Nationwide Phone Strike Postponed Forges Hopeful Settlement
United States telephone workers and Bell System edge toward wage accord after postponement of the nationwide strike. Talks in Newark and Washington resume with CIO and AT&T, with long distance operators and Western Electric workers pausing pickets as federal mediators consider presidential fact finding. Numbers of Division 6 installers return to work in several states.
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New York
Bell
Newark City
CIO Communications Workers of America
American Telephone
CWA
Washington
Nt Bell System
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Robert T. Creasey
Division 10
Long Lines
Division 6
Indiana
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Workers Promise No Pickets in Ohio
CIO 800 equipment workers promised not to picket in Ohio today as the nationwide phone strike was postponed. An official said CIO unionists would still press via alternatives to hinder service, while Ohio Bell and Western Electric crews paused.
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Cleveland
Ohio
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
CIO
Western Electric
Bell System
South Bend
Ind
Columbus
Richard C. Lines
Bell
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Nes
Federal jury to hear charges against John Maragon
Washington reports allege John Maragon, a former White House intimate, lied to Senate investigators about his finances and business affairs as a federal jury case moves forward. Betting figure James J. Carroll told Senators he sees no nationwide gambling syndicate. House Ways and Means cuts federal excise tax on tickets for movies and sports events from 20 percent to 10 percent.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Federal
James J. Carroll
St. Louis
Mr. Big
Senators
House
Ways and Means
Labor Wins Close Vote In Commons
The Labour government survived a narrow 304 to 299 division to reject a Conservative Liberal bid to block a government plan to hike the gasoline tax to one and a half shillings. The vote followed a second test on a 33 percent purchase tax on trucks and commercial vehicles.
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Attlee
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Liberal Party
Labor
Disbarment Hearing for Thomas A. Joseph Delayed in Ohio
Judge Arthur Hooper, sitting in Muskingum County, postponed disbarment proceedings against Zanesville attorney Thomas A. Joseph to May 17. Joseph was convicted last November in Columbus of urging clients to use false Columbus addresses to speed divorce cases. delay due to attorney Paul Herbert’s absence.
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Zanesville
Arthur Hooper
Jefferson County
Muskingum County
Thomas A. Joseph
Columbus
Hooper
Joseph
Paul Herbert
Lindbergh Estate to Become Boys' Correction Home
New Jersey officials announced the Lindbergh estate will be used as a correction home for delinquent boys. The $50,000 property with 400 surrounding acres was donated by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and accepted by the state in 1941, but has remained vacant due to lack of funds.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
New Jersey
Students Investigate Election Eve Fracas
Miami University student leaders launched an inquiry into Monday night damage after a disturbance on the eve of campus elections. The student faculty council will identify responsible parties and assess campus organizations for the costs.
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Oxford
Miami University
States Should Run Rent Controls Bricker Says
Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio argued that rent control policy should be administered by states rather than the federal government. He urged the shift as a principal remedy in housing policy debates.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Investigation Witness Is Located In Lattimore Case
A missing witness in the Owen Lattimore inquiry, John J. Huber, turned up safe but nervous after vanishing from a Washington hotel. Huber, once an FBI informer, telephoned home from Mt. Vernon New York claiming a blackout before a Senate hearing. He planned to return to testify while Senate leaders pursued other developments in the probe.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
John J. Huber
FBI
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Senate
Huber
New York
McCarthy
Wis
Louis Budenz
State Department
Mete
Budenz
Senate Foreign Relations
Central Intelligence Agency
Wherry
Nebraska
Bella V. Dodd
Communist Party
National Committee
Lattimore
Earl Browder
Jack Stachel
Stachel
Browder
Senator Tydings
Larry E. Kerley
New York Journal-American
Kerley
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Field
Tydings
Associated Press
Mount Vernon Argus
Tobacco Raisers Face Discrimination Suit
In Lexington Kentucky a suit filed in U S District Court charges 71 000 burley tobacco producers with discrimination over allotments above nine tenths an acre. The complaint claims the act prohibiting reductions in burley allotments of nine tenths an acre or less is unconstitutional and that smaller allotments should be cut along with larger ones.
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Lexington
Kentucky
U.S. District Court
Di Salle Urges UN Action Over Baltic Plane Shootdown
Cincinnati mayor and U S Senate candidate Michael V DiSalle called Tuesday night for United Nations involvement to fix blame for the alleged Baltic Sea plane shootdown. He urged public opinion sanctions against the aggressor.
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di Salle
Cincinnati
United Nations
Baltic
Michael V. DiSalle
United States
Hints Point To Special Bomb Casings For Atomic Weapons
Washington reports that the United States develops specialized bomb casings to deliver new atomic weapons against hard targets such as underground fortifications and factories. Defense Secretary Johnson notes atomic arms now vary in type and size beyond the two airbursts used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with demonstrations including an underwater shot.
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Washington
United States
Defense
Johnson
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
April Coldest In 24 Years In Ohio Farm Report
The U S Weather Bureau notes April in Ohio was the coldest in 24 years. Farmers postponed oats sowing and some fields failed, while early sowing faced damage. plowing and planting of oats and potatoes continued as cold nights lingered. Temperatures dipped to 30 or lower across much of the state, threatening peaches and pears in southern counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Buckeyeland
Akron
Columbus Democrat nominee criticizes Lausche treatment of officials
Clarence H. Kinsley of Columbus urged Democrats to back his bid for the gubernatorial nomination. In a formal statement he criticized Gov. Frank J. Lausche's handling of department heads but named no individuals.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Kinsley
Frank J. Lausche
House Sub Committee Pushes 350 Million Defense Increase
The House Appropriations subcommittee unanimously urged a 350 million dollar defense boost for the 1951 budget. Air Force gets 200 million and Navy 150 million for new aircraft and conversions, with most funds in contract authority. The move lifts the defense total to about 14.26 billion, slightly below Truman’s request, and the full committee will decide on restoration of cuts.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Navy
Truman
Mahon
D-Tex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cannon
D-Mo
Congress
United States
Taber
R-Ny
Joe Stalin
Rep
Gore
Dtenn
Atomic weapons pace grows with nuclear powered craft
The Army aims for weapons to down 12 mile high warplanes and the Navy plans an atomic powered submarine. Admiral Sherman asked Congress to authorize a U 235 boat while GE and Westinghouse work for the Atomic Energy Commission on ship propulsion. The plan includes a large Viking rocket to launch from equatorial Pacific to study cosmic rays.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Equator
mid-Pacific
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Congress
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Atomic Energy Commission
Sherman
Ex Pomeroy official Jesse Brewster dies at 90
Jesse Brewster 90 former Pomeroy acting postmaster and assistant postmaster died at Meigs General Hospital after eight weeks illness. A Mason and church trustee he taught at United Methodist Church and taught a class. Survived by wife Laura and several nephews and nieces including Leona White and Blaine Brewster. Funeral Saturday 3 p.m. at United Methodist Church with burial in Beech Grove cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Jesse Brewster
Meigs General Hospital
Brewster
Wilkesville
Salem Center
Robert Brewster
Margaret Brewster
Laura Brewster
Leona White
Los Angeles
Blaine Brewster
Columbus
United Methodist Church
Lewis C. Berger
Beech Grove Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Union Battle To End Today
Two unions vie for control of Westinghouse Electric 55,000 workers as campaigns run today. Tomorrow the NLRB polls at 40 plants in 32 cities, signaling a major test of the six month UE Independent and IUE conflict and possibly guiding the industry’s rest of the workforce.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric
National Labor Relations Board
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Mark 27th Anniversary
The British royal couple celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary discreetly in London on Wednesday.
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London
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Ousted professor kills college president and dean in Peru
Dr. Barney K. Baker, a 54 year old psychology professor at Peru State Teachers College, shot and killed President William L. Nicholas and Education Department head Paul A. Maxwell before killing himself. The killings followed news of Baker's pending removal in a department reorganization, with classes halted then resumed.
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Peru
Neb
Idis
Barney K. Baker
Thousand Oaks
Peru State Teachers College
Department of Education
Fred C. Kiechel
Education Department
William L. Nicholas
Paul A. Maxwell
Baker
Kiechel
Government Fights Lewis Miners Strike at Appeals Court
The government asked the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Keech's finding that the United Mine Workers were not in contempt for the strike that followed the Feb 11 injunction. Keech had ruled there was insufficient evidence of contempt, leaving fines from prior strikes in place.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Lewis
Justice Department
Appeals Court
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers
Keech
T. Alan Goldsborough
Farm program split needed says Ebright in Cleveland
Ohio gubernatorial candidate State Treasurer Don H. Ebright argued here that a commission should decide which farm programs are federal or state. He said current programs overlap and urged adding educational services plus expanded marketing and distribution research for farmers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Agriculture
Don H. Ebright
Ebright
Bishop Rehring Assumes Archdiocese Duties
Bishop George J. Rehring today took over duties as administrator and procurator of the archdiocese of Cincinnati as thousands of Catholics filed past the late Archbishop John T. McNicholas. He flew in from Ireland and was named to serve until Pope Pius XII names a new archbishop.
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Cincinnati
George J. Rehring
Archdiocese of
Bief
John T. McNicholas
Rehring
Ireland
Rome
Pius XII
New Revolt Breaks Out in East Indonesia
A new revolt against the central Indonesian government was reported to have broken out in the East Indonesia states, with local tensions rising as the conflict unfolds. The report notes unrest spreading beyond Java and draws attention to regional resistance movements.
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Indonesia
Jakarta
U.S
East Indonesia
Mae West Eyes TV to Keep Dad Home More Often
Buxom stage and screen star Mae West hints at bringing her curves to television in a vaudeville style appearance tied to her play Diamond Lil. She quips the move would keep her father at home at least once a week.
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Pittsburgh
Mae West
Taft seeks test of Congress on foreign aid cuts
Senator Taft urged slicing at least 500 million dollars from a pending foreign aid bill totaling 3.37 billion. He warned substantial cuts are needed to match the president's budget and indicated Britain aid could face reductions in the next year. Senate resumes debate with Connally predicting approval of the full amount.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Connally
Dtex
Foreign Relations Committee
Ohioan
Britain
Busch outlines farm program to boost income for family farmers
Democratic senatorial candidate Henry M. Busch of Cleveland told a Mansfield audience that a government farm plan should support high farm income, not high food prices. He proposed directing surpluses to grocery stores and guaranteeing 100 percent parity to all family farmers.
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Mansfield
Henry M. Busch
Cleveland
Taft's Brother Heads Independents for Taft group
Cincinnati reforms report Charles P Taft brother of Senator Robert A Taft will chair a new group Independents for Taft formed Tuesday to back Taft's bid for re election The organization includes Republicans Democrats and independents aiming to support the Ohio senator's renomination.
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Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Independents
Taft
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Charles Taft
Plans To Sell Lustron Collapse, Judge Told
In Columbus a federal judge was informed that RFC efforts to sell Lustron Corp have collapsed. James L. Dougherty, RFC general counsel, said an order for sale would be filed in federal court in Columbus soon.
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Columbus
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Lustron Corp
Washington
James L. Dougheerty
RFC
Akron youths held in Cleveland suit theft case
Police held five Akron youths including a University of Akron student over a theft of 1100 dollars worth of suits in Cleveland.
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AKRON
University of Akron
Cleveland
Evacuation Planned as 1000 to Leave China
The American Consulate says the liner Gen. W. H. Gordon will evacuate between 800 and 1000 foreigners from Red China on Saturday.
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China
Hong Kong
Gen
W. H. Gordon
Red China
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