Seeks To Avert Federal Seizure In Telephone Strike
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and U S conciliation officials met with Western Electric and ACEW leaders in a last minute bid to end the wage dispute and remove picket lines. The talks followed a three hour session with Howard Colvin. failure could prompt a Truman seizure of Western Electric or the entire Bell system to restore service.
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Washington
INS
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Howard T. Colvin
U. S. Conciliation Service
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Schwellenbach
Schnellenbach
Truman
Seizme
U. S
Bell Telephone
Federal Communications Commission
Union
Colvin
Effort to Prevent Start of Huge Steel Strike
President Truman directs government efforts to avert a nationwide steel strike set for midnight Sunday. CIO President Murray and U S Steel chief Pairless meet at the White House with reconversion officials to discuss a wage dispute within five cents an hour of agreement, as mediation begins at top levels.
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Washington
INS
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
U. S&s Steel
Benjamin Pairless
White House
Steek
John W. Snyder
Lewis B. Schvellenbeach
John R. Steelman
Charlies G Ross
Snyder
Trailers Move From Farrell to State College for Veterans
The Farrell trailers, erected during the war, will follow New Castle units to State College. One hundred New Castle trailers were shipped months ago and now 150 Farrell trailers are slated for transport to the college. They will house veterans resuming studies. A return to normal winter weather is expected tonight. A senior high class day float features a green and purple banner marking “Class of 1812.”
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Pa Newe
Farrell
New Castle
State College
State
Daily Weather Summary for 9 AM Day
United States weather statistics show a high of 39 and low of 35 degrees with 0.14 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 7.9 feet. A year earlier records a 40 degree high, 27 degree low, and 0.02 inches of rain.
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United States
Kimmel Alleges Smear Campaign Over Pearl Harbor
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told a naval court of inquiry in 1944 that he and General Walter Short were victims of a deliberate smear campaign. He urged a cleared name to prevent future officers from being scapegoats for national disasters beyond their control and denied any intimate ties to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Washington
INS
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter E. Short
Naval Court of Inquiry
Pacific Fleet
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Short
Ha- Wilan
Naval Court
Kimmel
Roosevelt
Cruiser and Sub in Crash Off Delaware Coast
In dense fog the 10,000 ton cruiser Honolulu collided with the submarine Argo at sea 100 miles off the Delaware coast. Navy reports Ship fitter 3c Earl D. Johnson of Rockford, Wisconsin, was killed aboard the Honolulu. The Argo nautt ram caused damage but surfaced and returned to Portsmouth New Hampshire. The cruiser reached Philadelphia naval base under its own power.
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Philadelphia
INS
Honolulu
Philadelphia Naval Base
Delaware
Navy
Earl D. Johnson
Rockford
U. S
Argonaut
Portsmouth
N. H
Two Soldiers Injured in Harrisburg Crash
Two soldiers riding in a stolen car collided with a large stone monument in Harrisburg. Pvt. James R. Satler, 21, of Pittsburgh, suffered a head injury and Pvt. James X. McMonagle, 19, of Philadelphia, a compound fracture of the left leg while awaiting discharge at Indiantown Gap.
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Harrisburg
INS
Indiantown Gap
James R. Satler
Pittsburgh
James X. McMonagle
Philadelphia
Slater
Harrisburgh Hospital
McMonagle
Aerial damage reported on East Falls street car
J. R. Warner of 414 East Falls street reported his car parked on East North street last night had its aerial broken by unknown person.
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J. R. Warner
East Falls Street
East North Street
Wreckage search for missing C-45 plane in Schuylkill county
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania state police and cadets from army investigators and civil air patrol scoured a Ringtown Ravine for wreckage of a missing C-45 air transport believed down seven days. Lt Col C F Rugh reported sighting probable wreckage while fog prevented air search and a 40 man team joined the hunt. The two crewmen were Lt Philip Dittman and Lt Joseph F Lavoie.
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Schuylkill County
Shenandoah
Army
Civil Air Patrol
Ringtown
James McCrown
Frackville
C. F. Rugh
Air Inspectors Office
Olmsted Field
Middletown
Bedford Mass
McDrew
Philip Dittman
Pittsburgh
Joseph F Lavoie
West Los Angeles
Unusual Trans-Atlantic Teletype Talk With Byrnes
President Truman held a two way teletype conversation with Secretary Byrnes, receiving an up to date UN London report. The exchange via radio teletype between the White House and the American embassy in London marked the first presidential trans ocean teletype dialogue on record.
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Washington
INS
Truman
State Byrnes
United Nations
London
Byrnes
White House
Charles G Ross
Jerusalem Bandits Rails Night Payroll Heist
Masked bandits halted a daylight train about 30 miles south of Haifa and seized $140,000 from the railroad weekly payroll. Police pursued leads to a terrorist group believed responsible for the robbery.
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Jerusalem
INS
Haifa
Tagun Zevpi Lemui
War Veterans Demonstrate at GM Building in Wage Dispute
Detroit reporters say war veteran members of the UAW-CIO staged a seven minute demonstration at the General Motors building to protest the company’s rejection of President Truman’s fact finding board recommendations on the wage dispute.
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Detroit
INS
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Truman
Mystery Couple Sought in Degnan Kidnap Murder Case
Chicago police issued a nationwide search for a mystery couple seen near 6 year old Suzanne Degnan’s northside home the Monday before her kidnapping and murder. Mayor Kelly urged voluntary cooperation after taxi driver Robert Risner reported seeing a man and woman with a bundle near the residence.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Edward J. Kelly
Robert Risner
Degnan
Risner
Kelly
Oil Industry Panel Recommends 18 Percent Wage Rise
A three man government fact finding panel in Washington reported that an 18 per cent wage increase is needed in the oil industry to end a prolonged dispute. Contracts with CIO oil workers union already provide for higher pay, boosting average hourly wages from 1.20 to 1.41 dollars. The Navy still controls 23 companies after the seizure of 53 petroleum properties in October to end a crippling oil strike threatening civilian and military supplies.
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Washington
INS
Labor
Schwellenbach
Sinclair
CIO Oil Workers
Navy
Woman Impostor Nurse Wins Mercy From Court
A dancer who posed as an army nurse to win her GI husband received concurrent 30 day sentences and a year’s probation after admitting hoaxes about promotions to major and twins. Her ruse began in Oklahoma and included showing twins at a Louisiana hospital.
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Philadelphia
Irene Catherine Matthews Miller Kolbusz
John T. Kolbusz
Oklahoma
G. I
Guy K. Bard
Louisiana
Kolbusz
FBI
Paul Miller
Congress Convenes for Second Session Amid Labor Demobilization Debates
Congress prepares to open the second session of the 79th Congress with a slate of contentious measures on postwar demobilization and labor. President Truman has charged Congress to address reconversion delays, as a likely Senate filibuster looms and leaders anticipate a busy week ahead before Truman's State of the Union message arrives by Thursday.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Senate
Truman
House
President Truman
GM rejects Truman wage board recommendations in strike conflict
Detriot Jan 12 General Motors rejected the wartime wage board plan to raise pay by 19.5 cents an hour for about 200000 striking workers and reinstating the wartime UAW CIO agreement. GM offered 13.5 cents and warns against further concessions. UAW leaders denounce the move as evading responsibility. An emergency UAW executive meeting was set for 1 pm at the Statler while 5000 veteran union members planned mass picketing at GM plants.
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Detroit
General Motors
Truman
General Motors-United Automobile Workers Cio
Uaw-Cio
C. E. Wilson
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Statler
Blast Furnaces And Open Hearths Shut Down In Steel Plan
Carnegie-Illinois Steel officials announced a sweeping curtailment program with all 31 blast furnaces and 118 open hearths to be shut by tomorrow midnight. By Saturday noon most western Pennsylvania furnaces were banked and many open hearths emptied of molten metal. Thousands of workers already idle as production ceases at some rolling mills ahead of the CIO strike deadline tomorrow midnight.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Western
Pennsylvania
CIO
Small fires reported in two homes Friday afternoon
Assistant Fire Chief George Harper said two minor blazes did not require firefighters. At 3 46 p m a call came from A Satz 304 E Wallace Ave for a thermostat wiring short. At 5 32 p m sixth ward firemen were summoned to John J McCart 1205 W Washington St where a chimney was burning out.
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George Harper
A. Satz
E&. Wallace Avenue
Sixth Ward
John J. McCart
W. Washington Street
White House Action Seen As Hope To Avert Steel Strike
Pittsburgh dispatch reports anxious nation watches Washington as White House efforts seek to avert a looming CIO United Steelworkers strike threatening 700000 plus workers. If unresolved, 1282 steel and aluminum mills nationwide may halt production. Near steel plants in New Kensington and Arnold 4500 Aluminum Company of America workers protest Cantinurd shipments.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
White House
United
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
New Kensington and
Arnold
Aluminum Company of America
Picket Lines Collapse in New York City Telephone Strike
In New York City on January 12, telephone workers ignored local picket lines and kept service running on emergency levels. Long distance operators elsewhere observed pickets, but local lines dissolved quickly with only three exchanges remaining affected. No disturbances were reported as workers passed through lines.
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New York
INS
New York City
Metropolitian
Lnes
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Vital Rise
Russian Request To UN Rejected
The United Nations General Assembly rejected a Russian move to delay the election of small powers to the Security Council. Andrei Gromyko proposed Belgium replace Mexico. the motion went down 34 to 9 as America stood firm on its selections including Mexico Brazil Canada the Netherlands Poland and Egypt.
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Central Hall
London
INS
UNO General Assembly
Security Council
Andrei Gromyk
Mexico
Netherlands
Brazil
Canada
Poland
Egypt
Andrei Gromyko
Belgium
United States
Fire destroys Bellefonte frame house. teen dies
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania a small frame house was destroyed by an oil stove explosion. A 17 year old boy, Clarence Hoy, was found inside and believed to have suffocated. Another youth suffered severe burns and four others including a one year old baby were rescued.
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Bellefonte
Clarence Hoy
K. P. Big Five to Meet Ellwood City V F W Quintet
K P Hall hosts a 3:30 Sunday game between the K P Big Five and Ellwood City V F W quintet. Coach Al Gone announced the event and all K P players are asked to assemble at 3 o'clock at the hall.
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K. Pulaski
Ellwood City V. F. W
K. P. Hall
al Gone
K. P
Hall
Death Record of Fred Allen Barter and Eliza Eckert in Mercer and Park Avenue
The notice lists deaths of Fred Allen Barter, age 59, residence Mercer. Jack V. O'Leary, M4, 432 Park Avenue. and Eliza J. Eckert, 936 Morton Street, all dated Saturday January 12, 1946.
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Fred Allen Barter
Mercer
Jack V. O'Leary
Park Ave
Baccalaureate Service Sunday for Senior High Class
The January 1946 graduating class of 155 from Sen ior High will hold a baccalaureate service Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Cathedral. Dr. D L Ferguson of Highland United Presbyterian church will preach the sermon with organ selections including Largo from Handel Xerxes Romance by Debussy Andante Cantabile by Berthold Tours and Dreams by Richard Wagner.
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D. L. Ferguson
Cathedral
Highland United Presbyterian Church
Handel
Xerxes
DeBussy
Berthold Tours
Richard Wagner
Mendelssohn
Survivor Tells Of Tortures Of War Prisoners
An American Army captain testified at the Masaharu Homma war crimes trial that 1 400 Americans died in a three day period at Camp O Donnell the Bataan death march terminus. Captain William Cain said prisoners suffered malaria dysentery and there was no medical care or water. He reported the deaths occurred from April 11 to June 1 1942 and noted tens of thousands of Americans and Filipinos died at O Donnell.
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Manila
INS
O’donnell
Masaharu Homma
William Cain
Columbia
S. C
Cain
O'Donnell
Amer
Pessimistic Over Enactment Of Truman Program
Rep. Manasco of Alabama warned Congress faces a likely deadlock over Truman program funding and full employment. He said no compromise on two major issues is acceptable, with House and Senate conferees to meet next Wednesday to seek a deal. The dispute centers on employment guarantees and annual national budget submission.
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Washington
INS
Manasco
Congress
Truman Manasco
Senate
House
Executive Expenditures Committee
Senate Pro
Truman Accepts Resignation of Interior Official Abe Portas
President Truman accepted the resignation of Abe Portas as undersecretary of the interior department. The resignation takes effect January 15.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Abe Portas
Department of Interior
Five new members join Japanese cabinet reform push
Tokyo January 12 Five new ministers were appointed as part of a reshuffle aimed at stabilizing the cabinet under General MacArthur's purge. Baron Shidehara remains premier. New appointees include Senpachi Soejima agriculture and forestry Nose Abe education Chum Mitsuchuchi home minister Narabashi chief secretary and Tadaaki Ishiguro secretary of the house of peers.
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Tokyo
INS
MacArthur
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
Senpachi Soejima
Nose Abe
Chum Mitshuchi
Narabashi
Tadaaki Ishiguro
House of Peers
Weather forecast muddled as sun and snow loom
The speaker notes uncertainty about today’s weather with rain or snow possible and a chilly 41 degree reading. Clouds and pale air hint at moisture, but clear forecasts are elusive and the outlook remains unsettled.
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Govermer
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Oil Industry Fact Finding Board Reports
F.B.I
UNO
Assembly
Eliza J. Eckert
Morten Street
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