May Illness Delays Testimony On War Connections
Senate War Investigating Committee hears Rep. May may testify later after his physician supports private session explanation. Magee reports May suffered a heart attack and stroke, delaying testimony about ties to a Midwest munitions combine.
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Washington
Rep
May
D-Ky
Senate War Investigating Committee
Warren Magee
Mead
D-Ny
Andrew
J. May
House Military Committee
Magee
Henry Lowden
Lowden
Senator Ferguson
Mages
Midwest
War Department
Combine
Kentucky
Senate Committee
Truman
Esterday
Joseph Garsson
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
William N. Porter
Waitt
Europe
Mey
Eisenhower
Garsson
Union Chieftain Meets With Rubber Strikers
AKRON UP L Burkmaster, international president of the CIO United Rubber Workers, met with local union reps amid a five week strike at three General Tire & Rubber plants. About 2,400 General employees walked out June 21, with strikes at Jeannette Pennsylvania and Waco Texas leaving more than 5,000 idle nationwide.
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Akron—Up L
Burkrmaster
CIO
United Rubber Workers
General Tire & Rubber Co
General Tire
Jeannette
Waco
Tex
Youth Seized Here Admits Poisoning
Athens police captured Warren Rose a 15 year old from Columbus who admitted poisoning Daniel Enslow after escaping from the Columbus Bureau of Juvenile Research. Enslow’s body was found in a water filled quarry near Columbus hours after the four boys left the institute where they worked. Prosecutor T Vincent Martin said the poison was placed on candy and that Rose planned the act. Rose was identified by a letter to the dead youth and by wearing Enslow’s shoes. The case is treated as foul play with possible pushing into the pit as late as Saturday.
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Athens City
Warren Rose
Columbus
Daniel Enslow
Columbus Bureau of Juvenile Research
Enslow
T. Vincent Martin
Franklin County
Martin
Rose
Bureau
Donald R. Howard
Fred James
Joe McBride
J. B. Grogan
Athens
Grogan
Frank Joyce
Sheriff's Deputies
Peach Ridge
Earl Strick‘land
Joyce
Rose Hadeen
Enforcement Chief Quits Liquor Post
Harlan T. Chapman named acting enforcement chief of the State Liquor Department as Frank W. Kleinfelder resigns citing health and politics in liquor enforcement. Chapman vows tighter local police cooperation and possible 130 agent raids. Kleinfelder departs effective Sept. 1 after 56 years in Erie County politics.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harlan T. Chapman
State Liquor Department
Chapman
Frank W. Kleinfelder
Erie County
Kleinfelder
State Highway Patrol
Kreinfelder
Solons Vote Salary Raise and Committee Shakeup
The House approved by 229 to 61 a bill to raise congressmen salaries and grant pensions. The plan also overhauls the system by cutting House committees from 48 to 19 and Senate committees from 3 to 15, with the Senate having passed similar legislation earlier.
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Washington
House
Senate
School pay hike levy to appear on ballot in Girard
A one mill levy to fund salary increases for teachers, education board officials, and building staff will be voted on in Girard during the November 5 election. The two year levy would raise about $16,700 annually.
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Youngstown
Girard
Knight of the Road Hangs Beneath Bridge in Narrow Rescue
William Taylor of Chicago clung to a railroad tie 100 feet above ground on a trestle over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. A watchman alerted the yardmaster who called police as protective crews lowered a net and a ladder and rescued him after 90 minutes. Police later charged him with trespassing on railroad property.
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Cleveland
Taylor
Cuyahoga
Jac River
Tory
William
W. Taylor
Chicago
Youngstown
Phil Bova
Jackson calls for 22 Nazi chiefs found guilty as war conspirators
Justice Robert H. Jackson urged the international tribunal to convict Hermann Goering and his 21 co defendants of war crimes, declaring Hitler's acts their shared guilt and the defendants integral to a joint plan for aggression. He described Goering as central to tying the defendants together in a common effort.
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Mernberg
Germany
Robert H. Jackson
United States
International Military Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Jackson
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Hitler
Strike Notices Filed Against Lake Shippers
The CIO National Maritime Union filed strike notices against six tanker firms in a drive for a 40 hour week for lake seamen. The notified companies include Cleveland Tankers Lake Tankers Great Lake Transport Standard Oil of Indiana Gulf Oil and Texas Oil. Earlier a strike was set for August 15 against ten Great Lakes shipping firms.
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Cleveland
CIO
National Maritime Union
Cleveland Tankers
Lake Tankers
Great Lake Transport
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Gulf Oil Jj
Texas Oil
Great Lakes
C&O Plans Campaign To Improve Pullmans
Cleveland report says Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans a nationwide advertising campaign to boost Pullman car service. Robert R. Young, board chairman, called for a new efficient sleeping car operating company that can buy sleeping cars in quantity and service them economically.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Robert R. Young
Army Navy Planes Open Columbus Air Show
Army and Navy planes performed acrobatic and high speed maneuvers at the opening of the Ohio air show at Port Columbus marking a three day display. Wage talks are scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday in district conferences of the CIO United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers.
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Army
Columbus
Navy
Port Columbus
Cleveland
United Auto Workers
United Steelworkers
CIO
Four Negroes Slain by Lynchers in Georgia
Monroe Georgia AP sheriff said a band of 20 to 30 white men ambushed near the Walton Oconee county line, killing four African Americans with shotguns and pistols. Victims were Roger Malcolm and his wife, George Butler and his wife. Malcolm had been freed on bond hours earlier after stabbing his former employer Bar ney Hester. Details from Lou Harrison, the farmer, and coroner’s jury hearing were incomplete.
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Monroe
E. S. Gordon
Walton-Oconoee
Georgia
Gevewsewege
Lou Harrison
Oconoee
Harrison
Gordon
Roger Malcolm
George Butler
Malcolm
Walton County
Barney Hester
Eff Gordon
Butler
Hester
Heirens Faces Sanity Exams
CHICAGO William Heirens accused in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and the lipstick murder of Frances Lipinski faces sanity exams after arraignment slated for next week. His attorney seeks a two week delay on the murder charges to allow the tests. Another defense lawyer noted a possible split personality and insanity plea.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances
Roland Towle
Critique of Primary Reform and Legislative Elitism
SAM SIMMONS argues that the primary system undermines capable governance by elevating mediocrities and demagogues. He contends the people lack means to choose well, foreseeing a demagogue’s paradise, while Congress remains a fragile barrier between the people and dictatorship.
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Capitol Hill
Old Norris
Congress
No Car No 1800 Man Tells Authorities
Columbus resident Harry Luck of Worthington said two men hoodwinked him out of 31800 yesterday by claiming to sell a 1946 automobile. After receiving the money the suspects vanished without delivering the car. Luck reported the incident to police.
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Columbus
Harry Luck
Worthington
Luck
Beightler Nominated for Regular Army General
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, commanding the Fifth Service Command, was nominated by President Truman to be a regular army general. The President asked the Senate for special legislation to appoint Gen. Beightler.
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Columbus
Robert S. Beightler
Fifth Service Command
Truman
Associated Press
Senate
Beightier
Turnkey Victim Of Mousetrap Play In Baltimore
Baltimore police report a disorderly conduct arrest in which Joseph White, 7T-year-old, grabbed by a mousetrap while a station turnkey searched him for three cents held in his pocket. The incident ended with minor injuries to the officer and no charges against the boy.
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Baltimore
Joseph White
White
Incumbent Seeks Block on New Fire Chief Position
Ravenna official Andrew J. Ba tech has won a temporary injunction to stop Clarence J. Leininger from becoming full time fire chief. The council created the post last week and Leininger was appointed by Mayor Waite Her.
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Ravenna
Andrew J. Batech
Clarance J. Leininger
Leining
Miller
Waite Her
Break in Water Main Leaves Portsmouth Dry
Portsmouth Ohio, a city of 60 000, was left without water after a 30 inch water main between an auxiliary reservoir and the filtration plant broke. Waterworks Superintendent Howard Growdon reported the failure and repairs began to restore supply.
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Portsmouth
Howard Growdon
British Reinforcements En Route to Palestine from Egypt
Military sources report British reinforcements moving from Egypt toward Palestine as tensions escalate in the region. The exact destination in Palestine and timing remain undisclosed amid ongoing exchanges.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Palestine
New West Virginia Gas Field Shows Strong Early Returns
Clarksburg reports indicate Wyoming County wildcat drilling may crown West Virginia's next major gas producer. Hope Natural Gas Co says 20 producers exist with 20 more expected this year, while United Carbon Co and Cabot drill many wells. Pipeline expansion worth 5 million dollars targets Wyoming, Kanawha and Raleigh counties to move gas to markets in Ohio.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Wyoming County
West Virginia
John A. Clark
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
United Carbon Co
Charleston
Godfrey L. Cabot and Co
New England
Raleigh
Fayette
Hope
Wyoming
Hastings Mo. 1
Hastings
Elk River
Kanawha County
Kanina River
West Union
East Ohio Gas Co
Clarington
Ohio River
Akron
Cleveland
Ohio
Clark
Truman reluctantly signs revival of price and rent controls
President Truman signs the revival bill, restoring price and rent ceilings but with major exemptions. OPA returns after 25 days, issuing 142 pricing orders while delaying major items like meat and petroleum. Coal prices rise to offset freight hikes, and rent controls reinstate in 52 areas as OPA resumes operations.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Congress
J Tates
Robert
Wason
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
NAM
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Mr. Truman
Mx. Truman
Ohio Legislature may call fourth special session on aged aid
Columbus AP says Ohio lawmakers adjourned after President Truman signed the OPA extension bill. Gov. Lausche indicated a fourth special session could be convened to raise old age pensions and aid for the blind if Congress increases federal aid from 20 to 25 dollars monthly. Ohio would need a state match to lift the maximum from 40 to 50 dollars. The adjournment followed a House vote and awaits Congressional action.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Truman
Frank J. Lausche
House of Representatives of
Congress
Senate
OPA
Russians Ready For Showdown On Atom Bomb
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko prepared to open debate at the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission on a proposal to outlaw production and use of atomic weapons. The plan, discussed by 12 delegates, found little support beyond Poland, while the U S led a bloc favoring strong controls before disarmament.
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New York
Soviet
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Poland
United States
Section Hand Dies After Switch Engine Collision
Salvatore Alessandro, 48, a Baltimore & Ohio section hand, died last night four hours after being struck by a switch engine in Cincinnati. The incident is under investigation by local authorities and railroad officials.
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Cincinnati
Salvatore Alessandro
B&o
Official denies polio near epidemic stage
Cleveland officials report 42 polio cases in the first 25 days of July but insist the illness is not yet an epidemic. Dr. T G Duncan, head of the citys Division of Communicable Diseases, provided the assessment during a briefing today.
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Cleveland
T. G. Duncan
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
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