Extension Proposed To Exempt Married Men From Draft
Washington AP A six month extension of the draft law is proposed by House Military Committee Chair May to exempt all married men and youths under 21 from its provisions. The measure also plans to exempt men over 30 and those with wives or children to allow education completion for 18 to 21 year olds and to protect heads of families amid lowered physical standards.
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Washington
May
House Military Committee
Congress
Army
Navy
Costliest Strike in History Reaches 100th Day
The General Motors strike marked its 100th day amid vast losses to management and labor. Costs exceed 756 million dollars for the company and 113 to 128 million in lost wages for 175 thousand GM workers. Packard Motor Car Co., reliant on GM parts, idled 8,000 employees for over a month. A meeting with Special Labor Mediator James F. Dewey was planned to seek a back-to-work formula.
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Detroit
General Motors
Corporation
Packard Motor Car Co
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
James F. Dewey
Truman to Launch Broad Conserve Food Campaign
Washington AP report outlines a White House bid to mobilize Americans to share surplus food abroad. President Truman to announce a mass hunger prevention drive with Hoover and other citizens, urging reduced bread and cereal use, less waste, and earlier wheat marketing. Officials say it calls for self rationing and informal guidance to distributors and processors.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Hoover
Agriculture Department
Japs Sentenced For Murder Of Yankee Fliers
Seventeen Japanese defendants were sentenced in Shanghai Hankow case. Five received gallows, 12 to prison with cremation of three American B 20 fliers for the December 1944 murders. An 18th civilian was acquitted. Four other former officers await trial March 1 for complicity in Doolittle raid killings. Lt Gen Shigeru Uwada named among the accused.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Lester R. White
Slickville
Henry W. Wheaton
Milwaukee
Wis
James E. ‘Forbes
East Hartford
Conn
China
Tokyo
Shigeru Uwada
13Th Army
William G. Farrow
Dean E. Hallmark
Robert Spatz
Ohio road bids delay projects report notes bid issues
Ohio highway director Perry T. Ford reported 73 road projects were delayed last year due to high bids or no bids. Of 221 resurfacing and construction jobs, 186 came in under estimates with an average cut of 5.73 percent, while 35 awarded projects averaged 2.28 percent over estimates. Ford also noted readvertisement occurred for 25 projects and two more were readvertised twice to secure satisfactory bids.
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Columbius
Perry T. Ford
Ohio
Highway Department
Ford
Frank J. Lausche
Drivers Blamed for Rise in Central Ohio Crashes
In Columbus Col. George Mingle of the State Highway Patrol cites human error for the surge in accidents. He notes most recent crashes in Central Ohio involve cars newer than 1940 models.
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Columbus
George
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Vet, Wife Await Stork Guests of Lausche Mansion
Mr. and Mrs. Robert White, guests at the Ohio governor's mansion, seek a home ahead of a expected birth. Gov. and Mrs. Frank J. Lausche offered use of the mansion last January to help ease the housing shortage.
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Columbus
Robert White
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Peron Leads in Argentine Balloting as Count Edges On
In Buenos Aires strongman Col. Juan D. Peron led in both popular and electoral votes as ballot counting entered its third day. Provincial counts ready to begin rallies signal ongoing momentum for Peron in the Sunday presidential election.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Pauley Nomination Faces Doubtful Senate Fate
Washington reports suggest Edwin W. Pauley will not reach a Senate floor vote for under secretary of the Navy. The Senate Naval Committee probes his California oil ties and past role as Democratic National Committee treasurer as Pauley prepares to address questions and rejects quitting the fight.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate
Pauley
Science Foundation Advocated by Senators
Senators who studied the subject urged Congress to create a national science foundation as an independent federal agency. Subcommittees reported the foundation should promote fundamental science research and applied research and development for national defense health and welfare.
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Congress
National Science Foundation
Military and Commerce
Foundation
European War Brides Scheduled for Ohio
The American Red Cross announces plans related to European War Brides in Ohio. Details remain limited but indicate organized aid and scheduling by the Red Cross through regional channels in the state.
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Ohio
Woman Jury Convicts Two on Assault Charge
A Hamilton jury spent 90 minutes deliberating before convicting Elvis Igo and West ey Amyx on assault charges for attacking an 18 year old Middletown girl. Prosecutor Paul A. Baden said the verdict carries a sentence of one to 15 years.
Knopp Baby Killed in Jamestown Crash Demand Nazi War Crimes Trial
U S prosecutor Robert H Jackson urged the international military tribunal to convict six Nazi groups totaling over two million members on war crimes charges. He warned future wars would be sown in these nests if they escape punishment. The prosecution argued the case against the 22 individual defendants is complete and the tribunal weighs witness rulings on Churchill.
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Knopp
Jamestown
Demand Court
Mernberg
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
International Military Tribunal
Jackson
Funeral services for Judy Knopp set at Burlingham Church
Judy Knopp three month old daughter of William and Mrs. Knopp dies in a Jamestown auto crash Tuesday. Her parents were en route from Darwin to Dayton when the collision occurred. Mrs. Knopp injured treated in Dayton Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr. Knopp discharged after cuts. Funeral arrangements announced. burial at Darwin home.
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Burlingham
Judy Knopp
William Knopp
Dayton
Jamestown
Good Samaritan Hospital
Knopp
Armed Services
Manila Strike Hits Power and Transit Services
Over 2,000 Manila workers have walked out demanding higher wages, disrupting the city’s slow revival of electric power and bus transportation networks.
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Manila
Cincinnati Meat Supply Secured by Packers Protest Ended
Cincinnati district OPA director John E. Robinson Jr announced 117 packing houses will not close in protest over price regulations. The plan avoided a shutdown feared to cut Cincinnati beef supply by about 70 percent after a conference with packers.
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Cincinnati
OPA
John E. Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Cincinnatis
Double Amputee Sells Paintings For 225 Dollars
Atlantic City reports Lt. George L. Sharpnack of Sebring a double amputee from a German mine explosion received 225 dollars for two landscape paintings. He painted 30 canvases from memory during a year at Thomas M. England General Hospital using a brush attached to his artificial hook.
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Atlantic City
N.f—P
George L. Sharpnack
Sebring
Sharpnack
Thomas M. England General Hospital
Senate backs Vandenberg stand on Soviet dealings
Senators from both parties endorsed Senator Vandenberg of Michigan after his UNO London observations. He urged a firm, patient foreign policy toward Russia and urged the United States to speak up when Russia asserts claims, with leaders like Hatch Fairbrough and Russell expressing support.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R- Mich
United States
Russia
UNO
London
Democrats
Repub
Michigan
Hatch
D-Nm
Truman
Fairbright
D-Ark
7Bright
Russell
D-Ga
Spain Closes Border Gateways With France Early
London reports the Spanish government closed two main gateways between France and Spain more than 24 hours before France ordered a border trade shutdown at midnight. European protests against Franco’s regime echoed the demand for diplomatic action and, in some quarters, UN intervention.
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London
France
Spain
Europe
Francisco Franco
Taxi Caravan Abandons Campaign at Capital
Two Chicago war veterans who arrived a week ago in a taxi caravan to gain support for taxi licenses plan to return home Friday morning. They had pledged to stay until Chicago city council grants licenses.
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Washington
Chicago
OPA Probing Butter Tie-In Sales Faces Fines
Cleveland district enforcement attorney Paul Marshall warned grocers who require customers to buy a dozen eggs with each quarter pound of butter. The OPA reported rising complaints of tie-in sales of produce and urged compliance.
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Cleveland
Paul Marshall
OPA
Philadelphia Marchers Break Through Police Lines
Three thousand marchers surged through police lines at the General Electric plant in Philadelphia as 575 officers resisted mass picketing in a tense labor dispute. Reinforcements were called as mounted units charged and a melee erupted amid the injunction restricting mass picks.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
General Electric
Ford Workers Recalled From Idling Amid Steel Shortage
Ford recalls 38000 workers idled since January due to steel shortages. toil resumes Monday in Rouge and Highland Park plants. Police break up large march groups as CIO strike leaders face contempt charges after violence yesterday. NFTW sets March 7 strike date for 19000 long lines and 9000 other workers amid wage talks. Moran cites union seeking 4 to 8 weekly raises by seniority. company offers 5 to 7.
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Detroit
Ford
Rouge
Highland Park
CIO Electrical
Philadelphia
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Federation of
Long Line Telephone Workers
Moran
City’s Duty Slighted So Fine Is Only 25 Cents
Middletown Judge Alton H. Combs fined five garbage collectors 25 cents each after they pleaded guilty to hauling garbage without city authorization. In a lengthy opinion, he noted that the Middletown Service Co. with exclusive city collection rights since January 1 was not fully performing its obligations.
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Middletown
Alton H. Combs
Cattle Declared Healthiest Stock by Local Agent
Cattle in San Dusky County were pronounced the healthiest stock in history by County Agricultural Agent R W Reading. He reported only two of 19720 cows tested showed symptoms of tuberculosis.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
R. W. Reading
Missing West Mans High School teacher Lola Celli
Search efforts are underway for Lola Celli a 24 year old West Mans High School teacher who lives on Grandview near Columbus. She vanished after leaving home to open an account at a Columbus store. NEA Telephoto provided the image.
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Lola Celli
West Mansfield
Grandview
Columbus
Students Aid Police in Lola Celis Disappearance Search
A Columbus area search mobilizes 175 seniors from Grandview Heights and Upper Arlington High Schools to comb quarries, river banks, and fields for Lola Celis a 24 year old Grandview teacher who vanished five days ago. Her brother Felice Celli calls for abduction theory while police consider amnesia.
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Columbus
Lola Celis
Grandview
Robert Livingston
Grandview Heights
Upper Arlington
Scioto River
West Mansfield, O
Logan County
Celli
Livingston
Felice Celli
Ohio State
Picket Limiting Declared Illegal by CIO in Cleveland
The Cleveland Industrial Union Council CIO condemns injunctions limiting pickets as illegal and urges Ohio legislators to prohibit them. A mass action by about 7,000 strikers at General Electric and Westinghouse plants in Cleveland is discussed. Fred Haug of Local 07 says injunctions aim to break the strike.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Industrial Union Council
CIO
Ohio
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Fred Haug
Cio-United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Housing Program Faces New Threat in House
Washington dispatch reports the Truman administration’s emergency housing program under fire as the House moves toward a vote on the proposal to provide 2,700,000 new homes. A robust coalition backs a Republican substitute, while Banking Committee Chairman Spence warns the plan could not operate if the substitute passes.
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Washington
House
Truman
Spence
D-Ky
Banking
Negotiators Await Notice From Miners
Washington AP reports soft coal operators brace for John L. Lewis first move to win higher pay for about 400000 United Mine Workers. Lewis is expected to reopen the 11 month contract, with a wage bid and demands due ten days later around March 12. The piece outlines wage context and proposed changes, including a potential 35 hour week and 10 cent a ton royalty proposal.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Howver
District 5
Pennsylvania
UMW
Ousted Nashport Residents Block $10,000,000 Muskingum Valley Dam
In Nashport Ohio residents crowded a high school auditorium to oppose the Dillon flood control dam on the Licking River. About 300 farmers pressed Congress to halt further funding while Army Engineers outlined plans and urged relocation to higher ground. Major Gen. Van Voorhis noted the loss of homes, and local leaders demanded action to salvage property values.
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Muskingum Valley Dam
Zanesville
Nashport Village
U. S
Dillon
Licking River
Congress
Muskingum Valley
Conservancy District
Teservol Tay
Daniel van Voorhis
Fifth Service Command
Army Engineers
Col. BB. Talley
Okinawa
Huntington
William Brailer
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