War Firm Head Called By Probers
Henry Garsson, described as the brain behind a 78 million dollar war contract empire, testifies before the House military committee while Albert W. Jacobson, once a clerk-typist, recounts his duties in reviewing millions in advance payments to Garsson’s munitions network. The hearing also covers May’s intercession for Garsson interests and Fields’s bribery claim, with War Department records cited on overpayments and advances.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Rarin
Internal Revenue
Mead
D.N
Albert W. Jacobson
War Department
Chemical Warfare Service
Jacobson
Garsson
Munitions Combine
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
District of Columbia
Mitchell
D.wash
Fields
Combine
Joe Freeman
Lke
Erie Basin Metal Products Co
Chicago
Industrial Division
Batavia (Ill) Metal Products Co
Garsson Combine
Batavia
Kenneth Royall
Electric Worker Killed By Touching Live Wire
Hillsboro coroner rules accidental electrocution in the death of Lonnie C. Simovans 38 assistant line foreman for the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co He was knocked from a pole when he touched a 6900 volt line and died of a broken neck before impact with the ground.
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Hillsboro
W. M. Hoyt
Lonnie C. Simovans
Columbus and Sothern Ohio Electric Co
Simmons
Army Proposes Raising Top Draft Age to 34
The Army urges President Truman to lift the draft age from 29 to 34 when inductions resume in September. Officials cited that few men over 26 have been drafted since the V-J Day law, and the Army also noted it prefers no men over 35. The War Department proposal was revealed after the American Council on Education heard predictions that manpower will be severely strained through next March.
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Washington
Army
Truman
War Department
American Council of Education
Selective Service
George A. Inwin
Capt
Arthur S. Adams
Cornell University
Ohio cities push to curb rent hikes amid price controls debate
Ohio cities including Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton Toledo and Zanesville move to curb rising rents as state officials weigh extending price controls. Local authorities report voluntary actions and no penalties yet as evictions are delayed and Gov Lausche asks for rent control legislation and AG preparation.
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U. S&s. Senate
Office of Price Administration
Omo Criies
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Darton
Toledo
Zanesville
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Canton Vet's Bride Missing
Authorities searched for Lillian Strickler a 23 year old Irish war bride who vanished from her Canton home Monday night Farmer Strickler a five year Army veteran reported she woke him to go to work and said she was happy since arriving from England two months ago
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Canton
Monfay
Farmer Strickler
Lillian
England
Fishermen Recover Body Of Drowning Victim
Fishermen eight miles downstream at Buena Vista found the body of Moline Montgomery, 39, who either leaped or fell from the U S Grant Bridge in Portsmouth on Tuesday. Local authorities identified the victim and continued inquiries into the incident.
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Portsmouth
Buena Vista
Moline Montgomery
Grant Bridge
Middletown Seeks Global Peace Through United Nations Reform
Middletown citizens claim to be first in the United States to back a plan for reorganizing the United Nations. At a town meeting with 1,500 attendees, Ely Culbertson and others urged Security Council reform, a World Court role, and a strong international police force to prevent aggression.
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United States
United Nations
Ely Culbertson
New York
Frank J. Lausche
Edward J. Gardner
Congress
Ernest H. Hahne
Miami University
Charles M. Hook
American Rolling Mill Co
United Nations Security Council
World Court
Security Council
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Ime
Transit Strike Ends Restoring Toledo Transit Service
Public transportation resumed for about 180000 passengers after a 10 day strike by AFL streetcar and bus drivers ended at midnight. Workers accepted a 12 cent hourly wage increase. Community Traction Co officials approved the committee’s recommendation after initial demands of 30 cents were trimmed to 12 cents.
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Toledo
AFL
Toledo Labor-Management Citizens Committees
Community Traction Co
Navy reports Bikini test data aid ship redesign
A board of experts advised President Truman that the Bikini atomic test provided adequate data to redesign Navy vessels to minimize damage to super structures and protect personnel. The report said the enormous data set will prove invaluable across scientific and engineering fields.
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Washington
Truman
Workers Reject Raise and Threaten Strike July 21
In Ashtabula the CIO Unity Workers local for Lake Shore Gas Co. employees rejected an 11 cents per hour wage offer and voted to strike July 21 if no improved proposal is received. In Amherst Mass Ray Stannard Baker biographer of Woodrow Wilson died at age 76.
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Ashtabula
CIO Unity Workers
Lake Shore Gas Co
Australia atomic control plan doomed by Soviet veto
New York AP Australia sails to present a plan for an autonomous world atomic control agency linked only to the UN Security Council. Soviet envoy Gromyko flatly opposes giving up the veto on atomic matters. Evatt pursues a charter review to weaken the veto, but amendment would require two thirds in the General Assembly and concurrence of all Big Five. The dispute centers on whether the Security Council can regulate atomic affairs while preserving veto power.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
H. V. Evatt
USN
Evatt
Gromyko
Russia
Security Council
United States
Reich Problem Still Unsolved In Paris Talks
Paris officials reported two hours and a half session with Foreign Ministers who failed to reach a major German policy accord. They formed a special committee to study German coal allocations between Germany and the Allies amid a new American plan to restore German economic order.
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Paris
Germany
Columbus
U. S
Byrnes
Ohio
Rennrt
Constellation Grounding After Reading Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Administration ordered grounded for 30 days all Lockheed Constellation airliners after a training flight crash in Reading Pennsylvania killed five crewmen and injured one. United States and British Overseas Airways Corp canceled Constellation flights on affected routes pending inquiry.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States Airlines
Lockheed Constellation
CAA
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Reading
British Overseas Airways Corp
Constellation
Carpenters Strike Halts District Building Work
A union carpenters strike in Steubenville has halted building construction after contractors refused a 33 per day wage increase. Carpenters currently earn 12 per day and began striking on Monday.
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Steubenville
State's Sales Tax At All Time High
Columbus reports sales tax revenue for the first half of 1946 reaching 47,135,801 dollars, with Treasurer Don H. Ebright projecting about 10 million dollars for the year if pace continues. Last year’s total collections were 75,780,571 dollars.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Body of Girl Found in Gould's Tunnel Near Steubenville
Authorities identify a young woman found on a railroad track inside Gould's Tunnel near Steubenville. The body was run over by a train and investigators seek cause while checking baggage lists from New York to St. Louis. no clothing marks or identification found. The woman is described as in her early twenties with brown eyes and hair, wearing a white linen dress and a gold necklace, discovered about 400 feet from the tunnel's western entrance.
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Steubenville
Gould
W. H. Rogers
New York
St. Louis
Carpenters Strike Ends With New Pay Raise
Full resumption of home construction in three Northern Ohio counties will begin Monday after a 25 day AFL carpenters strike ends. The union and two large builders organizations reached a settlement after an eight hour session last night. The accord sets a new hourly wage of $199.
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Cleveland
Ohio
AFL
Carpenters' Atrike
Hughes Says Prop Caused Crash Fight for Life Reported Weakening
Los Angeles report on Howard Hughes reveals he told Dr Verne Mason the rear half of the right propeller reversed pitch during a test hop. He said the propeller blades created drag and blamed the accident on the propeller as his condition worsened with lung failure and multiple injuries.
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Hughes
Fight For Life
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Army
Verne R. Mason
Beverly Hills
Measure to revive OPA faces conference final hurdle
Washington report says a Senate move to revive the Office of Price Administration gathers momentum as a price control exemptions measure for meat milk and related items nears passage after removing the last barrier.
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Washington
Senate
Peace Threat Report Blocks Atomic Plans
A Oak Ridge security report warns the peace and security of the United States is in danger delaying atomic control legislation. Republicans push to sidetrack all bills until world conditions settle, seeking to force House votes on decontrol measures and curb price controls on key commodities.
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Washington
Oak Ridge
United States
House
Elston
R-Ohia
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Committee On UN
Walter C. Beard, Jr
John H. Bull
Manhattan
Vets Quizzed About Benefits In Regional Interviews
The veterans administration began interviewing 95 000 veterans in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky to determine if institutional and on the job training qualify them for subsistence allowance payments. VA offices in the tri state district were told to make initial contact with each trainee and record training conditions attendance and progress. The interviews focus on the veteran rather than the institution or agency.
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Columbus
Veterans Administration
Ohio
Michigan-Kentucky
Tristate
Farmers Union Breaks With Administration
National Farmers Union leaders announce they are leaving Washington to mobilize for an economic day they expect. President James Fatton says the union has lost confidence in the Truman administration and its handling of key legislation. The group represents about 400,000 members.
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Denver
National Farmers Union
Truman
Washington
James Fatton
Patton
Foreman Goes Berserk Ends Life After Attack
A 58 year old steel plant foreman Melvin Yeary attacked his wife and three relatives at his Newport home before slashing his throat and killing himself. Sheriff I R Rouse reported the incident occurred in a six room residence.
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Newport. Kr
I. R. Rouse
Melvin Yeary
Murder Charges Filed In Death Of Husband
In Ashtabula County prosecutor Roland Pontius filed first degree murder charges against 23 year old Laina Elvera England for the fatal shooting of her husband Howard England a 42 year old grocer. England signed a statement admitting the shooting.
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Ashtabula
Roland Pontius
Laina Elvera England
Howard
Pontius
England
AFL union picks upholsterers union as bargaining agent
A local AFL affiliate at Greenfield selects the Upholsterers International Union of North America AFL as their bargaining agent for negotiations with the American Pad and Textile Co. The move aligns the workers with a national federation for contract talks.
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AFL
American Pad & Textile Co
Congress Must End Executive Written Bills Says SAM SIMMONS
SAM SIMMONS asserts Congress should resist executive drafted legislation and assert independence from the president and his aides. He argues the president oversteps by trying to force passage and urges Congress to rely on its own bill writers and constitutional authority.
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Roswell
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