France's Communist Bred Strikes End in Labor Peace
France's CGT led strikes ended after a month of disruption that halted 2 to 3 million workers in coal mining and railroading. About 1.5 million returned to work as government terms were accepted. The crisis prompted a rift with the Soviet Union, with expulsions and stalled wheat talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Soviet Union
Paris
Russia
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Marseille
Senator Seeks U S Control Over UNRRA Supplies
Senator Ferguson seeks to insert in a new Greek aid measure a provision requiring Athens to hand over all remaining United Nations relief and rehabilitation supplies for American distribution. He notes UNRRA stock in Greece worth about 75 million dollars is idle. Administration may request more Greece aid as current funds near exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greece
Ferguson
R-Mich
Athens
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Congress
Turkey
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dwight Griswold
UNRRA
Dissolution Sought of U.S.A. Post over Gambling Profits
Robert Clark filed suit in common pleas court asking dissolution of United War Veterans of the U S A Post No 1. He alleges the club profits about 100000 dollars yearly from bingo and slot machines and distributes the money to officers. The club attorney says the operation is only a bingo game and thousands are donated to charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Robert Clark
Common Pleas Court
United War Veterans of the
Newspapers Efforts Find Homes for Dogs
The Cleveland Plain Dealer started printing a lost dog picture every Monday aiding the Animal Protective League to place 705 stray dogs in new homes from August to November, up from 391 in the same period in 1946 per Dog Warden Henry L. Leffinwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Animal Protective League
Cuyahoga County
Henry L. Leffinwell
Spence Traded to Boston By Senators
The Washington Senators traded center fielder Stan Spence to the Boston Red Sox for outfielder Leon Culberson and Al Kozar a second baseman who played for Louisville last season.
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NEW York
Washington Senators
Stan Spence
Boston Red Sox
Leon Culberson
al Kozar
Louisville
Automobile Salesman Bound Over to Jury
Cleveland reporter: Auto salesman Jack Singleton, who sold near ly new cars for less than he paid, was bound over to the Grand Jury on a larceny by trick charge. Municipal Judge Perry B. Jackson set bond at 100000 and did not lower it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jack Singleton
Grand
Perry B. Jackson
Singleton
Drugeyed Tea Not Sold In Columbus Shipment
State official reports a medicinal tea containing possibly fatal drugs was kept from the public. Homer Johnson of the state food and dairy division said they do not believe anyone will use the tea. Kenneth Milstead of the Federal FDA said a small shipment went to a Columbus wholesaler from an Illinois firm with the drugs used instead of peppermint leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Homer Johnson
State Food and Dairy Division
Kenneth Milstead
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Cincinnati
Illinois
Britain and Russia Near In Principle Trade Pact
A high government source said Britain and Russia likely reached an agreement in principle on a new trade pact. Harold Wilson, president of the British board of trade, returned from Moscow where he held negotiations. The source believed Wilson would not return unless such an agreement was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Russia
Harold Wilson
British Board of Trade
Moscow
Wilson
Taber Fired Three Versions Arise Over DPC Departure
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission executive secretary Dana O. Taber was dismissed from his $4,800 annual post after three differing accounts. Gov. Thomas J. Herbert cited unsatisfactory work while commission member Justin Rollman called it politics. Allen J. Lowe expected the state to secure a stronger chief for nationwide publicity. Taber had served three years and was removed at a Cleveland meeting, with news released later.
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Columbus
Dana O. Taber
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Taber
Justin A. Rollman
Cincinnati
Commission
Tabor
Cleveland
Allen J. Lowe
Coon Dog Advertising Charged in Federal Indictment
Three Ohio men from Zanesville were indicted on using the mails to defraud for allegedly advertising well trained coon dogs and filling orders with untrained dogs from pounds. Lewis Miller 34 Wayne Ralph 23 and Herman Matthews were named in the grand jury presentment and arraignment before Judge Mell G Underwood was scheduled for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Admission Tax Nets $60 000 in Two Months
Cleveland officials report the new three percent admission tax brought in about $60,000 during October and November. An estimated $45,000 remains collectible from November, mostly from theater owners, according to License Commissioner Stanley P. Nemec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stanley P. Nemec
Future 1948 Autos Likely Minor Changes With Higher Prices
Detroit reports say major redesigns are scarce for the 1948 passenger cars due early next year. Manufacturers including General Motors Ford and Chrysler are likely to emphasize styling tweaks and larger windshields while weighing cost factors. Prices are expected to rise by about $100 per vehicle despite efficiency gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hudson
Packards
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Army Plane Is Wrecked In Labrador Near Goose Bay
An Army C-54 transport crashed about midnight eight miles north of Goose Bay Labrador with no known survivors. Reports say 29 aboard including crew possibly five. weather hindered air observations. Ground crews faced rough terrain at Northwest River. helicopter gear prepared.
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Westover Field
Mass
Goose Bay
Labrador
St. John’s
Nfld
Ninth Air Force
Westover Air
Army
Northwest River
House Delays Vote on Cut in Foreign Aid Bill
Washington reports show GOP pressure to reduce the administration winter aid package for western Europe from 597 million to about 500 million. House actions include a 590 million figure with 60 million set for China and new rules to ease relief purchases. Britain and Marshall plan costs also face trimmed estimates as Truman readies a final message to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Halleck
Western
Europe
House
Truman
U. S
Senate
House Conference Committee
France
Austria
Italy
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Taber
R-Ny
Lief
Congress
Marshall
British Call For Halt In Holy Land Warfare
High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham warned that Britain will take severe measures against Arabs and Jews unless communal strife in Palestine ends. In days of fighting 127 lives were lost, with six Jews killed in Gevulet near Gaza and more attacks across Haifa Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. News noted police gunfire, armored cars, and curfews as British troops enforce order amid deaths and arson.
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Jerusalem
Alan G. Cunningham
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Gevulet
Gaza
Negev Desert
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Arab Jaffa
Jewish Agency
Hagana
Forty New Jurors for Slaying Trial in Marion
Forty additional prospective jurors were ready for examination in Marion Ohio for the first degree murder trial of Ray Shappard a 32 year old handyman of Prospect in the hammer slaying of 16 year old Roxie Ann Green A jury was tentatively chosen in Marion County common pleas court but neither side had exercised peremptory challenges yet.
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Marion, O
Ray Shappard
Prospect Handyman
Roxie Ann Green
Marion County
Great Lakes Iron Ore Shipments Set Records
Great Lakes vessels set a peacetime iron ore shipments record this year with 77,898,000 tons carried, just missing the 78,000,000 ton goal. The Wake Superior Iron Ore Retireak not sure due to garbled text, final cargo discharged at Detroit. previous peak was 65,204,600 tons in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Wake Superior Iron Ore
Detroit
Rouen Priest Pierre Cardinal Petit De Julleville Dies at 71
In Rouen France Pierre Cardinal Petit De Julleville aged 71 died today in the city. The obituary notes his long service in the church and his prominence in local religious life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouen
France
Pierre Cardinal Petit de Julleville
Four Southern Papers Involved in Disputes
AFL International Typographical Union members walked out in Bartlesville Oklahoma and Abilene Texas over wage disputes. Morning Examiner in Bartlesville planned to continue, and Abilene papers were expected to keep publishing their editions.
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Southern
Chicago
Bartlesville
Okla
Abilene
Tex
AFL International Typographical Union
Morning Examiner
Shooting Victim Dies in Norwalk After Hitchhiker Claim
Clarence H. Perry aged 57 of Oberlin Ohio died after saying he was accidentally shot by a hitchhiker. Sheriff Jesse Mellott reported he had been ill recently and discharged from Crile Veterans Hospital in Cleveland. The hitchhiker and the gun have not been located.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Clarence H. Perry
Oberlin
Ohio
Jesse Mellott
Mellot
Perry
Crile Veterans Hospital
Cleveland
Metlott
Spurned Suitor Sues For 3000 Dollars
Andrew J. Patnie of Lancaster filed suit in Pickaway County Common Pleas Court for 3000 dollars against Mrs. Julia Campbell alleging she failed to keep a promise to marry him. Campbell owns a grocery store at Orient, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Andrew J. Patnie
Graylock St
Lancaster
Pickaway County
Barracks Fire Fatal to Four and Six Injured
Four Army officers died and six others were injured in a two story barracks fire at Pine Camp New York during Exercise Snowdrop. Eight escape dived from windows as the flames spread. cause under investigation. Five wounded were to be evacuated by air to Murphy General Hospital in Massachusetts. one remained in critical condition. Identities of the dead withheld pending next of kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Camp
N.Y
New York
Murphy General Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Round World Flight Ends at Teterboro Airport
Cliff Evans and George Truman completed a 25 000 mile round the world flight in two pint sized 100 horsepower flivver planes landing at Teterboro Airport New Jersey at 10 10 am after 123 days. They began August 9 from this suburb airport and were escorted by fighter planes on the final leg from Harrisburg Pennsylvania with Evans finishing slightly ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teterboro
N.J
Cliff Evans
George Truman
Harrisburg
Evans
Truman
Retired Boat Captain To Be Buried in Ironton
John Milton Meadows 76, a retired Ohio River boat captain, died at his Los Angeles home yesterday. His body will be sent to Ironton Ohio for burial. He is survived by a son seven daughters 40 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
John Milton Meadows
Ironton
Ohio
Meadows
Western diplomats warn huge reparations threaten Big Four talks
Western diplomats in London say Russia seeks 10 billion dollars in German reparations largely from current production, risking the future of the Big Four foreign ministers conference. U S and Britain oppose the demand, while Molotov hints reparations and economic unity could be linked. Marshall stresses removing zonal trade barriers as a prerequisite to any German agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
United States
Britain
U. S
George C. Marshall
Traffic deaths in Sandusky total seven this year
Sandusky reports seven traffic deaths so far this year, up from two last year, following the death of Karl Johnson from injuries suffered November 29.
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Sandusky
Karl Johnson
Fugitives Nabbed After Narrow Escape From Reformatory
Two escaped inmates from the Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe are captured in a Warren County barn after fleeing Sunday night in a stolen truck. Dillard Collins, 19, of Bethel Ohio and James Willard Lovell, 23, of Newport Tennessee, described a rough time since the escape as deputies recovered them with blankets about their shoulders and one bare foot. The escape vehicle belonged to Dr. L. E. Hoye of Chillicothe, and officers planned to return the pair to the reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Warren County
Chillicothe
Dillard Collins
Bethel
Ohio
James Willard Lovell
Newport
Tenn
Emmanuel
Richard Schultheis
Butler County
Collins
Louisville
Lovell
Greenville
L. E. Hoye
L. C. Schilder
Schultheis
Frank Hoerst
E. M. Clark
Republicans Set Four Point Anti inflation Program
Republicans announced a four point program to curb living costs during the current Congress. It includes voluntary industry wage agreements with anti trust relaxed, export controls continued, higher gold reserves behind currency and bank deposits, and controls on critical transportation like boxcars. Taft and Halleck voiced the plan amid opposition from Democrats who accuse the GOP of rubber stamping for big business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Steering Committee
House
Halleck
Indiana
Federal Reserve Banks
Senate House
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
Tennessean
GOP
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
William C. Foster
Truman
Democratic Policy Committee
Food Problem First Louis Bromfield Says
Louis Bromfield, author and farmer, told a Cleveland audience that the United Nations cannot act effectively until global food problems are solved. He said high prices stem from declining production per acre on shrinking land, not speculation or conspiracy, at a library-sponsored meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis Bromfield
United Nations
Bromfield
Cleveland Public Library
Western Reserve
The
Friends of the Land
Freezing Rain Disrupts Travel Across Ohio Valley
Snow and freezing rain spread across the Midwest with temperatures climbing from subzero levels. A light snow band stretched north through Missouri Iowa Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin and parts of Indiana and Michigan. Freezing rain made motor travel hazardous in the lower Missouri and lower Ohio valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Midwest
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Canton AFL Provides Free Jitney Bus Rides
Canton AFL bus drivers provided free jitney rides along Tuscarawas Street from 7 a.m. to midnight as strikers' dispute with Canton City Lines enters its 12th day. Max Phillips, president of the AFL local, said six cars would operate, carrying passengers at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, C
Canton City Lines, Inc
Tuscarawas St
Max Phillips
AFL Bus Drivers Local
County's Highest Paid Official to Net $10,000
Springfield officials announce Edward Holt will receive 10 000 a year as school superintendent, making him the highest paid public official in the city and county. The notice also reports the late Alva B. Hurd left most of a 21 150 estate to a school fund at Wesleyan University.
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Springfield
Edward Holt
Board of Education
Alva B. Hurd
Wesleyan Uni
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