UAW Threatens GM Strike Amid Auto Labor Crisis
The UAW threatens to call a GM strike affecting 225,000 workers within two weeks as Chrysler strikes escalate and Ford faces wage cuts. Ford proposes curbing pay differentials in public security talks, while Chrysler battles picket violence and GM locals increasingly back action.
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UAW
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
T. A. Johnstone
Uaw-Gm
Johnstone
Ford
Chrysler
U4w
John S. Gugas
Buga’s
Four Ohio Air Crashes Kill Four Fliers
In central Ohio four fliers died in three separate crashes. A Slick Airways cargo twin crashed near Port Columbus after reporting a jammed rudder. Two Navy reserve fliers, Lt. (jg) William G. Smith of Newark and Lt. (jg) Theodore L. Meyer of Columbus, perished during training flights. Witnesses described flames and wreckage burial. casualties included crew from Newark and Columbus with Navy involvement.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. R. McCauley
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Jack Raymond Foote
Chicago
Slick Airways, Incorporated
Woods
Port Columbus
Naval Reserve
William G. Smith
Newark
Theodore L. Meyer
Navy
N. J
William Thrash
Army
Meyer
Lee Hunt Farm
Centerbury
State Highway Patrol
Gov Dewey Stassen To Debate In Oregon Primary
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Harold Stassen will debate tonight on the Communist Party outlaw question. The hour long program starts at 6 p m local and will be carried by Mutual NBC and ABC. Stassen affirms and Dewey negates as Oregon campaigns for 12 Republican convention votes.
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Portland, Obe
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
United States
Stassen
Dewey
Mutual
NBC
ABC
Coal Pay Talks Are Scheduled
Soft coal operators and John L. Lewis will resist higher pay or larger mining welfare fund royalties as contract talks open tomorrow. The present contract ends June 30, with a vacation June 26 to July 5 limiting negotiation time to July 5.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Sabotage Claimed In WFIL Radio Cable Cut
Philadelphia officials said the main cable linking WFIL downtown studios to a suburban transmitter was deliberately cut. KYW resumed quickly, but WFIL stayed off air 11 minutes and used musical transcriptions for over two hours. The station offered a 2500 reward for information on the saboteurs.
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Philadelphia
WFIL
KYW
American Broadcasting Company System
Isupervisory
American Communications Association
CIA
Roger W. Clipp
American Broadcasting
Walter Winchell
Communists Questioned In Death Of CBS Broadcaster Polk
Reports from Salonika indicate twenty or more Communists questioned over the death of CBS broadcaster George Polk whose body was found in the bay. Police pursue leads while Greek officials order a full investigation and U. S. officials seek to codify the case. Polk, 34, disappeared after seeking interview with guerrilla leader Markos Vafiades.
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Salonika
Greece
George Polk
CBS
Polk
Markos Vafiades
Vasiades
Rhea Polk
Preiier Themistokles Sophoulis
Athens
Constantin Rentis
Pok. 34
Columbia Broadcasting System
Niki
Victory) Boulevard
Navy
Markos
Reuther Released From Hospital After Shooting Incident
Walter Reuther returned home from nearly a month in hospital after surviving a shooting. The CIO United Auto Workers leader, in a cast across his upper body, said he would resume union duties when doctors allow. Doctors expect weeks of confinement and up to ten months to assess nerve damage.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Yugoslav Arrests Bishop of Mostar
Vatican sources said Yugoslav authorities arrested Msgr. Pietro Cule bishop of Mostar on April 20. The reason for the arrest and his location were not disclosed.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Msgr
Pietro Cule
Mostar
Priest Flanagan Body Flown to United States
The body of Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan founder of Boys Town is flown home in an Army bomber from Berlin. Funeral services were held in Steglitz with Konrad Count Von Preysing presiding and Lt. Col. Roman Nuwer delivering the sermon. A large German and American congregation attended including Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Ambassador Robert D. Murphy.
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Berlin
Edward J. Flanagan
Nebraska
Steglitz
Konrad Cardinal Count von Preysing
Roman J. Nuwer
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Austria
Father Flanagan
Nuwer
Lucius D. Clay
Robert D. Murphy
Newark High School Girl Shot in Buckeye Lake Park Accident
Betty Stevens a Newark High School senior was shot in the abdomen in Buckeye Lake Park when Richard Lehman 20 sought to load a .22 rifle held by him as a companion. Deputies report Lehman a soldier on furlough accompanied Stevens to the shooting gallery.
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Newark
Buckeye Lake
Betty Stevens
John Koontz
Richard Lehman
Miss Stevens
Lehman
Mrs Roosevelt Receives Degree at West Virginia State College
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt received an honorary Doctor of Humanities at West Virginia State College in Institute West Virginia. She stated the effectiveness of the United Nations will depend on Americans having democratic rights.
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W. Va
Eleanor Roosevelt
West Virginia
United Nations
West Virginia State College
Atomic Weapon Tests Reported Successful in Pacific
The White House announced three atomic weapons tests at Eniewetok atoll in the Marshall Islands proved successful in all respects. The Atomic Energy Commission described the tests as a milestone in atomic development and said the first series is now completed.
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Washington
White House
Eniewetok Atoll
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Marshall Islands
U.S. Palestine policy awaited as UN meets
The United States prepared an important policy statement on the Arab invasion of Palestine with the U N Security Council set to meet. Warren R. Austin guided U S positions as Israel sought UN membership and Trans-Jordan moved to formal invasion notices while Arab League officials urged action for peace and order.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Acre
Haganah
Moshe Shertok
Negeb
Desert
Jordan Valley
Nebu Yusha
Upper Galilee
Semakh
Lake Galilee
Narim
Negev
Milikya
Damascus
Arab Liberation Army
Lake Success
United States
Palestine
United Nations
U. S
Security Council
Holy Land
Warren R. Austin
Washington
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Amy
Pales
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Wells Didlick
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Frank Dobrozsi
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Butler County
Taft
Congress
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Reed
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Ferguson
R-Mich
R-Nh
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Gurney
R-Sd
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Reuther
Zion
Chaim Weizmann
David Ben-Gurion
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Arab Higher Executive Committee
Jewish Agency
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International Red Cross
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Sea of Galilee
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Jordan
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Ahemed Khashaba Pasha
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