Miners Begin Six Day Shutdown for Centralia Disaster
The nations 400000 soft coal miners shut down for six days in memory of Centralia Illinois explosion victims. AFL United Mine Workers ordered stoppage at midnight with broad support. Interior Secretary Krug declines to join the work halt while promising an early Senate report on mine safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Ill
AFL United Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Cenetralia
Krug
Senate
Bevin Proposes German Unity Plan for 1947 Start
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin outlined a 10 page plan to the foreign ministers council calling for German unity by July 1 1947 with a self supporting economy based on its own resources Bevin would adjust the Potsdam Agreement as needed The plan faces expected U S opposition to Soviet demands for current reparations as a condition for unity and a potential ultimatum by Molotov Marshall reportedly rejects such a basis for negotiations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Bevin
Marshall
Soviet Union
United States
Molotov
Haifa Oil Fire Rages as Immigrants Moved to Cyprus
Blasts tore through Haifa oil installations along a half mile of waterfront with eight tanks burned. British authorities began deporting about 1,500 uncertified Jewish immigrants to Cyprus aboard Cyprus bound transports as the San Filipe, a 700 ton ship built in 1876, arrived with the group yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Haifa
Cyprus
Iraq Petroleum Co
Sixth Airborne Division
Palestine
Fatherland
Hindu Moslem Riots Escalate in Bombay City
Fresh outbreaks of Hindu Muslim violence in Bombay raise casualties to 42 killed and 144 wounded in the last 36 hours. Calcutta and Cawnpore report nine deaths and 50 wounded. British troops patrol with police as public gatherings are banned. Rumors spread amid gang fights arson and a cotton mill set ablaze.
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Bombay
Calcutta
Cawnpore
Leading Ohio Educator Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Jesse N. Mason 57 superintendent of public schools Canton since 1928 and a leading Ohio educator will be held at First Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon. He previously led school systems in Marion Chillicothe Monroeville and served as high school principal in Zanesville Martins Ferry Bryan and Sparta Mor row County.
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Canton
Jesse N. Mason
Ohio
Marion
Chillicothe
Monroeville
Zanesville
Martins Ferry
Bryan
Sparta
Morrow County
Congress Hurries Extension Measures As War Powers End
Congress moves to approve two postwar extension bills as the second War Powers Act nears total expiration. Sugar rationing and price controls shift from OPA to the Agriculture Department through October 31, while limited emergency extensions cover tin antimony railcar tractors for export and other items to June 30.
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War Powers Authority
Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Senate
Agriculture Department
OPA
Manila
Civil Production Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Office of Defense Transportation
Frank R. Creedon
CPA
Atomic Control Commission
The
Solid Fuels Administration
Ruhr Workers Propose Higher Food Rations Protest
In Essen area demonstrations in the Ruhr against low food rations were planned for Krefeld and Duisburg, with Cologne meeting called off. About 4,000 Dortmund miners threatened return to work only if German families receive larger allowances as William Asbury, British commissioner, acknowledged meal shortfalls in big Ruhr towns.
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Essen
Germay
Ruhr
Krefeld
Duisburg
Cologne
Ruhr Valley
Dortmund
William Asbury
North Rhine-Westphalia
Arson Suspect Held by Police in Columbus Fires
Firemen investigated two weekend blazes causing about 200000 in damage. A man was arrested near the Ohio Furniture Co fire as he allegedly interfered with fire crews. One fire sent 14 people from apartments and injured a firefighter. Damage at Fruehauf Trailer Co also listed at 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Furniture Co
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Charles Riley
Furniture Company
Riley
Shirer Resigns From CBS Commentator Role
William L. Shirer resigns from CBS after ten years as a news analyst on the Sunday 5 45 p m program. CBS vice president Edward R Murrow says Shirer will be offered another slot while Shirer states CBS has ended his usefulness on the network.
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New York
William L. Shirer
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Shirer
Traffic accident deaths fall in first two months
The National Safety Council reports 4 510 traffic deaths in January and February, 17 percent lower than the same period in 1946 and 19 percent lower than 1941, reflecting a national decline in fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Legume Seed Project Announced At Ohio State
A new research project at Ohio State University will study legume seed and forage crops to boost yields in a humid climate. Seven scientists plus clerical staff will work in a campus lab to assess how weather soil and insects affect production. Researchers may develop bees that pollinate more efficiently and produce better honey.
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Columbus
John F. Cunningham
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Dean Cunningham
Labor leaders caution on closed shop bill in Congress
William Green of the AFL tells 2100 delegates in Columbus that Senator Ball’s closed shop ban may not exit committee and will be defeated in Congress. Green cites unions resisting compulsion and urges lawmakers to curb living costs, extend rent controls, and broaden Social Security with a 75 cent federal minimum wage raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Senator
Columbus
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Ball
R-Minn
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Congress of the
United States
United Mine Workers
Centralia
Ill
Surgeons Plan Life Saving Operation for Newborn Boy
Surgeons at Temple University Hospital prepared an operation to connect the baby’s incomplete esophagus to the stomach. The four day old infant, unnamed son of Mr and Mrs H P Hanley of Greensville South Carolina, was flown in by Army air base C 47. Hospital officials said the chances of recovery are very grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Temple University Hospital
H. P. Hanley
Greensville
S. C
Greenville
Attorneys Ask Million Dollar Award in Pennroad Suit
Court appointed lawyers asked U S District Judge George A Welsh to award 1 950 000 to four law firms for representing Pennroad Corp stockholders in a settlement of claims alleging improper expenditures of nearly 95 000 000 of corporate funds by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S
George A. Welsh
Pennroad Corp
Pennroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Towns Citizens Help Quench 20000 Fire
In Gambier Ohio about 450 residents joined firefighters to control wind driven flames that menaced the business district. Damage was put at 20000 by state highway patrolmen and included a hardware store and two homes destroyed.
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Gambier, O
Soldier killed as car hits spectator in Aberdeen
The State Highway Patrol said 18 year old Elwood Hulme, a soldier from Maysville Kentucky, was struck and killed by a car Saturday night while watching a fight outside a tavern on U S Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
State Highway Patrol
Elwood Hulme
Maysville
U. S. Highway
Former New York Governor Whitman Dies at 78
Charles S. Whitman, who became New York governor in 1915 and won re election two years later, died Saturday at age 78 in New York.
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New York
Charles S. Whitman
Radio Station WCKY Returns After 19 Hour Strike
In Cincinnati WCKY 50,000 watt radio back on air after AFL engineers strike. 14 IBEW members walked out Saturday over a no strike clause. station officials and announcers filled in. A $5 weekly raise was agreed for engineers now earning $87.50 per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
WCKY
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Sam Simmons Questions Newspaper Report Critique
Sam Simmons notes a committee report critical of American newspapers and defends press openness. He argues no profession is free of flawed individuals and cites varied opinion pages and columns including Westbrook Pegler and Samuel Grafton as evidence of diversity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Pegler
Samuel Grafton
Drew Pearson
Melting Snow Uncovers Body Of Man Near Akron
Spring sun melted the blizzard snow revealing the body of William Powell, 50, near his home on the Peterson Wright road. Powell, a Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. employee, froze to death during the storm last Tuesday while trying to walk home from work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
William Powell
Powell
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Akron City Workers Vote Wage Hike Strike
Akron city employees in the CIO United Public Workers voted to strike for a 20 cents per hour raise. No strike date set. the union executive board will determine one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Akron City
Cio-United Public Workers
Paul McCallister
Missing Woman Found Drowning Verdict Made
The disappearance of Grace Schwegler, 49, of Euclid, ended when her unclad body was found buried in sand along a Lake Erie shore. Dr. Paul Reading, Lake County coroner, issued a verdict of death by drowning.
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Cleveland
Grace Schwegler
Euclid
Lake Erie
Paul Reading
Painesville
Lake County
Woman Dies at 100 in Columbus
Funeral services for Mary Alice Skelton, a 100 year old native of Frankfort Kentucky, will be held here tomorrow after her death on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mary Alice Skelton
Frankfort
School Chief Resigns in Manchester Public Schools
John Walton superintendent of Manchester Public Schools for 13 years resigns today. Assistant VP notes leadership change as district begins search for a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
John Walton
General Sharp Dies at 61 Former Philippine Army Commander
Maj. Gen. W. F. Sharp, 61, retired Bisayan Mindanao Army commander, who was captured by the Japanese during the invasion of the Philippine Islands, died Sunday in Columbus Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. F. Sharp
Bisayan-Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Truck Drivers Aid Talked In Cab Strike
Springfield reports flareups from a cab strike subsiding over the weekend. AFL Teamsters District Council called a meeting for tonight to consider a general Ohio strike if the cab walkout continues. One non union driver was arrested for concealed weapons and released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
AFL
Teamsters District Council
A. V. Walters
Teamsters’ Council
I. L. Roberts
U S urged to recognize world leadership position
Dorothy C. Stratton wartime SPARS leader urged the United States to acknowledge its world leadership role in a speech before the National Association of Deans of Women in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States
Dorothy C. Stratton
SPARS
National Association of Deans of Women
Auto crash claims life of Andrew Zacharias age 21
Injuries from a Sunday automobile upset on a country road south of Marysville proved fatal for Andrew Zacharias 21. He died after the crash and authorities investigated the incident on site.
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Marysville
Here
Andrew Zacharias
Deputy Lenz Retires From Sandusky Erie County Sheriff
Louis Lenz, desk deputy in the Erie County sheriff's department, retires today after ten years of service reaching the retirement age of 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky, CO
Louis Lenz
Erie County Sheriff's Department
Husband and wife fracas ends with shooting death
In Wilmington Ohio a weekend dispute at Simeon Hurley’s home left Hurley dead, Geneva Ruth Shaw seriously wounded, and Owen Shaw wounded and jailed. Prosecutors say Owen Shaw, 45, will face murder and shooting with intent to kill charges for firing five shotgun blasts during the confrontation centered near Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Simeon Hurley
Geneva Ruth Shaw
Clinton County
George L. Schilling
Owen Shaw
Howard C. Botts
Shaw
Hurley
Akron mayor seeks talks to avert bus strike
Mayor Charles E. Slusser summoned negotiators from Akron Transportation Co. and the ClIO Transport Workers Union to his office for a last minute meeting to avert a midnight bus operators strike. The union demands a 25 cent hourly wage rise, while the company has offered five cents and says its offer is final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Charles E. Slusser
Akron Transportation Co
Clio Transport Workers Union
Official Killed, Wife Wounded in Dayton Shooting
Julius G. Timmerman a 38 year old Kroger merchandising manager was killed by a rifle bullet at his Oakwood home. His wife Lavada 35 was wounded by a shot she apparently fired from the same weapon. Timmerman was found dead in bed with a bullet wound to the head. Mrs Timmerman suffered an abdominal wound and was listed in fair condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
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Dayton
Julius G. Timmerman
Kroger
Oakwood
Lavada
Montgomery County
A. P. McDonald
Timmerman
Coal Miners Observe Mourning Period Amid Idle Mines
Government eyes the six day mourning decree by John L. Lewis as mines stay idle. Some plants report ample coal stockpiles while U S Steel faces possible coke shortages. Pennsylvania Railroad plans minor crew reductions. Independent union locals in Beard Illinois donate to families of fallen miners.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Senate
Illinois
Bureau of Mines
Department of Interior
U. S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Youngstown Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tri-State Industrial Association
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
UMW
Walter Thurmond
Charleston
Ant
Southern Producers Association
Thomas Raney
Pikeville
Big Sandy
Krug
Beard, Ill
Progressive Mine Workers of America Union
Independent
John Mitchell
Individual helicopter disclosed by official
PHILADELPHIA. Horace T. Pentee cost, president of Hoppi-Copters, Inc., Seattle, Wash., disclosed an individual helicopter promising a new flying era for business, pleasure and public service. The craft flies straight up or down, forward, sideways or backward, hovers near the ground, or rotates on its vertical axis without conventional body, landing gear or instruments, according to a company announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Horace T. Penteecost
Hoppi-Copters, Inc
Seattle
Wash
Chicago Bank Fire Destroys Central West Side Cafeteria
A fire swept the Central on the near west side starting today, damaging a Chicago bank cafeteria and surrounding areas. Officials estimate losses upwards of a quarter of a million dollars as investigators work to determine the cause.
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Chicago Bank
Chicago
Central
Near West Side
Anthony J. Malsensees
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TED Press
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Transworld Airways
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Sheahan
Phil Hannah
Michael Lyden
Ohio Federation
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Sam Simmons
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Stanley Anculewicz
Detroit
Lydia Thompson
Laura Riddle
Louis Thompson
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