White House summons steel leaders for Thursday parley
President Truman calls CIO Steelworkers Union leaders and top industry executives to a meeting in the old State Department Building at 10 a m Thursday to revive talks ending the steel strike. John Steelman sent the invitation after discussions broke off May 4 with no settlement prospects.
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Steelworkers Union
White House
Washington
Truman
CIO Steelworkers Union
John Steelman
State Department
Philip Murray
Supremert
Steelman
CIO
Murray
Benjamin F. A
Senate Looks to End Steel Strike Crisis
The Senate opened debate on continuing wage price and rent controls while seeking a plan to end the steel strike. Sen Maybank aims for a law to halt the stoppage and restart essential plants, with proposals including 120 to 150 day steelworker returns while a fact finding board studies the dispute. Sen Taft vows to oppose emergency legislation until all existing laws are exhausted.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Maybank
D-Sc
Taft and Ike clash as taunt battle begins
Washington observers say Taft has edged Ike in political skin since Taft’s longer career, while Ike defends a strong Air Force and questions how a war could be fought without foot soldiers. Analysts expect sharp sparring as both vie for the Republican lead.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Erican
Guam Island Chief Denies Fraud and Graft
Gov. Carlton Skinner told the House Interior Affairs Committee there is no fraud graft corruption or mismanagement in Guam government. He countered allegations by former employees William McKinley and Norman A Peltier calling claims in the Congressional Record May 21 mostly false and meaningless.
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Washington
Carlton Skinner
Guam
House Interior Affairs Committee
Skinner
William McKinley
Norman A. Peltier
Congressional Record
Rep
Jensen
Iowa
McKinley
Peltier
Island
UN Airmen Blast Enemy Targets Over North Korea Front
Allied B26 bombers struck front-line positions as darkness lifted, destroying 29 supply vehicles. Rains hindered visibility on the 155 mile ground front. Tanks southwest of the Munsan truce camp engaged about 75 Chinese, with an estimated 30 killed or wounded.
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Seoul
Munsan
Mexico orders nationwide depistolization ahead of elections
President Miguel Aleman announces a nationwide confiscation of all illegal firearms to prevent violence before the July 6 national elections in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Ike Returns to Abilene for Welcoming Rally
Dwight D. Eisenhower came home to Abilene Kansas to a welcoming crowd of thousands gathered beside the railroad tracks near his boyhood house. The event marks a crucial step in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination with a 30 minute speech and a news conference planned to follow. The two day celebration centers on the Eisenhower home and signals his shift from NATO to active political campaigning.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Rieenhowat Speech to Air Across Networks from Abilene
Rieenhowat's long awaited Speech from Abilene Kansas will be carried by all major radio and television networks at 6 p m Wednesday EST. It is believed this will be Ike's initial statement as a full fledged candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Rieenhowat
Abilene
Kan
Ike
Travel from Midwestern states reaches Abilene area
A broad Midwestern route delivers travelers toward Abilene as the region remains largely aware of the widening movement. The line of movement spans a wide area with many people noticing the journey.
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Abilene
Warren Kefauver Sweep California Delegates in Primary
In California on June 4 7 Warren and Kefauver won large majorities to secure all delegates for their parties with Warren taking 70 GOP delegates and Kefauver 68 Democratic delegates. Knowland also swept crossfiled bids for reelection defeating Clinton McKinnon in both parties.
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Kefauver
California
San Francisco
Earl Warren
Estes Kefauver
William F. Knowland
Clinton McKinnon
Truman
Knowland
McKinnon
House panel approves Wilmington air base training center
The House Armed Services Committee backed a subcommittee finding that the Air Force reserve training center should stay at Clinton County Airport near Wilmington Ohio. The panel warned against moving to the Greater Cincinnati Airport in Kentucky, a move that would cost about two million dollars versus roughly one hundred thousand for maintenance at Clinton County.
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Wilmington Air Force Base
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force Reserve
Clinton County
Wilmington
Ohio
Air Force
Greater Cincinnati
Kentucky
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Congress
Elston
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Reserve
715 000 Workers Idle By Nationwide Steel Strike
Pittsburgh report notes the national steel strike idled about 715000 workers including 650000 CIO United Steelworkers, 26000 coal miners, and 35000 railroaders. The White House summoned industry and union leaders for talks as Murray demands Wage Stabilization Board recommendations. Defense Production head Fowler warns of possible shortages for military steel within days.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Pittsburgh
Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
White House
New York
CIO United
Steel
America
Allied Industries
Yanks Destroy Red POW Flags on KOJE Island
American infantrymen and tanks knocked down and burned Russian North Korean and Chinese flags at three POW pens on KOJE Island. Prisoner leaders were hauled away without a shot fired as Reds reportedly boasted of a death fight. Camp authorities warned more banners could appear later.
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Koje Island
Two Miners Killed in Penokee Mine Cave-In
Ironwood Michigan June 4 The second body from the Penokee Iron Mine cave in found Wednesday by rescue workers ending a five man entrapment. Earlier three miners escaped Tuesday afternoon. Serifin Zacharzewski 36 and Jerma Olkonen 36 both Ironwood residents were identified among the deceased.
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Ironwood
Mich
Penokee
Jerma Olkonen
Serifin Zacharzewski
Pasture Tour Highlights Grassland Gains in Hocking County
Dr. H L Borst lauded agronomic improvements seen during the Hay Pasture Tour in Hocking County attended by about 100 residents. The tour covered grass silage, meadow seeding, lime and fertilizer use, and sample soil analysis, with emphasis on managing pasture for drought resilience and livestock needs.
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H. L. Borst
Soil Conservation Service Agronomist
Hocking County
Borst
Hocking
Lloyd Whistler
Laurelville
George Gist
Extension Agronomist
Emanuel Schaal
Schaal
Walter Griffith
Mr. Gist
George Kreachbaum
James Warner
Fred Hughes
Deaths and Local News Briefs From Across Ohio and Nearby States
Obituaries note the deaths of Dr. C C Winters 89 a Baptist minister and former president of the American Baptist Association in Magnolia Arkansas Wendell Phillips Dabney 86 longtime editor publisher of The Union in Cincinnati Ohio Cities Water Co wins a 50 percent rate hike affecting domestic users Richard Allen Loar 16 Toboso drowned in the Licking River near Newark Ohio polio fatality in Wayne County Ohio and Newark drowning report Local brief items cover these events and other small notices across several towns including Wooster Tiffin and Newark
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Magnolia
Ark
C. C. Winters
The
American Baptist Association
Cincinnati
Wendell Phillips Dabney
Union
Newark
Richard Allen Loar
James Johnson
Toboso
Licking River
Here
Truck Driver Killed In Route 338 Embankment Crash
Neil W. Roush aged 38 of Racine died when his pickup failed to negotiate a curve and plunged over a 15 foot embankment on Route 338 about 15 miles east of Pomeroy Tuesday. The coroner investigated the accident.
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Pomeroy
Neil W. Roush
Racine
Route 338
Here
Hoover urges new study commission to streamline federal government
Former President Herbert Hoover urges Congress to create a new commission akin to the earlier Hoover Commission to study reorganization amid federal spending rising from 40 to 90 billion dollars. He cites increased federal activity and suggests proposals be sent to the next Congress.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Dawson
D-Ill
House Executive Expenditures Committee
Hoover Commission
Commission
Truce Talkers Trade Sharp Words Again
In Panmunjom talks on prisoners of war, United Nations and Communist negotiators exchanged sharp notes. North Korea protested alleged mistreatment on Koje Island while Gen Nam II warned of Red army retaliation and demanded to account for nearly 1,000 UN troops未 listed by the Reds.
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Munsan
United Nations
Korea
Nam II
Panmunjom
Koje Island
William K. Harrison Jr
Logan Days brings $2 prizes to five Logan families
Logan Days promotion paid five of 40 callers yesterday who answered with Logan Days. Winners were Mrs. Harvey Angle Miss Patty Young Mrs. Charles Howdyshell Mrs. Fred Hildebrandt and Miss Verna Lee Wells. Prizes of $2 each picked up at the Trade Club office in the Ambrose Hotel. The event aims to boost Logan as a premier trade center in the Hocking Valley.
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Burr O. Nixon
Logan Trade Club
Harvey Angle
Patty Young
Charles Howdyshell
Fred Hildebrandt
Verna Lee Wells
Trade Club
Ambrose Hotel
Logan
Hocking Valley
South Dakota Vote Reveals Close Battle
In South Dakota a tight presidential primary race pitted Sen. Robert A. Taft against Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for 14 nominating delegates. With 1,789 of 1,947 precincts counted Taft led 63,469 to 62,918 and an estimated 15,000 votes remain. Kefauver won Democratic delegates. Taft campaigned coast to coast, while Eisenhower drew strong urban support.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Wholesale Food Prices Declining
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index shows a slight weekly decline for the second straight week. The index stands at 6.43, down from 6.45 last week and 9.2 percent below the year ago level of 7.08. The index totals the wholesale cost of one pound of 31 general use foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Red Probe Booked
Columbus June 4 The Ohio UnAmerican Activities Commission will hold its next meeting in Cincinnati next Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio UnAmerican Activities Commission
Cincinnati
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Phil Murray
U. S Supreme Court
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
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Wooster
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