Express Strike Notice Serves Standoff at Detroit Terminal
Detroit Railway Express Company terminals halt work as 1,000 workers join a nationwide plan. AFL leaders announce a 65,000 worker walkout at 12:01 a.m. Friday, with New York and Detroit locals issuing midnight or Thursday instructions amid wage dispute. Perishable goods tagged for shipment while surplus animals and poultry are picked up. broader strike expected to ripple across rail and related industries.
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Associated Press
Detroit Railway Express Company
AFL Express Company
National (Railway
Washington
New York
George M. Harrison
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamshipworkers
Daniel Harrison
Detroit
Harrison
Cincinnati
National Meditation Board
Con
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Electrical and Allied Industries
Cio-United Electrical, Machine and Radio
Founder's Widow Dies in Dwelling Fire
In Parkerburg W Va Mrs Julia Foster 81 widow of Rev Edward P Foster who created the artificial language RO died from burns after a fire damaged her home in Waverly nearby. Foster spent years promoting RO since devising it in 1906 at Marietta Ohio.
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Parkersburg
W. Wa
Julia Foster
Waverly
Edward P. Foster
Marietta, O
Cline Guilty Of Forgery Charges In San Francisco Case
Alfred Leonard Cline a 56 year old ex convict and former choir leader was found guilty by a jury of five men and seven women in San Francisco on forgery charges involving the estates of two women who died in his company. A second brief item notes a motorist died when a car overturned south of Cygnet, Ralph Cecil Marquette 40 of Cygnet was the driver.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
Iive
Nation in Mourning for Chief Justice Stone
The United States enters a 30 day period of official mourning for Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. President Truman ordered flags at half staff on government buildings nationwide and abroad. The nation previously observed a similar period for Franklin D. Roosevelt last year.
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Washington
United States
Harlan F. Stone
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Girl Drowns in Lake White
Four year old Elaine Yori fell from a wall at East Battery Park into Lake Erie and drowned while her parents Andrew and Mrs Yori of Cleveland fished nearby. Police investigated the accident and issued no further details.
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Sandusky
East Battery Park
Elaine Yori
Lake Erie
Andrew Vagi
Cleveland
Berserk Sailor Kills Nine Aboard LST on Yangtze River
A 19 year old seaman killed nine shipmates and wounded a tenth in a berserk gunfire incident aboard an LST on the Yangtze River. L B Smith of Asheville North Carolina, later stabbed himself. An unnamed sailor mortally wounded himself before Smith was restrained by Kenneth M Stalnecker of Reading Pennsylvania who felled him with a metal bench. Smith was taken to the Navy hospital ship Repose in Shanghai Harbor with grave injuries.
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Shanghai
Yantze River
Navy
L. B. Smith
Asherville
N.C
Smith
Kenneth M. Stalnecker
Reading
Strict Discipline Ordered for GIs in Europe
FRANKFURT Germany Gen Joseph T McNerney today ordered a disciplinary crackdown on American troops in Europe because discipline in certain localities and commands in this theater has deteriorated to the point of discrediting the fine performance of our troops in general. In orders issued to unit commanders the theater commander declared all commanders and their subordinates must now devote themselves to the reestablishment of discipline.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNerney
Europe
Mailbox Fraud Suspect Helen Czarnecki Nabbed in Multi-State Scam
Postal inspectors say Helen Czarnecki of a Cleveland suburb eluded capture by flying between Detroit and Cleveland to cash fraudulent checks. The 27 year old mother of three swindled banks and shops in three states, totaling between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars over two years. Her husband said she may have funded gambling and she was arraigned in Cleveland on a federal charge.
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Cleveland
Helen Czarnecki
Detroit
Harry
Garfield Heights
Distribution Strike Voted by 200 Farmers
About 200 Seneca County farmers voted at a county Ohio Marketing Quota Project Association meeting to withhold distribution of all farm commodities unless the government lifts price controls and guarantees a fair profit. They call for elimination of KIOPA AAA and all subsidy programs.
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Tiffin
Seneca County
Ohio Marketing Quota Projtect Association
New Role Seen For U. S. Press
W G Chandler president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association spoke at the ANPA 60th annual convention. He reviewed wartime duties of publishers and said they would be asked to inform and inspire the public for mutual good. He noted President Truman's call for food conservation and upcoming highway safety conference recommendations. He also cited the FCC stance on newspaper ownership of radio stations as a matter for publishers to watch.
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New York
G—W. G. Chandler
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
America
Truman
Press Communications Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Old Guard Regiment to Police Berlin Occupation Duties
The United States Army Old Guard Third Infantry Regiment is slated to assume policing duties in Berlin as the 78th Division relinquishes occupation tasks. The unit remains a mobile and capable force though reduced from its wartime size.
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Berlin
United States Army
Osmena Claims Lead In Philippine Voting
Manila reports show President Sergio Osmena forging into the lead based on unofficial returns from Pampanga Province where two top supporters were killed and a third wounded by masked men. Senate President Manual Roxas led Manila with a 34,000 margin from 541 of 571 precincts, though Osmena headquarters claimed Pampanga favored him.
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Manila
Sergio Osmena
Philippines
Pampanga Province
Senate
Manual Roxas
Osmena
Pampanga
NAM Campaign Spending Criticized by Senator Mitchell
Senator Mitchell of Washington condemned the National Association of Manufacturers for spending 395 850 in its anti OPA campaign. He joined a group of Democratic senators in questioning NAM president Robert R Wason who defended the drive as necessary to curb inflation. Wason urged ending air price controls on manufactured goods and argued OPA harms production and drives goods to the black market while stifling investment and efficient output. He warned that lifting controls would only cause limited price shifts.
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Washington
Mitchell
D-Wash
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert R. Wason
The
NAM
Wason
America
OPA
new Beard _ Squires
Milan Prison Riot Quelled After Four Days of Siege
About 2,500 rioters surrendered at San Vitore Prison in Milan as tanks and artillery battered the fortress like structure. More than 30 guards were freed and eight prisoners died as the siege ended after a military ultimatum expired. A splinter group led by Erzio Barbieri continued to resist briefly before surrender.
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Milan
San Vittore
Erzio Barbieri
Town Warned Of Air Crash
Two Navy pilots flew low over Greenvale rooftops to warn residents of a danger from a pilotless third plane that crashed into a garage and burst into flames. Lt. Warren Feldmeyer parachuted to safety 1500 feet above the town when his plane caught fire. No injuries were reported.
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Greenvale
Long Island
Warren Feldmeyer
Floyd Bennett Field
Feldmeyer
Farm Credit Agencies Split From Agriculture Department
House approval of legislation to separate all federal farm credit agencies from the Agriculture Department faces likely Senate Agriculture Committee rejection. The measure aims to reshape farm credit oversight and remove direct ties to the department.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Triculture Committee
Stettinius backs Franco Spain probe as Iran case stays
Edward B. Stettinius Jr. signals support for an Australian backed thorough inquiry into Franco Spain. Russia loses bid to drop the Iranian case from the UN Security Council agenda, while France and Britain back the effort. The council heads toward a tentative consensus amid tensions over Iran and the Franco issue.
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Stettinius
New York
Edward B. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
United Nations Security Council
W. R. Hodgson
Love Jet
Russia
Alexander Cadogan
Mexico
Poland
France
Airmail Route Extended to Cincinnati From Pittsburgh
All American Aviation announces Civil Aeronautics Board approval to extend an airmail pickup route from Huntington to Cincinnati. The Pittsburgh to Leaxington segment remains, with Cincinnati becoming the northern terminal effective April 29. Georgetown Ohio and Maysville Kentucky will be intermediate stops.
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Del
All American Aviation, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Huntington
W. Va
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Leaxington
All-American
All- American
Nouthern
Georgetown
Maysville
Road to Rome Is Blockaded
Rome reports the interior minister Guiseppe Romita ordered police to seal highways from Milan to thwart any attempt to move Benito Mussolini s exhumed body to Rome. Romita said one man knows the grave location in a Milan potter s field but refused to name him. Il Momento notes pamphlets urging burial so Mussolini belongs to history.
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Rome
Guiseppe Romita
Milan
Benito i Mussolini
Romita
Duce
Il Momento
Napoleon
France
Kuhn to Be Freed by U S Army From German Camp
Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Volksbund will be released by the U S army from a German internment camp tomorrow morning. He is said to be chastened by confinement and a heart ailment, not a threat to occupation forces, and will head to Munich where his wife and two children live in a bomb damaged home.
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Frankfurt
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Volksbund
U.S
Jone
Kuhn
Pen Aanan
Munich
Office Workers Return to Jobs at Fremont Foundry
About 160 production workers idle since Jan 21 remained on strike in support of an 18 1/2 cent wage increase. They returned to work yesterday under a new company union agreement after a week blocked by CIO United Steelworkers picket lines.
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Fremont
CIO United
Divers Still Hunting For Ohioans' Bodies
Georgetown Ohio river drowning search continues for Thomas Germann and Darrill Mitchell both 22 of Ripley. diver William Sharp Newport Kentucky and assistants have worked since late Monday.
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Georgetown
Thomas Germann
Darrill Mitchell
Ripley
Ohio River
William Sharp
Newport
Taxi Driver Abducted After 12 Hour Ordeal
In Paducah Kentucky 24 year old Helen Vanover an Owensboro taxicab driver reported abductors held her captive for more than 12 hours driving through Kentucky and Illinois. She fled after their stolen car wrecked and she arrived at the Paducah police station around 3 am to tell Captain Tilman Pate of the capture.
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Paducah
Kentucky
Ilinois
Tilman Pate
Helen Vanover
Owensboro
Pate
Vanover
Plane Falls on Houses Kills Three Fliers in Test Flight
A Western Air Lines transport on a passengerless test flight crashed with an engine on fire into a house in Burbank California. Three crewmen were killed. A family of five, Matthew Brychter his wife Mildred and their three children escaped with minor injuries. The house was scorched and heavily damaged by flames.
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Burbank
Calif
Western Air Lines
Matthew Brychter
Mildred
Lankershire Boulevard
Jet Planes to Race in Separate Division at 1946 Meet
Cleveland officials announced separate classes for jet planes and conventional engine aircraft in the 1946 National Air Races. Jets would have distinct prizes if both types race together, with several separate events under consideration.
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Cleveland
ILO To Be Questioned On Employment Stand
The International Labor Office committee will be asked to declare on full employment and to conduct an inquiry. Lincoln Evans of the Iron and Steel Trades Federation spoke at the opening session as a UK labor delegate. FALL PROVES FATAL DIES UNDER AUTO HAMILTON. James E. Kaubel, 65, was killed when his auto overturned near Upper Sandusky. Ross Clark, 89, a retired machinist, died yesterday at Mercy Hospital after injuries from a fall at his home near Nevada.
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International Labor Office
Iron and Steel c Committee
Lincoln Evans
Iron and Steel Trades Fedeseration of
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Auto Hamilton
James E
Upper
Sandusky
Ross Clark
Kaubel
Mercy Hospital
Ino Miles
Here
Nevada
Demands Upon Austrian Land Cut by Russians
Washington reports Russia reduced its land use demands on Austria to a small fraction of the 150000 acres originally sought. UNRRA banned relief to countries “living off the land.” UNRRA plans a brief 48 nation meeting to review potential food-relief supplies. Russia was informally approached about joining the combined food board now chaired by the United States Britain and Canada. No official response yet.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Austria
UNRRA
Atlantic City
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Combined Food Board
Britain
Canada
Arsenic Poisoning Aims At Nazi Prisoners In Nuernberg
Army authorities report 2283 German POWs at Stalag 13 near Nuernberg have fallen ill from arsenic poisoning in a mysterious bid to kill 15000 Nazi SS men. No deaths yet. 1900 cases announced Friday. Four full arsenic bottles and two empty ones were found under a bakery floor supplying arsenic bread to a prisoner regiment.
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Nuernberg
U.5
S.S
Stalag 13
Nuethiberg
Tire Makers Expect To Exceed Goal But Summer Deliveries May Be Slow
Washington reports that tire makers expect to meet their 66 million passenger tire goal for the year, aided by cotton yarn controls protecting cord supplies. Production officials caution motorists that summer deliveries may lag by a week or two, with stockouts easing only in late 1942 as dealers run low on spare tires.
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Washington
CPA
Fisher Body plant addition approved in Columbus
The Civilian Production Administration district manager Louis W. Gehring approved construction of an administration building and several supplementary structures at Fisher Body Co via its Ternstedt Division plant on West Broad Street. Total cost listed as 793,517 dollars, including a switch house, two gate houses, a gas meter house, and an acid neutralization plant. The project sits as a technical adjustment to the original plant approval.
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Columbus —G
Fisher Body’s Co
Ternstedt
W. Broad St
Louis W. Gehring
Civilian Production Administration
Truman Resumes Vacation From Fleet Visit
CAPE CHARLES VA February reports President Truman continuing his vacation aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg after two days with the Eighth Fleet in mock war maneuvers. He deferred comment on attending Chief Justice Stone's funeral in Washington but aides expected he would likely interrupt the cruise for the services.
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Cape Charles
Truman
Williamsburg
Eighth Fleet
Ayree
Mr. Truman
Harlan F. Stone
Washington
White House
Fact-Finding Report On Old Border Dispute
A four power commission prepared a unanimous fact finding report on the disputed Italian Yugoslav border area. The forecast comes as a glint of optimism amid gloom surrounding the upcoming Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference. The United States announced a credit of 10 million dollars to support relief and reconstruction efforts in the region.
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Paris
United States
Wu Blue Americ Athy
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