Optimism Averts Steel Strike As Talks Continue
Federal Mediation Director Cyrus Ching said he is optimistic the threatened steel strike may be averted after a White House meeting. President Truman sought a six day extension to Oct 1 while unions and companies mull his proposal. Murray and the wage policy panel will decide tomorrow.
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INS
Truman
Federal
Cyrus Ching
Steel Workers Union
CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
White House
Ching
Atatomt
Ofmy
Labor Department
Pres
Halloween Pranks Alarm New Castle Police
Early halloweening keeps New Castle police busy as youngsters roam the area. A large tomato weighing one and a half pounds was brought to The New Castle News from T. J. Kelly of 418 Elizabeth avenue. Mrs J W Plaide reports a bearing chestnut tree on their Jefferson township farm. The Riddles spend summers on the farm. Work crews on Highland Heights road progressed only half the deslicking task due to weather, with completion hoped today to aid motorists between the city and New Wilmington.
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New Castle News
T. J. Kelly
Elizabeth Avenue
J. W. 'Pladie
Stanton Avene
Jefferson Township
Mercer County
Highland Heights
New Wilmington
Daily Weather Report
Scattered showers and possible thunder showers with not so cool tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the mid sixties. 24 hour period ending 9 am reports a max 68 min 39 with no precipitation and a river stage of 5.4 feet. A year ago the date recorded a max 78 min 57 and precipitation of 0.1 inches.
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United States
Seeking To Fix Bomber Charges Responsibility
Capt. John G. Crommelin and Cedric R. Worth testify before a Navy Court of Inquiry to fix responsibility for charges against the Air Force B 36 Bomber program. Worth, suspended from a high Navy post, faces questioning after admitting an anonymous attack document. Lt. was expected to be recalled by the judge advocate.
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Washington
INS
John G. Crommelin
Cedric R. Worth
Navy
Crommelin
Saipan
Worth
Air
First Frost Reported In Parts Of Pennsylvania
The first frost of the season hit northern Allegheny and southern Butler counties last night. Low temperatures included Erie at 43 degrees and Pittsburgh at 44 as western Pennsylvania faced cooler air this week.
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Philipsburg
Weather Bureau
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Butler
Erie
Pittsburgh
Pickets Shut Down Ambridge Plant Over Riveter Crew
Pickets today shut down the American Bridge Co plant in Ambridge idling about 2,800 production workers in a dispute over an extra man on a riveting crew. A US Steel subsidiary spokesman said United Steelworkers Local 1164 has not filed a grievance as required. The union says management removed one man from a four man crew without plant committee consultation.
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Urge Action By UN to Halt Greek Civil War
The United Nations Balkan commission condemns Soviet satellite aid to Greek Communist guerrillas and urges the General Assembly to act. It calls on Albania Bulgaria and Romania to cease aid and names Albania as primarily responsible for the Balkans threat. Yugoslavia is noted as having ceased aid.
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N. Y
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United Nations Balkan Commission
Guerrilas
General Assembly
Balkan
Athens
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
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Balkans
Yugoslavia
First Holdup Netted Only Thirty Seven Dollars
Martinsburg, West Virginia, Sept twenty one. Robert Francis Skidmore, 20, of Berkeley Springs, is to be returned to Martinsburg to face armed robbery charges. He was captured in Kentucky after a Martinsburg jewelry store robbery ten days earlier. An employee called him a polite young man who said it was his first holdup.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
INSI
West Virginia
Robert Francis Skidmore
Berkeley Springs
Kentucky
YWCA Planning Committee to Meet for World Fellowship
The Planning Committee of the YWCA, with reps from all clubs, meets at 7:30 pm to plan World Fellowship observance and the Set Ting-up Conference. World Fellowship Week runs November 13 to 19 with events in New Castle and nationwide, chaired locally by Mrs. G. G. Horchler.
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YWCA
New Castle
G. G. Horchler
World Fellowship
Lewis Prepares To Resume Wage Parley In Part
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers readies talks at White Sulphur Springs with northern soft coal operators over a three million dollar welfare fund contribution while breaking off negotiations at Bluefield with southern producers who defaulted on 20 cents per ton royalty. The walkout idles 480,000 miners and disrupts railroads and barges, tightening hard coal supply as 40 days of soft coal in storage contrasts with anthracite shortages. Owens notes the condition for talks as the union presses back contributions and wage terms.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Northern
Bluefield
Southern Coal
UMW
Lewis
Dixie
Welfare Fund
Pittsburgh
John Owens
Secret Atomic Experts Meet In Washington
Atomic experts from the United States Britain and Canada met in secret today to discuss a formula for free exchange of atom information. The formal session lasted 75 minutes before working groups began. The work will continue for several weeks with advisory decisions only.
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Washington
INS
United States
Britain
Canada
House Resumes After Four Week Recess May Drag On
Representative Cannon warns Congress may stay in session until snow flies if Senate blocks deadlocked appropriations bills. House returns from a four week break to tackle annual funds for armed services and Interior. foreign aid and Marshall Plan items remain stalled amid ongoing conference.
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Appropriations Committee
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Britain’s Devaluation Spars With TUC Overshadowing Markets
London reports that Sir Stafford Cripps agreed to meet with the Trades Union Congress leadership after the TUC refused to endorse devaluation and wage stabilization. The foreign scene shows 22 nations following Britain in currency cheapening, while the Paris government condemns Britain’s policy as “commercial warfare.”
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Stafford Cripps
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Trades Union Congress
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Belgium
France
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General Council of the
France Accuses Britain Of Commercial Warfare
France's Maurice Petsche accuses Britain of monetary aggression by devaluing the pound and calls for a four power continental trade bloc to counter British influence. Belgium also enacts a currency devaluation, pegging the franc at 50 to the dollar, amid postwar western European tensions.
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Maurice Petsche
London
Belgium
Brussels
Tractor-Trailer Slams Into House Ignites Fire Near Duncan
In Duncannon Pennsylvania a tractor trailer with a 25 000 pound tomato load veered on a curve and crashed into a house. Residents escaped and Mrs Mabel Lukens was pulled from the burning home while driver Frederick A Hashagen Jr 24 and helper Irvin Van Dine 66 crawled free from the wrecked cab. Firefighters contained the blaze within thirty minutes.
Chapin Named Ambassador To The Netherlands
President Truman nominated Selden Chapin former envoy to Hungary as United States ambassador to the Netherlands. Chapin will succeed Hermann Baruch who recently resigned after the Hungarian government demanded his recall.
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Truman
Selden Chapin
Hungary
United States
Netherlands
Chapin
Budapest
Hermann Baruch
Man Shot to Death in Midtown Manhattan Hotel
Arthur Costigan, 54, of Pawtucket Rhode Island, was found shot and killed in a midtown New York hotel. A man named Frank Rush, a sailor, surrendered to Connecticut state police and confessed to the murder shortly after the body was discovered.
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INSI
Arthur Costigan
Pawtucket
R. L
Manhattan
Frank Rush
Connecticut
Knowland calls for 200 million cut in arms aid bill
Senator Knowland of California demands a 200 million reduction from the one billion for European rearmament in the Senate arms aid bill. He would offer a compromise if Senator Ga based amendments to cut non Communist Europe funds by 50 percent fail. He notes Atlantic Pact partners should do more to defend themselves. Senator George launches drive for congressional oversight of Atlantic Pact military recommendations.
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Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Californian
George ‘D. Ga
Europe
Possible Road To Peace Seen In Ford Negotiations
Ford Motor Co accepts pension talks with CIO UAW as a potential path to peace in the fourth round of labor disputes. Negotiations are ongoing with a 1 p.m. EST meeting planned, but Ford cautions the pension plan requires time and could miss the Sept 29 strike deadline.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Cio-United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Acheson Urges Soviet Aid for Balkan Peace
U S Secretary of State Acheson urged the Soviet Union to drop the boycott and join the United Nations in solving the Balkan civil war. Speaking before the UN General Assembly in New York, he called for Russia to cooperate, halt outside aid to Greek guerrillas, and back a concerted, long term peace effort.
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N. Y
Dean Acheson
Left
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Balkan
Pierre J. Huss
Flushing Ince
U. S
Kent Achesson
Russia
United Nations
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U. N
Acheson
U.N
General Assembly
United States
New York
Belgium Joins Devaluation Wave With New Currency Rates
Belgium announced a sudden devaluation after a seven hour emergency cabinet meeting. The Belgian Franc was set at 30 per dollar, down from 43.82, and 140 per pound from 176, with the Belgian Congo Franc also adjusted.
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Belgium
Britain
France
Belgian Congo
Samsonlike bowler boasts strength as he turns sixty nine
Arthur Mometer Dowan proclaims Samsonlike power while bowling in winter lanes. He claims wind speed and arm strength help him roll the ball as he celebrates turning sixty nine.
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