Cotton prices rise as OPA signals more hikes
Washington AP) An OPA official announced another roughly two and a half percent rise for cotton textiles at mills, forecasting further retail increases of one to two percent. This marks the fourth rise since March, lifting basic fabric costs by over 30 percent. The official noted stabilizing prices depends on raw cotton costs, with monthly reviews and potential future hikes if cotton prices climb. The agency also eased controls on sterling silverware and obsolete auto parts while preparing new livestock price ceilings and ordering a major meat enforcement drive under Irv Gruber with 2,500 agents.
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Washington
OPA
Clinton P. Anderson
Irving Gruber
Gruber
Mine Workers End Elk Horn Coal Strike in Ky
Field Representative Carson Hibbets said 650 Elk Horn Coal Corp employees voted to return to work after the firm agreed to remove Deputy Jim Short from the payroll. About 600 miners in Letcher County truck mines expected to resume work in sympathy.
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Pikeville
Carson Hibbets
United Mine Workers
Elk Horn Coal Corp
Letcher County
Hibbets
William Goldsmith
Jim Short
Sandusky Bay Bridge Toll Free Ceremony Set
The Sandusky Bay Bridge toll is to be removed in a ceremony today. Judge Charles J Schaber and Perry Ford head the event with Frank Lausche present, staging the program in the bridge center.
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Sandusky Bay
Sandusky
Frank J. Lausche
Charles J .S. Schaber
Bucyrus
State Bridge Commission
Perry Ford
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Speed Records Assured As Air Race Meet Opens
The National Air Races open in Cleveland after seven years with 22 planes in the Bendix Trophy race a 2000 mile dash for 25000 dollars. Takeoffs start 10 am EST with 5 minute intervals and a 6 pm finish target in Cleveland. Thompson Trophy qualifiers race at high speeds around a closed course. Tex Johnston records a 409 mph pace in his P 39 Airacobra showing the potential drama of the meet.
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Cleveland
CRUE
van Nuys
Calif
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Frank Fuller
San Francisco
Bendix
Jacqueline Cochrane
Quali
Fiers
Tex Johnston
Niagara Falls
W. C
Thompson
Death sentences commuted for Stern Gang members
The Colonial Office announced that 18 Stern Gang members convicted of bomb attacks on the Haifa railroad yards in Palestine had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
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London
Colonial Office
Stern Gang
Haifa
Palestine
The Clothes Outlook Says Storage for Men and Shortages
Washington reports the Civilian Personnel Administration outlines bleak clothing facts for 1946 into 1947. Fifteen million men lack hunting suits as 1946 ends, with wider shortages through 1947 and 1948. Women see more garments but higher prices as apparel lines remain tightly controlled.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Four Ohioans Honored for Selective Service Work
The War Department cited four Ohioans for Selective Service service. Brig. Gen. Carlton S. Dargusch received the Distinguished Service Medal for duties in Washington as deputy director and chief of staff. Col. Chester W. Goble, Ohio Selective Service director, also earned the DSM. The Legion of Merit was awarded to Col. Howard E. Boucher, assistant Ohio Graft director and head of the State Medical Division, and to Col. Carl G. Wahl, head of the Manpower Division of Ohio Selective Service.
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Washington
War Department
Carlton S. Dargusch
Chester W. Goble
Ohio Selective Service
Legion of Merit
Howard E. Boucher
Ohio Graft
State Selective Service
Carl G. Wahl
Observe Man's Dignity Grads Told at OSU
Ohio State University Summer graduation class of 530 was advised that recognition of the dignity of man is essential to a successful life. Prof. Paul N. Lehoczky, chair of Industrial Engineering, told graduates that failure comes to those who ignore that everyone considers themselves important and their work and life significant.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Paul N. Lehoczky
Department of
Guest Plane to Christen Parkersburg Airport Dedication
American Airlines will send a guest plane for the dedication of Parkersburg's new 4 million dollar airport on September 8. The DC-3 transport will be christened Flag ship Parkersburg in a ceremony directed by Ralph Beckner.
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Parkersburg
American Airlines
Ralph Beckner
Gallipolis Electric Firm Granted $225,000 Loan
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan of 225000 dollars to the Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative of Gallipolis. The agreement supports expansion and modernization of electric service in the region.
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Gallipolis Electric
Washington
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative, Ind
Gallipolis
Rural Electrification Administration
German Ring Admits Spying For Russians
Frankfurt report says a German spy ring with Soviet sympathies was broken up. The ringleader confessed to passing American troop movements to the Russians, with at least one defendant formerly employed by the American Military Government. Fourteen Germans are jailed in Stuttgart awaiting espionage trials.
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Frankfurt
Germany
DAP
United States Forces
Stuttgart
Free Germany
World Policy Seen as Issue For Politicians
Senator Hatch says election of a Republican House would be seen in world capitals as repudiation of the administration's program. Representative Clarence Brown notes GOP involvement in Paris Peace Conference and UN talks. Hatch argues foreign leaders would read a Democratic loss as loss of backing for current policy.
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Washington
Hatch
D.-N.m
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Mercury Drops to 38 in Ohio Frost Report
Ohio weather officials confirm unusually cold night with readings from Washington Court House at 38. Cincinnati 40 Marion 42 while Cleveland and Columbus hit 47 for frost warnings though ground remains unfrozen in higher areas. OPA-authorized pulpwood price increase ranges 1 to 17 cents per cord.
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Columbus
Ufi
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Washington Court House
Cincinnati
Marion
Cleveland
Washington
OPA
Fair ends as Ohio State Fair crowds set records
The Ohio State Fair closes its record run with a luncheon for newspapermen and honors for healthy 4-H children. Attendance reached 338,064 across six days, receipts $293,146, and visitors crowded the last-minute program. Awards included the Governor's Cup to Saunders Mills and sheep dog trials top prize to Pete of Poolesville, Md.
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Columbus
Ohio
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Jacob Sandusky
Frank J. Lausche
C. M. Saunders
Saunders Mills
Toledo
Onalee Hanover
Saunders
North American Sheep Dog Society
Pete
John Lockwood
Poolesville
Carl Bradford Not Wooster
Eentry
Reed
Rose Z. Kraner
Ostrander
Oho State University
WBNS
la Don
L. C. Hay and Son
Loudon Be. G
Oriole Home Bessiermead
C. M. Bottemand and Sons of
Indianapolis
Lakes Strike Ends for Most Firms After 15 Days
The CIO National Maritime Union ends its Great Lakes walkout for 14 of 21 vessels as of noon today, except seven firms not yet willing to settle. Nine companies operating 33 vessels accepted a 48 hour at sea and 44 ashore schedule, while NMU seeks the 40 hour week. John Major, who claimed to be 106, was found dead in his North College Hill home.
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Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Ioff
Great Lakes
WNMU
NMU
Ohioan
Cincinnati
John Major
North College Hill
Pessimism Over Greece Echoes at Peace Conference
Russian Foreign Minister Molotov accused the United States and Britain of interference in Greece's upcoming plebiscite and warned that foreign troops and warships were used to back anti liberal policies. He claimed Greece seeks a return of King George II and a reign of terror. The conference voted to discuss the Greek Albanian border next amid Greek anger at foreign meddling.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Balkan
George II
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Moloiev
Council of Foreign Ministers
Great Brit‘tain
France
Belgium
Norway
Greece
Foreign Ministers Council
Albania
Balkans
Paris Concedes Peace Conference Faces Failure and War Fears
In Paris, editors and foreign and French observers fear the Paris Peace Conference may fail. They warn of looming WWIII as tensions rise between Russia and the United States, with Molotov Byrnes clashes and Greece cited as destabilizing. De Gaulle presses for strong presidential power to unite France.
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Belman Morin
PARIS
Europe
Luxembourg Palace
Russia
United States
West
V. M. Molotey
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Greece
Ukraine
Versailles
Georges Clemenceau
Germany
David Lloyd George
de Gaulle
Franca
Bar-Le-Duc
Lawson 67 Dies at Racine Home
Mrs. Lawson aged 67 died at her Racine home this morning. Survived by five daughters Mrs. Russell Roush Marion Mrs. Lucinda Primnery and Mrs. Hazel Taylor Point Pleasant Mrs. Elda Hall Northop and Mrs. Elzevera Schreeder Toledo. two sons Drumand Letart and Charles Racine. Body at Charles Lawson home. Funeral Sunday 10 a. m. Mount Moriah Church. Burial Nease Cemetery Grand Station West Virginia.
Ban on Beer and Wine May Be On Town Ballot
Cedarville voters could decide at the November election on banning beer and wine sales. Petitions to place the liquor issue on the ballot were filed with the Greene County Board of Elections by the Dry Federation of Cedarville led by Dr. F A Kurkat, a Cedarville college professor.
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Cedarville
Cedar[ie
Greene County Board of Elections
Dry Federation of
F. A. Kurkat
Cedarville College
Ohio Mother Is Killed When Auto Overturns
EAST LIVERPOOL TM An automobile she was driving overturned at a Lincoln Highway intersection in Beaver County Pennsylvania late yesterday killing Mrs John Quinn of Steubenville Her son and daughter were injured
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East Liverpool
Lincoln Highway
Beaver County
John Quinn
Steubenville
Accidental Gun Blast Kills Youth's Sister
In Otway a 12 year old brother accidentally discharged a shotgun killing Zelma Gilley 15 at her home Craven Gilley the girl's father was present Police said no one else was injured and the incident is being investigated by local authorities.
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Youth
Portsmouth
Zelma Gilley
Craven Gilley
Otway
Truck Crushed By Fast Train In Plain City
Two men from Lexington Kentucky were killed when the Pennsylvania Rail Road Fast Mail struck their tractor cab at a crossing in Plain City. Oscar Johnson Green 56 and his son Harry William Green 20 were identified by state highway patrolmen. The engineer R J Werner of Columbus said the train teetered for about a half mile and stopped after three quarters of a mile.
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London
Lexington
iKq
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oscar Johnson Green
Harry William Green
R. J. Werner
Columbus
Plain City
Auto plunge fatal claims Peru woman
Mrs Alice Steele aged 72 of Peru Indiana died yesterday when her automobile plunged over an embankment. The crash occurred on a rural road near the city resulting in her death at the scene.
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Napoleon
Alice Steele
Peru
Ind
Mining Boss Fears Unemployment Law Hurt West Virginia Mine
SAM SIMMONS argues that unemployment compensation laws tempt workers to quit and idleness. He cites a West Virginia coal mine owner who faced brief layoffs and the impact on his business, saying the law enables lazy behavior and should be repealed to protect productive work.
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West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Western Movie Game Ends in Boy’s Death
Findlay reports a make believe western play ended in tragedy when 15 year old Lawrence Switzer was shot and killed by a pump rifle discharged by his 9 year old sister Audrey Louise Switzer. Acting county coroner Dr Dwight King announced the cause of death.
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Findlay
Chilldren
Lawrence F. Switzer
Audrey Louise
Dwight King
Jay
Granary and Elevator Destroyed by Flames
London fire destroys granary and elevator of Agricultural Lands Inc. near here yesterday. Treasurer R J Borel blamed spontaneous combustion. losses estimated at 30000 dollars include 6098 bushels of corn and 1100 bushels of wheat.
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London
R. J. Borel
Agricultural Lands, Inc
Kes
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