Oil Dispute Before Board In Washington
Washington May 13 The Wage Stabilization Board opened informal talks on the oil strike with representatives from more than twenty oil companies and a union coalition. The board hopes to expedit e settlements through collective bargaining as unions stay out, and President Truman weighs Taft Hartley emergency options. About 90 000 refinery and pipeline workers are on strike.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan L. Feinsinger
Feinsinger
J. J. McKenna
McKenna
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers
Union Coalition
Truman
CIO
AFL
Borden Wildcat Staked To Test Ellenburger
Independent operators in Midland stake No. 1 A. J. Long Estate in Central Borden County to test Pennsylvanian formations and Ellenburger while drilling 8,500 feet. Location is 660 feet from north and east lines of section 7 30 ton T&P about four miles southeast of Gail. Operations start immediately.
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Ashman and Hilliard
Midland
Borden County
A. J. Long
T&p
Gail
Ellenburger
Fisher County
W. T. Waggoner
Vernon
Phil J. Malouf
Rotan
Bennett-Ellenburger Field
Mitchell Wells
Park Bond Project Proposed With No Tax Increase Expected
Commissioners unanimously order a bond election for up to 350000 for a county park. Petitioners promote 200 acres of land offered free. location kept secret until offer accepted. Bond term eyed at 10 or 15 years. valuation growth supports low tax impact.
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Commissioners Court
Chamber of Commerce
Edward Bolger
Leon Huff
Marven Stevenson
Sonal
Missing Snyder Boy Sparks Aztec Search Effort
Nine days into the disappearance of three year old Johnny Wade near Aztec New Mexico more than 500 volunteers searched a 30 mile radius. Family members include Nathan and Clarence Wade and parents Rev Anthem Wade. No clues or clothing found. possible sighting by Cecil and Mrs Dial.
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Snyder
Aztec
N.M
Nathan Wade
Clarence Wade
Dale Rains
Thirty - First Street
Anthem Wade
John Wade
Larry
Betty
First Baptist Church
Wade
Mrs. Wade
Farmington
State Highway Patrol Department
New Mexico's
Sheriff's Department
Cecil Dial
Johnny
Board Makes Labor Trouble Says Wage Stabilization Board
George W. Armstrong Jr. a Texas Steel Co. executive and industry member on the Wage Stabilization Board told the House Labor Committee the board has overstepped neutrality, impairing collective bargaining and tending to stimulate disputes instead of stabilizing wages. Armstrong, now on leave from Fort Worth, said the panel substitutes its dispute setting for the Taft Hartley Act. He criticized the board as disrupting labor relations and worsened tensions within the industry.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
House Labor Committee
George W. Armstrong Jr
Armstrong
Congress
Texas Steel Company
Ft. Worth
Testimony In Hobson Wasp Collision Details Revealed
Bayonne New Jersey witnesses described the night collision of the carrier Wasp with the destroyer minesweeper Hobson on April 26 in the Atlantic. Seaman Mahoney quoted the Hobson captain's last words Somebody didn't change course as 176 lives were lost.
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Bayonne
Wasp
Hobson
Rodman
B.C. McCaffree
Naval Board of Inquiry
Atlantic
Condr
William J. Tierney
Tierney
Peter A. Mahoney
Providence
R.J
Mahoney
Mahony
Ens
Donald E. Lane
Buchanan
N.J
Local Weather Records Show 91 Degree High
Yesterday the high reached 91 degrees reported by Mrs. D P Strayhorn weather observer. The overnight low was 59 with 7 30 this morning at 65 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Last Day Of Testimony In Supreme Court Steel Strike Case
The Supreme Court winded up testimony over whether the government acted legally when President Truman seized the steel mills. John W. Davis argued the seizure was a trespass and violated due process while Philip Perlman pressed that the President had a constitutional duty to avert a CIO steelworkers strike.
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Supreme Court
Washington
U. S
David A. Pine
Truman
John W. Davis
Sawyer
Philip B. Perlman
CIO
Smn
Davis
High Court
Frankfurter
Perlman
Calvin Coolidge
Two Prison Commanders Relieved In War Crimes Deal Controversy
In Philadelphia the United Steelworkers alleges steel firms refuse fair wage increases citing inflation and Taft Hartley. The union seeks 17 percent raise with 26.4 cents in benefits over 18 months, while the industry offers 12.5 cents plus fringe benefits. In Korea Brig Gen Charles Colson is removed as Koje Island commandant after a deal with Red POWs spurring a shakeup under Gen Mark Clark.
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Murray
Supreme Court
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Seoul
Korea
Charles F. Colson
Koje Island
Koje
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Francis T. Dodd
Colson
Dodd
Mark Clark
Pentagon
James A. van Fleet
Hayden L. Boatner
New Orleans
Boatner
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
U.N
United Nations
U.N. Command
Show Concern Over Obscenity Urged to Clean Up Media
Washington Parents nationwide urged Congress to clean up radio and television programs books magazines and comics. Investigations ordered by two House committees in resolutions with little opposition. A commerce subcommittee will assess material on moral crime violence and corruption in media. A nine member special committee will review current literature including books magazines and comic books.
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Washington
Congress
Qelease
House
Commerce
United States
Rayburn
Parr Questions Why Election Probe Was Delayed
San Diego Texas May 13 Sheriff George Parr a South Texas political boss spoke as a grand jury reconvened to probe alleged election irregularities in Duval County He said the investigation is politics and predicted the defeat of Judge Sam G Reams who re convened the jury The inquiry followed petitions alleging nepotism election law violations and harassment of supporters Parr and his father Archie Parr were longtime party leaders in the region
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San Diego
Tex
George Parr
South Texas
Duval County
Parr
Dallas News
Sam G.reams
Reams
Archie Parr
Rangers
Benavides
New
Anti- Parr Freedom Party
Dean
Weather outlook for Texas midweek clear and warm
North central west and east south central Texas see clear to partly cloudy weather with warm temperatures Tuesday through Wednesday. Moderate southerly winds affect the coast.
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West
Texas
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Lady Hodnett
Mitchell County
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Intex
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Taylor
Hobson-Wasp
Philadelphia
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USW
Philip Murray Steelworkers
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Joe Bridges
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