Defense Chief Backed In Face Of Union Walk
President Truman voiced firm support for Charles E. Wilson as defense mobilization director amid a labor boycott of the program. He showed no crisis and planned a three week Key West vacation while two Senate probes loom and labor leaders resign from advisory posts in protest of wage ceilings prices and business control.
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Washington
Truman
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Key West
Fla
Men of Labor
United Labor Policy Committee
Eric Johnston
Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Green
Murray
Cyrus S. Ching
Wage Stabilization Board
John Dunlop
Clark Kerr
Mr. Truman
Railroads, 15 unions agree 12 1/2 cent wage rise
Washington March 1 The railroads and 15 nonoperating unions reach a 12 1/2 cent hourly wage increase for 1,000,000 workers retroactive to Feb 1 The deal includes a quarterly cost of living escalator and a $280 million yearly contract cost projected through Oct 1, 1953, with possible July 1 1952 reopeners The settlement was announced by White House after an all night session led by John R Steelman The agreement is binding without member ratification and covers nonoperating shop and terminal workers averaging $1.48 an hour with pay rising to about $64 20 weekly from $59 20 The big operating unions remain in a wage dispute while Steelman calls this the first negotiated wage settlement since 1937 and leaders from RLEA and Eastern Carriers Conference approved the terms.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steelman
George E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executives Association
L. W. Horning
Eastern Carriers Conference Committee
Two Constitutional Amendments Win Legislative Approval
Two constitutional amendments move forward. A governor term limit of two terms clears Senate Committee of the Whole 10 to 6. A 72 member House is set on a do pass path in the House Committee of the Whole. The governor term bill heads to a second reading in the Senate as the House places the measure on its third reading calendar.
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House of Representatives
Senate Committee of
Representatives
House
Senate
Worst Storm Strikes Northland Crippling Regions
United Press reports the winter blizzard across the northland stranded motorists and shut schools in the Dakotas and western Minnesota. Winds hit 57 mph with 100 foot drifts in Duluth. Highway travel across the Dakotas and Minnesota deemed extremely dangerous. Northwest Airlines suspended service in the three states.
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United Press
Northland
Upper
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
North Dakota
South Dakota
Northwest Airlines
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Marines Dig In On Heights Near Hoengsong
American Leathernecks using bayonets in Korean dugouts seized two key heights near Hoengsong as they pressed a renewed push against a 40,000 man Communist force. Chinese Reds counterattacked southwest of Hoengsong as other Marines advanced up nearby hills.
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Tokyo
Hoengsong
Korea
Phoenix Symphony concert at Union High School Auditorium
Robert Lawrence conducts the Phoenix Symphony in an 8 45 p m program featuring operatic selections. Guest artists include James Pease, Thyra Pliske, and the 120 voice Choral Union of Arizona State College at Tempe. Choice seats at the Symphony Association office.
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Robert Lawrence
Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
Phoenix Union High School
James Pease
Thyra Pliske
Phoenix College
Arizona State College
Tempe
Ambrose Holford
Symphony Association
Coronado Road
Smetana
Wagner
Siegfried
Florida youth shoots three in Palm Beach panic
An 18 year old, described as a harmless mental case, shot his grandmother 80, his father 56, and a patrolman with a shotgun in Palm Beach. He fled as a citywide manhunt intensified, was captured near his Jamaica Lane home after a long pursuit on the Palm Beach Country Club golf course. The grandmother was listed in very critical condition, the father in fair condition, and the officer with a non serious wound. The youth claimed the grandmother would leave him $600,000.
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Palm Beach
Flia
Hugh Berry
Berry
Jamaica Lane
Hugh McClung
Good Samaritan Hospital
Thomas H. Berry
Knoxville
Tenn
Young Berry
Tyler Watts
Palm Beach Country Club Golf Course
Watts
W. S. Bateman
Bateman
Storms Bring Rain Expected Across Arizona Weather
Stormy conditions move in from the west with rain likely in the Valley and snow in higher mountains. The U.S. Weather Bureau forecasts unsettled weather through Friday with cooler temps. Phoenix area readings drop to 39 at the airport and 40 downtown, while Flagstaff hits 5 degrees and Grand Canyon shows 3 inches of snow.
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California
Nevada
Arizona
United States Weather Bureau
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix
Alhambra
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Russia Accepts West Proposal For Big Four Deputy Talks
Moscow formalized consent to a western plan for a Paris deputy foreign ministers meeting to set an agenda for a future Big Four foreign ministers conference. Ambassadors from the United States Britain and France received the Russian reply at the Soviet Foreign Office. The Pink Palace in Paris is named as the deputy talks venue as officials seek to pave the way for a ninth Potsdam era Big Four summit.
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Russia
Moscow
Paris
Montag
United States
Britain
France
Foreign Office
Council of Foreign Ministers
Palais
Grand Jury Indicts Pima County Trio, Two Under Arrest
A Tucson grand jury indicted three individuals tied to Pima County vice operations, leading to two arrests and one expected soon. Bryce Wilson former county attorney and Maurice Guiney ex undersheriff face multiple charges including bribery conspiracy and receiving earnings of a prostitute. Bonds set at five thousand dollars.
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Pima County
Tucson
Bryce Wilson
Maurice T. Guiney
Guiney
Wilson
Lee Garrett
Jerome P. Martin
Alice Miller
Miller
Pima
Dolores Rains
Grand Jury
Power Exhibit Slated Here
A General Electric display on atomic power jet engines weather research guided rockets ultrasonics ship propulsion and snow making will visit Phoenix aboard the More Power to America Special. The 10 car streamliner will be on tracks 4 and 5 at Union Station Fourth Avenue and Jackson Street from 9 am to 5 30 pm for invited guests. H H Bullock manager of GE apparatus dept says visitors can operate a Diesel electric switching locomotive and move a miniature model switcher and cars. The exhibits aim to interest electric power producers and users in industry and the community.
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Phoenix
Union Station
Fourth Avenue
Jackson Street
H. H. Bullock
General Electric Company
Bullock
Co Pilot Falls From Airliner Over Texas
Co Pilot Joseph H Dowd disappeared from a Denver bound airliner near Exell Texas while attempting to close a rear door that ajar. The DC 3 carried 20 air force men on a military charter from Lackland AFB San Antonio to Denver. Dowd father of one child lived in Dallas and was a World War II air force pilot.
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Dallas
Tex
Pioneer Airlines
Joseph H. Dowd
Amarillo
Exell
Dowd
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Denver
Glenn C. Edds
Edds
Miami
Fla
Noted Figures Comment on Defense and Crime Menace
International News Service reports Senator Taft arguing for ample land forces to defend the nation. General Lucius Clay questions pricing liberty and allies by division. The Senate Crime Committee warns a secret government of crime could threaten the country if unchecked.
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International News Service
Baltimore
Taft
Ohio
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Senate Crime Committee
Democrats Seek Vote On UMIT Bill Clash Over Draft Age
Senate Democrats push for votes on sections of the Universal Military Training Bill, which would draft 18 year olds. Majority Leader McFarland hopes for decisions this week on provisions, while Senator Morse proposes raising the minimum draft age to 18 years and six months.
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Washington
Senate
McFarland
Ariz
Morse
Oregon
OPS To Issue Car Order This Day
The Office of Price Stabilization announced it expects to issue an automobile price order today and said it will be more than a simple extension of the present border. A OPS spokesman provided no further details.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Arizona 49th traffic fatality of 1951 reported
Dave Jackson 49 of 1317 East Jefferson Street died in Humanity Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered February 9 in an auto truck crash at 40th Street and Broadway. The car was driven by Jackson, a cotton contractor, and the cement mixer truck by John E. Pierce of 1931 West Tonto Street. Doris Bonner, 28, a passenger, received emergency treatment. Jackson’s body was taken to Ragsdale Mortuary.
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Arizona
Dave Jackson
East Jefferson Street
Humanity Memorial Hospital
40Th Street
Broadway
Jackson
John E. Pierce
West Tonto Street
Doris Bonner
South 13Th Street
Ragsdale Mortuary
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Frisco
Virginia Steman
Pease
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Verdi
der RosenkaValier
Richard Strauss
Boito
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
Seoul
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Zanterday
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Umit
Oscar Collazo
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