Mobilizer resigns over steel wage dispute and warns on economy
Washington reports Charles E. Wilson, 65, resigns as defense mobilizer after opposing a wage raise without price supports. He says production leads Russia and the US Allies, while warning steel pay raises threaten economic stability. John R. Steelman acts as mobilizer. talks begin with Putnam and Arnall to resolve the steel dilemma. Queen Juliana leaves Schiphol for a U S and Canada tour with her husband and officials. she aims to thank America for aid and will visit Washington, Mt. Vernon, and Arlington.
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New York
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Arlington National Cemetery
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Kimball Sees No Total War Near
U S Navy Secretary Dan Kimball said there is no imminent all out war. He stated Russia is doing fine without one and warned that if Formosa were invaded the United States would “clobber them” with the Seventh Fleet, while offering increased aid to the Nationalists. He avoided commenting on a blockade of the Chinese mainland.
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National Security Council
Anderson Brothers Win School Playground Contract
Anderson Brothers yesterday received a $10,675 contract to grade and improve the playground at Muir Elementary School. They also secured a $7,750 contract for work at several other schools.
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Anderson Brothers
Muir
City officials push employee classification plan in city
City Personnel Chief Dudley Lapham urged adoption of a formal employee classification plan to clarify duties and stimulate promotion. He called for on the job and in service training and more promotional tests by the Civil Service Commission, favoring internal lists over open hiring. City officials including Councilman Max Livoni discussed implementation, noting prior work in Pasadena and Long Beach.
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Civil Service Committee
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Louis J. Kreeger
Pasadena
Long Beach
Max Livoni
N J Cons Give Up After Bitter Siege
In Trenton on April 1 a prison riot at New Jersey State Prison ended after 23 inmates, including sex offenders, released a trusted group and surrendered following a 45 hour standoff. Guards used gas and water cannons as inmates smashed cell doors and looted. 22 finally yielded while others held out.
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N. J
Carty
New Jersey
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William Carty
Athletic Association Ex-President Dies
Rev. Edwin Alfred Dickenson USA ex-president of the National Catholic High School Athletic Association and Augustinian Father died aged 54 in Philadelphia. A Buffalo native, he entered the Augustinian novitiate in 1917 and was ordained in 1923. Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Ward of Washington and Mrs. Louise McArdle of Chicago. Services set for tomorrow.
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Edwin Alfred Dickenson
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Buffalo
Augustinian Fathers
Lillian Ward
Washington
Louise McArdle
Chicago
Divorce or divorce party rule pressed on members
LA testimony says Communist leaders required members married to non Communists to divorce or quit the party. Stephen Wereb, a 55 year old former member, testified pressure to divorce while noting expulsions for right and left separationist tendencies. Defendants face charges of conspiring to overthrow the federal government by force.
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Los Angeles
Stephen A. Wereb
FSI
California
Wereb
Wide Areas Hit By April Showers And Storms Across Nation
Storms swept wide areas of the country with April showers and thunder. Snow and slush were reported in northeastern Minnesota and along the eastern Rockies. Heavy rain drenched gulf states including nearly 4.5 inches in Pensacola Florida. The rain belt stretched from the Mississippi Valley through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to the eastern gulf states, with cooler conditions in the northern tier and below normal readings in parts of New England.
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Gulf States
Pensacola
Fla
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
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Pacific Coast
New Engnd
Civil Service Test Deadlines Announced for Long Beach
The Civil Service Commission set April 10 as the deadline to file for a laboratory field map position in the city chemical division with salaries 303 to 371 dollars and April 18 as the last filing date for a disposal mechanic and spear in the sewer division with salaries 283 dollars.
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Long Beach
City Chemical Division
Civil Service Commission
Spear
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