Truman Aide Urges Action On Coal Strike Shutdown
President Truman faces pressure from advisers to act on the 18day coal strike before a two day trip. A fact finding report blamed John L. Lewis for the walkout of 400,000 miners and urged public action, while unions and mine owners argued over pension funding from a 32 million dollar fund. Steel plants cut production as idled workers rose above 30,000 nationwide. layoffs and furloughs spread across railroads and other sectors. Ohio and Pennsylvania unemployment agencies reported no new claims from idle miners, with officials cautioning about eligibility amid the stoppage.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Mitchell
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
East Buffalo
Cleveland
Birmingham
South
West Virginia
Fairmont
Morgantown
Sharon Steel Co
Spectator Wounded at Sportsman's Show in Public Hall
A spectator, John Conrad, 38, of Avon, was wounded slightly when a .22 rifle used in a marksmanship act discharged accidentally at the Sportsman's show in Public Hall Cleveland. He received hospital treatment. the bullet pierced his left wrist and lodged near the right elbow as his arms were crossed.
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Cleveland
John
Conrad
Avon
Bricker Named Head of Ohio Taft for President Group
In Columbus an Ohio Taft for President committee forms with U.S. Senator John W. Bricker as chairman. Bricker, Ohio's junior senator and 1944 vice presidential candidate, will lead the effort as Taft for president clubs expand to 17 counties per GOP state chairman Fred H. Johnson.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Fred H. Johnson
GOP
Chillicothe Man Named General Motors Director
Dayton news confirms Russell V. Polen of Chillicothe has been promoted to director of manufacturing operations at General Motors. He succeeds Mason M. Roberts, who becomes general manager as E. R. Godfrey becomes group executive of a new Dayton division. Polen previously served as assistant works manager.
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Dayton
Russell V. Polen
Chillicothe
Mason M. Roberts
General Motors
Roberts
E. R. Godfrey
Polen
Chile moves to outlaw Communist Party
Santiago Chile President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla called an extraordinary congress session for April 15 to discuss banning the Communist Party in Chile.
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Chile
Santiago
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Communist Party In
Guerrilla Defense Cracked at Pontokerrassia
Greek army shock troops pierced a key guerrilla defense at Pontokerrassia in a front dispatch. The clash reported in Athens describes a wedge driven through the position, altering local control.
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Athens
Greece
Pontokerrassia
Czech roaming writer Erwinkisch dies in Prague
Czech author Egon Erwinkisch, 3, once famed as Czechoslovakia’s roaming writer, died yesterday in Prague.
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Prague
Egon Erwinkisch
Czechoslovakia
Columbus Red Lashes Mob Leaves Home
Columbus reporter notes Communist Frank Hashmall abandons his damaged home and vows the party will continue to expand. He blasts police for not protecting his property and claims officers burglarized his books while condemning the storming incident. Sen Bricker criticizes Columbus and Ohio for allowing Communists.
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Columbus
Frank Hashmall
Franklin County
U.S
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ohio Society
Washington
Ohio cities prepare for daylight saving time all year
Ten Ohio cities will advance clocks one hour on April 25 for daylight saving until September 25 while others debate the move. Rural areas oppose changes and some towns have rejected daylight time. Cleveland Ashland Bedford Chardon East Liverpool Elyria Leetonia Norwalk Oberlin Sandusky are listed as adopting the time. Nearby cities Detroit Monroe and Wheeling are noted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Ashland
Bedford
Chardon
East Liverpool
Elyria
Leetonia
Norwalk
Oberlin
Sandusky
States
Detroit
Monroe
Mich
Wheeling
W. Va
Oklahoma! Marks Fifth Broadway Anniversary Gala
Harmonizing American folklore and native music the musical Oklahoma! was staged in a gala performance last night to mark its fifth anniversary on Broadway.
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New York
Western Allies plan air relief to Berlin as rail inspections clash
The United States and Britain refuse Soviet rail inspections to Berlin, opting for extra air flights from Frankfurt to Tempelhof while canceling train travel. General Clay says Soviet measures cannot be broken by force, as Moscow demands border checks for all crossing traffic. Four passenger trains halted at Marienborn border point amid the standoff.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
United States Occupation Zone
Tempelhof Airdrome
U. S
Royal Air Force
Gatow
British European Airways
Hamburg
Clay
Moscow
Yuri Korolkov
Pravda
Germany
Control Council
Marienborn
Two Women Slashed In Columbus Mystery Deepens
Police probe strong clues after two women are found murdered in Columbus. One is unidentified, about 40, found in a downtown hotel bed with 20 stab wounds. The other, 61 year old Mrs. Smilack, was found slain in her South Side home with throat cut and criminal assault suspected. Tattoo marks on the hotel victim point to an unknown origin. Police seek the sporty dressed man of about 40 who registered with her.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marcella Smilack
South Side
Spyker
Wallace attacked by crowd in Brooklyn campaign stop
About 500 demonstrators booed third party candidate Henry A. Wallace in Brooklyn as he spoke at a school. They shouted Down with Russia Down with Communism while bearing U S flags and veterans banners. Wallace remained calm and charged U S policy with fueling civil war for Italy.
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New York
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
Brooklyn
U. S
Wallace
Italy
Crews Seek Wreckage Of Crashed Airplane In Moonhaw Mountain
Search teams worked through mud and woods to locate a twin engine plane wreck on Moonhaw Mountain. The Air Force B-25 bomber crashed last night after 8 p.m. EST, killing at least two people.
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Kingston
N. Y
Moonhaw Mountain
Eight Koreans Sentenced to Hang for Political Assassination
Eight Koreans were sentenced to be hanged for the assassination of Chang Duk Soo an official of the conservative Korean Democratic Party who was shot in the back December 2.
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Seoul
Chang Duk Soo
Korean Democratic Party
Printers’ NY Contract Expires as Talks Continue
The 2,500 printers employed on New York City’s 14 major daily papers saw their contract end at midnight. Crews remained on duty while unions and publishers negotiate a new agreement.
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New York
New York City
Wage talks to open Canton
The CIO United Steelworkers will begin wage negotiations next week with 21 industrial plans covering 25 000 workers.
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Cio-United Steelworkers
Lausche Questions GOP “46 Campaign Promises
Former Gov. Frank J. Lausche seeks the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio. He questions the fate of 1946 GOP promises to reduce government costs, cut sales tax, and provide housing for veterans, accusing Herbert of remaining silent since his election.
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Portsmouth
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
Herbert
Akron Without Service in Bus Drivers Strike
Akron drivers and mechanics at Akron Transportation Co. walked out today for pay raises. The strike halted mass transportation in Akron and affects Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls. It marks the third such strike in recent years for ATC, which previously saw April and prior year stoppages of short duration.
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Akron
Akron Transportation Co
ATC
Barberton
Cuyahoga Falls
Der Fuehrer Captured? April Fool Joke in Leesburg Citizen
Highland County readers of the Leesburg Citizen were startled to find a large headline claiming Adolf Hitler was held in Wilmington jail and Eva Braun attending Wilmington College. The inside page revealed it was an April Fool’s Day prank by editor Mack Sauer, known for flippant stunts including a past $10,000 reward offer for quintuplet-siring couples.
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Leesburg
Highland County
Mack Sauer
Adolph Hitler
Wilmington
Clinton County
Eva Braun
Wilmington College
Sauer
Four Marines Released By Chinese After Christmas Capture
Four U S Marines seized by Chinese Communists during a Christmas hunting trip were freed at Haiyang, a coastal city 60 miles northeast of Tsingtao. They are in good condition. a fifth Marine, Pfc Charles J Brayton Jr, died of wounds. The released Marines are Cpl William L Pollard Pfe Carroll W Dickerson Pvt Robert Hart and Pfe Thomas Kapodistria.
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Shanghai
U. S
China
U. S. Navy
Haiyang
U. S. Western Pacific Fleet
Tsingtao
Charles J. Brayton, Jr
Fort Jay
Governor’s Island
N. Y
William L. Pollard
Fort Worth
Tex
Carroll W. Dickerson
Olatahe
Kas
Robert Hart
Pittsburgh
Pfe
Thomas Kapodistria
Buffalo
Lingchan
Brayton
Third Party Seeks Ohio Ballot Status
Preliminary efforts to qualify Henry Wallace's third party on the Ohio November ballot were on file in Columbus and Springfield. The Wallace for President Committee filed a loyalty affidavit with the secretary of state to qualify as a minority party. The document was defective for not stating no foreign government connections.
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Columbus
Henry Wallace
Ohio
Springfield
Ohio Wallace For President
Leland S. Dougan
Edward J. Hummel
Army Funeral Ship Arrives With 2805 Service Bodies
New York reports the Army transport Robert Burns carrying 2805 servicemen killed in the European Theater of World War II is due to arrive at 2 p.m. today. The ship was delayed from March 29 by heavy North Atlantic seas. The John L. McCarley carrying 2671 bodies from Europe is set to arrive April 4.
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New York
Robert Burns
North Atlantic
John L. McCarley
Europe
England Nationalizes Electric Power Industry
Britain’s electric power industry becomes public property as part of the Labor Government’s five year program. It marks the sixth major industry nationalized without fanfare.
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England
London
Britain
Middletown City Appropriation Ordinance Approved
The Middletown city commission approved an ordinance for 1948 appropriations totaling 1 213 326.86 dollars. This compares with last year’s total of 832 095.25 dollars.
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Middletown
Woman killed by fall at downtown store
Mrs Minnie Lindauer, 56, died after stepping into an open trap door into a cellar at a downtown department store. The incident occurred yesterday in Hamilton. Authorities investigate the accident and determine the cause of the open trap door.
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Fall Hamilton
Minnie Lindauer
Dayton Man 69 Dies In Traffic Crash
Aloise Wurstner, 69, died after a traffic accident last night. His brother Rudolph Wurstner is the police chief.
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Dayton
Aloise Wurstner
Rudolph
War surplus ads to carry warning notice
Washington announces all future ads for war surplus goods must include warning subject to withdrawal by the armed forces. The War Assets Administration says the armed services will pull leftover military property from the surplus market for potential use in the preparedness program.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
Armed Services
Administration Seeks Removal Of Welcome Franco Provision
Washington officials said they will push to strike the welcome Franco clause from the European Recovery Plan before final congressional approval. State Department critics say the clause undermines Europe by dictating to the 16 cooperating nations whom to invite, and Washington’s Franco policy aims for cautious engagement rather than closer ties.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
State Department
House
Europe
Department
United States
Spain
Seven Firms Launch New Coal Program
Seven leading coal firms and railroads launched a 250000 program to design a machine that will mine coal cheaper and faster. Howard N. Eavenson of Bituminous Coal Research announced the plan a few days after Joy Manufacturing disclosed testing a continuous mining machine in Pittsburgh. Neither firm commented on impact on miner employment. The goal is a machine that cuts off solid coal without explosives and feeds it onto a conveyor or mine cars.
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Pittsburgh
Howard N. Eavenson
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Joy Manufacturing Co
Joy
BCR
Revived Ohio Society Elects Selby President
The revived Ohio Society of Washington elected Paul Selby former Ohio State Commerce Director as president at a dinner. About 165 people attended the meeting held in Washington Last night. Senator James W Bricker was named honorary president and Justice Harold Burton along with Representatives Walter Brehm and Homer Ramey were among those introduced.
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Washington
Paul Selby
Ohio State Commerce
Ohio Society of Washington
James W. Bricker
Supreme Court
Harold Burton
Walter Brehm
Homer Ramey
Alaskan airbases labeled aggressive by Soviet paper
Red Star accused the United States of aggressive aims by building Alaskan airbases. The Soviet Army newspaper cited Air Secretary W Stuart Symington saying the bases allow U S planes to bomb any part of Russia and return.
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Moscow
Red Star
United States
U.S
W. Stuart Symington
Russia
U S Planes Sent to Turkey to Bolster Dardanelles Guard
The United States ships former Air Force planes to Istanbul as the first of three deliveries under the Greek Turkish military aid program. Escort carrier Rendova sails from San Francisco with plans to dock at Yesilkoy for ten days. Two more carriers will transport planes from Norfolk in May and June while four late model submarines prepare to depart New London for an unnamed Turkish port.
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Washington
United States
Dardanelles
Rendova
San Francisco
Istanbul
Navy
Norfolk
Yesilkoy
New London
Conn
Chilean Urges Firm Stand at Pan American Conference
Chilean foreign minister Juvenal Hernandez urged a firm anti-Communist stand among the Pan American nations. He said Chile aligns with democracies and liberty, speaking to delegates at the Ninth Pan American Conference as relations with Russia remain severed. An economic cooperation program was on the agenda.
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Bogota
Colombia
Russia
Chile
Juvenal Hernandez
America
Hernandez
Ohio Doctors Adjourn With Business Session
The Ohio State Medical Association closes its annual meeting in Cincinnati with a business session of the house of delegates. Sectional meetings will cover nervous and mental diseases and pediatrics plus instructional courses. Delegates were told yesterday that headache was the most common complaint among practitioners.
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Cincinnati
Ohio State Medical Association
House of Delegates
US aid linked to Italy peace economy vow
Ambassador James C. Dunn told Monfalcone shipyard workers that United States aid is limited to helping restore Italy's peace economy. He framed aid as a stabilizing measure tied to postwar economic recovery and employment at the shipyard.
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Monfalcone
Italy
James C. Dunn
United States
Cleveland Judge Day Dies in Heart Attack at 65
Common Pleas Judge Frank S. Day, 65, died of a heart attack last night while packing for a California vacation. He served on the Cleveland bench for many years and was known for his courthouse work and public service.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Frank S. Day
California
Truman Sets Top Of 3 Billion For Preparedness
President Truman capped extra military funding at about 3 billion dollars amid war-avoidance aims. A ranking official noted the move halves the armed forces request, shifting focus to a peace program and trained personnel through the draft and universal military training. The plan seeks inflation control by coordinating defense and foreign aid with other agencies under the president. The National Security Resources Board will relocate from the Pentagon to align with the Budget Bureau and Economic Advisory Council.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
United States
National Security Resources Board
Armed Forces
Pentagon
Economic Advisory Council
Budget Bureau
Oil Rationing Talks Open With Industry Leaders
Washington plans voluntary gasoline rationing to avert a summer shortage. A 33 member petroleum advisory committee met with Secretary of the Interior to consider voluntary regulations ensuring fuel for essential services and critical uses next 12 months.
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Washington
Petroleum Industry Advisory
Rug
Strikers Ask Report Plan Broadened Action
United Financial Employee AFL invited 21 prominent citizens to investigate its dispute with New York stock and curb exchanges and report for public judgment. Keefe said the union would subject its case to impartial scrutiny as rain drenched pickets announce plans to broaden the strike.
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New York
United Financial Employee
AFL
M. David Keefe
Senators and House Experts Push Global Aid Bill to Truman
A joint team of Senate and House foreign experts moves to finalize a compromise global aid bill. The measure totals about 6.205 billion dollars with European recovery funds of 5.3 billion and aid to Greece, Turkey, and China, aiming for passage before the week ends. The plan envisions aid to 16 European nations and potential inclusion of Spain, with separate military and economic components in both chambers.
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Senate
HOUSE
Washington
Truman
America
Europe
China
Greece
Turkey
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Britain
France
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal
Switzerland
Iceland
Eire
Denmark
Austria
Addin
Spain
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Ohio Taft Group
Warren
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Conneaut
Defiance
Findlay
Medina
Fostoria
Franz Halder
Selby
Robert H. Best
Boston
Thomas A. Jenkins
Walter E. Brehm
George H. Bender
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