House Debates Budget Cut With 6 Billion Slash Top
The House debates a six billion dollar spending cut below President Truman's request with a likely final figure around five billion. Republican allies push for the full six billion, while the Senate leans toward four and a half billion, with a probable compromise near five billion.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Senate
House Budget Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Engel
Mick
Curtis
Ned
War and Navy Departments
Eisenhower
Patterson
Navy
Forrestal
Air Corps
General Eisenhower
Admiral Nimitz
War
War Department
America
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
County Reports First Traffic Fatality of 1947
Clinton J. Kelter, 79, of Montpellier, was Williams County's first traffic fatality of 1947. He was struck by a neighbor's automobile about seven miles north of Bryan.
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Bryan
Clinton J. Kelter
Montpélier
Williams’ County
Telephone Union Seeks Allies in Labor Fight
The National Federation of Telephone Workers plans a nationwide strike around April 7 unless wage demands are met. NFTW seeks industry wide bargaining to counter AT&T and calls on CIO and AFL to join in opposing bills restricting unions. Leaders oppose payroll deductions bans and advocate arbitration, federal mediation, and Wagner Act reforms.
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Washington
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Gederation
Senate Labor Committee
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Beirne
CIO
AFL
NFTW
Edward G. Wilms
Independent Unions of
New Jersey
Senate
Salem Teachers Accept $100 Cost of Living Bonus
Salem public school teachers, numbering 96, accepted a $100 cost of living bonus with the stipulation that it stands only while a substantial wage increase is negotiated. The group had previously requested a $500 raise in their 1946-47 contracts.
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SALEM
Bridges names ten for Atomic Energy chairmanship
Senator Bridges list includes former Secretary Byrnes and AFL head Meany as acceptable for AEC chair. Lilienthal is rejected as too left wing. Notables named include Bernard Baruch Robert La Follette James Forrestal Lawrence Whittemore John Sullivan Lewis Brown Henry Winston and Ernest Hopkins. United Nations talks note U S Soviet disagreement over atomic control at the Security Council.
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Washington
Bridges
State Byrnes
AFL
George Meany
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Truman
New Hampshire
Lilienthal
Russia
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Navy
James Forrestal
John L. Sullivan
Lewis H. Brown
Johns Manville Corp
Henry M. Winston
Brown University
United States
United Nations Security Council
Vital Iraq Oil Line Severed in Blowup Near Haifa
An official communication reports the Iraq Petroleum Co pipeline blown up and cut in two places near Haifa at 3 a.m. The line runs about 800 miles from Kirkuk through Transjordan to Haifa with a branch to Tripoli Lebanon. Earlier reports note unrest around the Palestine issue and criticism of the British UN plan.
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Jerusalem
Iraq Petroleum Co
Haifa
Indur
Afuleh
Consolidated Refineries, Ltd
Haifa Bay
Kirkuk
Iraq
Transjordan
Tripoli
Lebanon
Holy Land
Palestine
United Nations
Home arthritis remedy explodes injuring Cleveland woman
Mrs Ida Mae Hill, 26, was using a foot bath of mothballs and naphtha gasoline recommended by her brother in law when the mixture exploded. She sustained first and second degree burns to her feet and ankles and was hospitalized.
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Cleveland
Ida Mae Hill
Jury Acquits Woman Of Husband Shooting
Mrs. Rena Dearfield aged 49 was acquitted of manslaughter in the June 1946 shotgun slaying of her husband Oscar, 50, after a jury of eight men and four women accepted her testimony that years of beating drove her to kill.
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Portsmouth
Rena Dearfield
Oscar
Trial Date Set for Salesman Slaying
Trial of Donald Frohner and Arthur Chapman both 16 charged with murdering Ash tabula salesman Arthur Spieth 52 will begin Monday before a three judge tribunal in common pleas court. The youths told police they killed to steal his car.
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Youngstown
Donald Frohner
Arthur Chapman
Ashtabula
Common Pleas Court
Arthur Spieth
Newton Falls teachers press for cost of living wage adjustment
Andrew Tabas of the Newton Falls Teachers Association says 43 teachers will stay away from their posts Monday unless the Newton Falls School Board approves a cost of living raise.
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Warren
Andrew Tabasco
Teachers’ Association At
Newton Falls
Senate Liquor Probe Begins In Ohio
The Ohio Senate opened its liquor department investigation with former inspector Edmund E. Schuster as the first witness. Schuster, known for his "black book," said the department was "no place for an honest man" and cited his resignation. The Plain Dealer reported bribe offers to a Canton official and noted other resigned inspectors ready to testify.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
State Liquor Department
Edmund E. Schuster
Schuster
Senate
Thomas J. Herbert
Perrysburg
Roscoe Walcutt
The
Plain Dealer
Canton
the Plain Dealer
Frank W. Kleinfelder
Sandusky
Senate Committee
Toledo
Lucas County
Phone Strike Threatens Food Supply
Youngstown reports a week-long Ohio Bell strike has halted most long distance service. Produce dealers and suppliers warn food and materials shipments will be cut off as buying slows and stocks dwindle. The strike affects 700 workers from the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers amid wage seniority disputes.
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Youngstown
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ambush Kills Ex convict at Chicago Westchester station
Chicago police gunned down Elmer Henry Pierce 37 after he allegedly reached for a revolver at a deserted elevated station in Westchester. Detective Joseph McCabe, part of a nine-man trap, fired 16 shots at close range, killing Pierce instantly after he ignored surrender orders.
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Chicago
Elmer Henry Pierce
Milwaukee
Westchester
Joseph McCabe
Pierce
McCabe
Aviators Elect Commander Parker in Sandusky
John W. Parker was elected commander of the Air Force Association in Sandusky Ohio, among the first cities represented in the national organization led by Jimmy DoLittle.
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Sandusky
John W. Parker
Air Force Association
Jimmy Doolittle
SAM SIMMONS On stockholders and corporate roles
SAM SIMMONS disparages stockholders as uninterested in investments and absent at meetings. He cites reactive protests during earnings crises, but argues stockholders remain essential to finance modern enterprises despite their flaws.
Akron Rubber Strike Voted By One Local
The CIO United Rubber Workers union reported one Akron local voted to authorize a strike backing a 26 cent hourly raise. Of 8,594 ballots, 7,696 approved and 898 rejected as locals prepare to vote today and tomorrow amid stalled negotiations with the Big Four manufacturers. The average Akron area wage is about $1.34 per hour.
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Akron
Cio-United Rubber Workers’ International Union
Big Four
George R. Bass
B. F. Goodrich Co
Bass
International Board
Cincinnati
New 'Dahlia' Probe Begun
Los Angeles investigators expanded the Black Dahlia case after a blood stained culvert in Las Tunas Canyon near Santa Monica yielded potential clues. Capt. Morris Stensland said the pipe could have hidden a woman's body and items found nearby include a bloody shirt a stained bow tie and a razor blade.
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Los Angeles
Las Tunas Canyon
Pacific Ocean
Santa Monica
Elizabeth Short
Morris Stensland
Cleveland, O
Protestants Convene in Pittsburgh on Church and Economy
In Pittsburgh a 350 member Protestant conference sought to blend Christianity with modern economic life. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, chairing the event, urged a concrete ongoing plan to prevent the discussions from fading without action.
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Pittsburgh
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Church and
Federal Council of Churches
Contract Negotiations Fail Strike Hits Electro Alloys
About 175 employees at the Electro Alloys division of the American Brake Shoe Co. walked out today after breakdowns in contract talks. The workers belong to the AFL International Molders and Foundry Workers Union.
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Elyria
Electro Alloys
American Brake Shoe Co
AFL International Molders and Foundry Workers Union
Businessman Orrin C. Tullis Dies After Illness
Orrin C. Tullis 69 longtime businessman and former city councilman died yesterday after a two year illness. His death marks the end of a noted local figure active in business and public service.
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Alliance
Orrin C. Tullis
New Resources Bill Aims Aid For Municipalities
Columbus AP reports the House Rules Committee will move a bill to extend the 0.65 percent utility excise tax for two years and allow use of revenues for welfare beyond poor relief, plus a 1.35 percent utility tax for about 6.5 million dollars annually. Senate panels back local aid via utilities rules, while another bill seeks funds to rewrite a State Department of Natural Resources plan.
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House Rules Committee
Senate Taxation Committee
Senate Conservation Committee
State Department of Natural Resources
Frank E. Whittemore
R Summit
Rules Committee
Roscoe FE. Walcutt
Franklin
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Press Rights Endangered Says AP Executive at Georgia Institute
Frank J. Starzel, assistant general manager of the Associated Press, warned that state involvement in information dissemination threatens press freedom. Speaking at the 19th annual Press Institute in Athens, he cited government projects shaping freedom of information and cautioned against world propaganda efforts.
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Athens
Frank J.starzel
Associated Press
News Service
Georgia Press Association
Henry W. Grady School of Journalism
Arrow Ruins Investigated After Deadly Train Wreck
In Altoona Pennsylvania a three way probe of the Red Arrow crash near Bennington Curve follows a Detroit to New York flyer wreck that killed 22 and left over 100 injured. Investigators from the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Public Utility Commission join PRR officials as data builds toward a Pittsburgh ice hearing.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bennington Curve
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PRR
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Councilmen Move To Reinstate Brady Lake Mayor
Councilmen at Brady Lake support a drive to restore Joseph B. Cox as mayor. Cox was removed last June by Gov. Frank J. Lausche for failure to stop gambling at Brady Lake.
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Kent
Brady Lake
Joseph B. Cox
Cox
Frank J. Lausche
First Portal Pay Suit Filed in Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County records note the first portal-to-portal pay lawsuit filed in common pleas court. Vallie Robinson sues for 621000 on behalf of himself and other employees at Electric Metallurgical.
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Jefferson, O
Ashtabula County
Common Pleas Court
Vallie Robinson
Tiffin Primary Called Off as Trimmer Withdraws
The spring primary in Tiffin was canceled after Charles H. Trimmer withdrew his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for third ward councilman, leaving the field unsettled.
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Tiffin
Charles H. Trimmer
Third Ward
Truman to push universal training and end emergency laws
President Truman said he will urge Congress to adopt universal training as part of a broader review of wartime powers. He noted the draft extension question remains under consideration as the current law expires March 31. He also proposed ending the national emergency and extending only select statutes while repealing or sunsetting many defense and wartime measures.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
War Department
Karl E. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Armed Services
Mr. Truman
Naval Academy
Army
Coast Guard
Navy
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