RNC names Scott national chairman in victory drive
Dewey and Warren pick Hugh I. Scott Sr. of Philadelphia to head the Republican National Committee as Herbert Brownell Jr. is chosen to steer the presidential campaign. The committee praised Scott and approved the appointment at a meeting in Philadelphia as Dewey spoke of victory and a new national faith.
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Philadelphia
Thomas EE. Dewey
Harl Warren
Pennsylvania
Hugh I. Scott
Herbert Brownell
Dewey
Republican National Committee
Tom
Warren
Scott
Gunmen siege quarry as Chicago area police close in
About 100 officers from Chicago area departments, aided by six Glenview Air Station planes, surrounded a west suburban quarry where gunmen hijacked a handbook and exchanged fire wounding a Western Springs officer. Pursuit continued on foot through woods as dawn neared.
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Chicago
Vna
Western Springs
Charlies Peterson
Hodgkins
Glenview Air Station
Maywood
Joseph Clegg
LaGrange
Pressure on Steel Wage Increase Seen After Miners Win
Early steel producers were likely to raise wages following larger paychecks for United Mine Workers miners. Neither U S Steel Corp nor United Steelworkers commented, but industry sources expected hikes even before the UMW victory of a $1 daily increase and a 10 cent per ton royalty payment.
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Pittsburgh
John S. Lewis
U.S. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
United Mine
Coal price to rise in Pittsburgh area next month
Industry officials predict a 75 cent to 1 dollar per ton coal price increase in the Pittsburgh area for next month after a pact between United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis and bituminous operators.
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Pittsburgh
INL
United Mine Worker
John L. Lewis
Steel wage boost seen as key to broader rises
The union Aluminum Company of America settlement set a 10 percent pay hike as a base, signaling steel makers like U S Steel may follow. After a spring fight on inflation, Big Steel shifted stance, suggesting wage boosts in autos and aluminum could trigger wider steel pay increases and potential price moves.
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Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Big Steel
Jridax
U.S. Steel Corp
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Five American Soldiers Released in Trieste Trip Incident
Reliable sources report that five U S soldiers arrested by Yugoslav authorities while joy riding in an allied launch ten days ago near Trieste have been released and returned to the city.
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Trieste
Churchill Warns Defenses Key to Prevent World War III
In Luton England Churchill warned a Conservative rally that a new war may be prevented only by strong defences and a hard line against Russia. He claimed Soviet aims risk Berlin and warned there is no safety in yielding to dictators. He pledged party unity with Labour against eastern aggression.
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Luton
England
Winston Churchill
Berlin
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Churchill
Russia
Harold Wernher
France
Germany
London
Paris
Washington
Fireman dies in hotel blaze in Atlantic City
A rear ground floor restaurant fire gutted the 120 room Thurber Hotel in Atlantic City. An acting fire captain died during the blaze and three other firemen were injured. Guests escaped as night clerk Albert Nelson and owner Samuel Tochinsky alerted others.
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Atlantic Ci’ry
N. Z
Thurber
Ani
Albert W Nelson
Samuel Tochinsky
Net
Tochinsky
Eisenhower Salutes Free Press at IBM Plant Dedication
President Eisenhower spoke at a 6 million dollar IBM plant addition dedication. He warned that without freedom of the press and free enterprise political freedom would disappear and urged cooperation to strengthen democracy and national security.
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Dwipht
Eisenhower
Columbia University
International Business Machine Corporation
America
Radar Umbrella for North America Emerges in Talks
Canadian Defense Research Board chief Dr Omond McKillop Solandt arrives for a three day visit to discuss an American Canadian radar network. Dr Vannevar Bush leads plans for air warning to deter Pearl Harbor style attacks on Chicago New York Detroit and Washington.
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Washington
Canada
Defense Research
North American
Omond McKillop Solandt
Canadian Defense Research Board
Vannevard Bush
Bush
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Joint
Canadian-American Defense Board
Farmer Tom Back Home as Dewey Receives Pawling Welcome
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey returned to Pawling after securing the Republican nomination for president. About 2,000 townspeople greeted him with a parade along Nankert Street to Trinity Pawling School. Mrs. Dewey and their sons accompanied him as state troopers provided an escort.
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Tom
Thomas KK
Dewey
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
G.O.P
Mrs. Dewey
Thomas, Jr
John M
Lam
Margaret Ann Gree
Nankert
Fire Department
Gravclad State
Trinity Pawhog
Quaker Eoi
Missing in Bomber Crash Near Chesapeake Lightship
Three Navy fliers were missing and presumed lost after a torpedo bomber crash about 20 miles east of Chesapeake Lightship. The incident occurred Friday night during a routine flight and was reported to Fifth Naval District headquarters. A rescue plane from Elizabeth City and surface craft from Virginia Beach aided the search.
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Chesapeake
Fifth Naval District
Elizabeth City
N. C
Virginia Beach
Cartier
Day's Features Preview Awards in Amateur Snapshot Contest
Inside pages announce awards in Amateur Snapshot Contest plus features on Books Poet's Corner and Art Chat. Other sections list Amusements Music City Life Political Classified Periscope Crossword Radio Deaths Social Dr Maxwell's Sports Weather Talking Editorial Over 36 Financial Vets News Ingen Report Winchell. Today’s Pictures on Page 12.
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Maxawell
Toronto Women Riot Traps Mercer Prison in Siege
Toronto Ontario inmates at the Mercer Prison for Women rioted injuring two officers and forcing a siege that may last days. Guards reported mutinous inmates hurling abuse and refusing food as tear gas was not used.
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Toronto
Ont
INS
Mercer
Russian Commander Arrested For Speeding In Berlin
Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, chief Russian commander in Germany, was arrested for speeding in the American sector of Berlin. He was released after an official apology from American authorities led by General Lucius D. Clay.
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Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Sokolovsky
Lucuis D. Clay
Clay
M. P.s
Vassily Sokolovsky
$30,000 Steel Stolen From Detroit Trailer
A statewide police alarm was sounded in Michigan after thieves stole a $30,000 trailer load of steel owned by Nasser-Frazer Corporation and consigned to Budd Wheel. The steel was left parked in Highland Park Friday night.
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Detrotl Cins
Michigan
Nasser-Frazer Corporation
Budd Wheel
Highland Park
One Chance in 38 Youll Be Drafted in a Year
Washington reports that men aged 18 to 25 face a selective service plan with about 7.5 million in the draft age pool. About 200,000 to 225,000 will be drafted by fall 1949 for a 21 month service, with registration starting soon and drafts beginning after Sept 22.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Selective Service
Thal
Berlin siege tense as American relief arrives
Americans flew in with powdered milk and Army rations to aid besieged Berlin. A Flying Fortress delivered medical supplies as Britain urged the Russians to lift the blockade and avoid starving 2 million Germans. Churchill warned against yielding to dictators amid East West strains.
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Berlin
Berlin Blockade Cuts Gasoline Rations and Social Life
Americans in Berlin faced fuel rationing of five gallons per week as authorities enforce austerity. The program also bans parties and receptions while snack bars stay open with food conservation rules applying to both military and civilian mess halls.
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Berlin
Churchill says bidault seeks Berlin crisis settlement
Paris dispatch reports French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told a closed meeting of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee that France is willing to negotiate a settlement of the Berlin crisis with Russia.
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Churchill
Paris
Alliess Hope Berlin Stay Short After War Talk
In Paris diplomats doubt a long Berlin stay as Western Allies show willingness to avoid war over the city. Britain defers: statements claim we intend to stay in Berlin. A grain barge and two potato trains reach Berlin from the west amid ongoing but uncertain Soviet blockade pressure.
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Paris
Berlin
FishermanCharlies Garber recalls Wormster scales tale
A St Louis bait fisherman recalls Wormster exaggerating fish stories. He bought scales to weigh fish, then borrowed scales to weigh a baby weighing 47 pounds, a joke that backfired as the tale spread.
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Charlies Garber
St. Louis
Wormster
Wormser
Brown
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