Supreme Court Upholds Lewis Conviction and Reduces UMW Fine
The Supreme Court upholds contempt convictions of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The $10,000 Lewis fine is sustained while the $3.5 million UMW penalty is reduced to $700,000. The case stems from Lewis refusing a court order to return miners to work during the November soft coal strike.
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Lewis
UMW
High
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Vinson
Murphy
Rutledge
Justice Frankfurter
Black
Douglas
Miners Union
NLRB Chief Foresees Nationwide Strikes Over Labor Act
Chairman Paul M. Herzog of the NLRB warned that proposed Wagner Act changes could trigger a nationwide wave of strikes. The Chamber of Commerce warned employers to push for revisions to erase questions of intent while lawmakers weigh amendments. Herzog cited potential years of uncertainty and court fights, or widespread work stoppages if rights are curtailed.
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Washington
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Senate
House Labor Committees
Herzog
NLRB
Chamber of Commerce
House
Hermann Steinkraus
Business Organization
Labor Relations Committee
Raymond S. Smethurst
National Association of Manufacturers
Trade Pact Reaffirmed By Truman at Baylor Degree
President Truman urged freer world trade during an acceptance speech at Baylor University in Waco Texas after a Mexico goodwill trip. He reaffirmed support for the Reciprocal Trade Act opposed high tariffs and isolationism and noted a world trade charter to be discussed in Geneva next month. Ralph Oyler 55 head of narcotics for Michigan Ohio Indiana died Tuesday in Detroit.
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Waco
Tex
Truman
United States
Mexico
Baylor University
Congress
Geneva
United Nations
Detroit
Ralph Oyler
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Dragnet Seizes More Sugar Law Violators in Chicago
The nationwide dragnet arrests four more men in sugar ration cases. Eddie Stephens and Moses White pleaded innocent and were held on 5000 dollar bonds. Charles A Kohs and William F Miner face federal charges for large scale sugar stamp theft. Kohs reportedly sought in Fort Worth Texas on 400000 pound value stamps. The hearing is set for March 10.
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Chicago
OPA
Eddie Stephens
Moses White
Charles A. Kohs
U. S
Raymond McClory
Fort Worth
Tex
William F. Miner
Kohs
Stephens
White
Edwin K. Walker
Victim Files Damage Suit Over Collision in Gallipolis
John H. Kyle of Chesapeake sues for 20000 in common pleas court alleging injuries from a November 28 crash on Route 7 in Guyan Township. He claims James Henry Wright of Stanford Kentucky crossed the center line and struck the McMaster vehicle while Kyle rode in a sedan driven by Pearl McMaster during foggy conditions.
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Gallipolis
A_ Lawrence County
Kentucky
Common Pleas
John H. Kyle
Chesapeake
James Henry Wright
Stanford
Rt. 7
Guyan Township
Kyle
Pearl McMaster
Wright
McMaster
Senator Jones Declared Out of Danger After Collapse
State Senator Tom W. Jones age 73 of Middport was declared out of danger at Doctors Hospital after collapsing at his hotel on February 27.
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OUT OF
Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
Doctors Hospital
Ohio lawmakers mull $1 yearly drink license for veterans bonus plan
Ohio legislators weigh a $1 per year drink license to help fund WWII veterans bonuses. Public hearing by Senate and House subcommittees considered revenue ideas to raise about 400 million dollars for bonus grants. Proposals include taxes on alcohol, cigarettes, and sales, with a July 1950 deadline for bonus applications. Military service from 1941 to 1945 would qualify, up to captain rank, excluding Merchant Marines, and real estate levies were discussed as needed.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Canada
Otto F. Sharp
R-Vinton
Merchant Marine
C. Emory Glander
Ed Schorr
Cincinnati
Ohio American Legion
William E. Fleckner
Ottawa
Ohio Senate
State Liquor Department
Stanley B. Cofall
State Liquor Board
William J. Kelch
Board of Liquor Control
Cofall
Liquor Investigating Committee
Kelch
Russia Balks At Atom Plans
Lake Success New York The Soviet Union rejected international control of atomic energy pledges as against its economic and national interests. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said U S proposals, accepted by 11 of 12 AEC members except Russia and Poland, intrude on sovereignty and would block Soviet factories from UN oversight.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Security Council
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Poland
Two Accused by FBI of Passing Bad Checks
Hu bert C. Lovely and his wife Willie Lovely were held in Ohio County Jail on $5,000 bond for grand jury action after the FBI accused them of passing worthless checks in about a dozen states. He listed Cincinnati as his address.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Hubert C. Lovely
Willie Lovely
Ohio County
FBI
Lovely
Cincinnati
GOP Harmony Seen In Routzohn Election
Republican harmony returned to Montgomery County GOP circles after Harry N. Routzohn was elected to fill the unexpired term as chairman of the county executive committee following the death of Daniel C. Brower.
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Dayton
Harmony
Montgomery County
Harry N. Routzohn
Daniel C. Brower
FBI Arrests Man In Attempted Extortion Case
FBI agents report the arrest of Henry N. McCartney formerly of Sandusky Ohio on extortion charges. He allegedly sought $4 000 from two North Side restaurant owners and sent two letters on February 25 threatening damage and personal injury.
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FBI
Pittsburgh
F. A. Fletcher
Henry N. McCartney
Sandusky
Ohio
Fletcher
McCartney
Husband Slayer Slated For Hearing Monday
Mrs. Laura Belle Devlin 72, confession of killing her husband Thomas 72, will appear Monday before Common Pleas Judge Frederic M. Black for commitment to a mental institution in Newark Ohio.
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Newark
Laura Belle Devlin
Thomas
Common Pleas
Frederic M. Black
Suspected Murderer's Hearing Is Postponed
In Batavia Ohio Raymond Fryman 23 of Felicity faces a first degree murder charge in the death of Dorothy Boone 17. The hearing was postponed pending completion of an analysis of the girl's organs.
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Batavia, O
Raymond Fryman
Felicity
Ohio
Dorothy Boone
Woman embalmer dies in Ohio at 76
Mrs. Jessie M. Weaver, 76, of Tiffin Ohio, reportedly Ohio's oldest woman embalmer, died yesterday. Her death ends a long career in funeral service marked by years of local practice and professional respect.
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Tiffin
Jessie M. Weaver
Ohio
Winter Snow Strands Towns as Regions Struggle
Upstate New York and New England emerge from four days of heavy snow that halted travel and closed rural schools. Eastern Maryland reports 600 miles of secondary roads shut and two fishermen died of exposure. Kansas, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana faced ongoing drifts, isolation, and supply shortages as emergency crews battle 12 foot drifts and stranded residents. A baby delivery and a hospital transfer occur amid continued closures and a marooned car victim dies. A rotary plow works to reach Oswego amid 15 foot drifts as residents fear further shortages.
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Associated Press
New York
New England
Maryland
Kansas
Michigan
Thumb
Hubbard Lake
Alpena County
Illinois
Indiana
Albion
N. Y
Henry Horsch
Marguerite Haag
New York State Training School
Oswego
Four Missing After $250000 Creamery Fire in Greenville
An explosion and blaze at Producers Creamery and Cold Storage Co in Greenville destroyed the plant. Fire Chief Ernst R Gauvey said four men were believed trapped: Ralph Fasnaught 34 manager. Robert Rammel 29. Greece Pitsenbarger 42. Howard Fierstein 33. Orville Bertram 53 suffered serious burns and was hospitalized. Damages estimated at 250000 with 755 cold storage lockers in the building.
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Greenville
Producers Creamery and Cold Storage Co
Ernest R. Gauvey
Ralph Fasnaught
Robert Rammel
Fort Recovery
Greece
Pitsenbarger
Beamsville
Howard Fierstein
Orville Bertram
Wayne Hospital
Celina
United States Charges Russians With Hungarian Political Crisis
The State Department issued a sharp note to Moscow and London accusing Soviet forces of unwarranted interference in Hungary. It cited the arrest of Bela Kovacs and warned that foreign meddling threatens Hungary’s right to self government as the Big Four talks loomed.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Budaspest
Hungary
Moscow
Marshall
Bela Kov
Kovacs
Smallholders
State Department
Great Britain
Allied Control Council
Budapest
Greece
Comesmunist
Smalleholders
Bela Kovacs
Kovac
V. P. Sviridov
Control Council
Senate Dooms Life of OPA
The Senate signaled the end for the Office of Price Administration with a June 30 death sentence. Critics say rent sugar and rice controls may end sooner due to funding gaps as a House Senate conference committee must decide the final fate.
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Washington
CPA
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Treasury
Senate
House
Senate House
Gallia Court Places Three On Probation
Gallia Common Pleas Judge Lewis C. Warden sentenced Marie Russell Irvin Saunders Thomas Lowe and Bessie M. Conner in three cases. Russell and Saunders received three-year probationary terms for robbery and false pretenses respectively. Lowe pled guilty to auto theft and was given four years probation. Conner pled guilty to eight forgery counts and was sentenced to Marysville Reformatory with concurrent terms of one to 25 years.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Lewis C. Warden
Marie Russell
Orin Thomas
Court St
Warden
Irvin Saunders
Saunders
Lewis Saunders
Thomas Lowe
Bessie M. Conner
Women's Reformatory
Marysville
Death of Syracuse Resident Frank E. Holmes At 79
Frank E. Holmes, lifelong Syracuse area resident, died this morning at his daughter Mrs Max Roller's home in Middleport at age 79. Survived by wife predeceased in 1934, two sons E H Holmes of New Jersey and William Holmes of Syracuse, daughter Mrs George Freeland of Charleston West Virginia, and daughter Mrs Dorothy Roller. A brother James Holmes of Miami Florida also survives. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. at the family home. visitors may call after Friday noon.
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Syracuse
Frank E. Holmes
Max Roller
Middleport
Dorothy Roller
E. H. Holmes
New Jersey
William Holmes
George Freeland
Charleston
W. Va
James Holmes
Miami
Fla
Holmes
Police Question Shoes Juvenile Theft Suspect
Columbus police questioned a juvenile theft suspect nicknamed Shoes after footprints were found near burglary scenes. Detectives Herschman and Moss chased and captured a young Black boy wearing a small size shoe yesterday.
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Columbus
Lawrence W. Herschman
Ernest L. Moss
Akron Senator Honored At Birthday Breakfast
Gov. Thomas E. Herbert and Ohio senators sang Happy Birthday at a breakfast honoring Sen. Frank E. Whittemore of Akron for his 77th anniversary. Whittemore, a longtime Senate leader, received a scroll signed by Senate members.
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Columbus
Thomas E. Herbert
Ohio
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Whittemore
Senate
Wife Free of Murder Charge in Cincinnati Shooting
Mrs. Marie Ulm of Cincinnati, 30, was acquitted on murder charges for shooting her husband Charles Ulm, 33, while he lay on a bed at home last July 23. The nine women and three men jury found her not guilty after she testified she was in fear for her life.
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Cincinnati
Marie Ulm
Charles
Geauga County Fair Board Plans Northeast Ohio Grandstand
Geauga County Fair Board has prepared plans for a new grandstand to be among the finest in the region. The project aims to enhance the Geauga County Fair experience with a modern, substantial seating arena.
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Chardon, O
Geauga County Fair Board
Ohio
Ohio Association of Commercial Haulers Elects Leader
At the closing session of its annual Columbus convention, the Ohio Association of Commercial Haulers chose Frank J. Egner of Galion as president.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Commercial Haulers
Frank J. Egner
Chef Galion
Teachers Get Parent Vote Of Confidence
In Lorain Ohio Clearview schools faced a return to class after a parent backed teachers. A 400-signature petition showing PTA support contrasted with a student walkout and an incident involving high school principal Allen Mizer.
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Lorain
Clearview
Vincent Pta
Board of ‘Education
Allen Mizer
Two Cities Battle Rail Change In Ohio Ohio
A two day hearing before a State Utilities Commission examiner pits Columbus area residents from East Liverpool Wellsville and Alliance against the Pennsylvania Railroad over removing two daily passenger trains. Pennsylvania asserts a loss of more than 21000 dollars last year and the examiner Edward Schreiner adjourned to await briefs before a recommendation to the commission.
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Columbus
Columbiana County
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Utilities Commission
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Alliance
Stark County
Pennsylvania
Edward T. Schreiner
Paco Examiner
Car Agency Manager Wins 72 Traffic Cases
Columbus rent car agency manager H. Reid Graham faced 72 parking violation charges in police court but won every case. Graham told Judge Fred Donnally that the violations were committed by renters of cars, not him, and the judge dismissed all 72 cases.
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Columbus
H. Reid Graham
Graham
Fred Donnally
Donnally
Cambridge Hospital Takes Belmont Patients
Cambridge State Hospital will begin accepting Belmont County patients after March 10. Previously Belmont patients were sent to Athens State Hospital while those from Guernsey County were admitted directly to Cambridge. Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced the change.
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Columbus
Cambridge State Hospital
Guernsey County
Belmont County
Charles L. Sherwood
Athens State Hospital
Cincinnati Names Rich Mayor as Stewart Becomes Justice
Carl W. Rich, former Hamilton County prosecutor, is elected mayor of Cincinnati. James G. Stewart takes oath as associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court today.
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Cincinnati
Carl W. Rich
Hamilton County
James G. Stewart
Ohio Supreme Cour
Mansfield Airport Road Report Sent to Washington
The State Highway Department submitted a revised Mansfield Airport Road report to the Public Roads Administration in Washington amid indications it will be accepted. Philip Wolfe, clerk of the Richland County commissioners, reported today.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Public Roads Administration
Washington
Mansfield Airport
Philip Wolfe
Board of
Richland County Comemissioners
Ban A Bittner Labor Critique From SAM SIMMONS
SAM SIMMONS argues about Ban A Bittner referencing his work in West Virginia and his view that labor representatives are underrepresented on the House labor committee. He notes public support for labor and New Deal era constraints. He suggests current laws may curb excesses and extend labor influence.
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Ban A. Bittner
West Virginia
Bittner
Labor
House Labor Committee
Congress
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Kilr Kilroy
Zinzinnati
Kilroy
Gallia
Haulers
Cambridge Hospital
Belmont
Sam Simmons
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