Mourning Ends Miners Idle In Most Pits
Thousands of coal workers across the nation remained idle after a six day mourning period for the Centralia disaster. Reports from Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and other states showed mixed reopenings with many mines still shut or uncertain about reopening. The memorial stoppage led by John L. Lewis prompted varied responses from district presidents and officials across coal regions.
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Pittsburgh
Centralia
Llt
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Solid Nuels Administration
Altoona
Navy
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
UMW
W. F. Minton
Krug
Kentucky
Sam Caddy
UMW District 30
Illinois
Coal Mines Administration
Montana
W. Boyle
Utah
Wyoming
Houston Martin
District 22
New Mexico
340 000 Workers Out Spurned Postponement
Cleveland dispatch details the 340000 workers walkout as the national telephone strike began at 6 am local time. Ohio Bell offices faced pickets, with long distance operators leaving posts and Columbus managers planning emergency handling as the nationwide dispute spreads.
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Cleveland
Bell System
Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Huron Road
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
Columbus
Homer E. Smart
Ohio Bell
Smart
Washington
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Los Angeles
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
East
Middlewest
New England
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Bell
New York City
Communications World
At&t
Long Lines Department
New Jersey
New Jersey Bell Telephone Co
William Margolis
U. 8
Truman
Congress
House Labor Committee
Inmate's Body Found Near Railroad Tracks
Coroner John B. Gravis delayed verdict on the death of Gerald Griffith 38 an inmate of the state hospital whose battered body was found on a railroad track bank near the hospital yesterday He had been missing since Saturday hospital officials said
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Olumbus
John B. Gravis
Gerald Griffith
Griffith
Miners Pause as Safety Fight With Feds Rages
Ohio miners halt work awaiting a ruling by UMW President John L. Lewis and federal officials over mine safety. Fifty seven Ohio mines were closed last week as unsafe, while Chauncey Mine 25 resumed after a Saturday inspection certified it safe for operation with about two thirds of 400 workers back.
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Bellaire
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Interior
Krug
Lewis
Adolph Pacifica
UMW District 6
Mine Safety Committee
Interior Secretary
Joe Vedazone
Miners’ Safety Committee
Willow Grove
James Hyslop
Hanna Coal Co
Dun Glen
Piney Fork
Hyslop
UMW
Two Killed in Crash as Man Is Charged with Manslaughter
PORTSMOUTH two people died in a two car collision under the Chillicothe Street viaduct Saturday night. Police report a manslaughter charge has been filed against Robert Montgomery of Portsmouth, driver of one of the cars. John Howard 22 and Betty Suter 19 named as the deceased.
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Portsmouth
John Howard
Betty Suter
Chillicothe St. Viaduct
Harold Cooper
Robert Montgomery
Woman Journalist Bessie Beatty Dies at 61
Bessie Beatty radio commentator and former editor of McCall's magazine from 1918 to 1921 died last night in Nyack New York at age 61. She was a former newspaper woman and noted for her journalism work.
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Nyack
N. Y
Bessie Beatty
McCall’s Magazine
Train derailment injures dozens in Indiana and Wyoming
The Gotham Limited carrying over 300 passengers derailed at a South Columbia City crossing injuring at least 40 with 3 or 4 seriously hurt. The train from Chicago to Pittsburgh derailed in Wyoming injuring 11 as four cars left the track after a collision with a freight train.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana
Arthur Jackson
K. E. Berkins
Fort Wayne
Philadelphia
Gotham Limited
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Ganger
Wyo
Union Pacific
Portland
British General Sir John Du Cane Dies at 81
Sir John Philip Du Cane, 81, a World War I British officer and deputy chairman of De Beers South African Diamond Mining Co., died Sunday in London.
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London
Sir John Philip du Cane
de Beers South African Diamond Mining Co
Flood Crest Nears in Michigan as Flint Shuts GM Plant
Associated Press reports major flooding in Michigan with Flint and Lansing under emergency orders. Three feet of water shut GM plants in Flint, delaying 12 000 workers. statewide flood and wind damage run into millions while Meadville and Warren face evacuations and business closures.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Flint
Lansing
General Motors
Meadville
French Creek
Warren
New York
Porcelain Steel Boss Faces Stockholders in Walkout Crisis
Clyde Ohio Porcelain Steel Corp president R. R. Trubey, central figure in a 1500 worker sympathy walkout after he announced selling his 115000 shares and withdrawing from management, meets stockholders to decide if he stays as head.
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Cleveland
R. R. Trubey
Clyde
Ohio
Porcelain Steel Corp
Trubey
Porcelain Steel
Lilienthal Confirmation Expected Early This Week
Washington sources report strong Senate confidence in confirming David E. Lilienthal as AEC chairman early this week. Senator McKellar has not decided, his push stalled after the Senate rejected a motion to recommit the nomination for further study by 52 to 38.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
McKellar
Senate
Conservatives Lead In Tokyo Balloting
In Tokyo prefecture a strong vote of confidence for General MacArthur surfaced as the conservative incumbent defeated his socialist rival by more than 88,000 votes. The result signaled a clear rebuke to left wing labor leaders in the unexpectedly decisive governorship race.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Tokyo Prefecture
Wind Strikes Ohio Killing Teen During Easter Storm
A 60 mph gust ripped a 13 year old boy from a Toledo railroad bridge and he drowned in the Maumee River. The Easter wind damaged homes and utility lines from Cincinnati to Cleveland with shattering store windows and scattered shingles. Electricity outages hit Bexley as parades went on amid the gusts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Frank Hornyak
Maumee River
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Higbe Co
Terminal
Bexley
Intervention Ban Is Sought in Greek Turkish Aid Bill
Senate critics push a non intervention amendment to the Greek Turkish aid measure to prohibit intervention in other nations civil strife. The push follows rejection by the Foreign Relations Committee as debate nears on the 400 million stem anti communism bill.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Educational Arsenal Aids Ohio Schools
School superintendents from 11 Southern Ohio counties manage the first supply arsenal of education at Lynchburg. Weaver G Williamson of Highland County schools heads a leased warehouse serving as the hub for purchasing storage and distribution of surplus government supplies for schools.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Lynchburg
Weaver G. Williamson
Highland County Schools
Husband Held In Death Of Woman In Ohio
Kenneth Eyestone a 30 year old truck driver from Upper Sandusky is held without charge in the death of his wife Reva. Sheriff B H Stansberry of Wyandot County said there is nothing new. Eyestone was arrested in Newark last Saturday and reportedly changed his story in a couple of places.
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Upper Sandusky
Kenneth Eyestone
Reva
B. H. Stansberry
Wyandot
Eyestone
Newark
Ohio
William E. Knox Sr dies at 78 after building churches
Columbus based builder William E. Knox Sr died yesterday at age 78. During his career he constructed 18 churches in the city, marking a significant contribution to local religious architecture.
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Columbus
William E. Knox
Jew Property Return Agreed By Ministers
The four powers in the Austrian peace treaty talks agreed Austria must restore to Jewish and other owners property seized during German control or offer compensation where restitution is impossible. The accords include reservations and amendments and come as V M Molotov contemplates a new critique of US Britain reparations policy in Germany.
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Moscow
Austria
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Germany
Inter-Allied
Council of Foreign Ministers
U. S
Marshall
Council For Restoration
Hocking Man Dies at Age 73
Edward Maywood Miller 73 died Sunday at his daughter's home in Haydenville. A Marion Township native, he leaves a son John Logan two daughters Mrs. Thomas Gordon and Mrs. Jacob Sickle a brother Slave and two sisters Mrs. Charles Garrison and Mrs. Cassie Mast. Funeral services set for Wednesday 10 30 a m at Leonard funeral home Logan with Rev C W Swengel officiating. Burial in Mt Tabor Cemetery.
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Logan
Edward Maywood Miller
Pearl McGaphey
Haydenville
Marion Township
Miller
John
Thomas Gordon
Jacob Sickle
Charles Garrison
Bremen
Ohio
Cassie Mast
Lancaster
Leonard Funeral Home
C. W. Swengel
Mt. Tabor
Warm Greeting Given To Soprano Flagstad
The Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad made her first American appearance in six years yesterday and was greeted warmly by a near capacity crowd at Symphony Hall.
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Boston
Kirsten Flagstad
Symphony Hall
Downward Path From Youth Crime to Decline in Old Age
Sam Simmons cites De Quinry on how a minor crime can lead to larger vices and eventual ruin. The piece notes that youth crime and dwindling self assurance ease older criminals toward penny-snatching, while some reform and respectability follow rehabilitation.
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Thomas de Quinry
Taft Sees GOP Cutting Taxes And Spending This Year
Taft, head of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said Congress will ignore Truman and cut taxes and government expenses. He called the president's Jefferson Day address a political statement and argued revenues will rise with tax cuts, leaving a larger surplus to apply to the debt.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Staff of 37th Is Completed
COLUMBUS The general staff of the 37th Infantry Division is now complete. Maj. Gen. Leo M. Kreber, commanding general of the Ohio National Guard unit, announced today. Col. Julius A. Stark, Wooster postmaster and chief of staff, said four deputy chiefs of staff have been appointed: Lt. Col. Harold L. Hays, Lancaster personnel officer. Maj. John Guenther, Columbus intelligence officer. Lt. Col. Robert W. Minor, Columbus plans and training officer. Lt. Col. Raymond V. Graham, Columbus supply officer.
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Columbus
37Th Infantry Division
Leo M. Kreber
Ohio National Guard
Julius A. Stark
Wooster
37Th
Harold L. Hays
Lancaster
John Guenther
Robert W. Minor
Raymond V. Graham
Paraguay Navy Units Reported With Rebels
An Associated Press dispatch from Asuncion says Paraguayan naval units at Alberdi joined insurgent forces. The government imposed a news blackout, withholding all dispatches on the southern situation until an official communique is released.
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Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Alberdi
Associated Press
Asuncion
Boy, 13 Months, Makes Air Trip From Austria
New York report details 13 month old Sandor Stefen arriving by air at LaGuardia from Austria to join his parents Mr and Mrs Alex Stefen of Dayton. The Stefen couple reunited after serving in Austria where he met his wife. The mother had left the baby with her mother when she joined her husband in America last January.
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New York
Stefen
Sandor
la Guardia Field
Austria
Alex ‘Stefen
Dayton
America
GOP Leader in Norwood Dies at 71
Cincinnati reports Fred C. Schleuter a prominent Republican figure in Norwood died of a heart attack yesterday at age 71. He was active in local party circles and known for his community work.
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Cincinnati
Fred C. Schleuter
Norwood
Child Purchases Candy Fatally Struck by Auto
Virginia Carol Kaiser, 6, bought a Penny's candy at a neighborhood store Easter Sunday. While dashing home with the candy in one hand she was struck by an automobile and fatally injured in Columbus.
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Columbus
Virginia Carol Kaiser
Funeral services for Dr Willard L Valentine
Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Dr Willard L Valentine 42 editor of Science magazine who died at his home in Alexandria Virginia Saturday.
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Columbus
Willard L. Valentine
Science Magazine
Alexandria
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