Name Calling Ruled Out At Steel Parley
Presidential fact finders told CIO United Steelworkers and steel industry leaders to stop name calling during hearings on packaged wage demands totaling 30 cents hourly for about 900,000 workers. CIO president Murray apologized after being admonished for calling leaders sanctimonious racketeers.
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New York
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Carroll R. Daugherty
Steel Workers
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Uscion
Truman
Factfinding Board
Uni On
Berlin Airlift To Be Reduced In Stages Next Week
American and British authorities said the Berlin airlift would decline in stages starting August 1, 1949, as stockpiles in Berlin meet necessities. The move preserves lift capability if blockade threats recur while daily traffic from road rail and barge remains near 20 000 tons. A memorial ceremony at Garmish in the British zone honored fliers who died during lift operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
The
Russe
Gassberg
Falls From Boat Drowns In Lake Erie
Sandusky Ohio report: Mail carrier Harley Wilford 44 of Orrville drowned after falling from a rowboat on Lake Erie at Beulah Beach. Harrold Johnson pulled him from the water and Sandusky fire department rescue squad treated him about a half hour without success.
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Sandusky, O
Harley Wilford
Orrville
Lake Erie
Beulah Beach
Harrold Johnson
Wilford
Sandusky Fire Department
Former Police Chief Charged With Perjury
Los Angeles AP reports ex police chief C. B. Horrall faces perjury charges after a Montana trip ends. Four aides also charged for not telling the full truth. connections to Brenda Allen’s underworld ties and the Henry J. Reed, Cecil Wisdom, Rudy Wellpott, C. V. Jackson cases noted. Edward Herbert, Mickey Cohen associate, killed in a related ambush. Herbert to be buried in New York. Trial set for September 12 as the grand jury case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
C. B. Horrall
Big Bluff
Montana
Mickey Cohen
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Herbert
New York
Cohen
East
Superior Court
Grand
Police Department
Hollywood
Brenda Allen
Horrall
Joseph F. Reed
Cecil Wisdom
Rudy Wellpott
C. V. Jackson
Wellpott
Jackson
Call House
Brenda
Wisdom
Reed
Clark McGrath Selections Gain General Favor
President Truman’s pick of Tom Clark for the Supreme Court and J Howard McGrath for attorney general drew broad Senate approval. Clark, 49, would replace Justice Frank Murphy. McGrath, 45, would become attorney general and possibly resign as Democratic chairman.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Aliouen
Clark
McGrath
Texas
Frank Murphy
Democratic National Committee
Rhode Island
Senate
Friends
William M. Boyle, Jr
Kansas City
Lausche Targets Racketeer Gamblers at County Fair
Gov. Frank Lausche said his anti gambling campaign targets crooked racketeer operators, not small bettors. He cited closing the Mounds Club and efforts to curb violations of gambling laws while noting gamblers moving from Lawrence County to Huntington across the Ohio River.
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Proctorville, O
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Lawrence County
Mounds Club
Rubber Workers Vote to Strike at Goodrich Plants
Akron based CIO United Rubber Workers reports overwhelming strike votes at B F Goodrich plants across seven states after contract talks collapsed June 14. The current deal cannot be cancelled before August 24. Local vote set for next Thursday with results from Tuscaloosa 695 to 10 and other plants: Cadillac 256 to 4, Clarksville 300 to 3, Miami 661 to 28.
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Akron, O
B. F. Goodrich Company
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodrich
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Cadillac
Mich
Clarksville
Tenn
Miami
Okla
Exploratory Talks to Shape Atomic Information Sharing
President Truman announced exploratory talks among the United States Britain and Canada to set long range cooperation in two fields sharing scientific and technical information and supplying raw materials. The talks follow January 1948 agreements and address future steps including uranium supplies from the Belgian Congo and Canada.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
Truman
Belgian Congo
Congo
Blair House
Communist Reds Flank Move Near Changteh China
AP dispatches report Communist forces pushing from the north into Changteh in Hunan province as heavy fighting rages. Observers see the move as an effort to block Nationalists from Kweiyang while reports say Chu chow has fallen, potentially severing the Canton Hankow railroad.
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Canton
Changteh
Hunan
Changsha
Kweiyang
Kweichow
Nanking
Chuchow
Canton-Hankow
Cincinnatian Faces Two Charges In New York Ring Case
Cincinnati banker Dennis Duble faced felony conspiracy to contrive a lottery and related charges in New York tied to a $50 million per year numbers ring. Seventeen people were taken into custody across three states, including Abe Goldberg and others in New York City. Bail values ranged up to $100,000 with hearings pending.
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Cincinnatian
New York
Dennison Duble
Cicinnati Clearng House Association
Ohio
Elizabeth Street
Cincinnati
Duble
Newark N. J
New York City
Abe Goldberg
Oe Bitz
Knowland Topples From Senate Chair in Accidental Fall
Senator Knowland of California toppled to the Senate floor as a colleague leaned on his chair causing it to tip back. He recovered quickly amid laughter after the mishap during voting on an appropriations amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knowland
R-Cal
Senate
California
Sunday Features Spotlight on Swimming Lessons and Community Leaders
The lead feature explains public swimming instruction at local parks with trained instructors. Nearby Communities Page profiles Rev. Byron H. Sprague a key regional minister and scoutmaster. A World of home heating story highlights radiant systems promising cleaner drafts and comfort.
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Blueball
Byron H. Sprague
Eye injury may cost Georgia judge’s lawyer eye
In Atlanta a pistol shot during a Peachtree Street chase injures the eye of Attorney John Lockwood after a confrontation with Civil Court Judge Carpenter and former associate Mrs. Carpenter. Lockwood’s daughter Dorothy cites threats against her father while police refuse to provide personal protection.
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Georgia
Lawyer Eye
Atlanta
John Lockwood
Robert Cayspenter
Lockwood
Dorothy
Miss Lockwood
Carpenter
Ellis Barrett
Herbert Jenkins
Judge Carpenter
Mrs. Carpenter
Lausche Signs Two Measures With Reservations
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche signed the additions and betterments bill cutting 1.636 million from the total. He disapproved 750 thousand for widening and deepening, and vetoed 200 thousand for Virginia Kendall state park expansion. He also approved aid to local governments raising annual aid by six million to eighteen million.
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Frank J. Lausche
Joseph T. Ferguson
Senate
Ferguson
Columbus
Lausche
House
Bowling Green State University
Zaleski State Forest
Greenville Treaty Park
Fort Hill
Adena
Virginia Kendall State Park
Akron
Man Drowns in Abandoned Quarry Near Van Wert
Ralph Black aged 48 drowned while swimming in an abandoned quarry eight miles northwest of Van Wert. Authorities recovered his body early today. swimming is forbidden in the quarry owned by the County Conservation Club.
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van Wert
Ralph Black
County Conservation Club
Here
Man's Body Found in Elevator Shaft Pit
In Cincinnati the body of Earl Drake aged 53 was found yesterday in the elevator shaft pit of a downtown building where he worked as a porter. Police say he likely fell through an open first floor elevator door.
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Cincinnati
Earl Drake
Eastern area hard hit with continuing heat wave and deaths
Deaths from a late July heat wave rose across eastern cities with at least 28 fatalities reported. Cooler air reached parts of the Midwest, but forecasters warned no relief for the sweltering East and South. The blast of heat pushed 95 to 100 degree readings in cities from New England to New York and Pennsylvania.
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Midwest
Mississippi
Missouri
Michigan
Ilinois
Indiana
Federal Weather Bureau
Rockies
Atlantic
New England
Boston
Washington
District of Columbia
New York State
New York City
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Queens
Maine
Massachusetts
Portland
New Engeland
Baltlemore
Kearny
N. J
Salesman Dies In Car Mishap Near Prestonsburg
B Guy Cain Jr a 43 year old mining machine salesman from Huntington West Virginia died when his truck veered over an embankment after machinery on board struck a bridge state police rescued his 12 year old son Guy Cain III from the wreckage at the scene and the boy was taken to Prestonsburg General Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
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Prestonsburg
Guy Cain, Jr
Huntington
W. Va
Here
Brady Shepherd
Cain
Guy Cain
Presonsburg General Hospital
Senate panel to rule on foreign aid bill fate
The Senate Appropriations Committee will decide whether to reopen hearings strip the bill of disputed amendments or return it as written. Supporters fear removing amendments endangers proposals including a $50 million Spain aid item.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Spain
Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Army
France
Morocco
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Germany
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W. H. Sessions
Bessemer
Viree
L. A. Edwards
Sessions
Edwards
Sanda Lee
John ©. Pastore
Dennis J. Roberts
Providence
McCarran
D-Ney
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
Maple Shade
New Jersey
Philadelphia
NEA Telephoto
Columbus, O
U. S
Peachtree Street
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Morrsburg
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