Soft coal labor talks drift toward owners plan
In Washington AP reports soft coal operators prepared their own contract proposal as John L. Lewis pressed for wage and welfare gains. The 50 million dollar welfare fund funded by a ten cent per ton royalty faces a court review after Ezra Van Horn challenged the Lewis Bridges pension scheme. Miners earn 13.05 dollars daily as talks resume.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis- Bridges
Engineers Say Pay Hikes Needed to Speed Road Work
The American Society of Civil Engineers reports low salaries deter road building in Ohio and other states. Ohio’s highway department chief says graduates prefer private industry as starting pay exceeds state offers. Nationwide study shows engineer salaries from 1,945 to 9,030. Ohio ranges 1,700 to 5,800.
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Columbus
American Society of Civil Engineers
Ohio
Frank M. Williams
Ohio State Highway Department
Williams
Highway Department
Kent Captain's Sentence Reduced to Ten Years
Capt. Vin cent Cochrane of Kent Ohio had his prison term for murder in Germany cut to ten years. He had previously received a life sentence later reduced to twenty years after a legal committee intervened. He contends the shooting was accidental and he was intoxicated at the time.
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Cleveland
Vincent Cochrane
Kent
Ohio
Germany
Cochrane
Elsie Janis and Gilbert Wilson Separate
Veteran actress Elsie Janis announces that she and actor husband Gilbert Wilson are splitting up.
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Elsie Janis
Mate Split Hollwood
Gilbert Wilson
Middleport Hit By Little Twister Strikes Town
A small cyclone tore through Middleport shortly before 3 p m uprooting trees and damaging homes from Pearl and Lincoln to Garfield Ave and Second Several residents reported hearing peculiar cloud formations as linemen repaired outages and the street department cleared debris No injuries were reported apart from scattered property damage across the town
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Pearl
Lincoln
Garfield Ave
Schmoll
Pearl St
Fred Thomas
William Grate
Max
J. O. Leonard
D. B. Hartinger
C. M. Hennesy
Payne
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Clarence King
Secrecy Shrouds U S Russian Trade Policy Shifts
Washington reports policy on trade with Russia remains secret with details on what Russia may buy and what has already been allowed under export license controls. Secretary Sawyer cancelled plans to disclose recent Russian purchases after a State Department call, fueling speculation about congressional funding battles in Western Europe. Sawyer promised later data on shipper types and values once shipments clear.
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United States
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Sawyer
Marshall
State Department
Congress
Western
Europe
Du Bar Hoffman Court Ballot Review In Canton
Post election review notes Democrats Joseph A. Du Bar and John R. Hoffman each with 4755 votes for state representative nomination. Officials will inspect one Hoffman ballot tomorrow as Du Bar’s lawyer contends the ballot square does not belong to Hoffman.
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Canton
Joseph A. du Bar
John R. Hoffman
Hoffman
du Bar
Czech Law in Despite Benes Becomes the Law of Land
Prague reports a new Czech constitution becomes law today after President Benes refused to sign. A government notice omits which signature made it valid with Communist Premier Gottwald the leading candidate to succeed Benes as Parliament plans to pick a new president Monday.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Benes
Gottwald
House Reduction Bill Retires King Nimitz
A bill requiring the retirement by July 1 of Five Star Admirals Ernest J. King and Chester W. Nimitz passed the House and moved to the Senate. It also gives the Army and Navy until July 1, 1950 to reduce active four star generals to the legal five star limit.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
House
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Gallia Man Kills Self Near Gallipolis
Ray Owen Bromfield 26 of Myers Hollow Patriot Route 1 took his own life with a .22 caliber rifle last night. Coroner Paul C. Foster and Sheriff E. E. Hatfield reported this morning. He was the son of S. E. Bromfield.
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Gallipolis
Ray Owen Bromfield
Myers Hollow
Paul C. Foster
E. E. Hatfield
S. E. Bromfield
Truman Challenges Congress to Pass Price and Housing Bills
President Truman challenged the Republican led Congress to stay in session until price control, housing and farm bills pass. He accused Republicans of wrecking price control and stalling the Labor Department while criticizing their platform as anti government. He urged lawmakers to act and remain until key measures are enacted.
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Congress
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Butte
Mont
Labor Department
Washington State
Grand Coulee Dam
Seattle
Olympia
Mon C. Wallgren
Missoula
Arabs Accept Four-Week Palestine Armistice Plan
Arab states accepted the UN four week Palestine armistice plan unconditionally in Cairo while Israel hesitated awaiting a formal reply from Tel Aviv. Bernadotte urged no conditions and outlined limits on immigration, troop movement, and port control as talks proceed, with potential meetings at Istanbul or Rhodes.
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United Nations
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Paris
U.N
Cairo
Amman
Fawzi Pasha Mulki
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
U.N. Security Council
Lake Success
Middle East
Weizmann
United States
Istanbul
Rhodes
Low Bid On Meigs Road Repair Announced
The state highway department received a low bid of 85000 from Fenton Construction Co. Ashland for a Meigs County road project. Engineers estimated 13400. The job covers resurfacing with bituminous mix on 11.612 miles of State Route 338 in Letart, Lebanon and Oliver townships.
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Fenton Construction Co
Ashland
Meigs County
Letart
Lebanon
Oliver Townships
Armed Might Needed Says Defense Secretary at West Point
Defense Secretary James Forrestal told 1948 graduates at the U S Military Academy that maintaining America's military might is never more manifest. He said United Nations organizations and procedures are not yet developed to solve the postwar complexities overnight.
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N. Y
Defense
James Forrestal
U. S. Military Academy
America
United Nations
Man Dies of Injuries After Car Strike in Columbus
Waldo Kappes, 58, who was hospitalized since being struck by a car on March 29, died last night in Columbus.
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Columbus
Waldo Kappes
Lynch Confirmed as Treasury General Counsel
Thomas J. Lynch of Toledo was confirmed by the Senate last night as Treasury Department general counsel.
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Senate
Lynch
Washington
Thomas J. Lynch
Toledo
TreasuryDepartment
Vandenberg Attacks House Cut in European Aid Funds
Senator Vandenberg criticizes the House reduction of foreign aid funding as dangerous and improvident, saying it guts the European recovery program. He argues the cuts undermine the U S policy and jeopardize the peace effort, stressing ECA expenditures require scrupulous justification.
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Vandenberg
Washington
R-Mich
House
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Europe
ECA
European Economic Administration
Senate votes two year draft third night session faced
Weary senators faced a third straight night session to speed the draft measure. An amendment to limit the law to two years passed 47 to 33, while another allowed 25 000 aliens to serve in the armed forces with citizenship eligibility after five years. Senator Lodge backed the alien provision as the Rules Committee eyed swift House debate.
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Senate
Washington
Russell
D-Ga
U.S
Gurney
R-Sd
House
Leo E. Allen
R-Ill
Rules Committee
Capitol
Congress
GOP
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Chamber
Columbus Voters Approve Municipal Income Tax
Columbus voters approved a half per cent payroll income tax in a special referendum 34 190 to 24 003. Mayor Rhodes called it a pay as you go plan to boost finances, citing expanded police and fire staffing and better services. The measure was Columbus eighth tax vote in 14 years with one ward opposing.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Toledo
Springfield
Youngstown
New Mexico Voters Back Truman Endorsed Candidate
In Albuquerque the long ballot delayed returns but Clinton P. Anderson held a growing edge for the Democratic nomination for U S Senator. State party members signaled support for President Truman's endorsement of Anderson to succeed retiring Senator Carl A Hatch.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
U. S
Truman
Carl A. Hatch
Newark Girl Married In West Point Chapel
Edna Mae Gentry of Newark Ohio married Donald C Kipfer from Massillon Ohio in the U S Military Academy chapel. Kipfer and 18 other graduates were commissioned as second lieutenants two hours earlier. The bride’s parents are Mr and Mrs Tracy E Gentry of Newark.
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West Point
N. Y
Donald C. Kipfer
Massillon
Ohio
Edna Mae Gentry
Newark
U. S. Military Academy
Kipfer
Tracy E. Gentry
GE Wage Increase Offer Studied by CIO Union
New York The General Electric Company offered an 8 percent wage raise for about 125,000 CIO employees. The raise would take effect once the CIO United Electrical Workers union accepts it, with a meeting reported to be held today for a decision.
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General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Tired of It All Hen Flies the Coop
In Bangor Maine police faced an odd case after a woman reported a setting hen deserted its eggs. Officers told her to consult a poultry expert rather than send an inspector to the scene.
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Bangor, Me
Bangor
Liquor Bribery Witness Testifies to Grand Jury
Daniel Dilcreto of Ravenna told the State Liquor Board that a liquor inspector asked him for 3000 dollars. He was ordered to appear tomorrow before the Franklin County Grand Jury. The panel investigates reports that liquor department employees sought bribes from permit applicants.
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Columbus
Daniel Dilcreto
Ravenna
State Liquor Board
Franklin County Grand Jury
Liquor Department
Michigan Alumni Award Honors Ohio Judge
Judge William Lincoln Hart of the Ohio Supreme Court received the University of Michigan Distinguished Alumni Service Award. A 1897 graduate with a class of 50, Hart has annually compiled a booklet of letters from fellow alumni since graduation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
William Lincoln Hart
Ohio Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Hart
Rivers Break Through Dikes in Pacific Northwest Flood
The Columbia and Fraser rivers cut deeper into soggy dikes on the flood front. The situation worsened hourly as Puget Island drowned and earthen barriers from Portland to the Pacific coast grew softer.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Fraser
Pacific Northwest
Puget Island
Pacific
Pioneer California vineyardist James A. Barlotti dies at 84
James A. Barlotti, 84, a pioneer California vineyardist and former president of Italian Vineyards Inc and Fruit Industries Ltd, died last night in Los Angeles. He was born in Italy.
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Los Angeles
James A. Barlotti
California
Italian Vineyards, Inc
Fruit Industries, Ltd
Italy
Mrs Lamarre Sues Meyers Over Defamatory Remarks
Mildred R. Lamarre sues retired Air Force general Bennett E. Meyers for 250000 claiming he made false statements about her to a Senate committee. She alleges he called her unchaste and unfaithful damaging her reputation and health amid his own prison term for pressuring her husband to lie.
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New York
Mildred R. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Meyers
Senate
Air Forces
Wall falls kill man in Cincinnati work incident
A building wall collapsed during razing in Cincinnati killing Isaiah Scott who was assisting with the demolition. Police and investigators are reviewing the scene as a fatal industrial accident.
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Wall Falls
Cincinnati
Isaiah Scott
Scott
Russia to Increase Aid for Friendly Nations Say Moscow Editors
Izvestia and Pravda quote Moscow ready to boost economic aid to countries with friendly relations. The editorials hail a 50 percent cut in reparations due from Finland Romania and Hungary and denounce American aid in Europe as subjugation.
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Russia
Moscow Press
Izvestia
Pravda
Finland
Romania
Hungary
Europe
Eagle Battle Over Goat Silent Power Lines
A clash between two eagles on a 44 000 volt line cut power to six northern Arizona communities. Linemen found the charred birds and a goat tangled in burned insulators and cross-arms, ending after the fight over the carcass.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Power Co
Split Over Housing Seen Campaign Issue
Washington reports a sharp GOP split over housing legislation with Rep. Wolcott Michigan proposing a government backed housing bill. The plan echoes Taft Ellender and Wagner backed measures, aiming at 500 4000 low rent units, slum clearance, city redevelopment, mortgage insurance up to 90 percent, veteran favors, and rental housing incentives.
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House Banking Committee
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Ohio
Senate
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D-La
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DNY
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