Memorial Day weekend death toll tops nine in Ohio
The Associated Press reports weekend fatalities in Ohio raised the toll to nine from traffic crashes and drownings. Victims include Hudson Fultz of Chillicothe in a highway crash, John Einwachter near Amherst, and Charles Koerber after a horse accident, with drownings in the Scioto and Miami rivers and additional injuries from wrecks in Painesville and Dayton.
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Ohio
Scioto River
Hudson R. Fultz
Chillicothe
Baltimore
Ohio Railroad
Chillicothe Fultz
John H. Einwachter
Amherst
Elyria
Charles Koerber
Harvey J. Grooms
Clayton
Dayton
Taylorsburg Road
Painesville
Maneyd. Wilson
Cleveland Heights
Cincinnati
Leo Yards
Arthur Wohlgamuth
Toledo
William Goetting
Walter E. Fletcher
Montezuma
Celina
Edward
George Ball
Albert Ball
Quincy
Bellefontaine
Miami River
George Washington Caulley
Gahanna
Columbus
George Smallridge
Scioto
Fred Keeler, Jr
Keeler
Ross County
Riots Erupt in Bombay Dock Area After Three-Day Violence
Fresh rioting broke out today between caste Hindus and untouchables in the Bombay dock area. A policeman fired one round as rioters threw bottles. A state of emergency was declared in a mill area after three days of clashes leaving six dead and 63 injured.
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Bombay
Industrial Deaths Rise in Butler County May Toll
Coroner Edward Cook reports four industrial fatalities in Butler County during May, the highest monthly total in recent months. The figures reflect ongoing safety concerns across local industries.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Edward Cook
Opposition to strike control aired by labor at hearing
President Truman’s emergency strike control bill returns to the House as labor leaders press their case. Sixteen critics, led by Rep. De Lacy, invite four top union presidents to testify at 4 p.m. The bill would empower the president to seize key plants and draft workers if necessary, with Senate changes leaving takeover powers intact. Speaker Rayburn cautions no decision before Thursday.
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LABOR
Washington
Truman
House
Senate
de Lacy
D.wash
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of
Foreign Help Is Sought Over Ship Strike
CIO maritime leaders urge workers in other lands to support the June 15 shipping strike as wage talks drag at the Labor Department. Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran cable the World Federation of Trade Unions in Paris criticizing President Truman for threatening to run merchant ships with the armed forces.
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Washington
America
CIO
President Truman
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
World Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
Truman
Fred Milligan Heads Amvets
Fred J. Milligan of Columbus was elected state commander of Amvets after the organization held its first state convention. Other officers include W. B. Sears, William J. Carlin, Mc Clinton Nunn, Virginia E. Chaffee, Frank C. McCaslin, and Jack Roman with Clifford Cowley as vice commander and James M. Matthews Jr. as finance officer.
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Columbus
Fred J. Milligan
the American Veterans of World War IV
Amvets
Milligan
W. B. Sears
Cuyahoga Falls
William J. Carlin
Findlay
McClinton Nunn
Lima
Virginia
E. Chaffee
Dayton
Frank C. McCaslin
Bedford
Jack Roman
Toledo
Clifford Cowley
Akron
James M. Matthews, Jr
Springfield
James E. DeCuff
Cleveland
Emerick L. Hollowerl
Parolee to be Quizzed in Death of 11 year old girl
Police planned to question a 27 year old Mansfield Reformatory parolee today in an investigation of the death of 11 year old Barbara Dunn found dead in bed. Coroner Frank Kreft said autopsy showed the girl had been criminally attacked but further tests were needed to determine the cause of death.
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Toledo
Mansfield Reformatory
Barbara Dunn
Frank G. Kreft
Stevenson Named Oberlin College Presidentdesignate
Prexy William Edwards Stevenson a New York attorney and Princeton graduate was chosen by Oberlin College trustees to assume the presidency on September 1. A former United States Olympic team member in 1924, Stevenson led Red Cross activities in Great Britain Africa and Italy during World War II.
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William Edwards Stevenson
New York
Oberlin College
Princeton
United States
Stevenson
Red Cross
Great Britain
Africa
Italy
UN Council Weighs Revisions to Franco Report
Evidence in New York indicates Security Council will seek changes to the sub committee's findings on Franco Spain. A delegation spokesman suggested the report may be modified before approval, with action awaited when the council meets Thursday.
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Franco
UN Council
New York
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Poland
Council
Sales Tax Fund Use For Vet Bonus Urged
About 500 veterans and auxiliaries urged Ohio to use sales tax revenue to fund a state veterans bonus. Harold G. Skinner proposed a $10 monthly payment in the U S, $15 for overseas service, plus $5 extra per month for combat-disabled veterans.
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Toledo
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harold G. Skinner
Department
United States
Dr. C. V. Petty, 77, Dies at Mason Home
Dr. C. V. Petty of Mason City, age 77, dies Sunday morning after a sudden heart attack. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Foglesong Funeral Home in Mason City with burial in Point Pleasant Cemetery.
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C. V. Petty
Mason Home
Point Pleasant
Mason City
Foglesong
AFL Carpenter Strike Halts Cleveland Area Home Building
About 4,500 AFL carpenters walked out across Cuyahoga Lake and Geauga counties demanding a 35 cent hourly wage rise. AFL Building Trades Council refused to report on sites with strikers. The walkout threatens construction of around 2,000 homes as contractors allegedly refuse to bargain.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Lake
Geauga
AFL
Afl-Carpenter District Council
Afl-Building Trades Council
Carl J. Schwarzer
James V. Funare
Home Builders Association
Creater
Kettering Predicts Gradual Atomic Age Progress
Dr. Charles F. Kettering, GM vice president, told Mount Union College graduates the atomic era will arrive slowly and safely, not with sudden impact. He warned progress depends on sane vision and indicated safeguards at a very low rate.
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Alliance
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Corp
Mount Union College
Dr. Kettering
Over-Specialization In Colleges Scored
Louis Bromfield spoke at Ohio Northern University's commencement critiquing higher education for over-specialization and its funding gaps. He warned that education has failed its obligations, citing academic blight and a historical note about cave paintings as context.
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Louis Bromfield
Lucas
Ohio Northern University
Bromfield
War Camp Guard Mineno Charged as War Criminal
Genji Mineno former civilian guard at Fukuoka POW camp was formally charged by Allied headquarters. Counts include burning prisoners with cigarettes forcing water into mouths and noses and beating detainees with clubs and rifles. Staff Sgt Luther Mackenzie of Canton Ohio is named as a victim.
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Tokyo
Genji
Mineno
Fukuoka
Allied
Meneno
Luther Mackenzie
Canton
Equality of Jap Women To Be Asked of Diet
Tokyo report says Social Democratic leaders reveal a proposed Diet bill to abolish dictatorial male authority in marriage and grant wives legal equality in marital matters at the next session. The measure aims to reform family law and expand women's rights under the law.
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Tokyo
Social-Democratic Party
Treatment in America Satisfies Sister Kenny
Sister Elizabeth Kenny says she is satisfied with U S cooperation in applying her polio treatment method during her visit to America. She awaits transport back to Minneapolis to continue her clinic work.
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America
Sydney
Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
Minneapolis
United States
War Trials Open With Prosecution Moves Looming
The Tokyo tribunal opened as 26 Japanese accused war-makers faced defense bids. The court rejected a bid to dismiss charges and granted 10 days to prepare, while hearings considered illness-related absences and historic-events facts for the case.
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Tokyo
Japan
War Ministry
Ohio
Navy
Beverly M. Coleman
Washington
America Defense Section
William Webb
Philippines Leader Seeks U.S. Loan and Gov Reform
President Manuel Roxas asked Congress for authority to reorganize government offices and pursued a rehabilitation loan of 500 million pesos from the United States. He also requested an 800 million peso loan to cover deficits, higher taxes, labor reforms, wage and price controls, and an expanded security force.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippines
Congress
United States
U. S
Roxas
Edwin S. Wenis 76 Former Editor Dies in Scranton
Edwin S. Wenis, 76, longtime editor of the Scioto Gazette, died Saturday night in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at his daughter Mrs. Thomas Leany's home. His body was returned to Chillicothe for funeral services at 9 a.m. Wednesday. A 51 year newspaperman, he was noted as a Ohio historian and active in the 1903 centennial celebration and the 1938 Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial.
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Chillicothe
Edwin S. Wenis
Scioto Gazette
Scranton
Thomas Leany
Wenis
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Vegetable Processing Fund Will Be Sought
Five Ohio agricultural groups and Ohio State University representatives will push for a fund of at least 100000 dollars to support vegetable growing and processing research. The Ohio Canners' Association Ohio Vegetable Growers' Association Ohio Hothouse Cooperative Association Marietta Truck Growers' Association and Ohio Frozen Food Locker Association Inc are to be represented at the Columbus meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio Agricultural Organizations
Ohio State University
Ohio Canners’ Association
Ohio Vegetable Growers’ Association
Ohio Hothouse Cooperative Association
Marietta Truck Growers’ Association
Ohio Frozen Food Locker Association, Inc
Fire destroys dwelling next to orphanage on East Side
Fire of undetermined origin last night consumed a three story frame dwelling adjacent to St Josephs on the Lake Catholic orphanage on Cleveland's East Side. Fire Chief James E Granger of Euclid estimated damage at 30000 dollars and reported no injuries in the blaze.
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Cleveland
St. Joseph’s-on-the- Lake
James E. Granger
Euclid
Enrollment Lag Persists in OSU Dairy Course
In Columbus Ohio State University reports dairy technology enrollment far below normal with only about 90 students enrolled for the four year course though classrooms are crowded in other subjects. The department could accommodate 200 to 250 students.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Department of Dairy Technology
Communists and Socialists Lose Ground in France Vote
In France, the middleweight Popular Republican Movement leads after unofficial returns for a new constituent assembly. Communists and Socialists suffer sharper defeats as no party gains a clear majority, signaling a coalition government likely.
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PARIS
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Ministry of the Interior
France
Corsica
Republican Rally
Cincy Brewers Go On Strike
In Cincinnati 22 hundred workers joined a strike at a major brewery center halting production. George C. Stalf says beer output stops and supplies to retailers will be cut. workers seek wage increases of 20 to 30 cents an hour.
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Cincinnati
George C. Stalf
Brewery Workers Joint Executive Council
Stalf
Military Training Cost Negligible Says King
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King told Miami University graduates that universal military training would cost little compared with the cost of unpreparedness in war. He urged that every man and woman is obligated to aid in national security.
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Oxford
Ernest J. King
Miami University
Billion-Dollar Rivers Project Ballot Near Vote
The House planned debate on a billion-dollar rivers and harbors bill covering navigation flood control irrigation and hydro power with a vote expected tomorrow. Initial outlay listed at 600.6 million and final cost possibly double, before moving to the Senate. The Flood Control Bill would authorize 900 million to 1 billion.
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Washington—C
House
Senate
Soviet Red Armed Forces Strength Report
Allied sources estimate Soviet forces remain near 6 million under arms despite 10 million released. A top Allied estimate places the Red Army at about 4.5 million, with the air force navy and NKVD adding around 1.5 million.
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Soviet
Russia
Red Army
Airforce
Navy
NKVD
Nevada to Be Target in Dress Rehearsal Bomb Drop
Joint task force officers announced a June 25 dress rehearsal in which an atom bomb type device without a nuclear explosive will be dropped on the Nevada target ship aboard the flagship Mount McKinley at Bikini Atoll.
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Mount Mckinley
Bikini Atoll
Nevada
Joint Task Force
Employment at Peak Washington April Peace Time
Employment in April reached a new peace time peak. The U S government predicted coal and rail strikes will have retarding effects in months to come.
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Washington
Five Inches Of Rainfall Is Recorded
Revised estimates of Ohio River crests eased flood fears but left low areas at risk. A 24 hour downpour nearly five inches raised Ohio River levels along a 100 mile stretch from Point Pleasant West Virginia to Greenup Kentucky. In Pennsylvania floods claimed lives including an 11 year old Cub Scout and a ninth year old girl. The Susquehanna and nearby streams swelled and disrupted transport while crews rescued marooned scouts using improvised lines.
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Ohio
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Greenup
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chesapeake
Huntington
Lew Schuylkill River
Weather Bureau
Mansayunk
Fairmount Park
Reading
Baltimore and Ohio
Bungalows
Perkiomen Creek
Colegeville
Robert Montgomery
Collegeville
Susquehanna
New York
Allegheny River
Uniontown
Redstone Creek
Coal Lick
Wittenberg President Plans Retirement in 1949
Springfield edition reports Dr. Rees Edgar Tulloss will retire as president of Wittenberg College after the 1948-49 term. He will take a sabbatical after 1946-47, return for 1948-49, then retire at age 68 following 26 years in office.
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Springfield
Rees Edgar Tulloss
Wittenberg College
Fuel starved factories return to normal coal miners go back to work
The nation’s 400 000 bituminous miners returned to soft coal pits after a 64 day strike. Steel production in Pittsburgh rose to 35 percent capacity as UMW leaders toured fields to explain the new contract with welfare funds and an 18 cent hourly wage boost. U S Steel began gradual recalls while some mines reopened Friday and Saturday. Anthracite miners in Pennsylvania remained idle in a no contract no work dispute affecting about 75 000 workers.
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Steel
U. S. Steel Corp
UMW
John L. Lewis
John McAlpine
Umw-Affiliated
District 50
McAlpine
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