Foes plot death blow to price and wage controls
Washington notes report plans to end the Defense Production Act by pressuring lawmakers to let the measure expire. Republicans and Southern Democrats seek to strip price controls and abolish the Wage Stabilization Board, aiming to force an effective decontrol by midnight Monday.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Fae Lattin
Ang Swunr Senunth
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Talle
Wage Stabilization Board
House
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Truman
Senate
Congress
Cicero Officials Fined Over Cicero Riot Case
Federal Judge Walter J. Labay fined Cicero Police Chief Erwin Konovsky 2000 dollars and Sgt. Roland Brann and Patrolman Frank A. Lange 250 dollars each. The trio were convicted for denying civil rights of Harvey E. Clarke after a 5000-strong mob rioted during July.
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Chicago
Cicero
Walter J. Labay
Erwin Konovsky
Roland Brann
Frank A. Lange
Harvey E. Clarke
Henry J. Jr
Konovsky
Clark
Illinois National Guard
Nicholas Berkos
Sandusky
Theodore Wesolowski
Frank Janecek
Some Ammunition Rationed In Korea
The Defense Department says it has rationed some ammunition in Korea but asserts this is not unusual and does not leave soldiers without shells. Shortages arose because artillery units were authorized to fire faster than in World War II.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Department
Steel Industry Struggles as CIO United Steelworkers Strike Continues
The first supplies under the defense effort arrive as laminte cement for jet testing cells from Buffington to Studebaker in South Bend, while finished steel stays trapped in strike bound warehouses and mills. Major producers report no shipments of steel, and jobs in related plants drop as producers slash shifts and pause defense orders amid ongoing wage and union shop disputes.
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Pittsburgh
U.S
CIO
United Steelworkers
Buffington
Ind
Studebaker
South Bend
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
500 Prisoners Still At Large On Brazil Coast
Brazilian forces tightened around Parati as 300 plus fugitives from Anchieta Island prison battled authorities. Marines and convicts clashed at Chacara and Pedra Branca with deaths reported amid disrupted transport and scarce food.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Parati
Anchieta Island
Chacara
Pedra Branca
National GOP Delegates Named As Taft Leads Bid
With 1 206 delegates chosen two weeks before the GOP convention in Chicago Taft leads Eisenhower with a surge for uncommitted delegates. Democrats near completion for 1 230 delegates as Kefauver targets anti filibuster reform and Russell pushes seizure of steel plants under defense law. In North Dakota Langer and Randahl vie for the U S Senate nomination today.
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Douglas MacArthur
Taft
MacArthur
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate
Georgia
Richard Russell
West
Phoenix
Ariz
Russell
Selective Service Ace
GOP
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Bismarck
North Dakota
U. S
William Langer
Fred Randahl
Randahl
U.S
House of Representatives
NPR Modifies Color TV Ban
Washington reports the government lifted the ban on manufacturing color television sets for home and theater use. The National Production Authority allows production by firms showing color TV will not hinder defense output, though Henry H Fowler warned few home radio and TV makers will qualify due to defense work involvement.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Henry H Fowler
Taft says hitting big power plants won’t spread war
Senator Robert A. Taft at Hershey Pennsylvania news conference rejected fears of a third world war if the United States bombs Communist hydroelectric plants in Korea and possibly Manchuria. He urged direct attacks on Manchurian bases and discussed the 1944 Taft Hartley act debate, Truman administration propaganda claims, Texas delegation dispute, and next month’s Chicago convention. Taft projected confidence ahead of the nominating process and described a relaxed, informal mood in social events.
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Taft
Manchuria
Relman Morin
Hershey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Korea
China
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Ray Cio
United States
Truman
Agriculture
Texas
Maryland
Chicago
Fine
Gov. Fine
Pere
Washington
Mary
Acheson and Eden Map Cold War Strategy
Secretary of State Acheson and British Foreign Secretary Eden planned a joint strategy to counter Soviet moves across a globe spanning from the Elbe to the Yalu. Acheson, in London for an Oxford honorary degree, met Churchill and Western European ministers to push rapid rearmament of West Germany amid Arab and Iranian tensions shaping Britain's Middle East policy.
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London
U.S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Elbe
Korea
Yalu
Acheson
Oxford University
Churchill
Western Europe
West Germany
Eden
Britain
Middle East
Egypt
Iran
UN warns of Tokyo as Korea war heats again
AP dispatch reports rising tensions as a 500 aircraft raid on North Korean hydro plants signals renewed UN pressure. Military observers expect full scale fighting along the front without a swift armistice, citing dam strikes and stalled truce talks as indicators of hardening positions.
Allies Renew Big Attack On Four North Korean Plants
Allied fighter bombers and rockets hit four of five hydroelectric plants in North Korea as part of a larger raid that the Fifth Air Force called complete destruction of two sites near Changjin Reservoir and two on the Songchon River. U.S. forces reported clashes along the 155 mile battlefront with Red troops, while officials signaled a tougher policy to break armistice deadlock.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Alu River
Air Force
Changjin Reservoir
Songcchon River
U.S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
Washington
Panmunjom
Suiho
MacArthur Discussed as Taft Ticket Vice Choice
Supporters of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio discuss a possible second place for General Douglas MacArthur on the Republican ticket. MacArthur says he is not a candidate, while Eisenhower backers doubt Taft will win the nomination.
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Washington
MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Chicago
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Courtney Whitney
New York
R. L. Eichelberger
Eisenhower
UN Postpones Germ War Debate Amid Procedural Skirmish
The United Nations Security Council postponed the germ warfare debate after Soviet delegate Jacob Malik demanded Red China and North Korea join. French delegate Jules Moch and U.S. and Britain sought an impartial inquiry into charges of use of germ warfare in Korea, as Malik pressed for simultaneous invitation votes.
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N.Y. W
U.N. Security Council
Jacob A. Malik
Red China
North Korea
Jules Moch
Disarmament Commission
Security Council
Canada
Moch
Commission
United States
Britain
Malik
Council
U.S
Korea
Malick
Ernest Gross
Perjury Hint in Liquor Trust Probe Sparks Testimony Clash
A House subcommittee hears conflicting testimony over anti trust action against four major liquor distillers. Rep. Keating raises possible perjury prosecutions as witnesses accuse a Justice Department report of being a whitewash. New witnesses from the cooperage whiskey barrel sector testify while Br Anham and Hodges clash over signed statements and falsehoods.
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Washington
House
Rep. Keating
R-Ny
Justice Department
Keating
Ernest L. Branham
Subcommittee
Branham
Edward P.ges
No. 2
Anti-Trust
Hodges
Chelf
Herbert A. Bergson
Anti-Trust Division
Bergson
Anti Trust Division
Big Four Distillers
Schenley, Seagram
National Distillers
Hiram Walker
Nam Threatens Hotter War During Talks
In Panmunjom talks Nam warned the United Nations that continued screening of prisoners at Koje Is may extend the Korean War. Major General William Harrison said the U N would not barter freedom and noted about 45 000 prisoners on Koje are being questioned for desire to go home. About 70 000 want repatriation while some 100 000 resist. An Allied officer estimated about 5 percent of 8 000 prisoners screened chose to stay in South Korea as the process continues.
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Allied Industries
Servel, Inc
Evansville
Ind
Delco-Remy
General Motors
Anderson
Yoder Company
Columbus
Willys-Overland
Manchurian
Suiho
Navy
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Munson
San Diego
Munsan
Korea
Koje Isme
William K. Harrison
Kose
Nam
Panmunjom
Harrison
Koje Island
South Korea
Senate Panel Approves West Germany in Defense Pact
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a plan to admit West Germany into the Western Defense Alliance. The panel also rejected a provision by 8 to 4 that would bar the President from sending troops abroad without further approval.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West Germany
Western Defense Alliance
Typhoon Batters Four Jap Islands
A Pacific storm struck Japan, hitting the four main islands with heavy damage. Reports say the death toll is rising as communication lines fail, with 65 percent of areas reported affected. Two reported injured and 56 missing. the coast guard lists 55 fishing boats with 26 people unaccounted for as the storm moved offshore by midday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tecna Coast Guard Sa
FBI says Latimore trip fabrication reported by Post
The FBI determined that Owen Latimore planned trip to an Iron Curtain country was a fabrication. The Post cited an informant to the CIA who later admitted his statement was untrue. Latimore, Johns Hopkins professor, denied Communist ties amid Senate probes.
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Washington
Washington Post
FBI
Owen Latmore
Lattimore
State Department
Customs
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Senate
Post
Battimore
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower Hopes For Nonbattle Foreign Policy Plank
General Dwight D Eisenhower urged a foreign policy plank in the Republican platform to avoid a bitter convention fight. He stressed the United States must lead the free world against communism and support UN and NATO while pursuing peace and security.
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