Steel price boost to be considered if strike ends
Washington economic official Roger L. Putnam said a steel price increase could be weighed if a settlement ends the 17 day strike by 650 000 CID steelworkers. Talks continued with White House aims to reopen key plants for vital munitions production as pressure mounts on Congress and the Wage Stabilization Board is slated for abolition.
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Washington
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
John R. Steelman
Defense
Cleveland
Detroit
Allied Industries
White House
House
Senate
Truman
House Labor Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
Putnnam
Gruenther Prepared To Meet Eastern Attack
Gen Alfred M Gruenther Allied chief of staff said SHAPE battle plans cover all eastern aggression with defensive actions. He told the French Society of Economic Geography that planners know each sector’s expected response and emphasized the plans are entirely defensive.
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Paris
Alfred M. Gruenther
Gaid
Gruenther
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers In
Europe
French Society of Economic Geography
Financial Problems Fill Board On New High School Site
The School Committee met at City Hall with all 12 members present to decide on a site for a new high school. They rescinded a previous Memorial Boulevard site due to a court ruling on 20 acres, debated costing an appraisal, and planned future steps with the NHSC while keeping the option to choose other sites within the 20 acre limit.
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City Hall
High School Commission
Edward J. Corcoran
Memorial Boulevard
Superior
Thomas H. Roberts
NHSC
Representative Council
St. Michael's School
Memoral Boulevard
Tonomy - Park-Holm
Corcoran
Reds Indignant at Truck Recess in Panmunjom Talks
At a Panmunjom liaison meeting, North Korea accuses the United Nations of unjustified three day walkout intended to delay armistice talks. Allied officers counter that U N reconnaisance found no markings at POW camps 2, 6, 9 and 10, challenging Red claims of properly marked camps.
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Munsan
Korea
Reds
Panmunjom
United Nations
Uaison
U.N
United Nations Command
Senate drops 10 million for foot and mouth lab
The deficit bill before the Senate omits the proposed 10 million dollar foot and mouth disease laboratory. Passed by the House, the item was killed by the Senate Appropriations committee. Agriculture officials had not named a site this year though Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay was speculated as a possibility. It was unclear if backers would attempt to restore the funding by floor amendment.
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Senate
Daily News
Washington Bureau
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Prudence Island
Narragansett Bay
Harriman Narrowly Tops Kefauver in D C Primary
In Washington DC the six delegate district backed Averell Harriman 10,407 to 2,807 for Estes Kefauver with write ins including Stevenson Russell and Truman. Harriman campaigned on civil rights with Truman support while Kefauver led in prior primaries. The results boost Harriman to 14 delegates, Kefauver remains at 6 with Russell at 114.
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Washington
Averell Harriman
Truman
Estes Kefauver
District of Columbia
Harriman
Test
Tenessee Harriman
Mutual Security
Kefauver
D.C
Ci Tgittoest
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Ceoyeia
Richard Russell
White House
Smallwood E. Williams
Abe Lincoln
Sen
Russell
Swedes Deny Red Charges On Plane
Stockholm reacts as Soviet note claims a Swedish Catalina flying boat over Dagoe island opened fire on Soviet fighters and was shot down near the Estonian coast. Swedish officials insist the aircraft was unarmed and shot down in international waters. two crew wounded, all rescued by a German freighter amid widespread denials from Stockholm papers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Radio Moscow
Dagoe
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Russia
Dagens Nyheter
Svenska Dagpladet
Lightning Struck Jamestown Home With Minor Damage
A thunderstorm last night dropped .85 inches of rain in Jamestown area. Lightning struck the home of Mrs. Frank T. Leighton on Emerson Road, dislodging a 200 pound cement block from the chimney into the yard. Miss Maude Elien Trent reported a loud crash and observed bricks and rubble in the yard. Electric Corp. GM J C Earle McLennan said a few fuses tripped and one meter burned on West Main Road, Portsmouth. Total rainfall for the day approx .42 inches plus a morning cloudburst.
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Jamestown
Frank T. Leighton
Emerson Road
Maude Elien Trent
Leighton
Miss Trent
J. C. Earle McLennan
Electric Corporation
West Main Road
Portsmouth
Malik Seeks Germ Warfare Accusations at U N Debate
United Nations officials report Soviet delegate Jacob Malik prepared a dual proposal to urge Geneva Protocol ratification and recommend admitting 14 applicant nations to the UN. U S and Western delegates criticized the move as propaganda to hinge germ warfare claims on the Korea war.
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United Nations
N.Y. Ui
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Korea
Malik
Security Council
General Assembly
U.S
Ernest A. Gross
U.N. Disarmament Commission
AP Ratanaanall
Senator Brewster Returns to Senate After Maine Primary Defeat
Senator Brewster of Maine, defeated for re nomination in the Republican primary, returned to Washington and the Senate floor today. He was greeted by numerous colleagues who walked over to shake his hand as he entered the chamber.
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Washington
Sen
Brewster
Maine
Senate
Taft pledges straight 15 per cent tax cut plan
Senator Taft of Ohio told business editors he would push a 15 percent tax reduction if elected president. He outlined a first year spending goal near 70 billion, with a second year at 60 billion, and proposed 40 billion for armed forces and aid, 20 billion for domestic use, while criticizing permanent wage controls and broad compulsory arbitration as curbing economic freedom. He urged a flexible approach to future laws on bargaining and warned against permanent measures.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Pentagon
Asia
Congress
Ike Backstage Remarks Show More Fight Than Speeches
Eisenhower spoke privately to Western GOP delegates and reporters in an almost secret meeting revealing a tougher stance than his public rhetoric. He asserted Taft as an isolationist risk, predicted his own nomination victory, questioned Dulles drafting a plank, opposed a five star peacetime rank, and urged pump priming and federal aid during downturns.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Ohio
United States
John Foster Dulles
Taft
GOP
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Marvin L. Bishop
Chicago
Bishop
Associated Press
H. Pratt Kessler
Salt Lake City
Charles Lucey
Scripps-Howard
Taft and Eisenhower clash over Texas GOP delegates
Washington dispatch reports Sen Robert Taft urging the Republican National Committee to settle Texas delegate seating for the July convention rather than let the state committee decide. Eisenhower backers claim the Texas committee favors Taft and demand a national committee ruling, with a possible overturn at the convention. Rep Hugh Scott Jr. says no compromise and pushes the issue to the convention floor.
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Washington
Robert Taft
Republican National Committee
Texas
State Committee
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
National Committee
Hugh Scott Jr
Pensylvania
Denver
Scott
Happy Days Are Here Again School's Out
Public school children end the year on the last day with no formal ceremonies just moving up to the next grade. Teachers also close their desks for summer as students head home under the bright sun of carefree weeks ahead.
Railroad and steel push stocks higher in mixed trading
Railroads helped lift the market while steel shares aided the upturn. Most gains were fractions to 1 2 points, with railroads leading the advance and losses mainly fractional. The overall market showed a mixed day with railroads displaying some weakness after earlier highs.
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New York
Associated Press
National Teamwork Key To Survival, Halsey Tells War College Graduates
The senate rejected a Truman plea and killed a bill to authorize U S join Canada in building the 818 million St Lawrence Seaway and Power Project. The bill was sent back to the Foreign Relations Committee 43 to 40, repeating 1947 action. It now has no chance this session near adjournment before conventions.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Sen. O'Conor
Foreign Relations Committee
End of Wage and Price Controls Sought in House
The House Labor Committee recommends abolishing the Wage Stabilization Board and ends wage and price controls. The panel's 16 to 5 vote urged the House to eliminate the WSB as debate on the Defense Production Act proceeds, linking the move to broader inflation concerns and policy shifts.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
House
Kearns
R-Pa
Barden
D-Nc
WSB
Congress
Supreme Court
House Committee
Alexander Leaves Tokyo for Canada En Route to Ottawa
Field Marshal Lord Alexander departed Tokyo today and will spend five hours in Edmonton with his daughter before continuing to Ottawa.
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Tokyo
Lord Alexander
Canada
Edmonton
Ottawa
Military Strength Alliances Emphasized by Halsey Graduation
Naval War College speaker Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. warned that a nation’s ability to survive hinges on mutual cooperation among public, government and military services. He praised Admiral Conolly, noted the large graduating class, and urged readiness for complex global problems beyond traditional strategy.
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Fleet Adm
William F. Halsey Jr
USN
Naval War College
Admiral Halsey
College
Naval Base
Montezuma
Adm
Edward C. Kalbfus
Cet
Dean J. Lewis
Conolly
Annapolis
War College
Richard L. Conolly
Two Oceans
United States
Halsey
Third Fleet
Nelson
Jutland
Atlantic Pact Castanets naval maneuvers off Britain
Offshore exercises began as 250 ships and 400 aircraft from nine NATO nations including the United States Britain France the Netherlands Belgium Norway Denmark Portugal and Canada join in the Castanets sea and air drill spanning the English Channel North Sea and North Atlantic.
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Portsmouth
England
Britain
English Channel
North Sea
North Atlantic
NATO
United States
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Canada
Senate Clash Looms Over Postmaster Appointments Plan
Washington A heated Senate confrontation was anticipated over President Truman’s proposal to end congressional influence in filling 21,584 federal jobs including 21,438 postmasterships and 4 U.S. marshal posts. The plans shift appointments to department heads via civil service. If not disapproved by Friday midnight, the reform would take effect automatically.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Department
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Government Operations Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Civil Service Commission
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William F. Halsey
Charles E. King
Walter J. Barry
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Alexander
Atlantic Pact
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