Coal and Steel Take Center Stage as Year Ends
Margaret Chase Smith reflects on coal and steel in late 1940s America. She weighs UMW strikes, price hikes at United States Steel, and calls for potential federal intervention under Taft-Hartley. The column weighs labor versus capital, union roles, and the risk of government regulation.
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Maine
Skowhegan
Coal and Steel
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United States Steel
United Mine Workers
U. S. Steel
Congress
Steel
United States
America
United Features
Oregon Opening Fight For Air Force School
Rep Norblad of Oregon urges the Air Force to place the proposed academy in Oregon. In a public letter to the site selection board he notes many suitable sites in the state and argues for geographic balance since existing academies are on the east coast and the Pacific Northwest has none.
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Washington
Norblad
R-Ore
Air Force Today
Air Force Academy
Oregon
Air Frce
Air Force Advance
Navy
California
Pacific Northwest
Poland Names Prison Terms For Six Spies
At Wroclaw four French nationals one Pole and a German received prison terms from six to 22 years after pleading guilty to spying. Jan Kubisiak got 22 years for working with an alleged French espionage ring. Basil Brousikow drew 14 years for seeking uranium samples for an atom bomb. Wilhelm Hild was jailed six years after admitting he handed over two small uranium pieces. Yvonne Bassaler received 12 years as the sole woman defendant. Feldersen and Hoffman got 12 and 11 years. Public prosecutor sought the death penalty.
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Poland
Jan Kubisiak
Basil Brousikow
Warsaw
Aymar de Brossin de Mere
Brousikow
Wilhelm Hild
Hild
Yvonne Bassaler
Joseph Feldersen
Alfred Hoffman
Paris
Accused Clerk Seeks Sanity Exam in Grand Theft Case
In Phoenix on December 24, Edward Woodison a 29 year old Sunnyslope clerk faced grand theft charges after allegedly diverting 4091 dollars from Williams Air Force Base cadets while employed at the Republic and Gazette travel bureau. Two court medical examiners were appointed to conduct sanity tests at his request before Superior Judge Charles C Bernstein.
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Phoenix
Edward Woodison
Sunnyslope Cyrk
Woodison
Charles C. Bernstein
Williams Air Force Base
Republic and Gazette Travel Bureau
Overhead Door Co. Ad Promotes Garage Sales and Service
Residential garages, commercial and industrial blogs highlight sales and service options. Dial 53451 for Overhead Door Co. product information and maintenance.
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Overhead Door CO
Cadets Tied to Holidays Sanity Report Directive
A fragment notes Bernstein directing examiners to prepare a sanity report by a specified deadline related to cadets promised round-trip tickets home for the holidays. The brief hints at an administrative or disciplinary context within a military or academy setting.
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Bernstein
Bob Hope and Symington Visit Alaska for Christmas Tour
In Anchorage Bob Hope and Air Secretary Stuart W. Symington arrived to entertain servicemen during Christmas. Hope quipped about the cold and the city’s long main street bar. Symington planned a live-in conditions tour for military personnel amid the Alaskan cold. Mrs Hope and their two children joined the party.
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Anchorage
Alaska
WUP
Bob Hope
Stuart W. Symington
Hope
Seattle
Symington
Nationalist China to Recognize Indonesia
Taipei Taiwan December 24 Nationalist China's cabinet voted to recognize the United States of Indonesia to be proclaimed Tuesday Wu Te Chen veteran statesman and member of the supreme national emergency council named special envoy for the occasion.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
United States
Indonesia
Wu Te-Chen
Supreme National Emergency Council
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