Inland Steel President Attacks Plan of Truman Fact-Finding Board
Clarence B. Randall of Inland Steel denounced President Truman’s steel fact-finding board as an industrial revolution that would fix wages by the government. He argued the process signals a new social order and warned of nationalization. the three man board will report by August 30, with nonbinding findings.
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Inland Steel
Truman
New York
Inland Steel Company
Clarence B. Randall
Steel Fact-Finding Board
Sig Segpdi
Randall
Chicago
CIO Steelworkers
America
Carroll R. Daughterty
Northwestern University
Town Sinks 1500 Feet in Quake Report
Witnesses described a village near Pelileo in Ecuador sinking 1500 feet into the earth in a powerful quake. A gaping crater remains where Libertad once stood, while Ambato braces for aftershocks and relief efforts race to deliver tents and supplies for thousands driven homeless.
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Quito
Ecuador
Libertad
Here
Pelileo
Gabriel Nunez
Oeed
Hawaii Seizes Seven Islands Stevedoring Firms
Hawaii extended government seizure to all seven struck stevedoring companies as Gov. Stainback signed orders for outer islands and Honolulu. ILWU leader Bridges warned resistance would fail as the 103 day dock dispute nears a showdown with sanctions including fines and jail time.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
Harry Bridges
Ingram M. __ Stainback
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Bridges
ILWU
Stainback
Woman Grocery Store Chain President Dies
Cincinnati AP report states Mrs. Josephine Schneider, 75, president of the Schneider Grocery Company, died at her home. She led the chain after her husband Philip Schneider’s death. the firm operates 45 stores.
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Woman Grocery Store Chain
Cincinnati
Josephine Schneider
The
Schneider Grocery Company
Philip Schneider
Grocery
House Passes 75 Cent Minimum Wage Bill
The House approved a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents per hour in a 361 to 35 vote. It moves to the Senate, where action has been delayed by other business. The measure reflects White House labor goals and a coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats, with potential impact on about one million workers.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Tobin
Lucas D‘ex
Labor Committee
Lucas
D-Tex
House Labor Committee
Hoover Warns U S Spending Will Harm Posterity
Former President Herbert Hoover warns in Palo Alto that unchecked government spending risks driving the nation toward collectivism and robs future generations of inheritance. He urges restraint to preserve fiscal liberty and national strength.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Hoover warns that US heads toward collectivism on spending
Former President Herbert Hoover, speaking at his 75th birthday event at Stanford, argued that government spending and taxes push the United States toward socialism. He criticized current budgets as a threat to liberty, urging restraint and warning of collectivism both domestically and abroad.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Palo Alto
Cal
Myers
Pennsylvania
Senate
Hoover
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Congress
United States
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Capehart R-Ian
The
Stanford University
Hoover Institute and Library
Administration of Relief
Republic
Taft backs arms plan as chiefs back program
President Truman’s arms aid proposal drew cheers as Senator Taft indicated he will not oppose the plan, while military leaders including General Bradley Admiral Denfeld and General Vandenberg backed it. Testimony to Congress followed with officials weighing how to finance the $1.45 billion aid package for Western Europe and allied nations.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
W. Averell Harriman
Greece
Henry F. Grady
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Iran
Turkey
Korea
Western
Europe
Defense
Johnson
George
D-Ga
Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Ben E Rudner Dies at London Prison Farm
Ben E Rudner, serving a life term for the 1926 Canton publisher Don R Mellett slaying, died of a heat attack at the London Prison Farm. A ten year old prisoner in the farm garage collapsed about 4 p.m. and died soon after in the hospital. Rudner entered the Ohio penitentiary March 1, 1927 and moved to the farm August 28, 1933. He is survived by a brother and three sisters. Funeral services will be held Sunday in Canton.
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London, O
Ben E Rudner
Canton
Don R. Mellett
London
Ohio Penitentiary
Rudner
Schlechty Funeral Home
J. E. Arnold and Son Funeral Home
Quirino Leaves Washington for New York Trip
President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines departs Washington and will stay in New York for two and a half days before beginning his return journey to Manila on Saturday.
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Washington
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
New York
Quirino
Manila
Probers May Reveal Data On Suspension
Senate investigators planned to disclose evidence that led to the suspension of Army Chemical Corps chief Maj Gen Alden H Waitt and Maj Gen Herman at the Pentagon. The panel is examining five percenters who seek government contracts and was set to begin a matter involving General Waitt and the chemical corps.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
Chemical Corps
Alden H. Waitt
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Herman
Gray
Senate
Ase
Men Gaining In Fight On Forest Fire
In MCCALL Idaho despite 35 mph winds about 1,000 weary men pushed to control a Salmon River forest fire that has burned over 5 000 acres. Payette forest supervisor John T Mathews said gains depend on wind easing as smoke jumpers and ground crews tackle 37 smaller fires in the Payette and Boise national forests.
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Mccall
Idaho
Salmon River
John T. Mathews
Payette
Boise
Walt Hawkins
Bus Crash Toll, Island Fight Leave 16 Dead
In Mississippi River Mud Island turmoil two men fought over a row with firearms after a fistfight. Mrs Lillian Curry 22 was wounded and Omer Gibson shot as they returned to the clearing. Police report no charges yet.
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Ando Carpenter
Mississippi River
Lillian Curry
Omer Gibson
George Becker
Gibson
Curry Chilren
Becker
Mud _ Island
Memphis
Curry
Susie Alien
Fire in Massachusetts Woodlands Under Control
Firefighters battled around the clock to contain the worst of 55 woodland fires across Massachusetts. Despite progress, a critical drought related condition remained in effect in stressed areas as the Cape Cod blaze at Camp Edwards near Falmouth scorched about 1600 acres of brush.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Raymond J. Kenney
Camp Edwards
Falmouth
Cape Cod
B 36 Probers Summon Air Force Expert For Hearings
Maj. Gen. Frederick H. Smith, Air Force requirements chief, testified before the House Armed Services Committee about the B 36 bomber tale tracing eight years of its history. He cited factors shaping decisions including military needs world affairs the president s budget and factory issues. He noted initial support under Gen Kenney then a reversal favoring continued production after comparative tests.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Frederick H. Smith
Air Force Requirements
van Zandt
Vinson
D-Ga
Smith
Eneral Smith
Mili
Air Force
George Kenney
Strategic Air Command
Kenny
Kenney
Curtis le May
No Golf Ad Offers Quick Cash for Used Clubs
A brief classified note suggests selling unused golf clubs to raise cash. It invites readers to place an inexpensive Jour nal Want Ad and contact Adwriter at 2-3611.
Ford Workers Vote Overwhelmingly for Strike Authority
Michigan Ford workers authorized a strike by about seven to one margin to press pensions health benefits and a wage rise. About 75,000 of 80,000 eligible voters participated in one of the era’s largest strike votes, with state officials tallying 60 585 yes 8 710 no and thousands more ballots pending. Union President Walter Reuther said negotiations would continue toward a fair settlement while Ford cautioned the strike could be lengthy if invoked.
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Detroit
Ford
Michigan
CIO
United Auto Workers
State Labor Mediation Board
Iron Mountain
Walter Reuther
UAW Cio
Ford Motor Company
John §. Bugas
Ford Industrial Relations
Rail Worker Killed in Yard Accident at Portmouth
A yard engine fatally struck 34 year old Earl A. Moore, a Norfolk and Western Railway gang foreman, in Portsmouth Ohio. The incident ends the worker’s duties while investigators review the lethal event.
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Portsmouth
Earl A. Moore
Norfolk and Western Railway
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