Labor Leader Sidney Hillman Dies at Home
Sidney Hillman 59 labor leader and national CIO Political Action Committee chairman died today at his Nassau County summer home. He suffered a heart condition pronounced by Dr. John Cahill. Hillman headed the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and was a CIO vice president. Born in Zagare Lithuania he came to the United States in 1907 and rose as a powerful union organizer.
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Sidney Hellman
Point Lookout
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Political Action Committee
Hillman
John Cahill
Nassau County
Cahill
Amalgamated Clothing ,Workers of America
Zagare
Lithuania
United States
Newspaper Publication Is Stopped by Strike
Sandusky residents lose the Register-Star News as 20 printers picket after breakdown in talks between the International Typographical Union and the paper over a new contract to replace the expired agreement dated July 1.
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Sandusky
Register-Star- News
International Typographical Union
Ohio Linemen Return After Two Day Strike
About 200 members of the Utility Workers of America CIO will resume work in Summit and Medina Counties after a two day strike at Ohio Edison Car line construction. Alfred Yale union president said the men agreed last night to return following a settlement over outside contractors.
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Akron
Ohio Edison
Summit
Medina Counties
Utility Workers of America
CIO
Alfred Yale
Avoid Broken Economy Warns CIO Legal Man
YELLOW SPRINGS Gi vent warning from Ohio CIO legal counsel Jacob Clayman. He cautioned that if the economy remains broken and the public disillusioned, democratic leadership globally could be undermined. The Antioch College Institute of International Relations figures in the warning.
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CIO Legal Man
Yellow Springs
Antioch College Institute of International Relations
Jacob Clayman
Ohio
Rent Boosts Rise to 1 609 in Eight Ohio Cities
Government figures show 1 609 complaints of rent increases across eight Ohio cities. Cleveland leads with 834 complaints averaging 35 percent, Columbus 300 at 52 percent, Dayton 32 at 75 percent, Akron 107 at 45, Youngstown 9 at 37, Toledo 86 at 1 dollar, Canton 92 at 53, and Sandusky 38 at 58. The data informs consideration of a potential state wide rent control law.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
OPA
Ohio
Cleveland
Dayton
Akron
Youngstown
Toledo
Canyon
Sandusky
Electric Workers Strike Row in Cleveland Dispute
The CIO united electrical radio and machine workers local at Ficker A way Corp sought reinstatement of a dismissed union committeeman after 60 workers walked out. Company personnel manager R. S. Filston called the walkout a strike for violating rules, while union organizer Paul Shepard denied the charge.
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Cleveland
CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Ficker Away Corp
R. S. Filston
Paul Shepard
Shortage Spurs Use Of Rubber Reserves
Washington reports a shortage of certain synthetic rubbers due to dwindling raw materials. The Civilian Production Administration orders 12 000 long tons of natural rubber to be diverted into industry for the rest of the year to substitute for the synthetic type.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Australian fiancees sail to United States in August
A United States Legation spokesman said the first Australian fiancees of American servicemen will likely leave Australia in early August aboard the Marine Falcon. About 10 days earlier, approximately 1,000 fiancees were waiting for transportation to the United States.
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Canberra
United States
Legation
Australia
Marine Falcon
Ohio to build toll superhighways without new taxes
State Sen. Ralph A. Winter proposed privately financed four lane turnpikes in Ohio to bypass new taxes. A five member turnpike commission would issue bonds underwritten by firms like J. H. Greiner Co. of Baltimore. Toll revenue would repay the bonds, expanding rapid, safe road links from Pennsylvania to Chicago while freeing state funds for existing highways.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph A. Winter
General Assembly
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Winter
Pennsylvania Turnpike
J. H. Greiner Co
Baltimore
State Highway Department
Esti
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ashtabula
Mountain Crash Kills 25 Aboard B-17
A Goose Bay to Westover B-17 struck Mt Tom in rain and haze near Holyoke mass killing all 25 aboard. Army Navy and Coast Guard personnel were among the dead, with likely some civilians. Parachutes were found and bodies were recovered after a long night effort.
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Holyoke
Mass
Goose Bay
Labrador
Westover Field
Chicopee
Mt. Tom
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Westover
Peace Parley Date Conflict Faces New York
The United Nations secretariat faces reshuffling the September general assembly schedule to avoid a clash with the Paris peace conference. The Big Four ministers urged postponing the session from September 3 to 23, a move that would force housing and security council timing adjustments amid a severe New York housing shortage and two busy convention months.
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Paris
Stll
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Council
James F. Byrnes
W. M. Molotov
Reich
Ernest Bevin
United States
France
Russia
Byrnes
Melotov
United Nations
General Assembly
New York
Molotov
Yalta
United Nations Secretariat
Security Council
Assembly
Armed Forces Institute Declared Permanent By War Department
The War Department announced that 11 leading educators have been named to assist the Army and Navy in a plan to make the United States Armed Forces Institute a permanent part of the military establishment. Soldiers sailors and marines will gain access to college courses under the program.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Navy
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
United States Armed Forces Institute
Parolee admits killing veteran in Trexlertown
Police Chief said parolee Alien W Black confessed to killing a war veteran after he was given a rib e. The victim, Joseph Wicen, 32, of Rushland, Pa, was buried in a garbage dump behind a church. Black led officers to the site near Allentown after a complete confession.
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Phoenixville
Fred K. MacInnis
Alien W. Black
Lehigh County
MacInnis
Black
Joseph Wicen
Rushland
Pennsylvania
Trexlertown
Allentown
Plane Crash Kills Ohioans In Northwest
A Cessna on a cross country flight from Seattle disappeared April 26 and was found wrecked three miles southwest of Lake Keechelus. Six aboard, including two Seattle ex Army pilots and four passengers from Ohio, were killed when the plane struck the base of a tree after clipping treetops. Passengers named Joseph Speidel North Olmsted Ohio Mark S Barrick Youngstown Ohio David Higby Estherville IA and Beaus Robert Bensco Metuchen.
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Seattle
Cascade Mountain
Lake Keechelus
Snoqualmie Pass
Joseph ©. Speidel
North Olmsted
Ohio
Mark S. Barrick
Youngstown
David Higby
Estherville
Sen
Robert Bensco
Metuch
De Lacy Leads In Washington Primary Returns
AP reports Rep Hugh De Lacy leads radio announcer Howard Costigan in a close Washington primary. James Roosevelt backs De Lacy while Anna Boettiger supports Costigan. With 319 of 771 precincts counted, De Lacy has 10293 to Costigan 9120 in the Seattle Bremerton district.
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Associated Press
Hugh de Lacy
Howard G. Costigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
de Lacy
Anna
Boettiger
Costigan
Seattle
Bremerton
Nave de Lacy
Patsy Takes Over When Searchers Quit
Bundy Sowers lost ten dollars while doing chores on the Montelius farm near Circleville. He spent hours searching for the money as a Cocker Spaniel named Patsy followed him. When he went inside Patsy returned with the ten dollar bill.
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Patsy
Searchers
Circleville
Bundy Sowers
Harry BE. Montelius
Sowers
Vet Survives Wounds Drowns in Ohio Creek
In Circleville a 28 year old veteran Frederick Mouser, who survived war wounds from fighting Germans, drowned yesterday in Big Darby Creek near Commercial Point. State highway patrol said Mouser went swimming with two companions.
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Ohio
Circleville
Frederick Mouser
Big Darby Creek
Norear Commercial Point
Mouser
Price Line Hold Indicated in National Survey
NEW YORK AP reports post-OPA surveys show a general hold the line attitude on prices in major cities. Meat and dairy costs rose sharply while some items stayed steady. rents varied with some landlords raising to OPA levels. The piece notes Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston scenes with meat prices up and rent controls mixed, and discusses ongoing Senate debates over dairy item ceilings and broader OPA renewal.
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NEW York
New York City Consumer Council
Chicago — Times
Sun
Wews
Tribrune
LOS Angeles — Times
Herald & Expo
OPA
Examiner
Leonard Kearns
Boston
Atlanta
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas
Organized Land Innds
Agrek
Portland
Ore
Cell
Washington
D.C
Virginia
Clarsiy
Senate
Barkley
Congress
Wherry
Neb
Taft
Ohio
Truman
House
McGuffey Societies Meet At Miami University July 20
The Federation of McGuffey Societies plans its seventh annual gathering on the Miami University campus in Oxford July 20. Members recall the McGuffey readers read by their parents and written by William Holmes Mets during his Miami tenure over a century ago. Wheat harvesting begins in Norwalk and Huron County reports expect satisfactory yields despite dry conditions.
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Oxford
Federation of
McGuffey Societies
Miami University
William Holmes
Miami
Norwalk
Huron County
Probers Deny Suppression of Testimony
Washington War Investigation panel denies hiding testimony in the Illinois munitions case. Committee counsel says Garsson testimony may come. Henry Paynter accuses suppression. Undersecretary Royall says he asked DOJ to probe a 1.0 million overpayment to Batavia Metal Products Co. in a War contract.
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Washington
Senate ‘War Investigating Committee
George Meader
Henry Garsson
Kenneth Royall
Justice Department
Batavia Metal Products Co
Man Mead
D-Ny
Tlenry M. Paynter
Garsson
Star Chamber
Congressman May
Sle
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
War Department
Actresses Denied Howard Hughes Visit
Two film actresses Lana Turner and Jane Russell were denied access to Howard Hughes who was critically injured in a Sunday airplane crash. Turner, seen recently at Catalina Island and Palm Springs, reportedly wept as she left Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Jane Russell
Howard Tiuches
Miss Turner
Catalina Island
Palm Springs
Niper
Finches
Tree Ripened Peaches Sent to Ohio in Fine Condition
Dr. Charles W. Hauck of Ohio State University notes tree ripened peaches arriving by rail from Spartansboro South Carolina are in excellent condition for marketing. An experimental refrigeration system used in the shipment includes a fan powered by freight car wheels.
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Marau
United States
Charles W. Hauck
Ohio State Universiy
Spartansboro
S.C
Ohio River Dragged for Missing Woman’s Body
Police and fire crews continued to search the Ohio River for the body of Miss Neline Montgomery, 30, who fell from the bridge yesterday. A packetbook a hat and a pair of shoes found on the bridge were identified as her possessions after toll collectors heard a call for help.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Neline Montgomery
U.S
Ohio Solon Dies at Age 67
LONDON Ohio Madison County representative Rate ledge K Shaw 67 dies at home after months of illness He planned to retire at end of sixth term Funeral services set for Thursday at the Presbyterian Church Shaw a Republican announced he would not seek re election to the assembly A separate report notes a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailment in Portage County with 40 cars derailed and only the locomotive remaining.
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London
Rate Ledge K. Shaw
Madison
Ohio
Presbyterian
Shaw
Baltimore and Ohio
Portage County
Unemployment compensation debate in West Virginia
SAM SIMMONS argues that unemployment compensation is too generous, keeps 80,000 people idle in West Virginia while many jobs stay open, and calls for amending or repealing the law. He warns loafing harms character, notes schools produce many specialists, and urges acceptance of available work despite its fit.
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West Virginia
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