House draft bill stalls as supporters seek delay to next January
Washington AP report notes Rep. Shafer proposes delaying registration and induc tions until January 31 if voluntary enlistments fall short. The plan includes a major recruiting push and pay raises for enlisted men, while the Senate and House debate terms for aliens and draft start dates.
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Washington
Shafer
Rmich
Andrews
Rep
Gavin
R-Pa
Armed Services
House
National Guard
Air National Guard
Senate
Senate Increases Foreign Aid Bill by Billions in Senate Vote
The Senate approved a 6.13 billion global aid bill by 60 to 9, adding over a billion to the House plan by restoring a 12 month spending period. The measure also funded a 3.69 billion Navy appropriation starting July 1 and advanced a TVA plant funding item. Bricker and Taft backed restoring 12 month funding.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Chamber
Congress
Europe
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Negotiations On Contract Break as Coal Talks Stall
Government conciliator Cy Ching moved quickly to avert a total walkout in coal talks. John L. Lewis and operators broke off negotiations over wage welfare fund terms with the current contract due June 30. Lewis plans a strike strategy session. operators demand welfare fund activation as a condition. The Southern Coal Producers Association, asserting representation, faced a walkout.
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Washington
Cy” Ching
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ching
Joseph E. Moody
Association
Moody
SCPA
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
J. D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Co
O. L. Alexander
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Southern
Charles O'Neill
O’neill
Court refuses Wallace Group petition for Ohio ballot
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to order Secretary of State Hummel to print petition forms for the Prohibition Party to qualify for the presidential election. It held there is no mandatory duty to supply forms, leaving a path for the party to prepare and submit its own petitions for nomination.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Secretary of
Edward J. Hummel
Prohibition Party
Ohio
Frank M. McCartney
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Hummel
Two Huntington Men Killed in Truck Crash Near Chesapeake
Huntington, W. Va. two men, Glenn A. Grigsby 29 and Benjamin F. Hess, were killed when their truck plunged over a 200 foot embankment two miles north of Chesapeake, Ohio. A third passenger, Walter W. Martin 36, survived with non serious injuries and is hospitalized at St. Marys.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake
Ohio
Glenn A. Grigsby
Benjamin F. Hess
Walter W. Martin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tiffin Girl Dies in Hospital from Paint Remover Explosion
Mrs. Phyllis M. Nigh, 19, died in a local hospital yesterday from burns she suffered when a paint remover exploded. The incident occurred in Tiffin.
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Tiffin
Phyllis M. Nigh
Baby's Body Found At Racine School
Meigs County officials report the finding of an unidentified newborn's body at Racine Grade School. Cleaning lady Dorothy Johnson discovered the infant at the foot of basement stairs. Prosecutor Dana Peoples says the infant likely died 8 to 15 days earlier. body disposition is with Ewing funeral home and investigators seek leads.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Meigs
Dorothy Johnson
Dana Peoples
Ewing Funeral Home
Meigs County
Reds Reject Six-Party Plan For Germany
A Soviet embassy spokesman said Russia cannot accept the six power London agreement to set up a separate West German government. Moscow regards the pact as a violation of the Potsdam framework and notified Britain on June 7 via Ambassador Zarubin. The plan covers the British American and French zones with France abstaining on final approval.
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London
Russia
Britain
Georgi N. Zarubin
William Strang
Moscow Radio
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
School Bill Action Sought
Senate backers press to push a $6 million extension of Lanham Act school aid onto the calendar. The House passed the measure yesterday as officials estimate needs for 1948-49 at about $6.42 million, with 157 schools needing federal help including seven in Ohio.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bureau of Community Facilities
Bureau
Ohio
State Sets July 20 To Hear NYC Plea
The State Utilities Commission schedules public hearings on New York Central Railroad plea to abandon four passenger trains. One hearing is July 20 on proposal to end two Columbus to Charleston West Virginia trains.
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Nyc
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
New York Central
Charleston
W. Va
Bootleg Fireworks Reported by Precocious Ohio Youths
Ohio children, often without parental knowledge, obtain high powered fireworks via advertisements in magazines and ship them from outside the state by Railway Express. Some boys resell for profit, as a Worthington mother discovered when her son bought 11 dollars worth. Director W J Rogers urges sheriffs and police chiefs to help halt the practice.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. J. Rogers
Railway Express
Worthington
Rogers
Fire Chief Resigns After Massive West Carrollton Warehouse Fire
In West Carrollton the new $10,000 pumper broke down during the largest blaze in years. Fire Captain William Aufuldish, angered by bystander heckling, threw his helmet to the ground and resigned. Warehouse damage was estimated at $10,000.
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West Carrollton, O
William Aufuldish
Hallanan Rejects Smoke Filled Room Myth At GOP Convention
Philadelphia reporting Hallanan declares the myth of smoke filled room nominations false as the GOP arrangements committee finalizes plans for the party’s largest convention. The contest panel faces six delegate disputes including Georgia South Carolina Alaska and questions of Negro recognition. Ezra Whitla chairs the contest panel.
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Philadelphia
Walter S. Hallanan
GOP
Ezra R. Whitla
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Georgia
South Carolina
Alaska
Whitla
Maryland
Mississippi
District of Columbia
Strike vote taken by Goodrich workers
About 13,500 B. F. Goodrich Co rubber workers cast a strike ballot in Akron. CIO United Rubber Workers Local leader George Bass rejected a two year deal like the Firestone pact that included a one cent hourly wage raise, saying its terms were as bad as those faced by steel workers.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
George Bass
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodrich
Firestone
Bass
World Honors Gustav on 80th Anniversary
STOCKHOLM King Gus tav V observed his 90th birthday today. Other nations joined the Swedes in honoring their monarch who has occupied his throne more than 40 years. Despite his years King Gustav remains active. He made several hunting trips last season and only recently gave up tennis on doctors orders.
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Stockholm
Gustav V
Gustav
Milk Firms Record Subpoenaed by Grand Jury in Ohio
Federal grand jury in Cincinnati hears subpoenas from milk companies a store and a bottle exchange as part of an investigation into an alleged milk trust in Southwestern Ohio. First witness expected next week.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Death of Columbus Man in Auto Crash
William Ellison aged 44 of Columbus died here early today from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
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Cincinnati
William Ellison
Columbus
Truman frames battle as people versus special privilege
President Truman pressed his anti special privilege message across campaign stops in Albuquerque and on a cross country train tour. He accused Congress of jitters and vowed more platform speeches in Columbus and other cities before the November election. He stressed he represents the people and will continue hammering the administration’s agenda.
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Kansas City
Truman
Albuquerque
N.M
Washington
Congress
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Atomic Plan Veto Seen In Security Council
A Soviet veto on majority plans for world atomic control appeared likely as Andrei A. Gromyko prepared a 15-page speech. Council members expected Britain and Canada backed American resolution prompting the vote. Gromyko has opposed the majority plan in the U N Atomic Energy Commission.
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Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Canada
Gromyko
Russia
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Operating Brotherhoods To Demand Wage Boost
The wage committee of two railroad operating brotherhoods voted to demand a 25 percent wage increase from nation's class 1 carriers. Spokesmen for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors said the demand will be served on railroads on July 1. The two groups are not part of the current wage rule dispute that led to government seizure of the railroads last month.
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Chicago—(P
Brotherhood of Railroad
Order of
Alcoa Strike Called Hits Nine Plants Nationwide
PITTSBURGH The CIO United Steelworkers announced a strike affecting about 20 000 workers in nine Aluminum Company of America plants after wage talks broke down with the company. The walkout begins at midnight Sunday.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Co. of America
Air Force Plans X-1 Tests Beyond Sonic Barrier
The Air Force intends to push the Bell X-1 rocket plane toward 1700 mph in a new set of high altitude speed tests beyond nature’s sonic wall, aiming to break through the sound barrier.
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Washington
Air Force
Two Men Die In Plane Crash In Ravenswood
A two-seat Cub training plane crashed Monday night in Ravenswood West Virginia killing Wendell M. Jarrett 25 Center Point Diddridge County the pilot and Keith Ford Fol som Wetzel County a father of two. The craft struck a high tension power line on J D Coopers farm and exploded in flames.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
West Virginia
Fred Lewis
Wendell M. Jarrett
Center Point
Diddridge County
Keith Ford
Folsom
Wetzel County
J. D. Cooper
Philadelphia detective tracks teen who escaped reform school
Detective exposes Frank Marino an 18 year old who fled Hazleton reform school on June 4 and posed as a girl to avoid suspicion. He obtained female clothing by robbing a house before his arrest.
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Philadelphia
Frank Marino
Marino
Hazleton
Stassen Backers See Vandenberg as Next Choice
Washington reports say if Harold Stassen fails to win the Republican presidential nomination he may push a convention move to draft Senator Arthur Vandenberg. Stassen supporters cite a rally in standing since his Oregon primary defeat and insist he could still win the nomination, while praising Vandenberg's foreign policy stance and clashing with Dewey and Taft.
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Washington
Harold FE
Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Philadelphia
Nebraska
Vandenberg
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Tire Workers Spark Strikes Across France and Europe
A wave of strikes spreads from Clermont Ferrand after a General Confederation of Labor action at the Berougnan rubber factory. Police clashed with strikers injuring many. thousands of miners strike at Brassac and St. Etienne. Belgium and London see pay protests and dockers idle.
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Clermont
Ferrand
France
Berougnan
General Confederation of Labor
Brassac
St. Etienne
National Assembly
Brussels
Belgium
London
Turin
Italy
Palatial Meyers Estate Goes Up for Sale
Huntington, N Y. The palatial estate of Bennett E Meyers former Army Air Forces Major General now in jail is offered at 100000 The wife announced yesterday Meyers serves a term from 20 months to five years for inducing an associate to commit perjury before a Congressional war contracts committee.
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Huntington
N.Y
Long Island
Bennett E. Meyers
Army Air Forces
Meyers
Liquor Bribe Defendant Enters Innocent Plea
A. E. Oppenheimer of Portsmouth, chief permit examiner for the State Liquor Department, pleaded innocent to a charge of asking a bribe from a liquor license applicant. Judge John R. King released him on a $5,000 bond posted after indictment last week. Attorney Carl Lortz said he represented Oppenheimer for the arraignment only.
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Columbus
A. E. Oppenheimer
Portsmouth
State Liquor Department
John R. King
Carl Lortz
Oppenheimer
Major split seen on tariff act between Marshall and Vandenberg
Washington leaks report a growing rift between Secretary of State Marshall and Senator Vandenberg as bipartisan backers of the tariff cutting reciprocal trade act drift toward a major split.
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Washington
State Marshall
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft still unlikely to accept vice presidency
In New Castle New Hampshire Sen Robert A Taft's top backer said Taft would not accept the vice presidential spot even if offered Gov Thomas J Herbert of Ohio noted the Ohio delegation focuses on Taft's bid for the presidency Two other leading Republicans Dewey Warren and Stassen either decline or run for president with Stassen stating he is pursuing the top post
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New Castle
N. H
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Farr Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Russian Propaganda Called Most Successful by Official
A former state department official told the Advertising Federation of America that Communists under Russian leadership are astute patient and indefatigable propagandists. William Benton, former assistant secretary of state and head of the U N information delegation, made the remark at the event in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
State Department
Advertising Federation of America
William Benton
U.S
UN Conference On Freedom of Information and the Press
Court Orders Tucker To Produce Records
Federal Judge John P. Barnes orders Tucker Corp to show cause by next Tuesday why it should not be forced to produce its operating and financial records. Preston Tucker accuses other automakers and Washington officials of hampering efforts to bring a new car to market.
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Chicago
Tucker Corp
John P. Barnes
Preston Tucker
Washington
Ohio Mayor Dies in Lebanon at 72
Clyde C. Collins, 72, serving his second term as mayor of Lebanon, died at his home last night from a heart ailment. He had led the city through focused growth and development during his tenure. Local officials mourn his passing and plan funeral arrangements.
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Ohio
Lebanon
Clyde C. Collins
Company seeks court order to limit pickets at plant
Dayton Ohio Univis Lens Co. lawyers plan to seek a Common Pleas Court limit on pickets outside the strike bound plant. Seven workers trying to crash a 600 man picket line yesterday responded to a back to work appeal. The plant has been struck 43 days by CIO United Electrical Workers over wage demands.
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Dayton
Univis Lens Co
Common Pleas Court
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Body Found in Ohio River Near Portsmouth
The body of Alvin Walden, age 4, was found in the Ohio River yesterday. He was last seen in a rowboat on Sunday.
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Portsmouth
Alvin Walden
Ohio River
Arabs Reject Open City Proposal for Jerusalem
Cairo reports that the Arab League rejected a United Nations mediator’s plan to declare Jerusalem an open city. Fawzi Mulki Pasha said Arab troops would be asked to evacuate any areas they held if declared open, contradicting cease fire terms. The league’s Political Committee also refused to sit with Jewish representatives for a permanent peace conference.
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Jerusalem
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Folke Bernadotte
League
Palestine
Shrine
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Bernadotte
Azzam Pasha
Lebanon
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