Railroads Seek Freight Rate Boost After Wage Increase
The system's Class 1 railroads faced arbitration orders to raise wages by 16 cents an hour for 1,220,000 workers. Union officials called the raise inadequate and anticipated asking for higher freight rates to cover the increased labor costs. Santa Fe Railway anticipated rapid wage demand disclosures on 136 lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bert M. Jewell
Federal
Felix H. Knight
E. E. Milliman
Iabor
Arbitration Board
Federal deficit seen shrinking in 1946 47 outlook
Washington reports that the January budget message to Congress estimates a federal deficit around 22 billion dollars for this year and a total deficit five to six billion dollars below earlier 28 billion estimates. Officials say tax receipts stay strong amid rapid demobilization and expense cuts.
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Washington
Fed
Truman
Congress
Treasury
White House
John W. Snyder
Strikes Ripple Through Ohio Industry Amid Wage Talks
Ohio strike turmoil disrupts Willys Overland plants in Toledo and Cleveland steel works halts at Midland, while coal strikes press Carnegiellinois Ohio operations. Wage hikes totaling about 3400 yearly per non operating worker set. operating unions seeking more. Akron transit talks continue with some progress as 400 drivers demand raises and 42 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Midland Steel Products Co
Cleveland
Carnegiellinois Steel Corporation
Ohio Works
Youngstown
Study Ice Effects on Jet Engines in North Ohio
The Flying Ice Plant, a 38 24 Liberator bomber, carries a jet engine over Northern Ohio to study ice formation on turbo jet engines and methods to prevent icing. The project is run by the Cleveland Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Engine Research Laboratory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Youth Convicted in Holdup Slaying but Spared Death Penalty
Canton Ohio case edicts 15 year old John H Haley convicted of first degree murder for the October 14 holdup shooting of confectioner William A Keram. Jury recommended mercy and spared him from execution by electric chair. Haley was found guilty for acting as lookout during the attempted robbery and shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
John H. Haley
William A. Keram
Ohio Electric Chair
Mercy
Murder suspect Grant Tyler found dead in Chester home
Chester investigators had planned to arrest Grant Tyler on murder charges when he was found dead atop a gas range. Police said a note near the body claimed he had not been good and implied self harm after warrants were issued for the slaying of Rose Lyons.
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Chester
Rose Lyons
Grant Tyler
Tyler
Daisy Tyler
A. Desmond
Wave Damage In Hawaii Reaches Ten Million
Hawaii faces 169 deaths as waves wreck property from Honolulu to Hilo. Officials report 88 dead in the islands, 58 in Hilo, with 69 missing including 25 school children. Losses tally about 10 million in Hawaii, plus 60 thousand dollar luxury homes and 60 million more across the Pacific. Supplies rush to stricken Hilo as search efforts continue by sea and air.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Islands
Hilo
Hawaii
Eastern Pacific
Tahiti
Aleutians
California
South America
City of
Ohio Meat Slaughterers Learn New Regulations in Meetings
Cleveland officials of the Office of Price Administration announce a series of meetings to brief about 130 custom slaughterers in Cuyahoga Lake Medina and Lorain counties on new controls. Slaughterers must file monthly reports showing animals killed and payments. A gravel pit death near Lucasville is reported as a heart attack.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Cuyahoga, Lake, Medina
Lorain Counties
Abandon Hope For Teachers In Ocean Disaster
Hilo Hawaii report from a hospital cot shows Marsue McGinnis of Oxford Ohio describing a tidal wave near death. She and two small children were rescued eight hours after the waves struck by a life raft from a rescue plane. McGinnis and four missing teachers are named among 25 missing pupils. In Cleveland a WRU graduate course in television with programs from its own station will be planned today.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Marsue McGinnis
Oxford
Miss McGinnis
Faye Johnson
Vinton, Va
Dorothy Drake
Columbus
Ohio
Helen Kingseed
Sidney
Cleveland
LPA
Western Reserve University
Scientists Urge Sizing by Body Types for All Clothing
Dr. Francis E. Randall of Wright Field argues for comprehensive population measurements to tailor clothing and equipment. He cites Army data and wartime examples from the Nazis and Japanese, contending machine and garment design should fit individual physical attributes for better job performance.
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Cleveland
Francis E. Randall
Army Air Forces
Wright Field
American Association For Physical Anthropoogists
U.S. Army
Dali
Meigs County Boy Drowned In Shade River
Parker Scott Louden aged 14 was found dead in Shade River near Long Bottom after going fishing alone Wednesday. Coroner Henry Ewing ruled accidental drowning. his father Bert Louden had died two weeks earlier. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm at Long Bottom Methodist Church with Sand Hill Cemetery interment. Surviving: mother three sisters and five brothers.
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Pomeroy
Henry Ewing
Parker Scott Louden
Shade River
Long Bottom
Bert Louden
Long Bottom Methodist Church
Sand Hill
Truman Hits by New GOP Head In Radio Talk
Washington reports the new GOP national chairman Rep. B Carroll Reese used a radio interview to call Democrats the party of reaction and praise the GOP as the liberal party. He argued the people should run their government while President Truman faced criticism over his support for party stand-patters. Southern Democrats remained uneasy over remarks attributed to their Dixie wing and a case anti strike bill criticism carried by party publication.
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Washington
GOP
B. Carroll Reese
Party of
Reece
Truman
Robert E. Hannegan
Southern House
Iran Case Near Settlement as Russia Pledges Troop Removal
The United Nations Security Council eyes an immediate Iran settlement after Russia pledged to pull all Red Army troops from Iran by early May. Iran’s Hussein Ala signals readiness to trust the pledge if the case remains on the docket and can be reopened if needed. Gromyko absent in talks but expected to rejoin once troop withdrawal proceeds.
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Iran
Russia
New York
United Nations Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Hussein Ala
SU. N
Trygve Lie
Security Council
Gromyko
Lie
Ala
Say
Byrnes
United Nations
Red Army
Iram
Council
U. N
Moscow
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Lake Success
Long Island
N. Y
Hunter College
Bronx
OPA Stirs Hope After House Banking Committee Vote
In Washington the House Banking Committee voted to preserve OPA price controls with amendments. Rep. Monroney says OPA will be continued in a workable form. The panel backed repealing the low cost clothing requirement and approved a gradual lift as scarce items balance with demand. The full House floor battle remains uncertain. Iran offers to withdraw charges if Russia pulls armed forces from Iran by May 6.
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Washington
OPA
House Banking Committee
Monroney
Okla
Iran
NEA
Cotton price control debate roils Southern senators
Southern lawmakers condemn Chester Bowles for prompting Secretary Anderson to back cotton price ceilings. They demand the stabilization director resign, claim he endangers OPA, while Congress debates a full year extension of price controls and related pork programs. Record earthquakes shake Georgetown University area.
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Washington
CPI
Chester Bowles
Secretary of Agriculturs
Anderson
OPA
Slayer at Large After Prison Break
Earl Mc Farland, condemned rape slayer, and Joseph D. Medley escaped from a death house after overpowering two guards during a card game. Medley was recaptured after a seven hour manhunt. McFarland remains at large as investigations by Justice and a congressional committee proceed.
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Washington
Earl McFarland
Guadalcanal
FBI
Joseph D. Medley
Medley
Justice Department
Congressional
Rep
Hebert D-La
McFarland
Med Jey
Fine Former Mayors For Traffic Violations
Chillicothe reports two former mayors William E Higley and William B Barrett were fined yesterday for failing to answer summons on traffic violations. Each paid 5 for overstaying time in a metered zone.
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Chillicothe
William E. Higley
William 8. Barrett
Freak Accident Kills Lorain Sewer Worker
Domenic Jacovetti, 55, died in a Lorain sewer project incident when a heavy clay piece struck his head while he used a power spade run by an air compressor. The impact snapped his neck against the tool, severing his jugular vein.
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Lorain
Domenic Jacovetti
Jacovetti
Near Approval for Compromise on New Wage Bill
Washington negotiators moved a compromise wage base to 60 cents an hour with Senate action looming. A farm price amendment sought by Senator Russell faced a last-ditch effort to defeat it as opponents argued it would boost food costs by billions. President Truman reiterated his veto stance if the farm price provision passes.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
America
Truman
Budenz Says U.S. Communists Direct Arm of Russians
Louis Budenz former Communist editor testified before the House committee that the Communist Party in the United States is a direct arm of the Soviet Foreign Department and that every American Communist is a potential spy for the United States. He noted many are unhappy about this.
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Washington
Louis Francis Budenz
House
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Foreign Department
Budenz
Notre Dame University
Windy purse snatch in downtown Cedar Rapids recovers most cash
A strong wind blew open Mrs Earl Shears purse at a busy Cedar Rapids intersection. About $315 in cash flew out. With help from two newsboys and a policeman she recovered all but $110.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Shears
Prediction of atomic wave effects on coasts in 1939
Szilard warned President Roosevelt that atomic bomb use could generate tidal waves affecting nearby coasts. Early predictions suggested underwater explosions might cause waves, but scientists doubted waves would match Alaska quake impacts. Bikini Atoll tests planned for 1947 aim to study wave formation with surface or underwater detonations.
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Szilard
Dayton
Alaska
American
Central Pacific
Bikini Fatoil
Atoll
Roosevelt
Leo Szilard
University of Chicago
Alexander Sachs
New York
Ini
Offer To Buy Big Inch Pipeline Hits 40 Million
Big Inch Gas, Inc. led by Charles H. Smith of New York City has offered to buy the 24 inch diameter government pipeline for 40 million dollars the Federal Power Commission reports. A second company Big Inch Oil, Inc. also led by Smith has offered to buy the 20 inch Texas to New York line for petroleum transport. If approved by FPC the wartime line would be converted to transport natural gas with an estimated 30 million dollars to be spent.
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Washington
Big Inch Gas, Inc
Charles H. Smith
New York City
Federal Power Cor
Smith
Big Inch Oil, Inc
New York
Texas
FEC
Licking Group Proposes Dillon Dam Alternate
The Licking Valley Protective Association plans an alternate flood control plan before the House Flood Control Committee next Thursday. About 150 members at Nashport last night unanimously approved 20 small flood central dams on Licking tributaries and smaller headwater dams for conservation to counter the Dillon Dam project.
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Zanesville
Licking Valley Protective Association
Newark
Dillon
Licking River
Here
House Flood Control Committee
Nashport
Licking
Muskingum River
Traffic Oddity Brings Venison for Hospital
In Berea a 160 pound buck leaped from bushes into a car on Rocky River Drive and was killed. State game officials allowed the venison to be given to Berea Community Hospital where patients will enjoy venison steaks.
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Cleveland
Berea Community Hospital
Berea
Edward J. Crawford
Rocky River Drive
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