Labor turmoil widens as Lewis demands press GM talks
John L. Lewis urged a 250 member policy group to map demands for the bituminous coal operators as negotiations in Washington begin. The AFL United Mine Workers, with 400,000 members, already started legal steps toward a strike if a new contract isn’t reached by April 1. Labor conflicts idle 757,000 workers, including many in GM plants and the electrical sector, amid a CIO UAW leadership contest and mounting political maneuvering ahead of the Atlantic City convention.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Washington
Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers Union
General Motors
CLO United Auto Workers
Walter Rebber
R. J. Thomas
Cio-Uaw
Atlantic City
N. J
Reuther
Thomas’ Place
Detroit
San Francisco
New Jersey
Brotherhood of Railroad
Central Railroad of
Brotherhood
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhoods
Chicago
CIO Electrical Workers Union Local
General Electric
Schenectady
Syracuse
Pittsfield
Lynn
Mass
Westinghouse
CIO
Internationa Harvester Co
Oliver Corp
J. I. Case Co
West Allis
Wis
Asilis-Chalmers Mig. Co
Education Program Planned by Ohio WCTU
About 300 delegates open a three day conference in Columbus to plan education programs on the effects of alcohol. President Mary B. Ervin reports a 23 percent membership increase and a $15,840 educational fund for 1946.
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Columbus
Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary B. Ervin
Crosley Workers Return After Cincinnati Strike Ends
Production resumes at the Crosley motors plant in Cincinnati as 350 AFL machinists accept a wage increase of 17 percent to 20 cents an hour, ending a two month strike that sought a 30 cent raise. The return follows union support for improved pay.
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Cincinnati
Crosley Motors
AFL
Small Business Loan Tactics Topic Emerges in Ohio
Members of the Anti-Loan Shark League of Ohio plan to meet in Columbus to recruit candidates for state offices and discuss possible amendments to Ohio small business loan laws. In Washington, the Interstate Commerce Commission was asked to authorize the merger of Pere Marquette Railway into Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.
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Paulding
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pere Marquette, Railway Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Three Slain in Lawrence County Farm Family Feud
A long running property line dispute in Southern Ohio culminated in shotgun killings. John Wright his wife Parrott and boarder William Robinson were shot. Wright home burned. neighbor Chester Duncan surrendered for questioning. A peace bond had been issued a month earlier amid the feud. In London, 26 Labour MPs urged condemnation of Churchill's Fulton speech as harmful to world peace.
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Chesapeake
W. W. Lyndh
Lawrence County
Ohio
John Wright
Parrott Wright
William Robinson
Wright
Here
Getaway
Duncan
Robinson
World Bank and Fund site decision sought at Savannah meeting
Secretaries and delegates gather as boards of the World Bank and IMF meet to decide the location of the institutions. Washington favored by US delegation while Britain and Canada push New York as the finance center. A Washington shift gained momentum as a caucus outlined a policy for the capital. A collision in Pennsylvania adds a fourth fatality to the night crash with four people killed.
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Savannah
World Bank and Fund
Treasury
Vinson
United States
International Monetary Conference
Washington
Britain
Canada
New York
U.S
U. S
Congress
Mnade
Ohio colleges enroll over 17 500 veterans in study programs
Dr. Raymond Walters reports Ohio higher education counts show 13 708 full time and 3 863 part time veteran students across 300 colleges. State leaders include Ohio State 2 950 full time and Cincinnati 1 900. other campuses list varied totals with multiple estimates for full and part time enrollment.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Ohio State University
Western Reserve
Toledo University
Ohio University
Antioch
Ashland
Baldwin-Wallace
Bowling Green
Capital
Case
Dayton
Denison
Fenn
Findlay
Hiram
John Carroll
Kenyon
Miami
Mount Union
Muskingum
Oberlin
Ohio State
Otterbein
Toledo
Western
Wilberforce
Wilmington
Wittenberg
Xavier
Wooster
Pravda Attacks Churchill Over Fulton Speech
The Moscow Pravda accuses Winston Churchill of provoking war against the Soviet Union and warns that his call for a British American alliance would spell the death of the United Nations. It claims he tried to intimidate the world with the threat of Soviet expansion and endangers democracy in the West.
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London
Moscow
Pravda
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
United Nations
Communist Party
Prime Minster
Fulton
Churchill
Government backs wage policy amid labor criticism
Washington AP reports Stabilization Director Chester Bowles defended the new wage price policy as a practical step toward sustained prosperity. He urged give and take and warned against self interest while pledging reduced red tape and faster processing of wage and price increases to ease approval.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
CIO
AFL
National Association of Manufacturers
Bowies
OPA
Lausche Bypassed by Ohio CIO Committee as Harrison Endorsed
The Ohio CIO Political Action Committee approved Marvin C. Harrison for U S Senator but gave no endorsement to Governor Frank L Lausche. The group said no gubernatorial candidate had a record or platform to excite progressive ranks.
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Columbus
Ohio Cio
Marvin C. Harrison
U. S
Frank L. Lausche
Penitentiary Shops Seek More Workers in Ohio
The Ohio Penitentiary faces a worker shortage in its prison factories. Warden Frank Henderson predicts a decided population increase to address the deficit, noting inmate-operated factories are short of manpower but this is temporary and plans call for growth in the coming years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Dbd
Henderson
Ito Welfare
Frazier Reams
National Citizens Political Action Committee wants Hoover replaced
The group urged President Truman to replace Hoover as European famine investigator with an appointee with broader faith and confidence. Frank Kingdon signed the appeal. Hoover in Washington declined to comment.
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New York
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Hoover
PAC
Truman
Frank Kingdon
Washington
Three Prisoners Escape Springfield Jail by Sawing Bars
A county jail escape at Springfield occurred yesterday as three inmates cut through steel bars and a brick wall. Fugitives are Wilbert Good 21 of Springfield Vincent McFayden 35 and Edward Blackwell 28 both of Cincinnati. Good faces charges of shooting to kill and robbery while the others are jailed for burglary.
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Springfield
J. Arthur Shuman
Wilbert Good
Vincent McFayden
Edward Blackwell
Cincinnati
Good
Rival Chinese Forces Battle After Soviet Exit From Mukden
Chinese Nationalists and Communists rush reinforcements to Mukden as Soviet troops withdraw. Reports say power plants and northern districts are under Communist control while Nationalist forces rally for defense amid martial law rumours. UK and US protests condemn Moscow for Red Army presence and Iran action.
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Associated Press
Mukden
Central
Newa
Manchuria
Rodion ¥. Martinovsky
Moscow
Russia
Iran
United States
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Red Fleet
New Measure Cuts Business Building to Speed Up Homes
Washington AP says a forthcoming order by CPA and National Housing Agency aims to divert two thirds of building materials to housing. Old nonresidential projects face stoppage or strict need show for recreation facilities. Impacts include thousands of stores offices and factories in blueprint stage. Senator Mead vows to fight to restore price ceilings and subsidies cut from the emergency housing bill.
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Washington
Ihe
Civilian Production Administration
National Housing, ‘Agency
CPA
Capitol Hill
Mead
House
Stassen Seen As Senatorial Prospect in 1948 Race
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and Halsey aide may enter the Minnesota senate race this week testing his standing among GOP presidential prospects. Other Republicans Bricker Dewey and Vandenberg also face reelection bids or potential runs in 1948 with Shipstead Huffman and Dewey speculation.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
William F. Halsey
Henrick Shipstead
John W. Bricker
Ohio
General Marshall to confer with Truman in Washington
General George C. Marshall presidential envoy to China departed Chungking at 8 35 PM for Washington to discuss Chinese military and political situations with President Truman. Earlier, Generals Chang Chih Chung and Chou En Lai agreed that Manchuria areas not garrisoned by Russians would come under Peiping leadership.
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Chungking
George C. Marshall
China
Washington
Truman
Marshall
Chang Chih-Chung
Chou En-Lai
Manchuria
Peiping Executive
Pauley Nomination Reported in Balance
Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination for under secretary of the Navy may be withdrawn this week according to a Senate Naval Committee member. The plan is back on track, the unidentified committee member said, noting the committee had no nomination in its lap since January.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate Naval Committee
New York Aide Urges Truman to Replace Hoover in Famine Probe
The National group asks President Truman to appoint a new U S representative to lead the investigation into famine in Europe, seeking to replace former President Herbert Hoover.
KLM Talks With Soviets on Amsterdam Moscow Route
The Netherlands airline KLM announces it is negotiating with the Soviet government to establish a passenger air service between Amsterdam and Moscow. The move signals expanded international ties in aviation and potential new travel links.
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Dicker
REDS
Hague
KLM
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Moscow
Workers Bluffed Out by Columbus Picket Line
In Columbus the Timken Roller Bearing Co plant saw a repeat attempt by 50 to 100 workers to return to a 7 am shift, blocked by 200 United Steelworkers pickets. About 250 workers gathered across the street as the return group moved toward the gate night, with police warnings against violence and no injuries reported.
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Columbus
United Steelworkers of America
Timken Roller Bearing Co
T Am
Retired Gallia Minister Ends Life Saturday
Rev R P McCarley aged 67 committed suicide Saturday evening. He had been in poor health for months. His granddaughter Zelma Lee Evans was being married that evening to Alfred Valentino at the Evans home. McCarley did not attend. Survived by wife Billa Straight McCarley, daughter Mrs Basil Evans and two grandchildren Zelma Lee Evans Vallance and Billy Evans. Funeral at Ohio Chapel Wednesday at one.
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Gallipolis
R. P. McCarley
Zelma Lee Evans
Basil Evans
Alfred Valancete
McCarley
Carleyville
Lower River Road
Billa’ Straight McCartey
Zelma Lee Evans Vallance
Billy Evans
Ohio Chapel
State Sales Tax Seeks to Finance WWII Bonus for Veterans
Ohio would use sales tax revenues to fund a 3.3 billion bonus for World War II veterans. Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson says the payment could be financed by bonds over 10 years at 1 percent interest without new taxes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Strikes Hit Trieste Zone Over Slayings in Servola
A general strike began in the Venezia Giulia area under Allied military government to protest the slayings of two people in Servola Trieste as police removed a Slovene flag from a church. Strikers blamed police as the boundary commission held secret hearings.
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Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Adriatic
Servola
OPA Freezes Some Suit Prices Amid Hoarding Debate
Washington officials expect price adjustments on men's and boys' suits and coats will curb hoarding while some firms may raise retail costs. The new rule allows cost-based pricing but uses older markups, drawing praise from retailers and sharp criticism from labor groups who warn of higher costs and limited access for veterans. Jackson report notes continued hoarding and pending sales as the overhaul takes effect.
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Washington
OPA
Louis Rothschild
National Association
Retail Clothiers
Leo Goodman
CIO
Cost of Living Committee
Cambrian ES
Four Held in Swindle Case in Cincinnati and Kentucky
Police questioned four men in a swindle operation possibly netting about $100,000 over three years. Ben Hobson Davis and Archie Howard Carpenter face larceny by trick charges. Roy Cogswell Hall and Ben D. Ditto are charged with aiding larceny by trick. Victims include Anna Gross who lost nearly $30,000 and George Glazer who lost $15,000.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Police
Patrick Hayes
Ben Hobson Davis
Archie Howard Carpenter
Lexington
Trick
Roy Cogswell Hall
Ben D. Ditto
Alexandria
Hayes
Anna Gross
George Glazer
Davis
Glazer
Ohio Father Receives Son Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Howard E. Woodford, 23, for leading a guerilla unit in the Baguio area on Luzon last June is now in the hands of his father, after his death in a foxhole with 37 Japanese casualties nearby.
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Barberton
Batherton
Luzon
Howard E. Woodford
Baguio
Hitler called abnormal after 1940 French conquest testimony
Field Marshal Erhard Milch testified before the international military tribunal that Hitler became abnormal after conquering France in 1940. When asked if he shared his suspicion about the Fuehrer’s mentality, Milch said he would have been shot immediately if he had.
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Hitler
Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
France
Erhard Milch
Luftwaffe
International Military Tribunal
Fuehrer
Mitch
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