Rail wage dispute settled easing nationwide railroad tensions
Washington AP reports a year-long wage dispute with three strike threatening unions resolved at the White House. Eastern railroads win a 16-cent total increase averaged 7 percent plus operating-rule changes and overtime pay rules to expedite future wage issues.
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White House
John R. Steelman
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Whitney
Navy Will Always Have Jobs Warns Admiral Blandy On Sea Power
In an exclusive interview aboard the USS Albany, Admiral W. H. F. Blandy, commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, asserts that sea lanes must stay open and the Navy will always have a role. He argues for balanced strength across Army, Navy, and Air Force and notes the need for bases, guided missiles, and long range air power. He also stresses training peacetime personnel to deter aggression and keep peace from becoming hot conflict.
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W. H. F. Blandy
Bikini Atoll
Albany
Atlantic
United States Navy
W. H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
Army
Navy
Air Force
High Seas
Okinawa
Spaatz
Blandy
Truman Weighs First Ballot Victory As Douglas Emerges
Philadelphia AP reports aides push for a Truman victory with Justice William O Douglas as a possible Democratic rival. Chicago leader Jacob M Arvey and May or William O Dwyer of New York signal Douglas as a trial alternative if Eisenhower fades. Roosevelt pushes Eisenhower, while party leaders debate the platform on civil rights ahead of key committee sessions.
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Truman
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jacob M. Arvey
Chicago
Arvey
Eisenhower
William O’dwyer
New York
O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
James Roosevelt
California
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
D-Ala
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Logan Man Heads Drilling Operations At Clinton Oil Co
W C Adair of Logan is in charge of drilling for Clinton Oil Co of Columbus after the company bought the Wehrle Co and National Gas Co of Newark. The $300000 purchase covers leases of over 3000 acres in Licking County with 44 oil wells and 35 gas wells. B G Davis of Zanesville chairs the board.
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Logan
Clinton Oil Co
Columbus
Wehrle Co
National Gas Co
Newark
Associated Press
Licking County
B. G. Davis
Zanesville
Hutchins' Wife Wins Uncontested Divorce in Chicago
Mrs. Maude Phelps Hutchins obtained an uncontested divorce from Robert Maynard Hutchins chancellor of the University of Chicago on grounds of desertion after 26 years of marriage. Judge George Fisher ordered alimony of 1250 dollars monthly.
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Chicago
Maude Phelps Hutchins
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
George Fisher
Superior Court
Hutchins
State alcohol inspectors arrest 90 for unpermitted sales
Columbus report shows 90 people arrested in June for selling liquor without permits by the State Liquor Department. Sixty six raids yielded 81 convictions and 10550 dollars in fines.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Increase in Coal Price Follows UMW Pay Rise
The United Mine Workers pay hike of $1 per day prompted a $0.05 per ton rise in bituminous coal retail price. The change affects consumers as producers pass wage costs to customers.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Ex-Convict Questioned in Canton Shooting
John Burson, 33, an ex convict, was held for questioning after a fatal shooting of Elsworth Ruch Jr., 26, in Canton and injuries to three others. His wife Vera, 39, and Marion Halsey, 24, were hospitalized with bullet wounds, and Raymond McGinnis, 40, was treated and released. Burson, who dragged Vera into the street, then forced Ruch's car and shot him before forcing Mrs Ruch to drive. He was captured by a Mennonite prayer group and turned over to police.
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Canton
John Burson
Stark County
D. Deane McLaughlin
Elsworth Ruch, Jr
Burson
Vera
Marion Halsey
Genoa
Raymond McGinnis
Massilon
Halsey
McGinnis
Ruch
Patricia
Gas Tax Raise Included In Road Building Plan
The Ohio Contract Carriers Association proposed a 10 year highway construction program costing 147,895,740 dollars. It includes an additional one cent per gallon gasoline tax and suggests selecting 35 principal highways as the basis for the plan.
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Columbus
Ohio Contract Carriers Association, Inc
Ohio Post
Ohio Unemployment Registry Drops in June
Ohio employers registered under the Unemployment Compensation Law fell to 70,186 in June, down from 70,222 in May, announced BUC Administrator Frank J. Collopy yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio
BUC
Frank J. Collopy
USS Albany Reaches Argentia Harbor in Newfoundland
In Argentia Newfoundland the USS Albany enters the bay under a 17 gun salute from a shore battery. Capt. C. L. C. Atkeson commands the Albany as Admiral Blandy visits with staff. The base hosts Task Force 61 and allied units with a dance and supper to mark the greeting.
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N.O.B
Newfoundland
Admiral Blandy
Albany
Bay of
Great Britain
John Cabot
C. L. C. Atkeson
Thayer Tucker
Naval Air Station
Task Force 61
J. A. McGoldrick
Richard Griffin
England
Henry Woessner
Army Air Force
Gander
St. Johns
Greenland
W. H. P. Blandy
Navy
Cook
Paternity Suit Against Governor Folsom Dismissed
In Cullman Alabama Judge James H Crow Jr dismissed a paternity suit seeking Governor James E Folsom as father of a two year old boy The judge ruled the case could not further the infant’s interests for multiple reasons and ended the action.
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Cullman
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
James H. Crow, Jr
Ohio veterans receive 159 988 checks mailed to date
The Ohio Veterans Bonus Commission announced that 159 988 checks have been mailed to veterans across the state as of yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Bonus Commission
Rio Grande College Faces State Listing Requirements
Rio Grande College must meet a series of state requirements by September to remain listed as a secondary education training institution. Dr. Charles E. Holzer, president of the Rio Grande Board of Trustees, said the list will be released by Clyde Hissong, state director of education, whose department had withdrawn approval. A college committee has met multiple times with Hissong, and Holzer stated the administration and trustees are diligent and expect to meet the requirements soon after the list is issued.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Charles E. Holzer
Rio Grande
NEA Presses Federal Aid for Public Schools
The National Education Association pushes federal funding for public schools as its top goal for the coming year. President Truman pledged continued support, delivered via a message read by NEA President Glenn E. Snow to 3,500 delegates at the Cleveland convention. Dewey’s stance on federal aid drew frequent criticism from delegates.
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Cleveland
National Education Association
Truman
NEA
Glenn E. Snow
St. George
Utah
Thomas E
Government To Probe GI Housing Contracts
Columbus report notes Tighe E. Wood, national housing expediter, says the government targets contractors who defrauded veterans under the GI housing program. He says focus will be in communities where a few court cases can prompt voluntary settlements to recover excess charges.
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Columbus
Tighe E. Wood
National Housing Expediter
Lakefront dump search for corpse continues
The Cleveland lakefront site remains under investigation as a steam shovel uncovers mostly empty beer bottles. George Andrews, a 32 year old Pennsylvania Workhouse inmate, aided the coroner in locating a body he claimed to have hidden in a scrapped car.
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Cleveland
George Andrews
Pennsylvania
Andrews
Freedom Train relics tour slated for Ohio
The American Heritage Foundation will bring 127 relics of America's past to Ohio in August and September. The train will visit Portsmouth on August 6, Cincinnati on August 7, Columbus on September 6, and Dayton on September 7.
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Columbus
American Heritage Foundation
America
Ohio
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Dayton
Wage hike granted for 65 General Refractories workers
General Refractories Co. announced a ten cent hourly wage increase for its 65 employees retroactive to last April. The move follows union negotiations at Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
General Refractories Co
NLRB Seeks Injunction Over Coal Miners Strike
The NLRB asks a federal judge for a stop strike injunction as the four day coal mine dispute with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers continues. Judge Goldsborough sets a July hearing to decide if the union shop demand violates Taft-Hartley rules. An NLRB trial examiner is due July 22.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Denham
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Landis Case Is Closed
The coroner’s office closes the Carole Landis death by own action case. Rex Harrison says he does not know why she took her life and a note of a second letter remains unverified. Florence Wasson recalls a note about taking care of Miss Landis’ cat but not a death motive.
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Los Angeles
Carole Landis
Rex Harrison
Ben Brown
Harrison
Miss Landis
Florence Wasson
West Los Angeles
VFW Opens 28th Encampment in Cincinnati
The 28th annual Ohio VFW encampment opened in Cincinnati with memorial services for veterans. National Commander Ray H. Brannaman of Denver urged creation of a "little man's reconstruction finance corporation" as the group’s main objective.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
Ray H. Brannaman
Denver
Colo
VFW
Little Man’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Three Americans Die in Berlin Airlift Crash
Three United States Air Force personnel and a civilian passenger died when a two engine C 47 crashed in the Taunus Mountains twelve miles northwest of Frankfurt while delivering food to blockaded Berlin. The victims were officals identified later and the crash site burned in woods.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
London
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Taunaus Mountains
Realign Political Forces Urged by CIO Leader
Victor Reuther, educational director of the CIO United Auto Workers Union, urged a realignment of political forces in the United States so that the American people can act confidently on the world scene. He spoke at the Antioch College Institute of International Relations in Yellow Springs Ohio.
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Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
United States
Antioch College Institute of International Relations
Fire Damages Wright Field Building At Area B
A fire of undetermined origin damaged half of the air installations office building at Wright Field Area B in Dayton. Estimated loss reached 125000 dollars. Fire crews detected the blaze at 3 a.m. and gained control about three hours later.
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Dayton
Wright Field
Palestine War Rises as Mediator Seeks Fresh Peace Hope
Tel Aviv endured renewed warfare as Count Folke Bernadotte pressed ahead with talks after visiting Amman and meeting King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. Despite truce expiration, fighting continued near Majdal and Tel Aviv with village losses reported on both sides. Bernadotte and Abdullah debated demilitarizing Jerusalem and a possible new truce to replace the expired one.
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Tel Aviv
United Nations
Majdal
Folke Bernadotte
Haifa
Amman
Abdullah of
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Holy
Abdullah
Bernadotte
Holy City
Palestine
Abdullah Long
Israel
Market Braces for Wheat Flood in Kansas City
The Kansas City market faced a glut as 1,600 grain cars were expected to arrive before nightfall, joining over 8,000 cars that had already come since last Saturday. The city freight yards were jammed with wheat shipments from Kansas and the southwest.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Lumber Mill Worker Injured on Job
Homer France Cutler an employee of Bardin Bros Lumber Co sustained a side injury Thursday when a board struck by a saw caught him. Sheltering Arms Hospital reported the incident today.
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Homer France, Cutler
Bardin Bros. Lumber Co
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chillicothe City Employees Seek Wage Increases
Fifteen employees in the city service department petitioned the city council for hourly wage hikes from 10 to 17 percent. Current hourly rates run from 82 to 87 1/2 cents.
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Chillicothe
City Service Department
Weather outlook for Columbus hints at cool week ahead
Temperatures are expected to run 2 to 4 degrees below normal with a warm weekend. Sunday may bring scattered thunder showers and about an inch or less of precipitation. Cooler conditions return Monday through Wednesday suggesting a continued cool pattern.
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Columbus
Candidate Drowns In Maumee River Near Walbridge Park
Lee F. McDermott a 42 year old Democratic candidate for the Ohio Senate drowned yesterday in the Maumee River near Walbridge Park where he had rented a canoe. Authorities investigated the incident as a water accident with no foul play indicated.
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Toledo
Lee F. McDermott
Ohio Senate
Maumee River
Walbridge Park
No bishop elected on tenth ballot in Indianapolis
The tenth ballot at the North Central jurisdictional conference of the Methodist Church produced no bishop elected. Officials continue ballots to fill the episcopal seat in Indianapolis amid ongoing voting.
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Indianapolis
North Central Jurisdictional Conference
The
Methodist Church
Watchdog Stolen by Man in Detroit Theft Case
Arthur Chizan, previously under suspended sentence, yesterday pleaded guilty to petty larceny for stealing a watchdog.
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Detroit
Arthur Chizan
Watchdog
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