President May Plan Some More In Steel Strike
Acting Defense Mobilizer Steelman asked CIO Steelworkers President Murray to stand by in New York for further talks. He also urged Wage Board Chairman Feinsinger to go to New York to avert a nationwide steel strike set for midnight next Tuesday affecting 650,000 workers. Government hopes for renewed bargaining and swift action to protect the defense program.
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Washington
INS
Defense Mobilizer
Steelman Today
Steel Industry
CIO Steelworkers Union
Philip Murray
New York
Steelman
Wage Board
Feinsinger
Truman
CIO Steelworkers
Community notes hint at Easter events and home upkeep
Householders are urged to inspect worn or missing house numbers as one in five may lack visible identifiers. Holy Week activities begin with Sunday services and culminate in Easter sunrise events and cantatas. Schools finish on April 14 before the break, while teens assist with spring chores as Route 18 progress continues near Moravia.
Rain and cool spell forecast with river level noted
Rain begins this afternoon with tonight's low near 40. Tomorrow remains cool with morning showers and colder night. 24 hour stats end 9 am report max 52 min 27 with no precipitation. river stage 7.2 feet. Year ago figures show max 42 min 34 and 14 inches of rain.
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United States
Centennial Pageant at Westminster Marks 100 Years
Westminster College mounts a centennial pageant on May 31 in Memorial Field House with over 150 students. The musical play Hail Hail To Thee, written by Paul Gamble and Joseph Hopkins, features original music by Hopkins and chorus direction by Dr. James W. Evans assisted by Donald Barbe and Donald Cameron.
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Westminster College
Donald Barbe
Donald Cameron
Music Conservatory
Westminster
Memorial Field House
Paul Gamble
Joseph Hopkins
Gamble
Hopkins
Barbe Cameron
Directo
The
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James W. Evans
Steelmakers Move Slowly To Prepare For Shutdown
Pittsburgh April 4 The steel industry moves slowly to ready furnaces for a shutdown after a scheduled strike next Wednesday The CIO United Steelworkers union claims broad support while U S Steel begins a cautious burden change and Jones Laughlin Steel keeps plans secret with no cutbacks yet reported
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Cio-United Steelworkers Union
U. S. Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Dismissal of Two Costello Trial Jurors Today
Two jurors in the Frank Costello contempt trial were abruptly dismissed amid reports of an attempted fix. Judge Sylvester A. Ryan offered no explanation, and juror Mrs Mason denied being approached. The second juror Fox could not be found. The trial followed a deadlocked first trial last January on contempt of the Senate committee.
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New York
Frank Costello
Sylvester A. Ryan
Mrs. Mason
Ryan
Weir
Lear
Fox
Costello
U. S. Senate
Kefauver Conare
Rece
Convicon
Dentist Found Dead In His Hotel Room In Harrisburg
Harrisburg April 4 Police and the coroner investigated the death of 25 year old Dr. Charles Falasca of Warren Ohio found dead in his hotel room seventeen hours after checking in Autopsy by Coroner Thomas Fritchey showed no marks of violence and results will take at least three days The body was found by the assistant manager and maid.
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Thomas Fritchey
Charles Falasca
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Falacsa
Obituary notices for four Ellwood City residents
Death records list Lawrence P. Jordan 51 A. D. 1 Ellwood City and infant Martha Ann Grimes. Also noted are Mrs. George Ketler 31 of 457 Neshaminy avenue and Mrs. W. C. Woods 79 of 111 East Clayton street.
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Ellwood City
Martha Ann Grimes
Croton Avenue
George Ketler
Neshannock Avenue
W. C. Woods
East Clayton Street
Farmers Guests Of Rotary Club
Rotary’s rural-urban program at Epworth church drew about 115 attendees as Rotarians dined with guest farmers. Dr. W. E. Logan discussed livestock diseases including brucellosis undulant fever anthrax and foot and mouth disease with film and lecture, noting ongoing county testing and state progress.
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Epworth Church
W. E. Logan
Bang
Logan
U. S. Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
Quartet
Tornadoes Strike Two Southern States Killing Five in Louisiana
A new round of spring tornadoes hit two southern states with at least six deaths and twelve injuries. In Louisiana a family of five died in Arnaudville near Opelousas, as a tornado damaged homes and the Baker school area near Mobile, where pupils were off for a holiday.
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New Orleans
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Arnaudville
Opelousas
Port City
Mobile
Baker
Two Dickinson Students Charged With Parking Meter Thefts
Carlisle police say Joseph Wasilewski and Dwight Harris, both 20, seized three parking meters from the campus area. They transported the meters to a dormitory and dropped them from the fourth floor, smashing casings to obtain about $1.50.
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Carlisle
INS
Dickenson College
Cumberland County
Joseph Wasilewski
Dwight Harris
Fire damage estimate in Dallastown plant tops thirty five
Fire damaged a Wood Plastic and Metal Manufacturing facility in Dallastown Pennsylvania with estimated losses set at 35 dollars by Mastline reporting.
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Dallastown
Soenanat
Sash
POW Exchange Talks Dropped At Truce Parley
Korea truce negotiators adjourned prisoner of war exchange talks indefinitely after a 42 minute meeting. Liaison officers will set the next session date as UN observers hint at a new proposal amid high level talks. General Ridgway and Vice Admiral Joy met with truce officers in Munsan as optimism grew.
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Korea
United Nations Command
Tokyo
Ridgway
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Ridg
Lodge Confers With Eisenhower In Paris Campaign
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. meets Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at SHAPE in Paris for a morning political conference. The talks mark Lodge’s first as campaign manager as they plan luncheon at Ike’s headquarters and discuss the presidential bid.
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INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Lodge
Eisenhower
Ike
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers In
Europe
SHAPE
New York
Ten Facing Job Loss Over Loyalty Oath Refusal
Philadelphia General Hospital staff face automatic dismissal under the Pechan act after refusing to sign the state loyalty oath. Nine doctors and a nurse are among the ten workers who did not comply, out of about 2500 employees, with authorities confirming mandatory discharge if noncompliant.
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Philadelphia
INS
Philadelphia General Hospital
Alfred C. Laboccetta
James P. Dixon, Jr
Robert K. Sawyer
Methodist Church Burns In Titusville
Flames swept through the 50 year old First Methodist church in Titusville early today causing about 250 dollars in damages. Pastor Rev Ralph Findley cited a coal furnace heating system as the likely source as the fire spread from a chimney to the ceiling. The church had been redecorated two years earlier.
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Titusville
First Methodist
Ralph Findley
Ground Action Dwindles Along Korean Front
The Eighth Army said March enemy losses reached 8,690 killed wounded and captured the lowest monthly total of the Korean War. Ground action along the 155 mile front was light with only minor probing attacks of about 15 men reported. Air forces attacked rail targets destroying locomotives and cars and pilots credited Captain Charles F Wolfe for a locomotive destruction.
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Seoul
Eighth Army
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Charles F. Wolfe
Chula Vista
Calif
Two Children Die In Erie House Fire
In Erie Pennsylvania two children died in a second floor bedroom blaze. Four year old Doris Bean's dress reportedly caught fire from a gas stove and spread to the room. The other victim was 14 month old Leon Bean. An aunt on the first floor could not reach them as flames consumed the house causing about $2000 damage. The father James B Bean worked and the mother was hospitalized in the tuberculosis hospital.
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Erie
Doris
Leon Bean
James B. Bean
Erie County Tuberculosis Hospital
Shoots Wife Lives With Corpse For Week
Harold Roland Mach a 35 year old University of Chicago doctoral student told police he struck his wife Mary Elizabeth last Thursday and then lived with her body for a full week in a two room campus apartment. Detectives found Mary Elizabeth dead with bullet holes in the forehead and back.
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Chicago
INS
Harold Roland Mach
University of Chicago
Detective
Frank O'Sullivan
Mary Elizabeth
Truman Warns NATO Nationsto Prepare for Sacrifices
President Truman spoke at Constitution Hall in Washington to mark NATO's third anniversary. He urged free nations to ready new sacrifices to deter communist aggression, addressing ambassadors and officials from NATO members gathered under massed flags in the auditorium.
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Truman
U. S
Free World
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Constitution Hall
NATO
Appointment of McGranery Denounced in Philadelphia
Philadelphia District Attorney Richardson Dilworth harshly condemned President Truman's pick James P. McGranery for attorney general. He called the appointment "so bad as to be almost unbelievable," warning of incompetence bias and ward politics. McGranery declined further comment saying he had nothing to say.
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Philadelphia
INS
Richardson Dilworth
Truman
James P. McGranery
McGranery
The
United States
Dilworth
Queen Juliana Plans Busy Day in Washington
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands keeps a packed schedule on her state visit to the United States. She will address ceremonies marking the fourth year of Atlantic Pact defense efforts and is expected to share speaking duties with President Truman at Constitution Hall.
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Washington
INS
Juliana
Netherlands
Truman
Constitution Hall
Prince Bernhard
Conservatives Lose First Skirmish In Local Elections
London April 4 The Conservatives conceded defeat in London County Council elections the first test of Labor strength since Churchill’s victory. Early returns show Clement Attlee’s Laborites winning at least 19 seats on the 129-member council, narrowing the governing balance of power.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
London County
New Attorney General McGranery Under Fire Before Arrival
Rep. Velde accused James P. McGranery of being part of a whitewash in the Amerasia case as he prepared to replace J. Howard McGrath. McGranery planned a 4 p.m. meeting with President Truman after being summoned to lead the Justice Department and the cleanup inquiry.
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Truman
James P. McGranery
J. Howard McGrath
Rep. Velde
R) Tu
House un-American Activities Committee
McGranery
Velde
Amerasia
Federal
Newbold Morris
McGrath
Philadelphia Jurist
Justice Department
New Attorney General Named By President
President Truman names Judge James P. McGranery as the new attorney general to lead a post scandal cleanup. Morris vows more revelations in the tax scandals probe, claiming lack of cooperation across departments. House judiciary subcommittee moves to call Morris and McGrath for testimony as McGranery resigns from the bench.
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Washington, D. C
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Newbold Morris
McGrath
Morris
J. P. McGranery
United States
Eastern District of
Pennsylvania
Truman
Washington
James P. McGranery
U.S
Philadelphia
McGranery
Tornadoes Strike Mobile Area and Bridge City
Tornadoes lashed Mobile Alabama and Bridge City Louisiana injuring at least two people and causing extensive property damage. The storms arrive two weeks after deadly tornadoes in Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Mississippi Alabama and Kentucky that killed over 200 and injured about 1 200. A Weather Bureau warning warned of possible small twisters in Florida Alabama and Georgia.
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Kentucky
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