Feinsinger Defends WSB Policy Before Congress
Nathan P. Feinsinger, chair of the Wage Stabilization Board, testified before the House Labor Committee amid criticism from Charles E. Wilson. Feinsinger said he plans to quit by June 30 after defending WSB steel wage policy. Wilson urged dissolving the WSB’s non economic powers and favored a board of all public members, warning the 26 cent rise could inflate defense costs by five to six billion dollars.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Capitol Hill
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Feinsinger
House Labor Committee
WSB
Madison
Wis
Philadelphia
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Wilson
Labor Committee
Senate
Marées
D-Nc
Barden
Gabor
Congress
U S To Appeal Saos Ruling On Betting Stamps
In Philadelphia a federal judge ruled the six month old law requiring gamblers to buy a $50 tax stamp unconstitutional and also ordering disclosure of all personnel, while not ruling on the 10 percent tax on earnings. Justice Department officials planned an early appeal in Washington. The case involves Joseph Kahriger, 36, among seven men charged with failing to buy the stamp.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Amblers
George A. Wesh
Washington
Justice Department
Joseph Kahriger
Lawmakers Begin Final Aid Votes
Washington House Foreign Affairs Committee opened final work on the foreign aid program. It approved a net cut of 1.0109 billion dollars from the 7.9 billion requested by President Truman, mirroring a Senate reduction but limited to Europe.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Truman
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Train Wreck Claims 7 in Dense Sydney Fog
In Sydney a speeding electric train crashed into the rear of a stationary train at a station in thick fog, killing seven people and injuring more than 100. The incident prompts inquiries into railway safety and visibility conditions today.
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Sydney
Australia
Armistice Offer in Korea Named Fair and Final
United States officials called the armistice package to the Communists fair and final with approval from UN allies. Deputy Secretary Foster said no. concessions may occur but not as an ultimatum while remaining open to discussions on details. Secretary Acheson backed Ridgway’s proposals as fair and reasonable, with full U.S. government support.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Korea
William C. Foster
United Nations
Foster
China
Acheson
Ridgway
State
Defense Departments
Reds
Matthew Ridgway
U.N
Airman Foresees Soviet Long Range Atomic Strike
Air Force General Hoyt S. Vandenberg warned senators that within two years Moscow could possess the means for a long range atomic attack on the United States and could cripple key industrial centers if not opposed. He joined Pentagon leaders in protesting House defense cuts, noting a 4.4 billion dollar reduction in new funds for the coming fiscal year. Vandenberg, hospitalized for surgery, had his deputy read the testimony to a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Russia
Pentagon
House
Congress
Vandenberg
Senate
Defense Department
Doctors Hospital
Nathan F. Twining
WU Negotiations Reopening Today
Officials of Western Union and the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union discuss their month old strike today for the first time in weeks at the invitation of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The session was arranged by Mediation Chief Cyrus S. Ching after the company had refused earlier invitations.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cyrus S. Ching
Three's A Crowd In Court After Midnight Intruder
Dorothy MacManney and her husband awoke to find Bobby Aycock, 42, in their Newport News home. In Municipal Court he faced trespass and a fourth offense charge of drunkenness. Aycock told the judge he usually sleeps about eight blocks farther uptown.
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Newport News
Dorothy MacManney
Bobby Aycock
Aycock
Truman Levels Fiery Campaign Blast At Opponents
President Truman, nearing 68, sharpens whistle stop drive against budget cutters and lobbyists he blames for hindering national defense. He targets the real estate lobby in a National Housing Conference rally, urging voters to back his housing program and denounce Taft and other foes amid debates over a 75,000 to 5,000 unit low rent plan for next year.
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Washington
Truman
Scales Alley
National Housing Conference
Stalin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Sen
Douglas
Dill
Tobey
R-Nh
Oil Workers Okay Talks Set By WSB
Denver reports the coalitions of 22 oil unions on strike plan a prehearing meeting for May 13 with the Wage Stabilization Board. WSB Chairman Fein singer asks an end to the strike and renewed bargaining, flagging possible Truman action under the Taft Hartley Act as the strike nears an eighth day with refinery capacity cut by a third. Trans World Airlines halts all air freight except emergency materials while Interior Secretary Chapman says no gasoline rationing will occur.
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Denver
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Washington
Truman
Cvacilation
QO. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
AFL
Independent
Feinsinger
Trans-World Airlines
Secretary of the Interior
Chapman
Heat Tortures Mobile Breaks Third Day Record
Mobile, Alabama endured 93 degree heat yesterday, shattering the previous high for the third straight day and signaling an ongoing heat spell across the Gulf Coast city.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Two Inmates From Lima Hospital Stall Free
Police pursue two dangerous inmates Neville Slusher and Floyd Keith who escaped Lima State Hospital. They fled after overpowering guards with an ice pick and knife, hijacked a car, and left notes possibly hinting at a Cleveland route. Authorities cordon Strongsville Berea Middleburg Heights area as clues mount.
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Cleveland
Lima State Hospital
Neville Slusher
Floyd Keith
Cincinnati
Strongsville- Berea
Middleburg Heights
Wilbur Hardin
Middlepoint
Hardin
Ralph Warnecke
Warnecke
Here
Strongse
Ralph Warneke
Middle Point
Neville Slusser
Delphos
NEA
Taft wins Republican nomination for Ohio governor
In Columbus Ohio Charles P Taft defeats Thomas J Herbert and Roscoe Walcutt to secure the GOP gubernatorial nomination as DiSalle clinches the Democratic Senate nomination by a wide margin. DiSalle will face incumbent Republican John W Bricker in the November race. Lausche and Bricker were unopposed for renomination.
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Columbus
Charles P. Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Cleveland
Roscoe R. Walcutt
U. S
G.O.P
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio G.O.P
Chicago
Ballot delays as voters cast in state races and unopposed nominees
A complicated ballot slowed the count across the state despite voting machines. Lt. George D. Nye of Waverly, a Democrat, is unopposed for renomination. Unopposed Democratic nominee was Judge cours B. Zimmerman of Springfield. Supreme court judges serve six years. State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson seeks a fifth term. Mayor James A. Rhodes, a Republican, was unopposed for nomination but failed to win the GOP gubernatorial bid in 1950.
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George D. Nye
Waverly
Cours B. Zimmerman
Springfeld
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Kenneth B. Johnston
Columbus
Supreme Court
Joseph T. Ferguson
Hanhart Loss May Cost Him Political Job
In Ohio Dover Democrat Eugene Hanhart could lose his party leadership after Tuesday's election. Canton insurance man Charles L. McDonald defeated Hanhart for state central committeeman in the 16th District covering Stark, Wayne and Tuscarawas counties. Hanhart chairs the state central and executive committees. law ties central membership to the chair, though not for the executive group. He may remain as executive head as a lay member if removed from the central post. A central committee meeting must be called within six to 15 days after the results.
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Columbus
Eugene H. Hanhart
Dover
Charles L. McDonald
Canton
Hanhart
Stark
Wayne
Tuscarawas
Central Committee
Ohio
Senate Postpones St. Lawrence Seaway Bill Move
Washington Senate debate on the St. Lawrence seaway bill was postponed with no clear time for reconsideration. Backers hoped to address an immigration measure first, but opposition could extend proceedings and push the seaway bill to a future date or indefinite delay.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Policy Committee
S. Lawrence
Local Man Falls Short in Ohio Delegate Race
In Columbus Ohio on primary day Albert A Horstman Dayton Democrat failed to win a district delegate seat losing by 526 votes. Elliott and Thomas backed by Kefauver led in district races while Bulkley and Kefauver totaled 27 potential convention votes each with Kefauver leading in several districts for 27 votes.
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Ridges Horstman
Columbus
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Horstman
U. S
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
George H. Elliott
John W. Thomas
Estes Kefauver
Ohio
Elliott
Thomas
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Bulkley
Incumbents Heading Races For Congress
Ohio voters report early results in GOP and Democratic races across districts. Leo M. Blackburn leads in the Sixth District Republican field. Walter B. Huber leads Democrats in the 14th, aiming to face incumbent William H. Ayres. Robert Crosser and Michael Feighan run strong in their districts as others win nominations.
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Columbus
Leo M. Blackburn
Portsmouth
Congress
Blackburn
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Walter B. Huber
Akron
Huber
William H. Ayres
Ayres
Collector Barnes Confesses To Long Theft Spree
John Barnes told the court he collected for a rainy day. For five decades he siphoned small items left unsecured, building a mountain of loot in his bachelor flat. Police said he lifted a shaving mug and towel from a market push cart during the arrest. He admitted stealing goods valued at 374 pounds 15 shillings 4 pence.
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Fleetwood
England
John Barnes
Barnes
Market Place
Kefauver Blasts Open Dem Ranks
Senator Kefauver shattered Ohio Democratic organization plans by winning at least 24 of 54 nominating votes as he broke open a favored slate. Taft led Republican contests in Columbus with Stassen delegates, while Kefauver gained momentum after Florida’s results and eyed a broader delegate total possibly up to 28.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Chicago
Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida
Robert J. Bulkley
Bulkey
Dade
Miami
Pinellas
St.Petersburg
Volusia
Daytona Beach
Monroe
Key West
T*me
Democratic Nationa
Fussell - Kefauver
Seetaniner
Atam & Ing
GOP Executive Committee
Taft claims lead in delegate counts over Eisenhower
Reporting from page ten shows Kefauver candidates gaining momentum while Taft and Eisenhower battle for national convention votes. Taft asserts a strong edge based on Ohio’s 56 delegates and recent tallies, with Eisenhower trailing by hundreds as the at large race develops.
Family Drive Along Miami Ends In Death
Dayton coroner reports murder suicide by a Dayton chiropractor Granville H. Rion 39 and his wife Julia Scott Clohessey Rion 23 a Dayton waitress. Found in a rented car by the Little Miami River near Bellbrook. Rion shot his wife then killed himself. landlady called them a lovely quiet couple.
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Dayton
O.P
Little Miami River
H. C. Shick
Granville H. Rion
Julia Scott Clohessey Rion
Schick
Rion
Bellbrook
Shhick
Rooming Howee
Rions
Tractor Fatality Near Mount Sterling Claims Life
Homer L. Shorts aged 22 of New Holland was killed Tuesday when a tractor he was riding on the Robert Mace farm east of Mount Sterling overturned. He sustained fatal injuries as the tractor rolled over.
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Washington Court House
Homer L. Shorts
New Holland
Robert Mace
Mount Sterling
Russell Ekes Out Win In Florida Primary By 30000
Florida's farm counties tipped the scales as Senator Russell of Georgia defeated Senator Kefauver of Tennessee by about 30,000 votes in the Florida presidential preference primary. With 1,398 of 1,682 precincts reporting, Russell led Kefauver 281,418 to 252,496, carrying most counties and securing strong support from Smathers, Holland, Warren, and Florida party leaders.
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Russell
Kefauver
Florida
Mami
Fla
Georgia
Tenessee
George Smathers
D-Fla
R Gell
Smathers
Holland D
Nay
Flood
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