No Quick Settlement Seen In Oil Tie Up
Denver reports a nine day nationwide oil strike with aviation gasoline shortages. Air France and Trans-Canada cut schedules while government orders constrain gasoline delivery. PAD eases some stock limits. WSB and officials seek a White House resolution. no action was taken yesterday.
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Denver
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
Air France
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Canada
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Seattle
Air Force
Ottawa
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Truman
Nathan P. Feinsinger
WSB
White House
Ex-Bookie Says Cover Up Behind Charges in Graft Trial
Ex bookie Harry Gross testifies in a departmental trial of five Brooklyn police, alleging higher men helped run a graft ring and naming officials while accusing the district attorney of withholding names in indictments. He says he testified to clear his name after 12 and five year sentences for bookmaking and contempt, while a former chief inspector calls the charges against him vicious lies.
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New York
Harry Gross
Gross
Brooklyn
Miles F. McDonald
Corporation
August W. Flath
Senate group votes OK McGranery to be attorney general
Washington The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Federal Judge James P. McGranery of Philadelphia to be attorney general by an 8 to 4 vote. Minority report possible. four no votes reported as Ferguson Watkins Jenner and Hendrickson. Wiley absent.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
McGranery
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
McCarran
D-New
Ferguson
Watkins
Utah
Jenner
Ind
Hendrickson
Sen
Wiley
Wis
Fight for Dem delegates still looms in Florida
National political roundup reports Sen. Richard B. Russell won a Florida primary majority while a battle over the state's 24 Democratic delegates emerges. Florida figures Jerry W. Carter endorses Russell. Claude Pepper backs Estes Kefauver citing state rights and a southern carry. In West Virginia, Taft and Eisenhower factions vie for a 16 GOP delegates amid mixed expectations. Reno notes Taft chief keynote at Nevada GOP convention draws Eisenhower critics.
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Miami
Fla
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida
Jerry W. Carter
Russell
Claude Pepper
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Charleston
W.va
Sen Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Taft
Wer
Capitol Hill Stall Seeks Strike Bar
Washington DC House Armed Services Committee weighs methods to stop strikes in defense industries seeking AFL input. A bill would require 80 day injunctions to halt threatened strikes and place plants and unions under receiver ship if no settlement occurs. Rep Howard W Smith endorses amendments for equity. AFL President Green calls the bill shocking and AFL counsel hints no further legislation is needed.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Herbert S. Thatcher
AFL
Thatcher
William L. Green
Vinson
D-Ga
Arnall Urges Congress to Fast Capehart Price Relief
Washington price official Arkansas Governor Ellis Arnall urged Congress to quickly modify the Capehart amendment to prevent unwarranted food price increases. He warned a court decision could wreck price stabilization and signal further ceiling boosts. OPS outlined planned hikes on cereals crackers canned goods coffee and meats, potentially lifting margins for grocers and wholesalers.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Congress
Pace Says U S Owns Atom Guns
Army Secretary Frank Pace described the United States first atomic artillery weapon as a mobile 75 ton gun with high accuracy and long range. He said it offers ground troops devastating support and may prompt major changes in Army missions. Pace spoke at a National Wool Manufacturers Association gathering and noted ongoing atomic arms development and new courses at Sandia Base.
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New York
U. S
Army
Frank Pace
Pace
National Wool Manufacturers Association
Sandia Base
New Mexico
Clash at Waseda University Injures Dozens in Tokyo
In Tokyo at Wa seda University police and students clashed after detectives went to arrest two students tied to May Day riots. About 84 people were injured as police charged the campus and freed a captive officer. No arrests reported.
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Tokyo
Waseda University
Taft and Eisenhower Split Over Foreign Aid Levels
Washington reports a sharp Republican split over foreign aid funding for the next fiscal year starting July 1. Eisenhower warns against deep cuts, saying a $1 billion cut could be felt and threaten U.S. security, while Taft argues that even a $2 billion reduction from the requested $7.9 billion would not endanger the program or national security. Senate committees debate cut methods as Lovett and top generals prepare to testify.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Taft
Hartford
Conn
Eisenhower
Sen. Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Senate
Hong Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Europe
Dean Acheson
Senate Armed Services Group
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
House Senate Break Military Pay Stymie
Congressional leaders planned early approval of military pay increases from three dollars to sixty five for generals amid a House Senate deadlock over cost of living boosts. A conference committee set 484 million dollars for uniformed pay plus retired personnel, with a 4 percent base rise and 14 percent in allowances. Some Korean veteran extra pay was dropped. Two dependents Army examples show pay bumps from 330 to 354 for lieutenants and 155 for privates, within 580 million yearly projected cost.
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Washington
Long Senate House
Senate
House
Truman
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Grain Probers Tie Payoffs to Campbell in PMA Inquiry
Senate investigator Car me Bellino testified that Jack I Cowart, a former PMA aide, acted as a silent partner and deposited 2800 in checks made out to Alex Campbell, former DOJ criminal division head, as alleged attorney fees. The payments, tied to a Baton Rouge warehouse contract, were found in Cowart’s Texas bank account.
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Washington
Senate
Alex Campbell
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Jack I. Cowart
Carmine S. Bellino
Senate Agriculture Committee
Campbell
Cowart
Production
Bellino
Senate Committee
PMA
Baton Rouge, la
Texas
Beards and mothers on Lebanon Miami Valley pages
Prominent Lebanon men will be pictured with sesquicentennial beards on the Miami Valley pages Sunday. Vernon D. Gentry, an auto accessories dealer, is highlighted. Butler County farmers join a new Green Lands Program this year. Sunday also features Middletown mothers with their children and a busy letter writer mother with five sons in the armed forces.
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Lebanon
Miami Valley
Vernon D. Gentry
Butler County
Journal’s Society
Middletown
Baby Goes To Work Solving Babysitting With Middletown Mom
A Middletown mother Story details how she solved the babysitting dilemma, enabling a baby to go to work with her parent. The feature highlights practical arrangements, community support, and the mom's approach to childcare challenges.
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Baby
Middletown
Middletown Is the Meetingest Town
The Manchester Hotel catering team manages numerous concurrent events as the Sunday Journal previews their big chore with photos and a feature on how they handle multiple meetings and parties in town.
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Middletown
Manchester
Sunday Journal
Soldier Threatens Suicide on 10th Floor Escape
A 21 year old Private Jack Madsen of Illinois faced death on the hotel Olympic fire escape railing saying he would rather die than go to Korea. Police Don Sprinkle and bellhop Clarence Owens talked him down after he gripped the edge, then they pulled him to safety and he was turned over to military authorities.
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Seatile
Korea
Olympic
Pvt
Jack Madsen
Illinois
Don Sprinkle
Sprinkle
Madsen
Clarence Owens
Jack
Owen
Six Nations Sign EDC Accord In Paris Drafted Army
Six West European nations initialled a draft treaty creating a one uniform European Army under NATO. France to command by Marshall Juin. ministers of six nations to settle remaining disputes later this month. Ratification hurdles loom in Germany and France as talks on allocation of Germany’s $2.6 billion defense share continue with a likely mid-1954 readiness.
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Paris
Marshall Alphonse Juin
France
NATO
West Germany
United States
Britain
Germany
Swift To Close Plant In Fostoria Ohio
Swift and Co. said Thursday it will close its soybean processing plant at Fostoria Ohio by May 11 due to serious operating losses. Vice-president C T Princeville cited an unbalanced condition between soybeans and soybean oil and meal prices as the cause.
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Chicago
Swift and Co
Fostoria
C. T. Princeville
Okay For Rescue By Force On Korean Prison Camp
Gen. James Van Fleet pledged to use any force necessary to free Brig. Gen. Francis E. Dodd from North Korean prisoners who captured him at Koje Island. Ridgway ordered immediate action while Dodd and Lt. Col. Raven negotiated amid the rebels demands for paper and a hospital representative.
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Francis Dodd
Rose Island
Dodd
U.S. Army
Seoul
James van Fleet
Francis E. Dodd
Koje Island
van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Kore
Korea
Mathew B., Ridgway
Ridgway
Kose
Eighth Army
Wilbur Robert Raven
Newton
Tex
Raven
Army
Charles F. Colson
Colson
Midnight Music Brings Midwife to Cairo Curfew
In Cairo Saida Zeinab district at 2 a.m. a man trumpeting from a window greeted a policeman and explained his wife was in labor during the midnight curfew imposed after January riots. The night scene highlights the strict curfew from midnight to 5 a.m.
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Cairo
Egypt
Saida Zeinab
Many Tips No Results In Hunt For Insane Pair
In southwest Cuyahoga County a wide search for two Lima State Hospital escapees continued amid door lock rumors. Tips netted a milk man, a gas meter reader, and two Boston tourists who were released after questioning. Police said the pair remained at large, with sightings around Strongsville and reports reaching east side rooming houses and downtown Cleveland near W 25th Street.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Boston
Lima State Hospital
Strongsville
Robert Poot
25Th St
Meet-Run Style Resumed At Talks
In Munsan Korea deadlocked truce negotiators held a ten minute session as the 10 month talks stalled over prisoner exchange The U N Command said the Reds awaited new instructions from higher up Allied spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols noted no new instruction had been given and U N Britain Canada backed the stand that prisoners would not be forced to return The two sides scheduled another meeting at Panmunjom at 1 a m Friday EST
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Munsan
Korea
U N
William P. Nuckols
U.S
Britain
Canada
U.N. Command
Panmunjom
Lawmakers Map Fight Against Anthrax Outbreak
Agriculture Committee will consider means to combat an anthrax outbreak in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. The meeting was postponed from Thursday.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Ohio
Indiana
Iinois
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Dwight D. Eisenower
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OPS
Atom Guns
Fighd Police
Taft Rakes
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Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Armed Services Committee
By Edwin B. Harkinson
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