Olds Projects U S Steel Capacity To 118 Million Tons In 1952
New York AP Irving S Olds chairman of U S Steel said expansion already planned will raise annual capacity to 118 million tons by the end of 1952. The company’s January 1 ingot capacity stood at 33.9 million tons and will gain 2.5 million more. Defense and essential civilian programs will absorb about 23 percent of output with three fifths for defense orders and two fifths for National Production Authority programs. The firm reports 1950 net income of 215,464,142 dollars or 7.29 dollars a share, up from 165,908,829 dollars or 5.39 a share. Fringe costs rose sharply since 1936 while wage rates also jumped.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Irving S. Olds
Olds
National Production Authority
GE Opens Talks On Wage Boost
New York AP report: General Electric and the United Electrical Workers begin wage talks with a 32 cent an hour demand. The union cites opposition to the government wage freeze while GE says it will listen and work within stabilization rules. About 50 000 GE employees across 45 plants are involved.
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New York
General Electric Company
United Electrical Workers UE
Lemuel R. Boulware
Traffic mark spoiled Norwalk fatality tops 1949 count
Norwalk reports its first traffic death since June 1949. John P. Corey Jr., 42, died from injuries after a collision between his car and a truck Monday. He passed away yesterday from the crash injuries.
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Norwalk
John P. Corey, Jr
Doan's Pills Offered for Kidney Comfort
When kidney function slows, backache dizziness and low energy appear from stress or overwork. Minor bladder irritation from cold or diet can disrupt sleep. Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic used by millions for over 50 years, claims to help kidneys flush out waste and relieve discomforts.
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Dean
Doan
Rhyme Time at Convention Banquet
A lively hotel dining room scene during a big convention banquet features a diverse crowd in formal dress. Guests mingle amid perfume and dish clatter as shrimp and crab salad passes, chicken creamed with peas arrives, and speeches begin then end the evening with lingering chatter.
State To Test Highway Signs For UN Experts
Motorists along an eight and a half mile Columbus area stretch will encounter unfamiliar highway signs marked only by colors and shapes. Forty observers will rate visibility and comprehension day and night to aid UN experts in creating a universal sign system.
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Columbus
T. J. Kauer
United Nations
Despina Harris Sits as Judge in Pupils Day Trial
Warren Harding high school student Despina Harris presided as a municipal judge on Pupils Day. Donald Crawford, 22, was charged with failing to stop after a crash that injured three, and Harris fined him 25 dollars, suspended his license 30 days, and imposed a two day jail term. Ten countries have more than a million telephones, led by the United States and United Kingdom.
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Warren
Despina Harris
Warren-Harding High School
Despina
Donald Crawford
Countries
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
France
Japan
Sweden
Italy
Australia
WAC Sergeant Visits Middletown for Enlistee Interviews
Sgt Luther L. Gregory of the local Army and Air Force recruiting station announced a Women's Army Corps sergeant will visit Middletown on March 27 from 2 to 4 pm. She will interview women interested in enlisting in either the Army or Air Force.
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Women’s Army Corps
Middletown
Luther L. Gregory
U. S. Army and
Air Force
WAC
Army
Bankruptcy Filed by Franklin Man Walter W. Quillen
Walter W. Quillen of 819 South River Street Franklin has filed a bankruptcy petition in district court in Cincinnati. He lists liabilities of 1404.71 dollars and assets of 150 dollars.
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Franklin
Walter W. Quillen
South River St
Cincinnati
Air Force eyes dropping tanks by parachute someday
Dayton AP says Air Materiel Command foresees tanks and bulldozers deployed by parachute. A 18,000 pound load rigged to six chutes was dropped from 3000 feet at Fort Bragg using a C-119. Heaviest load ever parachuted. Tests involved Army field forces and Korea era drops of up to seven thousand pounds including trucks and howitzers. New tests plan larger howitzers tanks and bulldozers.
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Dayton
Air Force
Air Materiel Command
Fort Bragg
N. C
Army
Korea
Prachute
Middletown High seniors head to Washington trip
Fifty Middletown High School seniors board a train for a four day trip to Washington D C They will visit Arlington Alexandria Mount Vernon Williamsburg and Jamestown Virginia The group returns Monday after sightseeing and historical sites in the nation s capital area
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Washington, D. C
Middletown High School
Arlington
Alexandria
Mt. Vernon
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Hamiltonian Is Guilty In Case In Which Local Man Was Shot
Hamiltonian Purvis, 41, was found guilty of shooting with intent to wound by a Butler County court after a Christmas affray left two wounded. Jurors deliberated 45 minutes. Judge Cramer will sentence him later. Several co-defendants received indeterminate terms at the Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty. One victim, Jim Crist, owner of a lunch room, was struck in the foot. patron Robert McNabb was wounded in the hip. A separate parole was granted for Garnett Hamilton on forgery charges.
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Hamilton
Edward Purvis
Robert McNabb
Middletown
Crist
McNabb
Cramer
Mansfield Reformatory
Raymond Whitaker
Donald Parker
Parker
William Lankford
James Robert Love
Reformatory
The First City in America Chaperone Nomination
H. H. Lawrence, government instructor, will chaperone the trurs in a historic city event.
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America
H. H. Lawrence
Crystal Passes Red Cross Quota in Finishing Room Drive
Crystal Tissue and Crystal Waxing employees over subscribed a $255 Red Cross quota by donating $276. Assistant foreman Harry Osborn says the finishers’ drive, backed by the company, raises the total to $452, which has been turned over to Red Cross campaign directors.
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Red Cross
Harry Osborn
Crystal
Johnson Attends District Managers Meeting
F Johnson, manager of the Middletown Employment Service Center, attended a district managers meeting of Employment Service Center personnel at the Hotel General Denver in Wilmington. The session, part of a series, focused on new unemployment claims procedures and the broader manpower and employment landscape.
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F. Johnson
Middletown
General Denver
Wilmington
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