Sawyer May Order Steel Pay Increase Report
Commerce Secretary Sawyer, after meetings with eight top steel executives and talks with CIO President Philip Murray, is expected to announce a 12 1/4 cent hourly wage hike for about 650,000 steel workers. The plan may be enacted under Wage Stabilization Board guidance as mills stay under government control.
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Sawyer
Washington
INS
Steel Industry
Commerce
CIO
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel
C. M. White
Republic Steel
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin
John Neudorfer
Wheeling Steel Corp
Charles Hook
American Rolling Mill Co
Frank Parnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Edward Ryerson
Inland Steel
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
First Picnicers of the Season Reported in Paper Mill District
Sightings of the season's first picnickers described by a Paper Mill district resident a young couple with a child spreading a blanket at noon Thursday. The piece notes improving weather and potential repeat scenes as crews patch Lawrence County roads and the Little Neshannock bridge approaches await permanent repair. Concerns arise about swim access along the Neshannock as the South Mercer street pool was abandoned for the new bridge.
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Pa Newe
Paper Mill District
Lawrence County
Highway Department
Wilmington Avenue
Neshannock
Mercer Street
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy With Mild Outlook
Partly cloudy with a low of 45 to 50 tonight and mild conditions tomorrow. United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at nine a.m. today show a maximum temperature of 70 and a minimum of 37 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 9 feet. A year ago, precipitation was 0.02 inches and 0.25 inches of snow fell.
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United States
Senate showdown on steel seizure vote urged by Republicans
Republicans press a Senate showdown on Truman steel seizure policy. Sen Ferguson proposes a 960 million dollar supplemental bill rider to ban funds from enforcing the order. The tactic pressures Democrats to declare their position as few Democrats attended the floor debate.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Truman
GOP
Sen
Ferguson
Churchill Has Heavy Chest Cold
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill's heavy chest cold continues its normal course with no change in condition. Lord Moran, his physician, visited Chartwell this morning and advised bed rest.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
Lord Moran
Churchill
Chartwell
Riots and Hostages Rock Rahway Prison Farm
In Rahway New Jersey a riot at the state prison farm left 232 inmates holding nine guards as hostages. Riot police and state troopers massed around the dormitory while efforts continued to secure the building. In Trenton authorities reported 69 prisoners still inside the workshop and two guards held as hostages with one freed after a heart attack. In Mexico City a fatal auto crash marred the spring festival as Carlota Sanchez Ruiz died and four others were injured while en route to greet visiting princes from Pasadena.
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Rahway
N. J
INS
New Jersey
Trenton
Oris Robi
Mexico City
Mexico
Carlota Sanchez Ruiz
Carlota
Pasadena
Armed Forces Day Planned For May 16 Observance
The general committee met at The Castleton with Capt. William P. Stough presiding to plan Armed Forces Day events. A noon luncheon for civic clubs will feature a high ranking officer, followed by a large evening street parade with the Second Army band and local veterans groups. The committee will reconvene April 23 at The Castleton.
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General Committee
Castleton
William P. Stough
Organized Reserve Corps
Second Army Band
American Legion
Organized Reserves
National Guard
Howard W. Lyon
Edward A. DeCarbo
Don Crowl
Caseton
Truman Seizure Comment Roils Editors in Debate
President Truman floated a hypothetical power to seize newspapers and radio stations in a national crisis. Editors and ASNE members called it indefensible and illegal, while White House aides argued it was merely an academic discussion with no real intent to act.
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Washington
INS
Truman
America
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
Mr. Truman
Barn Fire Causes 40000 Dollar Loss Near Mount Joy
A large barn on a farm owned by Arthur Harner and tenanted by Lloyd Derr burned, causing about 40000 dollars in damages. Four fire companies battled the blaze near Mount Joy. Four pigs a heifer a bull and a sow died. eight pigs were slaughtered after the fire.
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MT. Joy
Mount Joy
Arthur Harner
Lloyd Derr
Man Found Hanged at Lancaster Rooming House
Harvey L. Kise a 65 year old commercial tomato grower was found hanging today in the cellar of the Washington borough rooming house where he lived for 27 years. The deputy coroner ruled death by own action with no motive given the body found by the rooming house owner.
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Lancaster
INS
Harvey L. Kise
Washington Borough
Columbia
Mary Edelman
Queen Juliana Begins One-Day San Francisco Visit
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard arrived in San Francisco from Ann Arbor with 36 hours to spend before traveling to Los Angeles. The pair will take part in a mix of official duties and informal events during their only day in the city as part of a broader U. S. tour.
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San Francisco
INS
Juliana of the
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Ann Arbor
Mich
Los Angeles
United States
Four Allied Jets Hit In Korea Air Clash
In Korea four enemy jets were hit as Allied pilots shot down one MIG and damaged three others in the first air combat here in a week. Sixty eight allied sabrejets engaged fifty eight Communist planes in five dogfights, with attacks mounted from Manchuria across the Yalu into North Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
Liaotung Peninsula
Manchuria
North Korea
Yellow Sea
Eighth Army
Navy
RAF Air Chief Flying Jet Bomber To U S
Air Chief Marshal Hugh P. Lloyd traveled in a Canberra jet bomber to visit U S Air Force bomber chiefs in Washington. At 56 he is the first senior RAF officer to make the Atlantic trip in this bomber type, though he serves as observer and no record attempt is planned. The flight from Binbrook Airfield leaves at 12:02 p.m. local time via Iceland and Newfoundland.
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London
INS
Hugh P. Lloyd
England
Atlantic
U.S. Air Force
Washington
RAF
America
Air Ministry
Iceland
Newfoundland
Binbrook
Lincolnshire
Secret POW Exchange Talks To Resume In Korea
Munsan April 18 Korean truce negotiators agreed to resume secret talks on prisoner of war exchange hoping for an accord on captive transfers. Allied and communist officers will meet tomorrow at 11 am local time after a two week recess. Armistice rules talks yielded little progress and tensions flared as stalling accusations surfaced.
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Munsan
Six Die in Cottage Fire Near Mapleton Depot
A mother Helen Banks and her five daughters Donna May Mary Catherine Althea Margaret Bonnie Lou and Carol Ann perished in a cottage fire four miles south of Mapleton Depot Hunt ingdon County. Police report they suffocated from fumes and smoke before escaping the blaze that consumed the four room home.
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Mapleton Depot
INS
Huntingdon County
Helen Banks
Donna May
Mary Catherine
Althea Margaret
Bonnie Lou
Carol Ann
Flying Saucers Reported Near Nevada Test Site
Five men at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas report spotting 18 dull white circular flying objects over the Nevada test site. The witnesses include T. Sgt. Orville Lawson and workers Rudy Toncer R. K. Van Houten Edward Gregory and Charles Ruliffson. The saucers moved on an easterly course across the sky north of the base.
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Las Vegas
Nev
INS
Nevada Test Site
Nellis Air Force Base
Orville Lawson
Rudy Toncer
R. K. van Houten
Edward Gregory
Charles Ruliffson
Fear Transport Plane In Crash With 28 Aboard
Wreckage of a missing non-scheduled airliner with 28 aboard was found in the hills near Whittier California. The C 46 Curtiss commando originated from Phoenix and radioed for a straight in approach to Los Angeles International Airport at 3 32 am PST then vanished. Search planes from a military base and the Los Angeles county sheriff aero squadron scoured the Riverside Whittier hills.
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Los Angeles
Whittier
INS
Los
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles’ International
Riverside
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Aero Squadron
Harriman Praised by Democrats as May Try for Presidency
New York Democrats lauded W Averell Harriman at a 1500 attendee dinner as Truman signals a boomlet for Harriman. The President praised Harriman as a statesman and liberal while party leaders pin hopes on a Stevenson reconsideration. Speakers included Kefauver Kerr McMahon and Barkley in a bid for the nomination.
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New York
INS
W. Averell Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Harriman
Democratic Party
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Alben W. Barkley
Million Japs Out On Strike
More than a million Japanese workers walked off the job in protest of a government anti-subversive activities bill under Diet review. Transportation and power were disrupted in Tokyo Osaka Kyoto and Kobe affecting about 13 million people who were unable to travel or were compelled to walk to work.
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Tokyo
INS
Diet
Japan
Osaka
Kyot
Kobe
Infant Starvation Death Under Probe Near Mountville
Lancaster County authorities order an investigation into the semi starvation death of eight month old Donald Unangst in a Mountville trailer camp area. Deputy Coroner L I Moyer notes autopsy at hospital found starvation as cause. child died hours after admission, parents identified as Mr and Mrs Elmer Unangst. District Attorney John Byer directed the probe with State Trooper Rufus Wil- leading the inquiry.
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Mountville
INS
Lancaster County
L. I. Moyer
Columbia
Donald Unangst
Elmer Unangst
John Byer
Rufus Wil
Death Record for Several Residents in City and Surroundings
Friday obituary notices list Margaret Garvin 22 West Falls Street Hazel Mary Kaufman 55 R D J Edward Melton 53 New Castle James W Snyder 51 Columbus Infant Daughter Quear Hillsville Morgan Morgan 86 McKeesport Pa indicate contemporary deaths and ages in a local record.
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Margaret Garvin
West Falls Street
Hazel Mary Kaufman
Edward Melton
New Castle
James W. Snyder
Columbus
Quear
Hillsville
Morgan Morgan
McKeesport
Seek To Prevent Break In Dikes Holding Flood
Thousands of troops and civilians battle at two points in the Omaha Council Bluffs area to hold back the Missouri river flood. 2000 soldiers and volunteers fight seepage at North Eighth street levee while East Omaha levee shows persistent seepage as crest nears 30.5 feet. Lt Gen Pick warns this is the crucial moment and urges able bodied men to stay ready for continued defense.
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United Press Telephoto
Omaha
Neb
Missouri River
International Soundphoto
Council Bluffs
Omaha Council Bluffs
North Eighth Street
East
Crst
Bathit
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Pick
Eisenhower Chooses Denver as Campaign Headquarters
The campaign announces General Eisenhower will establish Denver as his headquarters after mid June. He will attend a homecoming in Abilene Kansas before moving to Colorado where Mrs. Eisenhower's mother resides. Senator Lodge confirms the plan to visit Denver in mid June with his wife and stay there.
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Washington
INS
Denver
Abilene
Kan
Colorado
Eisenhower
John Sheldon Doud
Sen. Lodge
Mass
Gen. Eisenhower
Arthur Mometer contests fade as campaigns drag on
The text portrays Arthur Mometer and other candidates tiring from a long campaign. It notes slowed pace, dull eyes, thin voices, and worn enthusiasm after weeks of canvassing, handing out cigars, and gathering supporters for votes, marking sixty eight days into the effort.
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Alfred M. Gruenther
Paris
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Defense Command
Bulletins
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Internal Revenue
Joseph Nunan, Jr
Nunan
Queen Juliana
Don Dixon
RAF Air Chief
U.S
Robert Scharne
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