Truman Signs Bill Raising Minimum Pay to 75c An Hour
President Truman signed legislation increasing the federal minimum wage to 75 cents an hour, calling it a major victory and noting some workers would still be exempt. The measure, effective in 90 days, could raise the wage bill by about 300 million dollars yearly. Union leaders and officials attended the White House ceremony, with broader coverage limited by the compromise.
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Truman
United States
White House
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Jacob Potofsky
U. S. Clothing Workers
Emil Rieve
C. L O. Textile Workers
C. L
Philip Murray
Cleveland
Maurice Tobin
Elbert Thomas
Utah
William McComb
Congress
McCombe
iHis
House
Senate
Gale Flays Britain and France with Five Vessels Ashore
A powerful October gale batters Britain and western Europe. Five ships driven ashore include the 370-ton Mayflower at Salt Island Holyhead with crew rescued, while the Arch Glen, Hillstrus, and other vessels suffer damage. Le Havre closes and Sandgate suffers flood damage as coastwise traffic halts.
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Eondond
France
Brittany
Normandy
Lé Havre
Washington
Britain
Caronia
Astiore
Sandgate Castle
South
England
Sandgates
Salt Island
Holyhead
Wales
Coast Guards
Arch Glen
East Clift
Dover
Bedkin
Ding
Carrier Hillstri
Doo
Widow convulses court with tale of Engel wooing
Page A7 teletypes suggest dramatic testimony as a widow recounts alleged romance involving Engel. Several briefs indicate follow ups or related pieces across pages A15 A16 and ads on B10 to B13.
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Engel
Cool Air Moves Toward East Across Midwest
Cold front pushes cool air from northern plains toward the eastern states. Southeast and southwest stay warm, while northern U.S. registers freezing conditions. Early lows dip to 16 above at Pembina North Dakota near the Canadian border as snow flurries are noted in upper Michigan.
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Chicago
Plains
Midwest
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pembina
Pittsburgh Store Sales Slump as Steel Strike Widens
Railroads idle over 60,000 workers amid coal walkout and steel stoppage. Crucible Steel and Allegheny Ludlum pressed Truman’s fact finding board to clarify pension stance, joined by others. Major rail layoffs hit Pittsburgh with 15,000 at Pennsylvania and New York Central, 13,000 at B&O, 5,500 at L&N. Federal mediators resumed talks with U.S. Steel as coal operators and United Mine Workers negotiate Bluefield stalemate.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
Crucible Steel Co
Allegheny Ludlum ‘Steel Co
Western Kentucky ‘Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Soupon
Cyrus ‘Ching R
U.S. Steel Corp
New York
Ching
Jeanca
John J. Lewis
Bluefield
W. Va
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Glo
Philip Murray
Denham
Mureray
Cleveland
Murray
Secret Atomic Conference With Russians Disclosed
Secretary of State Acheson rejected spy charges against U S diplomats in Prague as trumped up and aimed to intimidate the Czech people. He noted the removal of two embassy staff and the arrest of a third nonstatus employee, with a formal protest prepared in Washington. Isaac Patch John G Heyn and Samuel Meryn faced espionage accusations as Prague moved on the case.
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Washington
Acheson
U. S
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
State Department
Isaac Patch
John G. Heyn
Samuel Meryn
Heyn
Patch
Meryn
Munich
Adm Beatty's Son Facing Blindness Falls at Ritz
London dispatch reports Honorable Peter Beatty aged 39, son of Admiral Beatty and Marshall Field Sr., plunged from a sixth floor Ritz Hotel window after being told he would go totally blind. The wealthy aristocrat, friend of Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth, had long battled eye disease and relied on aides.
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London
Peter Beatty
Marshall Field
Chicago
Ritz
Beatty
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
America
England
Earl Beatty
Jutland
Ethel
Bodies of Two in Sierra Air Crash Found
In Bishop California district rangers report the bodies of Edward F. Rider and his wife Elizabeth found today in a light plane wreck about 25 miles north of Bishop in the High Sierra. The couple, killed in the crash on Saturday, were recovered from Pioneer Basin by ground search teams and prepared for removal by horseback to Rider’s relatives in Bishop. The wreckage was first located yesterday by Civ Air Patrol pilot Floyd Bedwell near Mud Lake at about 11,500 feet on the Fresno County side of the Sierra crest.
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Bishop
Edward F. Rider
Elizabeth
High Sierra
Here
Fred Meckel
Fred. Ahrenholz
Pioneer Basin
Walter’ Lohse
Floyd Bedwell
Civ Air Patrol
Mud Lake
Fresno County
Sierra Crest
British Protest Over McCloskey Quotesin Germany Policy
London reports Britain protest to the United States over statements by High Commissioner John J. McChoy damaging Western policy in Germany. McChoy plans early return to Washington for talks with Secretary Acheson. He advocated ending purposeless dismantling of Ruhr industrial plants in interviews published in German and British papers.
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London
Britain
United States
John J. McChoy
Germany
McCloy
Washington
Dean ‘Acheson
Ruhr
Five Anti Red Powers Bare Parley Failure
Five powers including the United States and France say secret atomic talks with the Soviet Union failed as the Russians prioritize sovereignty over world security. The six sponsoring powers will resume discussions in November while U N records go to the Assembly.
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Soviet Union
United States
U. N. Assembly
Paris
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
U. N
Truman
Jakob A. Malik
Jean ‘Chauvel
France
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Malik
Hartford Man Accused of Tossing Wife's Teeth Windowward
Hartford police report Frank Prior, intoxicated, admitted throwing his wife's teeth from a third floor window. He claimed the sight prompted the act and cited drunkenness as his defense.
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Hartford
Conn
Frank ‘Prior
Cripps Urges Britain to Produce More Use Less
Sir Stafford Cripps told Britons they must produce more and use less or go hungry and jobless. He warned of a tragic fall in living standards and widespread unemployment amid Attlee's economy drive. The government plans cuts in military and civil service, fewer homes, and tighter supplies to curb imports until production improves.
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Cripps
Stafford Cripps
Britain
House of Commons
Attlee
United States
Armed Services
Paratrooper saved by jumpmate during demo at Eglin
At Eglin Air Force Base a paratrooper's chute collapsed during an air ground demonstration. Jumpmate Marvin Smith grabbed the shroud lines at 500 feet, saving Charles Dye as Dye's own parachute failed. Both men, from the 82nd Airborne, were unhurt as the event continued with the battalion jump and aircraft demonstrations.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fiz
Cot
Secretary of the Army
Gordon ,Gray
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marvin O. Smith
Huntsville
Ala
Pie
Charles A. Dye
82Nd
Steer Prices Surge Near All Time High
CHICAGO Oct 26 Steer prices jumped to a top of 41.50 per hundred pounds today, a new high not far from the all time peak. Traders cited limited supplies of choice to prime steers fueling a rapid price surge over the past ten days, with top grades fetching premium prices in markets and restaurants.
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Chicago
Indusewite
Lkely
Maumeup
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Harold W. J. Brandt
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Brandt
U.S
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Trto
By John M. Hightower
Shirley Hein
Parshall
Ater
Planeta Nights
Cpl
Mra
Bobby Desir Parshall
Great Lakes
Inl
Camp Lojune
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Camp Lejune
Pershails
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China
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