Farm Price Drop Seen By Grange
Columbus Ohio AP reports at the Ohio State Grange 74th annual convention officers and awards will be announced after morning reports and an afternoon session. Harry A Caton National Grange secretary warned of a price drop for agricultural products followed by wage and price declines while noting farmers' relative financial stability. Meigs and Vinton counties prize winners lead a statewide nutrition contest with enriched prune bread by Mrs Barton Williams Coshocton County taking first place and 60 counties represented in the 2 941 loaves entered.
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Columbus
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio State Grange
Harry A. Caton
Coshocton
National Grange
Caton
America
Meigs
Vinton
Barton Williams
Coshocton County
John Haas
Franklin County
Carl Thomas
Preble County
J. R. Bullard
Champaign County
Helen Pletcher
Muskingum County
Ethel Cox
Vinton County
Marguerite Fisher
Madison County
Carl Buchwalter
Wayne County
Theodore Mora
Meigs County
Marguerite Hindall
Summit County
Stassen Enters 48 Presidential Kray On Wagner Act Reform
Harold E. Stassen announced his 1948 presidential bid with a platform to revise the Wagner Act. He pledged a liberal GOP path, seeking secret union ballots, limits on mass picketing, and no federal wage-setting power. He will open a Washington office Jan 1 with Earl E. Hart as secretary.
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Stassen
Wagner
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Navy
GOP
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Earl Warren
California
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Collision With Train Kills 10 to 15 Children Near Newberry
NEWBERRY S C AP between 10 and 15 children were reported killed when a school bus collides with a Southern Railroad passenger train at LivEr Street seven miles southwest of Newberry. The bus carried 21 pupils. Richard Sanders the driver was among the dead. at least ten children were severely injured.
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Newberry
S.C
Southern Railroad
Liverstreet
Richard Sanders
Colie Dowd
A. W. Welling
Steelworkers Plan Demands for 1947 Wages
The CIO United Steelworkers wage policy committee meets in Pittsburgh to formulate contract demands for the basic steel industry. The executive board spent six hours outlining the framework for the 1947 demands but did not propose a specific wage increase. Philip Murray, president of about 850,000 steelworkers, declined to comment on wages.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
$200 Bonuses Granted To School Employes
The Board of Education in Tiffin approved bonuses of $200 for teachers and other full-time school employees, acknowledging their service.
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Board of Education
A Call for Calm Amid Labor Strife
SAM SIMMONS argues for a year of freedom from labor leaders' influence to allow the country to think through economic issues. He contends unwise laws have freed labor leaders to cause trouble while capital faced past abuses. He warns against revenge and urges genuine concern for the nation to resolve current crises.
Bail Decision in New York Bribery Case Awaited Today
General Sessions Court Judge Francis L. Valente was to rule on Alvin J. Paris's bail request after prosecutors cited a threat to Paris and defense counsel argued the risk of flight. The indictment accuses Paris of attempting to bribe two New York Giants players.
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Frank Filchock
Merle Hapes
New York Giants
Alvin Paris
New York
NEA _ Telephoto
Middle West
Middle Atlantic
New England
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Mercury
Midwest
Pembina
N. D
Plains
Mississippi Valley
General Sessions Court
Francis L. Valente
Alvin J. Paris
Valente
George P. Monaghan
Paris
Caesar B. F. Barra
Ohio's Share In Agriculture Record Traced
Washington reports Ohio posted a record crop in variety and volume this year with 3 641 000 acres of corn producing 178 409 000 bushels at 49 bushels per acre. Winter wheat covered 1 831 000 acres at 26 1/2 bushels per acre for 48 522 000 bushels. Oats reached 1 383 000 acres at 45 bushels per acre yielding 62 235 000 bushels. Soybeans occupied 903 000 acres at 18 bushels per acre for 16 254 000 bushels. Commercial apples produced 3 078 000 bushels. Potatoes spanned 54 000 acres at 140 bushels per acre for 7 560 000 bushels.
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Washington
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Engineer Seeks Bond From Commissioners
Columbus report notes William S. Shriver, certified by the secretary of state after board reluctance, petitions the Ohio Supreme Court to compel Belmont County commissioners to approve his bond so he can assume office as county engineer elected by write-in on November 5.
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Columbus
William S. Shriver
Secretary of State
Ohio Supreme Court
Belmont County
Jerusalem Jew Sentenced to Whipping and Imprisonment
A 17 year old Jewish arrestee in Jerusalem was sentenced by a military court to one month in prison and 12 strokes at the whipping post for possessing a bomb. Two days earlier the Irgun Zvai Leumi had warned it would treat British soldiers in the same manner after another Jew was sentenced to 48 strokes and one year in prison.
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Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Oldest Jesuit Priest In Nation Dies At 95
In Milford Ohio the Rev Ferdinand A Moeller S J aged 95 described as the oldest Jesuit priest in the United States and founder of the Catholic Deaf Mute Conference died last night He was born in Cincinnati
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Milford
Ferdinand A. Moeller
S.J
United States
Catholic Deaf Mute Conference
Cincinnati
Carnegie plans 200 million volt atom smasher for campus
Carnegie Institute of Technology announced plans to construct a 200 million volt synchro cyclotron on its Pittsburgh campus. The project aims to advance nuclear research and attract top scientists to the institution.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology Today
Man Dies As Car Hit By Train At Crossing
A New York Central train struck an automobile at a crossing last night killing John Kob, 58, an Erie County farmer from New York.
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Sandusky
New York Central
John Kob
Erie County
Newark Death Declared Accidental By Coroner
Coroner George W. Sapp ruled Mrs. Frank Rodamer of Newark age 35 died accidentally after police concluded the case. The body lay on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks west of town with her blood spattered car nearby, police believe she left the vehicle in distress and walked onto the tracks.
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Newark
Frank Rodamer
Here
Gail Christman
George W. Sapp
Rodamer
Pharis Tire Co
Soldier’s will inheritance brings $1700 in settlement
Staff Sgt. Ray F. Holland receives $1700 after preserving a war buddy James O'Conner's handwritten will from a Japanese prison camp. Ohio law doesn't recognize holographic wills, but O'Conner's relatives agreed to the settlement.
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Cincinnati
Ray F. Holland
Bataan
Holland
James O'Conner
Ohio
O’conner
School Head's Ouster Is Upheld by Court
The Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld the Lawrence County Board of Education's dismissal of County School Superintendent W. C. Paul. The board charged Paul tore out pages from his minute book and substituted his own account of a board meeting. Judge Vernor Metcalf dissented.
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Ironton
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Vernor Metcalf
Lawrence County Board of Education
W. C. Paul
Paul
L. C. Warden
Gallia County
General Motors Sets Postwar Output Record
GM car divisions sped up 1946 model production by assembling 32,713 cars last week in United States plants. Year to date output reaches 759,587 passenger cars, versus 1,800,322 for the same period in 1941.
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Detroit
General Motors
United States
Lausche Denies Political Talk With Truman
Gov. Frank J. Lausche said in Washington that a question about discussing politics or a federal appointment with President Truman was strictly objectionable. He said he merely paid his respects and discussed Ohio plans for Fletcher Array Hospital at Cambridge with Mr. Truman.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Washington
Truman
Ohio
Fletcher Array Hospital
Cambridge
White House
Bricker Silent On Stassen Move After Victory Dinner
Ohio Senator elect John W. Bricker told a GOP victory crowd that Washington bureaucrats will be driven out after Jan 3 and vowed to restore government to democracy. He avoided comment on Harold Stassen's reported presidential bid.
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Middletown
John W. Bricker
Ohio
U. S
Washington
Bricker
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Jenkins Brown Rivalry Shapes Ohio Role in 80th Congress
Ohio Republicans weigh Jenkins of Ironton against Brown of Blanchester for floor leader as Halleck and Dirksen also cited. Taft’s influence looms in Senate strategy while Bricker eyes 1948 presidential path.
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Jenkins-Brown
Ohio Congress
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Joe Martin
Jenkins
House
Congress
Brown
Martin
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Ohio
Halleck
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Buckeye
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Westinghouse Chief Rejects Labor Wage Claims
Gwilym A. Price president of Westinghouse Electric Corp said profits cannot fund higher wages and reported a 1946 operating loss of over 50 million but a wartime tax carry back gave a net income of 4.41 million for the first 11 months.
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Pittsburgh
Gwilym A. Price
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Price
Westinghouse
Conway Returns to Coordinate Emergency Export Programs
Captain Granville Conway, former war shipping administrator, resumes government service by President Truman's request to coordinate emergency export programs.
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Washington
Granville Conway
Truman
Industry Fears Mt Clemens Ruling Will Spark Labor Suits
New York report says 74 top executives fear the Mt Clemens Pottery Co. ruling will trigger a wave of overtime lawsuits. The National Industrial Conference Board notes the decision defines a statutory work week as all time employees must be on the employer premises, including pre shift and post shift activities.
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New York
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
National Industrial Conference Board
Mt. Clemens
Conference Board
Somerset Native Named To Agriculture Position
Columbus governor elect Thomas J. Herbert named Mrs Lot tie M Randolph of Columbus as assistant agriculture director. Native of Somerset, she held the post from 1939 to 1944 during the Bricker administration.
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Columbus
Lottie M. Randolph
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Somerset
Randolph
Bricker
Court Clears Sheriff in Damages Case
West Virginia Supreme Court set aside a 3001 dollar damages verdict against Kanawha County Sheriff D Earl Brawley accused of attacking Charleston Gazette reporter Bayard Ennis after an unfavorable story Ennis wrote. The jury had awarded 1 dollar actual and 3000 dollars punitive damages.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Kanawha County
D. Earl Brawley
Bayard F. Ennis
Charleston Gazette
Brawley
Ennis
Premier restricts civil service press interviews in France
Paris reports the 1949 Socialist government under Leon Blum mandates that no French civil servant may grant interviews or hold press conferences without prior authorization from the premier. The move follows reactions to statements by ex ministers from Georges Bidault's prior government.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Georges Bidault
Detroit Fire Kills Three In Midtown Rooming House
A morning fire at a midtown Detroit rooming house killed three people and left two unaccounted for among eight roomers. Victims include Charles Conrad, 74, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stingen, both about 45. Fire started on the second floor. owner Annie McKee suspects a tenant may have been smoking in bed.
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Detroit
Charles Conrad
Joseph Stingen
Hamilton
Annie McKee
Britain weighs possible coalition to succeed Franco in Spain
A British government source said diplomats were examining whether a coalition government could replace the Franco regime and allow elections. Talks included Spaniards from right wing Centrists to left wing Centrists as part of the study.
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London
Spain
Two Babies Die in Akron and Barberton Smothering Blamed
Police report two infant deaths blamed on smothering. Cynthia Segal seven weeks old died in her carriage in Akron yesterday. Jane Lee Talbott six months old smothered in her crib in Barberton.
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Akron
Cynthia Segal
Albert Segal
Jane Lee Talbott
Buford Talbott
Barberton
Turnpike Traffic Survey Projects $4.4 Million by 1959
Harrisburg Pennsylvania reports that Pennsylvania's 160 mile turnpike linking Harrisburg and Pittsburgh is expected to collect 4.4 million dollars annually by 1959 according to a traffic survey announced today.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Bilbo Aide Must Testify On Senate Inquiry
Senate war investigators overruled a claim that Edward P. Terry secretary to Senator Bilbo must not testify about confidential matters. Bilbo aide Terry faced threats claim and Bilbo's attorney said Bilbo waives privilege. The committee expects to hear Terry and Ross Collins details of suspected funds linked to Bilbo and contractors.
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Washington
Senate
Edward P. Terry
Bilbo
Dmiss
Terry
Paul Dillon
St. Louis
Dillon
Mead
D-Ny
Ferguson
R-Mich
Forrest Jackeson
Jackson
Investigating Committee
Mississippi
Ed Terry
Ross Collins
Collins
House
Poison verdict in death of Aberdeen man
Georgetown records coroner George Tyler reports a verdict of suicide by poisoning in the death of Thomas Richmond, 32, found in a highway ditch near Aberdeen. Richmond, a father of four, formerly taught at Aberdeen.
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Georgetown
George Tyler
Brown County
Thomas Richmond
Aberdeen
Richmond
Strike Fund Survey Launched by UAW
The CIO United Auto Workers begins a nationwide survey of strike funds and financial resources held by locals as contract talks with major automakers approach. UAW secretary treasurer George Addes says local resources total a few million dollars.
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New York
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
George Addes
Union Sues Cleveland Firm for 1.5 Million in Overtime Case
The International Association of Machinists District 54 filed a $1,500,000 federal suit against Cleveland Automatic Machine Co. on behalf of about 1,000 employees. The union seeks back overtime pay portal pay and liquidating damages.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Automatic Machine Co
District 54
The
International Association of Machinists
Ind
Fe Portal
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Associated Press
Mike Morrissey
Vicksburg
Miss
Senate War Investigating Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senator Bilbo
Sam Simmons
Lausche
Conway
Homer Huntington
Chicago
R. E. Jones
Austin
Tex
Layne Beaty
Ft. Worth
NEA
Detroit Fire
Coalition For Spaniards
Bilbo Aide
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