U S Seeks to Settle Metal Plant Strikes
Federal Mediator Cyrus S. Ching called a labor management conference to halt two strikes and several threatened strikes at Reynolds Metals Co. plants. Telegrams were sent to Frank Weikel in Louisville and James G. Thimmel in Pittsburgh. The meeting at the Willard Hotel in Washington is set for 2 p.m. Saturday due to defense procurement agencies reporting Phoenix disruptions affecting defense material production.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Reynolds Metals Co
Ching
Frank Weikel
Louisville
James G. Thimmel
CIO Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
Willard Hotel
Uranium Finds Reported in Colorado Districts
The Interior Department announced two new uranium discoveries in Colorado near Ouray and in the Red Mountain district, found by the Geological Survey during investigations for the Atomic Energy Commission. The finds, in Uncompahgre Canyon and Red Mountain rocks, are not yet commercially valuable but indicate a new potential source of radioactive material.
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Washington
Ufi
San Juan
San Juan Mountains
Colorado
Interior
Ment
Geological Survey
Ouray
Bear Creek Falls
Red Mountain
Bomb to prevent explosions in aircraft gas tanks
British inventors unveil a bomb to damp gasoline fume explosions in aircraft tanks within a fraction of a second. A carbon tetrachloride device placed inside tanks uses a diaphragm sensor to trigger suppression, potentially applicable to coal mine dust and gas blasts. Tests showed unprotected tanks exploded while guarded tanks only rocked, suggesting broad safety potential.
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Farnsborough
England
Royal Society of Aircraft Constructors
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Doctors Delay Skin Graft to Burned Twin
Ansonio December report from 2A and Ansonio describes Brooke Army Medical Center surgeons delaying a planned skin graft from Pfc. Leonard Kijowski to his severely burned twin brother Leo. The graft, using 12 strips of skin 14 by 234 inches from Leonards thighs, is tentatively set for mid next week after Leo sustained about 40 percent burn coverage from a phosphorous shell on a Korean battlefield. Leonard arrived from Korea yesterday. the brothers hail from Ford City, Pennsylvania.
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Ansonio
Pfc
Leonard Kijowski
Brooke Army Hosital
Leonard
Leo
Korea
Ford City
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