Truman Demands 250 Million for Flood Plan Meet Strong House Opposition
President Truman asked Congress for 250 million dollars to start a ten year flood control and river development program. House leaders Taber and Dondero rejected the proposal citing it as scatterfire with no chance this year. Senators Overton and Revercomb praised the plan while warning against delaying major projects.
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Washington
Truman
Stern
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Dondero
R-Mich
House Public Works Committee
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Missouri
Mississippi
Senate-House
Overton
D-La
Revercomb
RW. Va
Public Works Committee
Rep. Engel
U S Hopes Reds Join Jap Peace Talks
Washington reports a U S plan for a veto free 11 nation conference to draft a Japanese peace treaty. The United States seeks broad participation including Britain China Russia and seven other states with a second stage involving 48 wartime nations. The first session could open August 19 in Washington or San Francisco.
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Kremlin
United States
Japan
Germany
Russia
Far East
America
Britain
China
Philippines
India
Australia
New Zealand
France
Netherlands
Canada
Europe
Washington
San Francisco
Rubber Wage Talks to Open in Cleveland Meeting
A decision on reopening the wage issue in the United Rubber Workers contract with the Big Four manufacturers will be made at a Cleveland meeting Sunday. The March 22 pact allowed either side to reopen after four months with 15 days notice. the four months end Wednesday. The contract raised wages by 11 percent retroactive to Feb 1, averaging about $1.54 an hour across Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone and U S Rubber plants.
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Akron
United Rubber Workers
CIO
Cleveland
Big Four
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
U.S. Rubber
Lima Escapist Judged Sane After Recapture
Officials at Lima State Hospital declared Robert W. Frost legally sane after recapture. Frost, accused kidnapper, was recaptured at Kirkwood Missouri following a July 4 escape and was returned to the Franklin County Jail to face trial for the kidnapping of Columbus clubwoman Mrs. Morgan C Penn on November 3.
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Columbus
Lima State Hospital
Robert W. Frost
Frost
Kirkwood
State Hospital
Franklin County
Morgan C. Penn
Columbus Club
Sam Simmons Critiques United Nations Delays and Wasted Funds
Sam Simmons argues for delaying UN construction and criticizes its progress as stalled by incompetence. He warns of wasted money on buildings that may be useless and questions its relevance in Greece border events. He says the organization may die and blames a single member for halting international cooperation.
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United Nations
Lake Success
Greece
Friends of
Greek Loyalists Pursue Battered Guerrilla Forces
Greek government troops press the hunt along the Albanian border after an abortive Ioannina capture. About 2,500 guerrillas retreat toward Grammos as heavy artillery and air strikes blast their positions and wipe out over 300 in Elatorphi and Aspangelos.
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Athens
Ioannina
Epirus
Albania
Ano Elatorohi
Paleolouta
Asprangelos
Mt. Gamila
Elatorphi
Four Cincinnati Hotels End Seven Hour Strike
Four of Cincinnati's six major hotels resumed operations after a seven hour strike by 1,700 AFL Hotel Employes. An agreement ending the walkout was announced and a new contract to be signed. Strikers including elevator operators bellhops maids porters bartenders waiters and culinary workers will raise from 40 to 48 hours with no pay loss and some wage increases. Restaurants and bars were closed and room service suspended with no new guests or reservations accepted for the immediate future.
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Cincinnati
AFL
Cincinnati Hotels Association
Jack La Vriha Named Columbus Philharmonic Manager
Jack La Vriha, 32, former Cleveland newspaper man and public relations representative, is named manager and public relations director of the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, succeeding Norman Stuckey who has resigned. La Vriha worked as campaign manager for the 1947 48 maintenance fund drive.
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Columbus
Jack la Vriha
Cleveland
Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Stuckey
Washington, D.C
Philharmonic
la Viiha
Dope Theft Suspect Held Under Bond
U. S. Commissioner Robert W. Newton ordered Harold Stookey of Washington Court House held under 5000 bond for the Federal District Court in a narcotics theft plot at Patterson Field near Dayton. Cases involving Delbert Gault and Albert Donahue probably will be transferred to the Dayton District Court soon.
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Columbus
U. S
Robert W. Newton
Harold Stookey
Washington Court House
Federal District Court
Patterson Field
Dayton
Stookey
Delbert Gault
Washington D. H
Albert Donahue
Bloomingburg
One Firefighter Dies as Fire Hits Oakland Warehouse
Oakland fire destroyed a half block of warehouse space in West Oakland. One fireman was killed and three others injured as the blaze, controlled after early morning hours, caused damage estimated at $100,000 or more. Assistant Fire Chief Manning Busch said the loss was heavy.
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Oakland
Calif
Manning Busch
11 Year Old Drowns In Walnut Run Stream
Jackie Little age 11 son of Mr and Mrs John Little of Newport drowned in Walnut Run yesterday after jumping into the stream while playing with other children along the bank.
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Walnut Run
London
Jackie Little
John Little
Newport
Truman to Send Short Veto Message on Tax Cut Bill
President Truman will send a brief veto message to Congress tomorrow rejecting the Republican sponsored income tax reduction bill. Presidential Secretary Charles G Ross says the message will not be very long, echoing his June veto on a $4 billion tax cut plan. House Minority Leader Rayburn says Democrats welcome the GOP fight to make the tax cut issue a 1948 election theme.
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Truman
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Ross
Mr. Truman
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Week's Shutdown Idles 1400 at Fisher Plant
Fisher Body Ternstedt Plant in Columbus will idle about 1,400 hourly workers by the end of tomorrow's shift due to a GM factory wide shutdown. The plant's resident manager said salaried employees remain unaffected and that all hourly workers will return to regular shifts on July 28.
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Columbus
Fisher Body Ternstedt
General Motors
J. F. Conlon
West Virginia Vote Fraud Probed by Senate Committee
Senate Rules Committee launches statewide inquiry into Kilgore election fraud claims in West Virginia. The investigation targets 12 counties, with 40 percent of votes cast there, and names Nelson Deranian as chief counsel.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Kilgore
Kenn
R-Mo
Justice Department
Kansas City
Tom Sweeney
Kilgores
Jenner
Sweeney
Boone
Cabell
Fayette
Kanawha
Logan
Mercer
Munroe
McDowell
Raleigh
Wayne
Wyoming
Nelson Deranian
Jack W. Hardy
Hardy
Kem
Roger Slaughter
House
Missouri
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Truman
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
More Meat Lower Prices Forecast by Meat Institute
The American Meat Institute forecast higher meat supplies by autumn with moderately lower prices. Associate director J R Eggert said a 15 percent rise in supplies could bring price relief unless wage gains or demand rise further. He cited seasonal supply drops, record wages, and 60 million employed as key factors.
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Washington
American Meat Institute
J. R. Eggert
Institute
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Eggert
Crews Needed Admiral Says Front to Navy Mothers
Rear Admiral Alfred M. Pride told the Navy Mothers Clubs of America that hundreds of ships lie laid up in ports and must be kept in organized reserve ready to men at a moment's notice. He urged a strong sea force aligned with United Nations goals and national defense leadership.
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Cincinnati
Alfred M. Pride
Navy
Navy Mothers Clubs of America
Adm
Pride
Bureau of Aeronautics
United Nations
Railroad Pier Towers Cost 1 400 000 in Virginia Project
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway will build a new low level coal pier at Newport News Virginia with four movable towers on tracks. Alliance Ohio Machine Co will fabricate towers fed by five foot belt conveyors handling up to 1500 tons per hour each.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Newport News
Alliance, Ohio, Machine Co
Mrs Juliet Hoyt Dies at 60 Noted Author and Poet
New York obituary notes the death of Juliet Alves Hoyt age 60 a respected author and poet and member of a pioneer Kentucky family she died Wednesday in New York following a long illness.
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New York
Juliet Alves Hoyt
Kentucky
Dunkerque Evacuation Details Revealed by Ramsay Dispatch
The British Admiralty releases a seven year old dispatch on Dunkerque, showing 176 ships used in the evacuation, 35 sunk and 42 damaged, aided by 700 small boats. About 330,000 British troops were rescued, far exceeding the 45,000 expected. The French Navy, with 196 ships, also faced heavy losses in the operation.
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London
British Admiralty
Dunkerque
Bertram Ramsay
Europe
Britain
Admiralty
Ramsay
Elmira Man Identifies Hitchhiker as Gunman
Elmira police say Wade E. Philpott, 25, identified Robert Standish Harrington, 25, of Robertson Missouri, as the hitchhiker who shot him in the back after a ride from Niles Ohio. Harrington was brought back from Massachusetts as the victim also picked out the gunman’s clothing.
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Elmira
N. Y
Robert Standish Harrington
Robertson
Niles
Ohio
Harrington
Massachusets
Wade E. Philpott
Estate tax exemption asked for service dead
Congress was urged to exempt from estate tax the estates of men dying in the Army or Navy. Co M A Rogers of Mobile Alabama and John J Giltinan of New York City told a House Ways and Means Committee that special legislation is needed to correct an injustice in the estate tax laws.
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Congress
M. A. Rogers
Mobile
Ala
John J. Giltinan
New York City
House
Ways and Means Committee
Welfare Department sticks to budget in building plan
Columbus officials outlined a rigid building program for the State Welfare Department to spend 36 million dollars through 1948 without exceeding prior budgets. Director Charles L. Sherwood said projects would scale to the money available, with a hospital at Apple Creek State School priced around 1.7 million but likely bid higher, converting 500 beds to match funds.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Apple Creek State School
Ment
Apple Creek
Athens State Hospital
Gallipolis State Institute
New State Penitentiary
Gallipolis
Boy’s Industrial School
Lancaster
Ohio Penitentiary
Boy's Industrial School
Governors Back Faith in Plan Amid Mixed Europe Aid Views
Salt Lake City governors gave Secretary of State Marshall a vote of faith but offered no explicit approval of his European rebuilding plan. They endorsed a bipartisan foreign policy resolution affirming the United States as a peace seeking nation, while avoiding details of Europe until more information is released.
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Salt Lake City
Marshall
Europe
America
United States
Liquor Stock Report Promised by Ohio Director
Columbus reports indicate Dale Dunifon plans a detailed account of the states overstocked spirits inventory. He says the figures will exceed prior Senate committee disclosures and reveal inventories rising from about 17 million to 28 million with 13 million more on order.
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Columbus
Dale Dunifon
Dunifon
Stanley B. Cofall
Cleveland
Senate
Court Martial Trial Set for Lorain Man
Lt. (JG) Richard Gascoigne of Lorain Ohio faces a public court martial in San Diego for alleged mistreatment of fellow prisoners in Omuta Japan. He may request a closed hearing, decision rests with the court martial board president.
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San Diego
Calif
Richard Gascoigne
Lorain
Ohio
Omuta
Japan
11Th Naval District
Gascoigne
Death of Maine's Flying Santa Claus Rears RIP
Rockland Maine Captain William Wincapaw 62 a veteran coastal pilot known as the Flying Santa Claus died yesterday after years dropping gift packages to lighthouse keepers during Christmastide flights.
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Rockland
William Wincapaw
Maine
Santa Claus
New England
Ex Cavalry Commander Woods King Estate Inventory Filed
Probate court records show Brig. Gen. Woods King left an estate valued at 814641.92 dollars. His widow Mrs. King holds a life interest under his will. King, age 46, died last January and formerly commanded the 107th Cavalry.
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Chardon, O
Woods King
Red Cross Seeks Furnishings for Flooded Pickaway Families
Pickaway County American Red Cross seeks household donations to aid 30 families driven from homes by Monday’s flash flood.
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Circleville
Pickaway County
American Red Cross
Job Openings Fall One Third
The Ohio State Employment Service offices reported 14,295 unfilled openings on June 30, down 32 percent from May 31. New job applicants rose for the third straight month to 124,045, with 28 percent of them women, as placements fell eight percent. Frank J. Collopy announced the figures to Gov. Thomas J. Herbert.
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Columbus
Ohio State Employment Service
Frank J. Collopy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Thomas J. Herbert
Collopy
Poland Blasts Greece in UN Security Council
Dr. Oscar Lange of Poland, council president, backed Soviet Russia’s stance that Greece bears primary responsibility for Balkan disorders. The U S Council resumed debate on the region as Egypt’s demand to withdraw British troops was postponed to Aug. 5.
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Lake
Poland
Russia
Greece
United States Security Council
Balkan
Egypt
Oscar Lange
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
WAA Grants Purifying System for Tye Beach
The War Assets Administration leased a government surplus chlorinator system to Erie County for Rye Beach near Huron Ohio. The $1 400 water purifying plant will operate this summer after WAA officials deemed it in the best interests of the lakeside community health and welfare.
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Cleveland
War Assets Administration
Erie County
Rye Beach
Huron
Ohio
WAA
Flora Lewis Killed by Train Near Plain City
Mrs Flora Lewis aged 67 died when her car was struck by a New York Central passenger train four miles east of Plain City Ohio last night. The collision occurred as she attempted to cross the tracks.
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Flora Lewis
New York Central Railroad
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