U.S. Oil Strike Curbs Air Force Flight and Wages
The nationwide refinery and pipeline strike by CIO AFL and independent unions curtails U S air force flying outside Korea and triggers cutbacks in B 36 bomber activity and training. Oil workers seek a 25 cent hourly wage hike with higher night shift differentials as fuel supplies run low.
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Denver
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
CIO
AFL
Air Transport Assn
The
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Oil Workers International Union
OWIU
Feathers for Wool- Chickens Aid Defense Effort
Washington shows chickens save defense costs by using chicken feathers in place of wool for sleeping bags and bed covers. 10 cent per pound feathers equal about 0.67 pound wool, cutting expense substantially. Lead supply may run out in eight years prompting shifts to alternate metals. nickel could end in five years and zinc and copper in 14 years.
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Washington
Munitions Board
Franklin P. Huddle
Huddle
Board
Office of Materials
Communists Won't Yield on Prisoner Issue at Panmunjom
In Panmunjom talks Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols said no progress was made toward a UN allied package on prisoners. Communist newsmen said the Reds would not yield on repatriation, even by force. Joy asked for a Sunday recess as Nam Nam I spoke, indicating little new movement on the package proposal details from the previous week.
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Munsan
Korea
William P. Nuckols
United Nations Command
U. N
Panmunjom
Nam I
Nam
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Reds
Mississippi River level falls easing local river fears
The Mississippi River slipped to 19.9 feet, down .4 feet in 24 hours, easing three weeks of flood tension. Civilian guards and civil defense patrols remain on duty along the Drury district levee with sandbagging, pumping to resume next week, and continued riverwatch across Illinois and Iowa.
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Mississippi
Drury District
Illinois
Iowa National Guard
Lowa
Charles Anson
Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
Moose Farm
Port Louisa
Taylor Corner
Clarence Christopherson
Richard Halpin
Ed Knott
Taylor
Muscatine
Ralph Hunter
Illinois National Guardsmen
Illinois Wing
Civil Air Patrol
Hunter
Mr. Hunter
White House Talks Eye Settlement in Labor Seizure Crisis
President Truman announced readiness to order changes in employment terms Monday to end a long labor dispute that triggered industry seizure and court battles. White House released his remarks an hour and 45 minutes after the dramatic session as leaders from all sides voiced cautious optimism. Secretary Sawyer, overseeing mills under seizure, expressed guarded hope for a settlement.
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Erd Sven Vppunvuu
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
White House
Philip Murray
Cio-Steelworkers
S. T
Primary Campaign In Iowa To Gather Steam This Week
The Iowa Republican primary race for governor features three contenders Beardsley Nicholas and Evans with a tight timetable ahead of June 2. Evans will reveal his platform in Davenport and Des Moines while Nicholas promotes highway bonds and attends Good Roads events. Beardsley plans a busy week including a Missouri Basin survey meeting in Sioux City.
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Iowa
Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
William H. Nicholas
Mason City
Kenneth A. Evans
Emerson
Nichols
Evans
Beardsley
GOP
Davenport
Nicholas
Allamakee County
Beardsley Beardsley
Creston
Sioux City
Missouri Basin Survey Committee
Truman
Herschel C. Loveless
Ottumwa
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
Loveless
Wearin
Sabres Shoot Down Four Communist Jets Over Korea
U S Sabre jet pilots shot down four communist jet planes and damaged a Red propeller aircraft in two sunset air battles over northwestern Korea near the Yalu River, marking the Fifth Air Force report of Americas 13th jet ace Captain Robert T Latshaw Jr Amarillo Texas.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Natjchuria
Americas
Robert T. Latshaw, Jr
Amarillo
Tex
Government Sets Mediation Session on Telegraph Strike
Washington reports the government will try again next Wednesday to mediate the Western Union strike now one month old. Mediation director Cyrus S. Ching urged company and Commercial Telegraphers union representatives to meet with a three man conciliation panel. The panel includes Marvin Sconvers James Holden of Washington and J R Mandelbaum of New York. The telegraphers walked out on April 3 demanding a 16 cent rise in hourly pay and shorter hours for some workers.
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Washington
Western Union
Cyrus S. Ching
Company and Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
Marvin Sconvers
James Holden
J. R. Mandelbaum
New York
Burns Fatal to J. S. McChesney Retired Farmer
James S. McChesney 82 died at 12 30 pm Friday in Toolsboro from burns received in a grass fire at his Wapello home. A retired farmer, he was born March 19 187? at Toolsboro and married Clara Barr in 1918. Surviving are wife two brothers and one sister. Funeral 2 30 pm Monday Dud geon Funeral Home with Rev M L Blake officiating. Burial in Wapello cemetery.
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Wapello
James S. McChesney
Toolsboro
Clara Barr
Lee
John McChesney
Addie Potter
Dudgeon Funeral Home
M. L. Blake
Wapello Presbyterian Church
Wapello Cemetery
Tunnel bids to open for Iowa statehouse link
Bids for the tunnel project connecting the Iowa statehouse and the new state office building will be opened on June 5.
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Des Moines
Iown Statehouse
State Office
Britain's De Havilland Comet makes maiden jet flight to Africa
The De Havilland Comet, Britain's first commercial jet airliner, completed a London to Johannesburg flight via Entebbe with 36 passengers and mail. The 6,724 mile journey in 23 hours 40 minutes included five ground stops and a six hour cross Africa segment, signaling a four year lead over rivals in jet service.
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Entebbe
Uganda
Britain
London
Johannesburg
South Africa
British Overseas Airways
BOAC
S.t
Livingstone
Rhodesia
Khartoum
Upper Nile
United States
Avril Col
Fire Guts Firms At Montezuma
Fire at 3 a m destroyed the Jess Stilson repair shop and gutted the James Produce Co in Montezuma Louisiana. Exterior damage to the Montezuma telephone office forced operators to evacuate temporarily as Mrs. Jerry Sanders sounded the alarm. Cause undetermined with no loss estimate available.
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Montezuma
Jess Stilson
James Produce Co
Montezuma Telephone Office
Jerry Sanders
Produce Company
Derby field trimmed to 16 as Top Blend scratched
The Ken tucky Derby field was reduced to 16 after trainer Ben Jones scratched Top Blend, Calumet Farm’s stablemate of Hill Gail. Top Blend had been a surprise entry but Jones kept him in the barn as track conditions stayed fast for the 3:30 p.m. CDT race.
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Louisville
Ben Jones
Top Blend
Hill Gail
Calumet Farm
Jones
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Belleville
Davenport National Guard
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Supreme Court
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Murray
Marcia Owens
Ships Company
U. S
Antietam
San Diego
Calif
Francis Montee
Shriners’ Children
Burns
J. S. McChesney
Airliner
eridge-Taylor
Rome
London Times
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Bahamas
Derby
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Seifert
Sleepy Eye
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Monica
Marie
Marthe
Art Seifert
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