Steel strike talks stall as industry weighs new offer
Pittsburgh AP The CIO United Steelworkers chief Philip Murray plans another meeting with industry leaders to end a 41 day nationwide steel strike. Officials report no clear progress after secret talks with figures from U S Steel Jones & Laughlin and Bethlehem Steel. The union seeks a 26 cent wage boost and a union shop while ore supply and winter production loom. About 1.2 million workers idle including 600,000 steel workers and 600,000 allied workers.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Murray
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Ben Moreell
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Great Lakes
Wage Stabilization Board
Allied Industries
Diplomats Expect Reds to Reject New Big 3 Offer
Diplomatic observers in Moscow say the Soviet leadership will reject the latest Allied conditions for Big Four talks on all-German elections. The note exchange centers on creating an impartial, veto-free commission empowered to determine if free elections can be held across divided Germany with unrestricted access.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Germany
U. S
Sovia
Commission
President Truman Ready to Fight for Fair Deal
President Truman remains committed to a vigorous campaign on a full Fair Deal platform to win in November against Eisenhower. A confidant says the President will oppose any dilution of his domestic and foreign proposals and will push for a strong Democratic ticket on March 29, he outlined aims including repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, a national health program, expanded Social Security, civil rights measures, and expanded public power.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Howard University
Arkansas
Kerr
Eisenhower
Harriman
Detroit
Kefauver
Russell
Stevenson
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Ers
Taft
Warren
Stassen
Gen
Senate
MacArthur
Denver
Mile High
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fire Damage Now Estimated At 35 Million Dollars
A warehouse fire in Clarksburg West Virginia destroyed government stored crude rubber and damaged eight buildings of Mountain State Fabricating Company plus a Kee ly Construction office. Defense Department officials cited a 30 million dollar conservative estimate, with sparks from a welder’s torch suspected.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
General Storage Company
Mountain State Fabricating Company
Keely Construction Company
Defense Department
Keys Lost By Police Delay Jail Opening in Moultrie
MOULTRIE Ga Police Chief Jesse Hunter says the city jail cannot be opened until the missing city keys are found. A single inmate remains in custody, with the chief reporting he has a headache from the situation and stressing urgency to locate the keys.
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Moultrie
Jesse Hunter
Hunter
Democrats Predict GOP Nominee Strongest for 1952
The Associated Press reports Democrats believe the GOP has named its strongest candidate in Dwight Eisenhower, with figures like Kefauver Kerr Harriman and Russell predicting defeat for the Democrats in November. Stevenson and Truman weighed in, signaling a hard fought convention in Chicago to choose a nominee and back a vigorous Fair Deal campaign.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
James A. Farley
New York State
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Averell Harriman
Richard Russell
Georgia
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Killer Dies In Chair Quite Calmly
In Columbus Ohio Chester Gregg, the Kenton man known as the lonely hearts killer, was executed by electric chair for the 1951 shotgun slaying of his wife Alma. He spoke softly to the warden and prison staff, then died at 8 09 p m after the 1950 volt shock. He said God bless my mother and bade farewell to the warden and Sheriff Pete Brown.
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Columbus
Chester Gregg
Kenton
Gregg
Alma
Ralph W. Alvis
R. H. Brooks
Goodby
Goodby Pete
Clarence
Pete) Brown
Hardin County
Nixon says communism the great issue of campaign
Chicago reports Sen. Richard M. Nixon says the fight against communism will be the defining issue of the presidential race. He claims Democrats are stuck with it and criticizes the administration for failing to halt Communist aggression. Nixon recalls his Hiss-Chambers background and emphasizes a direct, streamlined party platform.
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Chicago
Dwight D Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
House
Alger Hiss
Sta Department
Whittaker Chambers
New Game Of Hide Seek Is GOP United
In Wichita Kansas six year old Leonard Niedens hid a baby tooth in his ear to save it. His older brother alerted their mother who found the tooth but could not remove it. A hospital specialist finally extracted the tooth yesterday and Leonard explained his reason I liked that tooth and saved it by putting it in my ear.
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Wichita
Kan
Leonard Niedens
Leonard
Empty Seats Last Night Stir Doubt
Chicago observers question why convention hall seats were mostly empty as Dwight Eisenhower accepted the Republican nomination. The event followed a daylong session with few admission cards and a split GOP, raising questions about unity and turnout amid a tense pre convention and convention clash between Eisenhower and Sen. Robert Taft.
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Chicago
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
United States
Philadelphia
Nixon says Ike may expand vice presidency duties
Senator Nixon says he and Eisenhower discussed making the vice president’s role broader than presiding over the Senate. Nixon, Nixon’s running mate pick, noted Eisenhower favored enlarging duties and suggested he could act as a liaison with Congress, beyond current constitutional limits.
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Chicago
Richard M Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Nixon
Eisenhower
Congress
California
Eienhower
Downed B-17 Sighted Near Yukon Border
A United States Air Force B17 search bomber is reported wrecked 30 miles northeast of Snag near the Yukon Alaska border with at least five survivors among an eight or nine crew. The aircraft was overdue on a flight from Elmendorf AFB near Anchorage, Alaska to Whitehorse Yukon Territory about 1,000 miles north of Edmonton.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Far East
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U. N
Edmonton
Alberta
Snag
Yukon-Alaska
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Europeans Heave Sigh at Convention Choice
Reuters summary notes West European newspapers welcomed Eisenhower securing the Republican presidential nomination. British, Italian, French outlets predict continued U.S. leadership and aid to Europe, while Tokyo sources see him as likely 1952 winner, with diplomatic silence on domestic affairs.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Eisenhower
Europe
England
Independent Times
Italy
Rome
Tempo
France
Rouen
Paris
Normandie
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Gen
Truce talks make brief progress in secret Munsan session
In MUNSAN Korea rival truce teams met 26 minutes to move toward prisoner deadlock resolution and an armistice. Delegations agreed to reconvene at 11 a m tomorrow at Panmunjom. U N spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols called the session conducted in the same atmosphere as executive sessions begun July 4.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Brazilian Plane Crashes At Sea Near Salvador City
A Brazilian government airline plane with 31 people aboard crashed in the sea about 37 miles southwest of Salvador in Northeastern Brazil. The Air Force announced the crash last night, and a pilot who scouted the area reported seeing survivors struggling toward the beach.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Salvador City
Deportation Move Stopped Too Late
A Canadian-born 51-year-old barber Joseph A Williams from Oakdale Massachusetts disappeared after an appeal against a deportation order seemed to fail. His body was found on railroad tracks run over by a train. a Washington call allegedly arrived the night before.
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Oakdale
Mass
Joseph A. Williams
Williams
Washington
Dixie Prison Trustees Run Bar Near Capitol Dome
In Montgomery Alabama Negro prison trustees employed at the State Capitol set up a bar in the deserted Conservation Department Building near the Capitol. The establishment sold whisky and wine by the drink and was discovered after suspicions arose about the trustees’ unusual spirits.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Conservation Department
Capitol Dome
Eisenhower nominates Nixon as No 2 on GOP ticket
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower pursues a shining promise campaign with Sen Richard M Nixon of California as his chosen running mate. Nixon, a Navy veteran and California senator, campaigns alongside Eisenhower after a hard earned victory over Taft Warren and Stassen.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
Richard M. Nixon
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Eissenhower
Nixon
California
Joseph Martin, Jr
Eisenhower
Chicago
Obert A. Taft
Earl Warren
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
GOP
Congress
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Summerfield
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Stockyards
Taft
Eisenhower Leads Delegates In Early AP Tally
The AP delegate count before voting opened shows Eisenhower with 560, Taft 500, and others 111. Of 46 unrecorded delegates on roll call, 35 favored Eisenhower, five favored Taft, and six for other candidates.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower Seen as Breakthrough for Solid South Vote
Republicans in the South express hope that Dwight D. Eisenhower can win over Dixie voters in November. They cite disaffection with the New Deal and Fair Deal if Truman leads the Democrats, and note new pro-Eisenhower factions in Texas Louisiana and Georgia. Eisenhower plans nationwide campaigning and to meet Americans in every region. Louisiana GOP leader John Minor Wisdom believes he has a good shot to win the state. Florida organizer Paul Helliwell projects a 175,000 vote margin for Eisenhower.
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Norman Walker
Chicago
Dixie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Eisenhower
Truman
Jack Porter
Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Thier
Wallace Townsend
Arkansas
John Minor Wisdom
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