Hoover urges U.S. to conserve, unite with UN for peace
Ex president Herbert Hoover on arrival in Salt Lake City urged the United States to conserve economic resources and stop the Santa Claus practice, arguing for cooperation with the United Nations to maintain peace. He warned of Russian designs in Manchuria and urged restraint, disarmament, and adherence to the Atlantic Charter.
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Salt Lake City
United States
United Nations
Herbert Hoover
Pioche
Nev
S. A
Hoover
Allen
Manchuria
Soviet Union
U. S
Truman
Russia
Iron Curtain
Santa Claus
Ex-Sgt Betz Jailed After Europe Troopship Stowaway
Ralph K. Betz of Willoughby Ohio, a retired sergeant, fled scarce jobs and high prices in the United States by stowing away on a Europe bound troopship and hitching to Mannheim Germany. He loided into Bad Nauheim jail for failure to report to the provost marshal amid investigative delays. Betz says no formal charges have been presented and he has not secured legal counsel.
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Ralph K. Betz
Willoughby
Ohio
U.S
Mannheim
Germany
Bad Nauheim
Vershal
Betz
OPA Plans Third Car Price Boost Amid War Costs
OPA moves toward a third price hike for autos, targeting about a 25 percent total rise over 1942 ceilings. Officials met with dealers to set the next increase, following a 7.3 percent boost and a 15 percent prior rise. The measures, tied to wartime costs, restore prewar dealer profit margins and adjust handling charges, with ceilings showing varied gains across makes.
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Washington — LP
OPA
The
Congress
Hudson
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Portal to Portal Pay Sought in Akron Lawsuit
Merrill L. Sarre sues B. F. Sandrich Co in Common Pleas Court seeking portal to portal pay for time spent entering gates locker room changing clothes and getting tools. Estimate claims about 25 minutes daily inside the plant gate uncompensated.
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Akron
Common Pleas Court
B. F. Sandrich Co
Merrill 4
Sarre
Route Delays Included In GI Terminal Pay
Washington reports the War Department interprets the GI terminal leave law to count route delays such as home stopovers during transfers as fur lough time. Terminal pay is based on pay at discharge, so soldiers discharged before the new base pay raise do not benefit.
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Washington
War Department
Price Control May Black Market Meats
A. A. Smith of Sterling Colorado testified to the OPA decontrol board that restoring price controls on live stock would push most meats into the black market. He was the first witness on the second hearing day before the board which determines OPA controls.
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Washington
A. A. Smith
Sterling
Colo
OPA
Smith
Wire embargo cripples press foreign news
A CIO communications union embargo disabled eight cable and wireless firms disrupting foreign dispatches to the United States. The Associated Press United Press International News Service and Reuters reported the foreign news flow seriously disrupted effective 2 p.m. yesterday in solidarity with 321 ACA strikers at Press Wireless Inc.
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New York
CIO
United States
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Reuters
American Communications Association
ACA
Press Wireless, Inc
Proposal to ban wage income and occupational taxes in Ohio
Rep. John Poda of Summit says a bill will be introduced in January to prohibit wage income and occupational taxes in Ohio. The measure would ban such taxes and abolish those previously imposed, advising Gov. Lausche of the plan in a letter.
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Columbus
Toledo
Ohio General Assembly
John Poda
D-Summit
Frank J. Lausche
Poda
Nazis Drop Saboteurs In Bomb Shaped Cases
German saboteurs and agents were found encased in bomb shaped containers dropped behind Allied lines. Wright Field Air Materiel Command disclosed the 10-foot 490 pound casings each held three men and four parachutes in a separate compartment.
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Dayton
Air Aflateriel Command
Wright Field
Wright
AMC Technical Intelligence
AMC
Ohio Navy Veteran Dies Following Fall
Leipsic carpenter Leon R. Myers, 36, fell 120 feet at a Lima construction site and died after injuries. He had planned to marry his fiancée Thelma Brisbane, whom he met during six years in the U S Navy. Cleveland cost of living rose in July driven by higher retail food prices, per Bureau of Labor Statistics regional office. Rep. William J. Gallagher, Minnesota Democrat and former labor congressman, died early today in Rochester Minnesota.
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Leipsic
Leon R. Myers
Lima
Myers
Thelma Wil- Cleveland
Brisbane
Australia
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rochester
Minn
William J. Gallagher
Minnesota
iRechester
Point Pleasant Coach W M Saunders Dies in Heart Attack
Point Pleasant high school coach W M Saunders died last night in a Charleston hospital from a heart attack. The veteran educator led the Point Pleasant team and served in the community. Funeral arrangements are pending local authorities said.
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Point Pleasant
W. M. Saunders
Point Pleasant High School
Charleston
Riots and Deportations Dim Haifa Streets as Jews Transfer to Cyprus
In Haifa, British forces deport about 3,000 illegal Jewish migrants to Cyprus aboard two troopships, while 650 more arrive on the sloop Fenice. Rioters clash with troops and police as Hagana urges residents to storm the curfewed docks. Arabs largely quiet, and a cordon is thrown around the harbor after the ships load. The move follows London’s plan to halt illegal immigration to Palestine.
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Cyprus
Palestine
Hagana Radio
Fenice
First Infantry Division
London
France
Yagur
Empire Royal
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Washington
War Assets Corp
Kenneth E. Royall
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Athens
Nation
Lausche
REA Growth May Be Slowed By Public Building Cuts
Washington reports that cuts in public building programs threaten to slow Rural Electrification Administration expansion. REA official Allyn Walters says limited congressionally authorized power units and ongoing shortages delay rural light and power delivery despite large budget authorizations. Pickaway County sees a 67 percent rise in divorces, and Dayton reports Fire Chief Millard Warner of Fairfield elected president of the Ohio State Firemen’s Association.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Association
Allyn Walters
REA
Reclamation Bureau
Congress
Rural Electrification Administration
Fire Prexis
Dayton
Millard Warner
Fairfield
Ohio State Firemen's Association
Jimmy Trouble Shocks VA in Newark Letter
A Newark article notes a man calling himself Jimmy writes to the Veterans Administration claiming hardship and requesting 65 dollars monthly. He asks to attend school to learn writing but provides no last name or address.
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Newark
N. J
Jimmy
Veterans Administration
Soviet Union proposes joint Black Sea straits treaty
Moscow says Turkey should lead a new Dardanelles pact with Black Sea powers and joint defense by the United States, Soviet Union, and Turkey. The note argues the 10 year Montereaux convention does not meet security needs or prevent strait use harmful to Black Sea states.
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Moscow
Russia
Turkey
Black Sea
Dardanelles
First Flying Pastor To Train as Chaplain
CHILLICOTHE The Rev M Park Tucker longtime Tabernacle Baptist Church pastor and the citys first flying minister said he would begin chaplain training at the federal reformatory in preparation for an assignment at the Ashland Kentucky federal correctional institution next November DROWNS IN TROUGH BELLEFONTAINE 7 James Dewey King 21 months old fell into a stock watering trough and drowned Sunday
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Chillicothe
M. Park Tucker
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Federal Reformatory
Federal Correctional Institution
Ashland
Bellefontaine
James Dewey King
International Smuggling Ring Found by Army
Army CID arrests two members of a New York City family in Berlin and Paris in a crackdown on an international smuggling and black market ring. The five-family members were identified in a formal announcement issued yesterday.
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Berlin
New York City
Armys Criminal Investigation Department
Paris
Zanesville Tests 1888 Day Law Liquor Flow During Fair
Zanesville permit holders vow to keep whiskey flowing at the Muskingum County fair on the first day, challenging the 1888 Ohio law and awaiting an official opinion from the attorney general. Local officials and WCTU leaders weigh legalities as fairs approach across the state.
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Muskingum County
Ohio
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Hugh S. Jenkins
Tom Joseph
Joseph
Robert Sohingen
Columbus
Darton
Athens
Toledo
Soklngen
Cleveland
Lima
Massilion
Cincinnati
Long-view
Placedonia
Molotov Blames Fascist Italy, Warns on Trieste Role
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov at the Paris peace conference says Fascist Italy bears tremendous responsibility but Italy can remain aMediterranean power. He rebukes De Gasperi for leniency and urges radical changes to root out Fascism and strengthen democratic Italy with broad international support.
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V. M. Molotov
Italy
Mediterranean
Alcide de Gasperi
Molotov
de Gasperi
Mussolini
Volotov
Trieste
Germany
Stalingrad
North
Africa
France
Istria
Yugoslavia
East Liverpool Restores Water Service After Strike
Normal water service was resumed in East Liverpool after AFL city service department workers ended a strike that had halted waste disposal and restricted water supply to non domestic users. The 42 striking employees sought higher pay while negotiations continued with city officials. The dispute coincided with a victory week celebration honoring World War II veterans.
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East Liverpool
AFL
City Service Department
Earl Greenawalt
Coroner Rules Enslow Youth Died From Drug Use
Columbus reports coroner John B. Gravis found Daniel Enslow aged 16 of Fremont died by drowning after administration of a drug. He rejected the earlier tale by 15-year-old Warren Rose that Enslow was killed by clubbing. Rose admitted the poisoned candy story was a fabrication. Enslow, Rose and two others fled the juvenile facility July 20. three days later Enslow’s body was found in a quarry pool near Columbus.
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Columbus
Cee
John B. Gravis
Daniel Enslow
Fremonte
Warren Rose
Enslow
Rose
Columbus Dispatch
Shearold Rose
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Youth Suffers Burns When Pocket Ignited
Xenia report says Harold Liming 16 of Bowersville was treated for serious burns after gasoline sprayed into his pocket and ignited by a lighter carried by another boy.
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Xenia
Harold Liming
Bowersville
City Hospital
Camp Perry Project Halts for Enrollments
Columbus report states Governor Lausche said no move to establish a branch state university at Camp Perry will occur until fall term enrollments at six state universities are completed. If applications exceed capacity, Camp Perry will be reconsidered.
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Columbus
Loward
Camp Perry
Frank J. Lausche
Hebron Man Assumes Interim FPHA Duties
Dillon S Myer of Hebron takes over as interim commissioner of the Federal Public Housing Authority. Appointed Aug 10 by President Truman, Myer awaits Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes after Taft (R-Ohio) blocked confirmation at the end of the prior session.
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Washington
Dillon S Myer
Hebron
Federal Public Housing Authority
Truman
Myer
Senate
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Former Wife Slaying Charged Ohio Salesman
Bellefontaine Ohio Lima floor covering salesman Hermen Laycock, 33, charged with second degree murder in the death of his former wife Clella Laycock, 34, whose body was found at Indian Lake last June 18. Laycock was held for the Grand Jury with bond set at 10000 by Magistrate L E Marquis. Carnivals barred in Canton by Mayor Carl F Klein.
Mussolini Body Found In Trunk At Pavia Monastery
Italian police report Benito Mussolini's body recovered from a trunk in a Pavia monastery after being stolen from a Milan area grave on April 22. Two monks and three laymen were detained as investigators guard the body awaiting Rome's orders.
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Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Pavia
Rome
Charleston Debates City Manager Form of Government
SAM SIMMONS argues Charleston should consider a city manager to reduce politics in city leadership. He notes Wheeling faces similar crime issues with a manager, cites Cincinnati as well governed, and warns some fear “more democracy” despite potential gains in efficiency.
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Wheeling
Cincinnati
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kitty Hawk
N. C
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