Government Hopes To Start Steel For War Flowing
Washington AP The government seeks to revive steel production from strike shut mills to prevent weapon shortages. A four man CIO United Steelworkers panel, directed by Philip Murray, will help plan defense steel output while mills resume. Union says output for essential defense items will be maintained though big producers resist. President Truman weighs invoking the Taft Hartley no strike clause as Senate backs the amendment.
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Philip Murray
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Benjamin Fairless
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Truman
Three Slain In Lonely Hut In Logan West Virginia
State police questioned a 38 year old man today in a triple slaying found yesterday in a mountain cabin six miles from the mining center. Victims shot in the head with a rifle include widow Vicle Lucinda White 24 Ervin Schoolcraft 52 owner of the cabin and Melvin Baisden 75 neighbor. George White pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in his uncle's death and was sentenced last week to one to five years.
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Death Shack
Vicle Lucinda White
John White
Ervin Schoolcraft
Cambodia upheaval shifts power to pro French king
In Saigon, Norodom Sihanouk appointed himself premier and formed a royal entourage led government to align with France. He dissolved or weakened the nationalist cabinet, promised two years to clean administration and three years for more independence, while pursuing closer French cooperation amid Vietminh pressure.
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Norodom
Pnompen
Vietminh
Huy Kantou
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Kantou
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Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Democratic Party
Tunisian Terrorists Set Wheat Fires Amid Riots
Tunisian terrorists adopted new tactics to disrupt the French protectorate by burning wheat fields. French ground and air forces were deployed to combat the fires as colonists and Arab workers labored to control the blazes following weekend clashes between Jews and Muslims in Tunis.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Justice Department undergoes broad reorganization
Washington reports a major overhaul of the Justice Department as James P. McGranery reshapes top posts after three assistant attorney generals resign. Harold S. Baynton, John William A. Underhill, and Morison depart, while Rowland Kirks is appointed alien property custodian amid ongoing ethics scrutiny and a Senate probe.
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Washington
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Harold S. Baynton
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John William A. Underhill
Deland Fla
Truman
James P. McGranery
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J.ard McGrath
T. Lamar Caudle
Rowland Kirks
National University Law School
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Plans For Koje Island POWs Expand Work And Play
U S Eighth Army plans an extensive work and recreation program for Communist prisoners on Koje Island once Allied authority is fully recognized. Brig Gen Haydon L Boomer aims to start after dispersing large compounds into small units. Field Marshal Alexander toured the island with Gen Van Fleet and officials, noting progress as BB Boomer outlined road work and expanded facilities, with Geneva Convention compliance as a core policy. About 30,000 of Koje’s 80,000 POWs are to be moved to other islands off South Korea.
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Britain
Y Boamer
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Kose
Selwyn Lloyd
Boamer
South Korea
CWA Leaders To Seek Fund For Strikes
The 300000 member Communications Workers of America opens a five day convention in Cleveland with a multimillion dollar strike fund as top agenda. President Joseph A. Beirne urges a 12 million dollar defense fund, saying it is the week’s most important item. Speeches include Sen. Estes Kefauver.
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CIO
Joseph A. Beirne
CWA
Impast
Eelien
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Seaway Backers Reopen Struggle for Senate Vote
Washington backers of the 818 million dollar St. Lawrence seaway and power project aim to win a Senate vote today but face slim chances. Sen Ellender and other opponents plan to block the vote with a single objection. leaders warn the bill is nearly dead if no agreement is reached by tomorrow as other legislation looms.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Canada
Crack Train Derailed in Farmersburg Injury Report
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Atlanta to Chicago train derailed near Farmersburg Indiana, running 38 minutes late, jumping the track center. Seventeen passengers were injured, none seriously, authorities said.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
General Shifting To Role Of Fighting GOP Candidate
The two top delegate hopefuls for the presidential nominations clash on domestic and foreign policy in TV debates. Kefauver and Taft converge only on fighting corruption as Morse hints at leaving the party if Taft is nominated. Maine primary looms with Brewster facing Payne amid steel strike context and high turnout call.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Gram
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Taft
Kefauver
Tennessean
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Maine
Owen Brewster
Eisenhower
Frederick G. Payne
Payne
Brewster
Eisenhower Edging Toward Direct Taft Challenge for GOP Nomination
National political rounds show General Dwight D. Eisenhower moving from a passive image toward an active campaign role. He and Senator Robert A. Taft appear headed for a toe-to-toe fight for the Republican presidential nomination as campaigning widens beyond ceremonial events. Eisenhower’s aides predict a possible shift from his self imposed no personality rule to direct attacks on Taft as efforts to control convention machinery intensify.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Europe
Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Fisenhower
Texas
Detroit
TV Station To Honor Youngster Near Death
In Chelsea Oklahoma a 13 year old cancer patient named Bobby Shaw awaits a TV program tonight as doctors have given him about three weeks to live. KOTV Tulsa and Tulsa World join to broadcast at 1130 PM EST with Gov Johnston Murray to be honorary commodore. The plan keeps Bobby unaware of his prognosis while his mother guides the event and the set will be muted until the show begins.
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Okla
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Tulsa
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Johnston Murray
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Son Killed In War Son Dies, Mom Passes From Grief
Hollywood report details Mrs. Mignonette June Selig, 55, found dead in her bedroom days after the two months since her son Wayne was killed in Army action overseas in World War II. Neighbors say she kept his room untouched as a memorial, with toy soldiers and a chemistry set among the mementos amid shopping bags cluttering the home.
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Mignonette
June Selig
Nee
Wayne's Meyers
Sweden probes second Baltic air downing by Soviet jets
Sweden reports an unarmed Air Force Catalina was shot down by two Russian MiG-15 fighters off the Estonia coast. Seven crew were rescued by a German merchant ship with two wounded. Stockholm protests to Moscow while Sweden seeks full accident details.
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Sweden
Swedish Air Force Command
Soviet
Baltic
Russia
Estonia
Constantin Rodionov
Rodionov
Tage Erlander
Air Force
Catalina
Erlander
Blasts Rock Ammo Dump In Korea
A U S soldier was killed and 33 others missing or injured in massive explosions at the U S Army ammo dump in Haeundae near Pusan South Korea South Korean police blamed guerrilla sabotage. Twenty four others minor injuries returned to duty as fires raged and villagers fled the area.
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Korea
U.S
Brgest
U. S
Pusan
Troops Hold Chorwon Hills in Korea Fight
U S Army’s 45th Division repulsed a Chinese attack on a hill formation on the Western Front. The five day battle left Reds with about 1,000 casualties and Americans claiming 750 enemy dead after a seven hour engagement. Fighting continued along the 155 mile front as Sabre jet pilots reported three Communist jets destroyed and one damaged near the Manchurian border.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
U. S S
King Ibn Saud 75 Becomes Father Again
A report notes that Sead Arabia’s King Ibn Saud, aged 75, has fathered another child, signaling continued royal offspring as a prominent monarch amid aging leadership.
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Sead Arabia
Ibn Saud
Ithime
Boy Survives 1500-Foot Fall at Lake Arrowhead
A 10-year-old boy Kenneth Wright Jr. of Compton Calif fell 1500 feet from a cliff at Lake Arrowhead and survived with a concussion cuts and bruises Doctors at Santa Anita Hospital said he is expected to be all right The boy played atop the cliff with two companions Ralph and Gary Sangster who described the long fall and rockslide before he reached the base of the cliff
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Calif
Santa Anita Hoses
Kenneth Wright Jr
Kenneth
Compton
Ralph
Gary Sangster
Big Three Meet To Settle Problems Amid Cold War Strain
Washington hosts talks among the United States Britain and France to resolve Korea Indochina and Germany issues amid fears of a new Soviet move. Andrei Gromyko’s London posting signals Kremlin intent to test Western unity as the Big Three discuss further Russian strategy and potential German talks.
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United States
Korea
Indochina
Germany
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
London
Bema
France
Jean LeTourneau
Acheson
Defense Department
Gromyko
Foreign Office
Gro Jmyko
Kremlin
Georgia Zarubin
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