Taft Urges Business to Cut Prices and Labor to Hold Wages
Senator Taft called on business to keep prices down and labor to avoid unwarranted wage increases to prevent a 1947 economic dip. He praised the framework but urged stronger emphasis on responsibility from both sides while President Truman plans to propose labor law changes to Congress.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Senate House Committee
Death closes legal career of Ohio Supreme Court Judge Williams
Columbus AP report notes Judge Roy H. Williams 72 died of a coronary thrombosis ending a 31 year Ohio jurist career. He will be interred in Sandusky, Ohio. Gov Lausche will fill the vacancy until the November 1948 election. Williams earlier served as Erie County Prosecutor and led a bid rigging crackdown. He held Moose Lodge leadership and rose to supreme dictator in 1938. Born in Milan, Ohio, he funded his education by telegraph work and attended Oberlin Academy.
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Columbus
Sandusky
Ohio Supreme Court
Roy H. Williams
Ohio
Williams
Frank J. Lausche
Judge Williams
Gov
Lausche
Erie County
Moose Lodge
Order
Mooseheart
Ill
Lodge
Milan
Oberlin Academy
Anderson predicts farm price turning point after next harvest
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson told an Ohio State Grange audience that prices may fall after the coming harvest but agriculture remains on a sound basis. He cited shifts in farm population, efficiency gains, wartime diet changes, and price supports through 1948 or 49 as reasons for cautious optimism. The Grange convention moved toward installing officers including Joseph W. Fichter of Columbus as president.
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Columbus
Clinton P. Anderson
Ohio
Anderson
Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
John P. Kelser
Medina
Co. C. Linerode
Canton
Byron Frederick
Copely
Guy E. Johnson
Springfield
Russel Hoy
Coshocton
John Cunningham
Mount Vernon
Ohio State Autumn Commencement Graduates 430
Ohio State University in Columbus conferred degrees on 430 students at autumn-quarter commencement. President William F. Wickenden of Case School of Applied Science gave the address. Only one graduate, Mrs Edna May Zaugg, 26, of Columbus, earned a Medical School degree. The total surpassed last December by more than double, and winter quarter enrollment is expected to reach about 800.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
William F. Wickenden
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Edna May Zaugg
Masked man mistaken for intruder in downtown restaurant
Two central district policemen disrupted a late night scene at a Baltimore restaurant after spotting a masked man near closing time. They learned the waitress was missing and had been driven to the basement by fumes from an insect exterminator's spray, not a crime.
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Baltimore
Destroys Grain Elevator In Minneapolis
A spectacular fire in Minneapolis destroyed the union grain elevator, about 80 feet tall and two blocks long, containing nearly 3,000,000 bushels of grain. Flames rose over 150 feet, drawing help from St. Paul as equipment from the city fought the blaze for about four hours and authorities estimated losses above 3 million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Union
St. Paul
Man receives reward for returning wallet full of cash
Alfred G. Wendler found a wallet in front of a Tacoma cafe and turned it in to the counter. The owner later rewarded him with five dollars and disclosed the wallet contained three thousand dollars in one thousand bills and five hundred in hundreds.
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Tacoma
Wash
Alfred G. Wendler
Wendler
Walle
Half Finished Plant Is Offered for Sale
Cleveland report says the War Assets Administration regional office will receive offers until January 15 to buy a half built chemical plant on Neville Island Pittsburgh. The facility is designed to produce 8 million pounds of phthalic anhydride per year for paint manufacture.
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Cleveland
The
War Assets Administration
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
New Dean Named at Western Reserve Adelbert College
Associate Professor William Powell Jones of the Western Reserve University English Department was named dean of Adelbert College yesterday, marking a leadership change at the Cleveland institution.
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Cleveland
William Powell Jones
Western Reserve University English
Adelbert College
New eye sight device charts retina using after image
Dr William P Williams son of the University of Kansas Medical School demonstrated a device that maps the eye by projecting a geometric black figure on a frosted glass screen in front of the eye. After viewing, the after image reveals blind spots and irregular field edges indicating eye and brain issues.
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Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
William P. Williamson
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Steelworkers Hint Demands in 1947 Contract Talks
PITTSBURGH CIO unit ed Steelworker chieftains return ed today to closed door conferences on 1947 contract demands after revealing wage and policy aims. The 174 man wage policy committee disclosed 16 contract revisions including pay raises and benefits such as guaranteed minimum weekly pay and holiday pay.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworker
United Steelworkers
Henry V Named Best Movie of 1946 by Board of Review
In New York the National Board of Review casts 1946 film Henry V as the year’s best motion picture. Laurence Olivier, who produced directed and starred in the Henry V screen version, is named the year’s best actor.
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New York
Laurence Olivier
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
Olivier
Lima Superintendent Heads Danville Schools
J McLean Reed 47 resigns as Lima School Superintendent to become head of schools at Danville Illinois. Reed leaves Lima after being released by the Lima School Board from a 6500 dollar annual contract with four years remaining.
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J. McLean Reed
Ohio School Superintendents’ Association Research Committee
Danville, Ill
Reed
22-Year-Old Butler Sentenced to Chair
Ward Beecher Caraway, 22, was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of Jan 27 for the murder of Mrs. Marjory Church Logan, a wealthy Long Island society matron. Caraway stood stoically as Nassau County Judge Henry J. A. Collins read the sentence after an all male jury convicted him last Friday.
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N. Y
Ward Beecher Caraway
Butler
Marjory Church Logan
Long Island Society
Caraway
Nassau County
Henry J. A. Collins
New Conductor Engaged by Cincinnati Symphony
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra hires 34 year old Thor Johnson as its new conductor, succeeding Eugene Goossens.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thor Johnson
Eugene Goossens
Ranger Sold for Conversion or Scrap
The veteran aircraft carrier Ranger, the oldest American carrier, will be sold for conversion or scrap as part of postwar disposal.
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Ranger
Washington
Car Crash Kills Woman Near Marysville
An automobile truck collision southeast of Marysville last night killed Mrs. Edith Williams Marysville according to local authorities. The accident occurred on a rural road as emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Marysville
Here
Edith Williams
Coal Operators Meeting Opens Soft Coal Negotiation Talk
Spokesmen for major soft coal sectors held a quiet meeting in Washington amid reports they plan to reopen contract talks with United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis. Officials say a gathering could address resuming negotiations and Lewis was reportedly visiting his mother in Springfield Illinois.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Springfield
Ill
Woman hero saves mother and child from blaze
In Cleveland a 28 year old woman saved her mother and a 4 year old daughter from a house fire. She pulled the child to safety at the front door and then carried her mother from the burning living and dining rooms. She suffers severe burns and is hospitalized.
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Cleveland
Constance Ferguson
Patricia Ann
Petranella Stelmack
Two Year Sentence Given Auto Thief
U S District Judge John H Druffel sentenced Ivan G Cannon 24 of Sumiton Alabama to two years in federal prison for automobile theft. Cannon after arrest last month told police he was offered 20000 to kill James Ragen Chicago millionaire race information bureau operator but investigators found his story to be a fake.
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Cincinnati
U. S
John H. Druffel
Ivan G. Cannon
Sumiton
Ala
Cannon
James Ragen
Chicago
Race Information Bureau
Manslaughter Charge Against Driver Dropped
Hamilton Municipal Court dismissed manslaughter charges against Don ald Fuerst 21 of Hamilton after Judge Harry F Walsh found no traffic rule violation in the automobile collision that killed Edward Carter 69 on a downtown street last month.
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Hamilton
Harry F. Walsh
Donald Fuerst
Walsh
Fuerst
Edward Carter
Union Sues Steel Firm For Portal to Portal Pay
Local 486 of the CIO United Automobile Workers filed a federal suit against Midland Steel Products Co in Cleveland seeking 6 million dollars for portal to portal pay alleged for 1 000 employees and 6 million dollars in penalty damages.
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Steel Firm
Cleveland
Midland Steel Products Co
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Tailor Firms Sold Cincinnati to Passaic Buyer Group
Sale of the Leonard Custom Tailors Co. of Cincinnati to the Lone Donald and 70 of Passaic New Jersey was announced yesterday. The transaction transfers ownership of the Cincinnati firm to the buyers amidst a regional consolidation in the tailor trade.
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Cincinnati
Leonard Custom Tailors Co
Donald
Passaic, N. Js
Cold Weather Relief on Way
The first extended cold wave moved east across the Atlantic Seaboard with relief forecast for the Midwest by tomorrow. Sub zero temperatures continued in three midwest states and readings fell below freezing as far south as Birmingham Alabama with colder weather expected in New England by tomorrow.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Midwest
Birmingham
Ala
New England
Baby Found Dead Smothered by Covers
Three month old Jack Robert Johnson was found dead in his crib in Columbus. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Johnson.
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Columbus
Jack Robert Johnson
Ephraim Johnson
Fugitive Trio Krom Hospital Being Hunted
Three criminally insane Army fugitives from Valley Forge General Hospital remained at large as police intensified their search in Valley Forge National Park. Two companions were captured, while Howard Boggs and Curtis L. Fogarty were found in a ditch near General Washington's headquarters. Frank L. Lofton then surrendered at the Army hospital.
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Valley Forge General Hospital
Valley Forge National Park
Howard Boggs
Huntington
W. Va
Curtis L. Fogarty
Appalachia
National Park
General Washington
Boggs
Fogarty
Frank L. Lofton
Saginaw
Mich
Army Hospital
Football Fix Suspect Held in Bears Giants Case
A second man, 28 year old Jerome Zarowitz, was held as a material witness in New York as police probe an alleged fixing of the Chicago Bears versus New York Giants championship game. Assistant DA Monaghan called him an employee of a gamblers and bookmakers group. Earlier Judge Valente denied bail to Alvin J. Paris on bribery charges citing potential danger to his life if released.
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Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Jerome Zarowitz
George P. Monaghan
Zarowitz
Valente
Alvin J. Paris
Paris
New Senator Appointed From North Carolina
Governor Cherry named William B. Umstead a 51 year old Durham attorney and former U S representative as North Carolina’s new senator to succeed Josiah W. Bailey who died at his home. Bailey’s term would have expired in 1949.
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Raleigh
N. C
William B. Umstead
Durham
U. S. House of Representatives
North Carolina
R. Gregg Cherry
Umstead
Josiah W. Bailey
Bailey
Bottomless Bridge Crash Claims Three in Kentucky
In Cynthiana, Kentucky, an auto crash sent a car through a bottomless abandoned bridge into the South Licking River. Three people, Daisy Mitchell 17 Millsburg formerly of Carlisle, Mildred Young 17 Cynthiana formerly of Louisville, and Jesse Myers Barnell 34 Nicholas County, died. Three others escaped. Coroner David R. Rees reported the names and ages of the deceased.
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Licking River
David R. Rees
Daisy Mitchell
Millersburg
Carlisle
Mildred Young
Louisville
Jesse Myers Barnell
Nicholas County
Taylor Leaves Vatican By Plane for Home
Myron Taylor, President Truman's representative to the Vatican, departed Rome by plane for the United States. He is expected to reach Washington tomorrow after a private audience with Pope Pius XII and talks with Premier Alcide De Gasperi.
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Myron Taylor
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United States
Washington
Taylor
Pius XII
Alcide de Gasperi
Akron executive honored for wartime synthetic rubber work
John Lyon Collyer president of the BP F Goodrich Co Akron received the Medal of Merit from Secretary of War Patterson for wartime development and production of synthetic rubber.
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Washington
John Lyon Collyer
BP. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
Patterson
City Official Dismissed Over Incompetence in Norwalk
NORWALK Max G. Irvin, on a 42300 a year post for 23 years, was removed from the Norwalk Municipal Water Department and electric plant after Mayor Edgar L. Tucker cited incompetency and other charges. Irvin said he would appeal and fight the dismissal.
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Max G. Irvin
Irvin
Edgar L. Tucker
Train and Auto Collision Kills One in Cambridge
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an automobile at a crossing near Cambridge last night killing Mrs. Ralph Stevens age 25 of Hamburg New York and injuring critically her husband and their eight month old son.
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Cambridge
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Ralph Stevens
Hamburg
N. Y
Vacated Sheriff Seat May Go to Deputy
Newark Ohio Roe Francis Licking County deputy sheriff was endorsed by the county Republican Executive Committee for the sheriff job. The unexpired term will run until January 1 1949.
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Newark
Roe Francis
Licking County
William McElroy
Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association
Historic Plaque Stolen From Canton Tree Marker
Canton’s largest elm tree lost its commemorative plaque describing its 150 year history. The theft was reported to police by Edmund C. Hamilton, managing editor of the Canton Repository, the daily paper that placed the marker.
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Canton
Edmundc. Hamilton
Canton Repository
Largest Holiday Mail Requires 3 000 Aides
In Cleveland more than 3,000 extra employees assist regular post office staff to handle what may be the largest holiday mail effort. About 4,000,000 pieces were cancelled Tuesday, far above the typical 600,000, with most extra workers stationed at the main post office.
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Cleveland
Columnist to Head Club Cleveland
Spencer D. Irwin, columnist, is the new president of the Cleveland City Club.
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Cleveland
P —Spencer D. Irwin
Cleveland City Club
Hospital adds four story wing at Aultman
A four story addition costing 175000 was opened yesterday at Aultman Hospital in Canton confirming continued expansion of the medical complex and increasing local health capacity.
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Canton
Aultman Hospital
Alliance Verdict Rules Accidental Death in Prow Fatality
Coroner E. C. Reno rules the death of William M. Prow flagman accidental after a pusher engine collision. The ruling closes the inquest into the railway incident.
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Alliance
E. C. Reno
William M. Prow
Flagman
Industrialists urged to avert crippling strikes says Philip Murray
Philip Murray argues the burden of rising prices will fall on workers and small farmers. He criticizes ex preacher sam simmons skepticism and asserts industrialists seek prosperity, lower prices, and broader markets. He notes many workers cannot afford cars and warns of unequal impacts.
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Mr. Murray
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