House Approves Move To End Wage Stabilization Board
The House nears a decision on economic controls and the Wage Stabilization Board with a GOP southern coalition set to strike down the WSB. A rider to force Taft Hartley action on the steel strike is expected to pass. if abolishment fails, curb the board’s dispute powers.
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Washington
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Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
WSB
House Labor Committee
Gop-Southern Coalition
Barden
McConnell
Halleck
Ind
Kearns
Downtown auto store braces for a hard winter
A local auto supply shop piles forty to fifty boxes of anti freeze at the rear entrance as sweltering temperatures persist. A motorist reports a hitchhiker with a large placard reading Ann Arbor Michigan at State and Sampson streets while city crews scrape Cascade street to improve travel conditions between Butler Ave and East Washington.
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Pa Nene
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Sampson Street
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Cascade Street
Butler Avenue
East Washington Street
Daily Weather Forecast and Statistics Update
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thundershowers in the south this afternoon. Generally fair and cooler tomorrow. Low tonight 56 to 62. U S weather stats show max 87, min 64 with no precipitation. River stage 5.5 feet. Year-ago data: max 82, min 55, no precipitation.
Contests For 72 Delegates To Go Before Convention
The Republican National Committee ordered 72 contested delegates be settled at Chicago, including 38 from Texas, aligning Taft and Eisenhower forces. Taft urged Texas matters go to the convention, and the committee took jurisdiction over these and six other states’ races. Hearings will be held by the national committee rather than state GOP panels.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Texas
Republican National Committee
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Morale of World War II pilots in Korea praised by Gabreski
Col. Francis S. Gabreski, America's top living air ace at 33, says returning WWII pilots in Korea show high morale. He notes no protests against sending older pilots back, cites 62 MiGs destroyed in Korea and 332 Nazi planes in WWII, and praises Sabrejets as superior to MiGs.
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Francis S. Gabreski
America
Korea
Gabreski
Meeting Possible In UE and F Strike
Striking machinists and welders of the United Engineering and Foundry company seek a meeting with the firm to settle difficulties. International Association of Machinists representatives missed a tentative session set for Wednesday. Four days into the strike, progress suggests a new meeting may be arranged.
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United Engineering and Foundry Company
International Association of Machinists
Sontne Ng
U S Ambassador to Russia Plans Germany Britain Trip
U S Ambassador George F. Kennan, who arrived in Moscow a month ago, said he will depart Saturday for a ten day trip to Germany and Britain. He intends to meet U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson in London.
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U. S
George F. Kennan
Germany
Britain
State Acheson
London
Sweden's top policy group called in crisis
Swedish Foreign Minister Oesten Unden arrived in Stockholm after being summoned from Italy and met Premier Tage Erlander to form an emergency foreign policy council session. The move follows Sweden's protest over a Soviet jet downing a Swedish Catalina and a note denying Russian charges.
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Stockholm
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Oesten Unden
Italy
Russia
Unden
Tage Erlander
Foreign Policy Council
Baltic
K. K. Rodinov
Dean Acheson
Repair Dome At State Capital In Harrisburg
Specialists prepare to start a 120000 dollar job to repair and re decorate the interior of the state capitol dome. The project begins with constructing a steel scaffold 24 tiers high from the rotunda floor up 230 feet to the dome apex, using seventy tons of steel.
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Harrisburg
INS
State Capitol
Counter Attack By Red Forces Halted By Allies
Allied troops repelled a Chinese tank supported counter assault on the central Korean front near Kumsong. The attack began 7:50 PM Wednesday with heavy artillery and 50 low flying planes aiding Allied defense. By 9:30 AM Thursday the fighting was light and sporadic.
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Seoul
Korea
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Splitup Of Koje Island Prison Camps Complete
Koje Island war prisoners were divided into four reinforced sections as 5,650 Red civilian internees were moved from compound 62 to compound 602. The transfer, part of Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner's operation split up, left 70,000 of Koje’s 80,000 inmates redistributed to smaller compounds over 10 days. A Red prisoner in compound three was shot in the hip but not seriously wounded and hospitalized.
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Koje
Haydon L. Boatner
South Korea
Cheju
Boamer
Orig
Bus Passenger Dies From Heart Attack en Route to Hospital
James William Street 58 of Wampum suffered a heart attack on the New Castle Ellwood City bus at 12 40 this morning and was pronounced dead on arrival at New Castle hospital. Bus operator Charles E Dufford Harmarville Pa said Street showed difficulty before the bus stopped at the railroad crossing near Pennsylvania Engineering Works.
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Wampum
New Castle-Ellwood
New Castle Hospital
Charles E. Dufford
Harmarville
Street
Pennsylvania Engineering Works
Duf
Map Strategy To Silence Germ Warfare Charges
United States Britain and France planned a coordinated approach in the United Nations Security Council to counter Russia on germ warfare. They aimed to move Malik's resolution into the 12 nation disarmament commission and block any new Soviet moves when the council resumes. The Russian entry framed as a call to ratify the 1925 Geneva protocol banning poison gas and biological weapons, with Malik holding June presidency.
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New York
N. Y
UN Security Council
Jacob Malik
U. S
Korea
U.S
Ernest A. Gross
Malik
Council
Constantin Zinchenko
United Nations
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Security Council
U S Steel Offers To Produce Defense Steel
Pittsburgh June 19 U S Steel repeated its offer to resume defense steel production during the CIO United Steelworkers strike. Executive VP D F Austin said plants would reopen today for defense work if the union permits staffing. He blamed the union for any interruption in the flow of steel for military needs.
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U. S. Steel Today
Cio-United Steelworkers
D. F. Austin
Big Steel
Austin
Contract Extended At Shenango Pottery
Negotiations between Shenango Pottery and United Steelworkers of America CIO concluded today. The present contract is extended to July 19 with the option to terminate later on five days notice.
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Shenango Pottery
United Steelworkers of America, Cio
Death notices for William Dennis James Street Iannarelli and others
Death records list William W. Dennis 77 of Niles James W Street 58 R D 1 Wampum James Lee Iannarelli six months RD 1 Wampum Carmen Dolly Ritchie 47 of 612 Canyon Street Andrew Sedzmak 60 Morris Street.
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Niles
James W. Street
R. D
Wampum
James Lee Iannarelli
Carmen
Dolly) Ritchie
Canyon Street
Andrew Sedzmak
Morristreet
Political foes of Rhee face military trial in Pusan
Seven South Korean national assemblymen loyal to opposition to President Syngman Rhee began a closed military trial in Pusan on Communist conspiracy charges. Observers from UN, Eighth Army, and several embassies were admitted. Angered lawmakers urged open proceedings and voted to investigate their colleagues’ detention.
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Rhee
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
United Nations
Eighth Army
Long Island Rail Returns to Normal. Minor Delays Reported
News summaries four trains delayed up to 25 minutes after Long Island rail service said it was back to normal. In Pittsburgh mediation started to settle a seven week AFL strike affecting 18 major bakeries. In Waynesburg a 26-year-old man, Marlin Polen, died when a pipe struck a 220-volt line and three relatives were knocked unconscious. In Philadelphia Midvale Steel agreed to a package wage increase for 3500 workers after talks with the Federal Labor Union.
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Long Island Railroad
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Labor Management Council
AFL
Waynesburg
Rogersville
Greene County
Marlin D. Polen
Philadelphia
Midvale Steel Company
Truman Signals No Final Decision On Taft Hartley Use Yet
President Truman said use of the Taft Hartley act to end the steel strike is under consideration but Congress cannot dictate his actions. He warned the 80 day cooling off period may not guarantee steel production and called the crisis serious and worsening. He stressed the act is promissive peacetime legislation and he does not have to invoke it.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Green Shirted Thief Steals From Manhattan Bank
In New York City a green-shirted man stole 2400 dollars from a mid-Manhattan Manufacturers Trust Co branch. He casually lifted a pack of bills from an open teller cage and exited as a teller and head clerk pursued him to the street crowds. Teller Rose Cascio, 22, had left money on her desk and the grille window unlocked before lunch.
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New York
New York City
Rose Cascio
Arthur Mometer Seeks Warm Sunny Weather for Golf Hit
The golfer expects warm sunny conditions and prefers dry hard fairways that allow powerful shots. Weather forecasts show hot weather with clear skies, aiding his driving distance and control on the course.
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