Koje Island Command Change Shakes Up War Camp
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson was removed as Koje Island commandant after a disputed deal with Red POW leaders for his predecessor’s release. Brig. Gen. Hayden L. Boatner will lead the 80,000 prisoners as Gen. Mark Clark orders a swift Pentagon report. Dodd is reassigned.
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Seoul
Korea
Charles F. Colson
Koje Island
Koje Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Francis T. Dodd
Colson
Dodd
Mark Clark
Far Eastern
Pentagon
James A. van Fleet
Hayden L. Boatner
New Orleans
Boatner
Kore
1St Corps
U.N
Koje
Defense Department
United Nations
Washington
U.N. Command
Jis
Steel Workers Blast Steel Industry At CIO Convetion
Philip Murray told 3,000 delegates at the CIO United Steel Workers biennial convention that America's steel industry has violated the rules of decency by delaying a new wage contract. He warned that bargaining failures, spurred by fears of Taft Hartley injunctions, threaten strikes and urged repeal of the act as a labor priority.
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Philadelphia
Philip Murray
America
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Murray
Steelworkers
The
United States
United Steelworkers
USW
National Cio
Taft- Hartley
United States Steel
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight and Wednesday
Generally fair weather across La Crosse and vicinity. No significant temperature changes. Lows around 42 tonight with highs near 74 on Wednesday.
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la Crosse
Bosshard Plans Meeting With U S and State Officers
District Attorney John Bosshard told The La Crosse Tribune that the federal grand jury report covered gambling in Madison between 1936 and 1946. He would confer in Madison with U S Attorney Thomas Fairchild and Attorney General Vernon Thomson about the report and the La Crosse connections.
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Federal Grand Jury
Madison
John Bosshard
la Crosse Tribune
Bosshard
U.S
Thomas Fairchild
Vernon Thomson
Patrick T. Stone
US. ‘Court
Wisconsin
la Crosse
la Crosse City
Fairchild
Grand Jury
The
Tribune
Grand
WSB Orders Oil Powwows
The Wage Stabilization Board opened talks on the oil strike, convening reps from over a score of oil firms and unionists. Chairman Nathan Fein singer said the aim is to expedite settlements through bargaining while reviewing existing agreements. About 90,000 oil workers are on strike. Truman may invoke Taft Hartley provisions.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan F. Feinsinger
Truman
CIO
AFL
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Ee Oil
Congress
Perleman
Supreme Court
West Virginia GOP primary tests Taft and Stassen in race
About a half million West Virginians vote in the Republican primary to select 16 convention delegates. Taft leads in the GOP organization with Eisenhower supporters hoping for at least one delegate, while Stassen fades in the popularity contest.
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Charleston
W. Va
West
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E.stassen
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Supreme Court Hears Steel Seizure Case Under Advisement
The Supreme Court completed arguments on the steel seizure case and took it under advisement at 1 32 p m. John W Davis for the steel companies contended seizures were illegal and due process was lacking while Philip B Perlman for the government argued the President had a constitutional duty to prevent a strike and keep mills operating.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Philip B. Perlman
John W. Davis
Davis
Perlman
U. S
David A. Pine
Truman
Sawyer
High Court
Justice Frankfurter
Queson
Calvin Coolidge
WSB
Senate Hearing Probes Jet Sharing With Allies
The Senate Armed Services Committee pressed top air experts to state what portion of U S jet production could be shared with allies under mutual aid. The testim ony backs Knowland amendment to foreign aid aiming to cap jet shipments at 10 percent until U S forces are fully equipped. Eisenhower cable to Senator Russell opposes large reductions beyond one billion.
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Washington
Senate’ Armed Services Committee
Sen
Knowland
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russell
D-Ga
Taft Sees Fewer Than 100 Uncommitted GOP Delegates
Senator Taft predicted fewer than 100 delegates would remain uncommitted at the GOP convention in Chicago. He cited Michigan and Pennsylvania power blocs as key, with about 604 needed for first ballot and states like Texas and Georgia possibly shaping late contests.
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Taft
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Wesley Roberts
John S. Fine
Ietanese
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Four Die as Youth Opens Fire on Bus in Cleveland
An unemployed 20 year old, Lawrence Goldsby, took a policeman's revolver and killed four aboard a Cleveland bus. Victims include Patrolman Eugene Stinchcomb and passengers Annabelle Frankie Helen Garrison and William Powers. Goldsby claimed he was mad and aimed at a protesting woman as three men overpowered him after the weapon clicked empty.
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Lawrence Goldsby
Cleveland
Goldsby
Estelle Hill
Ted Connors
Eugene D. Stinchcomb
Euclid Avenue East
Annabelle Frankie
Helen Garrison
William J. Powers
Chicago
Washington
Federal Constitutional Law Association of
Detroit
Powers
Grand Rapids
Mich
William Dudley Pelley
Pine Bluff
Ark
New York City
Former Lustron head quizzed in ouster hearing
Carl G Strandlund testified before the Senate Elections Subcommittee denying he boasted of powerful friends in government. He described a $10,000 payment to Sen McCarthy for a 1948 housing article as legitimate and said the contract planned royalties and revisions, while noting Lustron’s $374 million RFC loan funded its Columbus Ohio project.
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Lustron
Washington
Carl G. Strandlund
Congress
Strandlund
Lustren Corp
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Benton
Strandland
Walter L. Dunham
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Columbus
Dunsham
Gillette
D-Ia
Subcommittee
John P. Moore
Frank L. Sundstrong
R-Nj
Moore
Misspelled Cards Spark School Board Action
Los Angeles school officials decide to handle 500000 printer misspellings by freeing some as office duplicates for secondary schools and hand correcting the rest for elementary students. Superintendent Alexander J. Stoddard notes errors in language and semester and jokes about the misspelling.
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Los Angeles
Alexander J. Stoddard
Board of
Stoddard
Step Up the Oregon Drive
Eisenhower supporters in Oregon mobilize to prevent a Taft delegate split as eight unpledged candidates on the ballot threaten a heavy vote. Taft declines the primary while Eisenhower focus shifts to ten delegate-at-large seekers amid GOP tensions in Portland.
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Morrie Landsberg
Portland
Ore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Ohio
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Hugh Scott
Rpenn
Paul Hoffman
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
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Ike
By Joe Hall
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