Convention To Vote Jan 3 USW Delays Steel Strike
PITTSBURGH The Wage Policy Committee of the CIO United Steelworkers defers a strike for at least three days. The Atlantic City convention will decide on calling a strike and respond to Truman's plea to avert a walkout while the Wage Stabilization Board studies proposals. Murray invites Benjamin Fairless to speak. industry offers and government actions loom.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
USW
Atlantic City
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Policy Committee
Independence
Yale
Phillip Murray
CIO
Murray
WSB
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
Fairless
Lawmakers Have Relatives On Payrolls Across House
Washington reports show in 70 House offices at least one employee shares a surname with the congressman. While relationships are not listed, most cases are known relatives. Senate records remain confidential. House payrolls list names and November wages, including Ohio cases such as Walter E Brehm and Martha J Hays with noted salaries.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ohio
Walter E Brehm
James F. Brehm
Robert Era
Robert Crosser
Charles Kitonin
Zelda W. Elston
Wayne L. Hays
Martha J. Hays
Robert Secrest
Nancy Secrest
Yugoslav Dinar To Be Devalued
Belgrade Yugoslav Finance Minister Milen Tije Popovic told Parliament the dinar will be drastically devalued effective January 1. The new rate will be 300 dinars to the dollar, replacing 3 to the dollar, signaling a liquidation of the old system and closer ties with the West.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Milentije Popovic
Popvic
Streetcar Named Desire Tops New York Critics Poll
New York critics name A Streetcar Named Desire best film of 1951 and award Elia Kazan best director Vivien Leigh best actress for Streetcar. John Wayne tops Hollywood box office, with Shelley Winters and Doris Day rising stars and international honors for Miracle in Milan and Rashomon.
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New York
Hollywood
Rugged John Wayne
Gotham
Wayne
Elia Kazan
Vivien Leigh
Shelley Winters
Arthur Kennedy
Marlon Brando
Milan
Japan
Rashomon
Inland faces strike at Inland Steel on New Year
East Chicago Indiana Inland Steel Co faces a possible strike by Local 1010 CIO on New Year’s Day if contract issues remain unsettled. The 19000 employee plant seeks 3 cent hourly raise, licent wage differential, plant wide labor pool, fair employment clause, outsider work preference, and retention of earnings guarantee during rate talks. Dispute over last point led to a three day plant closure in October.
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East Chicago
Ind
Inland Steel Co
United Steelworkers
CIO
Independent Steel Company
Donald Lutes
Interne Admits Sex Incident On Polio Patient
SEATTLE A King County Hospital doctor interne has confessed to assaulting a 22 year old polio patient under sedation. Dr Roy B Patton a 29 year old married father of two from Columbus Ohio admitted the crime in a signed confession. Prosecutors seek an incident charge and a petition to declare him a sexual psychopath to confine him to an institution if denied.
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Zames
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Betty Grable
Abbott and Costello
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Randolph Scott
Gary Cooper
Doris Day
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Seattle
King County Hospital
Roy B. Patton
Columbus
Ohio State University
John L. Vogel
Patton
Charles ©. Carroll
Spruance May Get Philippine Post
Washington reports retired Admiral Raymond A. Spruance as President Truman's pick for ambassador to the Philippines. He met with Secretary of State Acheson and indicated he would accept, succeeding Ambassador Myron Cowen.
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Washington
Raymond A. Spruance
Truman
Philippines
Acheson
Myron Cowen
West Frankfort mine blast blamed on electricity or flame
Washington AP report says the Bureau of Mines suggests the West Frankfort coal mine explosion killed 119 miners may have been caused by an electrical spark or a lit cigarette. The assessment points to ignition of coal dust or gas as the likely trigger.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
West Frankfort
Freed By Hungary Reds Airmen Reported By U N Command
United Nations Command announced at least 450 American soldiers died in North Korean prison camps. The figure, 77 percent of those prisoners unaccounted last week, reflects deaths not on the Red roster of 11,559 prisoners. Allied and Communist negotiators at Panmunjom exchanged insinuations as talks stall.
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Munsan
U. N
United Nations
U. N. Command
William P. Nuckols
Lee Sang Cho
Panmunjom
Reds
R. E. Libby
Lee
U.N
Red China
Peiping Radio
Austria Frees Four U S Airmen After 40 Days in Hungary
Four American airmen jailed by Communist Hungary for 40 days crossed into Austria at 11:01 a.m. EST and headed to Erding Germany. Ambassador Walter J. Donnelly announced the $120,000 fines would be paid for their prompt release, with the men arriving at the Austrian border under tight security.
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Nickelsdorf
Austria
Hungary
Erding
Germany
U. S
Tulin Air Base
Vienna
Jess Duff
Spokane
Wash
Walter J. Donnelly
U.S
Donnelly
William Alden Somerby
Budapest
John Guillett
Tulln
U States
Red Uranium Boss Reported In U S Hands
The London Daily Express reports Lt. Col. Fedya Astrachov, a top figure in Soviet uranium mining and East German atomic work, may have been brought to Washington after fleeing six weeks ago. American agents reportedly question a senior Russian Army officer as Allied scientists travel to Germany to assess intelligence on Astrachov.
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London
London Daily Express
East Germany
Washington
West
Fedya Astrachov
Russia
the Express
Astrachov
Germany
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
Walter F. Whitman
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Lee A. Dubridge
California Institute of Technology
Charles G. Lauristen
CIT
Justice Department
Four Of A Kind Beat Two Pairs
Twin Falls Idaho twins file divorce suits from the sisters they married six months ago. Each cites identical reasons their wives left them saying they no longer love them. Samuel David Alldritt and Betty Norene Durham wed June 12. both couples report cross quarrelsome spouses.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Samuel David Alldritt
May Durham
Jonathan K. Alldritt
Betty Norene Durham
Crash Kills Korea Vet Cadiz
James C Moreland 19 year old Korean war veteran was killed when the car he rode in collided with a station wagon near Cadiz on Thursday.
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Cadiz
James C Moreland
Here
Trial Nears Conclusion in Tallulah Cronin Forgery Case
An all male jury will begin deliberations in New York today on the Evyleen Cronin forgery and grand larceny case tied to Tallulah Bankhead. Judge Harold Stevens will charge at 10 30 a m EST as both sides rested after a 12 day trial featuring poetry from Shakespeare to Fred G Moritt. Prosecutor Kidder asserts Cronin raised more than four thousand dollars in Bankhead signed checks and stole the funds while defense senator Moritt delivered a defense built around liberty and justice and a dramatic poem titled To Liberty and Justice.
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NEW York
Tallulah Bankhead
Evyleen Cronin
Harold A. Stevens
Fred G. Moritt
Cronin
Miss Bankad
Moritt
New York State
Stassen Seeks GOP Nomination for President
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and University of Pennsylvania president enters the Republican nomination race. He may join Robert Taft and Earl Warren while Ike’s campaign remains uncertain. Stassen vows no commitment to others and outlines a liberal humanitarian program and anti inflation plan centered on a strong dollar and full employment.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
United States
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Dwight D Eisenhower
Taft
Minneso
Ian
Eisenhower
Washington
Paris
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Ike
GOP
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
OConor Attacks $120,000 Airmen Release
Senator OConor charged the Truman administration erred in paying 120000 for four U S airmen held in Hungary. He warned the move would invite Soviet and satellite demands and frame it as government admission of wrong doing. He argued the payments could fuel Communist propaganda and set a dangerous precedent.
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Washington
O'Conor
Truman
U. S
Hungary
Maryland
United States Treasury
Union
Italian Premier Hosts Eisenhower At Paris Luncheon
Premier Alcide de Gasperi of Italy hosted a luncheon in Paris with General Dwight D Eisenhower and two SHAPE staff members including General Alfred M. and Douglas MacArthur. The gathering focused on Allied strategy and postwar coordination amid ongoing European security discussions.
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Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Dwight D Eisenhower
SHAPE
Alfred M
Douglas MacArthur
Automatic gun able to shoot around corners
Detroit report on a curved barrel submachine gun that fires 45 caliber slugs at 450 rounds a minute. Des troit Arsenal engineer Joseph C. Soma says the curved barrel improves accuracy and deflects shots by up to nine degrees. The lightweight gun, known as the grease gun, costs about $18 to manufacture and can be set to fire in multiple directions.
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Detroit
Army
Joseph C. Soma
Destroit Arsenal
Atta
Shave Uncle Sam Never, Troy Defends White Whiskers
In Chicago area coverage, local officials reject a nationwide contest push as residents defend the traditional white whiskers of Uncle Sam. The discussion centers on preserving a longstanding display amid broader debates over cultural symbols.
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Uncle Sam
Troy
Oura
Chicago News
Budget Mapped for Europe Army Plan
West European foreign and finance ministers from six nations met in Paris to map how to fund a proposed continental army. West Germany chancellor Konrad Adenauer attended as Dutch Foreign Minister Dirk Stikker said progress was made and an agreement to form a common budget for the army was expected.
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Paris
W—Foreigen
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Cial
Dirk A. Stikker
Miami Valley Highlights for 1951 in Sunday Journal
A review of 1951 Miami Valley events to appear in Sunday pages with photos. Middletown business set records despite not spectacular growth. New Taft School opens next Wednesday with an open house view. Sports pages will feature four sections and a year chronology of athletic coverage.
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Jacksonburg
Franklin
Butler County
Miami Valley
Middletown
NEW Taft School
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