Murray Assails Steel Companies On Strike Issues
Union President Philip Murray accused steel firms of lying about the union shop and said four main contract disputes remained unresolved. He spoke before the CIO United Steelworkers executive board in Pittsburgh after a rally, naming management clauses seniority incentive rates and union-shop opposition as key sticking points in the six month wage contract dispute affecting 650,000 workers.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Cio-United Steelworkers
Murray
Washington
John R. Steelman
USW
Wage Stabilization Board
Five Friday the 13th Babies Born at Mercy Memorial
Five boys born before 7 am at Jameson Memorial hospital mark an unusual start to the day. County officials note shallow streams fuel local diving fatalities in Mercer and Beaver counties as caution rises for swimmers. Local roads receive paint updates and planned surface treatments begin July 1 under Alfred A. Martin. City playgrounds attract youth with supervised recreation steering kids away from risky street play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mercer
Beaver
Weather Update Partly Cloudy and Warmer Tonight
Partly cloudy and more humid tonight and tomorrow with scattered thundershowers likely. Low tonight 55 to 64. Maximum 72, minimum 46, no precipitation. River stage 5.6 feet. Year ago same date had high 79 and precipitation 4.3 inches.
Attacked Daughter of Pittsburgh Mayor Beaten in Bethel
Mrs. Mary Gannon 28 daughter of Mayor David L. Lawrence was assaulted while walking home in Bethel. Police say Eugene McCreary 26 of Finleyville, introduced minutes earlier at a neighbor’s home, attacked her. she was treated for shock and injuries at Mercy hospital. McCreary arrested for questioning before being held.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Gannon
David L. Lawrence
Bethel
Eugene McCreary
Finleyville
McCreary
Adam Geisler
Blame Officers For Sea Crash
Coast Guard blames officers of the tanker Ventura and the trawler Lynn and Ventura pilot for a Nov 21 harbor collision that killed 15 fishermen. The Marine Board charged Captain Sverre Pedersen, Joseph McNamara, and Alonzo Hodgdon with negligence and rule violations. Pedersen may be absolved. Prosecution against McNamara and Hodgdon being prepared for the attorney general.
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Boston
INS
Coast Guard
Ventura
Lynn
Marine Board of Investigation
Sverre O O. Pederson
Port Arthur
Texas
Joseph C. McNamara
Medford
Alonzo L. Hodgdon
Portland
Merlin O'Neill
Pedersen
Hodgdon
McNamara
Washington
Rockview Inmate Killed In Accident
Rockview penitentiary reports inmate Thomas E. McQuillen struck by falling grain bags and crushed under a wagon wheel. The 32 year old from Mineral Springs Clearfield County died yesterday. his mother Mrs Ida McGinley of Wallaceton claimed the body. McQuillen had been at Rockview since 1949 serving a larceny sentence.
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Bellefonte
INS
Rockview Penitentiary
Thomas E. McQuillen
Mineral Springs
Clearfield County
Ida McGinley
Wallaceton
McQuillen
Rockview
Eisenhower Hosts Key Pennsylvania Delegation at Gettysburg
General Eisenhower meets 57 of 70 Pennsylvania Republican delegates at his Gettysburg farm for a picnic lunch amid a bid to win the GOP nomination. Delegates undecided include 32 uncommitted. Gov. John S. Fine leads the group with plans to consult Taft later.
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Gettysburg
INS
Eisenhower
Chicago
John S. Fine
Ike
Gettysburg Battlefield
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Ike Jane
Keystone State
Ohio
Sen. Att
Fine
Tait
Taft
Anti Aircraft Ring For Pittsburgh Area Completed
The army announces completion of a ring of anti aircraft guns surrounding Pittsburgh. Col Robert J Wood says the defenses cover all approaches to the region's defense industries and that the placement does not imply an imminent attack.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Robert J. Wood
Crowds flock to Cascade park pool despite weather
Hundreds of people from all walks of life visited the Cascade park pool yesterday. The crowd began entering at 4 p.m. and continued until 10 p.m. despite unfavorable conditions.
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Cascade Park
Medusa Portland Cement Plant Ends Strike With Wage Increase
Medusa Portland Cement at Wampum resumed operations Thursday afternoon after a strike that began April 11. Carl Allen of District 9 United Lime Cement and Gypsum Workers said the settlement includes a 10.2 cent hourly raise, with fringe benefits lifting total to 17.6 cents. The agreement covers six paid holidays, double time for holidays worked, and shifts differential. Six plants nationwide previously voted on the strike. Manitowoc and Dixon returned to work. talks concluded in Cleveland.
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Medusa Portland Cement Company
Wampum
Carl Allen
District 9
United Lime, Cement and Gypsum Workers
Dixon
Mll
Bainbridge
York
Manitowoc
Wis
Toledo
O. Manitowoc
Ill
Cleveland
Seven Persons Are Sentenced In Pittsburgh Embezzlement Case
Federal court sentenced seven individuals today in Pittsburgh for embezzlement and monetary irregularities. Notable defendants include Fay Uselton of Beaver Falls three months in jail five years probation and a $300 fine Richard E Slaugenhaupt of Meadville three years Western Penitentiary for about $100 000 stolen from customers August LaMantia of Homer City one year and a day in Western for defrauding First National Bank of Indiana and Chambersburg Trust of 5900 plus related charges.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Fay Uselton
Federal Credit Union
Beaver Falls
Richard E. Slaugenhaupt
Meadville
Western Penitentiary
August LaMantia
Homer City
First National Bank of Indiana
Chambersburg Trust Company
Three Gunmen Seize $13 000 in Pittsburgh Brewery Heist
Three young gunmen forced a CIO Brewery Workers secretary to open a safe in the Wabash building downtown Pittsburgh and stole about $13,000 intended for striking locals 22 67 and 144. They bound and gagged 75 year old George Muehlbauer as the heist unfolded amid a union payout.
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Pittsburgh
INS
CIO
George Muehlbauer
Wabash
International Union
Death notices and ages in Florida and California records
The death notices list Grace Gibson Bryan of Orlando Florida and Samuel R Huey aged 85 of Glendale California. Also noted are Benjamin Otto Webber 61 of 608 State Street and George Webster Veon 70 of Wampoo with Florida and California residences.
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Grace Gibson Bryan
Orlando
Fla
Samuel R. Huey
Glendale
Calif
Benjamin Otto Webber
State Street
George Webster Veon
Wampum
Ten Of Crew Lost In Crash Of B-29 Bomber
Honolulu dispatch says a B 29 crashed and sank 75 miles west of Kwajalein with ten crew missing. One Air Force captain survived after being picked up. the others are presumed dead in shark infested waters. The aircraft failed after ditching at 2 49 p m HST during a routine Kwajalein Guam flight. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Honolulu
INS
South Pacific
Kwajalein
Air Force
Guam
Panic Strikes Argentina After Quakes Near San Juan
Thousands of residents in east central Argentina refuse to return home amid a week of quakes around San Juan. A tremor near Maradona killed a child and injured 12, following a prior blast that destroyed many homes in Pocito and Zonda.
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San Juan
Argentina
Marandona
Pocito
Zonda
More Red Leaders Jailed In Toulon
Paris reporting five more communist leaders were arrested in raids around Toulon near the naval base. Etienne Luciano director of Petit Varois and Charles Alessis secretary of the General Federation of Labor Dockers union were named among those jailed.
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Paris
INS
Toulon
Etienne Luciano
Petit Varois
Charles Alessis
General Federation of Labor Dockers Union
Allies inspect UN forces in Korea as Alexander tours Seoul
In Seoul Field Marshal Earl Alexander and Gen. Mark W. Clark toured UN command troops. They arrived with American Far East leaders for a personal inspection amid ongoing Korea crisis.
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Seoul
INS
Earl Alexander
Far East
Korea
Mark W. Clark
Extension of Controls Measures Seems Certain
United States federal wage price and rent controls likely extended for eight to twelve months. Senate rejected a two year continuation and limited the defense production act to March 1, 1953. House banking committee backed a one year extension and debated consumer and housing credit controls. The fight over steel industry seizure powers continued in Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House Banking Committee
House Committee
Capitol Hill
Indus
U S Troops Repel Chinese Attacks in Korean Front
American forces halted two Chinese counter-attacks on the western front during the seventh day of heavy fighting in Korea. The 45th Thunderbird division and allied units reported brisk action across multiple sectors as ground, air, and supply targets faced intensified pressure.
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Seoul
Iron Triangle
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Kumsong
United Nations
45Th “Thunderbird
Oklahoma National Guard
Panyushkin Named Ambassador to Chinese People’s Republic
London June 13. The Soviet Union announces Alexander Panyushkin will be ambassador to the Chinese People’s Republic. Roshin, the current Soviet ambassador to Red China, is to be reassigned, with no further duties specified in the dispatch from Moscow.
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Panyushkin
Red
China
London
INS
Russia
U. S
Alexander Panyushkin
Moscow
Red China
Nicolai Roshin
May Re Imposed Touch Controls On Construction
The government weighs re imposing tough construction controls to conserve steel. National Production Authority officials consider steps to curb a set of building controls slated to take effect July 1. The steel strike persists into its eleventh day with 650000 workers on strike and President Truman not indicating plans to invoke the Taft Hartley act.
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Felix Cotten
Washington
INS
National Production Authority
NPA
Truman
Senate
Rev. F. B. Newell Elected Bishop
The Rev. Frederick B. Newell of New York was elected bishop to fill a vacancy in the Methodist College of Bishops. He won on the ninth ballot with 188 votes, 4 ballots cast today by about 310 representatives from 12 states in Harrisburg after an extended voting process that began last night with 34 candidates.
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Harrisburg
Frederick B. Newell
New York
Methodist College of Bishops
Newell
New York Society of the Methodist Church
Russia Imposes Ban on Trucks Then Lifts Order
Berlin June 13 press dispatch reports Soviet authorities barred all truck traffic into Berlin on the 110 mile Autobahn at the Helmstedt checkpoint, causing a traffic jam of more than 100 vehicles. The ban was lifted after a delayed shift in Russian guards was identified.
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Berlin
INS
Helmstedt
West Germany
Cuban student Evilio Tiels shines at Mt St Charles commencement
In Woonsocket on June 13 Evilio Tiels an 18 year old from Havana Cuba delivered a valedictory speech in both Spanish and English and ended by singing Old Man River Tiels also excelled in sports during the ceremony highlighting his versatile talents at the Mt St Charles Academy graduation.
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Woonsocket
R. EL
INS
Mt. St. Charles Academy
Evilio Tiels
Havana
Cuba
Wa Tiels
Camp Gen Boatner Sees Worst Is Over On Koje Island
Gen Haydon Boatner reports rapid surrenders on Koje Island compound 85 and two more compounds cleared. About 21 anti Communist captives released after an ultimatum, with others moved to make space for new stockades. Three eighths of the island’s 80 000 prisoners scheduled to be relocated to nearby isles.
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United Press
Koje Island
Korea
Haydon L. Boatner
Kore
Will
Boamer
Isles
Kose
Stern
Boatner
Red
Immediateok
Three Inductees Cited In June Draft Call
Three men were summoned for induction in the June draft call at the Greer Building. Harold F. Johnson and William J. Taylor are listed for induction on June 19 by Local Board 87 in the city, with one already enlisted via Local Board 86. Seventeen men will go to Pittsburgh for pre induction exams, fourteen from Local Board 86 and three from Local Board 87.
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Selective Service
Greer
Local Board
Local Board 87
Harold F. Johnson
William J. Taylor
Pittsburgh
Local Board 86
Warren robbed of fur coat and Persian lamb in Philadelphia
Fran Warren reported a theft from her Philadelphia hotel room. A Persian lamb coat and a mink coat valued at 3400 dollars were taken after she hung them in a closet the previous night and found them missing about three hours later.
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Deo Warren
June Seenger
Fran Warren
Philadelphia
Amateur Sports Prep Chat Grows Quirky
The note mentions fishing and golf as hobbies with light humor about taking up clubs. It hints at casual recreation and personal preference without naming people or places.
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Alfred A. Martin
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Waterloo
Iowa
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Guy Gillette
Eftback
Gen
Robert E. Clark
Medusa
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Lancaster
Wilmington
Del
Hershey
Harold Miller
Charles P. Reed, Jr
Thomas Hose
Munsan
William K. Harrison
Germany
Raymond Wilcove
U.S
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SN. 8
F. B. Newell
Gen. Boatner
Don Dixon
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