Civil Jobs Strike Rights Defended In Ohio Hearing
Labor union leaders defend public employees right to strike during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Columbus arguing strikes target public officials, not government, and urging negotiated grievance processes. The panel also hears pension and school funding proposals as governors and lawmakers discuss aid to counties and state subsidies.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee
Herbert S. Sions
CIO
United Public Workers of America
Edward Dailey
Youngstown
George English
Toledo
AFL Federation of
Fred C. Reiners
R-Hamilton
Siens
Nelson Watkins
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert T. Goldman
Cincinnati
Ohio State Bar Association
William Tyrell
R-Preble
Goldman
House
Claude Woodward
Montgomery
James J. Barton
Cuyahoga
General Assembly
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Flour Shortage Closes Hundreds of Paris Bakeries
A flour shortage in Paris and suburbs closes between 700 and 1,000 of the city’s 4,100 bakeries, affecting daily bread supply and local commerce.
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Paris
Judge Orders $2.8 Million Refund to United Mine Workers
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough ordered $2.8 million of the $3.5 million fine against the United Mine Workers refunded after Assistant Attorney General John F. Sonnett offered no objection. The ruling follows prior concerns over idle mines and a lack of good faith by UMW leaders in defying a court restraint during the 17 day soft coal strike.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
John F. Sonnett
Sonnett
United States
UMW
John L. Lewis
Union
Supreme Court
Lewis
Youngstown Council Seat Confirmed After GOP Blockade
Ohio Supreme Court approves Anthony B. Flask appointment to Youngstown city council. His legal win ends a months long political dispute sparked by the Bernard senate seat shift and a Democratic attempt to prevent a tie vote by GOP members.
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Youngstown
Anthony B. Flask
Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus
N. P. Bernard
Ohio
Senate
Bernard
Florida
Road Worker Strike Ends in Jackson County
Jackson County ends its third highway worker strike as equipment leaves the garage under injunction protection. Superintendent Ralph White reports 25 workers hired to replace the dismissed crew, with five more to be added.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Equipmnt
Highway Department
Ralph White
White
Pipe Line Workers Stage Walkout in Steubenville
A jurisdictional dispute between the International Hod Carriers Union and the Common Laborers Union led to a walkout of 80 employees at Anderson Brothers Pipe Line Contract Co in Steubenville yesterday.
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Steubenville
International Hod Carriers Union
Common Laborers Union
Anderson Brothers Pipe Line Contract Co
Grapes Sought as Hope for Dying Boy in Canton
In Canton area 15 year old Niles Berry in last cancer stage clings to a grape cure after doctors warned of under a month to live. Grapes flown from New York with help from the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Society. The boy's father fed him the fruit as his right arm was missing from a prior injury. Cancer has claimed two family members including his mother.
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Canton
Niles Berry
Robertsville
New York
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Cancer Society
Niles
Lloyd Berry
Berry
E. R. Berry
Partial Liquor Report Ready For Senate
A five-member Ohio Senate liquor committee released a partial report outlining likely reforms. Proposed changes include an enforcement division modeled after the State Highway Patrol, a public hearings rule for new permits, a five-member liquor board with an attorney, salaries of 10 000 for board members and the director, plus pay boosts for department staff.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Ohio Senate
State Highway Patrol
Board of Liquor Control
Liquor Department
Mother and Daughters Die in Canton Fire
A 35 year old mother Maggie Capuano and her two daughters Betty 17 and Lena 15 died when a frame house on the Canton Massillon Road burned. The husband Louis 44 and five other children were saved as neighbors and Perry Township Fire Department battled the blaze. Firemen said the kitchen started the flames and the three bodies were found in a bedroom a second bedroom and a bathroom.
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Canton
Here
Canton-Massillon
Maggie Capuano
Betty
Lena
Perry Township
Louis
2750 To Be Laid Off At Death of OPA
OPA will lay off about 2750 employees in the week ahead as its windup date is set for June 1 by presidential order. The action dissolves the OPA along with the Civilian Production Administration and the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
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Opa
Washington
Truman
Office of Temporary Controls
Civilian Production Administration
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Legislative Agent Dies After Collapsing At Hearing
H Schrantz a 62 year old legislative agent for Metropolitan Brick Co Canton collapsed at the Daniels Cramer Schools Aid Bill hearing of Ohio House Conservation Committee and died in hospital while attending as a spectator.
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Columbus
H. Schrantz
Metropolitan Brick Co
Canton
Ohio House Conservation Committee
Daniels-Cramer
Schrantz
Woman Pleads Guilty To Shooting Daughter
Mrs. Margaret Heston of Girard pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the shooting of her two year old daughter The resa. Common Pleas Judge G H Birrell referred sentence.
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Warren
Margaret Heston
Girard
Theresa
Common Pleas
G. H.birrell
Worker Dies In Hocking Mine Accident
Joseph Jackson a 47 year old Hollister resident and Hocking Mine No 1 supplyman was killed when the motor and car he drove rolled over him. The incident occurred at 3 30 am as he fell from the front end of the motor and the car passed over him. Four workers were on shift and the body was discovered by fellow miners Herschel Phillips Chauncey and Robert Guess. State Mine Inspector Isaac Vaughn led the investigation with Dr John H Elias the county coroner expected to assist. Jackson is survived by his wife Eva two sons Ralph and Joey a daughter Dorothy Andrews and sister Jennie Taylor. Funeral arrangements are set with services Saturday at 10 a m at Jagers funeral home and burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Joseph Jackson
Hollister
Hocking
Stephen Charney
Jackson
Herschel Phillips
Chauncey
Robert Guess
Victor Fager
Charney
Ray Fulton
Glouster
Isaac Vaughn
John H. Elias
Greens Run
Eva
Ralph
Joey
Dorothy Andrews
Gilbert Courtney
W. Union St
Bricker Plans Social Dinner for Governor Herbert
Senator Bricker completed arrangements for a dinner honoring Governor Herbert at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Senator Taft and Ohio Republican House members and their wives were invited. officials indicated the event would be purely social with no political discussions planned.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Herbert
Taft
Republican House
Mayflower Hotel
Hill Sees Confirmation of Clapp as TVA Head
Senator Hill says Gordon R. Clapp will be confirmed to lead the Tennessee Valley Authority as the Senate leans toward a vote. Hill notes opposition collapsed after Lilienthal's confirmation at the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Hill
Clapp
TVA
Washington
Senate
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senator Hill
Ala
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Railroad YMCAs Open Three Day Convention
Railroad YMCAs opened a three day convention in Cleveland to mark the 75th anniversary of the group. About 400 delegates attend as speakers include Robert J. Bowman of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Pere Marquette Railroads and Warren R. Austin the U N ambassador to the United Nations.
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Cleveland
Robert J. Bowman
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pere Marquette
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Hercules Motors workers receive wage boosts
Canton workers at Hercules Motors Corp. receive 15 cent hourly raises for factory employees and 10 percent pay increases for salaried staff, amid a company wage adjustment.
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Canton
Hercules Motors Corp
Phone Lines Sabotaged Across Eleven States Amid Strike
Washington reports a nationwide Bell system strike. Sabotage of long distance lines cited in eleven states as the NFTW and Edgar Warren pursue renewed bargaining. Southwestern Bell shows cautious acceptance while Western Electric and AT&T Long Lines weigh the offer. Rewards offered for saboteurs.
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Washington
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Edgar L. Warren
Bell System
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Long Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Telephone Company
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
California
South Carolina
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida
Milwaukee
Louisville
Columbia
S. C
Detroit
Union
Bell
Southwestern Bell
Joseph Beirne
NFTW
A.t.&t. Long Lines
Warren
New York
Tanker Samtampa and Warspite Hit by Storm Off British Coasts
A severe Atlantic storm battered Britain as the tanker Samtampa ran aground off Porthcawl, killing 42 crew and eight lifeboatmen. The battleship Warspite broke up near Penzance with eight salvage workers saved. three ships were driven onto the coast amid mountainous seas.
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London
Britain
Porthcawl
Wales
British Press Association
Penzance
Highway Department Adds Safety Program
Deforest Pemberton of Columbus named head of a new State Highway Department personnel safety program with a 4020 dollar yearly salary. State Highway Director Murray D. Shaffer also appointed four regional supervisors at 3000 dollars yearly: F. L. Schilling Ada Orry R. Fox Upper Sandusky Xavier North Lorain and Ralph H. Sheilhouse Dayton.
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Columbus
Deforest Pemberton
State Highway Department
Murray D. Shaffer
F. L. Schilling
Ada
Orry R. Fox
Upper Sandusky
Xavier
Lorain
Ralph H. Sheilhouse
Dayton
Ohio Liquor Profits Rise Despite Sales Dip in 1947
Ohio liquor sales fell by nearly three million dollars in January and February 1947 from the prior year, yet net profits increased. State Liquor Director Stanley B. Cofall said the gain came from a higher profit margin on retail sales, with receipts rising to 13,458,648 from 12,714,000 in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Stanley B. Cofall
Cofall
Third of Murder Trio Sentenced to Life
A third man, 25-year-old Delbert Jones, is found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting of Sam Nehamkin, a 54-year-old east side tailor. He will serve a life term, joining Walter Ray Jones, 16, and Carl Ross, 14, who were sentenced last week.
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Cleveland
Delbert Jones
Sam Nehamkin
East Side
Jones
Delbert
Walter Ray Jones
Carl Ross
Detroit composer group chief John Gregg Paine dies at 57
John Gregg Paine, 57, general manager of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, died last night in Detroit after a long illness. He led ASCAP efforts to protect music creators and expanded licensing programs. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Detroit
John Gregg Paine
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Colvin pleads innocent in Meigs County swindle case
Joan Colvin pled innocent before Justice of the Peace Percy L. Peoples on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses from parishioners. She was sent to Meigs County Jail on $10,000 bond ahead of a Friday preliminary hearing. Colvin, known by several names, claimed innocence by alleging she is an heir to a California estate. Bond portions covered three alleged thefts totaling $3,315 from Jesse Reeves, C F Dixon, and John M Reeves.
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Pomeroy
Joan W. Colvin
Justice of the
Percy L. Peoples
Meigs County
Clair Engle
California
Congressman Engleman
Joan Reeves
DeWitt Reeves
Joan Andrews
Fountain E. Andrews
Joan Colvin
Miss Colvin
Bond
Jesse Reeves
C. F. Dixon
John M. Reeves
Fifteen Hour Jaunt Costs Inmate One Year
David Hawk a 28 year old former Cincinnati resident walked 17 miles through mud from Lebanon Honor Branch London Prison Farm to Miamisburg and surrendered to police after an escape which cost him an extra year in prison.
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London
David Hawk
Cincinnati
Lebanon
Hawk
R. W. Alvis
Miamisburg
Ohio Pair Accused of Second Degree Murder
Steubenville relation reports Phillip Matucci and Emanuel Mada charged with second degree murder in the death of Carl E. Earley a 29 year old father of four from Wheeling West Virginia Bound over to the April Grand Jury both men held on ten thousand dollar bonds
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Steubenville ( LLP
Phillip Matucci
Emanuel Mada
Carl E. Earley
Wheeling
W. Va
Matucci
Mada
Two Week Walkout Ends at Atlantic Foundry Akron
A two week walkout at Atlantic Foundry in Akron ends after Philip Murray president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations telegraphs workers urging them to return to their jobs.
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Foundry
Akron
Atlantic Foundry
Philip Murray
Congress of Indutrial Organizations
Leaders Fight Western GOP Rift Over Interior Budget Cut
Washington reports leaders insist on a 47 percent cut in Interior Department funds despite Western Republicans unhappy with an $83,234,600 reduction in Reclamation Bureau spending. Some GOP members consider joining Democrats to restore parts of the cuts, while Democrats seek more than the committee’s $1,371,000 for the Southwestern Power Administration and may align with western Republicans to restore portions of the $2,554,000 topped by the committee.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
Committee
Southwestern Power Administration
Tax Cut Bill Passage Creed
John W. Hanes former undersecretary of the treasury says the nation can achieve both tax and debt reduction if Congress pursues the current plan to slash President Truman’s 1948 budget He urges rapid enactment of the House passed income tax reduction bill before the Senate Finance Committee.
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Washington
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
Congress
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hanes
Sinatra’s Air Contract Ends After June 4
New York report states Frank Sinatra’s CBS contract with P Lorillard will not renew after the June 4 broadcast. Lennin and Mitchell, tobacco company reps, said the discontinuance stems from an unsatisfactory program rating for the price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Sinatra
P. Lorillard & Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lennin & Mitchell
The
Tobacco Company
Oak Hill Man Killed In Auto Crash
Ephraim Ellsworth Dixon 32 of Oak Hill was killed when the car he rode in struck a parked coal truck in Oak Hill last night.
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Oak Hill
Jackson
Ephraim Ellsworth Dixon
Intelligence Aids Wedded Bliss in Marriage Study
Cleveland report cites psychologist Mrs. Clara C. Polley noting marriages fare better when the wife is as intelligent or smarter. Study of 526 couples links maternal presence and longer acquaintance with stability, while only children and uncertain income reduce prospects.
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Cleveland
Clara C. Polley
Family Health Association
Ministers Open Final Day of Moscow Big Four Talks
Moscow dispatch reports the last day of the Big Four conference bogged in dispute with Molotov ready to attack the United States over conference failures. The agenda includes Austrian issues, a plan to limit occupation forces in Europe, and deciding the next meeting’s date and place.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
Russia
Molotov
United States
Europe
Austria
Marshall
United Nations
Germany
Stalin
Kremlin
Deleeration
Vagrant Held in Slaying Probe Near Perry Township Farm
Lake County authorities sought details in the fatal stabbing and beating of 68 year old Anton Heineman at his Perry Township home. An Ashtabula suspect, described as a vagrant, was detained for questioning after an arrest in Saybrook. A knife or sharp weapon remains missing.
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Painesville
Ashtabula
Lake County
Anton Heineman
Perry Townes Ship Farm
Saybrook
Lester W. Donaldson
Heineman
Criticisms of Ohio State Hospitals Spark Debate
In Columbus a fiscal survey by the Ohio Expenditure Council criticizes state wards housing, noting dairy barns run by the Welfare Department seem cleaner by sight and smell than some hospital facilities. Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood withheld comment on the findings.
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Columbus
Ohio Welfare Department
State Welfare
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio Expenditure Council
Tractor accident claims Youngstown attorney
Injury from a tractor overturn at a North Jackson area farm proved fatal for Earl D. Haefner an attorney based in Youngstown. Authorities report the mishap occurred last night and Haefner died of the injuries sustained.
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Youngstown
North Jackson
Earl D. Haefner
Boom church growth in Trinity Methodist Church
SAM SIMMONS notes rapid expansion at Trinity Methodist Church Point I, where Sunday school attendance rose from under 100 to 200 300 and 400 in classes. A young enthusiastic pastor and strong give from the collection plate accompany larger grey Sunday services and capacity crowds. He questions if other churches share this prosperity but supports the trend.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Woman's Society
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