Senate Kills Plan For Steel Seizure In 1952 Deadlock
The Senate rejected a new move to grant President Truman seizure powers under Taft-Hartley to end the 650,000 CIO steelworkers strike. Morse argued for seizure with pay raises and 60 day limits, but opponents warned it would not ensure production and would tilt toward employers.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Ome
CIO
Morse
Taft - Hartley
Congress
House
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
AMA Honors Dr Roehll for service to train passengers
Dr Walter H Roehl of Middleton was honored by the American Medical Association with a resolution from the House of Delegates for his untiring medical assistance to passengers of a snowbound Southern Pacific train near Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada. The tribute commends his zeal beyond the call of duty in administering care during the isolation.
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Walter H. Roehl
Middletown
American Medical Association
Southern Pacific
House of Delegates
Roehll
Donner Pass
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Middletonian
Ten Communists Decline to Contest U.S. Charges in L.A. Trial
Ten of fourteen California Communist leaders on conspiracy charges choose not to contest the case as Federal Judge Mathes denies a directed verdict. The defendants argue their innocence and note lack of evidence beyond party membership while four others plan to offer a full defense. Trial of the group, long dubbed the Communists second string, began February 10 in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
California
U.S
William C. Mathes
Communist Party
Philip M. Connelly
Dorothy
Ernest Otto Fox
Carl Lambert
Ben Dobbs
Henry Steinberg
Albert Lima Rose Kusnitz
al Richmond
Frank Spector
William Schneiderman
New York
Oleta Yates
Loretta Stack
Frank Carlson
Taft Forces Hold Control of Convention Machinery
National Round-Up reports Taft aligned contingent governs the GOP convention setup in Chicago with key roles for Taft boosters. Delegations dispute potential seatings loom as 1,193 delegates chosen. taft 464 eisenhower 10 disputed 209. MacArthur keynote cited. Democratic prep criticizes GOP trio.
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Sen
Robert Taft
Convention Arrangements Committee
Chicago
Taft
Ohiolan
South
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Eee
Baby Sitter Found Dead in Syracuse Swamp
Syracuse police seek a tall flashy man for questioning in the death of 15 year old Alice Richardson, whose body in a bathing suit was found in a swamp three days after she went swimming. A neighbor reported she had mentioned lending money to a man. Mrs. Louis Mariano described the suspect as tall and dark complexioned.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Alice Richardson
Alice
Louis Mariano
Building Swept By $500000 Fire
A spectacular extra alarm fire roared through a chemical warehouse on the far southwest side Tuesday night causing an estimated 500000 dollars damage. The one story building owned by the Wilco Chemical Co covers half a city block in Stickney Township. It stored carbon blocks asphalt stearates driets and naphtha. No employees were in the building when the fire broke out.
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Chicago
Wilco Chemical Co
Stickney Township
Eisenhower Lines Up Dulles and Delegates In Key Drive
In New York Eisenhower adds John Foster Dulles and 12 New Jersey Republicans to a morning conference schedule with Paul Hoffman. Delegates from Maryland New York New Jersey and Alabama Georgia North Carolina weighed in as Eisenhower seeks votes for the GOP nomination. Joel A. Johnson of North Carolina shifted to Eisenhower after a meeting, giving a pledged vote.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
New York
John Foster Dulles
New Jersey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paul Hoffman
Maryland
Chicago
Hoffman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New
Thomas E Dewey
New York State
Thedore R. McKeldin Jr
McKeldin
Taft
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Robert Snodgrass
South
C. O. Vardaman
Joel A. Johnson
Reds Renew Tirades At Parleys
MUNSAN Korea armistice talks resumed as Communists test new bloodshed on Koje Island and reiterate old accusations. Gen. Clark, U.N. Far East commander, approved the walkout that unsettled Reds and drew protests. A UN letter to Kim Il Sung, via Peng Teh-huai, denounced Red charges as propaganda. Maj. Gen. Harrison said no exchange of prisoners and hoped Reds would accept proposals, but talks reopened unaltered after a three day recess.
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Munsan
Korea
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
U.N. Far
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
U.N
Sikes
Yesne
Ihis
Haydon L. Boatner
Kate
I Francis
Dodd
Charles T Colson
Colson
Paacense
Clark
Charles Colson
Bose
Francis Dodd
Rose Island
Far East Command
Reds
Chase
House Committee Approves 1-Year Wage Control Extension
The House Committee voted to extend wage, price and rent controls for a full year and to drop all controls over real estate and consumer credit. The plan would replace the defense production act and end Regulation X, affecting down payments for new homes and autos. If approved, controls could not be reimposed.
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Washington
House
House Committee
Congress
Monthly women’s holiday ordered by Futakawa elders
Elders on Western Honshu’s Futakawa Village decree a monthly holiday for women on the fifteenth. Men will cook, wash, and perform household chores while women observe the time under cultural standards.
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Tokyo
Futakawa
Honshu Island
Congressmen To Receive Koje Report
A House subcommittee will hear new testimony on Red uprisings at Koje Island POW stockades. Gen. Clark testified a year-long campaign by Communist prisoners aimed to control inmates, with 144 killed and 313 wounded since June 1951. Secretary Lovett and Gen. Collins testified, while the Army report was tentatively accepted by the House, and State Department details were sought.
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Washington
House
Congress
Koje Island
Mark Clark
United Nations
Tokyo
Rep. Sikes
D-Fla
Arm Appropriations
Defense Lovett
Clark
U.N
Koje
Local Mail Worker Sentenced to Four Months in Jail
Cincinnati report: Harold P. Lew a 23 year old Middletown post office employee was sentenced by U S District Judge John H Druffel to four months in jail after pleading guilty to embezzling from the mail. Authorities said he had 11 letters in his possession at arrest and misappropriated letters at 407 Gideon Rd Middletown.
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Cincinnati
Harold P. Lewis
Middletown
U. S
John H. Druffel
Lewis
Druffel
Gideon Rd
Acheson Seeks Senate Vote On Two German Pact Documents
Secretary of State Acheson pressed for quick Senate approval of two agreements bringing Western Germany into the European defense framework. He praised by Sen. H. Alexander Smith for foresight in negotiating the peace contract among the United States Britain France and Western Germany and a protocol extending NATO protection. Acheson said prompt ratification would aid U.S. leadership and emphasized no automatic war commitment, only consultation.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate
West Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Western Germany
Smith
David Bruce
John J. McCloy
Germany
McCloy
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Britain
France
United Tes
Man Connally
D-Tex
European Defense Community
British Deny Traitor Hiding Papers at Jail
London railings deny Daily Express report that physicist Klaus Fuchs smuggled diaries and letters from prison. Home Office says no transfer from Stafford or to Pentonville and no papers hidden or discovered.
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London
Fuchs
Fuchs So Fuchs
Russia
Daily
Exs
Stafford
Birmingham
Pentonville
the Express
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
Soviet Zone
Germany
Home Office
Argentine City Rocked By Quake Hits San Juan
A violent earthquake struck the provincial capital of San Juan last night. At least one child was killed as buildings toppled and thousands fled in panic. The quake shook the city near the Chilean border, which had been devastated nine years earlier by a similar disaster.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Andes
Sergeant criticizes Clark in court martial letter
Monterey California. Army prosecutes veteran sergeant C Dean Chase for disrespect after he wrote General Mark Clark criticizing his handling of a war prison incident. Chase, 24, Salt Lake City, faces court martial with up to six months in prison and bad conduct discharge.
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Monterey
Calif
Army
Mark Clark
C. Dean Chase
Salt Lake City
Chase
Clark
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Chinese Reds Attack on Western Front Repelled
UN infantry with bayonets and grenades repelled a 750 strong Chinese assault on a vital hill on the Korean Western Front. An Eighth Army officer counted 123 of 200 attackers killed in a 30 minute battle near Chorwon as Chinese forces reportedly intensified efforts along the Western and Central Front. Jet pilots also reported downing three MiG-15 fighters near the Yalu River near Sinuiju.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Sinuiju
Yalu
Cen
Man
Never Too Old Manila Circus Returns for Last Filipino American Show
The Manila audience awaits an Ameri can style circus tomorrow marking the last generation of Filipino and American children to witness such a show. Adults’ enthusiasm suggests seats will be scarce as the event resumes after a long wartime break.
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Manila
Imi
Fifteen POWs Die in Pen 77 Riot on Koje Island
KOJE ISLAND AP A mass murder by Communist POWs in Compound 77 left fifteen dead and eight more bodies found in a well as American troops moved to disperse 6 288 North Koreans in the complex. Anti Reds and guards sustained a brutal, deadly night with injuries and warnings of further moves.
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Koje Island
Kly
United Nations
Congress
Compound
Haydenather
187Th Air Combat Team
Flashy Reception for Marine Photographer in Korea
Marine combat photographer Tech Sgt. Paul F. Shaner stepped from a jeep at a forward Marine ground control interceptor squadron and triggered 40 flash bulbs when invisible radar rays from air scanning equipment touched off his flash bag.
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Marine Air Wing Korea
Paul F. Shaner
Lebanon Sesquicentennial Coverage Plans Announced
Journal staff writers will cover the Leb anon Sesquicentennial with first-hand reports from the Charles Dicken s roof of the Golden Lamb hotel. George Van Giesen and Bill Weith will lead stories and photography while Dave Regan Paul Day and Elsa Simpson contribute byline pieces.
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Journal
Lebanon
George van Giesen
Charles Dickens
Golden Lamb Hotel
Bill Weith
Dave Regan
Paul Day
Elsa Simpson
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