CIO Steelworkers Plan Strike Amid Wage Dispute
President Truman urges the CIO Steelworkers to delay a threatened 60 day strike while a Presidential fact finding panel studies wage pension issues. Philip Murray signals a possible weekend start if no agreement is reached, with wage talks and pension demands shaping the stalemate involving U.S. Steel Corp and other producers.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Cyrus 5S
Ching
U.&. Steel Corporation
White House
Steel Magazine
Big Steel
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Airliner crash near Santa Susana peak leaves 11 dead
An unscheduled Standard Airlines flight from New York to Long Beach crashes one mile north of Chatsworth Reservoir after a passenger fight erupts aboard. Eleven killed, 30 hurt among 48 aboard as firefighters battle flames. Pilot sought police aid at Burbank airport before landing.
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California
LOS Angeles
Standard Airlines
Santa Susana Pass
New York-to-Long Beach
Cal
He Wold
Burbank
New York City
Chatsworth
North Hollywood
Albuquerque
N. M
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Lockheed Air Terminal
Champion Driver Al Tandy Penn Dies at 24
Al Tandy Penn of Sadieville Kentucky, known for leading championship horse pulling teams, died in a Lexington hospital age 24. He drove the world champion team at Troy Ohio in 1947 and placed third in the previous year’s event.
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Georgetown
al Tandy Penn
Lexington
Penn
Sadieville
Troy
Drowns in River Near Martins Ferry Ohio
Loren Nale Jr of Tiltons ville drowned in the Ohio River near Martins Ferry yesterday AP reports the incident occurred while he was in the river for reasons not stated authorities investigated the drowning remains under review.
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Martins Ferry, CO
Loren Nale, Jr
Tiltonsville
Ohio River
Unemployment Figures Show Nation Near Peak Average
Unemployment remains only slightly above long term average but 3.78 million job seekers face daily hardship. The Twentieth Century Fund projects a national minimum of 3.0 to 3.5 million unemployed, with localities and states bearing the sharpest struggles. President Truman notes pockets of serious joblessness exist and must be addressed nationwide. If out of work, concerns over hunger and immediate needs eclipse rosy statistics.
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Twentieth Century Fund
Truman
Columbus Banker Charles H. Mylander Dies at 59
Charles H. Mylander vice president and trust officer of Huntington National Bank died today in Columbus. A former city editor and night editor of the Ohio State Journal he left journalism in the mid-1920s to become public relations secretary to the Ohio Bankers Association.
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Columbus
Charles H. Mylander
Huntington National Bank
Ohio State Journal
Mylander
Ohio Bankers Association
Re opening Hiss hearings pushed by two Republicans
Two Republicans announced plans to demand the House Un American Activities Committee reopen its Alger Hiss hearings. Chairman Wood of Georgia opposed summonsing witnesses not heard in the deadlocked Hiss perjury trial.
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Washington
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Wood
Georgia
Elizabeth Sassuly
Food and Tobacco Workers Union
CIO
District of Columbia
Nixon
Rcal
Velde
I Gumpertz Massing
Gerhart Eisler
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Nixon and Velde
Congress
Samuel Kaufman
GOP Leaders Weigh Scott Status Amid Push to Quit
Washington AP report says Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. faces pressure from national committee members and campaign chairmen to step down as Republican national chairman. Attending and supporting figures include G Mason Owlett, J Russell Sprague, Col R B Creager, Senator Martin and Reps Hall and Brewster. Owlett backed Scott in January when he won 54 to 50 against removal.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
R-Pa
Senate
House
Scott
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Reuther Likely to Secure Third UAW Term
Milwaukee AP delegates representing the CIO United Auto Workers prepared to reelect Walter Reuther to a third term as union president. Left-Wing challengers W. G. Grant and James Lindahl, plus others, found little external support, while a Right Wing caucus drew around 1,500 attendees.
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Milwaukee
Wis
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
W. G. Grant
Ford Rouge
Dearborn
Mich
Reuther
James Lindahl
Packard
Detroit
Emil Mazey
Richard T. Gosser
John W. Livingston
William H. Johnson
John de Vito
Cleveland
de Vito
Action Held Up On Parole Action Held Up On Parole
The Ohio State Pardon and Parole Commission deferred any parole action for Sally Hart of Cleveland until August 1958. Hart, sentenced to life for a 1937 killing, had her first degree murder conviction reduced to second degree by former Gov. Thomas J. Herbert. She currently works as a driver for Warden R. W. Alvis at Ohio Penitentiary.
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Columbus
State
Sally Hart
Cleveland
Roy “Happy” Marino
Hart
Thomas J. Herbert
Congress Promises Excise Tax Cuts Ahead
Congress signals next year will bring excise tax relief to ease wartime levies on items from furs to face powder and transportation fares. Leaders discuss repeal of freight tax and softening loss carrybacks while noting revenue losses up to 725 million. Truman aims to keep economy moving amid red ink.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Coughton
Finance Committee
Johnson
D-Cole
McGrath
Rhode Island
Americans Lead Brooklyn In Scrambled All Star
In an All Star game resumption the American League team led Brooklyn 8 to 5 at the end of the top of the sixth inning. The AL jumped ahead in the first with four unearned runs.
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Brooklyn
Foes Of Atlantic Pact Gaining Some Support
In Washington a Senate debate over European Recovery Act cuts highlighted opposition to the Atlantic Pact. Administration leaders reported growing resistance to the pact while Taft warned it risks tying the arms-for-Europe program to the broader security alliance.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Cities Win Rounds in Push for More State Aid
In Columbus, cities won key early rounds in securing more state funding. The Senate approved a 5 percent liquor price increase, potentially boosting local government grants to 18 million annually, with House concurrence possible. The move would lift the liquor monopoly profit from 30 to 35 percent. The plan, part of the Youngstown program led by Sens. Clingan Jackson and Nicholas P. Bernard, aims to raise 5 to 7 million dollars for cities and counties.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Youngstown
Clingan Jackson
Nicholas P. Bernard
Cleveland
Middletown Urges Ratification of North Atlantic Pact
The Middletown Citizens Committee sent telegrams to U S Senators Taft and Bricker urging ratification of the North Atlantic Pact. The message says ratification is essential to rehabilitate Europe and defeat communist aggression, and would strengthen democracy and the United Nations.
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Middletown
William Verity
Congress
Europe
Taft Signals Possible Shift on Pact Amid Aid Plan Link
Senator Taft hinted he might vote against the pact, suggesting it is tied to a $1.45 billion military aid program for European nations. Chairman Connally said Taft may have changed two or more views after discussions with reporters.
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Taft
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nathan Report Stirs Dispute Over Wage Public Works
CIO sponsored economic study by Robert Nathan urges wage increases and wage public works to counter a possible depression. The report, released after a reporters’ gathering with officials, urges various industry wage boosts and price cuts, drawing labor support but industrialist opposition. Nathan prepared a steel industry-focused follow up set for Pittsburgh release.
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Washington
CIO
Yank Airlift Plane Crashes in Soviet Zone
An American C-54 airlift plane with three crew aboard crashed in flames about 53 miles northwest of Berlin in the Soviet zone. The fate of the crew was unknown. an American search party went to the scene. The ship exploded on impact as it hit the ground near the 20 mile corridor from Berlin to Hamburg. The plane was en route from Celle to Gatow. Since June 26 1948, 28 American and 23 British airmen have died in airlift mishaps. today marks the sixth crash in the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
U. S. Airforce
Hamburg
Celle
Gatow
Tragic KLM Constellation Crash Kills 45 on Bombay Island Flight
Thirteen American correspondents and 32 others die when a KLM Constellation crashes in monsoon rain near Bombay Santa Cruz airfield. Victims include Charles Gratke H R Knickerbocker S Burton Heath Lynn Mahan with 11 Dutch crewmen and 17 Dutch others. The crash marks India’s worst aviation disaster with wreckage spread over miles and no survivors initially.
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Bombay
India
KLM
Indonesia
Europe
Bari
Italy
Charles Gratke
The
Christian Science Monitor
H. R. Knickerbocker
Burton Heath
Lynn Mahan
New York
Karachi
Pakistan
Santa Cruz
Ghatkopar
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Batavia
Java
Lou Henderson
Holland
Mauritius
Pacific Pact Draws Philippine Chinese South Korea Support
The Philippines Nationalist China and South Korea backed a Pacific Union to counter communism. The United States was to be asked to join in a political and economic alliance not a military pact. State Department said it is sympathetic. Quirino called it moral rearmament. Chiang Kai-shek departed Formosa after escort aircraft flew with his party.
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Baguio
Philippines
China
South Korea
United States
Elpidio Quirino
Chiang Kaijashek
Korea
Songman Rhee
Seoul
Far Pacific
Quirino
State Department
Washington
Acheson
Chiang
Formosa
FCC proposes big expansion of television channels nationwide
The FCC unveiled proposals to quadruple video operations to 42 new channels, adding ultra high frequency spectrum. The plan could create about 2,245 broadcasting stations in 1,400 cities, with public comment and hearings set through August 29 and action hoped by year end to lift the TV station allocation freeze.
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Cincinnati
Jackson
Bernard
Cleveland
House
Senate
Representatives
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cuyahoga
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
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Dtenn
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
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Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
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D-Va
Nathan
U.S
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Soviet Zone
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San Francisco Chronicle
James Branyon
Houston Post
Nat A. Barrows
Chicago Daily News
WOR
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Miss Elsie Dick
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Tom Falco
Business Week
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Portland Regonian
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