Controls Bill Now In Hands Of Conferees
Senate and House conferees met to craft a compromise economic controls bill as wage, price and rent curbs near midnight expiry. Maybank leads Senate panel and Spence the House. House passage favored ending price and rent controls, while Senate sought continued price and wage controls with rent limits. Both chambers face deadline, and the President may veto.
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Harrison Ends Talks For 3 Days
MUNSAN Korea Allied truce negotiators walked out on protesting Communists for the third time in a month. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr declared a three day recess and marched out of the armistice tent at Panmunjom as Nam demanded another meeting. Harrison said Nam had great difficulty controlling himself and some NK attachés appeared to laugh at Nam. The Allies have recessed previously over how to exchange prisoners of war while the Reds demand all Allied held captives. Brig. Gen. William Nuckols noted Chinese delegate Hsieh Fang ignored Nam today.
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Munsan Korea
William K. Harrison Jr
Panmunjom
Harrison
Nam
U. S
U.N
William Nuckols
Hsieh -Fang
Ford to shut plants amid steel shortage
Detroit Ford Motor Co announced the shutdown of all Ford assembly plants and three of four Lincoln Mercury plants after Monday due to a steel shortage. The move affects production nationwide and signals a broader supply constraint facing the automaker and related suppliers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Assembly
Eisenhower presses bid as Taft claims edge in GOP race
National roundup reports Eisenhower blasting Democratic power and Dewey tactics while targeting youth. Taft asserts strong nomination lead with about 482 of 604 delegates, vs Eisenhower 404. Democratic race shows Kefauver leading with 245, Russell 50, others 256, with many uncommitted. Mississippi Democrats name 18-vote slate. Kerr backers seek eight New Mexico votes.
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Coliseum
Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
Taft
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Dewey
New York
Thomas Dewey
Truman
GOP
Chicago
David Ingalls
Associated Press
Harriman
Russell
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Mississippi
States Rights Democrats
Robert Kerr
New Mexico
Prison mutinies at Eddyville end in quiet surrender
In Eddyville Kentucky a second prison uprising within 24 hours ended after guards used submachine guns and tear gas to force inmates to surrender. No injuries reported, while Thursday’s riot wounded eight prisoners and a guard. State Police maintained a detachment as cleanup continued.
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Jess Buchanan
Luther Goheen
Louisville
W. E. Watson
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Lawrence W. Wetherby
National Guard
Kentucky
Buchanan
Paul B. Jaggers
Jaggers
Truman Fires U S Attorney In Illinois
President Truman dismissed Robert Grant U S marshal for the Southern District of Illinois effective immediately on alleged irregularities cited by Attorney General McGranery. Grant headquartered in Springfield. McGranery said Grant’s involvement with a man charged with mail fraud justified the action.
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Washington
Truman
Robert Grant
U. S
Illinois
Grant
McGranery
Springfield
White House
Immigration Bill Now Up To Senate Showdown Vote
The Senate faces a decision on overriding President Truman's veto of a controversial immigration bill after the House passed the override 278 to 113, surpassing the two-thirds requirement by 17 votes. Supporters and opponents predict victory as the Senate prepares for the decisive vote.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
GE Turning Out Jets At Almost Full Speed
Cincinnati plant Evendale churns out fighter plane engines at near capacity. A GE spokesman said 92 percent of CIO United Auto Workers on the 7 am shift reported for work. The 3,100 UAW members across all shifts form the engine production force.
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General Electric
Evendale
CIO
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UAW
Middletown Hospital drive hits 2 million pledge mark
In a three week effort, Middletown and surrounding communities pledged 2 012 106 toward a proposed 110 bed addition for Middletown Hospital. The drive overcame an 85 355 deficit to reach the target with 97 461 in last minute pledges and calls for continued canvassing to build a 150 000 contingency fund.
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Middletown Hospital
Charles R. Hook
Logan T. Johnston
Hospital Board of Trustees
L. F. Reinartz
Journal
Middletown
Manchester
Hook
Samuel Hannaford and Sons of Cincinnati
Capitol Hill Clears Log Jam On 53 Money Bills
Washington reports Congress has broken a log jam on 53 money bills with multi billion dollars in new funds for foreign aid military projects and other programs. The Senate approved a 45.7 billion military bill and a 3.44 billion treasury post office bill totalling several measures sent to the President. The State Commerce Justice bill passed and was sent to conference, while a 76.9 million legislative bill carrying late in the session moved toward floor action. The Appropriations Committee trimmed a tax exemption for living costs to 2400 and kept the tax cut feature. House leaders foresee possible deep cuts in foreign aid and defense spending as debates continue.
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Congress
82Nd
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Senate
Appropriations Committee
Treasury-Post Office
Truman
Germany
Trieste
Morever
Big Three Map Stand On German Unification
London reports the Big Three foreign ministers Dean Acheson Anthony Eden and Robert Schuman review a draft Western reply to the Soviet call for talks on German unity. They aim to press Moscow on their stance while seeking a path to free elections in West and East Germany via a neutral commission, amid disagreement over a four-power veto.
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London
Russia
U. S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Churchill
Downing Street
Foreign Office
Germany
Paris
East Germany
Acheson Calms British but Irks Congressmen
Secretary of State Acheson faces Senate scrutiny over an alleged apology to Britain for not warning about the North Korean power-station bombing. Senators Bridges and Knowland demand full text of remarks, citing British officials in Washington and a London report. The State Department says Britain was not informed in advance due to the raid being within U S military action.
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Knowland
R-Calif
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Eson
America
Lord Alexander
Selwyn Lloyd
State Department
United States
Sunday Journal Housework Feature and Red Cross Profiles
Sunday’s Journal highlights boys doing chores at home and at Camp Hook with photos of young housekeepers. It also features Middletown Red Cross Gray Ladies lifting patient spirits at Middletown Hospital with fortitude and photos. A salute to the American Citizens Club marks 25 years of daily patriotism among Middletown residents.
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Middletown Hospital
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Middletown
Pair Slated For Lie Test In Murder Case
In Portsmouth a 15 year old AWOL Army private Pvt William L Shaffer and his mother Minnie Shaffer 35 face lie detector tests at London Prison Farm amid an Obrist murder probe. Ballistics will test if Shaffer used a 22 caliber rifle to kill Dr George E Obrist 45 on Aug 1 1947. Minnie Shaffer signed a written confession after a first degree murder charge was filed in Juvenile Court. Prosecutor William H Harsha cites the confession and motives tied to the youth's grandmother Mrs Mary Hodge 69 who died.
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Portsmouth
London
George E. Obrist
William L. Shaffer
West Portsmouth
Minnie Shaffer
Obrist
Two Babies Suffocate in Cambridge Beds
Two infants suffocated Thursday in Cambridge likely due to dangerous bedclothes. Richard Ehrlich two months old, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ehrlich of Cambridge, and William E Cunningham one month old, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cunningham of near Freeport, are named as the victims.
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Richard Ehrlich
Charles Ehrlich
William E Cunningham
Thomas Cunningham
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Freeport
Randall Says Union Shop Sale Issue
Pittsburgh report notes the national steel strike has cost the industry nearly a billion dollars in lost production. Randall, president of Inland Steel, says no compromise on a union shop and blames President Truman for the halt, with 230000 allied workers facing layoffs. Industry experts warn wide economic impact if the strike persists.
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Pittsburgh
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
East Chicago
Ind
Randall
Trueman
Murray
Allied Industries
Automotive News
Canadian Town Hit By Giant Hailstones
A violent twenty minute hailstorm battered roofs in Kemptville Ontario injuring property. Giant hailstones measuring three to four inches in diameter smashed through roofs and knocked objects loose. Mrs Alex Brown saved several hailstones in her refrigerator.
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Kemptville
Ottawa
Alex Brown
Eisenhower Attacks Democrats in Denver Rally
In a Denver Coliseum speech before about 11 000, Dwight D Eisenhower assailed the Democratic party as corrupt and indecisive in foreign policy. He urged youth to back a strong, less government approach and warned against communism while pledging a clean up if elected. He noted US strength as essential and voiced optimism about winning over independents.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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Greece
Korea
Russia
Kremlin
Politics
Hollywood
Robert A. Taft
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