Miners nationwide plan action over pension dispute with operators
John L. Lewis has circulated to about 400000 bituminous miners in 28 states asking locals to determine their reaction to his demand for $100 monthly pensions for miners age 60 with 20 years service. District officials report many locals will meet immediately as arbitration over the welfare fund and 10 cent per ton royalty continues.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
John P. Busarello
UMW District Five
Pennsylvania
UMW
Charleston
W. Va
William Blizzzard
UMW District 17
Blizzard
Washington
NW Airliner Wreckage Sighted After Mountain Search
A search plane sighted a smashed Northwest Airlines chartered four engined transport on Mount Sanford Alaska with 30 aboard from Shanghai to St. Paul. No survivors reported. Crew included Captains Van Cleef and Petry and First Officer Stickel.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Army Public Relations Office
Northwest Airlines
Mount Sanford
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Gulkana
Shanghai
New York
Orient
James van Cleef
Minneapolis
Robert Petry
St. Paul
J. J. Stickel
Wayne Worsley
Donald Rector
St. Louis Park
Minn
Robert J. Haslett
Seattle
Northwest
Alaska-Orient
Czech Leader Fires UN Delegate Papanek Over Coup
Prague dismisses Dr. Jan Papanek as Czechoslovakia's UN delegate after the March 10 coup attack. Papanek rejects the move and says he remains repub factions’ representative until President Benes recalls him. He urges Security Council to investigate the coup, drawing Chilean support at the UN.
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Lake
Prague
Jan Papanek
United Nations
Papanek
Josef Hane
Washington
Benes
Security Council
Russia
Chile
Missing Jockey Al Snider Boat Found by Coast Guard
Coast Guard reported the fishing trip craft used by jockey Al Snider and two others was found upright after more than a week missing. No oars or motor were aboard. oar locks remained in place, suggesting recent use.
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Miami
Fla. UP
Coast Guard
al Snider
Cadiz man faces grand jury action for embezzling
Howard T. Wickersham, 35, awaits grand jury action on a charge that he embezzled 30236 dollars from the National Exchange Bank at Steubenville where he was a teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
Howard T. Wickersham
National Exchange Bank
Steubenville
Masaryk Grave Reichs Emotions Stir Prague
Jan Masaryk was buried beside his father after a day of tense national emotion in Prague. President Eduard Benes publicly cried at the funeral, as Communist Premier Klement Gottwald delivered statements defending the government’s actions and condemning Western pressure over Masaryk’s death. Vlado Clementis, acting foreign minister, praised Masaryk while Benes and his wife mourned in silence during the National Museum ceremony.
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Prague
Jan Masaryk
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
National Museum
Klement Gottwald
Masaryk
Vlado Clementis
Benes
Thomas G. Masaryk
Jan
Senate Adds 44 Million to ERP Export Aid
The Senate added a 44 million dollar fund to the European Recovery Program to help export surplus farm products. The money, drawn from customs receipts, would pay half the export costs with the rest covered by ERP funds. Debate included charges of indirect subsidy and potential late-night sessions as action proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Williams
Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Treasury
Wherry
R-Neb
Rat Drive Labeled for Ashland and Cincinnati Cities
City leaders in Ashland Ohio and Cincinnati join a nationwide rat eradication test with 25 000 to 30 000 rats in Ashland causing about 8 dollars in annual damage per rat. The federal program will expand to 26 test cities and roll out nationwide in April.
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Ashland
Cincinnati
OU To Participate In Women's Intercollegiate Play Day
Several hundred college women from the tri state area will attend the University of Cincinnati on March 20 for the 20th annual Intercollegiate Women's Play Day. Ohio University Miami University of Oxford and Cincinnati will send representatives, continuing a 1928 tradition with three original participants present.
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Cincinnati
Tristate
University of Cincinnati
Ohio University
Miami University of Oxford
83rd Infantry Division conducts Command Post Exercise in Ohio
The 83rd Infantry Division staged a tabletop drill titled Command Post Exercise to simulate repelling an invader advancing from Lake Erie toward Youngstown and Pittsburgh. Regular Army officers at Fort Hayes directed the exercise with Ohio Indiana reserve officials acting as umpires.
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Columbus
Ohio
83Rd
Fort Hayes
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
John E. McMahon
Ft. Hayes
Holy Land Toll Rises in Palestine Violence
In Jerusalem fighting between Jewish and Arab forces escalates with six raids in two days causing over 50 casualties. Haganah attacked Arab villages near the Syrian border and in Haifa district, killing Arabs and wounding others while precipitating evacuations. Death toll in three and a half months reaches 1,692.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haganah
Haifa
Holy Land
Cincinnati Slaying Suspects Found Sane
Asbell Adams, 19, of Norwood, and Charles E. Sparks, 22, of Cincinnati, found sane by Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. They are charged with first degree murder in the $6 robbery slaying of cab driver James C. Case, 31, Jan. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Asbell Adams
Norwood
Charles E. Sparks
Lima State Hospital
James C. Case
Ohio State Students To Vacation in Jail
Ohio State University students Mark Haines Durns Dye and John Cluri must spend their spring vacation in jail after a bar room brawl at Ben's Tavern near the campus at 2 30 a.m. Saturday. Seven others and a non student paid fines for their roles in the fracas.
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Columbus
Mark Haines
Durns D. Dye
John Cluri
Ohio State University
Ben
Scio pottery raises pay to pre fire level and adds 10c per hour
Scio Ohio pottery workers will return to pre fire wages this Sunday with a 10 cent hourly raise. After a December fire the plant paid workers $1.00 an hour while minimums were $1.17 for men and $1.10 for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCIO
Scio-Ohio
No Trouble at All Says Obliging Judge
In Elizabeth New Jersey Harry Waters of Plainfield asked for better treatment and a transfer from county jail. Domestic Relations Judge Libby Sachar granted the request and increased his sentence to the state prison minimum of one year to cover non support ending in a year.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Harry Waters
Plainfield
Libby Sachar
Meigs Listed For $72 000 Airport Plan
Meigs County projects part of a federal airport aid program totaling 37.4 million dollars with Ohio receiving 1.052 million. Pomeroy would use 40 thousand local funds plus 32 thousand federal aid for land grading and marking of an all way field. Portsmouth leadsOhio with 190 thousand in funds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Associated Press
Ohio
Jackson Municipal
Zanesville
Commerce Department
House
Senate
Congress
Portsmouth
Sun Returns After Cold In Ohio Across Cities
Sunshine and warmer weather returned to Ohio on Saturday after a record cold spell. Cincinnati 42 Columbus 38 East Liverpool 32 Dayton 30s Cleveland 30s Toledo gas service restored to normal Canton 3000 workers idle due to gas cuts Findlay 30 Akron 27 Youngstown 29 Mansfield 28 scattered slippery spots in Northeast Ohio highways normal and clear.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
East Liverpool
Dayton
Cleveland
Mercury
Toledo
Canton
Weather Bureau
Findlay
Akron
Youngstown
Mansfield
State Highway Department
Buckeye Bedding Co building damaged by city blaze
Fire damaged a four story Buckeye Bedding Co. building in Cincinnati causing about 75000 dollars in damage on Saturday. No injuries reported and investigators started a search for the fire’s origin.
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Buckeye Bedding CO
BURNS
Cincinnati
Sharpsburg Boy Is First Auto Fatality In Athens County
Fourteen year old Henderson Mayle of Sharpsburg Route 1 died after jumping from a farm wagon into the path of an approaching car on Route 50A nine tenths of a mile east of Amesville. Bernard Weaver of Sistersville and Dr. John Elias reported the cause as a broken neck. Mayle was pronounced dead at Sheltering Arms Hospital. the incident marks Athens County's first 1948 auto fatality.
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Henderson Mayle
Sharpsburg
Amesville
State
Sistersville
W. Va
John H. Elias
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Dycel Mayle
Southern governors oppose Truman renomination by anti civil rights stance
The Southern governors conference decided to oppose the re nomination of President Truman without naming him directly. They urged Southern states to fight to the last ditch against any candidate who supports the civil rights program Truman recommended to Congress. Truman said he still stands by his recommendations and will not back down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Governors Conference
Truman
Congress
Western Europe alliance may seek U.S. military support
In London the move signals possible request for a U S guarantee of military aid. In Tokyo Gen MacArthur allows Japanese press to publish attacks against him. In Washington housing official fires rent chief amid alleged rent legislation influence. Senate negotiators push toward Europe Recovery Act vote. A 15 million home building plan is proposed. In Cleveland three men are arrested in a lottery ticket raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New Western Europe Alliance
U.S
Tokyo
MacArthur
Washington
Tighe Woods
Henry J. Zetzer
Cleveland
Europe
Officials Say Greeks Face Strong Bloc
Washington reports American officials believe the Soviet Balkan bloc will back the Greek Army’s spring offensive with stronger guerrilla support. They cite new arms reaching Greece from the north and intensified fundraising in Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria to aid the rebels, despite denials by those governments. The Greek assault is seen as limited, unlikely to seal the northern frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Balkan Bloc
Greece
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
PM Sale Hinges on Guild Deal or Publication Ends
New York PM faces sale to Clinton B. McKinnon of San Diego contingent on union agreement with the CIO American Newspaper Guild representing PM staff. If no accord is reached, Marshall Field III will cease PM publication by March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Marshall Field III
Clinton B. McKinnon
San Diego
Calif
McKinnon
Field
Surgeons Remove Bullet-Scar Heart Sheath at Ohio State
In Columbus Ohio surgeons at Ohio State University removed a calcified sheath around the heart of Harry Beshara a 30 year old convict serving a three year term for unarmed robbery. The bullet lodged in his heart at age fourteen and the bizarre sheath had formed over sixteen years.
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Columbus
Harry Beshara
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio State University
Beshara
Jackson Pensioner Charles Martin Found Drowned
The body of Charles K. Martin, 70, an old age pensioner, was found Saturday in Mc Dowell's Run. Coroner Charles N. Gaskill ruled the death an accidental drowning.
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Jackson
Charles K. Martin
McDowell’s Run
Charles N. Gaskill
Telephone Cable Fire Cuts Service in Bellefontaine
A barn fire in Southwestern Logan County damaged a telephony cable and knocked out phone service to hundreds of homes Saturday. Firefighters reported the blaze destroyed the barn and disrupted calls across the area.
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Bellefontaine
Logan County
Sentencing Of Meyers Due Monday
Washington The district court of appeals rejected a postponement request. Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers was convicted of persuading another man to tell lies to Senate investigators and faces up to 30 years in prison. Judge Holtzoff will pronounce sentence Monday and may deny bond pending appeal. The Air Force has suspended Meyers pension and begun removing decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District Court of Appeals
Bennett E. Meyers
District Court
Meyers
No. 2 Army Air Forces
Senate
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
Air Force
Byrnes urges US to revive wartime draft in warning on Soviet aims
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes told Corps Day ceremonies in Charleston that the United States should promptly revive its wartime draft to back a new warning against Soviet expansion. He called for immediate action if Russia threatens Greece Turkey Italy or France and said a draft would raise the Army to 669 000 and pair with stronger air power.
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Charleston
S. C
James F. Byrnes
United States
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Italy
France
Byrnes
Citadel
South Carolina
Secretary of
State Marshall
Truman
Roaring Gas Well in West Virginia Signals New Field
In Ritchie County Parkersburg area a gas well, initially 24 million then stabilizing at 18 million cubic feet daily, roared in this week blowing equipment from the hole. Ralph Jackson of Petroleum, a veteran operator, said the well was drilled Wednesday and to be tied into Home Natural Gas Company lines Saturday.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Ritchie County
Ralph Jackson
Petroleum
Jackson
Educators Elect President in Columbus
John Holden of Hamilton was elected president of the Ohio Adult Education Association at a Saturday meeting in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Holden
Hamilton
Ohio Adult Education Association
Anderson Eyes Senate
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced Saturday he will quit the cabinet when Congress adjourns and run in the June Democratic primary for the New Mexico Senate seat vacated by Carl Hatch. Hatch may seek a federal court appointment after his term ends next January.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate
Truman
Congress
New Mexico
Carl Hatch
Hatch
Federal Court
Claude R. Wickard
Finnish Soviet Talks Planned for March 22
Helsinki reports Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala announced the Finnish delegation will depart for Moscow to open negotiations on a friendship pact. The talks will begin March 22 and aim at a new treaty with Russia without altering Finland's internal affairs or other international relations.
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Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Mauno Pekkala
Rio Grande College to Stage Ohio Valley Frontier Demonstration
Rio Grande College plans a two day Ohio Valley Second Frontier event on September 23 and 24 to show how speedier conservation methods can lift farm faces across crops pastures and woodlands. Local leaders and soil conservation officials from Lancaster Columbus Licking County and Jackson will advise and direct the project through an executive committee led by Rev. F W McDermott.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Ohio Valley
Brownsville
Ohio
College Farm
Charles E. Holzer
Rio Grande
Herrman
Conserva Ae
Lay
Cludes
Fogel
Hosey Wick
Jackson
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Theodore Reed
Pomeroy
George H. Lasher
Rutland
Ohio Forestry Association
Frank Needham
Chillicothe
State Farm Forest
F. W. McDermott
Jack Stiffler
Frank Morrow
Wellston
Stanley L. Evans
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Mahoning
Shenango Rivers
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Shenango
Ohio State
Meigs
Harold Beach
Sheila Ann Tuley
University OF California At Los Angeles
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General MacArthur
Jackson Pensioner
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