300000 German Miners Plan One Day Pit Walkout
ESSEN AP Nearly 300000 Ruhr coal miners were ordered to strike for one day to protest food shortages. Bochum vote backed the walkout, causing estimated losses of about 238000 tons of coal as output in Ruhr mines declined amid unrest and delayed ration promises.
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Essen
Germany
Ruhr
Bochum
Neuss
Wesel
Cologne
Muenchen-Gladbach
Dortmund
Hamborn
Duisburg
Europe
William Asbury
North Rhine- Westphalia
August Schmidt
Jeader
Berlin
Hamburg
New Greek Monarch Names Cabinet Ministers
King Paul named Premier Demetrios Maximos and a seven party coalition cabinet to lead Greece after King George II's death. Maximos, 74, who was asked to stay on after Paul took oath, heads a cabinet of five former premiers with members from Social Democrat National Liberal Reformist Venizelist Liberal National Unionist and nationalist parties. Funeral plans for King George II are set for Sunday. The new king pledged to devote all his strength to the nation.
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Athens
Paul
Greece
Demetrios Maximos
Maximos
George II
Social Democrat
George
Russia
Two Teens Convicted in Slaying of Indiana State Policeman
In Columbus Indiana two 17 year old Evansville youths William Price and William Johnson were found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of an Indiana state trooper. They awaited formal sentencing today as the all male jury rendered its verdict last night.
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Columbus
Ind
Evansville
Indiana
William Price
William Johnson
Murder conviction in Circleville double stumble
Harvey B. Julian, 26, was convicted of second degree murder for the fatal shooting of his divorced wife Pearl, 20, on January 21 in Circleville Ohio. The verdict follows a grim domestic tragedy linked to the couple’s separation.
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Circleville, O
Harvey B. Julian
Pearl
Train Strikes Auto Near Wooster Fatality
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train collided with an automobile near Wooster Ohio yesterday causing the death of Mrs John Bruge of Wellington Ohio. The incident halted traffic as investigators opened the scene for inquiry and details remain limited.
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Auto Wooster
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Bruge
Wellington
Ohio
NFTW Asks Congress to Probe Bell System Policy
The National Federation of Telephone Workers threatened a nationwide strike and urged Congress to investigate what it called Bell system monopolistic labor policy. NFTW President J A Beirne sent letters to House Republican leader Halleck and Senate GOP Leader White. Republicans on the House Labor Committee outlined swift approval of a bill to block the strike, signaling a partial concession to Democratic objections.
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Washington
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Congress
Bell System
J. A. Beirne
NFTW
House
Halleck
Senate
GOP
White
Capitol Hills
House Labor Committee
Taft Attacks Lilienthal Over Red Voice Plan in Senate
Senator Taft of Ohio challenged David Lilienthal during Senate debate on his nomination as chairman of the domestic atomic control commission. Taft warned that Lilienthal’s international control plan would give Russia a direct voice in American atomic energy plants.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Russia
Senate
Domestic Atomic Control Commission
Toledo man arraigned on obscene mail charge
Eric Ellis of Ver million faced arraignment today on a charge of sending obscene pictures through the mail.
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Toledo
Eric Ellis
Vermillion
Senate Panel Advances Daniels Cramer School Bill to Vote
The Senate Rules Committee sent the Daniels Cramer school bill to a floor vote in the Ohio Senate as it seeks to raise the annual school foundation program from about 60 million to 85 to 90 million dollars. The Brooks Reiners McKie school subsidy plan was postponed by the Senate Education Committee.
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Columbus
Senate Rules Committee
Daniels Cramer
Ohio Senate
Senate Education Committee
Brooks-Reiners-McKie
House Education Committee
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Group May Reverse Rent Decision
A GOP policy maker predicts House Banking Committee members will overturn their vote for a 10 percent rent ceiling increase as a showdown looms before nightfall. President Truman urged Congress to extend effective rent and eviction controls to one year from June 30, citing ongoing housing demand pressures.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
Koons Awaits Death in Chair
Russell Eugene Koons a 23 year old Springfield Navy veteran sits on death row in Ohio Penitentiary awaiting execution for the hatchet slaying of his mother on January 25 1946. He remains calm while playing solitaire reading and receiving visits from the prison chaplain as guards monitor his final hours.
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Columbus
Russell Eugene Koons
Springfield
Ohio Penitentiary
Koons
K. E. Wall
Tragic Deaths Drive Boy to Take His Own Life
Nine year old Gerald Coe will be buried beside his parents after their deaths last week. Deputy Coroner Hadlock said the child bound a towel over his face and used bathroom fixtures at Wolverine Lake home to end his life following the family’s losses.
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Pontiac
Mich
Gerald Coe
Douglas A. Haddock
Wolverine Lake
Small Nations Plead For Arm Talk Unity
Lake Success N Y two small nations urged the five great powers to seek unity in arms limitation talks. the appeal came as delegates of the United Nations Commission for Conventional Armaments met.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Commission
Publisher Ray Lampson Dies After Illness
Ray D. Lampson, 81, former owner of the Warren Tribune and forerunner of the Warren Tribune Chronicle, died yesterday from a heart ailment.
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Jefferson, D
Ray D. Lampson
Warren Tribune
Warren Tribune Chronicle
Earthquake Reported Near Weston Massachusetts
A strong earthquake in the South Pacific was reported early today by the Boston College seismograph station in Weston Massachusetts.
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Weston
Mass
South Pacific
Boston College
British Ship Bombed by Chinese Planes Near Shihkinso
British LST Wanshen unloading UNRRA supplies at Shihkinso port was bombed and machine gunned in three attacks. Captain William Lee suffered leg fractures and heavy bleeding, Chief Mate William Haining wounded by shrapnel, and a Chinese quartermaster injured. The Wanshen then sailed to sea, aided by the destroyer Wilkie.
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Shanghai
William Lee
LST
Lee
Haining
Wanshen
Wilkie
Food Prices Continue High Amid Strong Demand
Washington reports that high domestic demand keeps farm prices up as exports may rise and speculative buying supports grain markets. Officials note per capita consumption of meat poultry milk and vegetables remains above prewar levels despite price controls being relaxed.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Striking Hanover Toboso Students Return to Classes
Sixty students at Hanover Toboso High School are expected to return to classes today after a Monday strike protesting the potential dismissal of Supt. Wilbur Spies.
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Newark
Hanover-Toboso High School
Wilbur Spies
Sam Simmons on veterans benefits and pension fraud
Sam Simmons argues that government aid for veterans is harmful and notes Civil War pension practices. He recalls cashiering pension checks at age 22, contrasting Union veterans' fraud and disability requirements with Confederate veterans who did not seek pensions, and asserts Confederates thrived economically. He insists his view aims to protect veterans, not deny welfare.
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Roane County
Search Starts For Missing Joe Cook Crewmen
Ravenswood authorities launched a search for three missing crewmen after a noon explosion on the steamer Joe Cook. Debris would be probed and the Ohio River dragged from Ravenswood to Lock 22, with a possible search under the boat for bodies. The missing men were identified as Robert L. Melton Ernest McCoy and C S Crago with one seen sinking after the blast.
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Ravenswood
Joe Cook
Ohio River
Lock 22
Robert L. Melton
Ernest McCoy
C. S. Crago
Salem worker sues union for ten thousand dollars
Wilelmina Schmidt of Salem Ohio filed a $10,000 lawsuit claiming Local 961 AFL United Brick and Clay Workers of America blocked her from working at Chester Hoist Co. She says a union inflation fee of five dollars led to her denial when the company offered a job and she seeks to void the plant's closed shop agreement.
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Lisbon
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers of America
Chester Hoist Co
Wilelmina Schmidt
Salem
Ohio
Taxi Drivers End Springfield Strike Settlement Reached
Springfield ends a 10 day taxi strike as cab company owner Virgil M. George and AFL Teamsters District Council No. 16 representative Morris G. Taylor jointly announce a settlement agreeable to all parties with no further details.
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Springfield
Virgil M. George
Morris G. Taylor
Lima
AFL Teamsters District Council No. 16
Rites To Be Thursday For Isaac Weatherby
Isaac Weatherby 84 died Tuesday in Athens after a life spent near Guysville. Survived by step-daughter Ethel Minerd of Guysville. Calling at White funeral home. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. W. C. Dennis. Burial in Bean Cemetery near Guysville.
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Coolville
Isaac Weatherby
Guysville
Athens
Ethel Minerd
W. C. Dennis
Bean Cemetery
Car Wreck Fatal Near Friendship Claims Perry Hutson
Perry Hutson, 57, died when his car overturned last night in Portsmouth near Friendship. Police report the accident occurred on Friendship road with Hutson pronounced dead at the scene. Investigation continues into the cause and conditions of the wreck.
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Portsmouth
Perry Hutson
Friendship
Tax official Sol Fetterman dies in Cleveland
Sol Fetterman 41 former counsel for the Tax Commission of Ohio died yesterday in Cleveland after a brief illness. He served as counsel for the tax agency and was active in state fiscal matters.
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Cleveland
Sol Fetterman
The
Tax Commission of Ohio
Mine Leaders Hint Unsafe Pit Closing
Government to bolster coal mine services amid threats of extended shutdowns after the Centralia disaster memorial. District 6 UMW leaders urge workers to stay out of unsafe pits in Ohio and the West Virginia panhandle until safety adjustments are made. President Truman keeps Dr. Sayers as head of the Bureau of Mines as political debate over Centralia continues. Lewis plans to testify to a House labor subcommittee.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Centralia
Ill
Midwest
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Pacifico
Ohio
West Virginia
Panhandle
Truman
Dr. R. R
Sayers
Bureau of Mines
Public Health Service
Krug
James Boyd
Lewis
Senate Public Lands Committee
Senate Public Lands
House Labor
Eloping Blind Couple Stull Object of Hunt
Florence Frutchey and Charles Owens two blind lovers from Cincinnati are missing after leaving Columbus with a seeing eye dog. A search spanning Pittsburgh and Indianapolis failed to find them as relatives dispute details of a planned marriage and travel. The couple had been communicating via Braille letters for about three weeks.
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Columbus
Florence Frutchey
Charles Owens
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Owens
Katie Owens
Miss Fratchey
R. C. Fratchey
Kennelly defeats GOP in Chicago mayoral race
In a sweeping Democratic victory Chicago voters elect Martin H Kennelly mayor, ending a 16 year GOP city hall dynasty as Democrats rebound from November losses. The nationwide 1947 mayoral test signals implications for Illinois electoral votes in the 1946 presidential race.
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Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Oth
Illinois
Texas Special Rams Freight Two Are Killed
A Katy Texas Special passenger train collided with a freight engine at Armstrong Oklahoma. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train died, the freight engineer was injured, and several passengers were hurt. The crash overturned the locomotive and one car while four cars left the tracks. victims were taken to Durant area hospitals.
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Armstrong
Okla
Katy
Durant
Record Iron Ore Movement Is Predicted
Cleveland. Stepped-up steel output should push Great Lakes iron ore movement to peacetime high. A T Wood, president of the Lake Carriers Association, says 75 to 80 million tons must travel from northern lake heads before channels freeze in November. He warns a car shortage will double fleet problems as coal loading also tightens.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
A. T. Wood
Lake Carriers Association
Wood
Mason Accident Victim Condition Listed Fair
Gallia county report says John Bayles of Point Pleasant is in fair condition at Holzer Hospital after being struck by a car Monday. He sustained head injuries according to the hospital.
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Gallipolis
John Bayles
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Hope Seen For Parley On Germany
Secretary of State Marshall remains hopeful that obstacles to a German peace settlement can be removed. He may seek a Stalin meeting as the Big Four struggle over reparations with deputy ministers deadlocked. Western deputies resist a strong rebuke of the reparations agency while debates on Austrian treaty assets continue without progress.
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Moscow
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Foreign Ministers Conference
Big Four
Stalin
U.S
Council of Foreign Ministers
Inter-Allied
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Cave Recluse Is Arrested In Ohio Desertion Case
A 25 year old bearded man said to have lived in a cave for four years was captured in Uhrichsville Ohio on a charge of desertion from the Army. John P Lehigh identified by FBI official E C Richardson as a Fort Shelby Mississippi deserter from July 1943 will be turned over to Army authorities at Fort Hayes. He offered no resistance and said he had earned money by repairing automobiles.
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Cleveland
Uhrichsville
Ohio
FBI
E. C. Richardson
John P. Lehigh
Fort Shelby
Miss
Richards
Fort
Modesty Ends Chase As Robber Takes Pants
Newark operator Ben Zuckerman confronted a gun wielding burglar who fled with his pants after a brief chase to Zuckerman’s doorstep. The thief grabbed $700 in cash, a wrist watch and cuff links valued at 1500 dollars before escaping.
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Modesty
Robber
Newark
N. J
Ben Zuckerman
Zuckerman
Governor Frees Woman From Vote Fraud Term
Governor Thomas J. Herbert ordered the release of Mrs. Susan Derighter of Cleveland who is serving one to five years in the women's reformatory for vote fraud. She will be freed on Good Friday.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Susan Derighter
Cleveland
Women’s Reformatory
Woman Fatally Injured in Union County Truck Collision
Mrs. Carrie Mae Garver, 48, of Findlay, died after a collision between her car and a Union County highway truck. Clare nce S. Steiner, 52, also of Findlay, was seriously injured in the crash reported yesterday.
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Marysville
Carrie Mae Garver
Findslay
Clarence S. Steiner
Findlay
Shade School Closes as Teachers and Students Fall Ill
Shade School shut down today after three teachers and more than half the students did not report due to illness. The district will reopen Monday under county supervision. The Plains and Mechanicsburg schools will also resume classes Monday April 7.
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Shade
Glenn Hanes
Plains
Mechanicsburg
Hanes
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Hollywood
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