Feud at U S Supreme Court Escalates Over Black Jackson Allegations
Supreme Court dispute erupts as Justice Robert H. Jackson accuses Justice Hugo Black of bias in decisions benefiting Black’s former law partner. Jackson, on leave as war crimes prosecutor, says Congress must know facts. Black silent amid tensions about the Jewell Ridge Coal case.
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Mernberg
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Black
Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
International Military Tribunal
House
Senate Judiciary Committees
Congress
Fred Vinson
Truman
Senate
Vinson
Washington
Justice Black
White House
Jewell Ridge
Crampton Harris
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Harris
Washington Star
Doris Freeson
Manslaughter Charge After Husband’s Death in Portsmouth
Mrs. Rena Dearfield, 48, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a manslaughter charge six hours after a shotgun blast killed her husband Oscar Dearfield, 50, at their home in Viointion. Sheriff Earl Brandel said she admitted inflicting the wounds as he entered the house under a court order.
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Portsmouth
Rena Dearfield
Oscar
Earl Brandel
Ohio Wheat Growers Sell 1.55 Million Bushels for Europe Aid
Ohio farmers sold 1,553,660 bushels of wheat from April 20 to May 25 under a 30 cent-a-bushel bonus to aid famine-stricken Europe. The sales were arranged through the Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
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Ohio
Columbus
Europe
Ohio Agricultur Adjustment Administration
Electric fence claims life of child in creek
Five year old Edith Faye Bliss drowned after wading in a creek at her grandparents farm in Zanesville. She grasped a fence charged with electricity and was electrocuted. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bliss of near Chandlersville.
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Zanesville
Edith Faye Bliss
Howard Herron
Edith
Sam Bliss
Chandlersville
Seven Hurt in Naples Rioting During Funeral Cortege
Seven people are injured when mourners in a funeral cortege clashed with troops in Naples after protests for a monarchist demonstration. The confrontation occurred as victims' bodies were being conveyed.
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Naples
Bread Flour Shortage Expected To Continue All Year
The Agriculture Department forecast continued bread and flour shortages for at least one year despite a June crop report noting a large wheat crop. Officials warned limits on flour extraction and a push to conserve wheat, with shortages in meat soap butter and cooking fats projected to persist in major cities.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cordingly
Associated Press
Ohio Industry Sees $15000 Daily Freight Savings
Ohio industry officials and legal sources anticipate a daily freight rate saving of 15000 as the Supreme Court refused to issue an immediate order on ICC rate changes. The ICC had set a 10 percent rise for the North and East and a 10 percent cut for the South, prompting fears of bankruptcy among Ohio shippers.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lorder
ICC
Kenneth L. Sater
Atty. Gen
Hugh S. Jenkins
Jenkins’ Office
Sater
Beer Workers End Eight Day Strike in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati more than 2,200 brewery workers prepared to return to work after voting to end an eight day strike that had paralyzed nine breweries. Spokesmen said beer would flow tomorrow and supplies were ready for bottling and delivery. Earl T. Treasure, 52, former mayor of Newcomerstown, died of a heart attack yesterday.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Newcomerstown
iFi
Earl T. Treasure
Vets Groups Likely to Get State Bureau in Ohio
Columbus report says Gov. Lausche plans to ask a special session to establish a state veterans bureau. He indicated appropriations over 6 million dollars may be needed to fund operations until the next regular session. He also signals university funding requests and dormitory use for veterans housing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Veterans Organizations
Frank J. Lausche
Veterans Bureau
Lausche
Welfare Department
Area Vets Get Patrol Jobs
Columbus AP reports 29 World War II veterans graduated from the State Highway Patrol Training School with assignments announced by Col. George Mingle. Names include John W. Brooks Chillicothe to Athens Lowell W. Green Meigs County to Lancaster Gordon E. Pennington Portsmouth to Gallipolis and Robert A. Brickle Pomeroy to Chillicothe.
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Columbus
State
George Mingle
John W. Brooks
Chillicothe
Athens
Lowell W. Green
Meigs County
Lancaster
Gordon E. Pennington
Portsmouth
Gallipolis
Robert A. Brickle
Pomeroy
Withholding From Market Is Predicted
Washington U F Morris Verner CPA official said widespread withholding of clothing and other goods from the market until July 1 is inevitable due to price control legislation uncertainty. Verner, chief of the Civilian Production Administration Compliance Division, spoke as the Senate began debate on an OPA extension bill. An OPA official said Price Administrator Paul Porter ordered halting removal of price controls on major commodities until Congress acts. Verner predicted refrigerators, washing machines, and automobiles will likely be held back to protect prewar profit margins trimmed by the bills.
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Washington
Morris Verner
CPA
Verner
Civilian Production Administration
Senate
OPA
Paul, Porter
Congress
House
Italians Face Political Crisis in Birth of Republic
Rome reports a gravest political crisis as Italy greets the new republic with King Umberto II clinging to the throne. Officials fear civil war while deploying heavy police and military forces to prevent violence. Monarhist spokesman alleges irregularities and lobbies for Umberto to stay in Italy until a Supreme Court ruling confirms defeat. An unrelated Cleveland crash injures Kenneth Graves, 23, Lorain, in a two car collision east of Fremont.
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Rome
Italy
Umberto II
Monarhist
Umberto
Portugal
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Kenneth Graves
Lorain
Fremont
Congress Passes Senate Backed Revision Bill
A sweeping congressional reform bill cleared the Senate 49 to 26 and moves to the House. It cuts Senate committees from 33 to 15, raises pay from 10 000 to 13 000 a year, adds four experts per committee and an 8000 dollar admin assistant per member, and creates a voluntary pension with criteria. The bill also trims routine tasks and tightens fiscal controls requiring approval for higher estimated spending.
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Washington
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Senater
Congress
Walkout Ends as Phone Service Reopens in Plymouth
Tele phone service resumed this morning ending a four day walkout by operators who quit their posts Friday. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and local 1485 reported a contract effective at midnight Monday ending the stoppage. Union members thanked the public for cooperation during the suspension of service. Local, county and long distance traffic except emergencies were affected.
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Logan
F. BE. Burkett
Plymouth
Ind
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 1485
Bridge toll-free date set for 1957, WV says
The West Virginia Road Commission announced the Silver Bridge will not be toll-free until 1957, correcting earlier publicized reports that it would be freed in 1947. The notice clarifies the official timetable and aligns public expectations with state plans.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Road Commission
Silver Bridge
Hocking County Men Are Granted Paroles
Two Hocking County men were among 97 Mansfield Reformatory inmates granted parole by the Ohio Pardon Commission. Henry W. Davis, convicted of grand larceny, to be paroled Sept. 46, and Neilson D. Six, for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, paroled July 16.
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Hocking County
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio Pardon Commission
Associated Press
Hocking
Henry W. Davis
Neilson D
Veterans file suits to obtain promotions in wartime cases
Five Cambridge Ohio World War II veterans filed suit in U S District Court seeking promotions they say were granted to non veterans during wartime. They name Universal Potteries Inc Cambridge and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters of East Liverpool as defendants.
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Columbus
Cambridge
U.S
Universal Potteries Inc
National Brotherhood of Operative (Potters of
East Liverpool
Ship Dispute Near Climax With Labor Officials Aiding
Washington reports a maritime labor dispute moving toward a settlement as Eastern ship operators consider an offer. Granville Conway predicts progress while a House subcommittee plans to grill CIO leaders Bridges and Curran. A Friday midnight strike deadline looms as conciliators seek to avert a stoppage by proposing extra pay to seamen for a 56 hour week at sea.
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Washington
Labor Department
Granville Conway
House Labor Subcommittee
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
CIO
Puppy Sets Pace For Subway Train
In Chicago a small black dog ran ahead on the southbound express train tracks for five miles as Motorman Daniel Cate chased the pace setting pup. A policeman snatched the dog from the underground path near the finale, and Cate arrived at the terminal 14 minutes late.
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Chicago
Daniel Cate
Englewood
Cate
City workers strike halts Canton trash and street work
About 250 CIO United Public Workers Union members walked off yesterday, plan to set picket lines around municipal barns housing trucks and equipment. They demand wage increases up to 18 cents an hour and voted to remain on strike until the city council acts on higher pay, according to International Union Representative Anthony Vetrone.
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Canton
Cio-United Public Workers Union
Anthony Vetrone
Madman Sought in Slaying of Executive Whitcomb
Boston police searched for a madman who shot and killed William A. Whitcomb 73 president of Great Northern Paper in his downtown Boston office. Investigators said the gunman, posing as a Treasury agent, showed apparent insanity and may have attempted a shakedown, two slugs fired into the manufacturer’s body.
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Boston
William A. Whitcomb
Great Northern Paper Company
John F. McCarthy
Treasury Department
Truman Calls Legislation a False Start on Labor Reform
President Truman describes Congress' bill as a false start on permanent labor reform. He says it would not stop strikes or curb practices hampering vital production. He notes the measure was enacted with good intentions to ease labor turmoil but rejects its approach as piecemeal compared with the Smith Connally Act.
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Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
Paingeo
House
Senate
Slaying Youth Faces Second Death Penalty Bid
Willie Francis, an 18 year old condemned slayer, prayed in his Louisiana cell for mercy after the U S Supreme Court denied stay. Governor Jimmie Davis and official George Wallace voiced plans to issue a second death warrant as the Case Bill battle over labor emergency measures continued in Congress.
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ST. Martinville
United States Supreme Court
Willie Francis
State Capitol
Eaton
George Wallace
Jimmie Davis
Francis
Supreme Court
Mihailovic admits meeting Nagai in 1941 trial
At a Belgrade trial Gen. Draja Mihailovic testified that in the half of November 1941 he met German officials following a German attack. He claimed the encounter involved two divisions. A separate report notes three Lima men, John Hi, Harry S. Green, both 22, were returned to the state hospital for further observation after morals law violations.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Lima
John Hi
Harry S. Green
Body of Second Victim Found in Lake Erie
The report notes the discovery of a second drowned person in Lake Erie, detailing ages and hometowns including Edder, 70, Mogadore Ohio, and Webster, 63, Akron Ohio. The article mentions MacArthur headquarters ordering major demands to prepare units for discharge and timing for 24 months in the Pacific theater.
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Lake Erie
Edder
Carver
Mogadore
Bay
Jeifford
Webster
Akron
Kyo . MacArthur
Dimands
United States
Pacific Theater
SAM SIMMONS ON PROHIBITION AND RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION
SAM SIMMONS argues that prohibition cannot reform people and cites the Catholic Church as opposing state moralizing. He claims law cannot make people good and references an authority number of dipsomaniacs to illustrate liquor’s evil.
President Truman Vetoes Labor Disputes Bill in Peacetime
President Truman vetoed the Cas Labor Disputes Bill, arguing it would force workers to private employers in a peacetime democracy. He warned that strikes cannot be ended by decree and urged studies and emergency measures instead.
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Washington
Truman
Cas
Gem Disposal Poses Problem
Washington faced a pair of crises over the Hessian crown jewel loot. The War Department wrestled with disposal and the implications of a first military trial for high stakes. The Royal Family of Hesse and an Air Force colonel with a WAC captain wife, plus the detained major, loom over the case.
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Washington
War Department
Hesse
Air Force
WAC
Bride
Rhineland
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