Government offers no clear move in wage stabilization dispute
The Wage Stabilization Board remains idle as industry or labor must take the initiative to end the deadlock. Government officials did not indicate President Truman would intervene to redefine the board. Commerce Secretary Sawyer urged tighter consumer credit controls and higher taxes to fight inflation.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Commerce
Sawyer
Johnston
Wilson
First Day of Pennsylvania License Plates Marks Local Parking Aid
Motorists use new Pennsylvania plates on Thursday and note odd combos to help identify their cars in busy lots. Holy Week celebration planned with Palm Sunday services, noon downtown and two Good Friday masses. Cathedral lobby holds numerous lost items from past weeks, mostly non monetary billfolds. Sorna City to repair numerous street curbs damaged by snow removal and weather.
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Pennsylvania
Sorna
Daily Weather Report
Considerable cloudiness with a few snow flurries in the north this evening. Low 25 to 30. Saturday mostly cloudy and warmer with likely rain in the west by night. U S weather stats show 24 hours to 9 am: high 37, low 31, precip 0.15 inch, river at 8.9 ft. One year ago: high 40, low 18, no precipitation.
President Truman Silent on Future Political Plans
President Truman refused to disclose his long term political plans while on a South Florida vacation. He stated he will use the constitutional prerogatives of the presidency as long as he remains in the White House and will meet any new aggressive move by world Communism with the powers of his office.
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U. S
Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
Florida
Senate
Elizabeth Taylor denies reconciliation with Conrad Hilton
Elizabeth Taylor issued a firm denial through M G M stating there is no chance she will reconcile with Conrad Hilton now or in 10 months. The two were divorced two months ago and the divorce still has 10 months to run before final.
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Hollywood
Mar
INS
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad
Nick) Hilton
Screen Beauty
M-G-M
Hilton
Acheson Seeks Early Ratification of Japanese Treaty
Secretary of State Acheson urged Soviet reconsideration of its refusal to participate in Japanese peace treaty negotiations. He spoke at a first news conference since Bermuda, hoping the treaty can be ratified this year and opts for speed. He aligned with Ambassador Dulles in denouncing the Soviet stance.
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Washington
Mar
INS
Acheson
Soviet Union
Bermuda
John Foster Dulles
Philadelphia
Roosevelts Honeymoon in Cuba at Varadero Beach
Elliott Roosevelt second son of the late president and his fourth wife Minnewa Bell Ross honeymooned at Varadero Beach Cuba after marrying in Miami. They were joined by Roosevelt’s brother John and his wife. In Washington, the Army said Surgeon General Bliss and Nurse Corps Director Col. Mary G. Phillips will depart San Francisco Monday for a months tour of Far East military hospitals.
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Havana
INS
Elliott Roosevelt
Minnewa Bell Ross
Cuba
Varadero Beach
Miami
Roosevelt
John
Washington
Army
R. W. Bliss
Mary G. Phillips
San Francisco
Far East
Three Nebraska fugitives flee across Arizona hills
An Omaha jail breaker, Dewey Battershaw, was killed eight miles west of St. Johns after an hour-long running gun battle with police. Clifford Battershaw and Victor Sweet were wounded and captured. Sweet shot in the shoulder, Clifford with an ankle injury, both treated at St. Johns hospital. Clifford had helped release his brother 13 days earlier.
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ST. Johns
Ariz
INS
Omaha
Nebraska
Arizona Hills
Dewey Battershaw
Clifford
Victor Sweet
Arizona
Sweet
Clifford Battershaw
Emmett Wilhelm
Ray Dahm
Holbrook
Dewey
Transportation Paralyzed In Paris Strike By Operators
Paris was nearly shut down as bus and subway workers walked off the job demanding a 6000 franc monthly raise. Buses stopped entirely and the subway ran at about twenty percent of normal service.
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Paris
Textile strike averted in eleventh-hour union pact
In Boston on March 16, the Textile Workers Union of America CIO reached a last minute agreement with the Fall River New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers Association ending a potentially disruptive strike. In Boston the same date conductor Arthur Fielder will lead a 50 piano orchestra at Symphony Hall for the Annual Boston Piano Fair.
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Boston
INS
Textile Workers Union of America, Cio
Fall River- New Bedford Cotton Manufacturer’s Association
Arthur Fielder
Symphony Hall
Rhee seeks UN authorization to bomb Red China in Korea
Korean President Syngman Rhee told General MacArthur he plans to urge the United Nations to authorize bombing Red China to end the Korean War. Rhee asked for UN approval to strike Manchuria’s supply lines and troop movements, aims echoed indirectly by MacArthur in past statements.
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Tokyo
INS
Syngman Rhee
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Red China
Korea
Manchuria
MacArthur
United Nations Authority
Costello Faces Senate Action For Contempt
In New York the Senate Crime Investigating Committee moved to hold Frank Costello in contempt after he left a New York hearing citing illness. Chairman Kefauver planned to convene the full committee in Washington to adopt a formal resolution and present it to the Senate.
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Acme
New York
Virginia Hill
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
INS
Frank Costello
Kefauver
Senate
Washington
Costello
U N Assembly May Gather In Paris
Paris reports the French cabinet accepts holding the fall United Nations assembly in Paris with two conditions: the session must not start before November 6 and the entire meeting should be in Paris. The government awaits a reply from U N Secretary General Trygve Lie.
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Paris
INS
United Nations Assembly
U. N
Trygve Lie
Explosion sinks Italian tanker Montallegro at Naples dock
Ten men were killed and 51 wounded when the 10 thousand ton Italian oil tanker Montallegro exploded and sank at Naples dock during repairs. The vessel tore in two and the blast hurled bodies about 500 feet from the scene.
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Naples
Mar
INS
Sunday School Members To Be Honored Tonight
Sunday schools of New Castle and Lawrence County will be honored at 7:45 tonight at the city wide revival series ending at the Cathedral on Lincoln avenue. Awards will go to the largest attendance, oldest teacher, longest serving superintendent, and youngest pupil. Dr. Hyman J. Appelman will speak on death by own action on the Installment Plan. Eureka Jubilee Singers will perform prior to the program.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Lincoln Avenue
Hyman J. Appelman
Eureka Jubilee Singers
New Censorship Rules For Korea
Army censorship issued new restrictions in Korea halting placement of units below corps level and blackout of Allied unit details. Eighth Army barred references to nations besides United Nations Forces and nationalities, while Tokyo censors limited discussion of psychological warfare, POW interrogations, and operation outcomes until completion.
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Eighth Army
United Nations
MacArthur
Tokyo
Train derailment near Doncaster kills eleven in Britain
Eleven people died and at least twenty were injured when a British Railway Express derailed near Doncaster in York shire. Seven of thirteen coaches left the rails at a bridge junction just south of Doncaster station on a London bound run.
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London
Doncaster
Yorkshire
Bridge
Campaign Drive Launched By 1951 Y M C A Leader
Judge John G. Lamoree opened the 1951 Y M C A membership drive at the Y M C A building addressing team captains and division chairmen. He praised the youth program and stated providing facilities and equipment to today’s youth strengthens the country’s future as the greatest defense lies in youth character.
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John G. Lamoree
Y.M.C.A
al Mellor
Alec Samuels
Grandniece of Rockefeller Dies in Carbon Monoxide Suicide
Greenwich, Conn. March 16 Police said Mrs Brooks Enemy 46 and her two daughters died in a garage at the Deer Park estate from carbon monoxide poisoning. The victims were connected to the Rockefeller lineage via Percy Avery Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller and brother to John D Rockefeller.
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Greenwich
Conn
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Brooks Enemy
Deer Park
Grenwich
Enemy
Percy Avery Rockefeller
Percy
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Residents of Wonsan Wave White Flags
TOKYO March 16 The people of shell battered Wonsan waved white flags on the 26th day of the naval bombardment of the key west coast Korean port Carrier pilots reported after an exceptionally heavy barrage they saw people inside the city waving flags in gestures of surrender or despair as a result of the incessant day and night shelling The United Nations navy continues its siege along the Korean coast from New York City to Cape Hatteras.
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Tokyo
Mar
INS
Wonsan
United Nations Navy
New York City
Cape Hatteras
Attlee to Enter London Hospital for Examinations
Prime Minister Clement Attlee will enter St Marys Hospital in London next Wednesday for several days of examinations. The note cites a prior 1948 ulcer treatment and the strain of a heavy parliamentary session as reasons for the checkup.
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London
INS
Clement Attlee
St. Mary’s Hospital
Attlee
Deaths and ages in Lawrence County area
Friday deaths report Samuel R. McCormick aged 78 at Lawrence County Home and Miss Anna Marjorie McAnlis aged 83 of 412 Sheridan Avenue.
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Samuel R. McCormick
Lawrence County
Anna Marjorie McAnlis
Sheridan Avenue
House Favors 18 Percent Year Draft Amid Segregation Amendment
In Washington on March 16 the Armed Services Committee backed a racial segregation amendment to the Draft UMT bill by 21 to 12, with full bill approval 32 to three. The plan sets 18 and a half year inductions, extends service to 26 months, and a universal training system for under 19. Committee members denied a deal but noted potential southern GOP support to split draft from UMT. Rep Anderson voted for the segregation amendment.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Anderson
Calif
Four Boston Girls Die in Chase Crash
Four teenage girls, aged 16 and 17, were killed in a car crash in West Roxbury, Boston. Seven girls were aboard a ten year old sedan when a front tire blew out, sending the car into a tree then another tree. The driver, Mary Ellen Delaney, 17, was trapped and critically injured as authorities noted the collision followed reports of a pursuing car.
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Boston
West Roxbury
Mary Ellen Delaney
Norway offers hospital unit for UN forces in Korea
Norway proposed a complete 100 bed hospital unit for United Nations forces in Korea. The unit would include 12 doctors and 20 nurses and be paid for and maintained by Norway for six months, Arne Sunde announced in a letter to the United Nations.
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Lake Sucess
N. Y
Norway
United Nations
Korea
Arne Sunde
U.N
UN forces press toward 38th parallel in Korea
United Nations troops and tanks pushed toward North Korea as they retook Seoul and advanced along four routes toward the 38th Parallel. US First Marine Division seized Hongchow near the line, while Chinese forces offered stiff resistance with small arms and mortars amid ongoing combat reports.
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Acme Telephoto Korea
United States
Chunchon
South Korea
Seoul
Hongchon
38Th Parallel
Tokyo
International
Cecil Brownlow
North Korea
Hangchon
Yudong
International News Service
Robert Schakne
Eighth Army
Republic of Korea
ROK
Alger Hiss to Begin Prison Term on Thursday
Former State Department official Alger Hiss will surrender next Thursday to U S Attorney Saypol to begin a five year perjury sentence. Attorney Charles T Lane announced the decision in New York on March 15.
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New York
INS
Alger Hiss
State Department
U. S
Saypol
Charles T. Lane
Baseball Warriors Prep for Big League Road Ahead
Arthur Memeter speaks of the spring return of baseball players racing from coast and gulf stream warmed locales toward the big leagues. He notes a cool thirty seven degrees and the team bag buzzing with anticipation for the season.
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Gulf Stream
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