House preps broad old age pension bill push
Democratic leaders predicted the House would pass a widened social security expansion before adjournment as unions threaten strikes over full employer costs. Ford Motor Co agreed to an independent plan. Rules Committee resists amendments, while Ways and Means fears overlapping programs and chaos without a universal basic system.
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House Rules Committee
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Curtis
R-Neb
McCormack
Massachusetts
Doughton
D-Nc
Reublicans
Congress
Three Women Die In Crash Near Bluffton Ohio
Three women were killed when an auto-truck collision occurred at an intersection on State Route 696 three miles west of Bluffton, Ohio. The victims include 53 year old librarian and English teacher Leonora Myers, her 88 year old mother Mrs George Miller, and Mrs Myers' 25 year old daughter in law, all from Bluffton area. The truck driver W M Henry from Leipsic was not seriously injured.
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Leipsic, O
Truman Sees Victory For Party In 50 52
President Truman warned Capitol Hill opponents to back his Fair Deal, pledging to fight until Congress passes the program. He addressed a Kansas City dinner for national chairman William Boyle, praising the party and urging unity for 1950 and 1952.
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Truman
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Congress
William M. Boyle
Boyle
Jackson County
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Washington
Mr. Truman
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Grandview
White House
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Georgia Neese Clark
Missouri
Forrest Smith
Democratic Party
United States
Flying Boxcar Crash Burns Near McCleary Forest
A C 82 Flying Boxcar from McChord Air Force Base crashed and burned five miles northwest of McCleary Washington starting a forest fire. Three men were aboard. no bodies found near the wreckage, suggesting parachute escape. Fire crews from Shelton and Elma helped control the blaze as McChord officials said it was a routine night training flight.
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Shelton
Elma
McChord
Thieves Break Into Newport Plant Restaurant
Thieves broke into the Newport Steel Corporation plant restaurant on Licking Pike in Wilder, Kentucky, early today and escaped with between $700 and $800, Campbell County police said.
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Newport Steel Corporation
Licking Pike
Wilder, Ky
Campbell County
October Parade Glory of the Autumn Month
Poem celebrates October as a season of outdoor beauty and change. Vivid imagery of frost diamonds, sunlit leaves, and Indian Summer calls. The speaker cherishes the month’s colors and crisp air while hoping to witness another October day’s glory.
Non-Union Miners Defy UMW in Western Coal Fields
Non-union miners in Pennsylvania and other western areas returned to work as Associated Press reports describe a 12 day coal strike. Violence spread with dynamite blasts and gunfire near Grass Flats and Snow Shoe Mountain as UMW talks stalled and sympathy actions continued.
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United Mine Worker
UMW
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Hazelton
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Grass Flats
Clearfield County
Snow Shoe Mountain
Morgantown
Robert M. Smith
Junedale Coal Company
Clearfield
Richard Huston
Hawkes Coal Company
Kentucky
Tom Cox
Tipples
Room 735 Lead Role in Steel Talks at Hotel William Penn
Pittsburgh AP reports on the ongoing steel negotiations in Room 735 of the Hotel William Penn. Key figures Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers and John A. Stephens of United States Steel arrive, but no statements are made as talks extend into another day with possible government mediation.
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Pittsburgh
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United Steelworkers
Truman
John A. Stephens
United States Steel
Aper Tain
Stephens
Murray
Fire kills seven in Kansas City home blaze
A northeast Kansas City two story frame house fire early today killed seven and injured four. The Red Cross identified victims including Mrs Florence Richards 85 Mrs Cora Andrews 68 and seven others. The cause was undetermined. Nearby residents fled in night clothes as flames spread.
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Myrtle M. Hershey
Myrtle Marie
Cletus M. Hershey, Jr
Cletus M. Hershey
Oleo Backers Seek Inquiry At University
The Association of Voters for Yellow Margarine asks Ohio State University President Bevis to appoint a five member committee to verify the claims in an article by Prof C Christian on colored oleo. The staff member Ed D Schorr cites a butter lobby argument in opposition to oleo sales in Ohio.
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Association of Voters For
Ohio State University
Ed. D. Schorr
Howard L. Bevis
C. Christian
Schorr
Bevis Christian
National Carrier Boy Day featured in Sunday Journal
The Journal highlights carrier boys as vital links in newspaper operations and marks Sunday as National Carrier Boy Day. A beef auction at the Butler County Fair draws farmers, while other Sunday stories cover Middletown’s view of a former leader, Rev. Williamson, and a Hawaii grown drug claimed to treat arthritis.
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Middletown
Thomas Williamson
Williamson
Episcopal Church
Hawaii
Photographer Killed in Mock Marine Assault at Boston Beach
Photographer Morris Fineberg, 56, died after being struck by mortar debris during a mock amphibious assault at Carson Beach in South Boston. Four others were injured, including three naval officers, as thousands watched the Marine Corps League demonstration. Police Commissioner called the landing an outrage and criticized school officials for allowing children to witness it. A Navy spokesman noted the casualties were in a restricted area designated for observers and media.
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Morris Fineberg
Boston Post
Fineberg
Carson Beach
Thomas F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Navy
GOP Women Open Meeting in Columbus Sessions
Ohio Republican women opened a two day meeting in Columbus while 88 GOP county chairmen held a separate session. National chairman Guy G Gabrielson was to attend both gatherings with Sen. Robert Taft and Rep-elect John Saylor slated to speak at the afternoon session.
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Ohio
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Robert A. Taft
John Saylor
Pennsylvania
Young Electrician Electrocuted At Cement Plant
Earl B Buckley six of East Fultonham was electrocuted yesterday after touching a live wire in a machine pit at the Columbia cement plant. Buckley had served as an electrician for 26 years with the company.
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East Fultonham
Columbia Cement
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Final settlement deadline looms as steel strike nears
Pittsburgh AP reports the CIO Steelworkers threaten a midnight strike over company pensions and insurance. Eleventh hour talks fail to break the deadlock with U S mediators joining union and management in renewed efforts. Thousands already walk off and mills idle as production slows and picketing guards sites.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
U. S
Murray
Ashland Armco delays shutdown as strike warns looming
Ashland Armco manager My Lobaugh said three blast furnaces would be banked and the plant shut down at midnight as the United Steel Workers threatened a midnight strike. He noted the complex process protects millions in equipment, with Baltimore steelworks making similar preparations due to the looming strike.
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My Lobaugh
Ashland Armco
United Steel Workers
CSO
Lobaugh
Armco
Baltimore, Md
Unions Press for 10 Cent Wage Plant in Steel Talks
The United States Steel dispute centers on a pension insurance formula urged by President Truman’s fact finding board. The union demands the industry pay a 10 cent hourly contribution while rejecting the pension plan offered by big steel. Murray and 500,000 workers refuse pay raises won by the board. A strike looms as negotiations continue, though Portsmouth Steel has yielded, adding 4,000 workers to the union ranks.
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Truman
Big Steel
Murray
Inustry
Ieit
Portsmouth
Ohio
Tokyo Rose found guilty of treason for wartime broadcasts
Jurors convict Iva Toguri known as Tokyo Rose on one count related to a Radio Tokyo broadcast in October 1944 about Leyte Gulf. The jury, after four days, imposes possible penalties from five years to death, with sentencing set for October 6. Toguri remains stoic, plans appeal, defense argues broadcasts were harmless entertainment.
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John Mann
Gi’s
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Leyte Gulf
Kenkichi Oki
Tokyo Rose case similar to Axis Sally treason conviction
San Francisco AP reports Iva Toguri and Mildred Gillars share a treason pattern both convicted on a single overt act among eight charged. Gillars was sentenced in Washington DC last March to 10 to 30 years imprisonment.
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Iva Toguri
Tokyo Rose
D’aquino
Mildred
Sally) Gillars
Miss Gillars
Washington
D. C
Trial juror fashion questions reveal nerves and care
At Iva D'Aquino's 12 week treason trial she wore a gray plaid suit with gilt buttons matching barrettes in her hair. A juror confides that women jurors feared for the girl’s lack of wardrobe options amid the courtroom scrutiny.
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Iva D’aquino
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