No Early Break Indicated In Steel Strike
Pittsburgh dispatch reports no early breakdown in the 12 day steel strike as 700000 workers stay off the job. Ford closes Edgewater New Jersey and Chester Pennsylvania plants affecting over 1500 workers amid rising economic risk. President Truman weighs a brighter labor management picture but cautious optimism persists among steel area business leaders.
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Pittsburgh
Sues
Truman
Washington
Ford Motor Company
Edgewater
N. J. Ambly
Chester
Ford
Iruman
Henry Ford II
Autonz
Il Steel Workers Union
Up O
Murray
Full Employment Bill Faces Senate House Clash
President Truman confronts a renewed setback as the Senate and House adopt sharply different versions of the full employment bill. The two chambers move to a joint conference to reconcile their approaches, with the president backing the Senate version as closer to his program.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Dirksen Plans Labor Bill Substitute For Case Measure
Rep. Dirksen announced a new compromise labor bill to be offered Monday as a substitute for the Case anti-strike measure. The proposal would authorize presidential boards of inquiry into labor disputes but would not compel record subpoenas or require a 30 day cooling off period. It aims to ease heat from the Case bill and enable House action.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House
Rep
Dirksen
Boards of Inquiry
New Castle City Reports Hospitals Birth Totals
The January birth tally at Castle Hospital shows 43 newborns with 95 females and 18 males. At Jameson Memorial Hospital, January births rose by six from 1945 and seven from 1944, including four sets of twins.
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Castle Hospital
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Weather Summary for Local Area Today
Daily report records a 9 am high of 50 and low of 17 with light snow flukes and a river stage at 5.5 feet. Year-ago figures show a high of 19 and a low of 12 with 0.5 inches of snow.
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United States
Some Improvement In Meat Supply Observed
A slight lift in meat supply from Armour and Cudahy was noted today. Some pork from Pittsburgh sources arrived, while beef and lamb from western cities remain unavailable but may come early next week. Local slaughterers continue to supply meat, preventing any dire shortage during the strike period.
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Armour and Cudahy
Pittsburgh
Seven Injured In Unusual Accident At Connellsville
Seven people were injured when an auto overturned and a second car struck bystanders aiding the injured. Michael Jordan, 24, was involved after his car hit a pole and overturned. James Hunter, 21, drove into residents helping the first crash. All injured were Connellsville residents.
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Connellsville
Michael Jordan
James Hunter
Bedford infant smothered in sleep death report
Bedford County coroner reports seven weeks old Sally Jane Hillegass of Manns Choice suffocated while asleep in a bed with four others. Coroner Virgil Giesel says the death occurred when one of the other four relied on the child.
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Bedford
Bedford County
Coroner's Office Today
Sally Jane Hillegass
Manns Choice
Virgil Giesel
Death notice for Thomas A. Preston and Mrs. Stoughton
Death records list Thomas A. Preston aged 79 of 701 Oak Street and Mrs. William R. Stoughton aged 32 of 6 East Moody Avenue.
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Thomas A. Preston
Oak Street
William R. Stoughton
East Moody Avenue
Admiral Smith Testifies On Pearl Harbor Defense
Admiral W W Smith told the Pearl Harbor committee that if the Pacific fleet had been on the west coast in 1941 Japan could have seized Oahu in an amphibious operation. He said a large enemy force could have approached San Pedro California undetected and questioned Kimmel’s assertion that such an attack would be unlikely.
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Washington
INS
W. W. Smith
Pearl Harbor
West
Oahu
Husband E. Kimmel
Smith
L. F. Safford
Naval
Kimmel
San Pedro
Cilif
Adm Pacific Fleet
Bowles May Quit as Price Administrator Rumors Rise
Washington reports say Chester Bowles may resign from the Office of Price Administration. White House officials declined to confirm or deny the rumor while Bowles, in Florida for a rest, is expected to return to Washington soon. Bowles allegedly disagrees with some administration hold the line policies.
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Con- Washington
White House
Chester Bowles
Price
Charles G. Ross
Bowles
Florida
Washington
Senate FePC Filibuster Near End As It Battles Blockade
Washington February 1 Supporters of the fair employment practices act prepare to drop the fight if they cannot reach cloture next week. Senator Chavez predicts a two to three vote margin and notes the group may shift to the minimum wage bill. Senator O Daniel continues the filibuster calling the FEPC un American and communist in tone on the twelfth day of debate.
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Washington
INS
Journal
Sen. Chavez
N. M
FEPC
Chavez
Sen. O'Daniel
Tex
Moscow
Plane Disaster Scene Found On Elk Mountain Peak
Rescue teams battled 125 mile per hour winds and blizzard conditions atop Elk Mountain to locate a United Airlines jet wreckage and the bodies of 18 passengers and crew after a Seattle to New York flight crashed on the 11,125 foot summit. Sheriff Glenn Penland led civilian squads from Elk Mountain as search efforts paused for improved weather and potential plane sightings. A United search plane reported a snow-marked strip at the 11,000 foot level suggesting the crash site location.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
United
New York
Laramie
Glenn Penland
Rawlins
Fik Mountain
United Airlines
Green Sees AFL Plan Near Realization in Miami
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor proclaims happiness over labor unity progress in Miami. He highlights John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers rejoining AFL as a major achievement and signals talks to readmit about 50 000 brewery workers plus other unions.
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Miami
INS
William Green
America Federation of Labor
Green
AFL
Ohio
Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
AFI
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Brewery Workers’ Union
Clo
Recapture of 28 Graf Spee crewmen in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires reports the recapture of 28 German crewmen from the scuttled Graf Spee who had escaped Argentine internment centers. Four others remain at large.
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Buenos Aires
Graf Spee
Schoolgirl Killed by Truck in Bedford County
Police investigated the death of 10 year old Loise Howsare of Clearville who was struck by a truck while returning from school. Driver Michael C Means of Clearfield posted $1000 bond and was released pending investigation completion.
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Bedford
Loise Howsare
Clearville
Michael C. Means
Clearfield
First peacetime Pitt diplomas awarded to 211 graduates
The University of Pittsburgh marked its first peacetime commencement since 1941 with 211 graduates receiving diplomas. Among them were 12 veterans, highlighting the shift from wartime service to civilian careers.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburg
Plague Outbreak Reported in Three Manchurian Provinces
A Reuters dispatch from Chungking dated February 1 reports dead bubonic plague has broken out in three Manchurian provinces.
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London
INS
Reuter
Chungking
Explosion Foiled By Alert Guards
Col. Benjamin C. Jones disclosed that guards found a 500 pound German bomb in the water near Caven Point Jersey City. He said the device could have exploded with power far greater than the Black Tom blast and destroyed large ammunition stores. No explanation for how the bomb arrived was given.
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New York
Col
Benjamin C. Jones
Port of Embarkation
Jones
Caven Point
Jersey City
World Capitol Site Seekers To Fly To London
The UNO world capitol delegation heads back to London after a busy week touring sites in the United States. Williamsburg and Asbury Park floated as options while Morristown protested its treatment. Hyde Park and the Hudson region drew competing claims as boundary questions and site sizes sparked disputes.
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London
New York
UNO
World Capitol” Group
Williamsburg
Asbury Park
N. J
Launch Boom For Farmer Candidate
Harrisburg February 1 A campaign push for Senate Majority Leader Weldon B Heyburn to run for governor was launched by leading farmers in Columbia County in a letter to W Sharp Fullerton master of Pennsylvania State Grange they call Heyburn a dirt farmer and urge support for the GOP post.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Weldon B Heyburn
Republian
Columbia County
W Sharp Fullerton
New Castle
Pennsylvania State Grange
Concordville
Manager of Ballet Russe Found Dead in Detroit Hotel
William Brennan, travel and road manager for the Ballet Russe, was found dead in his bed at the Hotel Book-Cadillac in Detroit. Police indicated the death appeared natural, according to homicide squad officer John Cotter.
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INS
William Brennan
Ballet Russe
Cadillac
Set
John Cotter
Detroit
Strikes Hit Multiple Industries As Talks Stall
A string of labor actions grips the nation with a steel strike into its nth day, auto talks suspended as UAW demands GM chief attend. meat plants run government operations while supplies shift. telegraph unions sue over mass picketing. electrical workers strike involves 200,000.
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General Motors
United Auto Workers
R J.thomas
C. E. Wilson
Telegraph — Communications Union
Western Union
New York
Meadville man kills woman then dies by suicide
Crawford county coroner reports Lee R. Ackley 54 beat Bessie Beal 55 to death then shot himself. Bodies found in a Meadville rooming house after an attack. No motive found. a note to Ralph Buck of Franklin directs use of Meadville bank funds for burial expenses.
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Crawford County
Lee R. Ackley
Bessie Beal
L. J. King - Ackrey
Ralph Buck
Franklin
Buck
Death Sentence for Japanese General by Allied Tribunal
Manila reports Lieut. Gen Hikotaro Tanim was condemned to death by an American military tribunal for the murder of three American airmen captured on Bataan Island in May 1944. Three other Japanese officers got life terms and nine more received prison sentences up to 30 years for roles in the killings.
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Peb
Hikotaro Talim
Batsan Island
Luzon
Toi
Pride of Nazi Navy Sets Final Journey From Boston
The USS Prinz Eugen, once Germanys naval pride, leaves Boston for firing tests delayed by fog. Run by a German crew under U S Navy supervision, the 18 600 ton cruiser faces ordnance tests on 8 inch and 47 inch guns, with plans to reach Philadelphia Sunday and later serve as a test target for atomic bombs in the Marshall Islands next May.
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INS
Germany
Boston Harbor
U.S. Navy
Narragansett Bay
Philadelphia
Marshall Islands
Injunction Sought to End Picketing at Can Company Plant
Pittsburgh February 1 Judge Harry A Rowand issued a preliminary injunction to stop mass picketing at the Can Company plant in McKees Rocks The company charged the pickets were from Prested Steel Car Co plant and keeping 500 workers from entering the plant The plant staff is under CIO contract but not strikebound according to the company.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Harry A. Rowand
Neutal Can Company
McKees Rocks
Wois
CIO
Prested Steel Car Company
Soviet demands immediate withdrawal of British troops from Greece
The Soviet Union demanded the immediate withdrawal of all British troops from Greece. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said troops would be withdrawn only after Britain fulfills its obligations. The charge followed Stalin's Yalta remarks and a Security Council push by Vishinsky linking the Greek presence to regional peace risks.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Greece
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Russia
Imm
Ernest MO
Bearjind
Doreen Briton
Bevin
Joseph Stalin
Yalta
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Free Elections Push in Argentina and Poland
The United States vows a bitter diplomatic fight to secure free elections in two distant nations Argentina and Poland. In Argentina opposition to Peronism spurs policy, while in Poland Washington backs a democratically established government after years of conflict with Moscow and wartime exile authorities.
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Washington
TNS
United States
Argentina
Poland
Juan Peron
Moscow
London
Polan
Warsaw
Homma Defense Countered at War Crimes Trial
Testimony by Lt. Col. Mariya Wada refutes General Homma’s claim he could not remove officers without Tokyo approval. Wada says Homma dismissed three colonels for disobeying his plans and ordered starvation by sealing Manila warehouses and forcing food from Filipinos and prisoners of war.
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Manila
Maswar
Aharu Hommes Totay
Imperial
Tokyo
Mariya Wada
Homma
Camp O'Donnell
Wada
Legion demands removal of Bradley as veterans chief
The American Legion urged Gen. Omar N Bradley be ousted as head of the Veterans Administration and urged Congress to launch a full investigation. National Commander John Steele cited a breakdown in VA processing with about 90 000 disability claims unprocessed and called for a seasoned businessman to lead the agency.
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Washington
INS
America Legion
Omar N Bradley
Congress
Legion National
John Steele
Bradley
Steele
Veterans Administration
Security Council Debates Soviet Interference Charges
The United Nations Security Council met in London to consider Soviet charges of British interference in internal Soviet affairs. Andrei Vinshinsky, the Soviet foreign official, opened a sharp exchange with British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin over Iran during the session.
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Security Council
London
Fed
UNO Security Council
Andrei Y. Vinshinsky
Ernest Bevin
Harriman Silent on Resignation Report in Tokyo
Ambassador Averell W. Harriman in Tokyo refused to comment on a Washington report that he plans to resign as ambassador to Moscow. He said he had no comment about the charge.
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Tokyo
INS
Averell W. Harriman
United States
Russia
Washington
Moscow
Harriman
Yugoslavs Name Tito as Premier
A Belgrade dispatch said Tito was named first premier of the new Yugoslav republic by a constituent assembly after the Republican constitution was approved yesterday.
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Tito
London
JINS
Belarede
Marshal Tito
Weather Marching Behind February’s Mischief
The quirky forecast hints at an unsettled sequence as February ends. A playful refrain suggests warming notes or sudden chills. A jolly persona speaks of fluctuating days and a stretch of real weather, with thirty one days implied today.
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