Steel Strike Move To Truman Fails To Break Deadlock
Federal mediation chief Cyrus Ching referred a nationwide steel strike order to President Truman. CIO President Murray said talks were deadlocked after a fruitless meeting with seven major steel companies. Murray warned of a weekend work stoppage and pledged a broad walkout if no contract is reached by Saturday.
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Washington
Cyrus
Ching
Federal
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh
Basic Steel
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Educators Back Wallace Aid Controversy Over Firing
AAPA committee reaffirms that Communist party membership alone does not justify firing a college teacher. The report backs Evansville College for dismissing a professor who supported Henry A Wallace in 1948, criticizing the college while defending academic freedom standards.
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Washington
American Association of University
Communist Party
Evansville College
Evansville
Ind
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Meat Prices Stay High, Veterinarians Told
Detroit report says meat prices will remain elevated for at least a year. Dr. L. M. Hurt, president of the American Veterinary Medical Assn, told about 2,000 veterinarians that last winter’s herd destroying blizzard and overselling of breeding stock would keep prices in the stratosphere.
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Detroit
L. M. Hurt
American Veterinary Medical Ass'n
Chiang Kai-Shek leaves Philippines after talks on anti Communist pact
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek departs for Formosa after two days of talks with President Elpidio Quirino in Baguio. They urged Far Eastern unity to curb communism and discussed China Philippines and Korea leading an anti Red alliance with possible U S Australia and Japan joining later. Chiang flew to Pampanga in Quirino’s plane.
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Baguio
Philippines
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Philippine
Elpidio Quirino
Far East
China
Korea
United States
Australia
Japan
Chiang
Florida Blanca
Pampanga Province
Quirino
Dance Aids Baby Ingram's Urgent Heart Surgery
A small crowd attended a Monday benefit dance at the Deleta ballroom to raise funds for 10 month old Carole Ingram who faces an immediate and expensive operation for an enlarged heart. Dr A A Imus of Ogden says surgery is vital. Carole may need transport to Chicago if Salt Lake City cannot perform the operation.
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Deleta Ballroom
Carole Ingram
Carole
A. A. Imus
Ogden
Utah
Dora Hughes
Gerald E. Ingram
Pocatellans
Wendover
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Little Carole
Pocatello
Deleta
Gene Burton
49 Crops Near Top Records
The Agriculture Department reports a tenth bumper harvest with huge crops from Maine to California. Wheat may reach 1.29 billion bushels, the third largest on record, while a Kansas-Oklahoma-Texas drought cut June yields by 148 million, potentially prompting acreage allotments. Corn could reach 3.0 bushels, the three biggest on record, boosting livestock feed supplies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Maine
California
Kansas-Oklahoma-Texas
Es Eeere
Russians blamed for grim press and lack of laughter
The Soviet journal Culture and Life says Russians do not laugh enough and newspapers are too grim. The critique from a conference of Russian cartoonists humorists and satirists is said to be fully justified.
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London
Culture and Life
Diet Leads To Title
NORFOLK Va Blonde Betty Lewis of Norfolk won first prize after losing 35 pounds and placing in last year’s Miss Virginia contest.
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Norfolk
Betty. Lewis
Virginia
Jealous carpenter confesses to killing Wisconsin waitress
George King, 44, admitted jealousy drove him to shoot Mrs. Sadie Jackson, a Madison roadhouse waitress, as her paralyzed husband Julius Jackson watched. King had denied the crime before a police showup identification following reports from witnesses.
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Madison
Wis
George King
Bruce Weatherly
King
Sadie Jackson
Julius Jackson
Jackson
Weatherly
Junior Police Corps Receives Summer Duties Guidance
Captain R G Pugmire and Patrolman C C Dawson outline summer roles for 57 boys in the Junior Police Corps. Duties focus on Gate City activities at Ross Park and Halliwell Park to curb car prowling and keep youths out of trouble while balancing family commitments on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The program, now in its third year, is sponsored by the Elks lodge and operates independently of the city recreation department.
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Signal Police
Albert Ellis
Donald Walker
Wayne Booth
R. G. Pugmire
C. C
Alabama
Dawson
Pugmire
Ball Park
The
Elks Lodge
Gem Thieves Bring In Hundred Thousand Pound Loot
A cat burglar stole jewelry worth 209600 from Mayfair House the wartime home of Gen Dwight Eisenhower while Sir Bernard and Lady Docker were away at their country home over the weekend. The thief entered by dropping from a wrecked building into a garden and slipping through an open French window.
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London
Sir Bernard
Lady Docker
England
Mayfair House
Dwight Eisenhower
Britain
Boy Winning Fight for Life After Boat Accident
Gary Archibald, 13, severely injured in a Fish Haven boating accident, had both legs amputated and was much improved at Bear Lake County General hospital. Doctors planned transfer to a Salt Lake City hospital when stable. Gary’s Magna home is nearby and he did not yet know he had lost his legs.
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Montpelier
Gary Archibald
Fish Haven
Bear Lake County General Hospital
R. B. Lindsay
Gary
Salt Lake City
Magna
Plane crash survivors in Alaska aboard egg cargo
Dr. Melville T. Took a famed Louisiana botanist and his wife with bush pilot Bill Carrington survived a crash on Rugged Brooks Mountain in Fairbanks Alaska. They said they do not care if they never see another egg after frying boiling poaching scrambling and making omelets while awaiting rescue.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Louisiana
Brooks Mountain
Melville T. Took
Bill Carrington
Truman to address nation on economy and tax shift
President Truman will speak to the nation on Wednesday night to explain his reversal of tax and economic policies. He released a midyear economic report noting a move away from higher taxes and urging action to reverse a moderate recession while promising plain English discussion of the budget.
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Truman
Congress
White House
Pocatello
Economy Bloc
Robert R.nathan Associates
Mr. Truman
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
House
Sam Rayburn
Truman Midyear Economic View Highlights
President Truman reports a moderate downward trend in the economy with no general tax change, calls for price cuts, opposes wage cuts, notes unemployment at 3.778 million with regional pockets of acute hardship, and advocates higher unemployment benefits. Industrial output sits 13 percent below last fall’s peak. Farm production remains near last year’s level.
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Washington
Truman
Top Defense Aides Meet for Secret Harmony Talks
Washington reports Defense Secretary Louis Johnson will host a secret conference at White Sulphur Springs W Va with more than a dozen senior leaders from the army navy and air force including the joint chiefs undersecretary and Eisenhower for several days of informal consultations to align national strategy away from Washington distractions.
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Washington
Defense
Louis Johnson
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Defense Department
Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stephen T. Early
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tacoma Man Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks
Emmett T. Anderson, 59, of Tacoma Washington, was chosen as grand exalted ruler at the Elks’ 85th annuary convention in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Emmett T. Anderson
Tacoma
Wash
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Senate panel backs bill to ban court picket lines
Washington Monday the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to ban picket lines around court buildings. The measure targets demonstrations like those around the New York courthouse where Communist Party officials face trial.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
New York
U. S
Italian barber held for tests at Buenos Aires zoo
Eduardo Nissi a 24 year old Italian barber was ordered held for a mental test after climbing into a elephant cage at the Buenos Aires zoo on Sunday He sat on the elephant back with a razor and scissors while police arrived and detained him for examination.
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Zoo
Eduardo Nissi
King George Proclaims Strike Emergency Exists
King George VI proclaimed a British strike emergency granting the Labor government near dictatorial powers to force 10 000 London dockers back to work or risk jail. The proclamation took effect at midnight and can be renewed. dockers refusing to return may face up to three months in prison and a 400 dollar fine.
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George VI
London
Great Britain
Tokyo Rose case widens as POWs linked to broadcasts
In San Francisco testimony Shigetsugu Tsuneishi, a Japanese war liaison officer, said prisoners were ordered to Tokyo for radio scripts. He noted American POWs Norman Reyes and Wallace Ince helped create broadcasts, with Reyes acting under duress rather than direct orders.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Iwa Toguri D'Aquino
Shigetsugu Tsuneishi
D'Aquino
Corregidor
Radio Tokyo
Wallace E. Ince
Presidio
Tsuneishi
Reyes
Tax Shift Pleases Congress and Dems Amid Debate
Congress reacts to President Truman's surrender on a 4 billion tax increase request. Democrats praise the move while Republicans say it signals no tax changes this year. Leaders of both parties comment as midyear economic plans unfold.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Army Guard Shoots Girl Near Wreckage
Marion Ann Noreen, 25, was shot and killed while walking with her fiancé near the wreckage of an air force plane in East Nassau New York. Air Force Cpl Dallas H Thompson of Westover Field Massachusetts guarding the wreckage admitted the accidental discharge claiming he heard voices and moved through underbrush to investigate. He said he stumbled crossing a creek and his pistol fired killing the woman. District Attorney Richard Bolton said Thompson will be arraigned on second degree manslaughter charges.
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Nassau
N. Y
Marion Ann Noreen
Air Force
Dallas H. Thompson
Westover Field
Mass
Richard Bolton
Thompson
Rescue Plane Crashes While Aiding Ailing Maria Teresa
Coast Guard Martin Mariner crash during landing 485 miles northwest of San Francisco. Eleven crew rescued by merchant ship Dona Aurora after responding to a call to reach 70 year old Mrs. Teresa Luling aboard the Dona Aurora. Ship travels from the Philippines toward San Francisco and planned to deliver medical supplies if needed.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Here
Martin Mariner
Teresa Luling
Philippines
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Charles Cousens
Norman Reyes
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Illinois
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