Oil Tie-Up Cutting Back Gas Supply
Denver AP report notes a 22 AFL CIO oil workers strike hurting gasoline supply. Rationing begins in Boston while Chicago Gary pumps run dry and Toledo delivery is halted. officials warn a prolonged strike could trigger a major shortage if existing stock runs down. PAD orders deliveries of some petroleum products.
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Denver
AFL
Independent
CIO
Boston
Chicago-Gary
Toledo
Ohio
The
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Shell Oil
Houston
Texas
James Siegood
CIO Oil Workers Local 427
Chase
Kas
All Cities Service
Sinclair
Kansas
Chicago
Sanitary District Canal Waterway
Oil Company
Oil workers strike at Toledo refinery in city action
TOLEDO oil workers struck the Pure Oil Co refinery today and at Cleveland Standard Oil of Ohio began shutting down its No 1 refinery. The moves signal intensified labor action across Ohio as unions press for concessions and safety measures.
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Toledo
CIO
Pure Oil Co
Cleveland Standard OO of
Ohio
Fuel Emergency Grips Nation as Refineries Shut Down
The stoppage halts over 44 percent of refining capacity and curtails natural gas flows. Pickets injure a driver at the Mt. Pleasant refinery as unions seek bargaining leverage. California and Chicago see large scale shutdowns with shipments restricted and aviation gasoline production cutbacks feared.
Boy Strangles Self During Rope Play in Basement
Coroner N A Tillman reports 14 year old Melvin Solomon accidentally strangled himself to death Thursday after tossing a rope over a team in the basement of his home and slipping the other end around his neck.
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Lorain
N. A. Tillman
Melvin Soloman
Missing Pan American airliner may have exploded in Brazil
Rescue teams reported the Pan American Clipper Good Hope burning before crashing in dense Brazilian jungle. All 50 aboard were initially put down as dead, with U S and Brazilian forces coordinating a vast search. Bodies were not recovered as crews risked lives, while Brazilian plans aimed to bring in medics for potential survivors.
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Belem
Brazil
Richard Olney
U. S. Air Force
Puerto Rico
Jim Rowing
Miami
Fla
Oleny
Navy
Albert Grossarth
la Grange Park
Ill
U. S
Truman Praises Eisenhower as Fine Man in Press Storm
President Truman said General Dwight D. Eisenhower is as fine a man as ever walked, drawing praise from GOP backers while an administration ally urged Eisenhower to state views on a defense and foreign aid cuts. Senator Carlson of Kansas sent his speech to Eisenhower in Paris, noting it reflected his own views. Truman dismissed reports of illness and hinted he would decline a Democratic run if nominated.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Morse
Oregon
Eisenhower
Sen. Green
Rhode Island
Sen. Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
Senate
Paris
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
McMahon
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
W. Averell Harriman
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Paul G. Hoffman
Taft
Taft Auditorium
William Howard Taft
Hoffman
Who's Who In The Election On Middletown Primary Ballots
Sunday Journal previews the Middletown primary race as officials seek a larger turnout than in 1948 when delegates to national conventions were at stake. It also highlights a 34 year veteran who maintains 11,000 water meters, a new merit rating plan by Gardner Board and Carton Company, and a New York editor's visit to Middletown Tea Party for national publicity with background details.
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Middletown
Gardner Board and Carton Company
New York
Dog Bribed In Theft at Dailey's Tavern
Warren police report thieves fed the tavern dog a ham to keep it calm while they looted Dailey's Tavern. They took a television set, 15 bottles of liquor, cigarettes and small change.
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Warren
Dailey’s
State Yields Partial Thaw Of Gas Freeze
Ohio fuel gas distributors won a public hearing battle to serve 40 000 new accounts immediately lifting most of the winter freeze. The Ohio Utilities Commission stated 11 companies would gain new customers with Cincinnati Gas and Electric approved for 8 400 new accounts, including both new installations and conversions, while Toledo and others backed the big retailer Ohio Fuel Gas Co. and sought limits.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas
State Utilities Commission
East Ohio Gas Co
Ohio
Toledo
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas System, Inc
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Cincinnati
Eisenhower Tops Missouri Delegates Ahead of Convention
General Dwight D. Eisenhower gained eight Missouri delegates yesterday, boosting his total to 278 and widening his lead over Senator Robert Taft, who stood at 274 on AP tabulation. The result increases Eisenhower's pledged and favored delegates for the July Republican National Convention.
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ST. Louis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Missouri
Sen
Robert Taft
Associated Press
Taft
Gun Play Ends In Death For Knoxville Couple
A pistol in a young man's hand discharged fatally striking his wife above the left eye. Lynn Price, 23, then killed himself. Mrs. Doris Johnson Price, 21, died last night after two operations failed. their 22 month old daughter died in January and a three week old daughter survived.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lynn Price
Doris Johnson Price
Stassen Refuses Detail On Two Women In Cabinet
Harold E. Stassen avoided naming the two women he would appoint if elected president calling it embarrassing to reveal identities. He spoke during a Middletown stop supporting his delegate slate and criticized Truman's steel seizure as a blunder while predicting Supreme Court opposition. A WPFB radio interview is set for 5 15 p m today.
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Harold E. Stassen
Middletown
University of Pennsylvania
Stassen
WPFB
Truman
Women Voters Hear Five Presidential Hopefuls in Cincinnati
The League of Women Voters aired five candidates and a stand-in in Taft Auditorium. Eisenhower Taft absent. Hoffman stood in for Eisenhower. Kefauver Kerr Harriman and Stassen spoke on government and anti corruption while War ren pressed electing a Republican. Taft delegation labeled unfair by supporters.
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Cincinnati
League of Women Voters
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Missing convict sought in Schuster case
Police seek 36-year-old ex convict John Mazziotta for questioning in the March 8 killing of Arnold Schuster who had tipped police to bank robber Willie Sutton. Mazziotta is believed to have possessed the gun used, a .38 revolver stolen from a Brooklyn pier shipment. Schuster had given the tip that led to Sutton's Feb 18 arrest. he was shot near his Brooklyn home 19 days later.
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New York
Arnold Schuster
Willie Sutton
George P. Monaghan
John Mazziotta
Schuster
Brooklyn
Sutton
2000 Marines Rocked In Newest Atom Test
Camp Desert Rock Nev more than 2000 Marines endured the atom test at Yucca Flat. Ground zero damage was extensive yet soldiers pressed out from foxholes. Brig Gen Joseph Burger said a battlefield would not fear the weapon. Dummies and equipment suffered varied devastation, prompting mixed reactions from troops.
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Bill Becker
Camp
Desert Rock
Nev
Yucca Flat
Ground Zero
Joseph C. Burger
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Gen. Burger
Burger
Edward L. Speck
Tuckerton
N. J
Speck
Korea
Trials Facing 2 AF Strikers
In San Antonio two Air Force officers, 1st Lt. James G. Bristol and 1st Lt. Edwin L. Cox, were recommended for honorable discharge after refusing to fly. Four other officers remain under court martial, with transfers, furloughs, or non flying status noted. Lt. Vernon Goodwin of Biggs AFB received two years hard labor on related charges.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Randolph Air Force Base
Bill Adams
Randolph
James G. Bristol
Edwin L. Cox
Biggs Afb
Vernon Goodwin
Order Follows Midnight Plea By President
President Truman's appeal led the CIO Steelworkers to end the strike after a legal fight over government seizure of mills moved to the Supreme Court. Union leader Philip Murray said 650,000 workers would return to work "as soon as possible" in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
Supreme Court
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
U. S
David A. Pine
Reds Reject Allied Offer For Peace Talks At Panmunjom
Communist negotiators at Panmunjom refused to accept a United Nations Command plan to end the armistice deadlock in a 78 minute session. North Korean General Nam Il led the talks while U N and UNC officials offered no comment on outcomes. Key issues remain prisoners of war exchange truce supervision and rehabilitation of airfields during a truce. The next main armistice talks were scheduled for 1 a m local time with no stated agreement.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
William P. Nuckols
UNC
Panmunjom
Joy
Nuckols
Nam I
Derby Field Boosted To 17
Seventeen three year olds named for the 78th Kentucky Derby to be raced at Churchill Downs. Top Blend joins Hill Gail as a Calumet Farm entry with Top Blend having posted a six furlong clocking of 1 11 4-5 at the Downs. Other starters include Cold Command and Arroz among a field capped at seventeen with final confirmations arriving Friday.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Salarn
Marion DuPont Scott
Ben Jones
Calumet Farm
Hill Gail
Downs
Eddie Rice
Gerald Porch
C. V. Whitney
Draft Calls To Be 610,000 For Next Year
Washington defense official Maj. Gen. E. C. Lynch outlined plans to draft 610,000 men in the year starting July 1, 1952, 136,400 more than the current year. Draftees will replace 1,080,000 released from active duty, add 110,000 to reach 3,700,000 total, with recalls and about 520,000 enlistments and re enrollments filling the remaining gap.
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Washington
E. C. Lynch
Defense Manpower Requirements Division
Truman
Grandma Buffalari Adventure Aboard Pinto Horse to Washington
Reporter accompanies Pauline Buffalari on a cross state horseback trip from Garrisonville to Alexandria to deliver anti Communist messages via Voice of America. The ride is narrated by the horse with light humor about the walking, heat, and rough mileage.
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Pauline Buffalari
Norfolk
Washington, D. C
Voice of America
Bing
Associated Press
Garrisonville
Grandma Buffalari
Washington
Pauline
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