East German refugees flood Kronach sheltering in monastery gym
West German town of Kronach with 9600 residents has taken in over 400 refugees from East Germany in a week. Refugees, families and farmers, are housed in a Roman Catholic monastery gym and fed by local volunteers. Kronach's mayor appeals for money and clothing to aid those fleeing along the no man’s land border.
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Kronach
West Germany
Germany
Wener Haensel-Suffa
No Man's Land
Friedersdorf
Welitsch
Burggrub
Kaltenbrunn
A. Emmert
Haenself-Suffa
Steel Record Seen Still Possible If Strike Ends Soon
Steel Magazine said the steel industry could set a production record if the current 650000 steelworkers strike ends soon. Through mid June output was 3000.00 tons below 1951, with weekly capacity above 2 million tons. Revised expansions and demand shifts could restore output later in 1952. Shortages expected in carbon bars and wide plates.
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Cleveland —Steel Magazine
Industry Trade Journal
Steel
USW
Progressive Party Plans July 4 Chicago Convention
The Progressive party announces a Chicago convention for the weekend of July 4 to back Vincent Hallinan for president and Charlotte Bass for vice president. Campaign plans include a patriotic tone and attacks on U.S. positions toward the Soviet Union. Robert M. Lovett to greet delegates. Beanie Baldwin is the campaign manager. Hallinan serves a six month contempt sentence for Bridges case and will campaign in autumn.
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Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Chicago
United States
Robert M. Lovett
Illinois
Lovett
Soviet Union
Vincent W. Hallinan
Charlotte A. Bass
Hallinan
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Communist Party
U S Life Expectancy Reaches About Seventy Years
The United States reports life expectancy near seventy years with deaths shifting from infections to degenerative and malignant diseases. Currently eight percent of residents are over 65, forecast to rise to about thirteen percent in the next fifty years.
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United States
Congress Hopes Dim For Early Adjournment
A large backlog of unfinished legislation blocks hopes for a three week adjournment to campaign. House moved quickly on appropriations except foreign aid while Senate work lags in conference. Other items include Marine Corps reform talks and Social Security bill revival.
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Congress
Congressional
Appropriations
House
Senate
Marine Corps
Oldest Summer Session To Be Continued
Alliance Ohio Mount Union College begins another summer course taught by regular faculty. The Mount Union summer school first organized in 1870 and reorganized in 1900, has been continuous for 78 years.
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William C. Wesley
Mount Union
America
Steelworkers Earnings Quadruple in Early 1950
Steelworkers’ average hourly earnings for the first six months of 1950 more than doubled the comparable period in 1940, showing a significant rise in wages. The data reflect ongoing postwar labor market dynamics and higher compensation for production workers.
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Dicken Funeral Home
THE
Lorain County Savings and Trust
Lorain County
Flyria, Ohio
Amherst
Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pernachive
Harry S. Truman
Groton
Conn
General Dynamics Corp
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Progressive Party
United Press
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
FDR
Truman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tampa Bay
Broad ST
U.S
American Medical Association
St. Lawrence Seaway
Civil Service League
Elyria
Wasserman’s Men’s Shop
Elyria, Ohio
National Tube
Lorain Works
U. S. Steel Company
Pearl
Oakwood
National Tube Division
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