Regional Wage Board Members Quit in Protest
Seven industry members of the Chicago regional Wage Stabilization Board resign amid protest against President Truman’s wage decision to raise miners’ pay. Archibald Cox, WSB chairman, also quit in protest. the Chicago board considered approving pending cases before resigning.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Chicago
WSB
Truman
Wvs
John L. Lewis
National Board
Archibald Cox
Tice
Charles C. Killingforth
Cox
Ryder Es
Chi
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ixceetry
Thomas P. Whelan
Chicago Board
Cyrus Mackinnon
Robert Ewens
Milwaukee
Hoyt P. Steele
British customs nab Paris woman with 268 contraband watches
A woman inspector found 268 watches valued at over 14000 dollars hidden under Rosalie Silder's corset as she arrived in Dover en route to London from Paris. The 48 year old was detained by British customs.
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Dover
Eng
Paris
Rosalie Silder
Enoute
London
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois and lake levels
Cloudy conditions give way to partly cloudy and mild Sunday. Tonight low 32 to 38, Sunday high 54 to 62. Yesterday’s high 52, low 32, today’s 41 at 7 AM and 45 at 6 PM. Sun rises 7 04 AM and sets 4 37 PM. Crab Orchard Lake 21 inches below spillway. Little Grassy Lake 4 feet below spillway.
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Ilnois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois Daily Press index note
Evening edition notice from Southern Illinois Publications lists address at Carbondale and post office filing date under 1878 act.
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Southern
Indisau
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Silinetean
Herrin Er Murph
Cuban airliner Star of the East crashes off Bermuda
The Cubana Airlines DC4 with 42 aboard crashed into the sea about three miles northeast of Kindley Field Bermuda after takeoff from Santa Maria The Azores en route to Cuba Rescue vessels picked up four to six survivors and search crews scoured the water for more The plane had arrived at the U S air base at 2 30 a m and departed at 4 a m authorities said none of the initial survivors was immediately identified.
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Star of the East
U. S
Kindley Field
Cuban Line
Havana
Big American
Cubana Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Santa Maria
Azores
Cuba
French Arrest Messadi in Tunisia Labor Federation Crackdown
Mohamed Messadi, heir to Farhat Hached, was seized by French authorities in Tunis with about a dozen labor and Neo-Destour leaders and placed in an internment camp. The move follows the assassination of Hached and amid a general strike by the Tunisian Labor Federation. Rail and streetcar service slowed as authorities prepared for demonstrations and potential violence.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Mohamed Messadi
Farhat Hached
Tunisian Labor Federation
Messadi
Hached
France
Hades
Pond Creek arson case tests religion motive
A 13-year-old Pond Creek girl linked to four Tonkawa church fires faces a Kay County arson charge after Grant County proceedings. She is to appear before Grant County Judge John L Pollard on a petition alleging burning the First Christian Church of Pond Creek. no formal charge has been filed yet.
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Newkirk
Okla
Pond Creek
Kay County
Grant County
Tonkawa
John L. Pollard
Six Children Killed in Gas Explosion in Pittsburgh
A delayed natural gas explosion in a North Side Pittsburgh home killed six children of Mr and Mrs Robert Moulis. Fire Chief Stephen Adler said an auto skid into a retaining wall ruptured an exposed gas main, collapsing a three story frame house. The victims were David 14 Richard 13 Lois 12 James 10 Geary 6 Robert 5. The parents were among the injured and later crawled from the wreckage in shock.
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Pittsburgh
Stephen Adler
Robert Moulis
David
Richard
Lois
James
Geary
Robert
Moulis
Rose
Pravda Attacks Reuther as War and Aggression Supporter
Pravda, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, denounces Walter Reuther the new C IO president as a backer of a policy of war and aggression in a December Moscow dispatch. The AP report frames the accusation as part of Cold War rhetoric and labor leadership contention.
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Communist Party
Pravda Today
Walter Reuther
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Indictment Seeks Cowart in Pay for Influence Case
Former PMA official Jack Cowart now in federal prison faces indictment on charges of taking pay for exerting official influence. The grand jury also named Tom Foster and Jack Motley of Center Texas in a case tied to stock certificates and warehouse contracts while Cowart was with the Agriculture Department. If convicted, maximum penalties include a $10,000 fine and two years imprisonment.
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Washington
Jack Cowart
Agriculture Department
Atty
James P. McGranery
Cowart
Baton Rouge
Center
Tex
Justice Department
Tom Foster
Jack Motley
Center, Tex
Capital Prefabricators, Inc
Tyler
Commodity Credit Corporation
Coward
Charles D. Bridgman
Texas Grain
Wallace Rites Monday in Independence for President Truman’s mother in law
Funeral services for Mrs. David Wallace, mother in law of President Truman, will be held Monday in Independence Missouri. The ceremony will be private with the Trumans in attendance and no flowers requested. The President and Mrs. Truman will travel by train to Independence for the funeral.
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Wallace
Truman
Little White House
Washington
David Willock Wallace
President Truman
Independence
Trumans
White House
Eisenhower Aboard Helena Heads Toward Hawaii Amid Typhoon
President-elect Eisenhower travels aboard the USS Helena toward Hawaii as a Pacific typhoon nears, expected to break up between Hawaii and Wake Island. The voyage includes heavy seas, rain squalls, and aboard crew members. Ike studies briefing materials from Korea and meets with aides en route to Honolulu.
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Everett Holles
Mutual Broadcasting System
Associated Press
Uss
Helena
Pacific
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Wake Island
Lincoln Visitor Dies Walking Into Truck
An Iowa woman, Mrs. Marietta Cherry, 75, Ruthven, Ia, was killed Friday near Lake Fork after walking into the side of a truck on U S Route 54 while visiting relatives. The truck driver, Calude Litterly of Mount Pulaski, was not held.
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Iowa
Lake Fork
Marietta Cherry
Ruthven
Calude Litterly
Mount Pulaski
MacArthur Sees Solution In Korea With Cautions
Gen Douglas MacArthur told the National Association of Manufacturers there is a clear solution to the Korean conflict but warned it must avoid heavy Allied casualties or a broader war. He praised President-elect Eisenhower and said conditions have changed since he left Korea, noting past options like bombing Manchuria and blockading the coast are not fully applicable today.
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Eisenhower
Korean Battlefront
Korea
Far East
Helena
Ike
Honolulu
Guam
Herbert Brownell
New York
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Far “T
Waldorf-Astoria
Manchuria
Red China
Formosa
Air Raid Trails Seoul Visit in Korean War Night Flight
The U S Fifth Air Force reports Allied war planes and antiaircraft repelled the largest enemy night air attack of the Korean War near Seoul. Radar tracked 11 hostile craft during a three hour period starting 7 05 p m an hour before Eisenhower left Korea. Security blocks details on planes and damage. Five Allied aircraft were lost that week to ground fire and other causes including a Panther jet.
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U. S. Fifth Air Force
The
Air Force
Seoul
Eisenhower
Korea
Ex Menard convict sues officials for electrotherapy court action
Richard Boyd a 23 year old prisoner at Joliet Illinois State Penitentiary files a federal suit seeking 300000 in damages alleging forced nine electrotherapy treatments at Menard branch violated constitutional rights by cruel and unusual punishment. Defendants include ex warden Browning Robinson assistant warden McCarthy state director of public safety Michael Seyfrit Dr Groves C Smith Dr Kuhlman and Captain Jet Beggs.
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Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Menard
Boyd
Browning Robinson
McCarthy
Michael Seyfrit
Public Safety
Groves C. Smith
Kuhlman
Jet Beggs
Surprising How Competitive Airline Business Has Become
The Civil Aeronautics Board ordered Pan American World Airways to stop giving free rides to ineligible persons. Pan American said many carried travelers reported offers of free transport from rivals and would have accepted such offers if Pan American had not provided the free rides.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
GI Akes Stir As Ike Tours Front In Korea
A GI from Avon Minnesota, Pfc. Casper Shud- Jarek, shook hands with General Eisenhower during a snowbound front visit and declared he would not wash his hands for six months, capturing the mood of U S troops during Ike’s Korea tour.
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G. I
Dwight Eisenhower
Pfc
Casper Shud- Jarek
Avon
President-Elect Eisenhower Heads Aboard Helena for six day Hawaii Cruise
President-elect Dwight Eisenhower rode the battleship Helena toward Wake Island and a six day Hawaii cruise to study the Korean War and seek a path to peace. He will review Far Eastern policy with John Foster Dulles aboard the cruiser as a tropical storm advances.
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Helena
Dwight Eisenhower
Honolulu Weather Bureau
Eisenhower
Korea
Russia
Europe
Hawaii
Wake Island
John Foster Dulles
Guam
Navy
Agana Air Station
Naval Air Force
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Apra Harbor
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