Portal pay suits rise as government backs tighter rules
A federal government push in Congress and the courts targets portal pay claims under the Wage-Hour Act. The Justice Department seeks dismissals of retroactive time claims while lawmakers press for rapid remedies amid large potential costs to Army Navy contractors and other agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
GOP
Senate Policy Committee
Frank A. Picard
Detroit
Portal
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Makeready
Supreme Court
Picard
Army
Navy
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Treasury
J. P. Wendel
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Committee On unAmerican
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ben Riskin
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Riskin
Communist Party
Former congressman May and Garsson brothers deny charges
Andrew J. May and Henry and Murray Garsson with Joseph Freeman pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud the government in U S District Court. Judge Bolitha Laws set March 19 for trial and bail was $2000 for each defendant.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Garsson Brothers
Bolitha Laws
U.S. District Court
Kentucky
Henry and Murray Garsson
Joseph Freeman
Garssons
Freeman
Congresseman
Justice Laws
May
Illinois
Associated Press
Charlottesville
Publi
Juse Tie Bolitha J
Joseph F. Freeman
Robert
Tom Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Murray Garsson
Garsson
Unions Take A Wait And See Stance On State Labor Curbs
In Columbus unions adopt a wait and see approach on bills to outlaw closed shops curb strikes and tighten union accountability in Ohio. GOP sponsors Rep William R Van Aken and Rep Charles H Veach push measures while Gov Herbert weighs cabinet feedback before commenting. A labor management civil rights commission and an Ohio fair employment practices bill are proposed with funds sought for their operations.
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Columbus
Ohio
CIO
AFL
General Assembly
William R. van Aken
Cleveland
Charles H. Veach
Putnam County
Labor
State Administration
Chamber of Commerce
House of Representatives
Thomas J. Herbert
van Aken
Senate
Raymond E. Hildebrand
R-Lucas
Toledo
Ohio Fair Employment Practices Commission
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
House
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
G. D. Tablack
George D. Ellis
Mahoning
Battle over $3 debt leads to standoff in Cleveland
Isaac Richardson, 53, charged with discharging firearms after firing at a neighbor over a $3 debt. He barricaded his East Side home. police sues and nine squads surrounded the residence before Richardson surrendered without injuries.
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Cleveland
Isaac
Richardson
Riverboat Family Heads For Cincy On Inland Voyage
Mr and Mrs Warren Christiansen hoisted anchor aboard their home made boat the Tantalus and headed for Cincinnati the next stop on their inland waterway voyage to Minnesota They began their journey from near Columbus last year but were stranded on a sand bar downstream
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Portsmouth
Warren Christiansen
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Christiansen
Columbus
Three Die in Minneapolis Showroom Explosions
Three firemen died and seven were injured in a Minneapolis showroom and garage blast and collapse. Fire followed by explosions trapped victims amid heavy smoke and a collapsing tiled concrete floor.
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Minneapolis
Cincinnati Man Named Liquor Board Chairman
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert announced William F. Hess of Cincinnati as chairman of the State Board of Liquor Control and his reappointment to a new four year term beginning February 1 Hess will succeed Mrs Maude McQuate as board chairman Hess is a Republican and will serve with the board as a member for the term
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
William F. Hess
Cincinnati
State Board of Liquor Control
Hess
Maude McQuate
New Cincy Dam To Save City Millions
Cincinnati's Mill Creek Dam will provide about 2.04 million dollars yearly in flood control benefits for 50 years while costing about 10 million to build. Lt. Gen. R A Wheeler and Sen. Robert A Taft spoke at the dedication luncheon noting the 1750 foot long 83 foot crest barrier on the Ohio River between the river and Cincinnati's industrial core.
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Cincinnati
Mill Creek
Queen City
R. A. Wheeler
Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio River
General Wheeler
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Radio Hinted In V-2 Flight
The Army reports progress in making the V-2 a guided missile directed from the ground by radio signals. The test released details of an all American guidance system aboard the rocket and a gadget that adjusted the gyroscope to alter its course.
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White Sands
N. M
Wooster Postmaster Named Chief of Staff of 37th Infantry
Col Julius A Stark Wooster postmaster and World War II veteran was appointed chief of staff of the 37th Infantry Division by Maj Gen Leo M Kreber. Stark previously served as chief of staff of the 14th Corps in the Pacific and was last seen as assistant director at Officers' Candidate School Ft Benning Ga.
Twelve Republic Steel workers plead guilty in payroll scam
Twelve Republic Steel Corp. employees admitted receiving and concealing stolen property tied to a payroll padding scheme in municipal court. They were sentenced to 30 days in jail.
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Youngstown
Republic Steel Corp
Canton Gas Well Blown In Produces 4 Million CF Daily
Canton Ohio city park lands gas well began producing after blowing in late yesterday at Cook Park. Markley Oil and Gas Co owner Eugene R. Markley reports output at 4 million cubic feet per day and plans to sell to East Ohio Gas Co. at 18 cents per thousand. The City Park Department will receive a quarter of the revenue under contract.
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Canton
O.—P
City Park
Eugene R. Markley
Markley Oil & Gas Co
Cook Park
City Park Department
Markley
East Ohio Gas Co
Fire Forces Evacuation at Nettie Kelly Nursing Home
In Parkersburg West Virginia twenty three elderly patients were evacuated safely from the Nettie Kelly Nursing Home after a fire started in the attic during attempts to thaw frozen water pipes.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Nettie Kelly
State probes jail prison feeding costs in West Virginia
SAM SIMMONS remarks on a legislature inquiry into prisoner feeding in county jails. Costs range 47 to 62 cents a day by county size, with Mason County paying around 57 cents for under a dozen inmates. Larger counties hold 200 to 500 prisoners, and if costs rise, sheriffs face higher taxpayer bills.
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Ernest Hesson
Mason County
West Virginia
Control necessary in rubber industry in postwar era
P W Litchfield of Goodyear argues continued government control on natural rubber purchases and imports is needed beyond March 31 to avoid a boom bust in the market. He notes a 15 000 long ton second quarter deficit and warns that premature free market exposure could spark speculative price spikes harming American consumers.
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Akron
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Litchfield
Goodyear Executive
American Consumer of Rubber Products Millions of Dollars.” Litchfield
Old 36 Two Lights Surprise B & O Dispatcher
In Zanesville Edwin Staley a Baltimore and Ohio signal tower operator reported seeing Old 36 with two headlights. He signaled and realized the double was a truck on the railroad right of way. Police halted the truck and driver Charles F Irvin of Gratiot was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Zanesville
Edwin Staley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Staley
Charles F. Irvin
Gratiot
Four Accidents Prove Fatal To Six Ohioans
The Associated Press reports four deadly incidents in Ohio. A hit-skip killed John B. Goodman and Oron T. Collins in Columbus as George H. Hailey was arrested. A Canton toddler, David Hunt, died in a shooting. Warren rail crossings claimed W L Barrick and Janko Rajikc, while Nimon V Crawford of Genoa was killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad train.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Canton
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
George H. Hailey
London
John B. Goodman
Oron T. Collins
Hailey
Warren
Erie Railroad
Burton Crossing
W. L. Barrick
Janko Rajikc
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nimon V. Crawford
Genoa
David Hunt
City Workers Win Pay Hike After Strike
Portsmouth city council approved about $71,600 in annual wage increases for all municipal workers. The package adds 10 cent hourly raises and about 12 percent salary hikes effective today, with police and fire base pay rising to $180 monthly first year, $190 second, up to $205 later. 100 service department workers had just ended a 22 day strike for higher pay.
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Portsmouth
Service Department
Laraine Day Wins Temporary Court Delay
Los Angeles report states actress Laraine Day wife of Leo Durocher secured a temporary delay from a judge’s order to show cause why her California divorce decree from last Monday should not be set aside. Her lawyers say she does not wish to flout the court’s judgment and dignity.
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Los Angeles
Laraine Day
Leo Durocher
California
Miss Day
Ohio Western Union Asks Telegram Rate Increases
Western Union seeks higher telegram charges in Ohio. The company applied to the State Public Utilities Commission for a 3 cent rise on 10 word straight intercity wires and a 0.25 cent increase for each additional word, effective February 14.
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Columbus
Ohio
Western Union
State Public Utilities Commission
Committee Chief Named for Ohio Presbyterian Synod
Rev. E. S. Henrickson of Lorain elected chairman of the Ohio Presbyterian Synod committee on Christian Education. The appointment was announced yesterday in Wooster, Ohio.
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Wooster
O.—P
E. S. Henrickson
Lorain
Ohio Presbyterian Synod
Family Men Driven From Teaching By Finances
Ohio teachers with families face leaving the profession due to financial strain. Alfred C. Stein, Snyder Park Junior High School, Springfield, notes two dwindling options: take supplementary jobs causing fatigue or require the wife to work, harming child raising.
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Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Alfred C. Stein
Snyder Park
Springfield Banks at Lack Of Air Service
Thomas D. Hodge, Springfield Ohio car solicitor, told the Civil Aeronautics Board that Springfield is the only U S city of 100 000 without air service in any direction and that current feeder plans are wholly inadequate He noted Transworth and Western Air lines eyed a mid point stop while Eastern and Delta also sought service The CAB examiner recommended approval only of feeder service by Great Lakes Airlines which Hodge called a new paper company and inadequate
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Washington
Springfield
Ohio
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Thomas D. Hodge
Transworth
Western Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Delta Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines
Hodge
Steubenville Gas Blast Tears Apart Three-Story Building
A gas leak caused a series of explosions that ripped a three-story building apart in Steubenville early yesterday. The blast threw the front 40 feet and damaged seven nearby homes. Witness Burns Leonard, 45, was struck by a flying door while reporting the event. firefighter Edward Jackson suffered a head burn in a secondary blast.
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Steubenville
Burns Leonard
Edward Jackson
Freight Train Hits Gasoline Truck in Cincinnati Crash
A Big Four freight train crashed into a tractor trailer carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline in Cincinnati. An explosion and fire injured three trainmen and set the locomotive ablaze. Tractor driver Arthur Fitzpatrick of Columbus reported the truck stalled moments before impact.
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Cincinnati
Arthur Fitzpatrick
Columbus
Fitzpatrick
Flood Floods Eight Floors Of Drake Hotel In Philadelphia
Fifty thousand gallons of water flooded the eight top floors of the Drake Hotel, then spilled into the street from open windows. A broken connection to a large water tank atop the building caused the flood and created miniature waterfalls.
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Philadelphia
Drake
U S Relations With Argentina To Be Argued
Washington reports indicate a clash between Assistant Secretary Spruille Braden and Ambassador George Messersmith over Argentina policy. President Truman and Secretary Marshall discuss swift resolution. Messersmith, seeking changes to Braden’s stance, remains in Washington to present his case.
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U. S
Argentina
Washington
Spruille Braden
George Messersmith
Marshall
Truman
United States
Messersmith
Braden
Peron
Diphtheria Quarantines 41 Mifflin Township Families
Columbus reports a diphtheria outbreak labeled epidemic by County Health Commissioner H L Mitchell. Ten more Mifflin Township families were quarantined and six new active cases raised the township total to 15, with 41 families under quarantine due to the epidemic first detected last week in township schools.
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Columbus
Mifflin Township
H. L. Mitchell
Union sues B. F. Goodrich for 26 million dollars
The United Rubber Workers filed a portal-to-portal suit against the Akron based B. F. Goodrich Co for 26 million dollars marking the first union action of its kind in the area.
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AKRON
Akron Rubber Company
CIQ
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
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House Un-American Activities Committee
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Des Moines
Labor-Management-Citizens Commission
Cincy
Liquor Board
Cincy Dam
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