Judiciary Committee Examines Portal Pay Suits Toll on Treasury
Senate judiciary subcommittee hears from Kenneth C. Royall and other officials on portal pay suits and potential tax losses. Lawmakers discuss wage hour changes and a proposed House bill to outlaw past and future claims amid disputes involving Chrysler and Republic Steel.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Senate Judiciary
Donnell
R-Mo
Navy
Commerce
Capehart
R-Ind
War
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Hartley
House Labor Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Detroit
Portal
Theodore R. Iserman
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Picard
Chrysler
Picard
New York
Ernest Goodman
CIO
United Auto Workers
Iserman
Subcommittee
Patton
Embezzler Is Sentenced To 30 Months in Prison
Harry D. Bechtel of Seville Ohio was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for embezzling 23554 as manager of the Medina branch of the Farmers Production Credit Association. He pleaded guilty before Judge Emerich B Freed.
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Cleveland
Harry D. Bechtel
Seville
Ohio
Emerich B. Freed
Medina
Farmers’ Production Credit Association
Rubber wage talks to open in Cincinnati Monday
Akron dispatch reports wage conferences will open in Cincinnati Monday between the United Rubber Workers CIO and four principal rubber companies Goodyear Goodrich Firestone and U S Rubber. Bargaining for a uniform contract across plants is pursued while negotiations with Goodyear are recessed in Cleveland awaiting outcome.
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Akron
Cincinnati
United Rubber Workers
CIO
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
U. S. Rubber
Cleveland
CIO Steelworkers Plan Opening Negotiations for Wage Contracts
The CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel will open wage contract talks in Pittsburgh on Friday for about 175 000 workers across five subsidiaries The union seeks a sizeable wage increase portal to portal pay and other benefits while management will be led by John A Stephens The talks replace expiring contracts February 15 and follow preliminary meetings in Cleveland and other cities
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Inland Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
William F. Donovan
Republic
Cleveland
Donovan
Joseph E. Voss
Ship Sinks Off Columbia River. Crew Saved
The freighter S. S. Drexel Victory sank in fog off the Columbia River mouth after being abandoned. All hands were rescued as lifeboats were joined by the Coast Guard Triumph and the river pilot's Columbia, with Joseph Gale also aiding several survivors.
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Astoria
Ore
S. S. Drexel
Victory
Columbia River
Coast Guard
Triumph
Columbia
Joseph Gale
Slayer's Appeal Denied in Ohio Capital Case
Kenneth Salter, condemned for the June 1 slaying of 11 year old Barbara Dunn, had his appeal rejected by the district court of appeals in Toledo. He remains scheduled for execution in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, on January 29.
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Toledo
Kenneth Salter
Barbara Dunn
District Court of Appeals
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Radar Fails In Landing at Oakland Crash Kills Wave Corpman
A four engine Navy transport crashed at Oakland Airport after radar ground control failed for the first time in 76 000 landings. The craft landed 150 feet short of the runway, struck a rock wall, skidded 1 000 feet burning. One Wave corpsman died and 20 others injured including three women. The plane carried seven crew and 14 passengers from Moffett Field California.
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Oakland
Calif
Naval Air Transport
NATS
Moffett Field
Revolver Fire Injures Streetcar Passenger in Cincinnati
An unidentified shooter fired two revolver shots into a downtown streetcar injuring Betty Van Blarcum 23 who suffered facial cuts from flying glass. Ten other passengers escaped injury. Police reported no further victims.
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Cincinnati
Betty van Blarcum
Airlines Submit Expansion Plans to CAB Across Eight States
Twenty airlines push for expanded service in the Great Lakes region. Proposals include American Airlines routes Cleveland to St Louis via Indianapolis and other midwest links. Delta seeks Cincinnati to Cleveland and Detroit via Columbus and Toledo with Ohio and Michigan benefits.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Civil Aeronautics Board
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Daniel N. Gribbon
American Airlines
Cleveland
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Hamilton C. Hale
All American Aviation
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
E. V. Moore
Delta Air Corporation
Columbus
Akron
Canton
Detroit
Toledo
Examiner
Transcontinental
Western Air
Dayton
United Airlines
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Great Lakes Airlines
Canton-Massillon
Wooster
Ashland-Mansfield
Mt. Vernon
Pittsburgh- St. Louis
Steubenville
Wheelsing
Cambridge
Zanesville
New
Marion
Delaware
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Huntington
Sandusky
Lorain-Elyria
Alliance-Salem
East Liverpool
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Gallipolis
Yellow Cab Co
Police Chief Stands Trial in Dearfield Shooting Case
Ravenna Ohio May Week two session in the trial of Ralph N Stoffer former Salem police chief on a charge of shooting with intent to kill near a Dearfield restaurant May 30 Deputies wounded him six times before arrest Truck driver Joseph Vincent testified that Stoffer fired volleys from a machine gun near the restaurant and Gert Gaunt New Salem police chief said the weapon was missing from the Salem Police Department at the time
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Ravenna
Ralph N. Stoffer
Salem
Ohio
Dearfield
Stoffer
Joseph Vincent
Gert Gaunt
New Salem
Flash Fire Kills Four and Injures Mother in Michigan
Four children died and their mother Mary Courtier 25 was seriously burned when a blast and flash fire destroyed a farm home three miles northeast of Chesaning Michigan last night. The victims were daughters Marjorie five Carol Jean four Bonnie Lou eight months and son Ronald two.
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Chesaning
Mich
Saginaw
Here
Mary Courtier
Marjorie
Carol Jean
Bonnie Lou
Ronald
Halsey Joins Carlisle Tire and Rubber Board
Admiral William F. Halsey joined the Carlisle Tire & Rubber Co board in Newark aligning his civilian return from 46 years in active Navy service with a new business role. He was voted onto the board and granted an honorary CIO United Rubber Workers Local 21 membership during his inactive status.
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Newark
William F. Halsey
Carlisle
Ohio Wesleyan publicity chief resigns for Cleveland ad firm
James C. Toedtman director of publicity and journalism at Ohio Wesleyan University resigns to join D Arcy Advertising Co in Cleveland, signaling a career move within the advertising and media field.
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Delaware
James C. Toedtman
Ohio Wesleyan University
The
D'Arcy Advertising Co
Cleveland
Mayors back new federal housing plan debate rent controls
Delegates at the United States Conference of Mayors expect endorsement for a Wagner Ellender Taft style public housing bill to fund 100000 new homes annually. Taft backs reintroduction and rent control extension while Mayor Murphy supports, and Mayor Church urges reaffirmation of the 1946 rent control resolution.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Vincent Murphy
Newark
N. J
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
Murphy
Resolutions Committee
Stanley W. Church
New Rochelle
National Housing Agency
NHA
FHA
Atom Talks Slated By Marshall And Austin
Warren R. Austin, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, will begin atomic energy control and world disarmament talks with Secretary of State George C. Marshall next week. The U.S. Security Council approved delaying disarmament until Feb 4 despite Russian and Polish opposition. Austin, a longtime ally of Marshall, is seen aligning with the secretary on major policy for the postwar arms program.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Warren R. Austin
U.S
United Nations
George C. Marshall
U.S. Security Council
Austin
Marshall
Senate
Bricker Leads New Senators in Seeking Active Role
Ohio's John W. Bricker, a likely 1948 GOP presidential hopeful, announced support for extending the War Investigating Committee as 16 freshmen were invited to participate. Senator White of Maine said the move aims to organize Republicans and encourage full participation in shaping legislation.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Senate
Bricker
Congress
White
Maine
Superintendent Grover Dickson resigns from Richland County Home
Superintendent Grover C. Dickson of the Richland County Home resigned effective April 15. The announcement notes the sudden departure and follows years of service as head of the facility.
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Mansfield
Grover C. Dickson
Richland County
Anderson Seeks Advice on Crop Losses and Price Supports
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson will seek congressional guidance this week to stop an $80,000,000 loss from last year's potato surplus spreading to other products. He plans talks with the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, as wartime price supports extend through 1948. The issue looms as a major political economic challenge for the new Congress and the Truman administration.
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Washrington
Anderson
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Republican Congress
Truman
Volstead Dies in Minnesota at Granite Falls home
Andrew J. Volstead, the figurehead of Prohibition, died Monday in Granite Falls Minnesota at age 87. He served 20 years in Congress and chaired the House Judiciary Committee when the 1918 enforcement act to enact the 18th Amendment was needed. Much of that act’s drafting remained his secret until his death.
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Granite Falls
Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
United States
Minnesota
Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Volstead
General Marshall Emphatic On No Political Candidacy
General George C. Marshall, arriving to take office as Secretary of State, declared he could never be drafted for political office. He told reporters at Union Station he would not be a candidate, aiming to end all discussion of his name in politics. He noted the State Department job would be non political and tougher than his wartime role.
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Talmadge
Thompson
M. E. Thompson
Phillip Landrum
Herman Talmadge
Georgia Capitol
Atlanta
Byrnes
Marshall
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Tom Connally
Texas
Washington
George C. Marshall
Chicago
James F. Byrnes
Union Station
Truman
White House
Moscow
Germany
State Department
Army
Ohio Solons Tackle Job of Expansion
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert told a joint session in Columbus that the legislature must expand state operations with strict economy. He urged tax relief and outlined a plan to review the tax structure, citing $90 million in unappropriated postwar reserves as a warning against building large surpluses.
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Ohio Solons
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Senate House
General Assembly
Tax Department
Suspect Is Booked In Mutilation Killing
Los Angeles police booked Robert Manley 25, a pipe clamp salesman, on suspicion of murder in the grisly slaying of Elizabeth Short, 22, in Hollywood. Detectives grilled him for hours before he finally fell asleep while answering questions.
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Robert “Red” Manley
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
San Diego
Hollywood
Robert Manley
San Francisco
Kidnapping Claimed In Store Robbery Trial
Patricia Smith, 22, testified as the principal witness in the trial of Truman Rogers accused of holding up the Owen Smith drug store last April. Miss Smith, found unharmed in East Liverpool, said she was forced at gunpoint to accompany Rogers during the robbery.
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Youngstown
Patricia Smith
Truman Rogers
Owen Smith
Miss Smith
East Liverpool
Rogers
Court Will Review Schine Theater Case
The Supreme Court reversed itself and agreed to review a lower court ruling that Schine Chain Theaters Inc violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. Schine operates 93 theaters across Ohio Kentucky New York Maryland Delaware and Virginia. The government argued the chain used buying power to suppress competition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Schine Chain Theaters, Inc
Schine
Ohio
Kentucky
New York State
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Schine Chain
Judge to Hear Pleas Of High School Youths
Youngstown juvenile court to hear pleas of Arthur Chapman and Don Frohner both 16 who admitted killing William C Spieth 52 in a car theft and kidnapping plot aimed at extorting 5000 dollars from Richard Master 16 son of a local family. case stems from violent crime tied to ransom scheme.
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Youngstown
Henry P. Beckenbach
Ileas
Arthur Chapman
Don Frohner
William C. Spieth
Richard Master
Bilbo Reassures On Status After Second Month Operation
At Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, attending physicians report Senator Theo G Bilbo of Mississippi is reacting fine after his second month operation. The update confirms his post operative condition and ongoing recovery.
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Bilbo
New Orleans
Touro Infirmary
Theo G., Bilbo
Mississippi
SAM SIMMONS on county seats and government morals
SAM SIMMONS argues that state and federal foundations are built in county seats with mayors, councils, school boards, and county courts setting moral tone. He warns of graft in wealthier counties, notes lax county spending and school budgets, and cites Mason County school spending rising without efficiency gains.
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West Virginia
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CIO Steelworkers
Carnegie-Illinois Corp
Columbia Steel
American Sheet & Wire
National Tube
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Murray
Slayer
Halsey
Tire, Rubber Co
Atom
Nanking
China
President Truman
Col
J. H. Caughey
Schine Theater
Sam Simmons
Mason County
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