White House backs three man fact finding board in steel dispute
President Truman rejects U S Steel demand for a nonbinding board while 315,000 workers brace for a midnight walkout. U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic plan reductions as other majors align with the peace plan and a 60 day truce proposal looms.
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Washington
White House
Truman
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Wheeling Steel Companies
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Pittsburgh Steel
Continental Steel
Copperweld
Portsmouth
Sheffield Steel
Colorado
Union
Republic Steel Drafts Reply To Truman
Republic Steel Corp Ohio's largest producer drafted a reply to President Truman that could decide whether 65,000 workers strike. The firm has not banked furnaces like U S Steel and awaits his fact finding board offer. If it rejects, a strike could begin, possibly 12:01 a.m. Sunday due to late contract signing.
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Truman
U. S. Steel Corp
Cyrus
Ching
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
U.S. Conciliation Service
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Ohio
U.S. Steel
Republic
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Reedsville Area Notes and Local Hatchings
Local items report the remaining hitching rack at Kibble store in Reedsville and a well maintained watering trough at Rushville Hill. Two young fox squirrels near Guysville attract attention, and Frank G. Ladd, 82, is the last of the Ladd family in Rome Township. A Route 124 overlook between Hockingport and Reedsville offers a striking view of Lock No. 20 on the Ohio River.
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Reedsville
Kibble Store
Rushville Hill
Dan Pearcy
Guysville
Mr. Pearcy
Ladd
Rome Township
Athens County
Frank G. Ladd
Frost
Beebe-Frost
John Moore
Ireland
Rufus Ladd
Lower
Hocking Valley
Hockingport
West Virginia
Ohio
Odd Fellows pick Canton for next convention
The Ohio Independent Order of Odd Fellows at its grand encampment chose Canton as the site of its next convention and authorized formation of a women's auxiliary.
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Wooster
Ohio
Four Shots End Fatal Shootings Told by 14 Year Old
A 14 year old Columbus boy calmly described shooting his sister in law four times after an argument over yard work. He said she attempted to seize the rifle and he fired four times, then his brother Harold urged him not to shoot again. The youths are to be sent to juvenile authorities for observation.
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Columbus
Dorsel Arledge
Dorsel
Harold
Alma Arledge
Fred Pollock
Dam Collapse Kills Workman at Ohio River Bulkhead
A bulkhead failure at Dam 31 on the Ohio River killed Ernest Adkins of Barboursville West Virginia and injured four colleagues. Divers recovered the body about ninety minutes after the accident as workers 35 feet below the water were swept into the inflow. Injured were Emery Noble Frank Singer Charles Dennison William Perry and Harry Conley with multiple injuries across the crew.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Ernest Adkins
Barboursville
W. Va
Emery Noble
Burlington
Ohio
Frank Singer
Proctorville
Charles H. Dennison
Huntington
William H. Perry
Harry M. Conley
East Rainelle
Truman Meets Impressive List of Leaders Behind Closed Doors
President Truman convened a 2 hour 33 minute meeting with 16 top figures including Vice President Barkley, Acheson, Johnson, Eisenhower, Rayburn, Connally, Tydings, McMahon, Vandenberg, Hickenlooper, Durham, Cole, Lilienthal, Volpe, Jr., and two unidentified men at Blair House. No details were disclosed. The gathering occurred amid Atlantic Pact debates and atomic energy hearings.
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White House
Truman
Blair House
Mr. Truman
Senate
Europe
Barkley
Acheson
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Military Chiefs of Staff
House
Rayburn
Texas
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tydings
David E. Lilienthal
The
AEC
Joseph Volpe, Jr
Negro Girl To Be Sent To Capital
The American Legion Auxiliary reversed its stand and decided to send Joan Rankin, a 16 year old Negro girl, to Girls Nation in Washington. The Buckeye Girls State board voted after a month of controversy surrounding Rankin’s election as Buckeye Girls State governor. Critics warned of social embarrassment due to racial discrimination, though Rep. McSweeney cited a hotel willing to house all girls regardless of race.
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Columbus
American Legion Auxiliary
Joan Rankin
Washington
Buckeye Girls’ State
Carl W. Smith
Ohio
American Legion
Cincinnati
Carl W. Zellers
Gibsonburg
Miss Rankin
Rep
McSweeney
Truman Pushes Bill To Boost U S Production
Washington report says a Senate ready bill aims to lift annual output toward 300 billion dollars. President Truman orders stronger federal buying and construction in hard hit areas with John R. Steelman to lead the program. Provisions include a 2 billion unemployment reserve and 30 billion planned non federal public works projects.
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Washington
America
Truman
Senate
Rians
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Former Citizen Editor Dies of Heart Ailment
Walter Morrow age 54 prominent newsman died last night from a heart ailment in Oklahoma City He began as a cub reporter at the Daily Oklahoman in 1918 rising to editor in chief of the Southwestern Scripps-Howard group His final post was editor of the Columbus Ohio Citizen in 1942 later serving as manager of the American Retailers Association in Washington.
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Oklahoma City
Walter Morrow
Morrow
Daily
Oklahoman
Southwestern
Scripps-Howard
Columbus
Ohio
Citizen
American Retailers Association
Washington
Round the World Flight Set for Sunday Takeoff
Takeoff from the Akron Salem air port is planned for 9 a.m. Sunday for a round the world flight piloted by 61 year old Samuel Keener of Salem. Eight business men and engineers join the crew after a weather delay pushed back the original Friday schedule.
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Canton
Samuel Keener
Salem
Akron-Salem
Extended Forecast for Columbus Area
Temperatures will average 2-4 degrees below normal with no major daily change. Normal highs near 85 west and lows around 63 west. Precipitation expected above half an inch with local showers east tonight and Saturday. Widely scattered thunderstorms possible Monday through Wednesday.
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Columbus
Area
Severn
Demented Slayer Descends From 130 Foot Tower
Raymond Jutila a 35 year old inmate held at Liga State Hospital spent 29 hours atop a 130 foot water tower in Warren Ohio. He descended after a telegram from Warren Police Chief Johnson assuring protection for his family. He will visit his mother and sister and was described by doctors as a schizophrenic.
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Lima State Hospital
Arrow
Lima
State Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Liga State Hospital
Warren
Ohio
Jutila
William Johnson
Western Union
Johnson
O. K
John Jutila
Marie Dawson
Byron Newland
Added Gas Customers OKd by Commission
The state utilities commission authorized Ohio Fuel Gas Co to add 21,260 residential and 1,496 commercial space heating customers and permit affiliated companies to acquire about 20,000 additional fuel customers.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio Fuel
Vinton Cafe Cited By Liquor Board
Columbus hearings set for July 19 20 and 21 as the state liquor control board cites 17 permit holders to answer charges of violations. Amsy Fred Pritts Vinton Cafe Nelsonville listed for liquor Sunday sales.
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Columbus
State Liquor Control Board
Amsy Fred Pritts
Vinton Cafe
Nelsonville
Taft Pact Stand Sparks Wide Debate in Washington
Senator Taft denounced the North Atlantic Pact in a Senate speech claiming it would promote war rather than peace. Traders and critics weigh its impact on his reelection and presidential prospects with mixed private reactions among Ohio Republicans. Some fear the stance could hurt him, while others see potential long term support.
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Washington
Ohio
Taft
Senate
Charlies Sawyer
Commerce
Ofilo
Brannan Plan Gains NFU Support in Farm Bill Backing
The National Farmers Union endorsed the administration’s farm bill urging two stabilizing aims. It would set an income floor at 26 to 27 billion dollars yearly and ensure reasonable prices for consumers, reducing inflationary pressures and labor tensions. NFU backs Brannan plan allowing perishables to fall to market level and paying farmers the gap to parity.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
NFU
James G. Patton
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Senate Approves Local Aid Bill With Higher Grants
In Columbus the Senate passed a bill boosting local government aid from 12 million to 18 million dollars with a 24 to 1 vote. The measure now goes to the governor while another tax revenue plan failed in the House.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Sponsors Stick by Plan For ECA Crop Purchases
Senators back the plan to force buying about 1.8 billion dollars of surplus farm crops for foreign aid while pausing a 10 percent funding cut. Maybank and Taft defend farm purchases as fair against industry, with softening likely to preserve the program.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Army
Ing
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Truman
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Ohio Legislature Ends Deadlock on State Budget
Columbus AP Ohio lawmakers and Gov Lausche approve a two year budget totaling 647 million 122 thousand 744 dollars ending a months long stalemate and unlocking overdue pensions and state employee wages as July checks were delayed for 1250000 pensioners. The House vote 85 to 35 ends the impasse withConference action anticipated on price of bills and other measures.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
98Th General Assembly
Lausche
House
Senate
Representatives
Willam O'Neill
Washington
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