New Price Rise Snags Steel Wage Talks In US
The New York City tugboat strike ended after arbitration was agreed for wage disputes affecting three thousand five hundred workers. Detroit GM UAW talks resume after an 86 day strike amid wage disputes. The steel strike and wage policy delay a quick settlement as officials argue over carbon versus alloy steel pricing and hold the line policies.
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Associated Press
New York City
AFL
Istrikers
Edward F. McGrady
Detroit
Washington
General Motors
Rother
James F. Dewey
CIO
United Auto Workers
Dewey
R. J. Thomas
Uawcio
OPA
John C. Collet
Chester Bowles
White House
Truman
Old War Labor Board
Oreganized Labor
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Stabilization Board
Collet
Explosive Exit of Ickes Forces Truman's Dilemma
Harold S. Ickes resigns in blunt terms, accusing the cabinet of failing to serve his self respect. He calls for a Justice Department probe into Edwin W. Pauley's Senate testimony and leaves President Truman facing a critical interior secretary vacancy and urgent appointment decisions.
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Washington
Harold S. Ickes
Truman
White House
Ickes
Justice Department
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Senate
Pauley
Department of Interior
Roosevelt New Dealer
Ickes Predicts Miners Strike and Resignation Fallout
Secretary Ickes warned of a coal strike after April 1 and reflected on his resignation from the interior post. He recalled helping run strike-bound mines in 1943 and 1945 as the government seized them. He also challenged the cabinet’s truthfulness and promised further remarks on Pauley’s Navy confirmation.
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Washington
Truman
Interior
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Ices
New Deal
Pauley
Navy Post
Mrore
California
Democratic
OPA Official Hurt as Valentine Bomb Bursts
William A. Lanning a 51 year old rent examiner for the Office of Price Administration was hospital bound with a mangled right hand and facial injuries from a bomb concealed in a valentine sent yesterday. Post Office Inspector O D Middleton found the device was skillfully made from a dynamite cap and wrapped in a small cardboard box suggesting professional workmanship.
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Wichita
Kas
William A. Lanning
Office of Price Administration
Valentine
O. D. Middleton
Lanning
Rubber Plant Produces Record Synthetic Rubber in 1945
Cleveland based B F Goodrich Chemical Co and its subsidiary operated three government plants that produced 388.577 million pounds of synthetic rubber in 1945, the largest 12 month total by a single company, the firm announced today.
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Cleveland
B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co
Goodrich
Pt Pleasants Youths Arrested by Troopers
Donald Hudson 14 and Robert Roush 11, both of Hartford, were arrested Wednesday at Hartford by State Troopers Harry D Coyner and C A Hehle and are held in Mason County jail for investigation of breaking and entering at the Donald A Smiths home in Hartford. The Smiths are wintering in Florida. J Milton Hughes 60, water boy with the Sharon Hoops and later assistant to the president of Sharon Steel Corp, died yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Hudson
Robert Roush
Hartford
Harry D. Coyner
C. A. Hehle
Mason County
Donald A. Smiths
Smiths
Florida
Youngstown—Cp
J. Milton Hughes
Sharon (Pa. Hoop Co
Sharon Steel Corp
Calcutta Riot Kills 37 as Turmoil Grips City
Calcutta remained tense after three days of anti British disturbances. Reports say 37 people died and about 400 were injured. US troops on leave evacuated for safety after five officers and 13 soldiers were hurt. A hunger strike by a Moslem officer of the Indian National Army sparked the unrest. Nineteen more American casualties were reported when bricks and a rail tie were dropped on homeward bound GIs near Kanchrapare.
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Calcutta
Indian National Army
Kanchrapare
Bricker Denounces New Deal Law on Radio
Former Ohio governor John W. Bricker criticizes the Wagner Labor Relations Act as a failure and urges repeal or revision. He says it has not produced industrial peace and urges a board of impartial administration focused on the public interest. Bricker seeks the Republican U.S. Senate nomination and accuses federal mediators of political bias.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
U. S
Survivors of Yukon Arrive in Seattle on Alaska
Seattle reports the steamer Alaska docked with 192 Yukon wreck survivors. Six came by air last night, some travel aboard the SS Denali, while the remaining 485 survivors stay in Alaska awaiting transport.
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Seattle
Alaska
Yukon
Denali
Alsaka
UNO Center Site Expected for Final Assembly Vote
London AP report says the United Nations General Assembly nears adjournment and is likely to approve New York City and the New York Connecticut area as the UNO home. Bevin cites food shortages risking famine. Stettinius, Bidault, and Koo give supporting remarks as Albania membership decision looms.
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London
United Nations General Assembly
New York City
New York-Connecticut
UNO
Si Nation Assembly
World Federation of Trade Unions
American Federation of Labor
Economic and Social Council
L Nation Security Council
Levant
Leba‘nese
Security Council
Albania
United Nations
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
Russia
France
China
Bevin
Edward P. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
Georges Bidault
V. K. Wellington Koo
Jap Prison Commander Faces Death Sentence
In Yokohama an Eighth Army tribunal sentenced former prison camp commander Isao Fukuhara to death after hearing testimony from Maj. Achille C. Tisdelle of Chicago and Orange Park, Florida about the death of Corp. Walter R. Johnson of MacPherson, Kansas at Omuta Prison Camp.
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Yokohama
Isao Fukuhara
Eighth Army
Japan
Fukuhara
Achille C. Tisdelle
Chicago
Orange Park
Fla
Corp
Walter R. Johnson
MacPherson, Kans
Omuta
Ironton Minister Granted Deputized Gun to Cope with Riots
The Rev Isaac Russell of Bartles is sworn in as deputy sheriff by Sheriff Milton B Rucker to carry a firearm while serving rural churches. He will serve without pay to help handle disturbances near his congregations.
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Ironton
Isaac Russell
Bartles
Milton B. Rucker
Rucker
Single office for all military intelligence urged at Pearl Harbor hearings
Henry C. Clausen a lieutenant colonel and former Pearl Harbor investigator testified that jealousies between services hampered intelligence work from 1941 onward and proposed a single authority to interpret and deliver military intelligence to generals. He spoke at a sparsely attended night session as hearings neared their Friday deadline.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Henry C. Clausen
San Francisco
Congressional Committee
Clausen
War Department
Manila
Hawaii
Truman
United States Intelligence Agency
War
Navy
State Departments
Musk-Oxan Arctic Trek Delayed By 40 Below Wind
The 11 day Musk-Oxan Arctic trek of 3100 miles by 42 Canadians and five Americans in 12 vehicles was postponed due to a howling wind and extreme cold. The expedition aims to test vehicles clothing rations and troops in an Arctic proving ground while scientists record weather data and study magnetic North Pole effects on communications and navigation.
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Churchill
Man
Tackless
Arctic
Arctic Proving Ground
OSU Board Seeks Army Airport for University Annex
The Ohio State University board asked the War Department to convert Lockbourne Army Air Base into a university annex and authorized Dr. Howard L. Bevis to request state funds. He estimated startup costs around 1 million dollars to house and train about 5,600 students, with up to 20,000 veteran applicants anticipated.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
War Department
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Howard L. Bevis
Bevis
Veterans Administration
Lockhourne
Ohio National Guard To Have Its Own Air Force
The War Department plans a 22 533 troop Ohio Guard unit with 2 551 air men. Maj Gen Miltenberger outlined a wing headquarters and four squadrons including two control units one light bombardment squadron and three fighter units. The 112th Observation Squadron may be retained.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
War Department
Washington
Ohio Guard
Buller B. Miltenberger
Cleveland
112Th
Donald F. Pancoast
Ohio hit by 50 to 80 mph winds storm
Winds ranging from fifty to eighty miles per hour lashed Ohio as a Gulf-origin storm moved eastward. Roofs were damaged in Columbus and other communities, hundreds of trees and utility poles were toppled, eighteen families were homeless on Newark's outskirts, department store windows broke, and power outages darkened portions of the city.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Coast
Newark
Korea trusteeship opposed by Rhee in occupation council
Dr Syngman Rhee said Korea’s first coalition advising Lt Gen John Hodge rejects Allied trusteeship amid plans for a five year period then independence. Hodge and other US officials attended the installation. In Columbus new hours rules limit women 18 to 21 to 45 hours weekly in manufacturing plants per Attorney General Jenkins.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Coalition Council
John R. Hodge
Hodge
Aled
Rhee
Mander
Columbus
Atty i
Hugh S. Jenkins
Argentina Nazi Conspiracy Indictment Sparks Diplomatic Tension
State Department released a 32000 word indictment accusing Argentina of sheltering Nazi elements and providing a base for a revival. Col Juan De Peron is singled out as a key figure in the alleged pro Nazi conspiracy.
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J. S
Argentina
State Department
Col
Juan de Peron
OU Vet Enrollment Tops 1000 as Spring Term Opens
More than 1,000 veterans enroll at Ohio University this semester. Dr. Victor Whitehouse notes about 10 percent are women. Frank Sheridan urges Athens County vets to file applications early for certificates of eligibility. About 500 to 600 lack certificates and must pay half fees plus a $10 book deposit, refundable upon certificate receipt.
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Ohio University
Victor Whitehouse
Veterans’ Affairs
Frank W. Sheridan, Jr
Veterans Administration
Athens County
Whitehouse
Athens
Ohio State University
Veterans’ Administration Office
President St
Sheridan
Aged Logan Resident Fanny Daugherty Died at 89
Mrs. Fanny Wolfe Daugherty, 89, longtime Logan resident and widow of John Daugherty, died Thursday at 1 30 a m at her home south of Logan. She leaves sister Effie Wolfe of Hutchinson Kansas two sons James of Logan and John of Dayton three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services by Woodards are set for Saturday at 2 p m.
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Logan
Fanny Wolfe Daugherty
John Daugherty
Effie Wolfe
Hutchison
Kansas
James
John
Dayton
Woodards
Post Reward for Killer Of Ironton Grocer
Relatives of Marcus V. Thompson 84 rural grocer found bullet riddled in his Waterloo home post a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of his slayer. Lawrence County Sheriff Milton B. Rucker announced the reward noting no clues were found.
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Ironton
Marcus V. Thompson
Dan
Waterloo
Lawrence County
Milton B. Rucker
Pickets block gates at Crawford Steel plant in Bucyrus
Pickets blocked gates at Crawford Steel Foundry of America in Bucyrus as a second strike closed the plant today. Dr Max Sternenib, newly discharged from the Army Medical Corps, was named health commissioner of Portage County.
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Bucyrus
Crawford Steel Founders of America
Strik
Crawford Steel
Max Sterneib
Army Medical Corps
Portage County
Will Improve Care for Aged In Rest Homes
State Welfare Director Frazier Reams announced proposed tightenings of Ohio rest home rules for the elderly. The plan, to be included in the Welfare Code after a 30 day advertising period and a March 19 public hearing, sets minimum board standards and requires nursing services where needed. About 300 homes with 5,000 residents, many pensioners, would be affected.
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Columbus
Frazier Reams
Reams
Ohio
Ira M. Lamoreaux
Aid For the
Sheriff Holds Pair Arrested In New Haven
Sheriff Ernest Hesson and state troopers arrested Charles Emory Sloane and Helen Angela Brown in New Haven on suspicion of stealing a 1941 Ford two door sedan with 1945 California plates. Sloane, AWOL since early this year, admitted the car was hot. The pair said they left San Pedro California after January 1 and visited New York City before West Virginia. Sloane had prior time at the West Virginia Penitentiary for breaking and entering.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Emory Sloane
West Virginia
Helen Angela Brown
California
New York City
New Haven
Ernest Hesson
Harry D. Coyner
C. A. Hehie
Mason County
Sloane
San Pedro
Calif
West
Hesson
Administration To Find Vets Alternate Schools
The Veterans Administration will locate alternate schools for veterans unable to secure space at preferred colleges. A unit in each of 34 regional offices will gather information on 1 500 to 2 090 junior and four year schools, an administration official said today.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Not Unduly Restless Troops in Pacific Says Bulletin Chief
Tokyo report quotes Robert McLean saying American troops on Pacific bases feel they would like to go home if not needed. He found no undue restlessness among them during visits to bases. The remarks come as the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and Associated Press president comments on troop attitudes.
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Tokyo
Robert McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Associated Press
Pacific
Earthquake near Algiers leaves hundreds dead or wounded
A strong quake near Constantine 80 miles from Bone caused heavy casualties with 276 reported dead or injured. Medical aid and food were rushed to the scene as rescue operations continued in the area southwest of Constantine.
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Algiers
Constantine
Bone
Divorced British Brides Appeal to Consuls Hear Cases
London reports British consuls in the United States are aiding brides whose American husbands sue for divorce and have reconciled in some cases. About 200 to 500 brides seek help from the British Married Women's Association to contest divorces, with many unable to travel to America for court action.
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Winant
London
United States
Foreign Office
Juanita Frances
British Married Women's Association
U. S
John G. Winant
Association
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