Fairless Urges Truman Call Industry Conclave To Consider Wage Hike
Fairless calls on President Truman to convene industrial leaders for guidance on a wage increase the economy can sustain without inflation risk. CIO steelworkers push to convert government steel plants to private operation and back 18 percent raise. A 1500 trainmen strike on three shuttle lines in Chicago is halted, easing freight flow for 21 railroads.
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Fairless
Truman
U. S. Steel
B. F. Fairless
CIO Steelworkers
Chicago
Ohio Power Rail Strike Vote Neared
As the steel strike widens Ohio faces possible walkouts by railroad and power workers. A F Whitney says 315000 railroad members may strike if no offer arrives, with ballots over three weeks. Ohio Power Co utilities union wage talks fail in Zanesville and a March 6 strike threat looms. Local unrest continues with minor Cincinnati incidents and possible federal mediation steps.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Railroad and Power Company
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Zanesville
Ohio Power Co
CIO Utilities Workers Union
Dayton Power and Light Co
Ohio Edison Co
Frank J Lausche
Columbus
Grand
Alyanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Washington
Railroad Brotherhoods
National (Railway) Mediation Board
GOP Drives Economy Cut Against Independent Offices Bill
Republicans press an economy drive on the first 1955 congressional appropriation bill, the 5.594 billion independent offices measure. Leader Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. backs cuts where they won’t affect essential services as the Veterans Administration funding faces reduction in the same proposal.
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Washington
House
Congress
G.O.P
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Veterans’ Administration
T the Lion
Martin
Deputy in California Denies Killing of Wife
Arthur Eggers deputy sheriff of Los Angeles County denied killing his wife. He returned to the county jail after a San Bernardino trip during which he identified a decapitated, handless body as his spouse. Capt Gordon Bowers said Eggers would face further questioning on suspicion of murder.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Eggers
San Bernardino
Gordon Bowers
Eggers
Light sought on Pearl Harbor probe by Ferguson
Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged more light on how the Army kept prewar secrets. Questions arose after Maj. Gen. Short presented new evidence supporting his claim that Washington bore blame for Pearl Harbor, not the Hawaii commander. Berlin reports Germany’s wartime potato patch plan follows British orders to convert Tiergarten into a spud field.
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Washington
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Weather shifts as cold warm air masses race across U S
Alternate cold and warm air masses move across the country bringing frigid conditions to some areas and milder mid winter weather to others. Greenville Maine records nine degrees below zero while a 15 degree belt spans from Pennsylvania to Central North Carolina.
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Chicago
Ohio
Dakotas
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
British Offered Ferrying Shift
The United States offers Britain 11 Liberty ships as a substitute for troop ferries aboard the Queen Mary at about 100 dollars per soldier. Officials say no decision has been made. Since lend-lease ended, the Queen Mary has repatriated 84,804 troops and the Queen Elizabeth 29,392.
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Washington
United States
Britain
U.S. Run
Ohio Dairymen Slam Butter Price Control
At the Ohio Dairy Products Association annual convention in Columbus 700 delegates criticized federal price controls on butter calling them artificial and harmful. They urged revision to boost butter production and restore profit margins, arguing current policies have driven butter output to historic lows.
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Columbus
Ohio Dairy Products Association
Association
Destroyer Stewarts Recaptured After Jap Capture
The battered destroyer USS Stewart was taken by Japanese forces early in 1942 and written off by the U S Navy. It has been recaptured and is homeward bound, marking a notable wartime recovery effort amid Pearl Harbor coverage.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy
Stewart
Congress Targets Employers Over Labor Fees After War Strikes
Washington reports a postwar push to pressure management over workers amid strikes. Lawmakers debate abolition or modification of tax rebates for corporations with profits rebounding after the war, and consider penalties for unions violating no strike pacts. The debate cites figures on wartime labor stoppages and profits.
Gallipolis Man Flees and Returns to San Quentin
Wilbur Streeter of Gallipolis Ohio, indicted for the murder of Charles Addis in Ironton Ohio, fled San Quentin on Christmas Eve and was found working at a Woodland California sugar refinery. He was serving five years to life for a San Francisco holdup and is wanted in Ohio for a murder in dictment related to a 1943 kidnap robbing case.
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San Quentin
Calif
Wilbur Street
Jler
Gallipolis
San Francisco
Buckeye
Charles Addis
Ironton
Addis
Otway
Scioto County
Marvin A. Kelly
Portsmouth
Streeter
Southern Ohio Counties Get Forest Refund
Eleven counties in southeastern Ohio will share 6652 in 1945 fiscal receipts from the Wayne National Forest. The U S Department of Agriculture forest service notes the refund equals 25 percent of gross receipts returned to counties. County allocations include Athens 471, Gallia 125, Hocking 1291, Jackson 24, Lawrence 2577, Monroe 284, Perry 797, Ross 7, Scioto 311, Wins ton 174, Washington 586.
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Columbus
Tfi
Ohio
Wayne National Forest
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
National Forest Service
National Forest
C. L. Harrison
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Monroe
Perry
Ross
Scioto
Winston
Washington
Army surplus buildings at Marion Ohio eyed for use
Senator Huffman said the Scioto Ordnance Works administration buildings in Marion will be released by the Army once surplus property and War Department officials finalize details. Both the state and city want the site, with Governor Lausche noting it was designed for a state hospital and Rep. Smith seeking transfer to the city for veterans housing.
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Washington
Sciolo Ordnance Works Administration
Marion
Ohio
War Department
Huffman
Frank Lausche
Rep. Smith
Columbus Base Named for 477th Composite Group
Lockbourne Army Air Base in Columbus designated permanent base for the 477th Composite Group. its Negro members will be transferred immediately from Godman Field Kentucky. RAF plans to operate the base as an all weather station may remain unchanged according to War Department statement.
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Columbus
Lockbourne Army Air Base
477Th
Godman Field
War Department
Lockbourne
RAF
Court orders removal of body from family vault in Norwalk case
Ohio appeals court ruled that Elsie Hume Pratt must remove her second husband Worth Pratt from the Case vault in Norwalk. The decision upheld the sanctity of graves, awarding Mrs Bertha Case Brownlee $2,500 damages after she sought to remove the late Worth Pratt and preserve the family vault.
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Toledo
Elsie Hume Case Pratt
Norwalk
District Court of Appeals
Bertha Case Brownlee
Francis ‘B. Case
Stepmoth
Worth Sc. Pratt
Case
Pratt
Brownlee
Mexico plans swap five US destroyers for five borrowed chasers
Sources close to the Mexican navy department said Mexico planned to exchange five submarine chasers borrowed from the United States during the war for five American destroyers.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Byrnes urges UN action to curb atomic armament race
U S Secretary James F Byrnes urged the United Nations to move quickly to prevent a world atomic arms race as the World Security Council planned to meet on Iran Greece and Indonesia disputes Anrei Vishinsky arrived from Moscow praising the proposed atomic commission The IIzaak Walton League offered two dollar bounties for foxes in Seneca County after county commissioners approved three dollar payments per fox
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London
U. S
James F. Byrnes
United Nations
World Security Council
Iran
Greece
Indonesia
Byrnes
Assembly
United States
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Atomic Commission
Seneca County
Izaak Walton League
Fewer Teenagers Work Permits In Ohio Drop From War Peak
The Ohio Department of Industrial Relations reports 127,553 work permits were issued to teenagers last year, down about 62,000 from the prior year. Minors’ employment peaked in 1944 at 189,286 permits.
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Columbus
UPI
Department of Industrial Relations
29 000 French Hostages Shot in Nazi Occupation
MERNBERG UP France charged today that the Nazis executed at least 29 000 innocent hostages during the occupation. Charles DuBost the new prosecutor before the international military tribunal attributed prime responsibility to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and Hermann Goering. He said Keitel ordered 50 to 100 French Communists shot for each German killed and similar orders were sent to commanders in Belgium Norway Holland Denmark the Ukraine Serbia and Greece.
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Bel-gium
Norway
Holland
Denmark
Ukraine
Serbia
Greece
World Free Press Urged by Americans at UN Assembly
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, US delegate to the United Nations, says a world free press resolution should be pressed to a conclusion at the assembly's second session in two or three months. The remark follows a cable from Kent Cooper of AP seeking U S clarification on taking action toward convening an international conference to safeguard world press freedom.
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NEW York
Arhur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
United Nations Assembly
Assembly
London
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
United States
Mother at 12 Gives Birth in Albuquerque Hospital
A 12 year old mother delivered a 6 pound girl at a local Albuquerque hospital Friday. Dr Z W Hannett reported both mother and infant in good health and recovering well.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Z. W. Hannett
AFL workers to return as government runs plants
Government moves to run struck packing plants while a large segment of the 263000 workers remain on strike since January 16. AFL leaders promise 70000 to return Saturday as Loyal Americans, CIO factions debate return under wage demands or national orders. Agriculture officials confer with major packers as wage hearings continue and meat supplies tighten.
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Associated Press
White House
CIO
AFL
Agriculture Department
Gayle G. Armstrong
Agriculture
Anderson
Washington
OPA
Labor Strikes Grow as Auto and Steel Idle Reach New Highs
In Detroit the CIO United Auto Workers plan to resume wage talks with Ford and Chrysler after a nine week General Motors strike leaves 175,000 idle amid a 30 per cent wage demand. Steel stoppages add 14,000 to total 1,635,000 out of work. 52 West Virginia Pennsylvania Alabama coal mines closed. fear of wider curtailment grows. Industry officials dispute offers while government hints at possible price support if settlements occur.
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Washington
Truman
Isbor
United States Steel Corporation
White House
House
Rep
Biemiller
Wis
U. & Steel Company
Biemilter
OPA
Labor Department
House Military Committee
Iby
House Interstate Committee
Ito
House Labor Committee
Byrd
Securities and Exchange Commission
CIO
Philip Murray
LaFollette
Ind
National Labor Relations Board
Bailey
W. Va
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Iron Age
Clo-Umw
Murray
Fairless
Amere Jican Iron and Steel Institute
Navy plans atom bomb test against 97 ships at Bikini
The Navy outlined the May start for a sea battle experiment using a guinea pig fleet of 97 vessels at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Carriers battleships submarines transports and landing craft would be the atomic target as the operation aims to transform sea warfare.
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Washington
Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
Japan
Rescue of 4300 Japs by Yank Ship in Orient
The Brevard I arrived at Shanghai with nearly all of the 4,300 Japanese survivors from the Eno Shima Maru which sank after hitting a mine six miles off the Yangtze mouth. The ship's crew reported the repatriation vessel sank rapidly, and 99 percent of those aboard were saved.
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Orient
Shanghai—A
Yangtze
Senate to reject any plan to end filibuster
Administration aides release a poll showing the Senate would refuse to break the FEPC filibuster using the gag rule. More than 36 senators oppose forcing an end to debate on a measure to establish a permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission.
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Washington
Lpi
Toda
Senate
FEPC
Ste
Administration to Face Clash Over Easing Price Controls
Washington prepares for a high level clash as Bowles resists broad price increases while aides push for more liberal interpretation. Officials say Agriculture Secretary Anderson presses for higher meat and butter prices and other agencies seek wage policy moves to spur output of essential goods.
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Sai
Mi Leway
OPA
Essen
Ce . Bowles
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U.S
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Chester Bowles
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