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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1946
Page
1
Strike bound coal operators brace for an ultimate wage demand from John L. Lewis predicted to eclipse any prior in the industry. Edward R. Burke president of the Southern Coal Producers Association says Lewis favors a health and welfare fund and mine safety measures.
Labor leaders push for higher wage demands amid rail walkout threats set for May 18 as government options loom. Roosevelt era tactics are cited while unions seek gains above 16 cent arbitration award. Also noted is a Philadelphia SKF plant safety device that pins workers to prevent accidents.
Hans Bernd Gisevius testified at Nuremberg that Wilhelm Keitel perverted officer honor by threatening dissidents and receiving atrocity reports. He named Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl as a man of great, dangerous influence with Hitler amid mass murder and persecution details.
NEW YORK 47 The Army transport Brazil with 478 passengers including 422 war brides and children docked from Le Havre after an Easter celebration at sea under Army auspices Maj Stuart M Cox transport commander said the war brides built an altar with paper flowers and held Catholic and Protestant services on Easter Sunday The Canterbury Country Club in Cleveland was granted an extra 200 cases of rationed whiskey for the 46th National Open Tournament to be held 13 15
In Paris the four foreign ministers from the United States Britain Russia and France begin a second day of Balkan treaty discussions delaying the Italian peace agenda. Molotov now allows French observers to attend talks on the Balkans and Finland signaling possible Moscow conciliation in other issues.
Washington A quiet push to appoint Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court gains Democratic and Republican support on Capitol Hill. President Truman, attending Harlan Stone’s funeral, has not considered a successor, with speculation centering on elevating a sitting justice to the post and designating a Republican to fill the vacancy. Possible candidates include Justices Jackson, Reed, Douglas, and Black, though Senator Taft cautions such a move would be exceptional.
Oklahoma Democrat Gov. Robert Kerr told about 700 Ohio Democratic Party members at a $25 a plate Andrew Jackson Day dinner that the Republican Party is unified on only one program the Pearl Harbor investigation. He criticized GOP leaders as old and young shadows of the past and praised FDR and Truman. Lausche attended an A N P A meeting in New York instead of the dinner.
In Manila Sergio Osmena abandons hope of winning and charges the election is being stolen. A Malacanang source says the chances of defeating Senate leader Manuel Roxas are very slender.
In the United Nations Security Council, Russia blocks an Aust ralian backed probe into Franco Spain. Despite private talks and support from Britain and the United States, the Russian stance makes unanimous action unlikely.
Washington OPA announces Spare Stamp 43 in family ration books will become valid May 1 for five pounds of sugar and expire August 1. Sugar Stamp 39 expires April 30. OPA says recent surveys indicate the five pound quarterly sugar ration can be maintained, with another stamp likely September 1. Spare Stamp 49 appears in Ration Book Four and in special sugar books for veterans and replacements.
President Eisenhower told a New York audience that universal disarmament must be linked with coordinated international cooperation and mutual understanding to secure lasting peace. He warned that uncoordinated disarmament is a dangerous path and cannot free the world from fear of war.
About 1,450 workers at Curtiss-Wright Corp Columbus plant received 25 cent hourly wage boosts in two production contracts announced yesterday. The wage raises accompany similar gains in the Lancaster facility. A separate incident detailed a boy named Daniel Walt, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Walt, killed after being struck by a truck near his home in Lancaster, marking the year’s second traffic fatality.
AP report details a collision in Naperville involving Burlington Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer. 125 injured, 31 hospitalised, many critical. Engineer Blaine and flagman Tangney cited. investigator seeks manslaughter charges. Journey times and wreckage described amid emergency response.
AKRON AP A walkout by workers in B F Goodrich Co processing division halted production expected to stop at noon today. About 400 workers from each of four six hour shifts in mill room calendar and reclaim departments involved. Dispute over wage adjustments, CIO United Rubber Workers says improper application. Company says protest against withholding pay of early quitters, 18 workers involved. George Bass says no further talks arranged.
The administration demands Senate ratification of the Anglo American petroleum agreement to avert oil as a diplomatic issue. Officials say Britain’s delay anxiety and Russia’s Iran deal enter the petroleum field, altering global oil power dynamics. Harold Ickes and Emanuel Shinwell signed the pact in London last September 24.
Dr Walker Van Kirk of New York told an Ohio Wesleyan University audience that aiding the needy in Europe is more urgent than the $600000000 church building program in America. The executive secretary of the Federal Council of Churches urged emphasis on relief over construction.
Columbus voters and officials report that Ohio high schools rejected a proposal to create three basketball classes, with 412 voting against the plan and 364 in favor. Harold Emst wiler, commissioner of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, announced the results.
Ohio Liquor Control Department acts to halt bootlegging of unrationed whiskey and gin by stopping case-lot sales and requiring ration cards. A I Balmert warns district supervisors and store managers that untationed spirits are slipping to bootleggers and out of state buyers, guiding sales restrictions until further notice.
The State Department gave a brusque reply to a Far Eastern Commission directive on Japan food shipments. Some commission members may find the reaction unsatisfactory, signaling possible repercussions. The issue centers on sending half a million tons of grain to Japan for relief by July. The commission, an allied policy body for Japan, reviewed the food question and urged immediate reconsideration of the U S shipment plan.
In Columbus former lieutenant governor Paul M. Herbert faces a 50000 dollar suit over a remark about state auditor office newspaper activity. The suit, filed by C. Pierce co publisher, claims the remark defamed publishers and a statewide news service.
Columbus reports frost predicted for Ohio tonight, risking damage to fruit trees already chilled by earlier cold snaps. Meteorologist George Mindling said continuing winds could lessen the danger, though frost and freezing temperatures may reach Southern Ohio.
In Tokyo, a four party committee failed to make progress as the Communist Party criticizes the process, Kuichi Tokuda claiming the next cabinet is being sold on the black market. Liberal whip Ichiro Kawano and Social Democrats leader Tetsu Katayama meet for their sixth conference seeking cooperation, while Shidehara's Progressive Party stays aloof.
A British request for information on Allied food policy in Japan threatens a new clash between the four-power council and General MacArthur. The Far Eastern Commission urged limited supplies to Japan to safeguard occupation forces, while MacArthur’s HQ said Japan cannot produce enough food in 1946 to meet essential needs due to disease and land unrest.
In Zanesville, the Licking Valley Protective Association weighs a threefold cost rise for its 13-dam substitute to the proposed Dillon Dam. Col Frank Gano of the Huntington District engineering office reported the alternate would cost about 28.63 million dollars and require moving 363 dwellings.
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