Impeachment Talks Grow as Steel Wages Fight Rages
Congress debates expanding power to halt strikes via injunctions while impeachment talk intensifies. Smith proposes 80 day injunctions with court receivership if no agreement, and receivership costs shared by unions and management. House votes delayed by agriculture budget debate.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Truman
Supreme ‘Court
House Armed Services Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Smith
D-Va
Senate
House
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Martin
Massachusetts
Gasoline Shortages Amid Nationwide Oil Strike
The nation wide oil strike entered a second day with gasoline shortages reported in Gary Hammond and East Chicago Indiana and other Midwest areas. Union leaders cited ongoing talks in San Francisco and disputed a Stand ard Oil Sugar Creek agreement while Northwest Texas AFL members agreed to a new Phillips contract.
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Denver
Gary
Hammond
Chicago
Ind
Midwest
San Francisco
Shell Oil
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Standard Oil
Indiana
Sugar Creek, Mo
CIO
Ching
AFL
Texas
Phillips Petroleum Company
Chapman
Phandle-Eastern
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Neprud Named 6th Judicial Circuit Judge in Wisconsin
Lincoln Neprud of Viroqua is named to the Wisconsin Sixth Judicial Circuit to succeed Judge Leonard Roraff who resigned. Gov. Kohler announced the appointment and Neprud will serve immediately while continuing as acting Vernon County judge until May 15. Martin Gulbrandsen will become Vernon County judge then Wayne B. Schlintz becomes district attorney. The spring term opens with a motion day and circuit court calendar set to begin.
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Lincoln Neprud
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Sixth Judicial Circuit
la Crosse
Vernon
Trempealeau
Monroe
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Roraff
Neprud
Drotning
Vernon County
Martin Gulbrandsen
Gulbrandsen
Wayne B. Schlintz
Clash Of Minesweeper Hobson And Carrier Wasp Rumors
In mid Atlantic the Hobson wrecked after a collision with the carrier Wasp. Lt(jg) B E Cummings, rescued, was deck officer at the time and may help explain orders and signals. A naval inquiry will probe human error versus mechanical failure and signaling during the night maneuver.
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Washington
Hobson
Wasp
New York
J.g
B.E. Cummings
W.J. Tierney
mid-Atlantic
Naval Court of Inquiry
Cummings
Court of Inquiry
Adm
Lynde McCormick
Atlantic Fleet
B.C. McCaffree
The
May Day On War Front Amid Heavy Fighting In Korea
Seoul report describes artillery, naval gunfire, and air operations marking May Day on the Korean front. U.S. Iowa shelled positions, Fox fought shore batteries, Fifth Air Force claims 41 MiG-15s downed and 38 Allied planes lost. Eighth Army tallies 2,116 casualties April 22–28.
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Seoul
Korea
Munson
U.S
Navy
Fifth Air Force
U.S. Eighth Army
Weather: La Crosse area forecasts warm days and cool nights
La Crosse and vicinity sees fair games tonight and Friday with cooler air returning late tonight. Low temperatures near 52 degrees tonight and a high around 80 degrees Friday afternoon.
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la Crosse
Trout Fishing Date Remains
Madison announces the 1952 trout season opens as scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday despite dry conditions and fire danger. Ernest F. Swift says most streams are in good condition with 1,355 streams across 8,191 miles available in 62 counties. Walleye, pike, and bass seasons begin in boundary waters with pike legal on Minnesota-Wisconsin waters and bass on the Mississippi and Lake Pepin areas.
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Madison
State Conservation Department
Ernest F. Swift
Minnesota- Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Lake Pepin
Marines Near Atomic Blast in Nevada Desert Training
Las Vegas observers watched a U S Marines nuclear warfare drill after an Air Force bomber dropped an atomic weapon. The flash appeared 75 miles southeast over the desert with a pink tinged cloud drifting southeast. Residents reported rooftop watchers and the Review Journal logged many calls seeking timing and direction details.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Desert
U. S
The
Las Vegas Review- Journal
3500 High School Musicians Take Part In Festival Here
More than 3500 high school musicians from 37 western Wisconsin schools join glee choirs orchestras choruses and bands at La Crosse State College for a festival. Local chairman is Prof Jean F Rolfe. The Wisconsin School Music Association sponsors the event now in its second year with many parents and friends attending.
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la Crosse
Jean F. Rolfe
Collge
Wisconsin School Music Association
Alma
Sa- Odo
Alma Center
Chase predicts disaster for Reds if Formosa invasion occurs
Maj. Gen. William C. Chase, head of the US MAAG to Formosa, warned that a Chinese Communist invasion of Formosa would provoke heavy losses at sea with many Communist ships sunk and many deaths among Communist forces. He spoke on the MAAG’s first year in Taipei.
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Gen
Chase
Reds
Formosa
Taipeh
William C. Chase
U.S
Army Displays Its Chamber Of Honors
The Army unveiled a Chamber Of Honors exhibit in Washington to counter a congressional Chamber Of Horrors display. The exhibit claims the services saved millions by cutting waste and revealing efficient practices.
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Army
Washington
Congressional ‘‘Chamber of Horrors
Armed Services
Chamber of Honors
Armed Services Subcommittee
Rep. Hebert
D-La
Demos In New Move To Draft Gov Stevenson
Democrats seek to draft Adlai E Stevenson for president if Republican Taft wins the nomination. Kefauver leads in delegates, while Bulkley Lausche Kerr backers test coalitions. Stevenson says he cannot run but may be open to service if party calls.
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Demos
Gov
Stevenson
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Keifauver
Tennessee
White House
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kefauver
Robert Bulkley
Bulkley
Frank Lausche
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Milk Supply Restored After Labor-Deal in Superior
Milk deliveries returned to normal in Superior after a five day disruption. The AFL Dairy Workers and Truck Drivers Union accepted a compromise from 19 dairies offering a 40 hour week for one year, wage increases, and fringe benefits for two years. Twelve emergency depots opened in public buildings for milk sales to families.
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Superior
AFL Dairy Workers and Truck Drivers Union
Duluth
Dairies
Rio teen drowns in Rock River near Water Town
Leroy Kolwey 16 of Rio drowned while swimming across the Rock River with Coleen A students from Northwestern College. He disappeared underwater and did not resurface yesterday near Water Town.
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Watertown
Wis
Leroy Kolwey
Rio
Rock River
Here
Coleen
Northwestern College
Kolwey
Workers Face Uncertain Steel Industry After Court Ruling
Pittsburgh strikers remain on picket lines as the U S Circuit Court of Appeals held government control of the steel industry may resume. CIO United Steel Workers leader Philip Murray prepares a response after the ruling. mills may reopen slowly or stay shut as debates continue.
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Pittsburgh
Uncle Sam
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Murray
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
United States Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Court limits on steel wage action leave mills under government hold
The U S Court of Appeals 5 to 4 vote refused to bar the government from raising steel wages while mills remain seized. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer signaled no precipitate wage moves and urged new negotiations between industry and the CIO Steelworkers union. Congress was urged to provide a clear legal basis amid a fluid stalemate.
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Chicago
Inland Steel
Indiana Harbor Canal
Rtn
Buffalo
N.Y
USW
Joseph P. Molony
Walter Klis
Jones & Laughlin Steel
UNION
Commerce
Congress
Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Secretary of Commerce
Sayer
Sawyer
CIO Steelworkers
U. S
David A. Pine
Downed Stratocruiser Found Over Atlantic
A Pan American Stratocruiser with 50 aboard including 19 North Americans was found broken in two with no sign of life. The missing craft was reported between Carolina and Barreiras in Brazil after a Pan Am search plane spotted a wreckage the size of the missing aircraft.
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Rio DE
Fire devastates Brantford elderly home killing three
In Branford, Conn. a blaze tore through an elderly home, killing three residents as wind driven flames worsened the danger. A visiting woman, 45 year old Mrs. Joseph Rogers, died of a heart attack sparked by embers igniting a nearby house.
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Branford
Conn
Joseph Rogers
May Day Rioters Clash With Jap Police Near Imperial Palace
Riot crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands challenged police in Tokyo near the Imperial Palace. Demonstrators waved Red banners, swore at U S troops, and clashed with 1,000 helmets using rocks and clubs as tear gas and gunfire quelled the disturbance. At least 100 injured including Americans. two U S sailors dragged into the palace moat. several photographers roughened. Demonstrations spread to Meiji Park and the Yoshida residence with speakers canceled.
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Imperial Palace
Stalin
U.S
Associated SS
George Sweers
Japan
Tokyo
Meiji Park
Norman Thomas
J. Philip Randolph
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Shigeru Yoshida
Plaza i Ne
Ae An
Lpolice
A i
Stand Put On Tax Ruling Stand Put On Tax Ruling
The Internal Revenue Bureau maintains rulings that uncollected loans to political parties may be deducted as bad debts. It rejects Sen. Williams's call to reverse rulings on four cases, saying deductions require valid loans and efforts to collect. The agency will review cases to avoid treating contributions as loans.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sen. Williams
R-Del
John B. Dunlap
Rep. King
Tax Bureau
Williams
Senate
New York State
Democratic Committee
Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Democratic Party
Dunlap
Senate Finance Committee
Lau
Bureau
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