State Legislators Redraft Union Bill Amid Turmoil
In Columbus lawmakers move to rewrite the Van Aken union regulation bill to satisfy Governor Herbert and House critics. Senate committee chair Roscoe Walcutt plans redrafting while House leaders push labor measures to the Senate floor. other actions include strip mining regulation and a new state fairgrounds site.
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Columbus
van Aken
Thomas J. Herbert
Roscoe R. Walecutt
Franklin
Commerce and Labor Committee
Veach
House
Senate
Kowalk
Ferguson
David Mck Ferguson
Guernsey
Herbert Nor
Walcutt
William R. van Aken
Cuyahoga
Industrial Relations Department
Harry E. Davis
U S Can Create Peace Says Senator Austin At MIT
Warren R. Austin, U S chief UN delegate, told MIT commencement that the United States with half the world’s productive power can decisively create conditions for permanent peace. He said progress on Soviet atomic control talks may be slow but continued study will bear fruit and urged action over inaction. He noted basic Soviet disagreements remain but expressed hope for progress.
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Cambridge
Mass
Warren R. Austin
U.S
United Nations
United States
Austin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lake Success
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rubber Workers Seek Truman Veto Of Taft Hartley Bill
Akron dispatch reports the CIO United Rubber Workers international executive board urged President Truman to veto the Taft Hartley Labor Bill calling it a step toward Fascism in America and forwarded the appeal today.
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Akron—(P
International Executive Board
Cio-United Rubber Workers of America
Truman
America
URWA
Real estate views spark debate on country estates
A Charleston newspaper notes a hidden market for country estates. It questions how to use such property amid scarce domestic help and high taxes, advising buyers to consider near-in-town lots with a cottage and a practical plan.
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Charleston
Farmers Fear Crop Damages From Wet Spring Delays
In the corn belt farmers dread crop losses due to prolonged cold and heavy rains. Floods delayed planting leaving millions of acres unseeded or washed out. Ohio expert John Falconer says about half of the state's intended corn acreage has been planted with crops in poor shape. Tractors run 24 hours in some areas as 30 percent of oats and corn have been planted.
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Chicago
Ohio
John Falconer
Ohio State University
Radioactive Baby to Take Treatment in California
Blue-eyed six month old Monica McPheter, once called a radioactive baby, travels from Cleveland with her mother to Los Angeles for home treatment to halt radium in her system after radium rays were used to treat a spinal growth last month.
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Cleveland
Monica McPheter
Los Angeles
Monica
Mary McPheter
Boston Mayor Curley to Enter Hospital for High Blood Pressure
Scituate Mass a serious condition reported for James M Curley Boston mayor at his summer home. He would enter Cohasset Hospital today for treatment of high blood pressure. His lawyers prepared a new appeal to the U S Supreme Court to review his mail fraud conviction.
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Scituate
Mass
James M. Curley
Boston
Cohasset Hospital
Curley
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Pattern Workers Protest Lockout by Company
BARBERTON, O. Members of the AFL Pattern Makers Union yesterday picketed the Bab cock and Wilcox Co plant in protest against an alleged lockout by the management, union officials reported today.
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Barberton, O
Afl-Pattern Makers Union
Babcock & Wilcox Co
Former Kimbolton Mayor Harry Steele dies in Cambridge
Cambridge report notes Harry M. Steele former mayor of Kimbolton Ohio and member of the Guernsey County Board of Health died yesterday. He served locally and engaged in public health efforts within the county.
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Cambridge
Harry M. Steele
Guernsey County Board of Health
Kimbolton
Ohio
Perry Grand Jury Fails To Act on Smith Case
NEW LEXINGTON The Perry County Grand Jury considered a breaking and entering charge against Joseph L. Smith 51 alias Joseph Lee Burke Cleveland but took no action. Smith pleaded innocent after arrest connected with a $40,000 holdup of Pearl Slatter New Straitsville last March 9 and has been released.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Joseph L. Smith
Joseph Lee Burke
Cleveland
Smith
New Straitsville
Father held for jury in Middletown fatal shooting
William Bush, 51, arraigned in municipal court and ordered held without bond for the grand jury over the June 3 fatal shooting of his son, Raymond Bush, 29, in West Middletown.
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Middletown
William Bush
Raymond Bush
West Middletown
President Silent on Planned Action on Tax and Labor Bills
President Truman travels aboard a special train toward Washington as he weighs action on key tax and labor bills. Deadline for the tax cut is Monday midnight and for the Taft Hartley labor bill is Friday midnight. He teased reporters about acting “30 minutes before the time runs out” while United States foreign policy aims for peace and friendship with all nations.
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Truman
Washington
Canada
U. S
Signory Club
Ottawa
United States
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Crashing Pole Death Claims Meigs Boy
Twelve year old Larry Gene Davis of Chester Road was fatally injured when a utility pole snapped during tree cutting on Route 7. The accident left him with a fractured skull face and chest injuries. Survived by his parents Lorenzo and Mrs Davis and two brothers Jack and Roger. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m at the EUB Church Enterprise with burial in Gilmore Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Larry Gene Davis
Chester Road
Route 7
Martz Hospital
Lorenzo Davis
Jack
Follansbee
W. Va
Roger
Eub Church
Enterprise
Gilmore Cemetery
Flood Control Funds Voted by House to Senate
The House approved a 70.9 million dollar deficiency appropriation bill and added 12 million for emergency flood control in the Midwest and West. It allows federal agencies to incur obligations after June 30 if 1948 supply bills are not enacted. The extra funds were approved by voice vote at Rep. Taber's motion.
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Washington
House
Senate
Midwest
West
Rep
Taber
Appropriations Committee
Slayer of Husband Begins Life Sentence
Flor ence Noyes, 37, of Huron, began a life term at Marysville Reformatory for the second degree murder of her husband Delmar, 40. She was found guilty on May 1.
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Sandusky
Florence Noyes
Huron
Marysville Reformatory
Delmar
Appropriation Committee Slashes Agency Funds
The House Appropriations Committee cut 130 million from Veterans Administration funds while approving an 8.5 billion bill to fund 33 independent agencies next year. Major recipients face varied percent cuts including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, with GI Bill funds preserved and 15 new veterans hospitals financed. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics loses most of its request to advance missiles and high speed aircraft.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Veterans Administration
Truman
Mr. Truman
Office of
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Service Commission
Federal Communication Commission
Federal Power Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Works Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maritime Commission
Army and Navy Pension Fund
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
U.S
War Assets Office aluminum sale criticized in hearing
A government report claims the War Assets Office in Detroit sold surplus aluminum at an unconscionable discount and gave tips to buyers. F H Weitzel testified to a House Appropriations Subcommittee that the buyers were set up to profit, during consideration of funds for independent agencies starting July 1.
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Washington
War Assets Office
Detroit
F. H. Weitzel
House Appropriations
Chief Admits Some Clues In Baby Case Massillon
Massillon authorities mark one week since the deaths of two infant girls at Massillon City Hospital while police chief Switter says a few clues exist and investigators rule out a third crib search. A nurse recalled hurriedly removing a pad that night and failing to fix the cover.
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Massillon
Massillon City Hospital
Stanley W. Switter
Switter
City Hospital Pediatrics
Brand
Morton
Utility Strike Threat Ended in Cincinnati Area
A potential walkout by 400 gas department workers of Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. was averted after U S labor conciliator James McNamara announced a new contract with District 50 United Mine Workers of America AFL. Wages rise seven to 15 cents per hour, with tiered increases replacing the threatened disruption of gas and electric service.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
James McNamara
U. S
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
AFL
Ohio GAR Elects Heads In Closing Sessions
In closing sessions of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic’s 81st encampment in Columbus George W Waller of Alliance and other officers were reelected by affiliate groups Waller becoming state commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War succeeding Judge Cecil J Randall of Columbus Mrs Gladys Smallen of Canton was elected president of the Ladies of the GAR
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Columbus
George W. Waller
Alliance
Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
Waller
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Cecil J. Randall
GAR
Gladys Smallen
Canton
Parkerstown death from gunshot wounds on West Virginia visit
Wirt County Sheriff J N Collums reported Roy Charles Lyons aged 48 of Canton Ohio died from a personal safety related gunshot wound while visiting relatives near Elizabeth West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
Roy Charles Lyons
Canton
Elizabeth
W. Va
Wirt County
J. N. Collums
Ohio Weekly Weather Outlook With Temperature Trends
Extended forecasts for Ohio project average conditions for the week ending Wednesday with normal highs around 77 and lows near 66. Expect a cool Saturday, warmer Sunday and Monday, then a cooler return Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation ranges from half to one inch with showers and scattered thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Ohio
Labor Analysis Marks Taft Hartley Bill Unworkable
Government labor analysts told President Truman the Taft Hartley Bill is unworkable and won’t stop coal strikes. They favor the Hartley version over Taft’s, warn against potential revival of yellow dog contracts, secret ballot limits, and NLRB power. They argue the bill could disrupt bargaining and threaten democratic union elections.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Rep
Hartley
Taft
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Yellow Dog
CIO
NLRB
Auto labor settlements lift Detroit strikes
Detroit labor tension eased as 16 000 workers idle and a wage deal nears after Hudson Motor Car Co resumes lines on a basis of settlement with CIO United Auto Workers for 600 clerical staff, Packard grants 15 cent raise to 8 000 UAW-CIO workers to drop back pay claims, Ford foremen strike persists 3 800.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Hudson
Packard Motor Car Co
Ford Motor Co
Farley Details Rift With Roosevelt Over 1938 Purge Plan
James A. Farley, former postmaster general and Democratic national chairman, says his split with Franklin D. Roosevelt arose from opposing the 1938 purge of Congress members who resisted the Supreme Court reorganization. He claims the four term president never forgave him for choosing party welfare over his personal allegiance. Farley states he supported the court plan but declined active involvement in primaries intended to defeat opponents.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Collier’s
Roosevelt
Farley
St Louis transit strikes clog city commute
St Louis workers faced a transit disruption as street car and bus operators went on strike. Thousands scrambled to reach jobs as public transport in the metropolitan area, home to more than a million residents, ground to a halt.
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ST. Louis
Buckeye Boys State opens at Ohio Wesleyan University
Eight hundred twenty five high school juniors gather at Ohio Wesleyan University for Buckeye Boys State a 10 day mock government program sponsored by the Ohio American Legion They will form a mythical 49th state with 3 counties and 16 cities live on campus under 30 counselors and participate in party campaigns and elections Governor elect will take oath Monday night with notable speakers including Gov Herbert Lt Gov Herbert Chief Justice Weygandt Mayor Rhodes and other officials guiding them through civic procedures Visitors welcome Sunday June 22.
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Delaware
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio American Legion
W. L. de Weese
Legion Post
Charles B. Kimmerman
Ohio Supreme Court
Thomas J. Herbert
Paul Herbert
Carl V. Weygandt
State Supreme Court
James Rhodes
Columbus
State Legion
Don W. Schoeppe
John M. Vorys
A. E. Ostholtoff
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