Senate Ends 18 Hour Clark Inquiry Sit In Defeat
The Senate wrapped an 18 hour session with Republicans conceding defeat on advancing a probe into Attorney General Clark and Kansas City vote fraud charges. Taft and Bricker supported tabling delays as Ferguson won 45 to 30 to postpone until January consideration of the investigation measure.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Kansas City
Kem
Congress
Taft
Ohio
GOP
McCarran
Robert A. Taft
John
State imposes liquor buying freeze to clear stocks
Ohio liquor director Dale Duniton announces a buying freeze until inventory improves. The department shows a $42 million discrepancy from his predecessor, with a normal value near $17.5 million. Governors and attorneys general probe the discrepancy as price adjustments may arise for distillers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dale Duniton
Duniton
Thomas J. Herbert
Hugh S. Jenkins
Liquor Department
Congress OKs Unity Measure to Unify Armed Services
The House approved a unity plan on a voice vote, sending the measure to President Truman for swift approval. The bill lets the president select top service leaders from civilian or military ranks, clearing a major hurdle before adjournment.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congressional Committee
Senate
Col William J. Carrington dies at 63 in Clinton
Clinton obituary notes Col William J. Carrington formerly led surgical service at Shick General Hospital and served as Kiwanis International president. He was 63 and died yesterday in Clinton Iowa.
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Clinton
Iowa
William J. Carrington
Shick General Hospital
Kiwanis International
Cottage Thief Drags Westbound Structure From Cleveland Lot
Julius Z. Papp seeks help locating a 12 by 21 foot cottage ten feet high with a gable roof six windows and two doors reported westbound on Detroit Avenue near W 117th Street. The cottage was on skids beside a house he owns after being moved from Berea Road for 1500 dollars. Two men reportedly hooked it with a winch and loaded it onto a truck in broad daylight.
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Cleveland
Julius Z. Papp
Detroit Ave
W. 117Th St
Papp
Berea Road
Detroit Avenue
ARMCO Raises Steel Prices to 67 Per Ton
ARMCO, led by President Charles R. Hook, boosted basic steel prices to raise $6 and $7 per ton. Hot rolled steel is now 57 per ton up from 50, while cold rolled steel moves to 71 from 64. The rise follows wage gains for workers and rising production costs. Hook says higher prices ensure reasonable profit and balanced output.
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Middletown, CO
American Rolling Mill Co
Charles R. Hook
ARMCO
Hook
Canton City Workers To Get Pay Increases
Canton council in a special session approved eight cent hourly raises for all hourly and non elective salaried city workers to avert a service department strike of 250 workers represented by United Public Workers of America CIO. The union had sought 25 cents.
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Canton
United Public Workers of America
CIO
Further Increase Seen In 1948 Food Prices
Walter C. Berger, president of the American Feed Manufacturers Association, predicts food prices will rise to higher levels in 1948 than 1947. He spoke before the International Baby Chick Association in Cleveland, citing the current tight feed situation.
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Cleveland
Walter C. Berger
American Feed Manufacturers Association
International Baby Chick Association
Berge
117 Day Strike Ends At Cabin Creek Plant
Charleston West Virginia Pure Oil Co refinery at Cabin Creek ends 117 day strike. Local 327 Oil Workers International Union announces settlement. Maintenance men return today and most workers back by Monday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Pure Oil Co
Cabin Creek
Howard S. West
Oil Workers International Union
Jenkins Spurns Probe Views Of Democrats
Ohio Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins refuses Democratic input on the State Liquor Department inquiry. He plans to add two more investigators, bringing the team to six. Bartlett warns Jenkins may overspend to target a Democrat.
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Jenkins
Columbus
Ohio
Hugh S. Jenkins
State Liquor Department
Thomas J. Herbert
FBI
Internal Revenue
Army
Counter
Joseph T. Ferguson
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
Ohio House
Franklin County
Ralph H. Bartlett
Greeks Claim Leftist Defeat in Grevena Attack
Greek government forces repelled a guerrilla assault on Grevena with rocket planes and artillery. The attack involved 1200 to 1500 fighters near the Albanian border, pressing guard posts outside the 4000-strong town in the Pindus foothills near Mount Grammos where fighting has continued for weeks.
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Athens
Greece
War Ministry
Grevena
Pindus Mountain
Mount Grammos
100 Amateur Flyers Begin Three Day Ohio Tour
About 100 amateur fliers in fifty light planes will start a three day all Ohio air tour sponsored by the Cleveland Junior Chamber of Commerce. The route includes Youngstown Canton Marion Sandusky Findlay Springfield Cincinnati Portsmouth Columbus Zanesville Willard and Akron to promote private flying.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Junior Chamber of Commerce
Youngstown
Canton
Marion
Sandusky
Findlay
Springfield
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Columbus
Zanesville
Willard
Akron
Warren Court Asked To Void Pool Lease
Common Pleas Court was asked to void the city's lease of the municipal swimming pool to the Vets Swim Club. The NAACP alleges the lease excluded Negro citizens and taxpayers from use of the pool. A hearing is set for Aug. 5.
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Warren
Common Pleas Court
Vets Swim Club
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Chief of Police Fails To Pass Traffic Test
Middletown police chief Hugh A. King failed a traffic safety test at the city station after his personal car taillight was found out of order.
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Middletown, CO
Hugh A. King
UMIT Measure Approved by House Armed Services Committee
The House Armed Services Committee approved a universal military training bill 20 to 0. Chairman Walter C. Andrews said there is no immediate plan for a House vote this year, with action aimed at placing the bill on the calendar for early next year. Eight Republicans and 12 Democrats supported sending the measure to the House floor.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Walter C. Andrews
Congress
House
Searchers drag lake for missing heiress
In Holderness New Hampshire state troopers a diver and volunteers resumed a wide scale search of Little Squam Lake for Anne Straw a 20 year old daughter of a prominent bank president. She vanished last Monday prompting fears she may have drowned.
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Holderness
N. H
Little Squam Lake
Anne Straw
H. Ellis Straw
Amoskeag National Bank of Manchester
Ohio CIO Summer School Opens at Antioch College
Propaganda analysis will feature the third annual Ohio CIO summer school opening at Antioch College Sunday.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio Cio
Antioch College
Hope for Burr Oak Dam funding rises in Senate action
Washington reports Congressman Jenkins says the Burr Oak Dam project in Ohio has strong support from Army engineers and may start if the Senate conference approves $600,000 in federal aid for the $2,000,000 project, with Ohio's share already appropriated. The overall plan, to aid flood control water supply and recreation, hinges on federal funds and future Congressional action.
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Washington
Burr Oak
Army Engineers
T. A. Jenkins
Senate
Ohio
Jenkins
Conference Committee
Former Meigs Man Dies After Columbus Burns
Charles Frecker aged about 35 died early today at Grant Hospital Columbus from burns received at his job. A former Pomeroy resident he is survived by parents Mr and Mrs David Frecker brothers Wilbur Roy of Pomeroy Raymond of Cleveland sisters Mrs Homer Holter Pomeroy Mrs Mabel Bailey Cleveland Mrs Arlene Frecker and Mrs Bertha Frecker. Funeral arrangements by Ewing funeral home Pomeroy pending transport from Columbus by ambulance.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Charles Frecker
Grant Hospital
Frecker
David Frecker
Wilbur
Roy
Raymond
Cleveland
Homer Holter
Mabel Bailey
Arlene Frecker
Bertha Frecker
Ewing Funeral Home
Ewing Ambulance
State Liquor Stores To Shut If Near Fairs
State liquor stores and agencies will close if within two miles of fairs. Dale Duniton said officials will enforce the old ban, though the law was repealed and remains in effect until September 8 for many expositions.
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Columbus
Dale Duniton
Man in Skirts Killed After Robbery Attempt
A disguised man in women's clothing was killed and his companion wounded when a retired railroad worker shot at intruders during a robbery at the Thompson home in Dayton. The assailants restrained Mrs. Thompson and stuffed $40 in her mouth before fleeing. the deceased was not identified.
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Dayton
R. S. Thompson
William Bennett
Mrs. Thompson
Bennett
Pointblank
Thompson
Jones Call Seen In Kaiser Inquiry
Senate war investigation opens Monday into a 40 million wartime plane contract involving Hughes and Kaiser. How Roosevelt era files and Jesse Jones could factor into claims of White House pressure to secure the award and related political fallout.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
White House
Howard Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
Senate
Berguson
Mich
Jones
Ferguson
Secretary of Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hughes
Kaiser
Henry A. Wallace
Army
Navy
Hughes-Kaiser
Defense Plant Corporation
RFC
Indonesians Claim Entry To Strategic Java City
Indonesian Republican Army says its forces entered Semarang, a north Java coastal city, after a clash with Dutch troops. Communique notes population support and positions Semarang as a gateway toward Jogjakarta, with Dutch advances toward Lawang Tegal Poerwokerto and Tjilatjap Harbor outlined.
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Java City
Jogjakarta
Java
Semarang
Malang
East Java
Lawang
Batavia
Netherlands
Tegal
Cheribon
Poerwokerto
Tjilatjap
South Java
Destroyers Trailing Jewish Refugee Ship Near Palestine Waters
Haganah reports a refugee ship named Return to Zion with 400 illegal immigrants is nearing Palestine waters as British destroyers track the vessel. The group says Britain plans martial law for Jews to curb nine days of violence that left about 10 dead and 75 wounded.
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Jerusalem
Train-Auto Crash Fatal To Woman In Marion
Mrs. Alta Hill, 43, of Caledonia, was killed when her car collided with a freight train in Marion last night. Four boys in the car escaped with cuts and bruises. two are her sons, Robert, 9, and Dwight, 4, the others being Douglas Whiteamire, 10, and George Longacre, 10, neighbors.
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Marion
Alta Hill
Caledonia
Metal Workers Ratify Two Year Steel Contract
Youngstown workers at Metal Carbides Corp end a 24 day strike with 100 members of the ClIO-United Steel Workers. The pact provides 13 percent hourly increases and takes effect Monday.
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Youngstown
Metal Carbides Corp
Clio-United Steel Workers
Extended Ohio forecast points to warmer weekend in Columbus
The forecast shows temperatures about four to seven degrees above normal with lows near 61 and highs around 80. Expect showers Monday with precipitation near a quarter inch, then warmer through Wednesday and a cooler start to the week.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wilberforce University Trustees Reject Compromise Plan
Bishop Ransom Ran som announced AME Church trustees would not participate in any compromise allowing Dr. Charles H. Wesley to stay. Trustees drafted an undisclosed statement to Gov. Herbert, responding to the state church operation appeal.
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Xenia
R. C. Ransom
Wilberforce University
African Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Trustees
Charles H. Wesley
Ransom
AME
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Wilberforce
Columbus
Ex-Congressman Andrew May Sentenced for Bribes
Washington reports ex congressman Andrew J. May was sentenced to eight months to two years in prison for accepting 53 634 07 dollars in bribes during his wartime chairmanship of the House Military Affairs Committee. May declared his innocence in court.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House Milit Yy
May
Congress
Laborer Guilty Of Slaying In Quarrel
Owen W. Shaw a 45 year old laborer was found guilty of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Simeon Hurley 66 during a quarrel at the Hurley home on March 29. Shaw received a merciful jury recommendation though evidence showed Mrs Shaw was also shot and survived.
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Wilmington, O
Owen W. Shaw
Simeon Hurley
Shaw
Hurley
Drowning tragedy at Buckeye Lake claims two lives
Buckeye Lake search continues for the bodies of Raymond H. Johnson, 49, Millersport, and six year old Jessilon Harvey of Lancaster after a rowboat carrying five capsized off Summerland Beach. An unidentified fisherman rescued the boys' grandparents Ellis Harvey of Corey, Pa., and his sister Jo Ann Harvey, 15.
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Millersport
Buckeye Lake
Raymond H. Johnson
Jessilon Harvey
Lancaster
Summerland Beach
Ellis
E. Harvey
Corey, Pa
Jo Ann
Harvey
Mine Blast At Old Ben Coal Co. 27 Dead In Illinois
West Frankfort Illinois reports a fatal mine explosion at Old Ben Coal Co. No 8. 27 miners died, 26 found dead underground, one killed later in hospital. Rescue crews evacuated bodies to a gym morgue as investigators probe causes and fire. John L Lewis arrived for inspection.
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West Frankfort
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Illinois
Old Ben
Central Junior High School
Harold L. Walker
Illinois
Mines and Minerals
Walker
D. J. Clayton
Franklin
Howard Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Cenetralia
Ill
UMW Hospital
Smallpox Fear Strikes Train Ahead of Lions Club Meet
A Santa Fe train bound for San Francisco faced a 14 day quarantine after a dining car waiter was found to have smallpox in Clovis New Mexico. City health officers planned to vaccinate 138 aboard or quarantine refusers at home. The train carried five carloads of Lions Club delegates to the International convention.
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Los Angeles
Clovis
N. M
Grand Canyon
San Ber Nardino
H. C. Pulley
State Bureau of Preventive Medicine
Lions Club International
San Francisco
Cancer specialist Dr. Alexel H. Roffo dies at 65 in Buenos Aires
Dr. Alexel H. Roffo, a renowned cancer specialist, died at age 65 in Buenos Aires. His death ends a long career noted for pioneering cancer research and treatment.
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Buenos Aires
Alexel H. Roffo
Immigration Debate Sparks Nativist Reflection by Sam Simmons
Sam Simmons dismisses further action on displaced persons at the session and warns against immigration from Europe. He laments modern critics, praises native blood, and urges Congress to admit only “ables” with strict tests to guard American ideals.
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Congress
Europe
New York
Africa
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