House Pushes Labor Bill To Senate Amid Overriding Vote
The House sent a labor bill curbing strikes to the Senate by a 308 to 107 vote, aiming to override a veto. The Senate panel approved its own version 11 to 2, while Democrats and Republicans debated curbs on unions, injunctions, and anti strike provisions ahead of floor decisions.
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House
Senate
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Senate Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Murray
Dmont
Riverboat Victim Found Near Letart in Towboat Blasting
The body of C. S. Crago fifty, one of three victims of the towboat Joe Cook explosion at Ravenswood March thirty first, was found at Letart by residents late Thursday evening. Crago resided at Plymouth and was taken to Raynes funeral home. Ernest McCoy twenty of Syracuse and Robert L. Melton thirty two of Winfield remain missing.
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Point Pleasant
C. S. Crago
Joe Cook
Ravenswood
Letart
Raynes Funeral
H. D. Coyner
Crago
Plymouth
Ernest McCoy
Syracuse
Robert L. Melton
Winfield
Taft Seeks Company Price Cuts to Curb Costs
Senator Taft urged price reductions by companies to ease living costs during a session with editors and lawmakers. He backed a non punitive bill to curb union power and favored industry wide bargaining ban if possible. Senator Ives warned that new bill mediation could delay coal strike responses for up to 80 days.
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Federal
Labor Department
House
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Taft
Ohio
The
Ohioan
GOP
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Truman
Labor Committee
Ives
R-N.y
Ford Estate Goes to Family Ford Estate Goes to Family
Detroit. The bulk of Henry Ford's estate will go to the family organized Ford foundation after probate filings reveal the will dated February 3 1936. The will leaves all voting Ford Motor stock in five equal shares to Edsel B Ford and his four grandchildren with Edsel's share to pass to the grandchildren after his death. Edsel Ford died in May 1943.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Foundation
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Edsel B. Ford
Edsel
Edsel Ford
Akron Fire Displaces 14 Families In Apartment Blaze
An apartment house fire in Akron left 14 families homeless temporarily with damages estimated at 60,000 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze and contained it to the building while investigating the cause.
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Akron
British Destroy German Base at Helgoland North Sea
British demolitions blew up the Helgoland island base in the North Sea today. A towering grey column of smoke rose at 1 01 p m local time and three explosions followed two minutes later. Burgomaster Karl Olvers said Germans in Cuxhaven felt sorrow and indignation.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Helgoland
Gibraltar
North Sea
Karl Olvers
Meigs Woman Guilty of Harboring Felon
A single hour deliberation yielded a guilty verdict against Mrs. Ruby Reibel on the charge of harboring a felon in Meigs County. The petit jury, 11 men and one woman, returned the verdict at 3:30 p.m. Judge Edgar Ervin deferred sentencing to 10 a.m. Saturday, with a possible motion for a new trial.
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Pomeroy
Ruby Reibel
John Sauvage
Edgar Ervin
Theft of Five Cars Baffles Ohio Police
A 22 year old man allegedly stole five automobiles within 12 hours in Central Ohio and abducted Columbus housewife Mrs Nell Sweeney at gunpoint. She escaped after a 10 mile ride and dropped from the car at a stop sign. She described the suspect as 22, about 5 feet 10 inches, 150 pounds, claiming to have escaped from prison. Authorities noted no manhunt alarm at London Prison Farm and none of the inmates were missing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nell Sweeney
Ohio Penitentiary
London
Frank Henderson
Sweeney
Frontier Issue Stalls Austria Yugoslav Pact
Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber told the Council of Foreign Ministers that Austria seeks a rapid peace treaty but will not sign any pact surrendering territory to Yugoslavia. He warned that southern Carinthia and German assets in Austria for reparations could derail the accord, urging mutual understanding.
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Moscow
Karl Gruber
Austria
Council of Foreign Ministers
Yugoslavia
Carinthia
Gruber
Council
Five Americans Sentenced in Jap Killing Case
An Army court martial in Tokyo sentenced Pfc. Carl Havalda to death by hanging and four others to life imprisonment after convicting five U.S. soldiers of clubbing and killing five Japanese on a road west of Tokyo on January 31. The men faced additional counts of assault and destruction of property with drunkenness raised as a defense.
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Tokyo
Carl Havalda
Owosso
Mich
Rusey W. Harper
Stab
Willard Grooms
Seaman
Ohio
George E. Craig
Winchester
Edward W. Smith
Savannah
Father to face murder charge in child's death
In Columbus a 32 year old father was to be arraigned on first degree murder charges after confessing to police that he rammed a shower hose down the throat of his year old nephew and turned on the water. He said he lost his head when the baby refused to eat and threw food at the table.
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Columbus
Carl Clifton
Thomas M. Craft
Long-Time Friends Wed at New Lexington
Columbus report says eighty-year old State Rep. Benjamin F Reading of Toledo and his seventy-year-old wife Bertha B. Bolenbaugh from Richwood were married yesterday at New Lexington. Reading had served as pastor four times and the couple, longtime friends, honeymooned today at Long Lake Michigan.
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Columbus
Benjamin F. Reading
Toledo
Long Lake
Mich
New Lexington
Reading
Bertha B. Bolenbaugh
Richwood
Ohio
Lorain Telephone workers to return after brief walkout
Lorain Ohio 85 employees of Lorain Telephone Co planned to return to work today after a two day walkout over a job classification complaint. The workers stayed on the job in a separate dispute from the Bell system since Lorain is independent.
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Lorain, O
Lorain Telephone Co
Bell System
GM to Build Factory in Warren with 800 Jobs
Packard Electric Division of General Motors will construct a new plant in Warren, Ohio, to employ about 800 workers. The project signals expansion in the region and strengthens GM's manufacturing footprint.
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Warren, CO
Packard Electric Division
General Motors
Texas City Fire Rages Third Day After Big Explosion
Flames continued to burn along the Gulf port with 650 deaths and about 3,008 injuries reported. The Humble Oil storage tanks sparked the worst blazes as dozens of tanks exploded. emergency crews sought hundreds feared buried amid wreckage. State officials declared a state of emergency and urged aid as rescue work and morgues filled the city.
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Texas City
Tex
Gulf Port
W. L. Laddis
High Flyer
Wilson Be Keene
Beauford H. Jester
Col
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
J. B. Ruby
Houston
Monsanto
Coast Guard
Grand Camp
Adm
G. T. Finlay
New Orleans
Joseph A. Kerrins
Washington
H. F. Cobb
Galveston
William T. Butler
Jester
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Nagasaki
Japan
J. H. Hill
Army
Navy
Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Texas State Guard
State Department of Public Safety
Texas
Department of Safety
Cab Crashes Window in Middleport Store
A Gallipolis taxi cab crashed through the Sanborn Jewelry display window in Middleport at 5 a.m. No one was injured. Driver Juanita Tarter, 22, and three Gallipolis passengers were taken to jail. A charge of driving while intoxicated will be entered. She faces arraignment before Mayor Horton Brown.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Sanborn Jewelry
Ray McClure
McClure
Juanita Tarter
Second Ave
Mill St
Try Me Taxi Co
James Spicer
C. J. Sheets
Mary B. Williams
Pomeroy
Horton Brown
Dems Call for Ouster of Ohio Agriculture Chief
Ohio Democrats urged Gov. Thomas J. Herbert to dismiss Agriculture Director Frank J. Farnsworth and his assistant Edwin Bath for hostility toward the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. Clarence H. Kinsley said Rep. Elton Kile was using the agriculture department to oppose the bureau.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democrats
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Farnsworth
Edwin J. Bath
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Clarence H. Kinsley
Democratic
Herbert
Elton Kile
Madison
National Tax Equality League
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Kent Youth Wounded in Shootout with Policeman
Richard W. Braybon, 20, was hospitalized in Ravenna with bullet wounds to his side and leg after a confrontation at a tire shop. Kent night merchant policeman Cecil Skelton said Braybon fired first and Skelton fired in response.
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Kent
Richard W. Braybon
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Ravenna
Cecil Skelton
Braydon
Ohio Slayer Granted Rehearing for May 8
The Ohio Supreme Court granted Kenneth Salter a stay and scheduled a rehearing for May 8. Salter, 31, of Toledo, was convicted of raping and killing 11 year old Barbara Dunn and had been set for execution on April 23.
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Columbus
Kenneth Salter
Toledo
Ohio Supreme Court
Barbara Dunn
Salter
Holmes County Reports 100 Measles Cases In Holmes
Holmes County health authorities reported at least 100 measles cases yesterday with Berlin and Big Prairie hardest hit and one school closed in Millersburg Ohio.
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Millersburg
Holmes County
Berlin
Big Prairie
Walkout Ends at Trim Edge Plant After Pacts Signed
The two day walkout at Trim-Edge Co. plant ended today with a company union contract signed. The move averts further action and sets terms negotiated between management and the workers.
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Youngstown
Trim-Edge Co
Mine Health Standards Below Paris Report
A Federal Coal Mines Administration survey finds public health and sanitation below standard in more than half of soft coal communities studied. Navy teams visited 260 mines across 22 states, urging prepaid medical care for miners and dependents with safeguards against medical abuses.
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Washington
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Navy
United Mine Workers
Adm
Joel T. Boone
Herbert Seeks Lower Ohio School Aid Bill
Governor Thomas J. Herbert says the Daniels-Cramer School Foundation Bill will be trimmed in the Ohio House to about 80 million dollars annually, down from initial plans near 100 million. He notes Senate reductions already lowered the figure to about 88 million and dismisses reports he abandoned local government financing ideas.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Daniels- Cramer School Foundation
Ohio House
House
Senate
City department directors gain $8500 annual pay
Mayor Thomas A. Burke announced today that Cleveland department directors will receive $1000 raises, increasing salaries to $8500 per year, effective May 1. The action raises executives’ pay in city departments.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Leaders by Design Won't Outwrite Old Paths
SAM SIMMONS notes that government farm agencies push youth leadership training while schools once did little to develop leaders. He questions whether cultivated leaders will surpass natural, home grown figures like Washington, Lincoln, Edison, and Ford who rose without formal plans. The piece contrasts past surprise success with planned tutelage and asks if the new breed will improve.
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Washington
Lincoln
Eaison
Ford
Narcotic Agents Nab Biggest Haul in Decade
Four men believed to be members of a dope ring were in custody after a Cleveland raid that yielded the largest narcotics seizure in ten years. Agents confiscated an estimated $15,000 in drugs at three of the four homes. The fourth man was arrested later at his residence.
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Cleveland
U.S. Narcotic Service
Escaped Prisoner Mel Shane Appeals for Parole
The State Pardon and Parole Commission says a parole appeal decision for Mel Shane is not expected before next week after a hearing yesterday. Shane, who surrendered to London Prison Farm officials, had become a Detroit businessman after an escape from London in 1935.
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Columbus
Mel Shane
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Shane
London
Detroit
Attack on British Army Leave Center in Palestine
A 15 member armed Jewish band reportedly stormed the British Army leave center at Natanya between Tel Aviv and Haifa. One British soldier was killed in a gun battle after bombs were used on the officers compound. attackers fled in a military truck.
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Jerusalem
Natanya
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Ex Marine killed in crash near Martins Ferry
Anthony Zerla 24, former U S Marine, was killed when the car he rode in struck a concrete bridge abutment ten miles north of Martins Ferry Ohio yesterday.
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Martins Ferry
Anthony Zerla
U.S
Labutment
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