Food Supply Check Sparks U.S. Debate in 1936 Congress
President Roosevelt's Bread-for-Europe plan triggers opposition as Rep. Hall introduces a bill to ban exports until white bread needs are met. Critics question Truman's wheat cuts while Morgenthau dismissal echoes. Private notices say the U.S. plans to import 50 000 Mexican farm laborers for the harvest. Senate and House members express sympathy for feeding Europe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Alf M. Lendon
Edwin A. Hall
Truman
London
Germany
Treasury
Morgenthau
Reich
New York
House Agriculture Committee
United States
Senate
House
Europe
Lie Is Passed In UNO Brawl
The United Nations Security Council halted debate on the Indonesian dispute to study statements from interested nations including a Dutch pledge for a liberal settlement of independence aims. The council will reconvene to find a solution acceptable to the Soviet Ukraine, Britain, and the Netherlands while deeming Russian charges of endangering world peace unfounded. Ernest Bevin called the Russian allegations a lie.
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London
United Nations Security Council
Ukraine
Indonesia
Great Britain
Netherlands
Ernest Bevin
Ambassador to Brazil Tenders Resignation
Adolf Berle Jr the U S Ambassador to Brazil submitted his resignation to President Truman. He had served a little over a year since presenting credentials and previously was assistant secretary of state. The move follows recent South America diplomatic shifts with Spradle Braden becoming an assistant secretary of state.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Adolf Berle, Jr
U. S
Truman
Berle
South America
Spradle Braden
Argentina
Rescue toll rises to 486 for liner Yukon disaster
KETCHIKAN Alaska the Yukon wreck toll reached 486 rescued. Alaska Steamship Co in Seattle listed 11 unaccounted for including six military personnel two crewmen and three civilians. Spokesman Leslie W Baker declined to release names.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Yukon
Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle
Leslie W. Baker
Tippy Dye Named Naval Coaching Prospect
Columbus reports Tippy Dye former Ohio State star and coach has been offered backfield coach and head basketball coach posts at the United States Naval Academy Dye recently left Navy service January thirty first after quarterbacking Buckeye teams in 1934 35 and 36 and earning national basketball fame. President Truman to address Federal Council of Churches in America in Columbus March 6.
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Columbus
William H. H
Tippy” Dye
Ohio State University
United States Naval Academy
Ohio State Journal
Dye
Navy
Burkeye
Ohio
Washington
Truman
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Ohio Grangers Call for Steel Price Pause Ahead of Talk
Joseph W. Fichter, master of the State Grange, asks President Truman to delay steel price hikes until farmers can present views. About 150 farmers at Ohio State University Farm and Home Week approved the telegram urging no more than $2.50 per ton rise, warning of inflation and an OPA blowback.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fitcher
State Grange
Truman
Fichter
Ohio State University
OPA
Chester Bowles
Towns Vote to Provide Cash Gifts to Strikers
Franklin Borough with 2297 residents and about ninety percent of its eligible men in Bethlehem Steel Co. strike roles voted to allocate fifty thousand dollars for relief of strikers families. Clairton, a 16000 population city tied to Carnegie Steel, approved a fifty thousand dollar relief fund last week.
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Pittsburgh
Franklin
Bethlehem Steel Co
Pennsylvania
Clairton
Carnegie-Tlingis Steel Corp
Term in Prison For Theft of Smokes
Cincinnati. George W. Rinck 58 of Hamilton was sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted of stealing a case of cigarettes from Hamilton freighthouse.
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Cincinnati
George W. Rinck
Hamilton
Hamilton Freighthouse
Hell Week not banned on Ohio State campus
The Council on Student Affairs averted a formal ban on Hell Week at Ohio State University. Sigma Chi was not held responsible for injuries to two pledges during an “acquaintance walk.” The council condemned the 3 a.m. drive to an auto drive-in theater by the Scioto River road, where two pledges fell 60 feet into a quarry.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Council On Student Affairs
Sigma Chi
Scioto River
FEPC Filibuster Blocked by Southern Opposition
Washington AP report notes backers concede they cannot force a final Senate vote on FEPC legislation. A motion to limit debate will be voted on tomorrow, but a two thirds majority for the gag rule is unlikely, delaying action and signaling a southern bloc victory. If debatelimit fails, the bill returns to the calendar, delaying its fate.
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Washington
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Senate
FEPC
Navy Pressure Denied in Pearl Harbor Testimony Probe
Rep. Keefe said he will probe Capt. A D Kramer denial of Navy pressure on his Pearl Harbor testimony. The questioning follows previous quotes that Kramer faced coercion while hospitalised as Senator Ferguson finishes examining the 14 part Japanese message release timing.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Keefe
Wis
A. D. Kramer
USA
Murphy
Rep. Murphy
Senate House Committee
Kramer
Naval
Rep
Gearhart
Calif
Washington High Command
Wisconsin
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
LF Safford
Ferguson
United States
Strike Bound Busses Taken Over by GI Volunteers
Conestoga Transportation Co resumes service with 23 men entering the Lancaster barn area under police escort. 28 club carrying officers arrived at 8 am, clearing the gate for the volunteer drivers amid ongoing picket action. Nine ex GI workers slept in the barns. most had previously worked for the company.
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Lancaster
Conestoga Transportation Company
Concern
Selection of Site Is Halted
London reports a French proposal to delay selecting a permanent UN headquarters until next September. US debate centers on placing the site near New York. Senator Arthur Vandenberg dismisses the idea of requiring 45 square miles of high priced border area as unnecessary. General Assembly site committee adjourns amid split votes.
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London
United Nations
United States
New York
Arthur Vandenberg
U. S
New York-Connecticut
France
General Assembly
Ohio State Univ Among Six Seek More State Funds
Governor Lausche will study the financial needs of all six Ohio state universities after they submitted heightened estimates for extra operating funds this year. Five schools asked for increases excluding housing grants, while Wilberforce cut its request by nearly $8,000. The totals include Ohio State 1,225,448 Miami 135,246 Ohio 1,? 546 Kent 131,447 and Bowling Green over 42,018.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Wilberforce
Ohio State
Miami University
Kent
Bowling Green
Federal Housing Provided for Veterans in Region Eight
Nearly 806 new temporary housing units for veterans and families have been assigned to Region Eight of the Federal Public Housing Authority covering Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Michigan. Ohio veterans have 5,056 units allocated to date.
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Cleveland
Federal Public Housing Authority
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Michigan
Father of eight does well in Army patriotism is costly
Sergeant Anthony R Schiavoni father of eight and Army veteran, earns 4700 yearly while reenlisting for a career. He and his wife discuss base pay 96 dollars monthly, family allotments 200, overseas pay 20 percent, and 50 percent more for flying time as he eyes Europe. His children are Orland 13 Abbie Jean 16 Anthony Jr 8 Ronald 7 Kathleen 6 Charles 5 James 4 Marilyn 4.
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Cleveland
Anthony R. Schiavoni
Sam
Tony
Formosa
Indo-China
Europe
Orland
Abbie Jean
Anthony R. Jr
Ronald
Kathleen
Charles
James
Marilyn
State liquor ration to stay unchanged for two weeks
The State Liquor Control Department announced that despite likely cuts in whisky production the ration for the two weeks starting February 11 will remain unchanged.
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Columbus
State Liquor Control ‘Department
Senate Receives House Approved Control Bill
The Case Strike Control Bills moved to the Senate where they met cool prospects for passage after the House approved by 258 to 155. The vote reflected a strong party line in the lower chamber ahead of Senate consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Presses Wage Rise to Settle National Strikes
President Truman signals a possible settlement of major labor stoppages by backing a 16 cent an hour wage boost linked to subsidies or higher meat prices. The move aims to end the steel and meat disputes that idle hundreds of thousands and disrupt transport and supplies.
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Truman
IATED
CIC Steel
Allied Indnateian
Abuuicu Suuslice
New York
Greater
CIO Settles Briggs Strike Amid Labor Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers signed a wage agreement with Briggs Manufacturing, ending an 80 day strike as talks with General Motors lag. Briggs workers receive an 18.44 cent wage increase and salaried staff earning $500 monthly gain 15 percent. A federal mediation board proposal faces Senate scrutiny with arguments for and against public representation.
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Detroit
Long Wait for Cars Is Futile
Seventy Columbus war veterans waited all night to buy 26 government automobiles listed as surplus by the Army and Navy. Daylight revealed they were too late as agencies and veterans in other cities received the vehicles first. An official explained the Consumers Goods Division spans six regions and goods are on sale across all regions.
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Columbus
Army Land Navy
Consumers Goods Division
Consumers Division
Revolution Predicted by Science Writer at Metals Banquet
Dr. Gerald Wendt of New York City told about 1,000 attendees at the American Society for Metals banquet that atomic research heralds an industrial revolution. He said changes would reshape civilization within the younger generation's lifetime and urged freer information on nuclear energy to curb fear after the atomic bombings.
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Cleveland
Gerald Wendt
New York City
Science Illustrated Magazine
American Society For Metals
National Metal Congress
Dr. Wendt
United States
Wage Hikes for Transport Workers Approved in Ohio
The Fifth Regional Wage Stabilization Board approved a wage increase for employees of the Cincinnati New Port and Covington Railway and the Dixie Traction Co of Covington Kentucky. The boost may be considered when the firms seek rate increases. George Maxwell, regional WLE chair, said increases outside construction do not require board approval as a basis for price or rent ceiling changes.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Railway Co
Dixie Traction Co
Covington
George Maxwell
WLE
Three Indicted for Aid In Ohio Prison Break
Two women and a man indicted by the Licking County grand jury on charges of aiding the escape of three prisoners from the county jail last week. One woman, Mrs Charles Moler of Newark, is charged with smuggling two saws into the jail last Friday. Scouts to Street Kent Some 400 Boy Scouts will attend a tri district rally at Kent State University next Wednesday.
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Licking County
Grand Jury
Cahrils Moler
Steet Kent
Kent State University
Settlement talks hinge on wage rise and price relief plan
Government proposals seek an 18 percent hourly rise plus about $5.25 a ton for steel. CIO and AFL unions debate acceptances as panels urge five cent absorption, subsidies, and retroactive pay to Jan 26 amid 134 plant seizures and a Western Union walkout dispute.
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U. S. Steel
AFL Meatcutters Union
American Meat Institute
Wage Stabilization Board
New York
AFL
New York City
CIO Western Union
Council
Saul Mills
Murray
Veterans Swarm into Ohio Colleges at Ohio State
Columbus reports an estimated 40,000 veterans may seek admission at Ohio State University. President Howard L. Bevis said the Veterans Administration advised readiness to handle that many applications. He noted efforts to convert Lackbourne Army Air Base into a university annex to accommodate up to 5,000 students. The university now enrolls 14,053, compared with 13,227 in 1939, while VA data show about 80,000 Ohio veterans would like college attendance.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
Veterans Administration
Bevis
Lackbourne Army Air Base
Ohio
Hess Collapses In Court During War Crimes Trial
Rudolf Hess, a defendant at the war crimes jail, grew ill at noon recess and was moved to a medical cell. He had shown unusual excitement after the British case alleged he flew to England in 1942 to overthrow Churchill and set up a German dictated peace.
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Mernberg
Rudolf Hess
War Crimes
Hess
England
Churchill
Two Allen Countians Killed in Accidents
A chaotic city scene in Cincinnati followed a streetcar collision with a Greyhound bus near Bluffton. Fred Zimmerman 37 died from electric shock after a dynamite blast injured 24 others. Eugene C Alt 19 died in a Columbus Grove car crash near Cairo. Gov. Lausche appointed Meade C. Robinson 55 as Logar County common pleas judge.
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Lima
Allen
Cincinnati
Fred Zimmerman
Greyhound
Dover
Bluffton
Eugene C. Alt
Columbus Grove
Cairo
Columbus
Meade C. Robinson
Bellefontaine
Logar County
Surplus Army Bedding Sold to Midwest Colleges
Rowland D. Schell of the War Assets Corporation announced that surplus army bedding including beds lockers chairs pillows and mattresses was made available to midwestern colleges and universities to aid veteran housing with educational institutions given priority in purchasing.
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Cincinnati
Rowland D. Schell
WarAssets Corporation
Schell
Red Official Demands Retribution for Nazis
A Red army general before the international military tribunal seeks punishment for Hermann Goering and 20 other Nazi leaders. Soviet Chief Prosecutor Roman Rudenko argues for just retribution and severe punishment for those who directed genocide. He frames the charges as a bill on behalf of all mankind to ensure world peace and future security.
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Germany
British Navy Sinks 114 German Submarines Since V E Day
A V Alexander first lord of the admiralty announced that the British navy has sunk 114 captured German submarines since V E Day. The claim was made today in London reflecting postwar naval progress and wartime losses.
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London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Bankers Meet Youngstown At Regional Consumer Conference
Bankers from Ohio Pennsylvania and New York convened in Youngstown for a two day consumer conference sponsored by Banconsumers Corp. The gathering aims to discuss credit practices and consumer finance trends.
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Youngstown
Bankera
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Banconsumers Corp
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