Wilson Hits WSB and Seeks Curtailment of Authority
Former mobilization chief Charles E Wilson testified before the House Labor Committee, urging the Wage Stabilization Board to lose power to recommend settlements. He argued the boards steel case exceeded proper wage and price stabilization, contending a nine cent hourly catch up wage for steelworkers and concern over cost absorption. Wilson described behind the scenes government pressure and said Truman sought compromise but faced refusals from Ar nell and Putnam as Ar nell resisted large increases. The committee chair indicated a broad probe into WSB operations will proceed.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Wilson
House Labor Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Roger Putnam
Key West
Fla
Ellis Arnall
Putnam
Arnall
Barden
D-Nc
Ex-AG Man To Testify On Deals
ex Agriculture Department official Cowart slated to testify under oath about alleged influence deals in the grain storage program. Sen. Ellender leads a Senate Agriculture Committee inquiry, with Brannan and Walker resigning as director of the cotton branch amid accusations of a coverup and possible access to sensitive buying plans.
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Washington
Jack I. Cowart
Agriculture Department
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Cowart
Brannan
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Clovis D. Walker
Comet Returns to London After Jet Service Start
Britain's Comet jet airliner completed its first regular round trip to South Africa and inaugurated the world's first jet passenger service.
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London
Britain
South Africa
State Reports Voting Heavy in Ohio Primary
Ohio voters lined up at 10,312 polling places in a heavy to very heavy early turnout. Ballots were long and complex with many marks required. machines were few and names rotated on ballots. Taft backers aimed to showcase strong GOP delegate totals while Kefauver sought a Florida popularity test ahead of the convention.
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Columbus
Daniel H. Wasserman
Board of Elections
Tom Terrell
Terrell
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Taft
Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida
Gates
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Military Men Fight Slashes In Budgets
America’s top military leaders urged Congress not to cut the armed services budget warning reductions would cripple fighting strength. Gen Lawton Collins said cuts already approved would wreck the Army security program and ration ammunition for frontline troops in Korea. Air Force Chief Hays Van denberg warned Russia could gain air superiority in two years. Navy Chief Duncan warned of loss of modern detection and weapons for submarines. Joint Chiefs chair Omar Bradley cautioned further major cuts could be militarily disastrous.
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Washington
America
Congress
Armed Services
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Senate Appropriations
Korea
Hays S. Vandenberg
Air Force
House
Russia
Adm
D. B. Duncan
Navy
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sheriff flags possible voting machine interference case
Elyria Ohio sheriff Carl R. Finegan says a rival Democratic candidate should not aid the Loramunty vote machine crew. He learned Monday that ex Deputy Albert McWilliam was assisting the mechanic for the voting machine company and asked Secretary of State Ted Brown to review the matter.
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Elyria
Carl R. Finegan
Loramunty
Albert McWilliam
Ted Brown
Nunan Mum As Witness On Finances
Washington AP. House Ways and Means probes shift to new targets after failing to obtain testimony from former Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. about his private finances. He refused to answer about 1945 to 1950 cash and checks totaling 161609, citing constitutional privilege. He also rejected committee authority to air private affairs amid a New York grand jury inquiry. The panel questioned him over four hours on his tenure as commissioner and later law practice. He denied any improper client treatment or conflicts of interest. Chairman King said there was no evidence of wrongdoing in connection with publicity surrounding the case.
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Washington
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Nunan
New York
King
D-Calif
Treasury
Revenue Bureau
Morris
McGrath
New Yorker
Keating
Hoase Judiciary
Justice Department
Truce Parleys Standing Still
Armistice delegates in Munsan Korea held another 15 minute session with no progress toward a truce. It was the sixth meeting among ten Allied and Communist generals and admirals since April, all secret. The United Nations Command said the atmosphere was coolly impersonal and that negotiations will resume tomorrow at 11 a.m. The talks center on prisoner exchange, Russian policing of the armistice, and repairs to North Korean airfields during a truce.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U.N
Russia
Durling
Caine Mutiny tops 1952 Pulitzer Prizes
The 1952 Pulitzer winners include Herman Wouk for fiction with The Caine Mutiny. Joseph Kramm wins for drama with The Shrike. St Louis Post-Dispatch earns five public service citations for exposing IRS corruption. John M. Hightower of AP awarded international reporting. San Francisco Chronicle’s George de Carvalho cited for local reporting. Anthony Seviero of the New York Times for national reporting. Louis La Coss of the St Louis Globe-Democrat for editorial writing. Drake-Oklahoma A&M football photos by John Robinson and Don Altang win best news photography. Fred L. Packer of the New York Daily Mirror named top cartoonist.
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New York
Herman Wouk
Joseph Kramm
St. Louis Post - Dispatch
Internal Revenue Bureau
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia Pulitzer
The
Post-Dispatch
St.Louis
San Francisco Chronicle
George de Carvalho
America
China
Anthony Seviero
New York Times
West Point
U. S. Senate
Fred L. Packer
New York Daily Mirror
Truman
Washington
Lawmaker Morris Appointed To Block Clean-Up Probe
Washington reports claim Rep. Keating says testimony shows Newbold Morris was chosen to head the anti corruption drive to block an impartial inquiry. He notes Morris’s ties to surplus tanker deals were under scrutiny before his appointment and mentions admissions by Justice officials about disqualifying facts.
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Charles Morris
Washington
Keating
Newbold Morris
Justice Department
House
Morris
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
U.S
National Political Round Up Fepc Issue Sparks Party Split Talk
National political round up notes Russell denies intention to bolt the Democrats over FEPC while Kefauver wins Maryland presidential popularity ballot. Florida voters cast first primary in 20 years with Russell and Kefauver in televised exchange. Alabama Indiana New Mexico hold primary contests. Maryland tally favors Kefauver on first ballot while McKeldin leads Maryland GOP.
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Florida
Richard Russell
Alabama
Indiana
New Mexico
Maryland
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen. Russell
Russell-Kefauver
Miami
Kefauver
Russell
FEPC
Ussell
Taft
Arom
V. Theodore McKeldin
McKeldin
Eisenhower
Utah Floods Claim First Victim In Wasatch Crisis
Salt Lake City reports rising waters flood highways and buildings while a 17 year old Ogden youth, Robert Spaun, is swept away after a rubber raft capsized in the Ogden River. Provo Canyon residents flee as Provo River floods roads. Weber River breaches a dike near Weber Canyon. Jordan River diversions close to control runoff into the Great Salt Lake. A heat wave from the Arizona deserts accelerates snowmelt fueling Utah's worst flood crisis.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert Spaun
Ogden
Ogden River
Provo Canyon
Provo
Vivian Park
Weber
Weber Canyon
Big Cottonwood
Little Cottonwood
Utah Lake
Ridgway to quit Japan on Monday for Europe post
Gen Matthew Ridgway supreme UN commander in Japan will leave for France May 24 to take command in Europe succeeding Gen Dwight Eisenhower. Gen Mark W Clark will arrive Wednesday to replace Ridgway as supreme Allied commander.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
United States
Japan
Europe
France
Dwight Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
Rescuers Track Reported Plane Wreckage in Kentucky
Ground rescue teams from the Fifth Air Rescue Squadron converged within a 25 mile radius between London and Mt Vernon Kentucky after wreckage of a light yellow airplane was sighted. The plane is believed to belong to Virgil May 55 of Delray Beach Florida who has been missing since April 25. May was flying from Lima to West Palm Beach.
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Cincinnati
Fifth Air Rescue Squadron
Selfridge
Mich
London
Mt. Vernon
Virgil May
Delray Beach
Fla
Lima
Palm Beach
Oil Strike Triggers Talks On Gasoline Rationing
Denver dispatch reports a key oil strike week end with federal officials divided on civilian gasoline rationing. aviation parks face 30 percent cut, New York air hubs push fuel saving while California sees a union oil deal with IUPW and Union Oil for 1100 workers.
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Denver
Banker Alleges Embezzlement Of Over $450000 In New Jersey
Perth Amboy New Jersey banker William C Horley a respected local figure is charged with embezzling more than 450000 from First Bank and Trust Company where he served as vice president. Prosecutor Al ex Eber said bad loans spurred stock market bets to cover deficits with about 150000 possibly recoverable. Horley a family man and civic leader is accused of using bank funds to aid others over about three years.
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Perth Amboy
William C. Horley
First Bank and Trust Company
Middlesex County
Alex Eber
Horley
Eber
Two Cincinnati youths escape Lima Hospital in knife raid
Ohio Highway Patrol issued a state wide alert for two insane armed robbers who escaped Lima State Hospital on Monday night. Neville Slusher 24 and Floyd Keith 23 kidnapped three men, forced a driver to Cleveland, tied a man to a tree in Metropolitan Park, and then fled. Keith had prior armed robbery convictions and transfers between Mansfield Reformatory and Ohio Penitentiary. Slusher had a record for burglary and larceny with prior mental health assessments. Police reported the victims and guards injured by restraints and threats. one guard abandoned after car breakdown and a bystander surviving a rope bound ordeal.
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Lima
Ohio Highway Patrol
Lima State Hospital
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Lima Mental Hospital
Middlepoint
Metropolitan Park
R. E. Bushong
Neville Slusher
Floyd Keith
Bushong
Keith
Ohio Penitentiary
Mansfield Reformatory
Slusher
State Welfare Department
Columbus
Mansfield
Wilbur Hardin
Ira McBride
McBride
Hardin
Ralph Warnecke
Senators Press McGranery On Presidential Power
Senators questioned Federal Judge James P. McGranery about the President's inherent powers, specifically regarding wartime seizure of steel mills. McGranery refused to opine, citing limited personal knowledge and noting the steel seizure case is before the Supreme Court. He said due process would justify such action only if essential to the country and Korea war aims.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
McGranery
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Ferguson
Rhich
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Korea
Can't Trust A Soul in Indianapolis Tavern Theft Claim
William Barnes claims he is 102 years old and says a woman stole a gift from him in a tavern yesterday in Indianapolis. He alleges the theft occurred during the visit and seeks help describing the incident and suspect.
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Indianapolis
William Barnes
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