named As Joint Chiefs Head
Washington reports Omar Nelson Bradley, famed as the GI's general, chosen as permanent chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The Army chief of staff, age 56, will lead the joint chiefs though lacking formal voting power, with authority limited to advisory prestige.
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Washington
Omar Neilson Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Truman
Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Navy
Air Force
Veterans Administration
Rediey
Wiley's Damage Bill Advances to House
The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill by Senator Wiley of Wisconsin to pay 25,000 dollars for damage to the Willow River Power Co in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wiley
R-Wis
Willow River Power Co
Wisconsin
Local Weather Report For La Crosse Tonight
La Crosse and vicinity expect generally fair conditions with moderate humidity. Tonight temperatures around 68 degrees with light wind and no significant precipitation anticipated.
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la Crosse
Polio Victim Dies. Sister Gives Birth in Iron Lung
Gladys Haroldson, 16, of Lanesboro, dies in Rochester hospital from polio. Her sister Mrs M O Stark, Canton, treated in an iron lung, gave birth the same day at the same hospital. The Haroldson family faces multiple polio cases amid a hot dry summer in Fillmore County.
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Lanesboro
Minn
Fillmore County
Gladys Haroldson
Rochester
M. O
Lila) Stark
Canton
Ole Haroldson
Stark
Othe Norma
Gladys
Johnson
S. Theodore Severtson
Herbert
Orris
Richard
Norma
Joan
Lois
Verna
M. O. Stark
Lanesboro High School
J. P. Nehring
Horse-Pulling Contest Slated at La Crosse Fair
The La Crosse Inter-State fair enters its third day with a horse pulling contest set for 9 a.m. in the livestock show ring. Twelve teams from Lone Rock and others from Mondovi Gilmanton and Black River Falls will compete in three weight classes. A new rule awards a $5 prize to teams completing two pulls, boosting spirited competition alongside shaded seating and grandstand shows drawing crowds.
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la Crosse
Badger Street Gate
J. W. Frisch
Lone Rock
Wis
Mondovi
Gilmanton
Black River Falls
la Crosse County
Frisch
Vicar Finds Seven Coffins In Gibson Tomb Still Secure
In Dre Sutton England the vicar and his son checked the Gibson family tomb on Friday. All seven coffins were found intact and in good order behind heavy iron railings and a sealed door, a yearly inspection kept since 1793 under a family trust.
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Sutton
England
Gibson
James Gibson
London
St. Loiree
Elizabeth
W. A
Christopher
Tors
Midwest State Fairs Open Across Four States
The Illinois state fair opened in Springfield for a 10 day run. Wisconsin fair runs in Milwaukee August 20 to 28. Iowa fair follows in Des Moines August 26 to September 1. Minnesota fair takes place in St Paul August 27 to September 5.
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Chicago
Springfield
Milwaukee
Des Moines
St. Paul
Family Of Eight Faces Eviction For Second Time In Two Years
A La Crosse family of eight, with parents and six children ages 11 months to 12, faces eviction Monday after two prior losses. The first eviction followed a sale to new landlord who moved in. Now the current landlord needs the house for his daughter, leaving the family with nowhere shelter within the city or nearby.
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Family of Eight
la Crosse
Milne
Bomb Wrecks Auto Of U.S. Embassy Official In Prague
An American embassy official in Prague said a home made bomb wrecked his automobile early Friday. Capt. John Childs, assistant air attache, reported the car was unoccupied and parked in front of his home when the explosion occurred. No injuries. windows of nearby buildings were shattered.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
John Childs
Polio Isolation Cases Increase in Bangor and Taylor
City health officials report two more polio isolation cases Friday with two boys admitted to a local ward raising the area total to 69 cases.
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Bangor
Ushers Clash With Theater Owner Ahead of WERB Hearing
The Wisconsin employment relations board will hold a hearing in Green Bay on August 21 over a complaint by 11 ushers against Robert H. Karatz operator of the Outdoor Theater in Preble. The group alleges interference with their collective bargaining rights and says the ushers were dismissed around July 24 after a pay dispute.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Green Bay
WERB
Robert H. Karatz
Preble
Karatz
General Sees Reds As Only Major Threat
General Hoyt Vandenberg testified before the House Armed Services Committee that the Soviet Union is the United States and world’s sole major military threat. He defended Air Secretary Symington and warned against attacks on air power morale amid the B 36 inquiry. Senator Mundt described an alleged five percenters plot as the inquiry expanded to include Truman aides and freezer shipments to officials.
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Washington
Hoyt Vandenberg
Russia
United States
House Armed Services Committee
Hisaoe Andenberg
Symington
Soviet Union
Vandenberg
Gray
Senate
Waitt
Mildred Ortmeyer
Hunt
Army
Chemical Corps
Army Inspector General
William Rogers
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Aitt
Vaughan
Knifing Fight In Oneida Indian Reservation
Dist Atty Allen R Solie planned to interview four boys aged 12 to 15 after a knife fight on Oneida Station Wisconsin. A 13 year old was stabbed and hospitalised, another 12 year old was bitten, and a 12 year old defended his brother. The incident started with a visiting 15 year old Milwaukee boy.
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Oneida Station
Wis
Dist. Atty
Allen R. Solie
Andrew J. Schiltz
Milwaukee
Oneida
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