Coal Miners Return to Work Post Strike, Survey Shows
A Southeastern Ohio survey shows about half of deep pits active after John L. Lewis' order. 1,185 workers powered by 50 percent idle, with 600 in two deep mines and 600 in several others. District 6 leader Adolph Pacifico said most locals would comply and fines would be refunded.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
John L. Lewis
New York Coal Co
Chauncey
Crooksville
Hocking Valley Mining Co
Hocking
the Plains
Lost Run
Hannah-Essex
New Straitsville
Buckingham Coal Co
Congo
Kimberly
Rend-Mar Coal Co
Rendville
Columbus
Adolph Pacifico
UMW District 6
Lewis
District 6
Ted W. Brown
Columbus Retail Coal Merchants Association
Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
United Mine
Cone
Truman
Capitol Dome
Solid Fuels Administration
Congress
Sen
Lucas
D-Ill
Butler
R-Neb
United States
Stalin Death Rumors Stir London Headlines
A Soviet spokesman said Stalin is in the best of health after London papers ran banner headlines and rumors claiming the Soviet leader was dead or dying. The mentions describe the reports as dirty speculation and note they originated in London over the weekend.
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London
Stalin
Property and liberty under attack in coal debate
A reader warns against socialization of coal and broader private property seizures. The letter argues such moves threaten private ownership, likening state control to slavery and urging readers to defend property rights as essential to liberty.
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U. S
House of Representatives
Europa Breaks Moorings Sinks in Le Havre Bay
Le Havre reports the former German liner Europa renamed Liberte sank after breaking moorings in a storm at the French line docks. The ship struck the sunken Paris hulk, making a hole in her side and sinking upright four hours later. all aboard were saved.
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Europa
le Havre Bay
LE Havre
France - Presse
Basin
Paris
Liberte
Cherbourg
Toulon
French Line
Line
Hamburg
Nord- Deutscher Lloyd
War Reparations Commission
Akron teachers seek $600 annual raise in board talks
Akron teachers action committee representatives meet with a school board committee to explore the budget for funds to grant a $600 annual wage increase. Lee Ferbstein, counsel for the committee, says discussions center on financing the raise.
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Akron
Teachers’ Action Committee
Lee Ferbstein
Zaleski Trees Shipped to Cities
Three freight cars each carry about 1200 red pine trees sent to Cleveland Bucyrus and Warren in the last month as thinning of Zaleski district plantations proceeds. Trees come from Zaleski and dealers visit from Columbus for trees and limbs for green. Proceeds go to the State Rotary Fund for preservation and reforestation.
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Cleveland
Bucyrus
Warren
I. N. Dickman
Zaleski
Columbus
Rotary Fund
Dickman
Burke Announces Candidacy for City Election
Mayor Thomas A. Burke declares his bid for re-election next year in Cleveland, signaling his intention to run again. Local election observers note the move could shape party dynamics and municipal policy races.
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Burke
Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
United Brethren Burn $48 000 Church Bill
PORT CLINTON The United Brethren Church was freed from a 48000 debt tied to the church’s construction 15 years ago. Bishop A R Clipper of Dayton and other church dignitaries attended the mortgage burning ceremony yesterday.
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United Brethren
Port Clinton
United Brethren Church
A. R. Clippinger
Dayton
Ohio Dentists Endorse $50 Million Plan for Children's Dental Health
The Ohio Dental Society backed a $50 million program to improve dental health for Ohio children. Delegates approved the plan at the end of a three day meeting with costs to be shared by local, state, and federal governments.
Ten-year-old John Allen Shot Dead in Accident
Authorities report a hunting trip ending in tragedy when ten year old John Allen was killed after a gun carried by his hunting companion Carl Nohler discharged accidentally yesterday.
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New Lexington
John Allen
Carl Nohler
Ike At Pratt For Rest From Bursitis
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived at Pratt General Hospital in Miami for a month of rest and treatment for bursitis in his left shoulder.
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Miami
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pratt General Hospital
Reds Refuse Troop Count On Home Soil
At Lake Success New York Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov vetoed a UN plan for a home troop inventory and demanded deletion from the resolution. The move disrupted the plenary session, delaying debate on the British verification proposal as delegates regrouped after Molotov’s challenge.
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Molotov
Rail Groups Talk Merger Between Locomotive Unions
In Cleveland the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen considers merging with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. A poll of 25,000 members shows 95 percent favor a single union. No action will occur until after forthcoming conventions in July and March.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
David B. Robertson
San Francisco
Locomotive Engineers
Inferno at Barry Hotel Claims 11 Lives in Saskatoon Blaze
A hotel fire in Saskatoon swept through the Barry Hotel before dawn, killing 11 and wounding 18. Fire officials said flames moved like a solid wall, marking Saskatchewan and Canada's worst fire since Halifax 1939.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Barry Hotel
Saskatchewan
Canada
Queen’s Hotel
Halifax
Supreme Court To Hear Lewis UMW Fines Fight
The Senate seeks a broad inquiry into labor organizations to test democratic processes and Lewis’s control of the United Mine Workers as miners return to work. The Supreme Court weighs whether to bypass lower courts to hear Lewis's contempt fines totaling 3.51 million dollars.
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Supreme Court
Lewis
Washington
Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hands Found by Dog Spark Pittsburgh Mystery
Four severed human hands were found in bushes along a suburban road when a dog dropped a paper bundled package at the feet of 13 year old Joanne Ward during a Sunday stroll with companions. Police sought clues to the origin of the grisly find and the victims. Police Chief Conrad Becker said the hands were cleanly severed at the wrists with skin still intact over shrunken flesh.
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Pittsburgh
Joanne Ward
Conrad Becker
Kilbuck
Two Killed and Four Hurt in Auto Truck Collision
CE SCARVILLE- Shula Austin, 22, a Wilberforce University senior from Roslyn New York, and Kenneth Sanford, 21, of Xenia were killed when their car collided with a truck near here. Eleanor Sanford 19 and Ernest Sanford 23, Kenneths sister and brother, were critically injured.
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CE Scarville
Shula Austin
Wilberforce University
Roslyn
N. Y
Kenneth Sanford
Xenia
Here
Eleanor Sanford
Ernest Sanford
Kenneth
Probes Ordered Into Winecoff Hotel Fire In Atlanta
The Winecoff Hotel disaster spurred city county and national investigations into the pre dawn blaze that killed at least 117. Solicitor General E E Andrews coordinated with the city fire marshal, fire department, underwriters, and Grand Jury Foreman Henry Chandler as Fulton County officials plan a Saturday review by the grand jury. Governor Ellis Arnall criticized the fire resistant rating and urged legislation against such claims.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
E. E. Andrews
Henry Chandler
Fulton County
Ellis Arnall
Plane Crash Kills Two Men Near Mansfield
Two men died in a light training plane crash five miles east of Mansfield. James H. Patterson, 24, and Harold E. Tygard, 23, both of New Philadelphia, were killed. A Civil Aeronautics Authority investigation was to begin. Witness F. W. Brokaw said the plane nosed down after the motor stalled and plunged into a pond.
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Mansfield
Here
Civil Aeronautics Authority
James H. Patterson
Harold E. Tygard
New Philadelphia
Patterson
Tygard
Canton
F. W. Brokaw
MRP Gains Slight Edge in French Vote
In Paris the Centrist Popular Republican Movement led by a narrow margin over the Communist Party as Parliament’s upper house remains incomplete after a Sunday election. Electoral bodies allocated 62 seats to the MRP and 61 to the Communists out of 214 of 315 seats in the Council of the Republic.
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MRP
Paris
Popular Republican Movement
Communist Party
France
Council of the Republic
Communists
5000 Farmers Gather for 28th Farm Bureau Convention
About 5000 farmers from across the nation attended the 28th annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation in San Francisco. Speakers included Undersecretary N E Dodd Assistant Secretary Willard L Thorp Senator Richard B Russell and Representative Clifford Hope.
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San Francisco
American Farm Bureau Federation
N. E. Dodd
Willard L. Thorp
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Clifford R. Hope
R-Kas
Former Athens Pastor Dies in Cincinnati
Rev. C. Lloyd Strecker aged 63 died in Cincinnati after retiring three months ago from a 25 year run as superintendent of the Methodist Home for the Aged. He previously served as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Athens Ohio before his Cincinnati posting.
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Cincinnati
C. Lloyd Strecker
Methodist Home For
First Methodist
Athens
Hull to leave Bethesda hospital for Washington apartment
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull plans to move from Bethesda Naval Hospital to his Washington apartment within a few weeks, according to friends reporting Saturday.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Bricker to Speak at Middletown Republican Dinner
Ohio Senator-elect John W. Bricker will address Middletown at a Republican victory dinner hosted by the Middletown Women's Republican Club on December 17. The event highlights Bricker's campaign triumph and local party activities.
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Middletown
John W. Bricker
Ohio
U. S
Middletown Women’s Republican Club
Greeks reinforce frontier posts as guerrilla activity rises
Athens reports intensified border security along the Bulgarian frontier with troops from the Seventh Division deployed to guard roads and railways. Army and press accounts note heightened clashes with Leftist bands amid accusations against three northern neighbors at the United Nations.
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Athens
Greece
United Nations
Few Tropical Ailments Among Troops Clarified
Dr. Morris Polosky of Austin Texas told the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology opening session in Cleveland that the public overestimates tropical diseases among U S troops returning from the South Pacific. He said only a comparatively few tropical ailments developed among American forces.
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Cleveland
South Pacific
Texas
Morris Polosky
Austin
Tex
American Academy of Dermatology
U. S
Navy Reserve Plane Crash To Be Probed
Two Navy reserve pilots Ensign Ernest N Workman and Lt George T Brown from Akron University died in a FNJ-5 training plane crash near New Albany five miles northeast of Port Columbus. Navy officials announced an investigation into the wreck.
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Columbus
Akron
Navy
Port Columbus
Ernest N. Workman
George T. Brown
Akron University
New Albany
Naval Air Station
Here
Coast Guardsmen Seek Boy Believed Drowned
Coast Guardsmen search Lake Erie for Joseph Slass 15 after a rowboat accident during a fishing trip with his father Joseph Slass Sr 37. The father’s body was recovered after the sinking on Saturday.
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Cleveland
Coast Guardsmen
Joseph Slass
Lake Erie
Conductor Goosens Stricken With Pneumonia in Iowa
Eugene Goosens conductor of the Cincinnati Orchestra is reported to be a pneumonia patient in a Dubuque Iowa hospital. Orchestra manager J M O Kane provided the update.
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Cincinnati
Eugene Goosens
Cincinnati Orchestra
Dubuque
Iowa
J. M. O’kane
Collision Kills Girl in Lorain
Dolores Mucia, 13, died yesterday when the car she rode in collided with a truck in Lorain.
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Lorain
Dolores Mucia
Boy Dies From Wound In Sandusky
William Cheek aged 17 died after a shotgun in the hands of companion Gordon Meggitt aged 13 discharged accidentally Saturday.
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Sandusky
William Cheek
Gordon Meggitt
Truman pushes iron clad no strike pledge after coal victory
Washington officials press for a nationwide no strike pledge in key industries following the Lewis coal dispute win. Aimed at utilities first, unions and management will meet to discuss voluntary arbitration without strikes under a labor department advisory committee.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
Mittee
AFL
CIO
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Lewis
Truman
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