Steel Jobless to Reach 1,100,000 Across Nation
Reports estimate 1.1 million unemployed next week due to the steel strike. Chrysler Michigan shutdown affects about 68,000 workers, with 14,500 recalled for inventory. Michigan auto plants already reduced output. Ford and GM also cut jobs. In all, 600,600 steelworkers idle and 422,000 in allied industries. CIO Steelworkers seek ore production restart while miners strike continues.
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Pittsburgh
America
Chrysler Corp
Michigan
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Allied Industries
CIO United
Great Lakes
Truman Signs Defense Bill To Fortify Forces
President Truman signs a defense bill providing about 463 billion dollars for the military buildup through June next year. It aims to raise the Air Force to 143 wings by mid-1955 and authorizes a second 65 000 ton aircraft carrier while withholding new funds for its construction. The measure includes combat pay for service members on duty under fire since Korea began and sets eligibility rules, with total appropriations listed for Navy Air Force and other defense needs.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Department
Congress
Navy
Air Force
Today’s Features and Regular Pages Listed
The page announces today’s features and sections across the issue including Amusements on page 34, Classifieds on pages 56 to 61, Financial pages, a Pres. Quiz on page 22, City Life on page 33, Radio TV on page 52, Deaths on page 30, Editorials and Sports on pages 49 to 52, Letters on page 34, and Todays Pictures on page 2.
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Brigge Atte Pula
City Life
Republican Platform Urges Honest Government and Liberty
The platform argues government must enforce just laws to sustain order and equal opportunity. It accuses Democrats of national socialism, class conflict, and wasteful spending while praising self-government and local autonomy, concluding with continuing discussion on page 34.
British Spy Convicted Five Years For Russia Espionage
William Marshall a British Foreign Office radio operator was convicted of spying for Russia and received a five year term. The 24 year old claimed innocence saying he was misfit at the British Embassy in Moscow. The jury urged leniency after a two day Old Bailey trial.
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London
William Marshall
Foreign Office
Russia
Marshall
Moscow
Sir Patrick
Old Bailey
Klaus Fuchs
Marshalls Pocket
Nelson gets 20 year term for sedition in Pa
Steve Nelson, the western Pennsylvania Communist boss, was sentenced to 20 years in the Allegheny County workhouse for violating the Pennsylvania sedition law. He also received a $10,900 fine and costs from Criminal Court Judge Harry Montgomery after a six week trial last February.
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Pittsburgh
Steve Nelson
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Nelson
Criminal Court
Harry Montgomery
East Reich States To be Abolished
East German leader Walter Ulbricht announced the five Cast Fare states Brandashuen Mecxignourg Saxony Sannony An iwalt and Thuringia will be abolished and replaced by 15 administrative districts to meet new higher tasks.
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East Reich
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Brandashuen
Mecxignourg
Saxony
Sannony-Aniwalt
Thuringia
Quads' Dad Has Nervous Exhaustion
In Portland Maine the father Silas Pinkham 45 of Standish visited his wife Elizabeth 35 and quadruplets William Rebecca Melissa and Jane at Osteopathic Hospital. Officials said the mother and babies are doing well while Pinkham suffers nervous exhaustion and was ordered to rest for two or three days by family physician Stanley E Rowe.
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Portland
Silas Pinkham
Stand- Hotu Res Bam Ad Bokerattan
Elizabeth Pinkham
William
Rebecca
Melissa
Jane
Osteopathic Hospital
Pinkham
Stanley E. Rowe
Gorham
Girl Treated For Poliob Polio Case Reported At City Hospital
A second polio case has been diagnosed at City Hospital. Dr. Clealand A Sargent, health commissioner, said a 20 month old girl from northern Onondaga County is under treatment. The first victim was a 20 year old Syracuse woman. Last year at this time Syracuse had five cases. in the peak year there were four. The doctor warned polio’s unpredictability makes the future impact in the Syracuse area unclear.
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City Hospital
Clealand A. Sargent
Onondaga County
Syracuse
Sargent
Corruption Blasted in GOP Platform Briefing at Convention
Republicans accuse the Democratic administration of sickening corruption and shielding traitors to the nation as they unveil a long awaited campaign platform for approval at the National Convention. The civil rights plank aims to bridge North South rifts, with federal legislation on discrimination and the scope undecided. Senator Eugene D. Millikin predicts quick convention approval as foreign policy defense and anti-communism planks outline defense of U S prestige and rapid modernization.
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Chicago
G.O.P
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
United States Sails for Home From Southampton
The liner United States sailed for home today from Southampton with captain unsure about attempting a westbound speed record. She had just won the eastbound blue ribbon with a three days ten hours forty minutes maiden voyage to Europe.
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Southampton
England
United States
Harry Manning
Europe
Ridgway Meets Queen Elizabeth III at Buckingham Palace
General Matthew Ridgway supreme Allied Commander in Europe paid a 30 minute call today on Queen Elizabeth III at Buckingham Palace in London.
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London
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Buckingham Palace
Dewey Fine Huddle Delights Taft Delegates at Convention
At the Republican national convention Joseph Martin, permanent chairman, struggled to start as Dewey and Fine entered the aisle. Governor Fine nodded to swing his delegates to Eisenhower, prompting crowded scenes, photographers, and reporters around the speakers’ stand before Martin regained order.
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Chicago
Joseph Martin
Gove
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Fine
Eisenhower
Mr. Dewey
Martin
Skies Will Clear Today
Central New York received 2.37 inches of rain yesterday and today as a high pressure system from the Midwest moved toward Syracuse. The weatherman forecast clearing skies tonight and tomorrow with cooler, partly cloudy conditions as the front finally moves east.
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New York
Midwest
Dayton
Ohio
Syracuse
Utica
Truman Worried Taft May Lose at GOP Convention
President Truman watched the Republican National Convention by television and said he is worried his favorite candidate Robert A. Taft may be beaten. He enjoyed committee wrangles and predicted Taft would lose as the GOP fought among itself.
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Truman
Chicago
G.O.P
Robert A. Taft
Peat
White House
Achegon
South America
State Department
Taft
Today’s Chuckle Guide Largest Brewery Passes
A brief cartoon caption notes the traveler’s remark about passing the state’s largest brewery. The joke hinges on the tourist’s puzzled question why a landmark would be notable.
A Great Man, Senor Romany, He Left Them Laughing
At the 1952 Republican convention in Chicago, Senor Marcelino Romany of Santurce Puerto Rico amused a tense hall by forcing a Puerto Rico delegation vote to be polled individually. His quick charm defused hostility and shifted the mood from rancor to laughter. The 59 year old lawyer’s presence and audacious move earned him a lasting, if humorous, place in party history.
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Marcelino Romany
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Iauchter
Georgia
Robert A. Taft
Ger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tom Dewey
Jakbarionsi
New York
Pennsylvania
Romany
Walter S. Hallanan
Eisenhower Gains Momentum In Georgia Texas Delegates
At the Republican convention in Chicago the Eisenhower Taft battle intensified after a late night session. Delegates from Georgia and Texas swung to Eisenhower amid talk of possible deadlock. Taft aides pushed for an early ballot while Warren and Stassen backers eyed a coalition. Maryland’s Gov. McKeldin predicted a first ballot Eisenhower win with Maryland’s 24 votes.
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Dwight D
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Georgia
Barl Warren
Harold Stassen
Paul Walker
Texas
Warren
Stassen
Gov. McKeldin
Maryland
20th Century Limited Derailment Near Cleveland
Two diesel engines and a baggage car of the westbound New York Central Twentieth Century Limited derailed outside Cleveland near Cuyahoga bridge at 4 47 AM EST. The incident injured none and delayed the train 1 hour 42 minutes while officials investigate the cause.
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New York Central Twentieth Century Limited
Cleveland
New York
I Cuyahoga Bridge
Infant Daughter Of Amputee Dies
In Joliet a 24 day old daughter of Pvt Hubert Leecack 2n Quedrunia Prattan of the Korean War died early today. The baby weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces and had been born prematurely Tuesday to Mrs Reeves 19 formerly Beverly Jean Hall. It had been kept in an incubator since birth.
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Joliet
N.P
Hubert Leeaac
Quedrunia Prattan
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
Bank Holdup At New Haven Westville Branch
Four bank employees and four patrons were pistol whipped in a mid morning holdup at the Westville branch of the New Haven Savings Bank. The bandit, identified as Ione GannGil from Georgia, allegedly stripped the money from the teller cages and escaped with $826.
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Ione GaNnGil
Westville
New Haven Savings Bank
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