Truman Seeks Resolution As Coal Strike Rages On
President Truman focuses on a Supreme Court appointment while a nationwide coal strike threatens industrial paralysis. The White House weighs Jackson or Douglas for chief justice and Patterson for cabinet. Reconversion head Snyder warns 400,000 soft coal miners may fuel further economic strain.
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Truman
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
White House
Robert H. Jackson
William ©. Douglas
Robert P. Patterson
Jackson
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Capitol Hill
Patterson
W. Stuart Symington
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John W. Snyder
Quantico
Snyder
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Welfare Fund
Pittsburgh
Chicago
AFL Biturnin' Ous
Women Returning to Homes Reduces Industrial Labor Tide
Cleveland report cites J Kimball Johnson regional U S Employment Service director noting many women move from riveting to housekeeping easing a wartime surplus. Regional plants employ 305000 women now, down from 664987 in November 1943, and 20 7 percent of workers in 1944 from 30 percent in 1943.
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Cleveland
Ohio-Michigan-Kentucky
J. Kimball Johnson
U.S. Employment Service
Food Policy in Japan For Council Test
The Allied food policy in Japan tops five controversial topics to be discussed at the Allied four power council in its third meeting tomorrow. George Atcheson Jr. will chair the session as MacArthur’s political adviser.
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Tokyo
Japan
Allied Four Power Council For
George Atcheson, Jr
U.S. State Department
General
Ohio student veterans invited to state meeting at Kent State
Student veterans from Ohio colleges are invited to a May 18 meeting at Kent State University to form a state-wide association of veteran student groups. Delegates from eight universities attended a Kent State sponsored session by the Ohio State University Veterans Association and approved the basics of the plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kent State University
Ohio State University Veterany Association
Church Party Wins in German Voting
In the American zone elections the Christian Social Union led in rural Bavaria with 1,779,203 votes against the Social Democrats 936,763, while Communists took 8 percent in Greater Hesse. Rioting involving German voters and Jewish displaced persons in Diessen prompted multi-agency probes and arrests.
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Germany
Christian Social Union
Social Democrats
Communist Party
United States Army
Diessen
Bavaria
Greater
Hesse
Wiesbaden
Kassel
GOP Challenge In Senate Seen In OPA Battle
Washington reports mixed predictions as Republicans push for price control reform in the Senate under Sen. Robert A. Taft. The move marks a break from 1933 party unity and follows Democratic discontent sparked by Rep. Kilday of Texas urging a party program to counter administration proposals.
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Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Kilday D
Texas
Marion Woman Killed When Auto Hits Pole
Mrs June Maag aged 26 died early today after an automobile struck a utility pole on a curve in Marion. She was the wife of Robert Maag a partner in the Marion Raptt Transit Company.
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Marion
June Maag
Robert Maag
Marion Raptt Transit Company
Truce Efforts In China Fail and War Continues
Chin a cease fire talks collapse as Chiang Kai-Shek rejects the Democratic League cease fire plan. Generalissimo plans to advance to Changchun before halting hostilities, while Marshall shifts headquarters to Nanking and vows resumed talks in a few days.
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Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Chou En-Lai
Nanking
Amish Asked To Drop Bans In Lancaster County
Clyde A. Zehner of the Pennsylvania Agriculture Adjustment Administration urged about 1000 farmers in Lancaster County to persuade the House Amish to allow tractors for field work. He said he respected religious beliefs but called the resistance to tractors very inconsistent with other changes.
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Europe
Clyde A. Zehner
Pennsylvania Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Zehner
Tancaster
Nine Ohioans Die On Roads Over Week End
Knox County toll rises to six with two Mount Vernon deaths William W. Boyle 51 killed at a Pennsylvania Railroad crossing and Fredrica Farley 85 struck by a car in Academy suburb Akron logs three more deaths George House 23 Barberton motorcycle bus crash Arthur D. Rose 35 truck auto collision Raleigh C. White 54 fatally injured Other fatalities Jackie Voytek 10 Cincinnati Ida D. Smith 88 Gallipolis Lowell Darnell 32 near Gallipolis Clifford Frazie 32 near Portsmouth.
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Knox County
William W. Boyle
Fredrica Farley
Boyle
Pennsylvania
Farley
Academia
Akron
George House
Barberton
Arthur D. Rose
Raleigh C. White
Youngstown
Jackie Voytek
Cincinnati
Ida D. Smith
Gallipolis
Lowell Darnell
Portsmouth
Clifford Frazie
Famine Relief Clash Heads Toward President
Washington faces a clash between State and Agriculture Departments over famine relief methods. Acting Secretary Dean Acheson urges drastic steps, including seizing wheat reserves, while Secretary Clinton Anderson favors expanding exports and measures by occupation authorities. Acheson links decisions to postwar grain shipment control, aided by War Secretary Patterson.
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Agriculture Department
Truman
State Department
Dean Acheson
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Acheson
Robert Patterson
Germany
Japan
Midwest
Ohio Man Confesses Slaying Stepdaughter
Cuyahoga Falls police report James W. Bickett, 43, signed a written confession admitting he shot and killed his 20 year old stepdaughter Mary Barangos in a crowded grocery market. He faced arraignment on a first degree murder charge and said the girl snapped him off so it is not her.
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James W. Bickett
Mary Barangos
Bickett
Mars Crossing Pacific Sets 45 Hour Flight Record
The Navy flying boat Hawa Mars arrived at Cavite airbase after its first Pacific crossing in four days. Commanded by Comdr. Budd M. Murray of Collins Colorado, actual flying time was 45 hours. NATS plans to start in June a twice weekly service from Alameda California to Manila.
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Hawa Mars
Cavite
Pacific
Comdr
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Collins
Colo
Naval Air Transport Service
Alameda
Calif
Committee Too Busy For Probe of Strikes
Washington Senator Murray D says the senate labor subcommittee cannot begin an inquiry into strikes and labor disputes as members are occupied with other work. A proposal by Kilgore of West Virginia and Morse of Oregon for formal investigation has lingered before the committee for weeks.
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Washington
Murray
Roxas Wins Philippines Victory After Election Lead
Manila report says President-Elect Manuel Roxas held a 183000 vote lead over Osmena as tabulation neared completion. Osmena conceded, ending his 42 years in politics. Roxas, 54, began his career as Capiz governor at 29 amid post election clashes in Central Luzon where 11 were killed.
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Manuel A. Roxas
Philippines Republic
Sergio Osmena
Roxas
Osmena
Philippines
Capiz
Luzon
Convicts Captured After Rural Looting Pursuit
Cleveland dispatch reports two of a trio of Mansfield Reformatory escapees were captured after looting a rural farmhouse. Anthony Berardinelli and L. C. Smith, both 19, identified by Detective Sgt. Hutchings. Donald R. Johnson, 18, is still at large for robbery.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Howard Hutchings
Anthony Berardinelli
L. C.smith
Donald R. Johnson
Eisenhower Heads to Pacific Tour with MacArthur Talks
General Eisenhower travels from Hamilton Field California to Hawaii on the first leg of an inspection tour of Pacific bases. He will meet General MacArthur in Tokyo to discuss administration and the welfare of soldiers.
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Calif
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Pacific
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Army
Vets to Receive Diplomas at Hamilton High
Thirty eight war veterans will receive diplomas tomorrow evening in the first all veteran commencement at Hamilton High School. The veterans met graduation requirements by attending classes at the adult evening school.
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Hamilton
Hamilton High School
Quadruple Wedding Ceremony Conducted
Four sisters wed their grooms in Detroit as the ceremony at St George Syrian Orthodox Church marked an unprecedented quadruple wedding. Very Rev Benjamin Hoffiz officiated while father George Ssieg escorted his daughters in pairs to the altar, tapping twice in a ceremonial gesture.
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Detroit
Benjamin T. Hoffiz
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
George Ssieg
Soviet Upset Of UN Probe Held Possible
In New York the United Nations Security Council prepared to order an investigation of Franco Spain unless Soviet Russia vetoes. Australia backed a plan to form a fireman subcommission to assess whether Franco threatens world peace. Delegate Rafiel de la Colina of Mexico pressed Gromyko to side with the majority, but Gromyko remained opposed. The Iranian issue looms, with Assia’s troop withdrawal by May 6 uncertain. Gromyko has said he will not participate in further Iran talks.
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United Nations Security Council
Spain
Russia
Australia
Rafael Dela Colina
Mexico
Andrei A.gr
Assia
Irran
Gromyko
Elected Vice Presidents Named in SAR Ohio Society
John T Shook of Mansfield and Herman Seidner of Canton were elected vice presidents of the Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution.
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Columbus
John T Shook
Mansfield
Herman
Seid‘ner
Canton
Ohio State Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Ex Premier and 27 Others Slated For Arraignment May 3
Japan war indictments name four former premiers including Hideki Tojo and 27 others. Indictments list 55 charges from Pearl Harbor murder to world domination plot. Bi national tribunal will hear arraignments May 3 at the War Ministry with Allied prosecutors and defense heads.
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Joseph B. Kees Nan
Tojo
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Koki Hirota
Kuniaki Koiso
Osami Nagano
Chhief
Kenji Doihara
Japan
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Germany
Yosuke Matsuoka
Hiroshi Oshima
Geremany
Toshio Shiratori
Sadao Araki
Okinora Kaya
Jiro Minami
Manoru Shigemitsu
Shigetaro Shimada
Navy
Shigenori Togo
Compromises by Reds Ease Paris Tension
Paris delegates resume work on a new European peace as the Soviet Union shows conciliatory moves. The Russian stance allows French participation in Balkan treaty talks, keeps Italy with a basic naval fleet, and splits the Italian ships among major powers after Yugoslav and Greek claims. The Yalta reparations plan reportedly drops to a global figure instead.
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Luxembourg Palace
James F Byrnes
U. S
United States
Balkan
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
Yalta
Absences Seen In Loan Vote
Washington report notes a potential dozen senators missing at roll call for the 3.75 billion British Loan bill. Ills affect Glass and Bailey. Bilbo and Gossett camp home. Connally and Vandenberg travel to Paris as Byrnes advisers.
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D-Va
Bailey
D-Nc
Bilbo
D-Miss
Gossett
D-Idaho
Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
Rmich
Paris
Byrnes
Road blockade at plant gate during Consolidated strike
A several hundred car blockade along the main highway to the Stinson Aircraft division of Consolidated Aircraft Corp disrupted traffic in the area. About 500 protesters with union signs milled near the plant but no disorder occurred. Police reported cars parked on the road and abandoned, completely blocking the route. In Georgetown, Ohio, the body of 22 year old Thomas Germann, who drowned last week in the Olmo River, was recovered yesterday at Ripley.
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Stinson Aircraft Division
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Mmany
Georgetown
Thomas Germann
Olmo River
Ripley
Hero Receives Medal and Holiday in Ohio
U S Army guest hero Melvin Mayfield, a 27 year old former corporal in the sixth division, is honored with the Medal of Honor. He and his wife Emma enjoy a two day holiday in Columbus as 1200 Ohio servicemen are inducted into the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Prominent officials including Lt General Simpson and Fleet Admiral King attend the ceremony at Ohio State University Stadium.
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Melvin Mayfield
U.S Army
Mayfield
Ohio
Nash
O, Farmer
Emma
William J H. Simpson
Second Army
Luzon
Ohio State University Stadium
Ernest J. King
Meeting Called On Rail Strike
Officials of two railroad unions meet railroad management in Chicago to review President Truman's emergency fact finding board findings. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers oppose the board and set May 18 as strike date. A second facts finding board or government seizure could avert the walkout, with a presidential settlement request possible.
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Chicago
Truman
Brotherhoods of
Body of Plane Pilot Recovered From Lake
The body of First Lieutenant Robert Shoemacher, 26, Watertown Wisconsin, pilot of a plane that vanished over Lake Michigan on a Columbus to Chicago flight last month, was recovered last night from the lake. Two passengers had been recovered earlier.
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Ind
Robert Shoemacher
Watertown
Wis
Lake Michigan
Columbus
Chicago
Woman Burned Fatally When Bed Catches Fire
Columbus report states Miss Fetes Archer, 36, a department store saleswoman, was fatally burned yesterday when her bed and robe caught fire after an apparent ignition by a lit cigarette. Firemen said she fell unconscious before crews arrived.
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Fetes Archer
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