Lewis Seen Boosting Demands in Coal Strike
President Truman’s observer hints John L. Lewis will push for higher miners pay and welfare funds while a seven hour work day and seniority safeguards are sought. Court orders limit union terms as negotiations resume amid widespread strike impacts on steel, railways, and power plants.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
David L. Cole
Truman
Lewis
Richmond B. Keech
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
John D. Clark
Clark
Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
New York State
Judge Bans Photographs in Muskingum Court
Common Pleas Judge Clarence J. Crossland ordered a ban on all photography in the Muskingum County court jury and witness rooms and courthouse corridors. The action follows the first degree murder trial of Alfred Spooky Ferrell and includes photos of jurors in custody.
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Zanesville
Muskingum
Common Pleas
Clarence J. Crossland
Alfred Spooky Ferrell
Ferrell
Crossland
Muskingum County
Zanesville Schools Reopen After Water System Upgrade
Zanesville schools reopen after a new water purification system was installed following a period of unsafe drinking water. The system’s completion allows students to return to classrooms and operations resume.
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Zanesville
Sanity Ruling on Spencer Awaited in Ohio Case
A two day common pleas hearing over Delbert Spencer's sanity nears a ruling as the 51 year old killer of Pauline Bailey faces possible execution. Doctor Bushong testified Spencer was mentally able to assist in his defense, corroborating Dr Palmer's prior findings. The court reserved judgment and did not allow a separate record for added testimony.
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Delbert Spencer
Pauline Bailey
Near Glouster
Common Pleas Court
Roy D. Williams
Hal Rowland
Williams
Spencer
Rowland
Leslie Johnson
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Cleveland Unions Urge Direct Aid to Miners
The Cleveland Federation of Labor urges direct aid to striking miners, avoiding distribution through United Mine Workers officials. A delegate says funds or food should go straight to the miners, not to John L. Lewis or UMW leaders.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Federation of Labor
AFL
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
UMW
Conference Plans War On Rackets
Washington AP reports federal, state and local officials convene a national law enforcement plan to crack down on gambling. Attorney General McGrath leads a continuing executive committee with Mayor Quigg Newton of Denver at the helm, aiming for new federal laws and coordination across levels of government.
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Washington
McGrath
National Conference On Law Enforcement
Congress
Truman
Justice Department
Attorney General
Quigg Newton
Denver
Thomas D’alesandro
Baltimore
W. Cooper Green
Birmingham
Ala
Vote Stymies FEPC Bill in House
The House Rules Committee deadlocked 6 to 6 on clearing the anti job discrimination FEPC bill. Six members voted to pigeonhole the measure while six favored giving the House a chance to act. Chairman Sabath warned proponents may push a vote next Wednesday under limited debate though he doubted success.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Herter
Mass
Brown
Ohio
Delaney
Madden
D-Ind
McSweeney
Dohio
Sabath
D-Ni
Allen
R-Ii
Wadsworth
RNY
Cox
D-Ga
Howard Smith
D-Va
Comer
D-Miss
Lyle
Texas
Air National Guard to raid Sugar Grove oil plant
A Sugar Grove Ohio oil refining plant will be the target of a Sunday mock raid conducted by the Air National Guard. The exercise aims to test security and response procedures at the facility located near Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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Sugar Grove
Harrisburg
Ohio
Air National Guard
State Court OKs Judge To Hear Gambling Case
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Ironton judge James Collier qualified to hear charges against nine men arrested in a December raid on the Colony Club at Chesapeake. The decision upholds Collier amid a prejudiced bias challenge and allows him to proceed unless he steps aside for another judge.
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Columbus
Ironton
Colony Club
Ohio Supreme Court
Chesapeake
Ohio
Ohio River
Huntington
W. Va
Common Pleas
James Collier
Lawrence County
Immary
James C. Robinson
Carl V. Weygandt
Collier
Weygandt
Wayne Elkins
Ty Anthony Rutkowski
Rai Cnnet
Rutkowski
Martha E. Lake
Mary
Coletta McDermott
Lawrence Union Co
Sol Goodman
Cincinnati
Justice of the Peace
Floods Hit Northwestern Ohio Submerging Towns and Cottages
Flood waters from the Maumee and Blanchard rivers displaced at least 250 families in Northwestern Ohio. The Grand Rapids dam breach flooded Main Street while Ottawa reported 40 percent of the village under water and 25 evacuations. The Maumee rose to 16.95 feet at Defiance, highest since 1913.
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Bowling Green
Maumee
Blanchard
Ohio
Grand Rapids
Wood County
Clarence Marsh
Perrysburg
Ottawa
Putnam County
Defiance
Churchill Denies Rumor of His Death in February Campaign
London reports say Sir Winston Churchill 75 denied a death rumor amid a blistering campaign against the Labor Party before the February 23 election. He stated the rumor was untrue after being informed from multiple quarters.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Labor Party
Parachute rescue as B-36 crew survives Arctic crash
All 17 crew members who bailed from a burning B-36 survived. They landed on two rugged Queen Charlotte Islands shores off British Columbia. Survivors include S Sgt Vitale Trippodi who hung head-down in a tree for 10 hours before rescue, and Captain Harrd L Barry who led the escape and recovery efforts.
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Tacoma
Wash
Queen Charlotte
British Columbia
Here
Princess Royal Island
Vitale Trip
Roseville Man Listed As Official Missing
Spokane Air Force base said S Sgt. Robert E. Fisher flight engineer of Roseville Ohio was officially missing after a B-29 crash near Great Falls Montana. Eight men were killed in the crash as the bomber took off to aid the search for survivors of a flaming B-36 bound for Queen Charlotte Sound off British Columbia.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane Air Force Base
Robert E. Fisher
Roseville
Ohio
Great Falls
Mont
Queen Charlotte Sound
British Columbia
Poison Sipped By Snake Cult Found Faked
Canton police said the strychnine-like liquid sipped by Howard Wade and his assistants during snake rites was entirely free of poison after chemical tests at Aultman Hospital. Wade refused to surrender the mustard jar labeled Strychnine-Poison and demonstrated “poison drinking” before police and fire officials, claiming faith would save him. Authorities ordered the meeting hall closed as unsafe. Wade refused to stop preaching. Residents reported snakes near a nearby trailer camp, but no law barred his activities.
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Canton
Ted Koellner
West
Wade
Ono
Canoe Ride Victim's Body Is Recovered
The body of Robert Nelson Buck a 21 year old Otterbein College sophomore from , was recovered Wednesday in Alum Creek one mile south of Westerville. Buck drowned Tuesday during a pre dawn canoe outing with three companions Tom Buchanan Ira Moody and George Welsh who swam to safety.
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Columbus
Robert Nelson Buck
Otterbein College
Alum Creek
Westerville
Buck
Tom Buchanan
North Lima
Ira Moody
George Welsh
Zanesville
Virginia Congressman Schuyler Bland Dies at 72
Representative Schuyler O. Bland of Virginia died at Bethesda Naval Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 72 years old.
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Washington
Schuyler O. Bland
D., Va
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Solon Urges Anti Lewis Measure To curb monopolistic power
Senator Robertson urged quick passage of a bill to subject labor unions to anti trust laws if they unreasonably restrain trade in national health industries. He said John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers holds monopolistic power over production and coal prices, affecting allied industries and the economy. Robertson testified as the first witness at subcommittee hearings. Lewis could not appear due to other commitments linked to Taft Hartley actions and a restraining order requiring miners back to work.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
John L. Lewis
Senate Judiciary
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Illness Forces School Closures Across Three Ohio Cities
Illness disrupts Ohio schools with closures and quarantines in Columbus area. In Washington Court House 23 high school basketball players were quarantined as a precaution against meningitis. Wilmington High School also quarantined teams after a reserve player fell ill. Circleville Chillicothe and Mount Vernon report influenza spreading, with closures in Mount Vernon Circleville and at a parish school in Chillicothe.
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Columbus
Circleville
Chillicothe
Mount Vernon
Flying Arrow Reaches West Coast Harbor
SAN PEDRO Calif. The freighter Flying Arrow, scarred by 38 shell hits from a Chinese Nationalist gunboat off Shanghai last January 9, docks safely. Capt David Jones 31 says he has reassurring confidential information for the wife of a Navy airman held by Chinese communists. The husband of Mrs William C Smith Long Beach Calif and Sgt Elmer C Bender of Cincinnati and Chicago have been held since October 1948.
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San Pedro
Calif
Shanghai
David Jones
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Chicago
Trapped Miner Freed as Second Believed Dead
Whitesburg Ky rescuers freed Worley Dickinson 59 of Pound Va after more than a day in a space the size of a No 3 washtub. Sheriff Hassell Stamper said he believed the other miner, 49 year old Dewey Rose of Pound, had been killed in the rock fall that trapped them Tuesday at 2 30 pm.
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Whitesburg
Worley Dickinson
Pound
Hassell Stamper
Dewey Rose
Truman States Future Plans At Banquet
President Truman prepared to unveil a broad Democratic program at a Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner billed as the largest under one roof. The gala at the National Guard Armory will host over 5200 attendees from across the country and territories as he pledges increased majorities in Congress. After the primaries, he intends to campaign in Ohio, Pennsylvania and other key states. Boyle indicated the White House favors closer visits to competitive states.
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Washington
Truman
National Guard Armory
White House
Congress
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Boyle
Sitdown by Young Progressives of America at Governor's Office
Eighteen Young Progressives of America members staged a sitdown outside the Ohio governor's office in the state house to press Gov. Frank J. Lausche to address unemployment benefit check delays. About 80 demonstrators carried placards at the governor's mansion, while Collopy urged efforts to expedite checks.
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Columbus
Young Progressives of America
State House
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Frank J. Collopy
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compen
Ohioans Could Save 11 Million in Tax Cut
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports Ohio collected 22,676,984 from excise taxes on toilet preparations luggage furs and jewelry last year. A proposed 50 percent cut in those levies could save Ohioans more than 11 million annually if Congress acts, as urged by President Truman.
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Washington
Policy Decision Urged On Use Of H Bomb
Dr Paul C Payne chair of the International Council of Religious Education says the move to develop the H bomb imposes a moral duty on church leaders to prevent its use. He urged leaders to act on this belief in public policy discussions.
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Columbus
International Council ‘of Religious Education
Paul C. Payne
Prominent Ohio Bank Official Charged With Embezzling 102000
Damon Grow, longtime First National Bank cashier, is jailed in Jackson after admitting to embezzling 102000 over 27 years. FBI and bank examiners uncovered the scheme. Grow pleaded guilty to posting a fraudulent entry for 51813 in 1949. He faces transfer to Columbus.
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Jackson
Ohio City
First National Bank
Damon Grow
Benson Owens
Grow
A. E. Ostholthoff
Cincinnati
FBI
Chillicothe
Cone Sae
Thame
U. S
Wilera C. Walter
Columbus
Utor Owens
United States District Attorney’s
Beccause
Owens
Bank
Peace Mission to Russia Is Hinted
President Truman hinted at a possible special peace mission to Russia in the future and said the American door remains open to negotiations on atomic weapon control. He dismissed the idea of a Big Three meeting abroad and noted he does not intend to meet Stalin or any state head outside the United States.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Moscow
Mr. Truman
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Krock
Fred M. Vinson
Gas Co. President Will Retire in March
C I Weaver 64 president and general manager of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co becomes chairman of the board. Weaver will retire from the chair March 1. All officers and employees must retire at 65. He has led the company since 1931.
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Columbus
C. I. Weaver
The
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Weaver
O) Fuel Gas
Coal shortage relief reaches Ath ens city schools
Supt. Willard P. Barker announced coal shipments began arriving at the Ath ens city schools late yesterday after a Messenger story warned of a critical shortage. Several dealers offered assistance and officials said supplies were becoming adequate again.
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Athens City
Willard P. Barker
the Messenger
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