Truman Urges Congress to Seize and Run Steel Mills
President Truman appealed before a joint session for power to seize and operate the steel industry or rely on Taft Hartley injunctive powers. He warned a court ruling blocked seizure but kept Congress as the decisive path, stressing steel as vital to national security and Western rearmament. The plan aims to keep production, ensure fair treatment, and promote bargaining to end the 650,000 strong CIO United Steelworkers strike.
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Congress
Truman
Taft-Hartley
Supreme Court
Truittan
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Cal Meer
industry + union
White House
John R. Steelman
Hope Fades for Navy Pilot Downed in Gulf
The Navy identified Ens. Charles G. Lewis, 22, of Seymour Indiana, a Key West based pilot, as the man who disappeared when his plane went down in the Gulf of Mexico during a flight from Robins Air Force Base in Macon Georgia to Key West early yesterday.
Georgia Weather Forecast Nears Hot Period With Showers
Partly cloudy and hot this afternoon and tonight with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and again Wednesday afternoon. Extreme northwest Florida expects partly cloudy conditions with widely scattered showers and variable coastal winds.
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Georgia
Florida
UN Hints At Another Truce Recess In Korea Talks
United Nations spokesman says Red truce negotiators must talk business without propaganda or the Allies may recess the Korean armistice talks that have been stalled for 11 months. Negotiations resume tomorrow at Panmunjom after a three day U N command recess amid Communist protests.
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Munsan
United Nations
Red
Panmunjom
U. N
William P. Nuckols
U. N. Command
Paratroops Crush POW Rebellion on Koje Island
U S paratroopers from the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team crushed a Communist prisoner of war uprising at Koje Island in a 21 hour battle. Thirty one prisoners were killed and 139 wounded. American casualties were one dead and 14 wounded. The fighting began when POWs refused to move to smaller enclosures and the rebels planned to seize the island and U N facilities.
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Haydon L. Boatner
Kose Island
Patton
Koje Island
U. S
U. S. Army
Koje
U. N
Hell
Boatner
Boamer
187Th Airborne
Boamner
Lee Hak Woo
Lee
Excursion Boat Rams Hudson River Pier
An excursion boat carrying tourists and schoolchildren rammed a Manhattan dock on a morning trip injuring about 30 people. Eleven were seriously hurt and taken to hospitals as passengers were thrown to the deck when the vessel crashed into the pier.
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Hudson River Pier
New York
Hudson River
Manhattan
Smyth Acquitted in Backdated Tax Returns Case
James G Smyth a former Revenue Bureau collector was acquitted on three counts over backdating 1945 income tax returns to defraud the government A jury acquitted him while two other ousted collectors Dennis Delaney and James Finnegan were convicted earlier This trial left unresolved indictments and a pending corrective indictment still to be disposed of by Judge Alger Fee.
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San Francisco
James G. Smyth
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dennis W. Delaney
Boston
James P Finnegan
St. Louis
Smyth
Fee
Ike Makes Personal Pitch For Dixie Vote
Gen Dwight Eisenhower pressed Southern delegates while backers battled a push to name Gen Douglas MacArthur as the convention keynote. The GOP scramble included Timetable talks with delegates from Alabama Georgia North Carolina as campaigns for Taft Eisenhower and MacArthur intensified ahead of the Chicago July 7 convention.
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Gen
Ike
Dixie
Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Conventi
Storm Hits New York Metropolis Deluge Causes Deaths
A sudden wind driven thunderstorm knocked out power and caused three deaths in the New York metropolitan area. Gusts to 84 mph toppled a man from a Manhattan roof, damaged planes at LaGuardia, and cut Nassau County electrical service for 800000 people. Temperature plunged from 85 to 70 in minutes as 22 inches of rain fell in 16 minutes.
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New York
Manhattan
Empire State Building
la Guardia Field
Nassau County
Long Island Lighting Company
New York City
MacArthur Named Keynote at GOP Convention
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was chosen as keynote speaker for the Republican national convention by a voice vote of the 46 member arrangements committee. Walter Hallanan of West Virginia won unanimous support as temporary chairman, and Rep. Joseph Martin of Massachusetts was named permanent chairman. The move signals Taft faction support, despite Eisenhower opposition, with Bunker reporting MacArthur’s aides unavailable in New York.
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G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania
MacArthur
Owlett
Eisenhower
Ohio
Ben. Robert Taft
New York
GOP
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Associated Press
Laft
Taft
Delaware
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Richard Russell
Russell
Senate
Wiliam Myander
Walter
Hallanan
West Virginia
Mylander
West
G. Mason
Guy 8. Gabrielson
Laurence B. Bunker
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
Shaver Indicted for Fees as Senate Counsel
A federal grand jury indicted Charles B. Shaver on charges of taking 43,100 in fees to push cases before government agencies while he served as counsel for the Senate small business subcommittee. Three associates were also charged with aiding the alleged unlawful deals.
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Washington
Charles B. Shaver
Senate
Shaver
Reds Secretly Link Communists to Philippines Conflict
In San Francisco a covert communication links the United States to Communist activities in the Philippines. Officials study air line cooperation as a military air transport plane heads to Washington. The Huk guerrillas are noted for mobilizing regular troops and student reserves in a controversial November election.
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Reds
San Francisco
Courtiee Pave
United States
Philippines
Philipines
Uae
Manila
Prenciee
Ithe ‘Coop
Air Line
Det Hee
Beane
Washington
Ata Sionary Sgeal
UN Chinese Forces Clash Over Korean Hill Position
UN and Chinese troops fought on the western front near Chorwon as shelling and patrol actions intensified. About 400 UN troops skirmished Reds, with 40 killed and 100 wounded among 250 attackers in a failed 314 hour effort to retake the hill.
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Seoul
United Nations
U. 8
Eighth Army
Highth Army
U.N
Ares
Chorwon
Monda
Joss
Pentagon May Set New Rule Of Politics for MacArthur
Washington dispatch notes generals legal scholars weigh scope of military rules on active duty officers engaging in campaigning. If MacArthur seeks the Republican convention keynote, he may need retirement to fully participate, similar to Eisenhower, under Article 88 provisions concerning contempt toward national leaders.
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Pentagon
MacArthur
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congress
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