House Labor Group Proposes Worker Interviews In Field
Rep Landis of Indiana opened six weeks of hearings before the House Labor Committee blaming White House advisers for last year’s grave strikes. He urged fields surveys of workers as Rep Hartley plans field teams to hear labor and industry views amid calls to curb strikes and revise the Wagner Act.
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Washington
Landis
Ind
House Labor Committee
White House
Hartley
N. J
House Group
House Committee
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
United States
Truman Says UN Made Progress but military staff slow
President Truman told Congress the United Nations had made great progress in the past year yet warned hopes for peace could be betrayed. He cited advancement in international control of atomic energy and criticized the UN Military Staff Committee as disappointingly slow while urging continued US support and funding for UN programs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United Nations
Senate
House
United States
World Organization
U.N
Security Council
Peace Agency
Russia
Security
Council
Atomic Energy Come
Nuernberg
International Refugee Organization
Train smashes gasoline truck. three dead, many injured
A Southern Pacific passenger train plowed into a gasoline truck near Fresno California injuring about ninety with thirty in serious condition. The San Joaquin daylight train from Los Angeles to Oakland left its tracks after the crash. ten cars burned as flames rose high and passengers fled.
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Fresno
Calif
Southern Pacific
Kay Hansen
Pasadena
Amos Alonzo
America
James R. Cooper
Columbus
Ohio
San Joaquin
Los Angeles
Oakland
Streamliner
Sara E. Badgley
Densmuir
George Schneckenberger
Bakersfield
Ernest M. Comer
Philip Lee Mayer
B. W. Mitchell
Southern Pacific Division
Mitchell
San Francisco
Sacramento
Mayer
California Highway Patrol
F. T. Finnegan
Roma Wine Co
Finnegan
Rubber Firms Suspend Talks After 11-Day Conference
Wage negotiations between the Big Four rubber companies and the CIO United Rubber Workers were suspended after an 11 day conference. The union said the firms adjourned for 90 days and refused to propose changes, prompting locals to prepare for a stronger bargaining position.
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Cincinnati
CIO United Rubber Workers
Vernon L. Spires Found Dead Near Portsmouth in Suspected Suicide
Vernon L. Spires, 24, a Columbus bakery employee, was found dead in a car 15 miles southwest of Portsmouth last night. Coroner Virgil Fowler ruled the death a suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Portsmouth
Vernon L. Spires
Columbus Bakery
Here
Virgil Fowler
School Board Member Dr Frank Lehr Thomas Dies
Marion Ohio reports the death of Dr Frank Lehr Thomas 54 a city school board member who died yesterday. He served on the Marion City School Board and was a prominent local educator and physician. His passing ends a long career in local education and public service.
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Marion
Frank Lehr Thomas
British Start Civilian Move From Palestine
More than 150 British civilians left Palestine today by air in Operation Polly. Planes evacuated women and children to Egypt with Cairo reporting arrivals before noon. By nightfall at least 500 more are expected to depart, while Jerusalem undergoes a security shuffle and identity checks continue amid guarded roads.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Royal Airforce
Egypt
Cairo
Holy Land
Navy Men Swim In Bay of Whales Test Rubber Suits
Fifteen Navy divers from Underwater Demolition Team No. 4 aboard the Antarctic task force plunged into 30 degree water at the Bay of Whales, swimming 21 minutes to test new rubber suits worn with heavy underlayers. The exercise, conducted in Little America, aimed to evaluate gear for future operations.
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Little America
Bay of Whales
United States Navy
Japan
Navy Plane Reported Lost Near Chesapeake Bay
A Navy R4D plane with four crew members and possibly two additional men sent a weak radio and vanished while returning to Norfolk from Portsmouth New Hampshire. An air search covered Chesapeake Bay area as officials identified the crew: Pilot C A Urban Lt jb B W Scofield co-pilot J M Dandy and W R Weeks aviation radioman.
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Norfolk
Chespeake Bay
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Portsmouth
N. H
C. A. Urban
B. W. Scofield
J. M. Dandy
W. R. Weeks
Quick Action Advocated On War Powers Action
Rep. Lewis Ohio urged swift congressional action on war powers as President Truman sought a one year extension of emergency controls. He opposed blanket extensions but said the request underscored the need for immediate action.
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Washington
Rep
Lewis
Ohio
Truman
Ohio lawmakers push pay as you go for state spending
Ohio Republicans in the House pressed a pay as you go spending plan amid a $161 million treasury surplus labeled for capital improvements only. The plan comes as lawmakers face $100 million plus in increased demands from local governments schools and state departments while proposing an income tax to fund veterans bonuses and public school education. The debate includes potential revenue measures and a Senate panel examining a major veteran bonus funding plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Thomas J. Herbert
Treasury
House
Paul H. Ballard
R-Jackson
Toledo
Kyle F. Brooks
Cincinnati
Senate
Brooks
High Court May Get Pay Suit Cases
The United States Government seeks to move the Mt. Clemens Pottery portal-to-portal case to the Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney General John F. Sennett said the action has presidential approval. Judge Frank A. Picard may allow government entry, noting CIO should have equal opportunity.
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Detroit
United States
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Supreme Court
John F. Sennett
U. S
Sennett
Frank A. Picard
Picard
Mt. Clemens
CIO
Doctors Probe Death Of Automobile Rider
Medical authorities sought to determine whether electrocution or automobile injuries caused the death of Raymond Rinard, 20, of Canton, after a car he rode in jumped a curb, sheared a power pole, and Rinard toppled onto a high voltage wire in Massillon.
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Massillon
Raymond Rinard
Canton
Rinard
Man Falls From Boat Near Ben Lomond
Searchers hunt for the body of Jack Davis age 23 of Montgomery West Virginia after he fell from the towboat William Larrimer Jones one half mile upstream from Ben Lomond. Capt J D Cypher commands the Jones & Laughlin vessel bound from Pittsburgh to Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Davis
Montgomery
W. Va
Ben Lomond
Davis
William Larrimer Jones
Pittsburgh
Huntington
J. D. Cypher
Jones & Laughlin
Captain Allen Wins Hawaii Trip In Cans Contest
An empty beer can prize helped Capt. Alva J. Allen of Portsmouth Ohio claim the top Army conservation contest award. He earned a week in Hawaii plus $500 by converting used cans into auxiliary air intakes for oil heaters, showcasing thrift and ingenuity.
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Seoul
Alva J. Allen
Portsmouth
Ohio
Hawaii
Lancaster Man Named to Towmotor Board
Thomas C. Fulton of Lancaster who is vice president and director at Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. in Lancaster was elected to the board of directors of Towmotor Corp. of Cleveland yesterday.
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Lancaster
Thomas C. Fulton
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp
Towmotor Corp
Cleveland
Salem teachers seek 3300 salary increase appeal
The Salem Board of Education today considered an appeal by the city's public school teachers for a $300 annual increase in salaries.
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Salem
Salem Board of Education
Record Cold Grips State as Gas Conservation Urged
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. urged hotels restaurants laundries and institutions to cut gas use amid a deep freeze. A Monday night industrial gas ban froze plants with 5 000 Timken Roller Bearing Co. layoffs and thousands more across Akron Canton Springfield Toledo. Estimated 50 million cubic feet daily saved to households as frigid temps linger.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
E. M. Tharp
Ohio
Tharp
Springfield
Akron
Cleveland
Findlay
Cincinnati
Dayton
Zanesville
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Hoover Co
North Canton
Toledo
Shingle Firm Defrauds 69 Homeowners in Canton Case
Canton prosecutors investigate 69 homeowners who say a shingle firm defrauded them in a free advertising scheme. War veterans signed promissory notes up to 1400 dollars after salesmen promised 25 dollar commissions per shingled home, then vanished with the $75,000, leaving owners waiting for promised first checks.
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Canton
D. Deane McLaughlin
Stark County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Stark County
Scrap Steel Price Jumps
New York based Iron Age reports steel companies bid up scrap in distant markets to record delivered prices. Ties and earmarked scrap sales drive the runaway market as consumers must supply a set tonnage of scrap to obtain steel. Steel operations ran at 93 percent capacity this week.
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New York
Iron Age
1500 Disabled Vets Await VA Job-Training
In Columbus Ohio more than 1,500 disabled veterans wait for employers to provide job training through the Veterans Administration. Ralph H Stone deputy administrator appeals to local employers to offer opportunities for these veterans to participate.
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Columbus
Ohio
Veterans Administration
Ralph H. Stone
SAM SIMMONS Attacks NAM and Labor Orgs in Speech
SAM SIMMONS criticizes the National Association of Manufacturers and labor groups as overly influential. He argues such organizations tempt collective action that harms governance and urges curbing their power while praising churches and small groups. He notes public figures often push mob mentality and favors limiting unions to local scopes.
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National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
AFL
CIO
China recalls military chief amid peace talks collapse
Washington reports say Chiang Kai-Shek recalled General Ho Yin-Chin, China's UN staff committee member, from the United States as negotiations falter. His return home likely this month signals intensified factional conflict and a possible spring or summer resumption of war.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Yin-Chin
United States
China
United Nations Staff Committee
Mayor Reconsiders Third Run for Canton Mayor
Canton Ohio mayor Carl F. Flein, who had said he would not seek a third term, is entered by Democratic leaders in the May primary. He favors continuing municipal improvements begun under his administration to keep the program moving forward.
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Canton—(P
Carl F. Flein
Terrier Named Lucky Blamed in Gas Death
In Stoneham Massachusetts a terrier named Lucky is tied to a gas stove and yanks a rope causing two gas jets to open, leading to the asphyxiation death of Mrs Mary M Pig nato. Medical Examiner Ira W Richardson cites the dog as the cause under a custom of tethering the pet to the stove.
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Stoneham
Mass
Mary M. Pignato
Ira W. Richardson
Brehm criticizes aid gaps for small rural schools
Representative Brehm Ohio says small schools nationwide lack veteran training facilities while large colleges get extra housing. He cites Junction City Jackson High School Perry County denied a quonset hut classroom for 30 veterans and trainees, urging Congress to require the Veterans Administration to provide huts to any accredited school, large or small, to prevent rural farmers from moving to cities.
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Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Junction City- Jackson
Perry County
Federal Works Agency
Veterans Administration For Veterans Training
Congress
FVA
Veterans Administration
Blizzard Cuts Britain's Fuel Crisis
Britain endures its worst blizzard in five decades hitting the industrial Midlands and northern England. The cold snap worsens a fuel shortage that has closed hundreds of factories and left more than 50 000 workers unemployed as the government struggles to mitigate an emerging economic crisis until warmer weather boosts coal output.
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London
Britain
England
Shaw Finishes New Topical Comedy at Age 90
George Bernard Shaw reports completion of a new topical comedy, his first in seven years. He declines to reveal the title or plot and hints the play may premiere at the Malvern Festival when it resumes later this year.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Train kills pottery worker in Salineville
Elzie Bolgen, 42, an Alliance pottery worker, was killed by a train yesterday in Salineville, Ohio.
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Wellsville, CO
Elzie Bolgen
Alliance Pottery
Salineville
Woman faces manslaughter charge in husband’s shotgun death
Stark County grand jury indicted Elizabeth Fogle, 47, for first degree manslaughter in the shotgun death of her husband Georgea, 51, claiming the event occurred last week. Fogle maintains the shooting was accidental.
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Canton
Stark County
Elizabeth Fogle
Georgea
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