Steelworkers clash on price rises in steel industry
CIO Steelworkers Union said recent price increases were due to industry attitude, not higher labor costs. Union official Otis Brubaker argued price boosts are unwarranted, while chiefs from Inland Steel National Steel and others said profits are still too low. Brubaker outlined key points disputing basis of the rise and accused industry of exploiting workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO Steelworkers Union
Otis Brubaker
Pittsburgh
Brubaker
Senate House Economic Committee
Inland Steel
National Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Alleghany Ludlum
Senate
Clarence B. Randall
Congress
Ernest T. Weir
Cairman
National Steel Corporation
Hart Jr Claims Ranch Won in Poker at Age 12
Los Angeles AP says Bill Hart Jr testified in a suit to share in his father's estate that at age 12 he won a $250,000 ranch from his father in a draw poker game in 1934. He recounted betting his stamp and coin collections and his Scott dog Penny, with his full house beating his father’s two pair. The elder Hart willed most of the estate, including the ranch, to a county park.
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Los Angeles
Bill Hart, Jr
Hart
Penny
Hart, Jr
Ohio Bonds Sell Record In State Revenue Report
Ohio sold 242,409,531 dollars in series E savings bonds last year, according to state volunteer chairman Loring L. Gilbach. The total tops the previous year by over a million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Loring L. Gilbach
Ohio Savings Bonds Division
Acheson Defies Hiss Backers and Sparks Gop Outcry
Secretary of State Acheson said he does not intend to turn his back on Alger Hiss, prompting Republican attacks in the Senate led by Mundt and sharp criticism from O'Toole. The remarks followed Hiss’s conviction for perjury and his vow to vindicate himself as Acheson defended loyalty and due process.
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Mundt
Washington
State Acheson
Alger Hiss
Dean Acheson
Hiss
McCarthy
R-Wis
Acheson
State Department
Capitol Hill
O'Toole
Brooklyn
Wallace to Get Say On Uranium Shipping
Wallace appears before the House Un American Activities Committee to deny pressuring for uranium shipments to the Soviet Union during World War II. Testimony shows Britain also sought atomic material, with Crenshaw noting a single 15 ton uranium oxide shipment in spring 1943.
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Wallace
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Leslie R. Groves
Harry L. Hopkins
Britain
Case
Crenshaw
Defense Chiefs Summoned By Senate Group
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee summoned Secretary of Defense Johnson and General Omar N. Bradley to testify on Formosa’s strategic importance. Republicans pressed whether Truman consulted military chiefs before halting military aid to Chinese Nationalists. Committee chairman Connally expects Johnson and Bradley to back the policy. Bridges calls the testimony a whitewash.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Formosa
Truman
Bradley
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Bridges
New Hampshire
Johnson-Bradley
Bauman Tells Jury He Was Starved in Jail Trial
Stephen C. Bauman on arson trial testified he received only one meal in four days after arrest. His son Arthur, 16, died in the August 27 fire in Mahoning County.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
Stephen C. Bauman
Arthur
Coasting Brings Back Boyhood Snow Memories
A nostalgic reminiscing on winter coasting recalls sleds, runs, and rope tow adventures. The piece describes snowy hills, fresh tracks, a dog joyfully leaping at snowflakes, and the thrill of speed before a soft end in a drift. It reflects on time with understanding toward today’s youngsters.
Union Strikes Chrysler Over Pension Plan
The CIO United Auto Workers began a potentially long strike at Chrysler starting 10 a.m. EST yesterday, idling 106000 workers and halting 7000 cars daily. Talks may resume this week under mediators, with the fight centered on a $100 monthly pension. The strike affects 85000 production workers, mainly in Michigan, while Briggs Manufacturing laid off 21000.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Michigan
DeSoto
Plymouth
Dodge
Briggs Manufacturing Company
UAW
Russell Watson
Eleven Jurors Approved In Slavine Trial
In Bridgeport Connecticut on the second day of Carol Ann Paight's second degree murder trial eleven jurors have been approved. Two more jurors were excused after saying they might have pulled the trigger as she did to kill her cancer-stricken father in his hospital bed last September. The penalty if convicted is life in prison at age 21. Two alternates will be chosen to replace any ill juror. The state dismissed the two juror prospects who raised mercy killing as a topic of discussion in court.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Connectiuc
Carol Ann
Fairfield County Superior Court
Police Seek Theft Suspects Across Three States
Police hunt two men linked to two robberies and two car thefts. They allegedly stole a car in East Liverpool yesterday and abandoned it in Beaver, Pennsylvania after a Beaver burglary. The suspects were tracked to Toronto Ohio where a tavern was robbed before the car was found deserted in East Liverpool. Bloodhounds from Beaver join the search.
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East Liverpool
Beaver
Toronto
Haas seeks nomination for General Assembly seat in Fremont
Fremont O August 14 19 AP Attorney Glenn Haas former Woodville postmaster announced he will seek nomination as a Democratic representative to the General Assembly.
Nation Faces Wide Weather Swings and Tax Battle
Washington reports a heated tax fight as Republican Leader Martin seeks an immediate 700 million dollar excise tax cut. The proposal would slash levies on jewelry, furs, theater tickets, and more but faces procedural hurdles and a likely veto. Separately, the nation endures extreme winter weather with cold across the plains, freezing rain in the mid-Atlantic, dense fog disrupting travel, and record warmth in the southeast and mid-Atlantic ports.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin
Martin
Truman
Orangeburg County
S. C
East Point
Atlanta
Quince Lee
Pacific Northwest
Virginia
Mercury
Richmond
Norfolk
New York City
New Jersey
Ambrose Light
New York Harbor
Fox
LaGuardia
Idlewild
Newark
Ronton
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Pants Tex
St. Marks
Weather Bureau
California
Plains
Central States
Little Rock
Ark
Dallas
Tex
Midwest
U S Army Convoy Crosses Soviet Frontier At Helmstedt
An American Army truck convoy crossed the Soviet Zone frontier at Helmstedt as about 400 German trucks faced a Berlin blockade slowdown. Soviet guards cleared around 40 American vehicles while German traffic waited under heavy inspection delaying road movement to Berlin.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Russia
Truman Seeks 87 Million in Atomic Contract Allowance
President Truman asked Congress to authorize 87.65 million dollars in contracts now to accelerate the atomic program. The White House said the funds would advance reactor development and initiate new projects as part of an expansion plan announced last October. No uranium powered engines are yet in commercial power production.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
West Point cadet Cox still missing after months
West Point cadet Richard C. Cox, 22, from Mansfield Ohio, remains missing as Army and state police report little progress. Cox disappeared January 14 while last seen in a West Point uniform.
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West Point
N. Y
Richard C. Cox
Mansfield
Army
Cox
U S Mediator Seeks Breakthrough in Telephone Strike
William N. Margolis of the Federal Mediation Service met with AT and T officials in New York as a roaming mediator. He plans to meet CIO CW of America president Joseph Beirne in Cincinnati to avert a nationwide Bell System walkout, with 100 000 workers eligible February 1 and up to 150 000 by month end. The union demands higher pay and shorter hours with pension and other improvements. wage figures are not specified. Beirne warned of a February strike. Southwestern Bell and the Long Lines unit held new talks amid disputed bargaining.
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New York
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cincinnati
Joseph Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Margolis
A. T
Beirne
CWA
A. T. and T
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Truman Urged to Delay Action Over Coal Strike
The soft coal industry urged John Lewis to negotiate a new contract amid rising idle miners and shortages. Reports say President Truman may act to end strikes, possibly invoking the Taft Hartley Act if Lewis fails to move within 48 hours, with a board of inquiry as a first step.
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Washington
John T. Lewis
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Senate Labor Committee
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
White House
Boyd
Board of
Senated Labor Committee
Move On FEPC Measure Faces House Rules Hurdle
Washington AP says backers press a new effort to force a fair employment practices bill through the House Rules Committee while opponents claim the upper hand. Chairman Sabath convened session to break the deadlock and Dixie senators warn of filibusters in the Senate. Two petition routes offer paths to floor consideration, one filed by Roosevelt and another by Power after a clash with Roosevelt.
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Washington
Legge
House Rules Committee
Sabath
DTH
Southern Lawma
FEPC
Seni
Dixie
Rules Committee
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