Senate Fight To Beat OPA Bill Readied After House Approval
Senate Republican whip Senator Wherry leads a campaign to defeat the compromise OPA bill after its House passage 265 to 105. The measure would lift price controls on meat and other products, while opponents warn of a meat shortage and possible veto by President Truman.
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Washington
Wherry
Senate
House
Lucas D-Fil
Conference Committee
Joint Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Taft
Ohio
Chester Bowles
OPA
Paul Porter
Truman
Los Angeles
Negro Group Convenes To Study Race Problems
Resolutions drafted for presentation to the five day convention of the National Association of Colored People opening in Cincinnati state the NAACP believes all American minority groups face identical problems. The section warns against anti Catholicism and anti Jewish sentiment and discrimination toward Japanese Americans Mexicans and American Indians.
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Cincinna‘ti
National Association of Colored People
NAACP
Patterson approves Doolittle board changes on army rank
Secretary of War Patterson endorses most Doolittle board recommendations to reduce caste in the service. The plan ends saluting outside posts and overseas areas, while creating a newer quarters and travel aid program to blend officers and enlisted men without erasing distinctions.
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Washington
Army
Patterson
Doolittle “Gripe’ Board
War Department
Army officers to wear distinct uniforms in garrison
War Department outlines social limits for officers and extended leave privileges for enlisted men. Major changes include separate officer uniforms, restricted contact with enlisted troops, and July 1 start for accumulating unused leave. Patterson rejects removing officer enlisted divisions. inspectors general reports to stay with field commanders to avoid Gestapo-like status.
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War Departent
Doolittle Board
Patterson
War Department
Farmers Strike Backed by 150 in North Ohio
Wellington reports the Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association gains 150 Lorain County farmers backing a strike to halt produce flow. Milk deliveries today will judge effectiveness. several large producers join, led by H. H. Fackier who says the protest targets the association and aims to force city acknowledgment of farmers' problems.
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Wellington
Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association
Lorain County
H. H. Fackier
Plymouth
OPA
Doctors Probe King Ananda Death Rumors
A Bangkok report says 18 physicians concluded medical evidence largely supports the theory that King Ananda Mahidol 20 was assassinated. The king was found dead in his apartment June 9 and an official Parliament report claimed accidental self-inflicted gunshot to the forehead.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Ohio Commerce Leader For Seven Terms Dies in New York
A. Graves Williams, 31-year-old Portsmouth industrialist and longtime head of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, died after several weeks of illness in Presbyterian Hospital New York City. He had led the chamber through seven administrations and helped quadruple its membership to about 5,000 since 1938.
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Portsmouth
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
A. Graves Williams
Williams
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Medford Fire Destroys Big Industrial Block
A three block sector of Medford Oregon's industrial district lay in ruins after the worst fire in the city's history. It leveled fruit packing and lumber plants valued at more than 1 million dollars and threatened the pear industry ahead of the August harvest.
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Medford
Ore
Oregon
Nation's Coal Bill Rises by OPA Estimate
Washington OPA figures show the nation's coal bill rising by 267 million dollars annually due to higher ceilings on anthracite and a 40 1 2 cent per ton increase on bituminous coal. The combined impact for commercial and industrial users totals about 222.75 million dollars more each year.
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Washington
OPA
County Health Boards Preparing for Merger
Fremont Sandusky and Wood County boards of health move toward a merger with plans for one commissioner to serve both counties. Health commissioner Dr. F L M Teeple announced tentative arrangements. The change aims to unify health governance across the two counties.
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Fremont
Sf — Sandusky
Wood County Boards of Health
FL M. Teeple
Teeple
Trend Toward City Taxes Assailed in Ohio Tax Study
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce urged redistribution of state revenue to curtail city taxes on business and residents. It warned that widespread city excise and income taxes raise operating costs and may drive industrial relocation, noting 1944 city expenditures rose 38.7 percent and school spending 31 percent since 1935.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Chamber
Herschel C. Atkinson
Yice
Ohio Chamber
Ohio General Assembly
Meesee Ug Ules
Ohio County
Vet Marchers Demand Ohio WWII Bonus
Ohio Governor Lausche will be asked to submit the WWII veteran bonus issue to a special legislative session. State Senator William M. Boyd told about 50 Cleveland veterans he will introduce a resolution next week. The protesters urged a stringent OPA, jobless benefits for strikers, and a state fair employment practices commission. Lausche said the bonus was excluded from his 22 point plan as payments later may be more beneficial.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
William M. Boyd
Cuyahoga
Boyd
Lausche
Albert Brown Dies in Logan
Albert Maywood Brown 89 died at his Glenview Heights home after weeks of illness. A native of Hocking County he taught in Marion Township schools for 35 years and served as secretary of Logan Manufacturing Co for 12 years. He is survived by his wife Ella three daughters five sons 32 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were announced by Leonard funeral home.
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LOGAN
Albert Maywood Brown
Glenview Heights
Brown
Hocking County
Marion Township
Logan Manufacturing Co
Ella
Charles Hiett
Williamstown
Jennie Brown
Cleveland
George Cook
Kent
Ernest
Akron
Alva
Columbus
Clarence
Wapakoneta
Joe
Harold
Leonard Funeral Home
Eight Workers Killed In Crossing Accident Near Harlingen
A Missouri Pacific passenger train struck a truck load of Latin American farm workers three miles west of Harlingen Texas killing eight people and injuring at least three. The wreckage stretched about 150 feet along the tracks with six men and two women dead and three others listed in critical condition.
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Harlingen
Tex
Missouri Pacific
India Congress Accepts British Plan for Federated Union
The All-India Congress Party in New Delhi accepted a long-range British plan for an independent Federated Union of India but rejected proposals for an interim government after a two hour Congress working committee meeting.
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New Delhi
All- India Congress Party
Union of India
Congress Working Committee
Millions of Veterans Benefit From GI Bill surge
The Veterans Administration reports 2.93 million veterans have applied for educational benefits or training under the GI Bill as of June 1, up about 400 thousand from the prior month. The large rise reflects extensive postwar education support and training programs for veterans.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Atomic control plan deadlock noted by conferees
United States and Russia remain at odds over veto power as UN Atomic Energy Commission members weigh separate control schemes. Most participants see merit in both plans and foresee a possible welded program to avert atomic warfare. Paris reports hint at Molotov and Byrnes talks touching Trieste but lack confirmation.
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New York
United Nations
United States
Russia
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Poland
Byrnes
Molotov
Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Adriatic
Wheat harvest blocked by car shortage across Great Bend area
In the reach belt the 1946 harvest peaked as box car shortages clogged nearly 300 grain elevators in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Wheat piled on ground at elevators and farms due to rail bottlenecks though officials hoped a solution would come soon.
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Great Bend
Kas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Queen Elizabeth Fare Hiked 60 Percent
London announced by Sir Percy Bates chairman of the Cunard White Star line that Queen Elizabeth passengers will pay roughly 50 percent above pre war rates, about the planned fare.
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London
Planne
Percy Bates
Cunard
White Star Line
Veterans Named Counsel For Suspect In Murder
Louis Tobin and Robert Kapp, World War II veterans from East Liverpool, were named by the Common Pleas Court to defend Lawrence A. Wheatley of Newell West Virginia, 26, charged with first degree murder in the May 23 slaying of Se ltha Barrett, 57, of East Liverpool. Counsel entered a temporary plea of innocent yesterday.
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Lisbon
Louis Tobin
Robert Kapp
East Liverpool
Common Pleas Court
Lawrence A
Abe) Wheatley
Newell
W. Va
Seltha Barrett
Farmer Is Held Guilty Of Murdering Tenant
Bowing Green district jurors convict Arth Yur Peebles a 55 year old Perry Township farmer of second degree murder in the death of Eugene A. Roth a former tenant on his property. The jury reduced the initial first degree murder charge stemming from the March 11 incident.
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Bowling Green
Arth
Yur Peebles
Perry Township
Eugene A. Roth
Peebies
Christian Education Conference Launched
The third national Conference on Christian Education of the Evangelical and Reformed Church began with about 1400 delegates today. Fifteen fraternal delegates represent the Negro, Nisei, Chinese, Iraqi and Cubans. Fred W. Morgan, farm ownership specialist, visited Athens to review progress of farmers who bought farms with Farm Security Administration loans. Buenos Aires reports the United States released 2,550,000,000 pesos in gold, the bulk of Argentine funds trogen in the LS.
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Lakeside
National Conference On Christian Education
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fred W. Morgan
Athens
Farm Security Administration
Buenos Aires
United States
Induction Extension Act Extends Duty to 18 Months
Ohio lawmakers debate veteran aid measures in a special session. Bills would allow federal temporary housing for GI families at six state universities and restore civil service rights to veterans and Red Cross nurses. House and Senate consider creating a state veterans affairs department and funding welfare programs, while national draft extensions hinge on presidential action with pay raises and 18 month service limits.
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Frank J. Lausche
General Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Red Cross
House
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Senate
John F. Cantwell
Mahoning County
Robert L. Moulton
Crawford County
Judiciary Committee
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Veterans’ Organizations
Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Marines
Truman
War Department
Great Lakes Ship Strike Set for Aug 15 by NMU
The Great Lakes strike against iron ore carrier Great Lakes Ship Ping is planned for 12:01 a m Aug 15 by CIO NMU lake agents. Ten companies face notices, with possible expansion to all lakes shipping firms and all seamen and dock workers.
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Great Lakes
NMU
Cleveland
Cio-National Maritime Union
All Lakes
Idock
Frank Jones
NMU Lakes
Jones
Fire Kills Three At Staten Island Ferry Terminal
Searchers probed the smouldering wreckage of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal after a $2,000,000 fire killed three people and injured at least 40. The dead included Mrs. Cornelius White a ticket agent, firefighter Harald Clendening, and Jeremiah Cronin a city worker. The blaze, sparked by an electric spark, engulfed the three story terminal within minutes.
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New York
Staten Island
Cornelius White
Harald Clendening
State Will Pay Prices Agreed to in Contract
The state will pay contract prices for goods even if the Office of Price Administration has allowed increases before delivery. Gov Lausche informed State Auditor Ferguson. The W.S.1 District Engineers Office announced W H Ringwald & Sons submitted the only bid $3 111 for a test overay mat at Lockbourne Army Air Base. The 11st annual Trumbull County Fair will be held Aug 6 to 10 in Warren.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Frank J. Lausche
Joseph T. Ferguson
Cincinnati
W. S. 1 District Engineers
W. H. Ringwald & Sons, Chilli- Teathe
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Warren
Trumbull County
OPA Freezes Rentals For Fairfield County
The Office of Price Administration named Lancaster and Fairfield County as a rent control area effective July 1 1945 rents frozen at their July 1 1945 maximum. Gov Frank Lausche appointed Dr Philip Knies of Columbus to the State Public Health Council for the term July 1 1946 June 30 1933.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Council
Frank J. Lausche
Philip Knies
State Public Health Council
Garbage Can Coatings Blamed in Hog Deaths
On a farm near Tiffin city a mystery over 1500 swine valued above 5000 dollars was traced to slow poisoning from new garbage can coatings released after the war. Veterinarians and researchers concluded the cans caused the deaths. A Salem police report notes Capt. Ned Gaunt named chief of the Salem department.
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Tiffin—Pt
Urgan Steinmetz
Salem
Lem
Ned Gaunt
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