Supreme Court wage stand sinks steel contract talks
The White House efforts to end the steel dispute collapsed as the Supreme Court wage freeze, pending a ruling on government seizure, influenced both sides. USA and United Steelworkers and industry halted talks after daylong sessions led by John R. Steelman. Murray and Fairless said the parties were far apart and the industry demanded a 17 19 cent package not accepted by the union.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
Murray
Steel Mills Smoke After Talks Collapse
Smoke belched from steel mills nationwide as White House talks failed to seal a final steel settlement. Workers called the situation deplorable yet continued work, hoping government and industry reach a peaceful solution.
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Pittsburgh
White House
Court ruling halts wage rise threat in steel talks
An industry lawyer and a source close to the union describe how a Supreme Court wage ban and fears of a government boost influenced steel seizure talks. Murray, Fairless, and Steelman reportedly neared a preliminary understanding when the court decision redirected the pace, ending the wage pressure and altering the White House’s leverage.
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Supreme Court
Truman
High Court
David A. Pine
Wage Bhan
New York
Murray
Fairless
Steelman
Sureme Court
Ite House
Aiken Demands Brannan Testify On Farm Aid Probe
Senator Aiken pressed for Brannan to testify under oath about alleged cover ups in the farm aid program. The Senate Agriculture Committee, led by Chairman Ellender, also sought Justice Department action on leaks to an Egyptian cotton dealer and to suspend Clovis Walker over improper contacts. Mundt signaled asking Brannan to explain Walker’s status, while staffers face questions on bypassing regional offices in grain storage contracts and possible influence peddling in 25 deals.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Justice Department
Ellender
D-La
U.S
National Defense
Clovis D. Walker
Louisy Mansour
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Walker
Department
Washington
Killer Lived With Body After Slaying in Wichita
Wichita authorities prepared a psychiatric exam for 22 year old William D. Bircher who admitted living with the slain woman’s nude body in a duffel bag for four days. He said he stabbed 36 year old Mary J. Brady during a drunken bout and moved the body to his father’s porch on February 14 or 15 after the killing on February 9.
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Wichita
Kan
William D. Bircher
Bircher
Mary J. Brady
Michigan convict says Fox forced to praise rioters
Jackson Michigan report details how Assistant Deputy Warden Vernon Fox allegedly dictated a congratulatory speech to mutineers at Southern Michigan Prison under pressure from Earl Ward and other inmates. Ward released Fox from secrecy and demanded the timing change to surrender early, with state officials warned of an armed storming if not compliant. The mutiny left one dead, nine wounded, and caused two million dollars in damage. Governor Williams and penal reforms officials are investigating.
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Jackson, Mich
Vernon Fox
Southern Michigan
Fox
Earl Ward
Ward
Austin MacCormick
Osborne Association
Livingston County
Dr. W. Fox
MacCormick
Jackson
G. Mennen Williams
Crazy Jack" Hyatt
Gov. Williams
Donald Leonard
Earnest C. Brooks
Julian N. Frisbie
Brooks
National Political Rounds Opens Busy Maryland Primary Week
A busy political week begins with Maryland's preferential primary write ins banned voters cast for one White House aspirant. Kefauver is listed while Maryland Republicans await delegate pledges led by Gov. McKeldin. Other states including Ohio Florida Alabama Indiana and more plan delegate selections amid campaign clashes and endorsements. In New Mexico candidates finish campaigns for the primary with Mechem Fernandez and Dempsey in higher brackets.
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Associated Press
Maryland
White House
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Maryianas
Theodore R. McKeldin
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Florida
Tulsy
Alabama
Indiana
New Mexico
Illinois
Nevada
Utah
Michigan
Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Sen
Claude Pepper
Albuquerque
Edwin L. Mechem
Antonio M. Fernandez
John J. Dempsey
Truce Talks Still Secret in Korea Conference
In Panmunjom secret session, 11 minutes produced no progress in Korean armistice talks. North Korea's Gen Nam Il spoke from notes for most of the time before proposing a recess until Tuesday. Vice Admiral Joy said the session remains executive and no details could be released.
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Robert B. Tuckman Munsan
Korea
Nam Il
Red
Panmuhjom
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Joy
Kennan Arrives in Berlin En Route to Moscow Post
George F. Kennan, newly named U S ambassador to Moscow, arrived in Berlin today while en route to his posting in the Soviet capital.
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Berlin
George F. Kennan
U. S
Moscow
Talk With God Spurs Father to Confess Bank Robbery
In Topeka Kansas Albert H Johnson a 23 year old father speaking from a church pulpit described his role in a May 11 1948 Hoyt Kansas bank robbery. He said God told him to surrender and he confessed to County Attorney Donald Sands. Johnson said he and two accomplices split $315 and faces 10 to 50 years if convicted. He was arraigned on robbery and armed kidnapping charges and released on $5000 bail pending a May 12 hearing. He intends to enter ministry after the case.
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Topeka
Kan
Albert H. Johnson
Hoyt
Johnson
Donald Sands
Youth For Christ
Orion Williams
Hoyt Bank
Kansas
Hoyte Bank
Oil Tie-Up Strains Planes as Oil Strike Bites
Denver AP reports an oil workers strike tightens the supply of aviation gasoline, closing major refineries and disrupting commercial, private, and military flight. The movement, started last Wednesday, prompted an Interior Department order to address the fuel bottleneck across the gas line powered nation.
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Denver
Oscar
Chicago
AFL
CIO
California
Korea
Pickets Report Gulf Oil Refinery Closure at Cleves
Toledo pickets closed the Gulf Oil Company refinery at Cleves Ohio from 6 am. Gasoline distributors in the area face impacts if picketing lasts beyond a week. Middletown stations report no shortages but higher sales. Toledo had 20 of 325 stations out of gasoline Sunday night with 60 more set to shut down to conserve stocks. Cleveland gasol ine dealers urged voluntary rationing.
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Gulf Oil Company
Cleves
Ohio
Toledo
Middletown
Cleveland
Cleveland Independent Gasoline Dealers Association
Chapman Orders Gasoline Cut for Airlines and Private Flights
President Chapman restricts aviation fuel with an immediate 30 percent cut for airlines and a complete halt for private pleasure flights. The 28 day limit caps fuel deliveries at 65 percent of March usage, and foreign airlines and exports without PAD approval are restrained.
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Chapman
United States
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Riot Quelled at Bordeaux Jail Montreal
Police and guards used nightsticks to quell a five hour mutiny by about 570 prisoners at Bordeaux Jail in Montreal. Three injured, over $100,000 in damage, rioters demanded better food and a new governor as fires burned in cells and the mess hall.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Zenon Lesage
Jetmen Bay 6 Red Planes
U S Sabre jet pilots destroyed four Communist jets and two Red propeller planes in aerial dogfights over Northwestern Korea. The battles south of the Yalu River involved 40,000 to 5,000 foot altitudes, with four Reds shot down when 30 Sabres attacked a 12‑plane MIG formation. Col. Albert W. Schinz disappeared in combat May 1. Maj. Donald E. Adams, America’s 13th jet ace, noted attackers shifting to machine guns on MIG15s.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. Sabre
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Air Force
Albert W. Schinz
Donald E. Adams
America
Kefauver Eyes Ohio Win in Crucial Democratic Push
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee seeks a strong showing in Ohio to secure delegates and bolster his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Ohio offers 310 votes to the convention, with Kefauver aiming to deny rival blocs and shape the Chicago delegation. Governor Lausche and Roy Miller maneuver over the Bulkley slate as party leaders weigh a possible third-party option.
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Jack Bell
Columbus
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Ohio
Kefauver
Chicago
Couv
Robert Bulkley
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Frank J. Lausche
Roy T. Miller
Cleveland
Miller
Bulkley
Lausche
Airmen Land First At Geographic North Pole
An Air Force C-47 ski and wheel transport piloted by Lt. Col. William P. Benedict landed on the geographic North Pole after a three hour ten minute expedition. Maj. Gen. William D. Old announced the historic achievement from ANCOURAGE, Alaska, with Lt. Col. Joseph Fletcher on board at the weather station on Fletcher’s Island.
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Ancourage
Alaska
Air Force
North Pole
Alaska Air Command
William D. Old
The
Air Command
William P. Benedict
Pasadena
Calif
Fletcher's Island
Olds
A. En
Boothia Peninsula
Canada
U.S. Weather Bureau
Joseph Fletcher
Shawnee
Okla
Good Deed Proves Last Living Act
In Huntington West Virginia Frank Holley a 58 year old shoe factory worker collapsed and died of a heart attack after telling a neighbor child to stay back from a bouncing ball about to roll into the street. He had rushed to retrieve it.
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Huntington
W. Va
Frank Holley
Holley
Benton declines to testify in McCarthy libel suit hearing
Washington bulletin reports Sen William Benton refused to testify at a pre trial hearing in Sen Joseph McCarthys libel suit over a two million dollar claim citing a tape recording device insisted upon by McCarthy Cincinnati dispatch notes Harold P Lewis 23 a temporary mail carrier at Middletown post office was brought to face theft charges after postal inspectors found 11 letters in his lunch box last week He was arrested Saturday night
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Washington
William Benton
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Cincinnati
Harold P. Lewis
Middletown
Lewis
Wasp Set to Reach New York With Hobson Survivors
NEW YORK The damaged aircraft carrier Wasp is expected to arrive here tomorrow. A Navy spokesman said the ship, damaged in a collision with the minesweeper Hobson a week ago Saturday night, is carrying the Hobson's 61 survivors.
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New York
Wasp
Navy
Hobson
Two Cars Collide Kills Three Mothers and Baby at Camden Interchange
A crash at Routes 725 and 732 near Camden claimed the lives of three Camden residents Mrs Clyde Spradling 27 Mrs Ruby Albright about 40 and Judy Spradling eight months. Four others injured include Malcolm Garrett Linda Kay Spradling Homer Albright and Donnie Albright. All rushed to Mercy Hospital Hamilton Garrett listed as very serious with head and possible internal injuries. Linda Kay Spradling serious head injury. Albright children minor injuries. Spradling believed driver of the car carrying her children and the Albrights.
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Camden
Clyde Spradling
Ruby Albright
Creer
Judy
Eaton-Oxford Rd
Malcolm G. Garrett
New Lebanon
Spradling
Linda Kay
Albright
Homer
Donnie
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Garrett
Linda Kay Spradling
Utah Floods Force 40 Families From Homes
The Weber River overflowed its banks in Northern Utah on Sunday, prompting evacuation of 40 families. Flooding moderated in Salt Lake City and Provo, but new torrents crossed US routes 30 and 89. The Jordan River swarm grew, while 1,464 families had been displaced since the flood began. Minor injuries numbered 14. no deaths reported.
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Salt Lake City
Weber River
Utah
Provo
Weber
Morgan Counties
Utah Highway Patrol
Jordan River
West Side
Jordan
George W. Carter
Salt Lake County
Red Cross Disaster Committee
ITU Leader Attacks U S Labor Policy in Cincinnati
International Typegenoeical Union marks its anniversary amid criticism of federal labor policy. Randolph, ITU president, denounces government interference as dangerous and calls for removing restrictions on union organizing and wage controls. Representatives from 11 of 14 locals attend the anti policy dinner.
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Cincinnati
ITU
Randolph
Pinball Parlor Heist Ends With Arrest In Downtown
A 27-year-old former convict held up a downtown pinball parlor proprietor at dagger point and fled with a 100 pound strong box. He walked roughly 100 yards before police caught him. Inside the box were about 6,000 pinballs.
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Tokyo
Dagger Point
No Bats In The Belfry An AWOL Airman Arrested
Vallejo California police arrested Air Force lieutenant Clar k B Wigley 23 Wichita Falls ex for desertion and locked church belfry where he lived three weeks with radio heater food and blankets. He held a key to the Seventh Day Adventist Church and vanished in January under prior charges. The case linked missing purse food and other items to Wigley.
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Vallejo
Calif
Air Force
Clark B. Wigley
Wichita Falls
Travis Air Force Base
Clifford J. Heflin
Heflin
Wigley
J. J. Dollinger
Dollinger
Mabel Olson
Dorcas Society
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Donald Kanser
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Los Angeles
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