Tire Strike Leaders Demand Investigation in Akron Plants
CIO United Rubber Workers leaders for about 33,000 workers at Firestone and Goodyear plants in Akron appeal for an immediate Senate committee inquiry into the Akron labor situation. They claim no tires are being produced in Akron and urge federal oversight amid the strike.
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Tire
AKRON
CIO United Rubber
Senate’ Committee
Alron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Ane
Goodyear Tire ‘and Rubber Co
Senate
Goodyear Firestone Strike Widens In Akron Rubber Center
Dispute pits Goodyear and Firestone against workers as 24,000 Akron rubber workers face plant shutdowns. Goodyear strike hits 17th day with no settlement while 16,700 idle wartime production workers face temporary relief suspensions. Draft boards pressure consider moving workers into Army. state officials threaten universal induction if stoppage continues. Firestone and Goodyear faced wage and benefit clashes amid war production concerns.
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Tanne HK
Firestone
C. v Goodyear
Bniom
Akron Rubber
Aix
Seiberling Rubber Co
Goodyear
National War Labor Board
Vacana
Wheeler
Summit County
Selective Service
Speaker Warns Charter Weakness Threatens World Peace
Dr Ray ford W Logan of Howard University Graduate School warns that the peace charter’s domestic jurisdiction clause could allow a strong power to threaten world peace without UN intervention. He spoke to 300 at An Hoch college’s 10 day Institute on enduring peace noting dangers to Protestants Jews and Catholics and to trade unions.
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United Nations
Rayford W. Logan
Howard University
Pennsylvania Glass Workers End Strike
Cleveland official announces city ceilings pegged to Office of Price Administration levels, with about 3,000 workers at Ford City and Plate Glass Co. resuming work. Workers at five other plants returned to jobs as the strike ends in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh area.
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Cleveland
Frank D. Celebreeze
Office of Price Administration
Ford City
Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co
Youngstown Man Elected Ohio Eagles Chief at Columbus Meeting
Harold E. Snett of Youngstown was elected president of Ohio Eagles at a war emergency committee meeting in Columbus Saturday. The gathering replaced the annual state convention and focused on wartime efforts.
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Youngstown
Harold E. Snett
Ohio Eagles
Columbus
Authorize Tire Stocks For Veis in Business
Washington reports 2 OPA day policy authorizes veterans and small businesses to obtain limited tire stocks. Effective Friday, veterans may stock 10 passenger tires, several small and two large truck tires, and six tractor tires.
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Washington
OPA
Miami U Instructors To Europe For Army Occupation Training
Miami University faculty Dr. William Jones and Dr. W J McNiff departed for New York and then Europe to join the War Department university training program for the army of occupation. Bodies of 12 American soldiers killed in a train wreck near here were recovered. Former President Oscar Raimondo Benevides died in a Lima hospital after a heart attack.
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Miami U
Europe
Miami University
Willia Jones
W. J. McNiff
New York
War Department
Army of Occupation
Here
Lima
Presi- Gem
Oscar Raimondo Benevides
Marine Band May Play At Columbus in Fall
The U S Marine Corps band may be sent to the national encampment of the GAR in Columbus Ohio in September pending presidential approval. A bill authorizing the trip passed the Senate today and was sent to the White House.
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Marine Band
Columbus
Washington
U. S. Marine Corps
GAR
Ohio
Senate
White House
Army Deserter Captured After Two-Year Hunt
In Poplar Bluff Missouri Clifford Hart a 29 year old Army deserter living as an Ozark Hills hermit for over two years was wounded and captured after authorities converged on him He was being treated for buckshot wounds after a highway patrolman shot him when he reached for a rifle Gerald B Norris an FBI agent said Hart ignored an order to surrender and attempted to arm himself
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Poplar Bluff
Chlifford Hart
Ozark Hills
Gerald B. Norris
FBI
Hart
Many Rallies Scheduled for Fourth in Ohio
Ohio celebrates Independence Day with rallies across Columbus and Cleveland and events in towns state wide. Lt. Comdr. Joseph T. O Callahan will speak in Cleveland while Gen. Jacob L. Devers speaks in Columbus Franklin Park. War plants pause for the holiday though Dayton plants and Wright and Patterson Fields may stay on schedule.
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Columbus
Franklin Park
Youngstown Steel Mills
Dayton
Wright and Patterton Fields
Tradition May End Deadlock On FEPC Funding
Fradition would end deadlock blocking funds for 16 war agencies and the Fair Employment Practice Committee FEPC. Chairman Zannon D Mo would seek rules committee approval to allow a war agencies bill without FEPC financing at that time. FEPC supporters would push to amend to permit floor consideration of financing the agency to curb employment discrimination.
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Zannon
D-Mo
House’ Appropriations Committee
Senate
Rules Committee
House
FEPC
Senators Hope Charter Vote Is Unanimous
Washington Senator Green says many senators expect the United Nations Charter to be ratified unanimously as hearings begin on the historic pact. An AP poll suggests a two thirds plus majority in favor, with debates to parse the seven pound document before a vote. Ed McAncr Stettialts, former secretary of state and Truman choice, to testify first.
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Washington
Green
D-Ri
League of Nations
Associated Press
Acancr
Truman
United States
Food May Be Issue in 1946 Campaign
Republican national chairman Herbert Brownell Jr said the food issue could lead the 1946 congressional drive. He noted Truman admin rejected a food czar and changes to price controls, saying Washington has taken responsibility. Ohio Welfare Conference may be postponed due to travel limits with regional meetings planned in Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Akron Toledo Youngstown Dayton Canton Lima Portsmouth and Marietta. George Fetter of Springfield named commander of Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars at the 25th annual meeting, succeeding Thomas H. Feltz of Hamilton.
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Chicago
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Truman
Brownell
Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams
Cleveland
Cincinaah
Akron
Toledo
Youngstown
Dayton
Canton
Lima
Portsmouth
Marietta
George Fetter
Springfield
Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas H. Feltz
Hamilton
Boy Drowns in YMCA Pool in Painesville Tragedy
Jerry Filangan eight year old boy drowned in the YMCA pool in Painesville after officials said he and his six year old brother were ordered from the pool by a custodian but apparently returned when the staff member left. Lake County Coroner W. B. Carle reported the incident.
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Painesville
Jerry Filangan
Lake County
W. B.carle
Dealers demand trade-in cars violate price regulations
In Columbus, automobile dealers who require a trade-in from buyers of used cars violate Office of Price Administration rules. OPA price specialist H. L. Masters cited multiple veteran complaints of dealers refusing sales for lack of a trade-in. In Piketon, Clinton Marion Woodruff, 59, was killed and his two sons injured when their automobile overturned on Route 23.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
H. L. Masters
OPA
Masters
Piketon
Clinton Marion Woodruff
First Yankee in Berlin Enters Center of City
The veteran Second Armored Division led the advance as the first American soldier reached the Russian-held center of Berlin today. Private First Class Harvey Natchees of the Ute Nation, a Silver Star Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, rode in a jeep down Unter den Linden amid cheering crowds.
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Berlin
Second Armored
Unter den Linden
Harvey Natchees
Ute
Japs Told to Tighten Belts as Food Supply Dwindles
Allied bombers strike Nippon oil refineries and storage as Japan faces shortages. Tokyo warns of a ten percent cut before fall harvest while food production shifts to mulberry leaves and potato vines. Fifty B-29s target the Maruzen refinery near Osaka, part of a weeklong series of raids. shipping and military installations suffer damage across Nippon to Malaya.
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Kyo
Japan
Guam
Maruzen
Osaka
Nippon
Malaya
Bombing raid survivor brings flag fragment from Japanese ship
Navy private first class returned home from a Yellow Sea bombing mission dangling a three foot piece of a Japanese flag mast. He and 11 crewmates clung to a raft to avoid the Pacific, yet survived. Australian forces pressed toward Balikpapan oil fields, claiming capture of Sepinggang and Manggarjéarfields. The advance paused by a bursting storage tank. General Morshead called the campaign strategically won despite inland stiffening Japanese resistance.
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Okinawa
Yellow Sea
Pacific
Nippon
Balikpepan
Borneo
Sepinggang
Manggar
Balikpapan
Leslie J. Morshead
Everlasting Tires Envisioned By Firestone Leaders
Akron officials announce a $2 million laboratory to develop durable tires that wear as long as the car, resist punctures and skidding. John W. Thomas of Firestone says such tires may be possible someday though timing is uncertain.
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Akron
John W. Thomas
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Thomas
Governors' First Topics on Small Business and Farms
At Mackinac Island Illinois Wyoming Alabama governors urged aiding small business in reconversion and giving farmers better access to markets and efficiency. Hunt proposed dollar a year men and a small business loan body, Sparks urged farm mechanization and electrification, noting rural housing needs with up to 3 million new farm homes.
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Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Conference of States
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Hunt
Federal Housing Administration
Sparks
British Vote On Thursday in Tight National Election
Prime Minister Churchill and Labour leader Attlee raced to rally support for Britain’s national election. Churchill, leading the Conservatives, pressed Attlee to justify Labour’s potential executive committee influence, arguing it is not elected by the people as the campaign heads into the final day.
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London
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Britain
Conservative
Attlee
Laborites
Labor Party
Sullivan Sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Navy Air
On Admiral MecGains flagship in the Western Pacific John Lawrence Sullivan, 46, former Manchester New Hampshire district attorney, was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for air. He succeeds Arteamus L. Gates who becomes Under Secretary of the Navy after Senate confirmation.
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Mecgains
Pacific
John Lawrence Sullivan
Navy
Sullivan
Manchester
N. H
Senate
Arteamus L. Gates
Australian Publishers Call Newspaper Parley
Sydney reports the Australian publishers advocate a conference of English speaking news papermen in Australia within a year to declare public service responsibilities as beneficiaries of military victory. The note also mentions a June 30 bank condition call and grants over two million dollars for new hospitals schools and public works across seven states and Hawaii.
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Sydney
Australian Newspaper Proprietors Association
Australia
Washington
Federal Agency
Hawaiian Islands
Akron Rubber Strikes Rooted in Postwar Fears and Wages
Strikes by about 33,000 CIO United Rubber Workers at Goodyear and Firestone stem from postwar anxieties over wages and conditions, say observers. Union leaders, largely anonymous, cite demands for higher pay and better conditions ahead of Pacific war end. Workers fear loss of take-home pay from overtime cuts as industry readies for postwar markets. Additional unrest involves B F Goodrich locals with disputed issues before the War Labor Board, including a 10 cent wage rise for 1,500 to 2,000 mix mill and maintenance workers and a two cent hourly increase for 700 female workers and pressmen.
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Age
Frank J. “Lauische
WLB
Firestone
Arvtr
Goodyear
Unon
Ohio State Restaurant‘Asociation Ask
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Akron
Wheeler
Cio-United Rubber
Firestone Tire
Toemain Anonymous
Ble Uaw
B. F. Goodrich Co
War Labor Board
Goodrich
John Saylor
Saylor
Mainttenance
Japan claims new fighter on the way amid air war
Japanese radio promised forthcoming fighters would down B 29s as Allied bombers hit targets across Japan. Reports note minimal air opposition, heavy raids on Kyushu and Formosa, and evacuations at Singapore naval base while MacArthur says 90 percent of Formosa’s alcohol production is gone. Nimitz cites 137 875 tons sunk and 37 planes shot down in Okinawa operations. Chinese forces retake Singeng and advance near Liucheng as Shanghai area sees overlapping raids.
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San Francisco
Japan
Cplt
H. Power
Carrollton
Tange
Chester C. Gibbon
Hayward
Calif
Bomber Command
Yeaterday
Moji
Sasebo
Shimonseki
Nobeoka
Singapore
Borneo
Tokyo
MacArthur
Formosa
Kumamoto
Kyushu
Kalnan
Osaka
Radio Tokyo
Comet
Admiral Nimitz
Fleet Air Wing One
Okinawa
Philippines
Shangha
East China
Singeng
Canton
Liucheng
Liuchowei
U. S
Shappy
Last White Man Is Out of Shanghri-La
In Hollanda New Guinea on July 1 the last white man from Shangri La returned after a seven week rescue mission. Captain Cecil Walters led the parachute expedition into jungle country to save a captured WAC and two airmen. The party, including ten Filipino para troopers, landed safely at Hollanda air strip aboard a glider.
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Shanghri-La
Hollandia
New Guinea
Shangri-La
Cecil Walters
Walters
Hol- Nandia
Kenneth Ray to Take New Position in August
Dr. Kenneth C. Ray Ohio state director of education announced he will become educational director for the Grolier Society Inc publishers of school and educational books with headquarters in Columbus. His term as Ohio director ends August 15 and the new post starts August 16.
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Columbus F
Kenneth C. Ray
The
Grolier Society, Inc
Dr. Ray
Ohio
Columbus
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