Men’s Suits Held Till Opa Acts In Price Pressure
A retailer spokesman says manufacturers are withholding at least 100000 men’s suits from the market awaiting OPA price rule revisions. Loury Rothschild of the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers cites a conservative maneuver to curb shortages while awaiting a new price order. OPA officials report minimal hoarding after investigations, and a forthcoming rule on worsted fabrics aims to ease material shortages though suit supply hinges on garment price action.
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Washington
Loury Rothschild
National Association of Retin Clothiers and Furnishers
Rothschild
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
House moves emergency housing bill amid price ceiling fight
The House advanced an emergency home building bill with clashes on price ceilings for existing homes and a $1.6 billion package to subsidize 2.7 million new houses in two years. Provisions for old-house ceilings faced opposition, while supporting measures would extend material channels, subsidize building, and expand mortgage insurance. veterans get purchaser preferences.
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Washington
House
Patman
D-Tex
Banking Committee
Wilson W Wyatt
Congress
Rep. Wolcott
Michigan
State Soldier Bonus Proposed by Hubbell
Charles H. Hubbell of Lakewood presented a proposed state constitutional amendment in Columbus on Monday to grant a soldier bonus of 15 dollars for each month of war service, up to a maximum of 500 dollars. He seeks approval of the amendment form from Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins and must secure 309,526 signatures to place the plan on the ballot.
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Columbus
Charles H. Hubbell
Lakewood
Attey
Hugh S. Jenkins
Hubbell
Ohio Colleges Urged to Expand Teacher Training
Dr Clyde Hissong state education director appealed Monday to Ohio colleges and universities to make room for students who want to become teachers. He said public schools face a shortage of 2043 teachers next fall after a conference with university reps county superintendents high school and grade school principals and classroom teachers.
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Columbus
ILA
Clyde Hissong
Ohio Coleges and
Universities
German Cruiser Crew Leaves for Homeland
Two hundred seventy six members of the Prinz Eugen crew entrained in Philadelphia for New York to board ships homeward after a gala farewell hosted by friends relatives and pro Germans. Fourth Naval District officials met after departure but issued no statement.
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Philadelphia
New York
Fatherland
Philadelphia Record
Fourth Naval District
Storm Heads Northeast with mild South Weather Ahead
A storm moving from Eastern Ohio drives blustery winds and colder air in the Northeast while rain or snow showers spread across the East within 24 to 48 hours. Behind it the Southeast sees milder temperatures accompanying the showers.
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Chicago
Ohio
Officers Shoot Teen Boy in Ohio River Gun Battle
Henderson police report a 17 year old was killed and three teenagers captured after a gun battle with officers along the Ohio River. Police say submachine guns and ammunition stolen from the state armory were used. The slain youth was Bobby Gene Williams of Henderson. Others named are Benjamin Grossman 16 Sam Nunn Jr 18 and Leroy Robbins 18, all Henderson residents. They face charges of malicious shooting with intent to kill.
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Henderson, Ky
t?Pi
Ohio River
Leon Backham
Backham
Henderson County
Fred G. Vogel
Peaitahadl
BackNam
Bobby Gene Williams
Henderson
Benjamin Grossman
Sam Nunn, Jr
Leroy Robbins
Police Hunting Young Teacher Missing Near Columbus
Columbus police search for Lola Celli 24 a home economics teacher from West Mansfield Ohio who vanished after leaving Grandview for a downtown shopping trip. Her father reported she planned to buy nylon stockings but did not reach her bus stop two blocks from home. Also, Harvey Leffler 72 a Wilson Avenue Church of Christ sexton was shot by mistake and died.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lola Cell
Grandview
Robert R. Livingston
Miss Celli
West Mansfield
Logan County
Michael Celli
Livingston
P— Harvey Fe, Leffler
Wilson Avenue Church of Christ
Wound Seven In Tennessee Race Rioting
In Columbia, Tennessee, a night of disturbances left seven people wounded, including four police officers, as State Guardsmen moved in at daybreak. Police report an earlier incident over a repair job triggered the violence, with thirty three Negroes arrested, twelve charged with attempted murder.
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Columbia
Tenn
State Guard
Mink Slide
Lynn Bomar
Gory
Murer
J. J. Underwood
Underwood
William Fleming
Gladys
Stephenson
James
Wiliam
Flo! Fleming
Maury County
William
Pacific
Restrict Use of Lend-Lease Equipment Proposed by Senator Brewster
Senator Brewster urged the United States to require Britain to keep American lend lease gear out of colonial fighting or face reclamation. He argued the U S has legal right to place limits on 705 million dollars of lend lease equipment held by Britain. Rev Allen T Christy resigns from Marietta church to lead First Presbyterian Church in Marietta.
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Washington
Gpi
Brewster
R-Me
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Marieita Ironton
Allen T. Christy
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of
Marietta
Homes for Homers Sought by Army
The Army seeks homes for 17,000 homing pigeons to return home and stop the cost of feeding them. Officials note pigeons eat about $4.92 in rations per year per bird, totaling nearly $7,000 monthly for the flock, prompting a decision to end the costly program.
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Army
Washington
Sam
France closes frontier with Franco Spain
Paris reports France ordered the Franco Spanish frontier closed at midnight March 1, citing danger to international security. Foreign Minister Bidault outlined the situation as tensions rose after Spain executed 11 Republicans and a Madrid court martial convicted 37 for aiding the Sealist Party. France sought US and UK talks on breaking relations with Franco.
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Paris
Spain
Georges Bidault
Consultative Assembly
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Rezme
Veterans Seek Truman's Help for Taxi Licenses
Chicago veterans and their representatives, camping at an abandoned army post after driving from the city, pressed President Truman to back their drive for taxi licenses. A committee was formed to obtain an appointment with Truman and urge federal action to bar Chicago police from arresting veterans for driving cabs.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
Bresidesh Truman
Justice Department
Meat Slaughterers To Close Plants on Friday
In Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky 17 small meat slaughterers prepared to shut down their plants at close of business Friday to protest OPA restrictions. In St. Louis, Missouri Illinois Small Slaughterers Association official M E Lorton said plants there would close because small packers cannot operate profitably under current measures. Dr Charles Samuel Kibler, 56, noted internist died yesterday in Tucson, born in Newark.
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Cincinnati-U
Cincinnati
Kentucky
St. Louis
M. E. Lorton
Missouri-Illinois
Small Slaughterers’ Association
OPA
Tucson
Ant
Charles Samuel Kibler
Jone
Newark
Labor Outlook Dark as Strikes Rise Nationwide
The Associated Press reports labor turmoil grows with nearly a million idle workers as major strikes threaten in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit and Houston. Transit wage disputes in NYC and mass picketing in Philadelphia mark the restless scene while Detroit bakeries face stoppages and talks with conciliators continue. Wartime price and wage controls spark conflict as CIO Murray and AFL Green oppose Truman policy. wage stabilization board expected to decide next steps.
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New
Ork
Pittsburgh
New York
Houston
Fox
Philadelphia
Detroit
Portland
Ore
Scranton
New York City
CIO Transport Workers Union
Transsit
Tex
AFL
William J. Morrow
General Electric Co
CIO
Common Pleas
Duquesne Light Company
Pennsylvania
Company
AFL Teamsters Union
Purity Baking Co
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Washington
lLabor
Truman
Philip Murray
William Green
Wage Stabilization Board
Pope seeks just and solid world peace after war
Vatican City report says Pope Pius XII told a mass reception of diplomats and College of Cardinals that the war weary world deserves a peace that guarantees a tolerable life for all. He cautioned the peace process will take time and much effort.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Act To Avert Forecast Ohio Teacher Shortage
In Columbus a five member committee was appointed to plan a permanent organization to recruit top teachers and link teacher education with quality aims. The state department of education and over 200 Ohio school officials named the panel to address an expected shortage of more than 2,000 teachers next year.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Education
Forgotten Man claim dominates NAM President speech in Ashtabula
At the 50th anniversary chamber dinner in Ashtabula Ohio NAM president Robert R Wason declares the small businessman the forgotten man and the first casualty of the new wage price policy. He returns to his hometown for the first time in 30 years to address the crowd.
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Ashtabula
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert R. Wason
Chamber of Commerce
Battle resumes in Washington senate hearing on St Lawrence plan
Attacks on the proposed St Lawrence sea way and power project, described by an opponent as a bygone dream, resumed today before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Foreign Relations
Soviet Armed Forces Unified Under Stalin Leader
The Soviet Union merged the army navy and air force into one armed forces command under Generalissimo Stalin. A Presidium decree named Stalin peoples' commissar of the armed forces and supreme commander-in-chief, as Izvestia hailed unified forces to advance state power and peace worldwide.
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Moscow
U.S.S.R
Izvestia
Red Army
Izgestia
Shumate Dies in Logan at 66 Obituary Notice
Ballard P Shumate Sr 66 died at his son s home 6390 Church St at 8 am Tuesday after illness since November He moved to Logan from Hinton West Virginia in 1941 to live with his son He is survived by one other son four daughters and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements to be announced by Heinlein funeral home.
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Logan
Ballard P. Shumate
Ballard P. Shumate, Jr
Church St
Shumate
Hinton
W. Va
W. C Shumate
Ernest Upton
Donald Meadows
Newport News
James Rice
Portsmouth
H . Foreman
Charleston
Heinlein
GOP Chairman Issue Splits Banks Ranks Across Regions
Washington UPI reports a rift within the Republican Party over choosing a successor to Herbert Brownell Jr as national chairman. Brownell urged an April 1 committee meeting to discuss resignation, prompting East versus West leadership contests. The national committee will pick the successor, not legislators.
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Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
New York
Washington
UPI
Old Line
GOP
Brownell
West
East
National Committee
National Sheriff's Association urges even treatment of war veterans
Officials of the National Sheriff's Association continued their meeting in Columbus to elect officers after the board urged sheriffs nationwide to stop pampering war veterans. Charles J. Hahn Jr. said sheriffs should use sane fair and intelligent law enforcement and treat veterans as average citizens. The board noted a tendency to grant leniency which the Army and Navy discourage as it encourages continued violations.
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Columbus
UPI
National Sheriff's Association
Board of Governors
Charles J. Hahn, Jr
Washington, D. C
Hahn
Army
Navy
Chiang Kai Shek urges patience over Russia Manchuria crisis
Chiang Kai Shek told government leaders to avoid hasty judgments and argued that cooperation with Russia was unnecessary for both nations and world peace. Meanwhile, in Columbus an Ohio Valley regional Child Welfare League of America conference will gather about 500 social workers from Ohio Michigan Kentucky West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania March 7-9.
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Chungking
Manchuria
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Russia
Columbus
Ohio Valley
Child Welfare League of America
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Parents Back School in Musician Union Dispute
In Canton, more than 500 parents of Lincoln Lehman McKinley High School musicians backed education authorities against the AFL American Federation of Musicians Local. They denounced attacks on the school system and praised Superintendent Jose H. Mason for safeguarding school music programs.
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Canton
Jor Band
Lincoln
Lehman Arfi McKinley
Afl-American Federation of Musicians
Joseph Mu! Jwas
McKinley Band Parents Club
Mujuias
A. Jord Bayless
Lincolnn Band
Union J
Canton-Massilson Union
Jose H. Mason
Mason
Dewey Says No Progress in GM UAW Talks
Detroit reports General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers held talks reviewed as unsettled. Federal Mediator James F. Dewey described no progress in federally sponsored negotiations. Senate debates on prices and anti inflation controls followed with OPA and CPA funds cut in Appropriations actions.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
James F. Dewey
UAW
Dewey
Capitol Hill
Senate
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Chavez
N. M
House
Wherry
Nebraska
Paul A. Porter
Appropriations Committee
CPA
Murray
Green
Chester Bowles
Yesterniday
Galkha Woman Dies After Fall From Moving Truck
Gallipolis report says Mrs. George Arnold, 45, of Centerville, died after falling from the back of a truck carrying household goods during a family move. She was admitted to Helzer Hospital at 12:10 and died at 1:30 pm. She left behind several children including a daughter at Centerville High School. funeral plans not yet set.
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Gallipolis
George Arnold
Centerville
Arnold
Helzer Hospital
Centerville High School
Removal of OPA Dairy Price Controls Debate
Washington testimony warned that removing all price controls on dairy products could wreck the entire stabilization program. OPA deputy administrator for price Geoffrey Baker voiced the concern before a special House food investigating committee. Dairy spokesmen urged the ceilings' removal last week.
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Washington
Geoffrey Baker
OPA
Price
House
Pepper seeks White House push to rescind Pauley nomination
Senator Pepper of Florida asked colleagues to volunteer for a White House visit to urge President Truman to withdraw Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination as under secretary of the Navy. Progress was reported on Capitol Hill though Truman may move to initiate withdrawal.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Flo
White House
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Florida
Eads
Capitol Hill
Trasman
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Westgate
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