Labor backs Lewis against government in coal dispute
Organized labor unites to oppose government efforts to end the coal strike led by John L. Lewis. CIO, AFL leaders pledge support as courts weigh action while President Truman prepares a nationwide radio address.
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Washington
Truman
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
U.S
T. Alan Goldsborough
CIO
Philip Murray
UMW
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
AFL
William Green
CIO United Automobile Workers
Green
National Coal Association
New York
Solid Fuels Administration
Taft elected first layman president of church council
Cincinnati attorney Charles P Taft was chosen as the first layman president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America at its biennial assembly in Seattle. He is the son of former president William Howard Taft and brother of Senator Robert A Taft. Taft succeeds Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of the Methodist Church and said he is overwhelmed by the honor.
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Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Seattle
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
William Howard Taft
United States
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Aft
National Council of the Episcopal Church
World Council of Churches
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Taft
Teachers Hikes Slated At Orrville Parma
In Wooster Ohio the Orrville schools will implement a 200 dollar yearly salary increase for teachers starting January 1. Parma teachers will receive pay boosts of 300 to 500 dollars, lifting average salaries to 2419 dollars.
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Orrville
Parma
Wooster
Marines to Withdraw From Mukden Railroad
U S Marine Corps headquarters announced the last of the Leathernecks would be withdrawn from guard duty on the Peiping Mukden Railroad in the latter half of December.
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Peiping
U. S. Marine Corps Headquarters
Peiping-Mukden
For Sale Unused Wedding Gown Classified Ad
A brief Los Angeles classified notice offers an unused wedding gown for sale. The fragment notes the item as available in the market, with no other details provided.
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Los Angeles
Pastor Ray Utterback Joins Painesville Church
The Rev. Ray S. Utterback, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Sandusky, has accepted a call to serve the First Congregational Church in Painesville.
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Sandusky
Ray S. Utterback
First Congregational Church
Painesville
North Ohioan Chosen Chief of Agriculture
Frank N. Farnsworth a 54 year old fruit farm operator from near Toledo was named state director of agriculture by Governor-Elect Thomas J. Herbert. The appointment follows others names for welfare and commerce posts and Farnsworth will take office January 13. He is a former president of local farm groups and serves on the State Board of Agriculture and Cherry Growers Council. He replaces John M. Hodson in the $6,500 cabinet post and has a daughter Mary Louise and a son James.
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Columbus
Frank N. Farnsworth
Toledo
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Charles L. Sherwood
Fremont
Dale Duniton
Lucas County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Ohio State Horticultural Society
Farnsworth
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio
National Cherry Growers’ Industry Council
John M. Hodson
Montpelier
NAM Outlines Labor Changes
The National Association of Manufacturers released proposals for changes in national labor laws. It opposes compulsory arbitration unionization of foremen mass picketing compulsory union membership jurisdictional and sympathy strikes and government intervention beyond impartial conciliators. Legion leader Paul H. Griffith denounced “crackpots” aiming to get individuals something for nothing as Communist tools.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
American Legion
Paul H. Griffith
the Legion
NAM
Mechem and Jones Picked for GOP Committees
State Senator C. Stanley Mechem of Athens County was named to the GOP Patronage Committee after a 29 senator caucus. Sen. Tom Jones of Middleport was chosen for the Committee on Committees during the same Columbus meeting.
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C. Stanley Mechem
Athens County
Associated Press
Columbus
Southeastern Ohio
Nanned
Sen
Tom Jones
Middleport
Committee On Committees
Mike Jacobs Improves Out Of Critical List
Michael S. Jacobs boxing promoter, 66, was removed from the critical list at St. Clare's Hospital today after a cerebral hemorrhage on Tuesday. Physicians said he is doing very nicely and improving.
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New York
Michael S
Mike) Jacobs
St. Clare’s Hospital
Jacobs
Army Camp Buildings To Be Sold at Reynolds Center
Cleveland War Assets Administration Tuesday announced 222 buildings at Camp Reynolds Army Relocation Center in Greenville Pa would be offered for sale. Date not set.
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Cleveland
The
War Assets Administration
Camp Reynolds Army Relocation Center
Greenville, Pa
Bidault Fails to Win Interim French Premiership
Georges Bidault failed to secure an interim French premiership as the National Assembly balloted. The MRP leader received fewer than the 310 votes needed for an absolute majority, tallying about 240 in the first tabulation, trailing Communist Maurice Thorez.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
National Assembly
MRP
Bidault
Maurice Thorez
Willys Officer Resigns from Willys-Overland Board
F. L. Hopkinson resigned yesterday as vice president, treasurer and board member of Willys-Overland Motors Inc. in Toledo. The move affects the company’s governance and financial oversight.
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Willys
Toledo
F. L. Hopkinson
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Vet Receives Seven Decorations In Presidential Ceremony
President Truman awarded Llewellyn M. Chilson seven Army decorations for heroism in the Vosges and Rhine campaigns. Chilson, a Berwyn and Malvern, Pennsylvania resident and former technical sergeant with the 45th Division, earned the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and more, with multiple oak leaf clusters. He was wounded at Anzio and Neuberg, later working as a chemical operator and living with his wife Roberta and their baby.
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Washington
Truman
Llewellyn M. Chilson
Berwyn
Malvern
Akron
Ohio
War Department
United States
Chilson
French
Vosges
Rhine River
Gernsheim-Horiental
Obernau
Zell
Neuberg
Frank W. Chilson
North Africa
Europe
Anzio
45Th
Roberta
American coal strike endangers British food supply
Food Minister John Strachey warned the American coal strike poses the gravest consequences for Britain and other nations relying on North American food imports.
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London
John Strachey
House of Commons
Great Britain
North America
Whittemore Re-Elected Majority Floor Leader
Akron Senator Whittemore was unanimously re elected to a seventh term as president pro tempore and majority floor leader of the Ohio Senate. The 32 member Republican majority chose him, effective when the legislature convenes January 6.
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Columbus
Rank E,. Whittemore
Akron
Ohio Senate
Senate
Former Ohio Pastor Dies in South Carolina
Dr. Maurice Clarke aged 63 rector of Grace Episcopal Church Camden S C died unexpectedly yesterday. Clarke previously served parishes in Wheeling West Virginia Springfield Marietta and Columbus Ohio over a span of eleven years in Camden and South Carolina.
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Ohio
South Carolina
Army Extends Draft Holiday Beyond January
The War Department said the draft holiday would be extended another month into 1947 due to a temporary over-strength as volunteer enlistments fall short. No February draft call was noted, though officials warned a substantial one may be needed if enlistments do not rebound. The Army needs about 37,000 new men per month.
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Washington
War Department
Bilbo Heads to Washington for New Senate Hearing
Mississippi Senator Theo G. Bilbo set out for Washington to face a new Senate committee inquiry into alleged ties with war contractors. He predicted a favorable outcome as hearings were to begin December 12, while Bilbo testified in his characteristic stump speech style before a crowded federal courtroom.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theo G. Bilbo
Washington
Senate
Bilbo
Artificial Insemination Groups Form National Association
A national artificial cattle breeding association was planned at a two day meeting of representatives from 16 states in TIFFIN. Max Drake, manager of the Northern Ohio Breeders' Cooperative, was elected secretary. The group will meet again next June at Guelph Ontario.
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Max Drake
Northern Ohio Breeders’ Cooperative
Guelph
Ont
Boy Killed by Truck in Chillicothe Collision
Lowell E. Crouse aged 14 died several hours after being struck by a coal truck in Chillicothe. The accident occurred as the youth was near his home, and authorities investigated the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Chillicothe
Lowell E. Crouse
Ration Stamp Conviction Returned in Federal Case
Arthur Keresty of Pittsburgh was convicted in federal court of obtaining 163000 pounds of sugar using 32600 counterfeit ration stamps. Prosecutors said he was on probation from a five year draft dodging sentence. Paul Jerome Ward and William J. Barnes of Youngstown pleaded guilty to aiding heresty in securing and disposing for the sugar.
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Cleveland
Arthur Keresty
Pittsburgh
Keresty
Paul Jerome Ward
William J. Barnes
Youngstown
Heresty
Atom Control Appeal Made To Russians
In Lake Success New York the United States urged Russia to back the American plan to govern the atomic bomb. Bernard Baruch told the Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko that the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission should approve the plan by year end. He cited a shift in Soviet attitude and welcomed statements by Soviet leaders.
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Soviet Union
Youths Held in Jail In Trooper's Slaying
Shelbyville Indiana four youths two teenage girls were jailed after capture following the fatal shooting of Indiana State Trooper Herbert Smith 29 in a traffic stop on State Highway 9 north of Shelbyville Captain Robert O Neal said William Francis Price 17 Evansville Ind signed a statement admitting he shot the trooper after the arrest.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Indiana
Robert O'Neal
O'Neal
William Francis Price
Evansville
Herbert Smith
Here
Public Hearing Called On Bantam Beer Bottle
Columbus report: Ohio Liquor Control Board will hold a public hearing January 14 to gauge support for permitting a seven and eight fluid ounce bantam beer bottle. State rule currently bans sale of beer in containers under 12 ounces.
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Columbus
Ohio Liquor Control Board
Findings of Fact on Strip Mining From Ohio Commission
Ohio Strip Mining Commission released fourteen factual findings from testimony gathered to guide proposed controls. The two day hearings address legislation, with a majority favoring controls and a minority opposing new laws. Findings cover production per acre, restoration costs, land value variation, reclamation status, and types of spoil banks.
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Columbus
Ohio Strip Mining Commission
Ohio
Mahoning
Columbiana
Portage
Stark
Wayne
Holmes
Coshocton
Perry
Hocking Counties
Ing
Vinton
Jackson
Scioto
Harrison
Guernsey
Jefferson, Harrison
Belmont
Morgan
Washington
Adams
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
He Helps Family Now
A 24 year old mill worker Earl Sandor chose to support the family of Frank Giampetro after an April auto crash. Indicted for second degree manslaughter, he pleaded guilty and must pay $30 a month for Giampetro’s two children and over $1,000 for medical and funeral costs. He was given five years.
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Youngstown
Frank Giampetro
Earl Sandor
Common Pleas
Erskine Maiden, Jr
Giampetro
Sandor
Church social moves not linked says bishop
Seattle report states Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam told a Federal Council of Churches session that the church refuses to identify the gospel with any social reform or economic system. He said the church must lead and will not take its economics from the National Association of Manufacturers or the Communist Party.
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Seattle
G. Bromley Oxnam
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
National Association of Manufacturers
Communist Party
Greek Premier Claims Yugoslav Aid to Guerrillas
Constantin Tsaldaris says in New York he has evidence of Yugoslav support for guerrilla incursions into Greece. He arrived to push for a United Nations investigation of alleged violations along Greece's northern border, noting the fighting has cost thousands of lives.
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New York
Constantin Tsaldaris
United Nations
Greece
Soldier killed in Jerusalem blast at Sarafand camp
A bomb exploded at Sarafand camp in Palestine killing one of four British soldiers. One dead, several injured, two or three missing. attacker details unclear. The blast struck a heavily guarded military post in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Sarafand
Palestine
Toledoan Appointed to State Board of Architect Examiners
Harold H. Munger of Toledo was appointed to the State Board of Architect Examiners yesterday by Gov. Frank J. Lausche.
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Toledoan
Columbus
Harold H. Munger
Toledo
State Board of Architect Examiners
Frank JJ. Lausche
Grand Champion Steer Sells for 10.50 a Pound at Chicago Show
The grand champion steer Royal Jupiter, a 1,370 pound shorthorn from Oklahoma A and M College, set an all time Chicago show record by selling at auction for 10.50 a pound to Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. The forty seventh International Livestock Exposition concluded with the top animal achieving a historic price.
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Chicago
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Fireestone Tire and Rubber Co
Chinese Communists Offer Peace Negotiations
Gen Chou En Lai, China's top negotiator, sent a formal note to General Marshall proposing a fresh start in peace talks. Sources close to Chiang Kai Shek say the terms are so rigid there is little chance the offer will be seriously considered.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou En-Lai
Marshall
U. S
Substantial wage hikes eyed by CIO mining union
Cleveland dispatch notes the casting division of the CIO International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers studied plans for pursuing substantial wage increases.
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Cleveland
CIO International Mine, Mill and Smelter
Post Cartoonist Bert Johnson Dies in Philadelphia
Bert Johnson, 68, renowned political cartoonist for the Saturday Evening, died after a two month illness in Philadelphia. He drew incisive commentaries on national events and faced a wide readership during his career.
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Philadelphia
Herebert Johnson
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