New York Mayor Appeals to Murray to Halt Transit Strike
Mayor William O Dwyer in a telegram urged CIO President Philip Murray to intervene and avert a possible strike by New York transit workers threatening to halt subways street cars and buses. Murray offered no comment but had shown openness to avoiding a walkout. O Dwyer criticized recognizing any single bargaining agent for civil service workers while calling the wage demand by the TWU just.
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New York
Murray
Associated Press
William O’dwyer
CIO
Philip Murray
O'Dwyer
TWU
Idle Jobs Across Cities Signal Prolonged Labor Strife
CIO United Dairy Workers and Michigan Milk Producers Association weighing two settlement proposals as Detroit dairies reopen slowed output to 40 percent of normal. AFL Bakery Drivers walkout at Taystee Bread amid wage dispute affecting 66 bakeries. Duquesne Light Co workers seek higher pay, arbitration offered. Houston strikers block city facilities as picketing spreads to water, sewage and garbage operations. About 970,000 idle nationwide with CIO strikes hitting GM, Westinghouse, and GE. UAW doubts mediator Dewey after 97 days of talks.
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O'Dwyer
TWU
New York
Detroit
Pittsburgh
AFL
Houston
CIO United Dairy Workers
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Board of Health
AFL Bakery Drivers Union
Taystee Bread Co
Duquesne Light Co
AFL Electrician
CIO
General Motors Corp
Westinghouse
General Electric
General Motors
Mutiny Sailors Return as Bombay Strikes End
Royal Indian sailors who mutinied last week have returned to duty in Bombay, where conditions are practically normal. Strikes at shore facilities and one cotton mill ended, though Royal Indian Air Force personnel refuse to work. Police report a quiet night after rioting, with authorities rounding up suspects. Death toll cited as 190 by an army communique, though other sources suggest higher.
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Bombay
Royal Indian Air Force
Royal Navy
Act To Avert Dairy Strike In Cleveland
Efforts to avert a city wide milk strike in Cleveland continued as drivers and dairy workers sought a conference with the dealers negotiating committee. Drivers want 4 per day and higher commissions, while the dairy employes union Local 336 AFL threatens strike if not met. Companies counter with 350 per day, and Edward Murphy plans talks with Joseph Jones, chair of the dealers' committee.
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Cleveland
Milk Dealers
International Teamsters’ Brotherhood-Afl
Edward F. Murphy
The
International Brotherhood
Joseph Jones
Telling-Belle Vernon Co
Jews Launch $100 Million Relief Drive for Europe and Palestine
Jewish leaders across the United States opened a drive to raise 100 million dollars for relief and rehabilitation of Jews in war torn Europe and for a Palestine settlement program named The United Jewish Appeal for Refugees Overseas Needs and Palestine. A meeting of 350 leaders from across the country launched the effort.
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Washington
United States
Europe
W United
Palestine
Roadside Projects for Ohio To Be Studied
A two day course at Ohio State University will study roadside improvements to beautify highways. Officials foresters and conservation leaders will participate, with professor Charles R. Sutton of the landscape architecture department announcing the program.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Charlies R. Sutton
Ohio State
Department of Landscape Architecture
Legion Auxiliary To Gather in Columbus
Ohio members of the American Legion Auxiliary will gather in Columbus for a midwinter conference Saturday. Awards will be presented to various state units during the event.
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Legion Auxiliary
Columbus
Ohio
American Legion Auxiliary
Kent State hosts fifth annual short course in news photography
March 2023 program at Kent State University will explain and demonstrate color photography techniques from basic studio needs to engraving and production of pictures.
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Kent
Kent State University
Soldier's Punishment Revealed To Children
Nine year old Barbara Ondi and her four year old brother learned their father PFC Alex Ondi 29 would not return home. Their mother told them he was court martialed and given 50 years hard labor at Green Haven New Jersey after refusing to obey an officer during a patrol.
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Cleveland
Barbara Ondi
Alex, Jr
Pfc
Alex Ondi
Germany
U. S
Green Haven
N. J
Ondi
Barbara
Daddy
Sonny
Morris Morganstern
Joint Veterans Council
Cuyahoga County
Morganstern
Army
Interest in OPA Debate Shifts to Kaiser Talk
Washington AP report on week two of OPA scrutiny before the House Banking Committee. Kaiser expected to testify Thursday on OPA support. Earlier clash past week saw Ches ter Bowles argue with Henry Ford I over pricing. Contemporaneous notes describe moves to remove price controls on farm commodities. Representative Hartley denounces OPA as unlawful. Paul Porter pledges not to liquidate OPA and to curb production speed.
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Washington
OPA
House Banking Committee
Henry J. Kaiser
Spence
Kaiser
Chester Bowles
Henry Ford I
Congress
Thomas D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Paul Porter
Bowles
Ohio Tourney Play Sets Regional District Allocations
Harold W. Emschier, commissioner of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, outlined the plan for assigning district basketball tourney winners to four regional events. Districts end March 9. 16 survivors in each class A and B advance to regionals March 15 and 16. When necessary, district winners may be split to the nearest regional, such as two Class B winners from the central district going to Springfield and Athens regions. In past, coin tosses decided regional assignments. DIES IN JAIL Wellsburg W V P R Kaiserling of Steubenville, arrested on a bad check charge, died yesterday in a jail cell from sleeping-medicine overdose.
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Colmbus
Harold W. Emschier
Oho High School Athletic Association
Emsweiler
Springfield
Athens
Wellsburg
W. Va
Pi—R. D. Kaiserlinng
Steubenville
Wellshire
Pauley Case To Start Anew
Senator Brewster expects a new aspect in the hearing on Edwin W. Pauley for undersecretary of the Navy. The Senate Naval Committee resumes tomorrow and will review Pauley’s dealings with government departments and information on requests and grants for United Airlines permits.
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Washington
Brewster
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate Naval Committee
Pauley
Maine
United Airlines
Payne To Test Honesty Of Cincinnati Citizens
Albert Edward Payne plans another honesty test in Cincinnati after recovering 70 percent of 150 dollar bills scattered in Cleveland's business district. He will now use five dollar bills to measure local honesty and return rate.
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Payne
Cincinnati
Springfield
Cleveland
Albert Edward Payne
Beightler Seeks Active Role in 37th Division’s Future
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, new Fifth Service Command commander, urged an active part in shaping the future of the 37th Ohio Division. He called for starting the division right and supported restoring the 166th Infantry Regiment within the 37th while noting the reorganized National Guard strength and new federal program. Brig. Gen. Leo M. Kreber emphasized higher pay and promotion prospects to meet state quotas.
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Columbus
Robert S. Beightler
Army
Fifth Service Command
Ohio
Beightler
37Th
Guadalcanal
Philippines
Ohio National Guard
Fort Hayes
Ohio Natoonal Guard
Pearl Marbor
166Th
Leo M. Kreber
Grocery Firms Named in Monopoly Case
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Consolidated Grocers Corp of Chicago would create a monopoly in wholesale groceries by acquiring stock in Western Grocer Co of Marshalltown Iowa Reid Murdoch & Co of Chicago and Dannemiller Grocery Co of Canton Ohio The firm now leads the industry with assets near 20 million dollars and annual sales around 100 million dollars The complaint notes Consolidated owns large blocks of stock in the three firms and recently acquired most of Reid Murdoch and Dannemiller stock
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Consolidated Grocers Corp
Chicago
Commission
Capital
Western Grocer Co
Marshalltown
Iowa
Reid Murdoch & Co
Dannemiller Grocery Co
Canton
Ohio
Consol
United States
Consolidated
Manufacturer leader blasts wage policy at hometown dinner
President Robert R. Wason of the National Association of Manufacturers returned to his birthplace for the 50th anniversary Chamber of Commerce dinner. He charged the administration with ending collective bargaining by demanding an 182 cent wage increase and accused it of courting CIO support for votes.
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Ashtabula
Robert R. Wason
National Association of Manufacturers
Iand
Chamber of Commerce
Wason
America
CIO
Lausche Campaign Shakedown Exposed in Newark
Gov Frank Lausches office says a man falsely claiming to solicit for Lausches campaign obtained a 25 dollar contribution from a Newark tavern. John Lokar, the governor's secretary, filed a receipt and handed it to the Licking County sheriff for investigation. The man demanded 23 dollars for Lausches campaign or the liquor license.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Newark
John Lokar
Licking County
EB. J Murphy
Lokar
GOP Chief Favored Bricker As New Leader
Herbert Brownell Jr notified party leaders he will resign as Republican National Committee chairman April 1. He favors Ohio’s John W. Bricker for the 1948 presidential nomination and urges the next leader to focus on the 1946 congressional elections, naming key states Connecticut Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and California.
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GOP
Bricker
Washington
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Brownell
National Party
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Barak Mat
Kingly
Missouri
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Ralph Cake
Oregon
Willkie
Ezra Whitla
Idaho
Werner W. Schroeder
Ilinois
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
British Threat Angered Hitler at Nuremberg Trial
Ribbentrop's attorney argued Churchill warned Britain would form a coalition to destroy Germany if it grew too strong. The plea claimed Churchill said England would unite powers against Germany, a statement cited to explain German rearmament and aggressive planning.
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Mernberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
International Military Tribunal Today
Winston Churchill
Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Ribbentrop
Churchill
Nuernberg
England
Chinese Army Reduced In Chungking Merger
Chungking officials and Communist representatives signed a merger to cut the army to 50 divisions under the republic president as commander in chief, creating a modern national defense force. In a separate item, Rich Gas flow from an Ohio Oil Co well may yield 3.9 to 7.05 billion cubic feet.
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Chungking
Marshall
Republic
Davis, W. Va
Ohio Oil Co
Youth Held in Death of Child in Queens
A 14-year-old boy from Queens, identified as Jack Turk, was charged with homicide in the death of a 3-year-old girl found partially submerged in water in her apartment bathtub. Prosecutors say Turk, hired as a sitter by neighbors Mr and Mrs Jack Gurfien, taped the child's mouth and held her head under water when she cried.
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New York
SPI
Queens
Victor Levin
Jack Turk
Levin
Jack Gurfein
Syinl
Turk
German Vessel Founders on Elbe River Near Hamburg
British ships aided in rescue after a German vessel broke in two in the rough Elbe current near Cuxhaven. Early reports indicate about 102 passengers may have perished as heavy loss of life is reported from Herford Germany.
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Elbe
Herford
Germany
Hibe
Hamburg
Cuxhaven
Strikers Defy Court Pledge Mass Pickets
Eight hundred striking General Electric workers, Local 119 of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, voted unanimously to defy a common pleas court injunction and stage a mass picket. Judge Finletter had limited pickets to 10 at each plant gate and 10 feet apart. Francis White said all 800 strikers agreed to march to test the injunction’s legality.
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Philadelphia
Generals Electric Company
Common Pleas
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
Thomas D. Finletter
Francis White
UERW
White
Finletter
Kenyon Student Dies In Auto Train Crash
John Gordon Bone Jr. 19 of Mt. Vernon was killed when his car collided with the coal tender of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Milford Center after midnight. He was a Kenyon College student traveling from Columbus to Mt. Vernon.
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Columbus
John Gordon Bone, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Milford Center
Bone
Kenyon College
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Highway Patrol
Mad Pianist Concert Draws Praise From Nation's Musicians
A 45 year old piano prodigy, confined to Wayne County Hospital Psychiatric Ward, wowed about 300 Music Teachers Association delegates with Chopin Mozart and Beethoven works. Doctors hailed his performance as genius yet noted erratic lapses. Hospital officials say the concert aided his improvement and illustrates music therapy's value for mental illness.
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Detroit
UPI
Music Teachers Association
Wayne County General Hospital
Ira M. Altsheuler
Howard Hanson
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Hanson
Altsheuler
Vote Orderly In Argentina Amid Slow Results
Buenos Aires reports a peaceful election day as supporters of Col. Juan Peron and Jose Tamborini express confidence. Ballots must be transported to provincial capitals for tabulation, with results possibly 30 to 40 days away. Outcome may affect Argentina US relations and regional ties.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Col
Juan D. Peron
Iron Man
Labor Party
Jose P. Tamborini
Democratic Union
United States
Peron
U. S. State Department
Tamborini
Washington
Veteran Civil War Veteran James K Barker Dies in Columbus
James K Barker 98 died at his Columbus home after a self arranged funeral plan. A Belmont County native he joined the Union Army at 13 and served with the 35th Ohio Volunteers in Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge campaigns. He was discharged after a long service.
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Columbus
James K. Polk Barker
Belmont County
Barker
Onio
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
American Cardinals Stationed in Holy City for Vatican Ceremonies
In Vatican City a papal audience for diplomatic representatives was scheduled as ceremonies for 32 new cardinals entered their second week. Two U S Cardinals Samuel Stritch of Chicago and Edward Mooney of Detroit took possession yesterday of churches within the Holy City.
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Vatican City
Vatican
U. S
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Derriot
Holy City
Akron to Host Ohio Federation of Democratic Women Meeting
Federated Democratic Women of Ohio will hold its spring meeting in Akron on May 24 and 25, announced president Mrs Mary George Watkins. The federation also named Estelle Armstrong of Larue in Marion County as chairman of the press and publicity committee.
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Columbus
Akron
Federated Democratic Women of Ohio
Mary George Watkins
Estelle Armstrong
Larue
Marion County
Federation
Disappeared pupil Joe Nantz found in Detroit
E A Abernathy state school for the deaf superintendent said he was notified that Joe Nantz eight year old pupil who disappeared last night had been found in Detroit.
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Columbus
E. A. Aber ‘Nathy
Stateschool For the Deaf
Joe Nantz
de ‘Oit
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Clinton Anderson
William Lathrop
Richmond
Ind
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Kaiser Talk
Be . _ Risto Ryti
Finland
Helsinki
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
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