Hopes Dim For Averting Major Steel and Communications Strikes
The article reports looming strikes by CIO steel workers and CIO tele phone workers with 57,000 in 43 states and 700,000 in steel set to walk out. Government wage chief seeks to avert action while Western Union tele graphers and Western Electric workers already strike impacting service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
WSB
Nathan Feinsinger
New York
District of Columbia
Western Electric Co
Joseph Beirne
cIo Communications Workers of America
Detroit
Beirne
Washington
Western Electric
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Montana
Michigan Bell
CWA
New York City
Buffalo
James Wood Play Rated Superior in Festival
Drama students at James Wood High School earned a superior rating at the two day Virginia high school league play festival in Charlottesville. Group I performed today with Group II and III presenting one act plays yesterday.
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James Wood High School
Charlottesville
Fluvanna High Honoker
William Byrd
Vinton
Martinsville
Buffolk
William Fleming
Richlands
Marion
James Wood
Radford
Churchland
Opequon Avenue
Bryan Stotler
Telephone Strike Threat Looms Over Virginians
The Western Electric strike set for Monday 6 a.m. threatens to disrupt Bell system service as picket lines may target telephone offices in Maryland West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Virginia lawmakers note state seizure power for threatened utilities but Western Electric workers are not yet declared under it.
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Richmond
Lou Nelson
The
Communications Workers of America
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Western Electric
Virginia
Western Union
North Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louise Bayliss
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Mrs Enders Dies In Hospital Here
Willie Belle Enders, wife of Charles J. Enders Sr., of Berryville, died suddenly at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a brief heart illness. Born October 12, 1893 in Clarke County, she lived in Berryville since 1921 and is survived by her husband, three children, five grandsons, a sister and a brother, with funeral services set for Monday at 3 p.m. in Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Belle Enders
Charles J. Enders
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County
Frank P
Lucy Pittman Colston
Mr. Enders
Charles J
Arthur Brown
Teal Wins 106th Grand National At Aintree
Teal captures the 106th Grand National at Aintree finishing ahead of 46 rivals. Legal Joy takes second with Wot No Sun finishing third in the four mile 856 yard steeplechase marked by 30 jumps.
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Aintree
England
Teal
Legal Joy
Wot No Sun
Byrd and Harrison Urged to Seek Re election
Staunton report says the Augusta County Democratic Committee urged Senator Byrd and Representative Burr P. Harrison of the Seventh District to run again in the next election. The resolution asks both to seek re election and continue to render service.
Justice Department To Handle Cleanup
President Truman names Federal Judge James P. McGranery to be attorney general and says the department will run the cleanup program under Senate confirmation. McGranery says no decision on government wrongdoing yet and will rely on FBI Director Hoover. Amerasia case criticism follows McGranery from Rep. Welde and Sen. McCarran as Senate delay looms and McCarthy vows further remarks in Dallas.
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Washington
Truman
Department of Justice
Senate
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
TfcGranery
White House
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
Justice Department
McGrath
Morris
McGranery
Rep. Welde (Rill
Amerasia
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Commitee
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Dallas
McCarthy
Senate Oor
Collision of Air Force Transports Kills Fifteen Over Mobile
Two U S Air Force transports the C 47 and C 124 Globe master crashed in flight over Mobile Alabama early last night killing fifteen people. The C 124 carried six crew members on board the crash site near railroad yards and state docks. Crews searched swamps along the Tensaw River for a possible survivor while officials investigated the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Alabama State Docks
Coast Guard
Tensaw
Brookley Air Force Base
Brookley
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Firemen Respond Twice find no fires reported
Local firemen were called to two incidents that turned out not to be fires. At 7 p m yesterday smoke was found at the rear of 12 N Cameron St and traced to an incinerator. At 8 30 this morning a report of a fire in the 500 block of Nenton Se proved unfounded.
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N. Cameron St
Nenton Se
Echves
Missing in action Lt James Van Fleet Jr in Korea
Lt James A Van Fleet Jr a B 26 pilot and son of Eighth Army commander was listed as missing in action after his plane failed to return from a night bombing mission near Sun chon North Korea. He radioed fuel shortage and that he would return to base. no wreckage found as hundreds of planes searched the area.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet, Jr
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Sunchon
North Korea
van Fleet
Frank F. Everest
South Korea
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Young van Fleet
New York
West Point
Korea
Virginia Kefauver Campaign Opens In Richmond
Virginia Kefauver supporters gathered in Richmond to organize a state drive for his presidential bid. Club officers were to be elected and plans drawn to woo Virginia delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Observers doubt Kefauver can secure Va delegates as state party leaders back Senator Richard Russell Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Kefauver
Tennessee
Old Dominion
Richard Russell
VFV Set To Install Hollis Tomorrow As Post Commander
At their regular monthly meeting the Veterans of Foreign Wars will install Philip Hollis as Post Commander at the new Post Home on 222 E. Piccadilly Street. Installation led by W S Woodel includes officers Elmer Lauck Miller Saffell Raymond Constanzo Robert Dailey B B Dutton John Anderson George Taylor Woodrow Moore and Richard Eddy. The Ladies Auxiliary will also install at 2 PM Sunday in the Friendship Fire Hall followed by a joint banquet with the men.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Philip Hollis
Hollis
504Th Com
Barr
Battallion
15Th Army
Germany
E. Piccadilly Street
W. S. Woodel
Department of Virginia
VFW
Staunton
Elmer Lauck
Miller Saffell
Raymond Constanzo
Robert Dailey
B. B Dutton
John Anderson
George Taylor
Woodrow Moore
Richard Eddy
Friendship Fire Hall
Bernice Conrad
Costello Convicted of Contempt of U S Senate
Frank Costello, a 61 year old gambler and underworld figure, was convicted of contempt of the U S Senate for walking out of a Kefauver committee hearing and refusing to answer questions. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine, with sentencing set for Tuesday.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
U. S. Senate
Myles J. Lane
Costello
Kenneth M. Spence
Spence
Kefauver Committee
Rudolph Halley
Michigan Names 16 Republican Delegates Today
Michigan Republicans name 46 state delegates to the July Republican National Convention with 36 district delegates and 10 at large. Arthur Summerfield seeks a truce between Eisenhower and Taft factions while Iowa results influence Michigan maneuvers. Kept neutral in hopes of a balance of power.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Iowa
Detroit
Eisenhower
Des Moines
Taft
Washington
Harold Stassen
GOP
Estes Kefauver
New York State
California
Earl Warren
Stassen
Thomas Werdel
Kefauver
Edmund G. Pat Brown
Idaho
Kansas
Russell Prefers Senator to Being Vice President
The Richmond News Leader quotes Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia saying he would rather be a senator than vice president. He joked about a Stevenson Russell ticket and cited the vice presidency as inactive for debate. He also commented on Kefauver declining a Florida winnertakeall plan tied to the May 6 primary.
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Russell
Richmond
Richmond News Leader
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
United States
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Florida
Kefauver
Senator Kerr
Oklahoma
Nebraska
United States Senate
U S Sabre Jets Hit Red Air Power In Week
Far East Air Forces reported the heaviest weekly toll of Communist airpower since October with 15 MiGs shot down, four probably destroyed and 21 damaged. UN losses included two Sabres in air combat and three planes lost for unknown causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Far East
FEAR
United Nations
Air Force
United Nation
U. N. Naval
Peters to Film Apple Blossom Festival Film
Winchester Chamber of Commerce directors announce a color sound documentary on this year's Apple Blossom Festival. Hugh Peters is named to shoot the film, drawing on his television network and industrial film experience for broad distribution after completion.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Peters
Chamber of Commerce
Peters
South
Convention Deal Offered Byrd In 1932
Washington dispatch recounts a New York Times report of a proposed Democratic convention bargain in 1932. An informant claimed Franklin D. Roosevelt backed a plan to offer Harry F Byrd the Navy Secretary post if Byrd backed the candidate after the first ballot. Byrd declined, citing his personal code and friendship with Roosevelt.
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Washington
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Krock
Navy
New York Crash Kills at Least Seven in Queens
A twin engine cargo plane crashed into homes in Queens near the Jamaica subway terminal killing at least seven people and injuring others. The United States Airlines C 46 transport was reported to be the craft, with rescuers held back as flames and smoke engulfed a block long area.
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New York
Queens
New York International Airport
United States Airlines
171St Street
88Th Avenue
Jamaica
169 Street
Irving Rohlbaum
John Hughes
Port of New York Authority
International
Jack Harris
Associated Press
Rush Is On For Auto Tags In Clearbrook
Edwin Snider reported a large Saturday line at the license bureau for 1952 auto tags. About 6000 tags sold by morning with 7000 remaining and the office open through April 15 until 8 p m. Last minute purchases warned to avoid final day rush. Also public notice of the Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept annual meeting set for Monday April 14 at 8 p m with election of directors and refreshments.
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Edwin Snider
Snider
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept
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Stephens City
Double Selgete
Byrd
Harrison
McGranery States
ED Creagh
Apple
Damaris Drake
Jean Graham Ridenour
Richmond Professional Institute
Longwood College
Farmville
James van Fleet Jr
VFV
U.S. Senate
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Film Fetefor C. of
N.Y
Thomas Boylan
Elizabeth
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Manhattan
William H. Lawrence, Jr
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