UNRRA delegates press universal food rationing
World food crisis focus at UNRRA meeting in Atlantic City with Director General Lehman urging all nations to return to rationing and boost human food production. Agriculture data on farm plantings could signal renewed shortages and potential domestic rationing.
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Atlantic City
N. J
UNRRA
Herbert
Hman
Mission of Mercy
Agriculture Department
Lehman
Congress
Farm Organization
Warns Buyers Of Used Cars In Financing Concessions
Cleveland OPA attorney urges caution for buyers facing dealer financing and payment plans. He calls such arrangements illegal as they shift burden to the purchaser and advises veterans to seek warranty certificates when dealers add a 25 percent markup for repairs to achieve first class condition.
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Cleveland
Walter J. Heddesheimer
Cleveland Office of Price Administration
Ohio Bakers Keep One-Pound Loaf in Face of Order
Gov. Frank Lausche announces Ohio will comply with a federal order by reducing weight of loaves over 16 ounces by 1 million percent, while maintaining a one-pound loaf. He spoke after a meeting with bakery representatives and state and federal officials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
French doctor on trial for 63 murders in Nazi era Paris
Marcel Petiot a French physician is on trial in Paris for murder. He reportedly confessed to 63 killings during 1941 to 1944, claiming victims were Nazi collaborators slated for execution by a resistance group he led.
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Marcel Petiot
Paris
GM Production Stalled by Local Brawls
Detroit reports GM halted on 120th day as local grievances flare over plant reopenings. GM refuses to restart any of 96 struck plants until CIO United Auto Workers authorize opening all, while UAW-CIO condemns the stance and cites national agreement only.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Uaw-Cio
Packers Blame OPA For Meat Shortage
The AP reports drastic slaughter reductions and a looming meat shortage blamed on OPA price ceilings and black market activity. Industry officials cite unprofitable slaughter, reduced rates from 180 to 18 per hour, and layoffs of about 1 000 workers across major plants in Kansas City and other cities, with smaller Midwest plants shutting down.
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ST. Louis
Joseph W. Stevens
Asso
Isciation
Chicago
Kansas City
St Louis
Omaha
Sioux City
Des Moines
Tulsa
Louisville
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
San Antonio
Wichita
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Midwest
Two Army Plane Crashes Kill 33 in California
In Northern California mountains, two Army aircraft crashes killed 33 military personnel. A C-47 wreck near Hobart Millis and Truckee left 23 bodies found, many buried in snow. seven others perished on a B-29 crash atop a 3,829 foot peak near Livermore. Ground crews and volunteers labor under deep snow to recover remains.
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San Francisco
California
Sierra Nevada
Hobart Millis
Truckee
Calif
Stockton
Ogden
Utah
Livermore
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Harold Simer
Reno
Nev
Army Air Base
Pay Boosts for Officers Sought in Senate Hearing
Senate hearing opened on a bill to raise armed services pay. Col. Russell Akers Jr. testified that no Army or Navy officer except second lieutenants and ensigns had a base pay raise in 38 years, prompting calls for compensation increases.
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Washington
Congress
U.S. Army
Navy
Russell Akers, Jr
War Department General Staff
Senate
Cadiz Miners Die In Cave-In At Local Mine
Two Cadiz miners die in separate incidents after a rock fall and a heart attack at the Amsterdam area mine. Marco Fastim, 64, is killed by rock fall triggered by a motor pulling a loose cable, while Andrew Tulodzieski, 66, dies of a heart attack as the crew evacuates. The report notes the crew left the mine as is customary after a fatal accident.
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Cadiz
Fastim Marco
Amsterdam
Andrew Tulodzieski
Northern Ohio small business views aired before commission
About 300 Northern Ohioans told the Ohio Small Business Commission that federal regulations dominate most complaints. State Sen. C. Stanley Mechem said several issues will receive serious consideration and will be referred to Congress' small business committee. The three hour session occurred in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Central Ohio Producers Seek Milk Price Boost
Central Ohio milk producers and distributors plan a Friday meeting in Columbus to urge Office of Price Administration officials to raise retail milk price ceilings in the Columbus metropolitan area. J R Bridenstine, manager of the Central Ohio Cooperative Milk Producers Inc, reports the move.
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Columbus
Central Ohio Milk Producers and Distributors
Office of Price Administration
J. R. Bridenstine
Central Ohio Cooperative Mulk Producers, Inc
Route 33 Strip Named Ohio Worst Traffic Toll Spot
Ohio's rural highways saw 7 997 accidents last year with three percent of roads causing over a quarter of incidents. The worst stretch was a 0.1 mile segment of U S Route 33 near Canal Winchester with 72.2 mishaps per million miles. A 0.4 mile piece of State Route 14 near Washingtonville ranked second, and Division 8 based in Middletown had the most accidents while Division 10 based in Marietta had the highest rate.
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Ohio
State Bureau of Traffic and Safety
Perry T. Ford
Harry E. Neal
Bureau
Fairfield County
Canal Winchester
Neal
Columbiana County
Washingtonville
Division 8
Middletown
Division
Marietta
Goering Takes Responsibility for Anti Jewish Decrees
Hermann Goering told the international military tribunal he signed many Anti Jewish decrees as Reich president and assumed full responsibility. He said Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler were more radical than him on the Jewish question.
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Mernberg
Hermann Goering
International Military Tribunal Today
Reisch
Stag
Reichsmarshal
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
New York Times Cites Moscow Attack on Johnson May Bill
Moscow criticizes the Johnson May bill in a New York Times sourced dispatch saying the U S proposal for atomic energy control is fraught with grave consequences. The report notes the warning was issued to Congress and underscores tensions over nuclear policy.
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Congress
London
Moscow
New York Times
United States
Byrnes Talks Loom Over U S Soviet Ties Draft Extension
Washington reports indicate a speech by Senator Pepper and a Capitol Hill briefing as the Foreign Relations Committee reviews U S Soviet relations. The military panel plans to weigh international conditions before any extension of the May 15 draft deadline.
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Senate
Wallae Bedell Smith
Capitol Hill
Pepper
D-Fia
Byrnes
Patterson
Navy
Forrestal
Maybank
D-Sc
Secretary of State
Washington
Burr Oak Dam Among Approved Projects
The Senate approved a 360 million dollar War Department civil functions bill for rivers harbors flood control and related projects. Ohio allocations include Delaware Reservoir Muskingum Reservoir Portsmouth New Boston Massillon and Dillon Reservoir with Burr Oak Reservoir listed for 31000 and Roseville 5000 for flood control advance planning covers many anticipated projects.
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Senate
War Department
House Conference Committee For
Action One
House
Ohio
Delaware
Muskingum
Portsmouth
New Boston
Massillon
Dillon
Army Engineers
Burr Oak Reservoir
Roseville
Ohio Packers Fined by OPA for Price Violations
The Kearns Packing Co. of Mansfield Ohio pled guilty on 14 counts of selling meats above ceiling prices in federal court. Owners Edward Kearns Adam Brandt Louis Wenger and Roy Samsel were ordered to pay $10000 in fines and rebate $16799.22 in subsidies to Defense Supply Corp. The overcharges covered February to November 1945 and agents charged the firm accepted side money beyond invoiced amounts.
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Cleveland
Kearns Packing Co
Mansfield
Edward Kearns
Adam Brandt
Louis Wenger
Roy Samsel
Leslie Carr
Defense Supply Corp
Asst
U.S. District Atty
Fred H. Mandel
Bob Hope and Lausche Plan Summer Golf Set
A potential summer golf exhibition features Gov. Frank Lausche and entertainer Bob Hope pairing for charity benefiting a 700. The pair previously teamed with Bing Crosby and Henry Picard in a Cleveland exhibition, following Hope’s Cleveland roots. Harold House, 44, died after being gored by a bull at the Massillon State Hospital farm.
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Cleveland
Bob Hope
Frank J. Lausche
Bing i Crosby
Henry Picard
State Ward
Massillon
Massillon State Hospital
Harold House
Iran says garrisons repelling Kurdish attack near border
An Iranian staff officer reported three garrisons Sardasht Baneh and Saqqiz near the Iraq border held out against Kurdish tribesmen. Aerial support was dispatched to prevent severing contact with their divisional headquarters as attacks continued for a week.
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Sardasht
Baneh
Kurdistan
Saqqiz
Azerbaijan-Kurdistan
Tehran
Reds Standing Pat in Iran
Iran charges that Soviet troops remain in Iran beyond the 1942 Anglo Soviet Iran treaty deadline and that Soviet agents meddle in Iran. UN Security Council debate looms with likely majority support for placing Iran’s case on the agenda. Russia may object, Poland expected to back Western view. In Korea, the UN commission opens as Russia claims interest in a democratic, Soviet friendly Korea.
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Iran
IUNO
Security Council
Ithis
Council
New York
Russia
Trygve Lie
Hussei Ala
Amon
Washington
Moscow
Korea
Union
Terenty Shtykov
John R. Hodge
Soviet Union
Trees Planted to Reclaim East Ohio Strip Mines
Cadiz Ohio The Ohio Reclamation Association begins a 60 day spring tree planting program to reclaim 1 250 000 seedlings over 1 378 acres in the eastern strip mining region. Alan R Davidson president promises reclaim of acres at least equal to 1945. Planting in Harrison Jefferson Belmont Columbiana Tuscarawas Carroll and six Forest Service research areas. Workers join students by bus. Species include rocust tulip poplar red pine white pine white ash osage and white oak.
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Cadiz
Ohio Reclamation Association
Ohio
Alan R. Davidson
Harrison
Jefferson
Belmont
Columbiana
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Central State Forest Experiment Station
U.S. Forest Service
Reclamation Association
Breach of Promise Suit Seeks $100000 in Ohio
A Cleveland area suit filed in Ohio seeks $100,000 from Allen S. Nathanson for breach of promise to marry. The case highlights political and social tensions as Democratic concerns surface over a Wallace proposal on major national issues.
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Ohio
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Capitol Hill
Cleveland
Miss Tarnfirm
Schneider
Forest Hills
Hamill International
Iton
Allen S. Nathanson
Gates Mills
Men Pleas
Nathanson
Army Air Forces
Chicago Railroads to Eliminate Train Changes for Sleeping Cars
Six major east west railroads plan daily coast to coast sleeping car service that will dispense with train changes in Chicago. Cars will carry passengers and be switched between lines at change stations, not passengers. Middleport: Church group to install officers for 1946 47 and report year’s work at 7 45 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church Thursday.
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Draf
Chicago
Middleport
Woman's ‘Association
First Presbyterian Church
Cow Crisis Sparks House Panel Molasses Debate
The House committee studies food shortages in a dramatic session focused on molasses supply. Civilian Production Administration expert Lawrence Brown says world shortages threaten cow feed and industrial uses, while Rep. Stephen Pace presses for dairy relief. A private huddle follows as the panel weighs diverting alcohol stock to feed the cow.
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House
Lawrence Brown
Civilian Production Administration
Brown
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
Pace
Walter Berger
Agriculture Department
Berger
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