Return Saturday Or Stand Fired Rail Workers Told
The Army ordered striking railroad workers to return by 4 p.m. Saturday or be dismissed, granting interim wage increases from Oct 1 for those with no raise since Sept 1948. The action, signed by Assistant Army Secretary Karl R. Bendetsen, aims to restore normal service as rail unions and operators negotiate a settlement.
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Army
Washington
Secretary of the Army
Pace
Truman
ATMY
Asistant Army
Karl R. Bendetsen
Brotherhood of
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Railroad Union
National (Railway’ Mediation Board
St. Louis
Midwest
Far West
Truman blasts rail strike as intolerable and orders action
President Truman denounces the railroad strike as intolerable and orders the Army to restore full rail operations. He said strike leaders acted like Russians by halting a wage hour agreement and criticized a Senate report accusing adviser Donald Dawson of undue influence in RFC loans.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Donald Dawson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dawson
RFC
Federal Department
Commerce Department
Congress
Tanks and Howitzers Press Seoul Front Line
AP reporting from Tokyo details American tanks and U S Third Division howitzers pounding near Seoul as Allied forces push toward the city. Puerto Rican troops seize Mangyong Mountain overlooking Seoul while other columns advance within miles of the capital.
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Tokyo
Seoul
U. S
Han River
Korea
Han
Mangyong
Colvin
Britain
Greece
Turkey
France
Puerto Rico
South Korea
Yellow Sea
Chengeteng
Stan Swinton
Czech Leader Vlado Clementis Seeks Asylum in Yugoslavia
The Neuse Wiener Tageszeitung reports former Czechoslovak Communist Foreign Minister Vlado Clementis arrived in Yugoslavia seeking asylum. The dispatch notes unclear details of his escape from Czechoslovakia. Earlier reports said President Klement Gottwald was under police surveillance for warning Clementis.
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Vienna
Austria
Neuse Wiener Tageszeitung
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Clementis
Tageszeitung
Klement Gottwald
Avalanche claims Swiss farmer near Locarno
An avalanche swept away a 70 year old farmer near Locarno Switzerland. He becomes the 76th avalanche death in Switzerland this year.
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Locarno
Switzerland
Here
Lampoon Ridicules Liz Taylor and Notables of 1950
Cambridge editors of the humor magazine lampoon Elizabeth Taylor and Dean Stockwell as the most objectionable movie children of the year. Clifton Webb is cited for the worst male performance in Cheaper by the Dozen. The happiest event is Shirley Temple’s announced retirement.
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Cambridge. Mass
Elizabeth Taylor
Lampoon
Clifton Webb
Dosen
The
Miss Taylor
Dean Stockwell
Shirley Temple
Engineer Of Crashed Train Was Speeding
Investigations into the Pennsylvania Railroad derailment near New Brunswick and the third metropolitan area rail disaster this year proceed in New York and Middlesex County as victims fight for life. Prosecutor Alex Eber cites speed as a factor saying engineer Joseph Fitzsimmons slowed from 60 to under 50 mph before the trestle crash, with no caution signals or speedometer in use.
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Woodbridge
N. J
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middlesex County
New Brunnswick
Middlessex County
Alex Eber
Eber
Ohio Faces Second Gas Emergency Amid Subzero Freeze
Ohio faced its second gas heating emergency as subzero temperatures covered much of the state. Utilities urged conservation while factory and industrial users shifted to standby equipment and homes reduced temperatures amid widespread restrictions and school closures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Company
Canton
Dayton Power and Light Company
Mami Valley
East Liverpool
Milleport
Columbiana County
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
Ohio Valley
East Live
Wheeling
W. Va
Majorye Industries
Colercial
Midwest
Florida
Virginia
Doctor Spurns Medic Draft in San Francisco
Dr. Raleigh Henry Pickard 28 who trained largely with government aid refused to register for the doctors draft in Berkeley California. He declared war registration wrong and faced arrest before U S Commissioner Francis St J Fox who set next hearings and released him on 1000 bail. He later served two years in the Army Medical Corps as a conscientious objector during World War II.
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San Francisco
Raleigh Henry Pickard
Pickard
Berkeley
Calif
U. S
Francis St. J. Fox
Army Medical Corps
Vanderbilt University Medical School
Army
Marine Kills Socialite Wife As Police Wait Outside Door
Detroit AP report details a shotgun murder inside a Grosse Pointe home. Marine Albert Larter Daly, 23, barricaded with his estranged wife Virginia Daly, 22, after eloping months earlier and seeking a voluntary death. Police surrounded the house after a fatal shot ended the struggle. (390 characters)
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Marine
Detroit
Grosse Pointe
Virginia Hebb Daly
Albert Larter Daly
Daly
Tme
Campeone
N. C
Thomas V. Trombly
Outlook Bright For Relieving India's Famine
Washington reports say Hoover will advise the Truman administration on organizing U S food shipments to India. Lawmakers note reduced criticism as UN brands Red China an aggressor and expect Truman to urge wheat aid after meeting congressional leaders. No wheat-ship legislation yet. action may await his public statement.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Truman
India
United States
United Nations
House
Williams Signs 1951 Deal With Red Sox
Ted Williams, star slugger of the Boston Red Sox and reputedly baseballs highest paid player last year, signed his 1951 contract. He reportedly received about $125,000 last season and called General Manager Joe Cronin from Florida to confirm the signing.
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Boston
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Williams
Sox
Joe Cronin
Florida
Taft Calls Curb on U S Defense Aid to Western Europe
Senator Taft of Ohio demanded in the Senate that the United States contribute no more than one division for every nine raised by Western Europe for its defense.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
United States
Europe
Coal miners idled by railroad switch strike survey
An estimated 10 000 to 15 000 Kentucky coal miners have been idled due to the railroad switch strike, with others on reduced schedules. The car shortage caused by the walkout is cutting coal production and shutting mines.
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Louisville, Ky
Kentucky
Tony
Remington Faces Five Year Sentence For Perjury
William W Remington, a 33 year old former government economist, was found guilty by a federal jury of perjury for denying membership in the Communist party. He faces up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine after a 32 day trial alleging he transmitted government secrets to Elizabeth Bentley.
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New York
William W Remington
Communist Party
Remington
Elizabeth Bentley
Kaiser-Frazer imposes nine hour day to catch up output
Detroit AP report shows Kaiser-Frazer lengthening shifts to nine hours to recover lost time after the CIO UAW eight day strike. The move comes amid a broader layoff threat across the auto industry with 100000 workers affected and rail-induced production delays at Ford Chrysler and General Motors as material shortages hamper full restart.
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Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer
K-F
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Nine Killed In Blast At Minnesota Mining Plant
An explosion at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant in St Paul killed nine workers and left many others injured. Initial counts varied with reports of up to 15 dead, as gas fumes and basement furnaces were cited. The six story facility produced Scotch Tape and other abrasives, and the blast halted operations with gas fumes delaying recovery.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Today Company
Ancher (City
Ramsey County
St. Paul
Ramsey County Coroner's Office
Train Smashes Car. Four Killed in Braceville Area
A westbound Erie freight train struck a station wagon at a Braceville-Newton Falls road crossing in Trumbull County. Four of five occupants died: George Seger 41. his daughter 6. son Teddy 9. and Margeret Hudson. Harold Hudson 12 survived in fair condition at St Josephs Hospital.
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Warren
Erie
Here
State Highway Patrol
George Seger
Braceville Township
Teddy
Margaret Hudson
Four Killed In Gas Explosion at Fostoria Plant
Four men died and three were injured in a propane gas explosion at the Als Crankshaft Company heating room in Fostoria. Victims named are Howard Shreve Amosden Charles Huffman Fostoria Floyd Ream Wayne and Gene Newell Fostoria. Virgil Basinger Mt Cory was critically hurt while helping install new equipment. Police say gas caused the blast though cause is unknown. Minor injuries were reported for John Tiell Alvada and Olen Cunningham Bradner.
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Fostoria
Alas
Howard Shreve
Amsden
Charles W. Huffman
Floyd Ream
Wayne
Gene Newell
Virgil Basinger
Mt. Cory
Timothy Walsh
Basinger
Walsh
John Tiell
Alvada
Olen Cummingham
Bradner
Jolson Monument Planned at Hill Side Memorial Park
A 75 foot marble monument to Al Jolson will rise at Hill Side Memorial Park near Inglewood. The $24,000 project is funded from Jolson’s $4 million estate. Jolson’s sarcophagus will sit near a rotunda and a 120 foot water cascade will flow into a pool.
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Los Angeles
al Jolson
Hillside Memorial Park
Inglewood
Jolson
Government to cut basic metals use in industry
Washington reports the National Production Authority plans a 25 to 40 percent April cut in basic metals for autos stores and home appliances to save steel copper and aluminum for defense. Metal use may drop more in production than allotted use as factories substitute plastics and conserve.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
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Toledo Edison Company
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Cincinnati Gas An Electric Company
Nox County
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