Truman Deflects Veep Talk as He Forecasts 1948 Victory
President Truman affirmed victory on the first ballot at the Philadelphia convention and dodged questions about withdrawing from the race. He praised McGrath, criticized the 80th Congress as a failure, and signaled Eisenhower as a potential factor while outlining key housing and TVA measures.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
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Clara Boothe Luce
R-Conn
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Interior Department
Virgin Islands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Eisenhower
New York
Columbia University
Allied Government Set-Up In Berlin Killed by Reds
Allied government in Berlin collapses after Red forces kill key leaders and seize control. Prompt tensions rise as occupation authorities scramble to restore order amid power shifts in postwar Germany.
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Berlin
Workers Win Raises in Seven Ohio Cities Across CIO Unions
CIO unions in Canton Columbus Wooster Zanesville Mount Vernon Cincinnati and Cleveland reached wage deals from seven and a half cents to 16 cents per hour. The Timken Roller Bearing Co. settlement totals about $5.13 million in back pay plus a 14 cent raise. Other accords include Alcoa Cleveland giving 10 percent, Lunkenheimer Cincinnati a staged five cent then 2 1/2 cent raise, and a 15 cent demand by Rotor Tool Cleveland workers prompting a strike.
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CIO
Ohio
United Steelworkers of America
Timkin Roller Bearing Co
Aluminum Co. of America
United Auto
C. L. Gougler Machine Co
Mattress Fire at Ambrose Hotel Causes 300 Damage
A mattress fire at Ambrose Hotel in Logan caused about 300 in damage. Fire Chief Stallsmith said a cigarette started the blaze, which confined damage to furniture and was extinguished quickly at 5 a.m.
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Logan
Ambrose
Stallsmith
One Killed One Injured In Mine Rock Fall
Coshocton reports a rock fall at Columbus Coal Mining Co. killed James Ochis Davis 31 of Tyndal and injured Roy Maple 42 of Conesville. Maple was treated at Memorial Hospital.
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Coshocton
James Ochis Davis
Tyndal
Roy Maple
Conesville
Columbus Coal Mining Co
Memorial Hospital
Fire Engulfs Downtown Pittsburgh Office Building
Firemen fought a spectacular blaze in a downtown Pittsburgh office building for nearly two hours today. The incident disrupted activities and drew a large emergency response.
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Pittsburgh
Type designer Morris Fuller Benton dies in Morristown
Morristown. N J Morris Fuller Benton aged 74 former chief type designer of the American Type Foundry Co died yesterday at his home He was a renowned figure in typography and helped shape American type design during his tenure with the company.
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Morristown
N. J
Morris Fuller Benton
American Type Foundry Co
They Leave Only Weeds Invasive Grasshoppers Hit Bassfield Fields
In Bassfield Mississippi a green storm of grasshoppers moves through corn and cotton fields. Farmers fight back with a poison mix of white arsenic wheat bran and sawdust. Bill Dorris expects results within 36 hours as new outbreaks emerge within seven miles of Bassfield.
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Miss
Mississippi
Bill Dorris
Pollution Pact Signed By 8 States
Governors of seven states and a representative of one more signed a compact creating a joint authority to prevent pollution of the Ohio River Valley streams. The pact covers about 20 million people across 200000 square miles, with sewage disposal plants as the main clean water tool. A commission will draft administration plans and hold its first meeting today as President Truman telegraphed he signed the Barkley Taft anti stream pollution bill.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
Indiana
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Truman
Barkley-Taft
Early Start Pledged On Probe of FCC
Special House committee will begin investigating the Federal Communications Commission immediately. Chairman Harness of Indiana announced the inquiry will focus on radio license grants to owners or operators alleged to be communists.
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Washington
House
Federal Communications Commission
Harness
R-Ind
Petain’s Brother Dies in Bethune
Bethune France 87 year old An toine Petain younger brother of ex Marshal Philippe Petain died today at his home in Bethune France. He had long been known as a relative of the Vichy regime figure. The death closes a long rural life in northern France.
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Bethune
France
Antoine Petain
Philippe Petain
Dewey Attacks Bipartisan Foreign Policy Shortfall
Gov Thomas E Dewey claimed his 1944 bipartisan foreign policy largely applies to United Nations affairs and not to Greece Turkey Potsdam or China He spoke after a meeting with foreign affairs adviser John Foster Dulles and urged Dulles to accept a UN General Assembly post for Paris next fall.
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N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
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China
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Executive Mansion
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
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Assembly
Paris
Quake Victims Periled by Floods in Fukui Japan
Rain drenches funeral pyres as flood risks rise in Fukui and Ishikawa after a major quake. Levees breached by the tremor threaten refugees and homes. two rescuers were injured by falling debris amid aftershocks. Official tolls show 3,254 dead and 7,521 injured, similar to U S sources.
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Japan
Tokyo
Fukui Ge Ishikawa
U. S. Eighth Army
Reckless flying charged in Columbus case
Warwick Rowland aged 18 appeared before Common Pleas Judge John R. King and pleaded guilty to reckless flying and was grounded for three years.
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Columbus
Warwick Rowland
Common Pleas
John R. King
Tomato Outlook Described as Good for Ohio Harvest
Washington reports from the Agriculture Department indicate Ohio will harvest most crops in June and July with favorable cabbage yields in southeast areas and a prolonged Marietta season due to rain. Tomato marketing in Ohio starts July 4 to 10, peaking late July, with replanting possible after early blight.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
Agriculture Department
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Marietta
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Stark County
Freezing Temperatures Reach Wisconsin as Heat Abates East
Cold air pushed into northern Wisconsin with a low near Land O Lakes while Chicago saw a July like low of 53.2, close to the 1885 record of 52.6. The eastern states faced cooler mornings but hotter conditions persisted in other areas.
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Wisconsin
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War Hero Among Dead In Airplane Crash
Five Navy reserve fliers died when a twin engine transport crashed five miles north of Fredericks. One pilot, Allen W. Smith known as Snuffy, earned the label war hero for downing a Tojo bomber and helping sink two Japanese cruisers.
4800 U S War Dead To Arrive From Italy
The army transport Carroll Victory is due in New York Tuesday with the remains of 4,800 American war dead. They are the first to be returned from Italian battlefields of World War II, many buried at Nettuno military cemetery after the Anzio campaign.
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Carroll Victory
Anzio
U. S
Nettuno
Fire and Explosions Cause $100,000 Damage at Electroplating Firm
Two Toledo firemen and a company employee were slightly injured as a fire and a series of chemical explosions damaged Hilfinger Co. an electroplating firm. The blaze began in a metal cleaning solvent and the cause remains undetermined.
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Hilfinger Co
World War I General of Meuse Argonne Dies
Maj. Gen. Preston Brown aged 76, retired U S Army, former Third Division commander in Meuse Argonne, died last night in Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. He served as assistant chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Force in November 1912.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Preston Brown
U. S. Army
Anti Reds Seize Plane Over Bulgaria in In-Flight Battle
Bulgarian anti-Communists fought with Communists aboard a Junkers 52 plane from Varna to Sofia. The airliner landed in Istanbul with 19 aboard. the pilot was dead and two crewmen wounded after a bloody in-flight takeover.
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Bulgaria
Varna
Black Sea
Sofia
Gray Drug Store Sued For $25,000 Damages
Mrs. Minnie Garfield of Leavenworth Kansas filed a $25,000 damage suit against Gray's Drug Store yesterday. She alleges eye injuries from a clerk juggling an orange on January 4, with glass splinters piercing her eyes after her glasses shattered.
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Columbus
Minnie Garfield
Leavenworth
Kan
Gray’s Drug Store
Canadian Chieftain To Resign Next Fall
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King said in Parliament he will resign next fall. In his farewell address he stated he would return to office if war broke out. Parliament gave him an ovation as the 73 year old leader departs after taking office October 23, 1935.
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Ottawa
W.L. Mackenzie King
Water and incinerator workers extend July 13 pay raise deadline
AFL affiliated municipal workers in East Liverpool vote to extend to July 13 a fixed deadline for council action on their request for a pay raise.
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East Liverpool
Druggist Ward Passes Ohio Pharmacist Exam
Wilbur J. Ward of Cheshire has passed the examination for registration as a pharmacist, the Ohio Pharmacy Board announced today.
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Columbus
Wilbur J. Ward
Cheshire
Ohio Pharmacy Board
Sam Bryant Showboatman Dies at 92 in Point Pleasant
Sam Bryant aged 92 a longtime showboat man for 40 years died Wednesday at Holzer Hospital of pneumonia. He was born in Enmore England immigrating to the United States in 1884. Survived by wife Violet son Capt Billy Bryant granddaughter Mrs Betty Herod and great granddaughter Aliene Herod. Residence 2 Victory Heights. Funeral 2:30 pm Friday at Franklin funeral home with burial postponed for Bryant family mausoleum in Suncrest Cemetery.
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Sam Bryant
Holzer Hospital
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United States
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Capt
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Victory Heights
Franklin Funeral Home
Suncrest Cemetery
Through With Patities Says Clare Booth Luce
Clare Boothe Luce announced she is through with politics as a potential officeholder and campaigner. She cites the Dewey Warren Republican ticket as already electable and says she wishes to return to writing, her first love.
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Ridgefield
Conn
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
License Denied Again To Dayton Rest Home
The State Division of Aid for the Aged refused for the fourth time in six years to grant a rest home license to Mrs. Betty Cochrane of Dayton. The denial cites abuse of patients, inadequate personnel, failure to provide medical care, and poor housekeeping at the Dayton facility.
Ice Cream Firm Hikes Prices Ten Percent
Cleveland based Belle-Vernon Co. the state's largest dairy producer raised wholesale ice cream prices about 10 percent. Bulk ice cream prices climbed 15 cents per gallon and packaged ice cream by 2 1/2 cents per pint. Retailers expected to pass the rise to consumers.
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Cleveland
Telling- Belle-Vernon Co
Ohio
U S Rubber Increases Tire and Tube Prices
United States Rubber Co. announced a price hike on tires and tubes by five to seven and one half percent, effective immediately. The move raises costs for retailers and consumers, signaling tighter margins for the tire industry.
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New York
United States Rubber Co
Drowning of Pittsburgh Teen at Indian Lake
William R. Haywood 16 of Pitcairn Pennsylvania, vacationer, drowned in Indian Lake near Bellefontaine Ohio yesterday.
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William R. Haywood
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Labor Chief's Post Spurned By Steelman
President Truman said John R. Steelman declined the appointment as secretary of labor saying he is more valuable as a presidential assistant. Steelman has focused on labor matters and the railroad wage dispute. Truman has not named a replacement after the death of Lewis Schwellenbach.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Repairs on Route 124 in southeast Athens county
Maintenance Supt. Harry Richards reports repairs begun June 28 on four miles of State Route 124 from the Meigs County line to the Washington County line. Crews grade and ditch the road, widen for two lanes, resurface with gravel. Project expected to take two weeks.
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Hockingport
Meigs County
Washington County
Ohio River
Harry Richards
Milk price boost hit Portsmouth retailers
Retail price of a quart of milk rose by two and a half cents in Portsmouth today after distributors announced the increase last night. The new price is 22 and a half cents per quart with dairy by products rising proportionately.
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Portsmouth
Engineer Resigns After 41 Years with Engineers
Charles F E Hammell aged 60, a civilian employee of the Ohio River Division Corps of Engineers for 41 years, resigned yesterday from the post of maintenance advisor.
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Cincinnati
Charles FE. Hammell
Ohio River Division Corps of Engineers
Wage Dispute Settlement Reached at International Harvester
The International Harvester Co and the CIO United Farm Equipment Workers settled a prolonged wage dispute after a strike by about 35,000 union members across nine plants. The new contract increases wages by 11 cents an hour and retains old contract provisions, to be voted on at union headquarters in Chicago.
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International Harvester Co
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers
Social bans on teachers threaten high grade recruitment
At Bowling Green State University the NEA conference heard Dr. C. O. Williams of Pennsylvania State College say social restrictions on teachers deter recruitment of intelligent, well-rounded educators. He warned the public risks losing capable teachers unless reforms allow them to be natural while maintaining professional standards. The four day meeting drew 400 educators from 46 states.
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Bowling Green State University
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