Steel Leader Defends Steel Price Rise Impact
President Benjamin Fairless of United States Steel testified before a congressional committee that the recent steel price increase should not harm price levels in other industries. He cited higher labor, transportation, and general costs as the main driver, with pension and insurance programs absorbing much of the rise.
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Washington
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Congressional
Fairless
Democrats weigh proposed reforms for state and county government
Democrats studied a broad plan including election law revisions, four year terms for officials, a statewide tax overhaul, a state purchasing agent, and split legislative sessions. The group backed aims with council members Hazel Cardwell John Kimis Herbert Gilmore Ralph Watkins Carl Miller Rene Rodriguez Harold Whitney Charles Miller Ralph Constable and Nat Dysart present while Cox led the meeting.
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Arizona
Maricopa County
Hazel Lee Cardwell
John Kimis
Herbert Gilmore
Ralph Watkins
Carl Miller
Rene Rodriguez
Harold Whitney
Charles Miller
Ralph Constable
Nat Dysart
Cox
Water resources study to map national conservation efforts
President Truman tasks a commission with completing a nationwide water modernization plan by December 30, 1950. Members will work between Washington meetings on specific assignments and will rely on prior federal and state work while seeking cooperation from interested groups. The goal is a comprehensive view from river headwaters to the sea, including groundwater, avoiding focus on local shortages. Chairman Cooke notes limited research and a focus on existing steps.
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Congress
Cooke
Washington
New York
Phoenix
Damage Case Dropped in Federal Court
A personal injury suit for 5750 dollars involving out of state residents was dismissed with prejudice today by Judge Dave W Ling. Plaintiff Jeannetta Walker of Detroit Michigan and defendant Jessie Butchart of Duluth Minnesota were named in the motor vehicle accident case.
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Dave W. Ling
Jeannetta Walker
Detroit
Mich
Jessie Butchart
Duluth
Minn
Airport fuel and vehicle purchases listed in 1948 budget
The audit notes payments to J R Porter Construction for Har mon Park buildings, and fuel purchases at Sky Harbor Airport from Standard Oil California, Shell Oil, Texas Company, General Petroleum, and Union Oil totaling to several thousand dollars. Read Mullan Motor Co is charged $1645.74 for a 1950 sedan.
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J. R. Porter Construction Company
Harmon Park
Standard Oil Company of California
Shell Oil Company
Texas Company
General Petroleum Company
Union Oil Company
Sky Harbor
Read Mullan Motor Company
CIO Says 11 000 000 Enslaved In Soviet Camps
CIO secretary treasurer James B. Carey told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that more than 11 million people are being forced to work to death in Soviet slave labor camps. He compared the system to Nazi German machinery for exploiting labor and eradicating opponents. The statement cites nearly 11 million inmates in German camps and notes Baltic nationals in Siberian camps and salt mines.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
James B. Carey
CIO
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitler
Stalin
Germany
Russians Halt Berlin Trucks In Six Day Border Blockade
Soviet border guards tightened restrictions on western truck traffic into Berlin at Helmstedt, conducting thorough document checks that averaged 15 minutes per vehicle and allowed about four trucks per hour, while trains faced no new limits in the six day on again off again blockade.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Philippine Plane Missing on Manila to Panay Flight
The Philippines Air Lines reported that one of its twin engine cargo planes is missing since morning on a flight from Panay to Manila. It carried no passengers and the crew size was not definitely known.
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Manila
The
Philippines Air Lines
Panay
Philippines
Organizer of Zoellner Quartet Dies
Joseph Zoellner Sr. 87, founder of the Zoellner String Quartet, died in his sleep in Los Angeles. Born in Brooklyn, he formed the quartet in 1904 with his children Joseph Jr Antoinette and Amandus. The group gave over 2000 concerts in the U S and Europe and earned Belgium King Albert's decoration in 1910. He directed Brooklyn schools music and headed violin departments at European conservatories before leading a local conservatory here. his three children survive him.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Zoellner
Zoellner
Brooklyn
Joseph, Jr
Antoinette
Amandus
Europe
Two Airmen Die In Crash Near Mexico Missouri
Two Ohio men were killed when an Ohio Civil Air Patrol L-5 light plane crashed a half mile north of Mexico city limits. M/Sgt. Alexander J. Mallick aged 31 of Fairborn and Joseph P. Bummer aged 39 of Centerville, both with Wright Patterson Air Force Base unit 2926th Base Maintenance Squadron, were aboard en route from Tinker AFB to Wright Patterson. The craft was demolished.
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Ohio
Ohio Civil Air Patrol
Alexander J. Mallick
Fairborn
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Joseph P. Bummer
Centerville
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Wright- Patterson
Dayton
Indonesians Search For Outlaw Leader
Indonesian police join a new federal army in a vast hunt for Dutch captain Westerling whose raiders seized key points in Bandoeng. Premier Hatta vows to arrest him as battles kill hundreds. Dutch and U.S.L. forces deny broader involvement while noting mutiny within native troops.
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Jakarta
U.S.L
West Java
Bandoeng
Mohamed Hatta
Turk) Westerling
Hatta
Westerling
United States of Indonesia
Indonesia
United States of
E. Engles
White Painted Houses Turn Yellow Before Dawn In New Orleans
Authorities searched an unusual color change in New Orleans where white houses shifted to a yellowish brown before sunrise yesterday. An acrid odor accompanied the discoloration, but by sun up the homes returned to their original white shade.
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New Orleans
Bendetsen Named For Army Post
President Truman nominated Karl R. Bendetsen of California to be assistant secretary of the Army. Bendetsen, a San Francisco lawyer, has been serving as a special consultant to Secretary of the Army Gray.
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Washington
Truman
Karl R. Bendetsen
California
Army
Bendetsen
San Francisco
Secretary of the Army
Gray
Supreme Court Justices Black and Douglas Visit Tucson
Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black arrived in Tucson to see friend Justice William O. Douglas. Black planned to travel to Denver next, then visit his son in New Mexico.
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Tucson
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Black
Denver
New Mexico
Mercy Slaying Trial Begins in Connecticut
Carol Ann Paight 21, composed and dry eyed, goes on trial in Bridgeport for second degree murder in the mercy slaying of her policeman father Carl Paight 50. Penalty upon conviction is life in prison. Defense says she will plead temporary insanity due to her father’s incurable cancer and illness. He was shot in his sleep September 23.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
David F. Goldstein
Carl
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