Missouri 8 Feet Over Flood Stage at Pierre and Fort Pierre
Missouri River flood waters surged through Pierre and Fort Pierre with about 1,600 homeless and 71 year record high crest expected around 25 feet. City pumping stations failed, waterlogged streets and basements, Coast Guard and Army engineers mobilized, Daily Capital Journal suspended, 100 blocks flooded, 1,000 fed daily at Masonic Temple.
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Missouri
Sioux City
Omaha
Neb
Henderson
National Guardsmen
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Waer
Army
Coast Guard
Fort Pierre
Here
Daily Capital Journal
Associated Press
Truman mum on Ike plan to quit job
President Truman refused to say whether Gen Dwight Eisenhower had sought or planned to leave his European defense post. He avoided comments on steel industry charges against him and did not name any successor to Eisenhower, while ruling out his own bid for the Democratic nomination but pledging to campaign.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eiserhower
CIO
Philip Murray
Randall
Eisenhower
United States
Murray
Stock Market Holds Steady Amid Steel Dispute
New York trading showed railroad stocks and oil issues rising while overall list remained mixed. Steel edged higher after earlier losses as traders stayed cautious amid a heated government seizure dispute with mills.
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New York
Bolivia in uprising rages as army and rebels clash
In La Paz and across Bolivia fighting surged through the night as Brig. Gen. Antonio Seleme seceded to back rebels led by Vic tor Paz Estenssoro exiled leader of the MNR. At least 18 killed and 60 injured as El Alto garrison massed and the government held key locales.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estensboro
National Revolutionary Party
MNR
Antonio Seleme
el Alto
Hugo Ballivan
Miraflores
Llamani
Villa Victoria
Communist Newsman Reports Dean Healthy in POW Camp
Red Newsman Alan Winnington of the London Daily Worker says Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, captured near Taejon in August 1950, is healthy and in good spirits at a Pyongyang prison camp. Dean discusses his Berkeley family and weighs back to normal.
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Panmunjom
Korea
William F. Dean
U.S
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Dean
Pyongyang
Berkeley
Calif
Winnington
Taejon
South Korea
Phone Feud Spurs Nationwide Walkout Record
Telephone workers nationwide stayed off the job as Western Electric strikers blocked lines. About 16,000 Western Electric men and 61,000 Bell system operators and staff in Michigan Ohio New Jersey and Northern California joined the four day walkout led by CIO chief Joseph A Beirne.
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Washington
Western Electric Co
Western Electric
Michigan
Ohio
New Jersey
California
Bell Telephone System
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Com
Middletown CWA Strike Director Reports Michigan Bell Pact
Ray Welch strike director of Middletown local 4317 CWA CIO says Bob Donohue in Cleveland on the bargaining committee reports Michigan Bell Telephone Company settled with a substantial wage increase while minor items are still under negotiation. He notes Ohio Bell delays until Michigan is settled and an Ohio settlement is expected soon.
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Ray Welch
Middletown
Cwacio
Bob Donohue
Cleveland
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Kansas to Fill Delegates for GOP Convention
Topeka Kansas Republicans convene to elect 10 delegates at large to the National GOP Convention with General Dwight D Eisenhower expected to receive backing from all but one of the contenders in the race.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senators Demand Army Slash Luxury Living
US state senators pressed to cut luxuries for overseas troops and civilian staff, warning the Pentagon must curb free servants, special trains, and recreation-center perks in Germany. They cited 17200 German servants and a $600,000 monthly cost, and noted Japan staff changes last year.
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Washington
U. S
Pentagon
Germany
O'Mahoney
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
Young
North Dakota
Japan
Australia
House subcommittee blasts British influence on US policy
Washington lawmakers pressed a review of British influence on American foreign policy arguing it may have cost allies in Europe and the Far East. The three member group cited the Iran crisis and anti Americanism in Malaya, urged limited foreign aid under clear conditions, and backed expanding Spain's military power with Franco receiving more than the prior 100 million dollars for ports and air capabilities.
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Washington
House
Europe
Far East
Iran
Middle East
Zablocki
D-Wis
Kelly
D-Ny
Merrow
R-Nh
Spain
Generalissimo
Franco
Truman asks Congress to purge 22,000 patronage posts
President Truman proposed three civil service reforms to remove about 22,000 patronage positions from the Post Office Department Treasury and the Department of Justice. The plan would place postmasters customs collectors and U S marshals under civil service rules, altering how appointments are made and disciplining officials.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Post Office Department
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Taft Underdog Role in New Jersey Convention
Taft supporters accept underdog status in New Jersey as he vies for 38 GOP delegates amid ballot removal dispute. Eisenhower favored to win all 10 Kansas delegates today, while Taft leads in several district conventions and Kefauver gains attention on the Democratic side as contenders maneuver toward Chicago conventions.
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Taft
Kansas
Eisenhower
Kentucky
Chicago
Rail Lawyers Blame U S for Strikes
Lawyers for three large railroad unions argued before Federal Judge Emerich B Freed that federal seizure of railroads spurred more strikes. They urged returning operation to private owners as the government seeks a temporary no strike injunction against the Firemen Engineers and Conductors Brotherhoods. The brief cites 1951 as a year of intense activity under federal control, with 24 strikes.
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Cleveland
Emerich B. Freed
New York Central System
Buffalo
St. Louis Terminal Railroad
Detective Admits Robbing Stores For Costly Gifts
STEUBENVILLE, O. Detectives arrested 66 year old Carl Walker after 22 years patrolling the downtown district. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing women’s clothes and furniture and gave items to Mary Carducci whose husband is in the penitentiary. Carducci pleaded innocent to receiving stolen property and both were held for the grand jury under $5,000 bond.
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Steubenville
Carl Walker
Mary Carducci
Ohio
Walker
Carducci
Randall Raps Seizure As Corrupt Deal On National Radio
Inland Steel president Clarence B. Randall denounced the Truman steel seizure as a corrupt political deal designed to pay a debt to the CIO. He charged the Wage Stabilization Board and public members favored by the administration, and said true after tax profits per ton were far below the president's figure. The remarks followed a CIO USW strike and wage dispute over steel prices.
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NEW York
Truman
CIO
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
Phil Murray
Harry S. A
Wage Stabilization Board
United Steelworkers
Murray
CIO - Usw
WSB
Harry Truman
Fifth Day Stalemate in Korea Truce Talks End Briefly
In Munsan the fifth straight day of Korea truce negotiations yielded no progress as the panel adjourned after six minutes. Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang flagged a possible move to staff officer level if the Allies agree, while Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said the Allies would not object. Neither side took the initiative, each waiting for the other to act.
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Munsan
Korea
Hsieh Fang
William K. Harrison
Steelworkers face four day delay in restart
Cleveland industry spokesmen said 93,000 steelworkers will not be back on the job before next week as output remains delayed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Capitol Hill Enters Row Over Powers
The Truman administration seeks to restore full steel output after seizing plants. Industry leaders vow a quick return to normal production while lawmakers trade proposals on legality and new authority. Steelworkers push for wage board gains as plants restart gradually.
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Capitol Hill
Pittsburgh
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Noreal
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corp
Washington
U. S
Congress
Dickinsons give kids their own telephone line
In Columbus Ohio Hal D Dickinson installed private listings for his five children under his name. The Dickinsons use two outside lines and three lines on Papa Dickinson’s listing. The family, with Frances Ruth Pete Bill Tim and five other kids once five at home, averages about 36 calls daily and a monthly bill near $30. When a call goes to the wrong line Papa guides the caller to the children’s line.
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Columbus
Bean
Dickinson
Hal D. Dickinson
Dickinsons
Papa Dickinson
Papa
Mama
Frances
Ruth
Pete
Bill
Tim
Court Refuses To Speed Up Steel Hearing
In U S District Court Judge David A. Pine refused to accelerate hearings in a government seizure case affecting four major steel firms Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet & Tube Jones & Laughlin. The court ruled it could not advance the suits as defendants have 20 days to reply under court rules.
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Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
United States Steel
Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Ben Moreel
Washington
Newse
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Jones & Laughlin
U. S. District Court
David A. Pine
USSR Proposes Big Four Commission on German Vote
Paris report says Soviet Russia rejects a United Nations inquiry into free German elections and calls for aBig Four commission instead. The note reaffirms Moscow’s push for a unified Germany and four power talks while maintaining the Oder Neisse line as Germany’s eastern boundary.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations Commission
Germany
Moscow
Oder-Neisse Line
Overhead's Too High at Springfield Tax Refund
William H. Thorne decided to bank a one cent tax refund check but faced three cents in deposit costs. He planned to frame the tiny receipt, illustrating the comic burden of postage and banking fees in a small town moment.
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Springfield
William H. Thorne
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