U S Business Boom Seen Continuing Then Possible Recession
The Associated Press reports a strong 1947 start with an economy showing high employment and record consumer income. A potential recession could come later this year due to inflation, high prices, and rising inventories, though many economists see a healthful adjustment and possible continued prosperity after a short downturn.
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Associated Press
United States
Agricultural Department
Business Week
Federal Reserve System
Mine Owners Claim Lewis Engineered Defiant Coal Strike
Owners of seized soft coal mines accuse John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of orchestrating a new strike in defiance of federal courts. Government and industry officials report resumed production under safety checks, with thousands of miners returning to work and output rising from Monday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Justice Department
Lewis
UMW
National Coal Association
N. H. Collisson
Collisson
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Goldsborough
Coal Mines Administration
United Mine
Ohio Deep
U. S. Bureau of Mines
United
Ohio
Bureau
Plans Made To Increase Local Budgets
The Senate Military Affairs Committee held its first full dress hearing on veterans bonus legislation while the House group lagged. Both chambers agree on bonus payments but differ on financing a $300 to $400 million program. Leaders pledged measures to raise local government funding from $21 million to $28.5 million annually, with hearings ongoing to move the bill to the House floor.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Taxation Committee
U.S Develops Boundary Plan For Germany
Moscow dispatch reports the United States has drafted a German boundary plan aiming to keep the Ruhr in Germany and Upper Silesia in Poland while offering other European states roles in administering key resources. The plan triggers a Western effort at the big postwar boundary decision as Molotov’s stance at the conference looms with Marshall and Bevin pressing for faster work.
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Moscow
United States
Ruhr
Germany
Upper Silesia
Poland
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Sinatra Attacks Movie Columnist at Hollywood Club
Frank Sinatra allegedly assaulted Lee Mortimer, movie columnist for the New York Daily Mirror, at Ciros Night Club in West Hollywood. Mortimer told deputies his head was bruised after Sinatra and three heavies attacked him without warning.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Lee Mortimer
New York Daily Mirror
Ciro
Mortimer
Sheriff's Deputies
West Hollywood
R. I. Wright
Sinatra
Volunteers Continue Hunt for 4-Year-Old in Pennsylvania
In Philipsburg Pennsylvania volunteers pressed on through a long night as one of the area’s largest manhunts for four-year-old Jimmy Senser persisted. Red-eyed searchers trudged from the mountain area at dawn, with fresh volunteers taking their place.
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Philipsburg
Pensylvania
Jimmy Senser
Family Invites Public To Henry Ford Rites
The Ford family invites the public to pay final respects to Henry Ford who died at 83 from a cerebral hemorrhage. The body lies in state until 10 p.m. at Greenfield Village. Funeral services are set for Thursday, and the Ford empire will suspend operations from midnight tonight to midnight Thursday.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Greenfield Village
Ford
Roller Bearing Plant Offered for Sale
Washington The War Assets Administration offered for sale or lease a $9,172,680 surplus roller bearing plant at Columbus Ohio. The plant was operated during the war by the Timken Roller Bearing Co. The offer includes the plant as well as tools, machinery and other equipment.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
Columbus
Ohio
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Communist Premier Dimitrov Warns Opposition Aims Civil War
In Sofia Dimitrov told Parliament that opposition parties are "working for civil war in Bulgaria" amid political tension. The remark frames the crisis as a government warning about internal strife and unrest.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Georgi Dimitrov
Musician killed at marksmanship exhibition in Minneapolis
A bullet discharged during a marksmanship show at the Northwest Sportsmen's Show in Minneapolis killed orchestra member William Johnson. Dr. Russell R. Heim, county coroner, said the pistol discharged when Johnson lunged to catch his wife Frances as she slipped while firing at targets from between his legs, suspended by her neck.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Russell R. Heim
William Johnson
Frances
Johnson
Autopsy Awaited in Newark Man Death
Licking County authorities awaited autopsy results for 38 year old Frank Merryman after his widow accused Newark police of beating him severely at a Monday night dance hall. Prosecutor Brandt Harvey ordered the autopsy following testimony at the inquest.
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Newark
Frank Merryman
Licking County
Brandt S. Harvey
Imogene Merryman
Merryman
Courts Write Finis To First Portal Suit
The Mt. Clemens pottery portal-to-portal pay case, which sparked similar claims totaling about 6 billion dollars, was dismissed by the sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal by Local 1083 United Pottery Workers from an unfavorable lower court ruling was rejected.
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Cincinnati
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Telephone negotiators near wage arbitration roadblock
Washington negotiators in the nationwide telephone strike edged toward a deal with AT T long lines and NFTW but faced a cost dispute over a three man arbitration panel. Union leaders warned agreement would require NFTW unity before ending the strike as Columbus Ohio Bell workers picketed to deter strikebreakers with police present.
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Washington
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Iation Service
Long Lines Division
American Union of Telephone Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John J. Moran
Long Lines
At&t
Moran
NFTW
Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
GOP Is Termed Ban to Reds
Norwalk Ohio reports national Republican chair Carroll Reece declaring the only way to stamp out communists and radicals is electing a Republican president next year. He accuses President Truman of failing to cooperate on cutting federal spending reducing personal income taxes enacting realistic labor laws and eradicating medical influences he says poison government.
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Norwalk
Carroll Reece
National Republican Party
Huron County
McKinley Club
Reece
Truman
Freight Train Limited In Collision at Canton
A fireman was overcome by smoke and about 250 passengers were shaken up when the Pennsylvania Railroad Manhattan Limited collided with a freight train at Canton. Two engines derailed and six of the limited’s 14 cars plus several freight cars were derailed. The engineer W. K. Sennett of Crestline Ohio said the limited was traveling at 40 miles an hour.
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Canton—(P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
New York
W. K. Sennett
Crestline
Ohio
Collyer Brother Body Found Ends Notorious Case
Langley Collyer was found dead in the cluttered Harlem brownstone with an autopsy planned to confirm death by a booby trap he rigged. Police noted he and Homer Collyer had endured extreme squalor and malnutrition, ending the long sensational case.
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New York
Langley Collyer
Homer
Collyer
Langley
Arthur W. Wallarder
Piedmont Aviation Wins Three Year Certificate
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Piedmont Aviation to carry passengers freight and mail between Cincinnati Portsmouth Ohio Valley Ashland Kentucky and Huntington West Virginia pending proof of adequate airport facilities. The carrier received a three year certificate.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Piedmont Aviation
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ashland
Huntington
W. Va
Piedmont
Greeks Launch General Offensive Against Guerrillas
The Greek government announced a long awaited general offensive to crush guerrilla forces in Western Macedonia and Thessaly. Operations began at dawn after aircraft dropped thousands of leaflets warning civilians. The second and third army corps reportedly participated.
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Athens
Macedonia
Thessaly
Prison Inmates’ Killings Rock Ravensbruck Case
Berlin reports two condemned Ravensbruck camp officials, a man and a woman, killed themselves after their death sentence for torturing and killing female prisoners. Carmen Maria Mary, 40, slashed her wrists with an unidentified instrument. Dr. Percy Treite poisoned himself yesterday.
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Berlin
Ravensbruck
Carmen Maria Mary
Percy Treite
Slayer Executed in Sioux Falls for Officer Killing
George Sitts, 33, convicted slayer of a South Dakota officer last year, was executed at 12 10 a.m. today in Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
George Sitts
South Dakota
UN official cites UN limits on Greek aid by US diplomat
Joseph E. Johnson of the State Department told Ohio University’s UN Days audience that the UN cannot yet assume urgent action. he urged immediate Greek relief and supported Truman’s economic aid while stressing safety guarantees. He noted US push for international atomic control and warned Soviet insistence on bomb destruction before talks.
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United States
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
Joseph E. Johnson
Department of State
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University
UN Committee
UN Days
Ohio U
Family of Nations
Johnson
Truman
U. S
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Ussr
Commission
Soviet Union
International Security Affairs
Security Council
Council
Soviet
Russia
Melieve
Economic Adviser Calls Wage Uncertainty a Price-Cut Obstacle
President Truman convened a midweek cabinet session to map strategy against inflation with wage uncertainty cited as a key hurdle to price reductions. Edwin G. Nourse indicated no specific plan but possible steps include voluntary price cuts by business and moderation of wage demands, amid rising wholesale prices and labor disputes in industries such as steel and telephones.
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White House
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Trusman
Capitol Hill
Rep
Mason
R-Ill
Sam
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Commerce Harriman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Steel
Firefighters battle 24 hours to contain woods blaze near South Side
State conservation officers, soil unit workers, and volunteers fought a 24 hour timber fire that burned about 1200 acres on government land and neighboring farms. George Lemaster pleaded guilty to starting and abandoning the fire, fined 25 dollars plus costs, and promised not to repeat the act after cautions from a magistrate. Four dwellings were saved as flames threatened homes on the McCausland, Grimes, and Concord Church properties.
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Point Pleasant
Southside
State Conservation
Soil Conservation Unit
Daniel Asbury
Eleanor
A. A. Smith
Buffalo
George William le
Government
Soil Conservation Project
Sam McCausland
Homer Legg
Harry Eastman
Couch
Bert L. Dotson
Asbury and
Smith
Ernest Grimes
Concord Church
Crown Overall Co Suspends Operations After Strike
In Cincinnati the Crown Overall Co halted work following a strike of about 720 women, deemed unauthorized by the United Garment Workers AFL. Soon after, 80 male workers quit as Arnold Berman, VP, cited protest over management of a union complaint against a sewing supervisor.
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Cincinnati
Crown Overall Co
AFL
United Garment Workers
Arnold Berman
Speedy Passage Urged For Foreign Relief Bill
A majority of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged rapid enactment of the administration's 350 million dollar foreign relief bill. The three GOP minority called it a blank check, warning delays would worsen humanitarian work and cause global consequences.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Admitted Wife Slayer Awaits Arraignment
Massillon Charles Barker a 47 year old man surrendered at police headquarters admitting he stabbed his estranged wife Bissie Barker 41 in the chest after she left her apartment late yesterday Barker faces a murder charge and awaits arraignment per Police Captain John T Petit.
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Massillon
Charles Barker
Bissie
John T. Petit
Barker
Wife Indicted in Murder of Husband in Sandusky
Florence Noyes 37 of Huron was indicted by the county grand jury for second degree murder in the April 1 shotgun killing of her husband Delmar 40, a case proprietor.
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Sandusky
Florence Noyes
Huron
Delmar
Danish King Still In Copenhagen After Heart Attack
An official bulletin from Amalienborg Castle says King Christian X, 76, who suffered a severe heart attack Sunday, is very tired but his strength is fair satisfactory. The statement notes the king remains in Copenhagen for treatment and observation.
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Copenhagen
Amalienborg
Christian X
Three Mental Patients Escape Army Hospital
Three mentally ill patients escaped from a locked ward at the Army Valley Forge General Hospital last night and remained at large today. Lt. Lewis Huggins said the men believed dangerous overpowered and abducted an unarmed military police guard, later releasing him in Philadelphia.
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Phoenixville
Army
Valley Forge General Hospital
Lewis Huggins
Philadelphia
Durocher Suspended For 1947 Baseball Season
Cincinnati report says Leo Durocher manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers was suspended for the 1947 season by Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler. The decision stems from disciplinary action by the league office.
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Cincinnati
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
A. B. Chandler
Ferguson promises revival of the Three R’s in Mason County schools
Robert H. Ferguson, newly elected Mason County superintendent, told friends he will promote reading writing and arithmetic. He praised fundamentals over recent misdirections in education and noted that true schooling built a strong moral code and foundation for higher education.
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Robert H. Ferguson
Mason County
Ferguson
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