Stettinius Quits UN Post. Winant Mentioned as Successor
President Truman faces selecting a new U.S. representative to the United Nations after Edward R. Stettinius Jr. resigned. Herschel Johnson will serve temporarily, with John G. Winant, former New Hampshire governor, and others like Dean Acheson and Joseph Davies speculated as possible successors.
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Truman
United States
United Nations
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Byrnes
Stettinius
Herschel Johnson
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Britain
Winant
U.S
UN Economic and Social Council
Dean Acheson
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Belgium
Stettinius Willl
See Eerisigne
General Motors Corp
United States Steel Corp
Roosevelt
National Defense Advisory Council
Cordell Hull
San Francisco
Security Council
New York
Stassen Labels Labor Bill Totalitarian at Rotary Address
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and potential 1948 Republican nominee denounced President Truman’s emergency labor legislation as totalitarian saying it would allow the government to break and destroy any business or union. He spoke at the 87th Rotary International convention outlining seven points to fix industrial discord and the economy.
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Atlantic
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Truman
Rotary International
Residents seek transfer of telephone service to Bell system
New Philadelphia and Mineral City residents circulate petitions to move their telephone business from Ohio Associated Telephone Co to Ohio Bell System at Canton. They cite a 35 day strike by Associated operators and maintenance staff in the New Philadelphia Dover exchange as the reason for the requested change.
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Mineral City
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Ohio Bell System
Canton
Associated
Philadelphia-Dover
First Gray's Elegy Sells for 2100 Pounds
The first edition uncut copy of Thomas Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard sold in London to a dealer for £1050, about $4200. The rare volume, nearly two centuries old, originally cost sixpence.
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London
Thomas Gray
Loan of Wheat For Producing Flour Offered
Washington reports a wheat harvest shortage will limit milling capacity through June. The government will lend mills wheat from foreign relief stocks until July when the new crop is available. Senators heard the Millers National Federation warn that 98 percent of flour mills could close by tonight. The Agriculture Department will supply wheat to ease domestic bread shortages and to keep flour for export.
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Millers National Federation
Agriculture Department
Japs Branded As Assassins In War Trial
Tokyo war crimes trial opens with Chief Prosecutor Keenan calling Hideki Tojo and 25 other Japanese militarists assassins who ruled a treacherous nation seeking world domination. He labeled defendants common felons and tied Pearl Harbor to a grand criminal pattern. Court recessed until June 13 for defense prep.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Joseph B. Keenan
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong
Mukden
Keenan
Iowa Governor Again Chosen On GOP Ballot
Iowa Governor Robert D. Blue wins renomination after fending off wartime Brigadier General George Olmsted. Across Alabama California New Jersey New Mexico voters select nominees as CIO PAC backs multiple campaigns and GOP and Democratic races shape the November ballot.
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Associated Press
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Robert D. Blue
Alabama
California
New Jersey
New Mexico
Cio-Pac
Blue
George Olmsted
GOP
Handy Ellis
James E. Folsom
Folsom
U. S. Senate
Ellis Patterson
Los Angeles
Will Rogers, Jr
Harold G. Hoffman
Alfred E. Driscoll
Hoffman
Unis
Driscoll
Chavez
John J. Dempsey
William J. Barker
Thomas J. Mabry
Insurance Tax Is Held Valid In Ohio
Gov. Frank J. Lausche states the Ohio premium tax on out of state insurers, set at 2 12 per cent and yielding about 8 million dollars annually, is upheld by a U S Supreme Court ruling. The decision backed South Carolina's 3 per cent levy on such premiums while about 36 out of state firms challenged Ohio's tax as discriminatory compared with domestic insurers.
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Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Veteran Training Fee Hearing Scheduled And Tire Smuggling Arrests
Veterans training fee hearing set for June 10 before U S Commissioner Horton in Washington. Davis charged with obtaining $107 from a Justice Department source for veteran training allegedly priced up to double. Border patrol and customs agents report seizures of tires and tubes since March 18 as part of a smuggling ring. Appellate Judge P L A Lieghley announces retirement effective August 1 after 44 years on the Court of Appeals.
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Russell J. Davis
National Radio School
U. S
H. A. Horton
Washington
Justice Department
Davis
Mexico
United States
Border Patrol
Toms Patrol
P. L. A. Lieghley
Court of Appeals
Six Foot Burning Cross Reported In Suburban Cincinnati District
Firemen were called to Sedamsville last night to extinguish a six-foot burning cross as described by Night Police Chief George T. Pearcy. No one was found in the vicinity when firefighters arrived.
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Cincinnati
Sedamsville
George T. Pearcy
Pearcy
Jets Near 500 MPH as 21 World Flight Records Set
Army Air Forces announced twenty one new international flight records led by jet fighters nearing 500 mph. Lt Col Henry A Johnson set a 462 mph speed on a 1 000 km course from Wright Field to St Louis, while a Sikorsky R-5S helicopter and a B-29 bomber also claimed marks. The effort follows prewar records by German and Italian pilots and underscores U S lead in aircraft performance.
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Wright Field
Dayton
Army Air Forces
Ernest Udet
Germany
Carl Spaatz
Air Forces Research and Development Center
Spaatz
Henry A. Johnson
Air Materiel Command
St. Louis
Udet
J. J. Hancock
Keith S. Wilson
James M. Little
Mils Deptly
E. M. Grabowski
New York City
Little
Springfield
Spaatsaaseried
Lausche Moves to Oust Brady Lake Mayor on Slot Charge
Governor Frank Lausche filed charges of misconduct and gross neglect against Brady Lake Mayor Joseph Cox for permitting slot machine gambling. Cox was suspended 30 days and a June 20 hearing date was set to decide removal.
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Frank J. Lausche
Joseph D. Cox
Brady Lake
Ohio
Portage Country Resort Village
Cox
Lausche
Brady Lake Park
Brandy and Rum Sold at Loss in Ohio Glut
The Ohio Department of Liquor Central sold four-fifths of 126,391 cases of slow moving imported brandy and rum at a loss, estimating about 3 million dollars. Assistant state liquor director A. I. Balmert said prices were cut to 2.50 a fifth last November, about a 50 percent reduction from purchase price. At 2.50, 505,728 bottles of Victoria brandy were sold from 780,000 bought for 3,765 each.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Liquor Central
A. I. Balmert
Army Censure Deplored At West Point Graduation
Secretary of War Patterson condemned postwar criticism of the Army during his address to the United States Military Academy graduating class. He urged pride in the Army’s World War II leadership across Africa Europe and the Pacific despite pervasive contemporary censure.
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West Point
Patterson
War Department
United States Military Academy
Africa
Europe
Pacific
Chevrolet Produces 30 367 Cars in May
Chevrolet division of General Motors Corp reported May output of 30 367 passenger cars and 28 453 trucks despite strikes in suppliers plants and coal and rail tie ups. This was the highest single month's postwar production for any company in the industry.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
General Motors Corp
Peron Inaugurated as Argentina Leader
Juan Domingo Peron, age 50, sworn in as Argentina's 29th president before a joint session of the chamber and senate. He then rode through heavily guarded streets to the presidential offices.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Domingo Peron
Argentina
Chamber
Senate
Foundry To Resume Full Operation Monday
Fremont Foundry announces it will start full operations Monday with resumed pig iron and coke deliveries. The plant had halted production since January 21 after a United Steelworkers strike, which ended a week ago on a 20 cent hourly raise but supply shortages kept the plant idle. About 35,000 Youngstown steel plant workers began returning to their jobs yesterday.
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Fremont
Fremont Foundry
cIo
United Steelworkers
Youngstown
Youngstown Steel Plant
Supreme Court Rules Virginia Jim Crow Law Invalid
The Supreme Court invalidates Virginia’s interstate bus segregation law, ruling it imposes an undue burden on interstate commerce. The decision, 6-1, raises questions about other Southern segregation statutes and the broader reach of press and labor precedents. Navy mobilizes to support merchant fleet if strike persists as negotiations continue.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Burton
1 Press
Congress
Miami, Fla
Murrophy
Italian Votes Point to Republic as Ballots Count Grows
Rome reports partial results from two day elections with about a quarter of ballots tallied. The republic leads monarchy two to one while Christian Democrats top the assembly race ahead of Communists and Socialists. Early tallies show Christian Democrats with roughly 2,054,338 votes, Socialists 1,064,742 and Communists 1,122,?59.
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Rome
Constituent Assembly
Christian Democrats
Alcide de Gaspéri
Plea to Escape Chair Denied for Willie Francis
NEW ORLEANS The State Pardon Board denied yesterday an application for clemency for Willie Francis 18 of St Martinville a Negro slayer who escaped the electric chair May 31 when the equipment failed The board by unanimous vote refused commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment leaving the next move to Governor Davis to set a new execution date.
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New Orleans
State
Willie Francis
St. Martinville
Davis
Flying Boat Crashes Kill Two Navy Officers
A Navy flying boat crashed during an attempted landing on a bay south of Pensacola Florida yesterday killing two officers. The dead are Lt Jg Franklin Chic of Milwaukee and Lt ig James Garafalo of Council Bluffs Iowa. Lt Charles W Mustience was taken to Naval Hospital Pensacola with injuries.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pi — A. Navy
Franklin Chic
Milwaukee
James Garafalo
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Charles W. Mustience
Navy
Week's Bread Supply Assured for Hospital Patients
Hospital patients and resident workers were assured bread through next week while three county institutions the jail the Lodge for Homeless and the nursing homes faced gloomier prospects. Walter Heermann assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has accepted leadership of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. An honorable mention traffic safety award was presented to the city of Hamilton last night. Alfred P Sloan Jr reelected president of General Motors Corp.
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City Hospital
Cuyahoga County
Lodge
Springfield
Walter Heermann
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Hamilton
Pacific tidal wave alarm proposed by geologists
A group of geologists urged an automatic radio alarm system for the Pacific to warn of tidal waves. They proposed monitoring stations around Pacific shores and on mid Pacific islands to provide instantaneous alerts applicable to Alaska and Hawaii beginning April 1.
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Washington
Pacific
Alaska
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Solons Agree Pay Increases Expected for GIs
Washington report notes lawmakers back pay hikes for armed forces as talks resume on extending Selective Service. Senate and House leaders, including Senator Gurney and Senator Wherry, signal broad support for higher compensation though debates over amount persist amid stalled draft legislation.
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R-Sd
House
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
Thousands Die In Eastern Turkey Earthquake Toll Rises
The Turkish Red Cross reports the quake in eastern Turkey may leave thousands dead. By noon, 1,539 fatalities are confirmed as ruins are surveyed in two large provinces west and northwest of Lake Van. Villages were leveled and valleys buried under debris.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Turkish Red Cross
Lake van
Settlement Sought In Goodyear Walkout
Akron fed conciliator Paul W. Fuller pursued a settlement in Goodyear Tire plant No. 1 amid a week-long walkout that idled over 6,000 workers after four machine operators protested a new time schedule and caused others to join the walkout.
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Akron
Paul W. Fuller
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
NLRB Trial Examiner Returns Ohio Ruling
A trial examiner for the National Labor Relations Board recommended that National Lime and Stone Co. of Findlay Ohio cease discouraging membership by its Carey Ohio employees in the United Construction Workers affiliated with the United Mine Workers of America. Thomas Sorrell 37 of Middletown was fatally injured yesterday near here by a truck while pushing his stalled automobile.
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National Labor Relations Board
National Lime and Stone Co
Findlay, C
Carey, O
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Hamilton
Thomas Sorrell
Middletown
Mock Aerial Battle Ends in Tragedy Killing Two
A staged aerial battle at Bird Airport in Youngstown ended in a deadly crash. Marine Corps pilot Second Lieut. Gordon F. Smith 22 and Donald P. Keefer of Youngstown died when their plane dove at low altitude during the mock air duel. Operator Conway Bird said the rental plane crashed in a field as two other planes conducted the mock battle. Liquor Halt Asked by Tarkio Assembly
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Youngstown
Gordon F. Smith
Waterstown
Marine Corps
Donald P. Keefer
Youngaetown
Conway Bird
Bird
Ohio Swiss cheese strike hits Buckeye markets
Buckeye cheese and beer industries face double blow as Ohio Swiss Cheese Association halts all Swiss cheese sales to support a five cent per pound rise. The move affects 25 factories and daily output of 125 wheels, while Cincinnati breweries stage a wage strike reducing beer supply amid grain shortages. The walkout by 2,200 workers spreads to Kentucky as lodge groups cancel brewery tours.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Swiss Cheese Association
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Office of Price Administration
Obic
Queen City
Ken~ Tucky
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