Michigan breaks ice in nationwide telephone strike
DETROIT (IP) Michigan Hell Telephone Co and the C10 Communication Workers announce a 12.7 cent hourly pay increase to end a five day strike. The Michigan settlement, first in 45 states, may pave the way for a national settlement as Western Union telegraphers walk out coast to coast. Mediation Director Mills urges all out efforts to settle Bell system disputes in Ohio New Jersey Northern California and Nevada. Western Electric 18 000 installers strike continues to disrupt service. Beirne says Western Electric lines stay up until a Michigan like agreement is reached.
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Michigan Hell Telephone Co
C10
CWA
Joseph Beirne
Michigan
Western Union
Beirne
Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
California
Clyde M. Mills
Bell Systems
Ohio
New Jersey
Nevada
Western Electric Co
Bell
Western Electric
Ernest Weaver
Western Electric Installers Union
French Rebuff Delays Tunisian Cabinet Formation
United Nations officials rebuffed Tunisian nationalists seeking a Security Council hearing on France’s North African rule. The nationalists failed to gain a hearing as protests continue. In Tunis Medina, new violence erupted with a bomb injuring three Arabs, a second blast causing no injuries.
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United Nations
Southern California Weather Report and Wit
Weather in Southern California shows Partly cloudy tonight and Mostly clear Saturday with slightly warmer afternoon. April 1, 1952 high 32 low 43 rainfall in 24 hours 23 storms 56 season 19.55 last year 5.99. Jimmy Cub jokes about rain and Easter hopes while teachers and students regret poor spring break weather though water needs remain.
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Jimmy Cub
Jimmy
Plane Down 51 Feared Dead 18 Rescued From Sea
A four engine Pan American airliner with 69 aboard went down near San Juan harbor. Coast Guard said 18 rescued, 13 bodies recovered, 41 feared dead. Pilot Capt John C Burn, husband of singer Jane Froman, survived injured. Passengers include New Yorkers Noviteh Davenport and Van Daglen family. Weather was clear. one engine failed and the craft ditched near the airport.
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New York
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Lee van Daglen
Eunice van Daglen
Kayes Ave
St Paul
Minn
Mark van Daglen
Delila Janefsky
Dayton
Tuane Janefsky
Jake Janefsky
Rebulo Lachatonare
Timnes
Europe
Lisbon
Japanese Peace Treaty Signing Delayed in Washington
Washington United Press reports President Truman delayed signing the Japanese peace treaty today due to late arriving State Department papers and routine clearance delays. Officials said he might act tomorrow after the procedural holdup.
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Truman
White House
State Department
Bolivian Revolt Succeeds as Silas Takes Command
In Bolivia the right wing National Revolutionary Movement controls the government with Silas as provisional head. La Paz battles rage as air force bombs Villa Victoria and streets see heavy fighting. Loyalist forces seize roads and air ports to isolate rebels while rumors swirl about leaders sheltering or being taken hostage.
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Antonio Sereme
Hernan Siles
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Woman Killed in Car Truck Crash Near Blanchard
Mrs Luther Wheeler, 61, of Tupman California, was killed and her husband seriously injured when the car he drove collided with a brick truck near Blanchard Oklahoma yesterday.
First Members Of 40th To Return From Korea Monday
The first units of California's 40th Division will come home to Seattle Monday. About 39 percent are enlisted men with seven officers. They travel aboard the Navy transport Sgt. Sylvester Antolak, part of 1,431 relieved troops. Seattle pledges a top welcome with three bands and a drum major. The group, mostly Southern California men, was sent to Korea in December 1951 to relieve front lines. They will be processed at Ft. Lawton after disembarking at the port.
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Navy
Sylvester Antolak
Japan
Antolak
Serpentine
Corfetti
Flood Disaster Destroys Pierre as South Dakota Flood Rages
Massouri River swamps Pierre with waist deep water along main street. One third of residents homeless as boats ferry people through ruined shops and homes. Flood crest passed, Ft. Pierre wiped out, downstream Sioux City braces for record levels.
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Massouri
Ft. Pierre
Iowa
Nebraska
Carmen It. Sutley
South Dakota
Sioux City
Murray and Steel Union Leaders Meet Over Wage Talks
President Philip Murray of the CIO and steel union leaders discussed the steel wage price dispute as Wage Stabilization Board chair Nathan Feinsinger pressed to move talks forward. Murray planned to brief the 36 member executive board and likely back a resolution praising President Truman for seizing the steel industry to avert a broader strike. A later meeting with the 11 member wage policy committee was expected on the 26 cent hourly wage proposal.
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Nd — Cio
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
Truman
Warren Not Running For Second Place on Ballot
Gov Earl Warren, in the GOP presidential race to win, says he will not accept a vice presidential nomination. He spoke on CBS radio saying he will not seek place or show, a contrast to his 1948 bid as Gov Bewey's running mate.
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Earl Warren
California
Warren
Columbia Broadcasting System
Thomas E. Bewey
Taft Strength Surges in New Jersey Presidential Primary
In Trenton New Jersey Eisenhower supporters grow worried as Taft gains steam ahead of next Tuesday's primary. Senator James Duff urged Republicans at Princeton to back a candidate with broad appeal, warning against smoke filled rooms and pushing for a decisive Eisenhower win to drive Taft favorites from the race. The 38 member GOP slate led by Gov Driscoll pledged to honor a substantial majority in the popularity poll.
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Robert A. Taft
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Taft
James H. Duff
Eisenhower
Duff
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Taff
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Alfred B. Driscoll
200000th GI To Be Rotated To Arrive
The 200000th veteran to be rotated from Korea is Cpl. Fredie Leon Clark 23 of Indianapolis Indiana. He will arrive at San Francisco Municipal Airport and be welcomed by Fifth Army representatives then depart by air for Washington to meet President Truman.
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Fth Army
Washington
Truman
Philippine Gov Captures Yank Leader Of Huks
Manila reports Philippine government troops captured William Pomeroy an American WWII veteran who joined the Huk rebellion. He was seized in the Sierra Madre near Quezon Bulacan with at least one other leader named. His wife Celia Mariano a fellow communist reportedly died in the raid.
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Sierra Madre
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Bulacan
Huk
Luis Tame
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Hin Lin University
Celia Mariano
Ramon Magsaysay
American Youth League
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United States
The
University of the Philippines
Billion-Dollar Atom Plant Planned in Ohio Valley
The Atomic Energy Commission announced plans for a fifth atomic explosives plant costing about 1 billion dollars. It will be a gaseous diffusion uranium separation works, faster than the wartime Oak Ridge plant, and tied to a broader 5 to 6 billion dollar expansion program. Potential sites of 5,000 to 6,000 acres are being surveyed to avoid delay if approved.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Paducah
Ohio Valley
Truman
AEC
Congress
21 Die and 11 Hurt in Mexican Bus Crash Near Acapulco
A bus crash ten miles north of Acapulco yesterday killed 21 people and seriously injured 11. The accident follows a separate freight truck plunge near Vera Cruz Tuesday morning that killed 40 of 75 aboard.
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Here
Vera Cruz
Eisenhower resigns as supreme Allied commander effective June 1
Washington reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will leave his post on June 1 and be free to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He plans a public appearance June 4 in Abilene Kansas to mark his bid, with Chicago set for the party convention July 21.
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White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Robert A. Lovett
Truman
Joseph Short
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Omar N. Bradley
Lovett
Short
Europe
Gov Arn Sure Ike To Speak In Abilene Kansas
Gov Edward F Arn of Kansas said he was sure General Dwight D Eisenhower would attend a cornerstone ceremony in Abilene for a new Eisenhower memorial museum on June. He noted Ike’s presence would influence Kansas delegates to the national GOP convention and urged the 22-member delegation to back Ike as a favorite son if his views were sound.
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Topeka
Kan
Edward F. Arn
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Wins 20 Kansas Delegates to GOP Convention
Kansas Republicans at the state convention pledged 20 of Kansas 22 delegates to Dwight D. Eisenhower, boosting pledged convention votes to 80. Taft won no Kansas delegates. two had been named earlier in district conventions. Delegation remains officially uninstructed but clearly pro Eisenhower.
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Kan
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Six Airmen Strike Refuse to Leave Ground at Randolph
Six World War II era Air Force reservists at Randolph Air Force Base initiated a sit-down strike refusing to fly. One bomber was reportedly AWOL after attempting to contact President Truman and two columnists about a hot story. Maj. Albert Hatcher confirmed one pilot faced formal disobedience charges, while the others have not flown since April 1. Details on the names and full scope of the dispute were not disclosed.
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Air Force
Randolph Air Force Base
Truman
San Antonio
Albert Hatcher
Crew Training Air Force
Hatcher
Randolph
Knowland warns on budget lead in Sierra Madre
UPI reports Senator William F. Knowland, on a campaign swing for re election, warned Americans not to ignore warning lights he said have led to disaster elsewhere. He urged cutting fat from the budget and said per capita debt here is six times Europe’s while Americans deserve value for every tax dollar. He then departed for Washington.
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Crosses Erected As UN Prepares Easter Services
UN forces in Korea place crosses on shell-pocked hilltops as Easter services are planned near the front lines. Troops from many nations will observe the holiday at least to regimental level, with some sites possibly within sound of gunfire.
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Korea
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