Tobin Backs CIO Steelworkers In Wage Hike Fight
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin voiced wholehearted support for CIO Steelworkers as they press for a wage increase. He urged acceptance of the Wage Stabilization Board recommendations to avert a possible 650000 steelworker walkout amid a broad effort for a just settlement and stronger bargaining contracts.
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Tobin
CIO
Philadelphia
Maurice Tobin
United Steelworkers Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Two of Four Escaped Convicts Captured
Two of four escaped convicts were retaken before dawn after releasing three hostages in Angleton Texas. The hostages a mother Lelia Sproles and daughter Clara Jo and A C Searcy were not harmed. The recaptured were John E Welch 24 and Russell H Pullman 21 both with prior murder and robbery sentences.
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Angleton, Tex
John E Welch
Reeves County
Russell H. Pullman
An Antonio
M. V. Crain
Angleton
Lelia Sproles
Clara Jo
A. C. Searcy
Welch
Pulliam
Ramsey
Robert Arthur Chick
George Theodorou
New Passenger Liner Tested On Atlantic Trial Run
The 52 000 ton United States I sails from Newport News Virginia for two days of builder's trials to test sea-worthiness. The $723 million liner aims to beat the Queen Mary speed record and becomes the largest U S commercial vessel built in an American yard.
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United States
Atlantic
Newport News
America
Britain
Mary
Elizabeth
James River
Hampton Roads
Chesapeake Bay
Your Best Buy In Baler Twine
A small stock of first grade baler twine offered at 1450 cash per bale. Contact Earl Shade at phone numbers 3881 and 7156 for purchase details and availability.
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Earl Shade
City Refuses Permit for County Gas Station Project
Frederick County Supervisors favor Cities Service Oil location at the old Bail ey Brothers site on Cameron and Boscawen Streets. Winchester City Council votes disapproval of the building permit citing safety concerns at the Cameron Boscawen intersection. County subdivision ordinance updates pass, and a water contract for 500 residents in Crisman Addition No 1 gains approval.
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Frederick County
Board of
Bailey Brothers
Cameron and
Boscawen
Winchester
J. Thomas Kremer
Cities Service Oil Company
Fiveman County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Kremer
Grover Teets
B. O. Brumback
C. M. Rosenberger
Board of Supervisors
N. Y
Oil Company
New York
Kremer
Coble
Cameron
Boscawen Street
J. Thomas Boyd
Cameron- Boscawen Street
Fred A
Helen D. Crismayn
Crisman
Stonewall District
Preliminary Plans For War Memorial On N Kent Street
City Manager J Lee Grant reported to the Winchester Common Council that a committee and the Roanoke firm Smithey and Boynton have begun preliminary plans for a War Memorial Building on N Kent Street. The April water main work reached 3077 feet replacing smaller lines, with new hydrant, valve, and service additions.
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Winchester
N. Kent Street
War Memorial Association
Health and Recreation Departments
Shenandoah Avenue
Leicester Street
Henry Avenue
Lambden Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Whitlock Avenue
Miller Street
S. Braddock Street
City Introduces Auto Tag Penalty Draws Fire
Winchester imposes a $2 penalty for failing to buy city auto tags within 15 days after state tag purchase or 30 days after moving in. Citizens criticize the heavy penalty and lack of notice. City officials defend the measure as a pressure tool while noting hundreds already penalized and many tags still outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. William Hollis
Robert Barbour
Taylor S. Barr
Red negotiators demand daily talks amid stalemate
North Korean Gen Nam II said the Communists will insist on daily truce talks and will not abandon negotiations. He attacked Allied concessions and cited the Rose Island prison camp kidnapping case as leverage while suggesting no new Communist proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Korea
Nam Ii
Rose Island
Francis T. Dodd
Nam I
Charles Colon
Dodd
Steelworkers threaten nationwide mills shut if wage rise delays
Bulletin Philadelphia reports CIo-Steelworkers vote unanimously to close steel mills in a new strike unless the industry grants a satisfactory wage increase promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cio-Steelworkers
Garber Helps Nab Salem Bank Robber in Single Chase
State Trooper Carl T. Garber and Sergeant J. E. Kidd captured Cletus Richards after a bank robbery and hostage incident in Salem. Richards fled in a taxi to Roanoke and back, exchanging shots with officers. Akers, the taxi driver, was wounded while Garber knocked the gun from Richards. Richards faces bank robbery and related charges. Roanoke police also file assault and shooting charges. Garber, a Handley School alumnus, has served in the state police since 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T
Mike) Garber
George Garber
Cletus
Richards
Carpenter
Salem
Garber
J. E. Kidd
Bank of
Associated Press
William G. Akers
Roanoke
Akers
Frank H. Booze, Jr
Botetourt County
Aker
Charles Anderson
Handley School
State Police
Buchannan
Soldier dies at Fort Lee during guard change
At Fort Lee Virginia Army officials report PFC Albert E Jochum 22 of Chicago was accidentally shot and killed during a routine weapon clearing at a guard change. The incident occurred in a Quartermaster Replacement Training Center truck as the old guard handed over ammunition and the rifle was fired. Military police investigated the accident.
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Fort Lee
Albert E. Jochum
Chicago
Ill
Port Lee
Jochum
Army
Bey of Tunis Placed Under Virtual House Arrest
France moved troops to the Bey of Tunis summer palace and ousted his honor guard after he balked at a martial law decree. A blast at the public works office wounded three as violence rose in the protectorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Tunisia
France
Sidi Mohammed Al-Amin
Carthage
Publc
Senate Panel Moves to Reshape Wage Stabilization Board
The Senate Banking Committee voted to strip the Wage Stabilization Board of its dispute powers and reorganize it as an all public body while extending wage and price controls to June 30 1953. The plan, pushed by Sen Dirksen, would have the new board report to the economic stabilization director Charles E Wilson and set broad wage policy.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
Sen
Douglas
Illinois
Sen Moody
Michigan
Truman
Congress
WSB
CIO
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ti
Senate
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
Small Fights Erupt Along Korean Front
Allied patrols clash with Communist forces on the front as two pre-dawn skirmishes in the central sector end with Reds pushed back. About 31 attackers are reported killed in simultaneous probing and outpost battles. Air and naval strikes claim heavy damage to rail lines and Red buildings.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Kumhwa
United Nations
North Korea
Air Force
U. S
Lowry
Besieged Wonsan
Ammo Truck Station Wagon Crash Kills One
One man died and three others were injured in a collision between an ammunition laden tractor trailer and a station wagon on U S Route 250 five miles west of Richmond. The trailer carried 40 mm shells. no fire occurred. Police identified the dead as Jessy C. Brown, 42, of Pendleton Louisa County, a passenger in the station wagon.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Jessy C. Brown
Pendleton
Louisa County
Clarke Tax Rate Too Low To Qualify For School Funds
Seven Virginia cities and 73 counties share 1 040 757 21 in state minimum educational program funds. Localities must spend 70 cents per 100 on operating schools to qualify. Chesterfield Clarke Loudoun Warren and Fredericksburg Staunton missed out due to low tax rates. Buchanan Wise counties and Frederick County received grants. Winchester avoided aid by spending enough for the minimum.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Educational
State Department of Education
Chesterfield
Clarke
Loudoun
Warren
Fredericksburg
Staunton
Buchanan
Wise
Russians Lift Road Blockade Near Allied Patrols
Berlin reports that U S authorities said the Russians suddenly ended a seven day highway blockade of Allied military patrols and allowed one patrol car to pass the barrier late today.
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Berlin
U. S
Battle Casualties Rise in Korea to 108,413
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea now total 108,413, up 241 from last week. The figure reflects ongoing combat losses as the war continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Korea
Survivors Describe Collision of B 29 and Fighter Plane
Six crewmen parachuted to safety after a B 29 and a Marine Corsair collided nearly three miles above the Pacific Ocean. One Marine pilot was killed and seven are missing. The bomber came from March Air Force Base and the fighter from El Toro Marine Base.
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Los. Angeles
Pacific Ocean
Marine Corsair
Navy
Coast Guard
Santa Catalina Island
Marine
March Air Force Base
Calif
el Toro
Marine Air Base
Mrs Conrad Dies In New York State
Charlotte Harding Conrad wife of Brig. Gen. George Bryan Conrad died Monday after a long illness at The Squirrels Highland Falls N Y She was daughter of the late Butler Harding and Annie Bige low Harding of Highland Falls Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed
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Charlotte Harding Conrad
George Bryan Conrad
the Squirrels
Highland Falls
Butler Harding
Annie Bigelow Harding
Wage Stabilization Board Sets 15-Cent Ceiling for Oil Strike
The Wage Stabilization Board approved a general 15-cent-an-hour wage ceiling for about 90,000 striking oil workers. The move aims to guide bargaining for six unions amid the ongoing three week disruption that has caused oil shortages and threatened defenses supply. A Knight of the CIO Oilworkers Union questioned whether the strike created a national emergency as fuel distribution and flights falter.
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Washington PY
Washington
WSB
Great Britain
U. S
Third Air Force
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Secretary of the Interior
Chapman
A. Knight
CIO Oilworkers Union
Korea
Gary-Hammond
Indiana
Associated
Pan American Airways
New York
Taft Extends West Virginia Delegate Lead Over Ike
In Charleston WV Taft holds a 14 to 1 delegate edge over Eisenhower in the GOP contest for West Virginia's 16 votes with Taft also leading Stassen in popularity. Eisenhower name not on the ballot and unpledged candidate Rusmisell challenged in the Third District. Returns show heavy turnout and some polling place closures before 7:30 p m deadline.
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Sen. Taft
Ike
W. Va
Charleston
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Virginia
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
GOP
Thomas F Millsop
Weirton
James A. Rusmisell
Buchhannon
Stassen
Open House Party Promotes Gifts and Prizes in Cameron Street Event
Open House Party on Friday and Saturday May 20 24 at 326 N Cameron St offers free gift certificates and door prizes. Also listed are a Jayceeettes rummage sale at Episcopal Church and a Berryville Virginia square dance with music by Shorty Billmyer and a bake sale at Singer Sewing Center.
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Bayliss & Patterson
Cameron St
Jayceeettes
Episcopal Church
Tillford
Bidg
Berryville
Shorty Billmyer
The
American Legion
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Philip Murray
Murray
Per Vate
M. S. Hudgins Company
Fairmont Avenue
J. M. Steck
Finance Committee
Carl E. Shull
State Compensation Board
W.S. Sargent
Sheridan Drive
H. W. Butler, Jr
Munsan
Bulletin
Mike Garber
Bey of Tunis
Bank Committee
By Jerry T. Baulich
Ray Allen Goza
Harry Wolford
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Jean Ellen
Gale Rene
Arrow
Wolford
International
Conrad
New York State
Rowland Evans JR
BY Don Whitehead
Lone Ike
Kilgore
Harley Kilgore
D-W Va
J. Horner Davis
State House of Delegates
Chapman Reverecomb
Statehouse
Rush D. Holt
Marland
Cyrus 5. Kump
Flemins
H. G. Kump
E. H. Hedrick
Singer Sewing Center
Beneefit Middle Road
H. D. Club
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