Draft Law May Terminate By March 31
Washington AP report on the 80th Congress facing two looming deadlines draft law expiration March 31 and a possible new general labor law to head off a coal strike. Hartley outlined 10 points for a labor bill including bans on closed shops for foremen and some reporters. Senate plans hearings this week with John L. Lewis testimony anticipated. May 1 cited as potential bill passage if President Truman agrees.
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Washington
80Th
Congress
Army
Congressional
John L. Lewis
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Interior Department
Navy
J. David Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden
N. J
Courier and Post
Stern
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Harold Christoffel
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Allis-Chalmers Co
Milwaukee
Christoffel
Robert Buse
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Livestock Decline on U S Farms Reported by Ohio State
Columbus Ohio State University's rural economists estimated today there were 32 percent fewer hogs 24 percent fewer sheep five percent less cattle and 18 percent less chickens on U S farms than two years ago.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
U. S
Six of Family Die in Cardington Train Collision
A Michigan family en route to a 61st wedding anniversary was hit by a New York Central train at a Cardington grade crossing. Six family members died at the scene or shortly after. one member, Norine Conen, died later at City Hospital in Marion. Surviving relatives and injured include Donald Passby who suffered a severe leg injury and other relatives who arrived after the crash.
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Cardington
Michigan
Wima Passbey
Cleveland
New York Central
Ethel Peterson
Paisley
Bonnie Peterson
Lawrence Passby
Marshall Heads to Moscow for Lend-Lease Talks
Secretary of State Marshall sails for Moscow with an 84 member U.S. delegation to discuss lend-lease settlement and other issues. Key topics include Russia’s $11.3 billion lend-lease account, the 95 ships Soviet custody or payment, Potsdam ship destruction for German vessels, and Italy seized warships.
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Washington
Marshall
Moscow
United States
Russia
Stettin
Italy
Rubber Pay Rule Awaited by CIO Rubber Workers
The executive board of the CIO United Rubber Workers awaits word from the Big Four rubber companies on reopening talks over a 26 cent hourly wage demand. Akron attorney L M Buckingham said industry reps would likely notify the union of their decision today and that talks may resume.
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Cleveland
Cio-United Rubber Workers
L. M. Buckingham
Akron
First Concert Master Succumbs in Baltimore
J C Van Hulsteyn 78 longtime first concert master of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Peabody Conservatory veteran died yesterday. Born in Amsterdam he studied at Amsterdam Conservatory and the Conservatory of Liege and built a half century career in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
J. C. van Hulsteyn
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Conservatory of Music
van Hulsteyn
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Conservatory
Conservatory of Liege
Civil War Widow Amanda Grady Rites Set
Funeral services for Amanda Jane Grady 85 widow of a Civil War veteran were set for today at her Columbus home She was a native of Bucyrus Ohio and died Friday at home in Columbus Ohio
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Columbus
Amanda Jane Grady
Bucyrus
Ohio
Truman Starts Good Will Tour Mexico
President Truman begins a three day goodwill trip to Mexico City after visiting his 94 year old mother in Missouri. He will speak at a state dinner and meet President Aleman as dignitaries greet the U S delegation. The flight from Kansas City to Mexico City takes about seven hours.
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Kansas City
Truman
Mexico
United States
Grandview
Missouri
Mexico City
National Palace
Miguel Aleman
Henry T
Hank) Myers
Fairfax
Kas
Central
Aleman
U. S
Walter Thurston
Loop Blast Kills Two, Injures Over Thirty in Chicago
An explosion leveled a three story brick building in the Loop at noon yesterday. Two people died and more than 30 were injured. One missing is Louis Pappas, owner of a ground floor restaurant. The deceased are Harry W. Koons and his wife from Ft Wayne Indiana. Property damage is feared at 10 to 15 million dollars, with window damage up to 250 thousand.
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Chicago
Loop
Louis Pappas
Harry W. Koons
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Koons
Ray Crane
March Lion Roars During Cold Wave
Sub freezing weather returned to Florida and the Gulf Coast as a strong storm dropped two to eight inches of snow in the East and Midwest. Snow totals reached up to 15 inches in parts of Michigan while Chicago reported seven inches and temperatures dipped well below normal across the deep South.
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Associated Press
Florida
Gulf Coast
New York
New England
East Central States
Michigan
Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Deep South
Georgia
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Fla
Orlando
Tampa
Miami
Connecticut
CIO to Sponsor Education Conference in Columbus
CIO Education Director Kermit Eby announced the CIO would sponsor a national education conference in Columbus from March 13 to 16. President Philip Murray is slated to address the closing session.
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Washington
CIO
Kermit Eby
Columbus
Philip Murray
Pilot Killed in P-51 Crash in Snowstorm
An Army pursuit pilot from Selfridge Field Michigan was killed when his P-51 crashed during a snowstorm in Preble County. He was en route from Little Rock Arkansas to Patterson Field and his identity was withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Dayton
Selfridge Field
Mich
Preble County
Little Rock
Ark
Patterson Field
Middleport Senator Jones Improves After Collapse
In Columbus doctors reported a considerable improvement in the condition of State Senator Tom W. Jones a 73 year old Middleport legislator. He was taken to Doctors Hospital February 27 after collapsing in his hotel room.
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Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
M. D. Rusoff
Doctors Hospital
Republican Takes Over As Highway Chieftain
Fremont area Republican party official Guy Keller was appointed superintendent of state highways in Sandusky County Saturday, succeeding Democrat Elgie Kuns. Keller assumes leadership of the county highway department in a formal transition.
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Fremont
Guy Keller
Sandusky County
Elgie Kuns
Firemen Probe Origin Of $150000 Woolworth Blaze
Dayton firemen continued an investigation into the origin of a Saturday night blaze that gutted the four story brick Woolworth building in downtown Dayton. Damage was unofficially estimated at 150000 and eight firefighters were overcome by smoke.
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Dayton
F. W. Woolworth
Stars and Politicians Win Large IRS Refunds Revealed
A government list publicly releases tax refunds of 500 or more for the last fiscal year. Included are figures for Hollywood stars, politicians, sports teams like the Brooklyn Dodgers, and prominent figures such as John Wayne and Catherine St. George, with refunds ranging from hundreds to over sixteen thousand dollars.
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Washington
Hollywood
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Congress
Clare E. Hoffman
Rmich
House Expenditures Committee
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bank of England
Democratic National Committee
William Shakespeare
Hoffman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Theodore G. Bilbo
Miss
Katherine St. George
Alvin Weichel
Ohio
Thomas A. Jenkins
E. H. Moore
Rohia
J. Parnell Thomas
House Committee On Unamerican Activities
Thomas
Daffy Dodgers
His Majesty
Saker
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Canada Lee
Brian Aherne
Louise Albritton
June Allyson
Harry James
Thomas Mitchell
John Wayne
Ann Harding Janssen
Sabu Dastagir
Gracie Fields Banks
Joseph Pasternak
Rep Rogers Seeks Discharge Petition on GI Bond Bill
Rep Dwight L Rogers drafts a discharge petition to force a House vote on cashing $2.15 billion in bonds for ex GIs terminal leave pay. The move aims to bypass the House Armed Services Committee which has yet to act and would need 218 signatures to bring the bill to the floor.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
D-Fla
Rogers
House Armed Services Committee
House
Art chief Koch dies after long illness
George W. A. Koch aged 68 art director for the American Crayon Co dies here after a long illness. He led the companys art department and was known for his designs and color work.
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George W. A. Koch
American Crayon Co
Girl's Body Found in Car in Batavia Ohio
Dorothy Boone a 17 year old girl was found dead in a parked car near her Chile Clermont County home. Raymond Fryman 23 was held for questioning while his brother Thomas 20 slept in the car with her body discovered by the girl's mother Mrs Elmer Boone authorities pursued cause of death as they questioned Fryman and family.
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Batavia
Dorothy Boone
Chile
Clermont
Raymond Fryman
Clyde Dericks
Thomas
Elmer Boone
Refinery Explosion in Cleveland Undetermined Cause
An explosion in a 10,000 gallon butane gasoline tank at Standard Oil Co of Ohio No 1 refinery in Cleveland sparked a five alarm fire. Firefighters from 21 companies fought for over four hours in heavy snow with 25 mph wind. cause remains undetermined and no injuries reported.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Adventists Elect New Religious Liberty Secretary
The Columbia Union conference of Seventh Day Adventists selects D. A. Ochs of Philadelphia as secretary of its religious liberty department. The appointment strengthens the regional church’s advocacy on church state issues and aims to support congregations across its territory.
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Cincinnati
Columbia Union Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
D. A. Ochs
Philadelphia
Religious Liberty Department
Wife Held for Questioning In Fatal Shotgun Shooting
POMEROY James Edward Silers 30 of Nye Ave died from a shotgun wound to the chest early Sunday. His wife Florence 23 was held in Meigs County Jail pending a preliminary hearing after authorities reported a signed confession. A five to six shot single barrel and a 22 caliber rifle were seized as part of the investigation. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Pomeroy Beech Grove Cemetery burial.
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Pomeroy
James Edward Silers
Nye Ave
Henry Ewing
Harvey Lewis
Mr. Silers
Eileen Welker
Lewis
Silers
Walter E. Wolfe
Lawrence Edward
Carrie Lewis
Columbus
Mr. Lewis
North Carolina
Ewing Funeral Home
H. E. Harris
Beech Grove Cemetery
Gunmen Shot By Patrolman In Robbery
Youngstown police report Patrolman Edward Przelomski halted a bank lobby robbery at Mahoning National Bank. One robber, Earl Johnson, 24, of Cleveland, died after a gun battle. Wounded suspect Robert Brown, 24, Cleveland, and railway employee Hugh Wilson, 44, were treated for injuries. Brown was shot after he ordered the robber to stick them up.
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Youngstown
Edward Przelomski
Mahoning National Bank
Earl Johnson
Cleveland
Robert Brown
Hugh Wilson
Youngstown Municipal Railway
Przelomski
Wilson
Brown
Johnson
Palestine war deaths rise to twenty two in three days
Jewish curfew violator shot in Tel Aviv as British Army maintains martial law over Mea Shearim and other districts. Isaac Poli, 30, killed bicycling after failing to halt. Ketti Shalom, four, dies, mother wounded as curfew violators are targeted. Martial law affects over 250000 Jews in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Isaac Poli
Ketti Shalom
Ketti
Shalom
Mea Shearin Section
Plumbers Stop Work Over Wage Increase in Akron
About 350 plumbers walk off the job in Akron amid a wage dispute with the Master Plumbers Association. AFL Plumbers and Steamfitters Union business agent A. J. Frecka says workers seek a 15 cent hourly raise after their contract expired Friday night and two negotiations failed to produce a settlement.
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Akron
Master Plumbers Association
A. J. Frecka
AFL Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Frecka
Teachers Return to Classrooms After Buffalo Strike
Buffalo public schools reopen for 71 000 pupils as 2 400 teachers end a week long walkout. The Buffalo Teachers Federation accepts Mayor Dowd’s pledge of a future raise 300 to 625 for 1947 48 contingent on state approved taxes. Dewey to urge legislature for local special taxes including education levy.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Buffalo Teachers Federation
Bernard J. Dowd
Thomas E. Dewey
Joseph R. Manch
The
Buffalo Federation
Albany Fire damages hardware store in Albany
An early morning blaze at the Bobo Hardware Store in Albany caused extensive soot damage. Authorities believe an overheated furnace started the fire, which burned through the floor near the register before being discovered. total damages were not yet determined.
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Albany
Bobo Hardware
Register
Auto Bus Crash in Lancaster Kills Two
Lancaster report states Charles Bullock 20 and Ramona Graham 18 died from injuries after a Wednesday night auto bus collision. The Lancaster man and Carroll resident were passengers in the wreck with details provided by local authorities.
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Lancaster
Charles Bullock
Ramona Graham
Carroll
Youngstown Seeks $1 Million Post Office Expansion
The Youngstown Chamber of Commerce will ask the U S Post Office Department to request the Treasury Department to approve a $1,000,000 addition to the Youngstown postoffice building. H R Packard, executive secretary of the chamber, spoke today.
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Youngstown
Ohio Friends oppose allowing high school graduates to teach
The Ohio Friends of the Public Schools voted Friday against a General Assembly bill that would permit high school graduates to teach in public elementary schools.
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Columbus
Ohio Friends of the Public Schools
Ohio General Assembly
Terrorist Fear Grips Norristown After Lockdown Calls
Police in Norristown Pa declared a state of emergency to end a six week reign of terror against women and girls. Chief Robert Reilly ordered 12 hour shifts for 32 officers after the brutal beating of a 24 year old woman on Saturday night and another attack on Ruth Marnoski who was bludgeoned and dragged along the pavement before bystander screams.
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Robert Reilly
Ruth Marnoski
Groom and Horses Die In Race Track Fire
A groom and about a dozen thoroughbreds died when two horse barns burned at Oaklawn race track in Hot Springs Arkansas. The groom Glen F. Essley twenty of Mt Vernon Illinois was found burned in a stable end where investigators believe the fire started.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Oaklawn Race Track
Glen F. Essley
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Railway Progress Forges Ahead With New President
Robert R. Young, chairman of the Federation for Railway Progress, announces the appointment of William C. MacMillan Jr. of New York as president of the newly formed organization.
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Rail Federation
Cleveland
Robert R. Young
Federation For Railway Progress
William C. MacMillen Jr
New York
Public musings on a town water bill and muddy bathwater
Sam Simmons ponders why the monthly water bill averages four dollars and forty cents while admitting varying usage from guests who bathe at different frequencies. He notes muddy water since a new hot water tank and likens the situation to a canary avoiding unsteady baths, sharing in a light, public reflection.
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Don Frohner
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Frohner
William Spieth
Ashtabula
Ned Chapman
Uncle Sam
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Mate
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Senate Education Committee
Paul H. Ballard
B Jackson
House Finance Committee
Ballard
Virgil E. Cramer
Albert L. Daniels
R-Highland
Senate Finance Committee
Daniels
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gallitzin Tunnel
Bennington
L. Keys
Houston
Tex
Sam Simmons
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