Control Bill Fees Lose in House Votes
The House backed the Case bill to regulate labor disputes with a strong coalition, despite last minute amendments. It would create a national mediation board, permit court injunctions, and ban violence in picketing and boycotts. Opposition warned it erodes labor rights and may be rejected by Senate or President Truman.
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Washington
Rep
Case
House
National Mediation Board
Pace
D-Ga
Congress
Senate
Truman
Patterson
D-Calif
Landis
R-Ind
Senate Naval Committee
Walsh
D-Mass
Pauley
Tobey
Ickes
Civil War Veteran Dies At 100 in Crestline
Thomas Ridenour a Civil War veteran of Shermans march to the sea died yesterday in Mansfield Ohio He would have turned 100 next month Military services will be held at Crestline tomorrow for the veteran of the war He served in Shermans march to the sea and died just before his hundredth birthday.
New Deal Uses Women in Clubs Says Rep Shafer
Rep Shafer accuses American women's clubs of being important cogs in the New Deal propaganda machine. He says most members are unaware of the manipulation and that phony charges are used to spur women into action.
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Washington
America
Shafer
F-Mich
Legion Accusation Denied by VA Chief Gen Bradley says claim is without foundation
General Omar N. Bradley denies that the American Legion accused the Veterans Administration of trying to dismiss 46 165 non service connected cases from VA hospitals. He calls the charge absolutely without foundation in truth in a Washington letter yesterday.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
American Legion
Veterans Administration
Bradley
Increase in Accidents Reported in Last Year
The National Safety Council reported 1945 U S accident tolls: 96,000 deaths 10,300,000 injuries and 5.2 billion dollars in losses. The figure shows a slight rise from 1944 but is said to understate the problem. In Chillicothe George E. Rosenberger, 36, died when a tractor fell from a truck during unloading.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Chillicothe
George E. Rosenberger
Americans urged to eat less bread to aid Europe
President Truman weighing a national appeal to Americans to reduce wheat use as Europe faces hunger. Officials cite insufficient grain supplies to meet domestic and foreign commitments while Britain lowers bread standards and Argentina considers meat rationing. Bakers leader seeks industry input on downgrading flour to stretch supplies.
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Europe
Washington
Truman
Buenos Aires
John T. McCarthy
American Bakers Association
Anderson
McCarthy
Report No Loss of Life On Wrecked Liner Yukon
Rescue vessels plucked 305 people from the Yukon wreck last night as 191 more were believed saved. Brig. Gen. Harry Johnson from Anchorage observed groups on shore, while Coast Guard cutters aided women and children and crews remained safe in the bow section.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Yukon
Harry Johnson
Anchorage
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Kodiak
Johnstone Bay
Seward
Top Ohio Officials Enter Primary With Little Opposition
Columbus reports at 6 30 p m deadline most state leaders face no opposition in the May primary. Governor Lausche seeks a second term as the only Democrat candidate for governor. Former Governor Bricker is unopposed for the GOP Senate nomination. Democratic full term Senate race features Huffman Harrison Young Casey and Dr. Edward A Huth as contenders.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
John W. Bricker
G.O.P
James W. Huffman
Lausche
Marvin C. Harrison
Cleveland
Stephen M. Young
Ralph J. Casey
Bexley
Edward A. Huth
Dayton
Fumes From Coal Stove Cause Deaths of Twins
Acting Coroner J H Rohrbaugh ruled Kathryn and Kathleen Dice six weeks old died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to fumes from a coal stove. The twins were daughters of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dice near Uniontown and died Sunday.
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Canton
J. H. Rohrbaugh
Kathryn
Kathleen Dice
Uniontown
Kenneth Dice
War Brides Greeted by Veterans in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania yesterday war veterans greeted their British brides as they arrived aboard the storm-tossed Argentina. Seven brides left the Chicago bound train with three headed for Western Pennsylvania and four for Eastern Ohio while mingled shouts and tears marked the reunion at Pennsylvania Station.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Station
America
Argentina
Pennsylvania
Ohio
UNO Crisis In Greece Falls To High Powers
The United Nations Security Council hopes for a solution from Stalin and Attlee after a two hour secret meeting of the five powers failed to yield a satisfactory plan. Britain seeks exoneration from Russia on Greek troop tensions, while Vishinsky vetoes a blunt resolution.
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London
United Nations Security Council
Stalin
Attlee
Greece
UNO
Last Light
Norman J. O. Makin
Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Ernest Bevin
Council
Britain
Russia
Vishinsky
Naval Officer Still on Stand in Kimmel Inquiry
Rep Murphy and Senator Lucas pressed Capt Safford to produce all campaign letters defending Admiral Kimmel after four days of testimony. Safford said he was only distantly acquainted with Kimmel but had spoken with him about six times since the 1944 naval court of inquiry.
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Washington
Rep
Murphy
D-Pai
L. F. Safford
E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Lucas
D-Ill
Safford
Kimmel
Senate-House
Naval Court of Inquiry
Cleveland Press Strike Ends With Arbitration
In Cleveland the AFL Pressmen’s Union and management settled after a month long stoppage that halted the city’s three daily papers. A three man board will arbitrate the dispute with wage increases and concessions reported. In Cincinnati Larry Martin and Melvin Astreppe were sentenced to 15 months each for possession of an unregistered still.
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Cleveland
AFL
Emmett O'Flanagan
Cleveland Newspaper Printing Pressmen’s Union
Lumbus
Jone
Ohio
Clo Utality Workers Union
Ohio Power Co
Ohio Edison Co
Darren Power & Light Co
Cincinnati
Larry Martin
Melvin Astreppe
Ironton
Theft of Auto Brings Penitentiary Sentence
Ellis Orte Shover of New Boston pleaded guilty in U S District Court yesterday to auto theft and received a two year federal penitentiary sentence. The FBI charged him with stealing a taxicab in Portsmouth and driving it into Carter County Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Ellis Orte Shover
New Boston
U.S. District Court
FBI
Shover
Portsmouth
Carter County
Marietta Man Aids in Prosecution of Jap
A Japanese medical officer at Hakodate wartime prison camp faced a war crimes trial opening. He pleaded innocent to charges that he contributed to eight Allied prisoners' deaths. Prosecutor Lt. Charles BE. Fogle of Marietta, Ohio presented the case.
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Yokrohama
U.P
Shigeru Aona
Hakodate
Aona
Charles BE. Fogle
Marietta
State facilities eyed to house Ohio students
Ohio officials consider using state facilities to ease student housing shortages. Gov Lausche asked Adjutant General Pancoast to open National Guard sites to state universities, with private colleges possible to lease for a nominal fee. Marietta College plans to house about 50 veterans in a Coast Guard boat facility.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Frank J. Lausche
Pancoast
Ohio National Guard
Adjutant General
Marietta College
Coast Guard
Muskingum
John Baker
Ohio University
Athens
H. BD. Hopkins
Defiance College
Peacetime Potato Production Urged by USDA Official
Cincinnati report states USDA production and marketing chief RB Smith urged peacetime acreage for potatoes despite price supports. He told the Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association and the Vegetable Growers Association of America that growers face a fork in the road in 1946. A Canton Labor Department conciliation committee set a February 13 meeting in Washington with AFL United Brick and Clay Workers and clay sewer pipe manufacturers.
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Cincinnati
Department of Agriculture
RB. Smith
USDA
Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Assoociation
Vegetable Growers Association of America
Plan Labor
Labor Department
Washington
AFL United Brick and
Labor and Industry Await Federal Wage-Price Rule
Washington advisers push final talks on a new wage-price policy to end steel and other major labor disputes. CIO leaders plan a strategy meeting as major walkouts continue, with unions pressuring for wage relief and price allowances.
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Washington
CIO
OPA
Chester Bowles
John Snyder
Philip Murray
Automobile
Murray
Truman
John Green
CIO Shipbuilding Workers
Wonder Metal Finds New Use in Jewelry Exposition
Stainless steel called wonder metal enters jewelry making. New Jersey braided stainless wire on display at National Metal Exposition with 27th National Metal Congress. Exhibitors showcase rings chokers headbands bracelets and buckles claiming long lasting polish and non tarnish advantage due to electropolishing from Baltimore laboratories.
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Cleveland
New Jersey
National Metal Exposition
National Metal Congress
Baltimore Research Laboratories
Rrustless Iron and Steel Division
American Rolling Mill Co
Argentine labeled enemy to time eyed for UN expulsion
Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas of California demanded in a House speech that Argentina be expelled from the United Nations Organization, citing it as an enemy to time and a nation preparing for war.
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Pieter Age
Helen Ga‘hagan Douglas
California
House
United Nations Organization
Homma Accepts Moral Responsibility for Deaths in Death March
Lt Gen Masa Homma told a war crimes court he ordered the Bataan Death March of about 70 000 American prisoners and is morally responsible for what happened under his command. He acknowledged the march cost some 17 000 American and Filipino lives and said conditions improved after July, noting his perception changed after coming to the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homma
New Court Action To Limit Pickets
Pittsburgh filed another anti picketing injunction suit the fourth against the CIO United Steelworkers since the nation wide strike began January 20. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp charged mass picketing at its Pittsburgh plant gates and asked limits of 10 pickets at a gate and 19 feet of separation between walkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cio-United
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pitts
Hurch
Taft Leads Effort to End Senate Filibuster
Senator Taft of Ohio launched a strategy to end the three week old filibuster against the permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission. He plans talks with Democratic factions including Barkley Chavez and Russell after a 90 minute Republican huddle to map a path to debate.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Fair Employment Pracice Commission
Republican Strategy and Policy Group
Barkley
D-Ky
Chavez
D-Nm
Russell
DeGa
Price Level on Old Houses Is Lost in House
The House banking committee rejected 14 to 11 an administration proposal for price ceilings on old houses. The panel kept in a Patman bill provision for price controls on new homes. The Wyat t housing administration backed ceilings, while 11 Republicans and three Democrats favored striking the old house ceiling section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
Patraan
D.-Tex
Wilson W. Wyatt
Patman
Three Storms Lash Country Across Nation
Rain and snow spread across Minnesota Wisconsin and the Eastern Dakotas as a low pressure center moved through. Sub zero temperatures gripped a wide region while Illinois and the south faced rain and thunderstorms. A third storm hit the Pacific Northwest leaving the Southwest Midwest and parts of Florida with fair weather.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Illinois
Pacific Northwest
Fairweather
Southwest
Midwest
Florida
Dust Storms Return as Lima War Plant Sells to West Kansas Areas
Dust storms sweep Western Kansas limiting visibility to about 200 yards as dust infiltrates vehicles and homes. The Lima Locomotive Works plant near Cleveland was offered for sale or lease by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation affiliate, while other notices include the death of Henry A. Tracht and a pension bill delay for Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Lima
Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Cleveland
Lima O
Lima Locomotive Works, Inc
Wai ‘Assets Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Labor Surplus Report Highlights Few Cities With More Jobs
Washington D C Peoria Richmond and other major cities report more jobs than job seekers. Robert C Goodwin of the U S Employment Service cites seasonal trends reconversion slow down and influx of returning veterans as January unemployment rises. USES survey to Feb 1 shows severe unemployment in 31 labor market areas and a surplus in 69 areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
D. C
Peoria
Richmond
Robert C. Goodwin
Thhe
U. S. Employment Service
Over-Age Athlete Triggers School Strike at Jacksontown High
About 25 students at Jacksontown High protested a day and then returned to class. The issue centered on Earl Smith, a 21 year old war veteran, being barred by Supt. Robert Hull from joining the regular basketball squad due to Ohio High School Athletic Association eligibility rules. Hull cited age restrictions as the reason. Mansfield tax supt Arthur Glattke issued a statewide alarm for 11 year old inmate Glenn Rowe who escaped Tuscarawas CountyReformatory custody after stealing a guard's automobile yesterday.
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Newabrk
Jacksontown High School
Robert Hull
Hull
Earl Smith
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Smith
Mansfield
Arthur & Glattke
State Reformatory
Glenn Rowe
Tuscarawas County
Abundant Food Program Urged for Ohio Farmers
Dr J J Falconer of Ohio State University outlined a four point plan to boost farming in Ohio. The program calls for abundant food, soil conservation, fair farmer income, and expanded rural living facilities. He noted a shift from crops to vegetables and dairy may be needed and highlighted the move to improve roads electricity hospitals and recreation for rural residents. The three day meeting drew over 12 000 Ohio farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
J. J. Falconer
Ohio State University
Falconer
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Daniel W. Davis
Wellston
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