U S Shies From Direct Intervention in Palestine
The United States avoids direct intervention and looks to the United Nations to handle Palestine. Congress backs migrant aid for 100,000 Jews but resists troop commitments. Britain Wan ts UN trusteeship and international action to quell Arab Jew violence. Prime Minister Attlee seeks international support before acting alone.
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Washington
United States
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Britain
Palestine Committee
Near East
Iran
U. S
Clement Attlee
Commons
Attlee
Bus Drivers Vote Strike in Valley Transit
About 1,000 AFL drivers for Valley Motor Transit Co in East Liverpool Steubenville Wellsville Chester and Newell vote to strike after a contract expired April 30. They seek $1.20 an hour, up from 84 cents base plus 2 cent bonus.
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East Liverpool
Valley Motor Transit Co
Amalgamated Association of Electric Street Railway
Steubenville
Wellsville
Chester and
Newell
W. Va
Beaver
Ohio Firm Bids $150,000 for San Francisco Ferry Santa Clara
An Ohio company, the S. D. Ross Sr. firm of Lorain, offered 150000 for the ferry Santa Clara once serving San Francisco to Richmond. The Maritime Commission said it was the only bid for the boat now on the government surplus property list.
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Ohio
San Francisco
Washington
Santa Clara
Richmond
Calif
Maritime Commission
S. D. Ross, Sr. Company
Lorain
UN subcommittee invites 51 nations to share Spain data
The United Nations Security Council sub-committee on Spain calls for intelligence from all member nations. It invites both Franco regime and Spanish Republicans to present arguments while awaiting responses by next Monday. Investigators have 46 letters from private sources disapproving Franco, all undisclosed.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Francco
Council
Oscar Lange
Madrid
Rerest
United Nations
Negro Is Honored As American Mother
Emma Clement of Lawsville, a year old mother of seven and granddaughter of a slave, is named American Mother of 1946 by the Golden Rule Foundation. She told reporters she is proud for her race, her children, and her church. In Paris, allied foreign ministers discussed Yugoslavia Dalmatian islands and progress toward an Italian peace treaty, planning meetings to resolve disagreements before today’s session.
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New York
Emma Clarissa Clement
Lawsville
American Mothers Committee
Golden Rule Foundation
African Methodist Episcopal Union
Springfield
Clemant
PARIS
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
James F. Byrnes
Trieste
Dodecanese Islands
Italan
Chemical Plant Closed As 1600 Workers Quit
The Columbia Chemical Commission of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. remains shut down as 1,600 chemical workers walk off for a second day. Workers halted operations on three shifts to back union demands after breakdown in talks with company and union reps.
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Barberson
Columbia Chemical Commission
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Jury Acquits Woman On Bigamist Charges
In New Philadelphia a jury of eight women and four men acquitted Daisy Williams Hardy Narney 32 of Dennison of bigamy in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court. She faces no conviction and could plan her course after the verdict.
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New Philadelphia
Daisy Williams Hardy Narney
Dennison
Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court
Munich Pact Termed Blow To Anti-Nazis
Hjalmar Schacht testified at the international military tribunal that the 1938 Munich Conference gave Hitler more concessions than expected. He said the Allies handed the Sudeten territories on a silver platter, strengthening Hitler and diminishing anti Nazi prospects. He claimed no prior knowledge of invasions and said he protested but in vain.
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Mernberg
Hjalmar Schacht
International Military Tribunal
Britain
France
Munich
Hitler
Germany
Schacht
Czechoslvakia
Sudeten
Czechosvakia
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Russia
Franz Halder
Belgium
Dr. Simon Flexner Dead at 83 in New York Hospital
Dr. Simon Flexner 83 renowned pathologist and director emeritus of the Rockefeller Institute died at Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness. The longtime medical leader contributed to landmark research and medical education.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Presbyterian Hospital
Suit Price Hike Talk Surprises OPA
Washington. OPA says reports of rising men suit prices astonish the agency. It will review industry pricing after removing a restriction halting 75 to 80 percent of suit deliveries. An extended deadline gives manufacturers 30 extra days to balance high and low priced suits under the average price order.
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Washington
OPA
Svette
Dog Quarantine Ordered in Lawrence County
IRONTON Ohio a dog quarantine has been ordered in Lawrence County starting when a legal notice is prepared Officials cite multiple rabies cases and say any dog found at large will be destroyed once the ban takes effect
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Two Yanks Beaten by Jap Mob in Tokyo Night Incident
The Army Stars and Stripes reports two American soldiers privates in the 508th Engineer Aviation Battalion were beaten Sunday night by a mob of Japanese. Capt. Michael G. Frisch, CID chief at the provost marshal’s office, said the pair were not seriously hurt and declined to identify them.
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Tokyo
Army
Stars and Stripes
Michael G. Frisch
Provost Marshal's of
Ice
508Th Engineer Aviation Battalion
E22
101 Day Strike Ends At Cincinnati Factory
In Cincinnati 23 workers returned to their jobs at Brighton Screw and Manufacturing, ending a 101 day strike. The United Steelworkers of America CIO district director said the eleventh contract since the nationwide walkout on January 21 provides for a wage increase of 18.5 cents an hour.
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Cincinnati
Brighton Screw and Manufacturing Co
Whitehouse
United Steel
Workers of America-Cio
USA
Columbus Association Buys 11 Stockyards
Ralph A. Locke president of the Toledo Livestock Co and Dr H D Shee announced the sale of stockyards in Toledo. Fostoria Napoleon Stryker Ottawa Bucy Tus Galion Marion Caledonia and Upper Sandusky join the Producers Livestock Cooperative Association in Columbus.
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Toledo
Ralph A. Locke
Toledo Livestock Co
H. D. Sheeran
Fostoria
Napoleon
Stryker
Ottawa
Bucy- Tus
Galion
Marion
Caledonia
Upper Sandusky
Producers Livestock Cooperative Association
Columbus
Not Guilty Pleas Seen From Japs
Twenty or more former Japanese leaders will face Allied tribunals in Tokyo to plead not guilty to charges of aggression plunder and war. Hideki Tojo and 25 co defendants will be guarded from Sugamo Prison as Joseph Keenan says the prosecution is ready with a strong case.
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Tokyo
Japan
International Tribunal
Hideji Tojo
Sugamo
Joseph B. Keenan
Hopes Fade on Senate Vote for British Loan
Washington report notes administration cannot force a Senate showdown this week on the 3.75 billion dollar British loan. The amid amendment growth prompts delay as Aiken proposes tying further funds to progress in lifting trade barriers and Wherry forecasts a test vote on a parliamentary point raised by Johnson.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Aiken
R-Vi
Sen. Wherry
D-Neb
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
House
Cultural Plan Is Under Fire In Congress Fight
Washington D C House debate centers on a $10 million cultural relations program within a $358 million State Commerce and Justice funding bill. Rep. Robert Jones proposes ten amendments to wipe out the cultural item, casting new light on postwar budget battles. Separately, GM’s Fisher Body plant in Norwood converts from wartime to peacetime production and opens Monday.
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Washington
State Department
Rayburn
House
Robert Jones
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
State
Commerce and Justice
Cincinnati
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Norwood
Illinois Dimont Called Gotham Outlook Grove
Illinois communities including Chicago face a drastic order to cut electricity use to conserve rapidly dwindling coal. The Illinois Commerce Commission bans most night activities, bars movies after 6 p.m., and may shut non-essential service while exempting hospitals schools and essential public safety sites.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Commerce Commission
Lewis signals long coal strike as fuel shortage worsens
John L. Lewis shows little chance of a quick settlement as fuel supplies shrink and Illinois plants face 20 to 24 hours of power weekly. The United Mine Workers summon a policy committee to Washington to review progress and contract talks for 75,000 anthracite miners starting May 10.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Israel Weinstein
New York City
Chicago
Charles O'Neill
Pearl Harbor
O'Neill
Brotherhoods Leave Parley On Rail Strike
Representatives of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Railroad Engineers walked out of negotiations with carriers aiming to avert a nation wide strike set for 4 p m May 15. A F Whitney president of the trainmen, said they left after 15 minutes and would not meet again unless offered something substantial. The unions rejected the President's fact finding panel recommendations.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
Race Trouble Termed Flaw In Democracy
Roger Baldwin of the ACLU told about 1,200 delegates at the Meth odist Women s Society assembly that racial discrimination is the worst flaw in American democracy. He cited barriers in jobs, housing, hotels, intermarriage, unions, and segregation as pervasive disabilities of Black Americans.
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Columbus
Roger Baldwin
American Civil Liberties Union
Ito
National Assembly of Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
America
Baldwin
Food Ceiling Plan Assailed in Fresh OPA Challenge
Washington scene as Mark W. Pickell of a livestock feeders group argues price controls on food depend on crop size and warns that limits could be needed or dangerous. In Ironton a trial motion for Chester A. Duncan, 45, postponed to May 11, is linked to his ill health. Duncan was convicted of two murders in a shotgun line dispute near Getaway, Ohio.
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Washington
OPA
Mark W. Pickell
Price Con- Ironton
Chester A. Duncan
Ous
Duncan
Lawrence County
William Robinson
John Wright
Geta’ Way
Institutions Learn How to Conserve Flour
Ohio welfare officials will gather at Toledo State Hospital to learn flour conservation from Gene Sando chief nutritionist and discuss world food situations. Frazier Reams states plans to cover all phases of flour usage without reducing nourishment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams
Toledo State Hospital
Gene Sando
Farm Job Training for 250 WWII Veterans Starts May 15
State instructors will begin agricultural job training for 250 World War II veterans in Lisbon on May 15. The program aims to provide practical farming skills and hands on instruction to assist veterans in reentering civilian life.
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Lisbon
Rivalry blamed for BIS outbreak at Boys' Industrial School
Lancaster G P Supt Harold Hays attributes a dining room fight at the Boys Industrial School to athletic rivalry rather than race. He will review yesterday’s clash between white inmates from Nash Cottage and Negroes from Harrison Cottage before discipline. About 15 boys and a guard were lightly injured as factions swung cups and fists. several guards intervened.
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Lancaster
Boys’ Industrial School
Harold Hays
Hays
Harrison Cotage
Nash Cottage
Reformatory
Ohio State Mother Is Well Qualified for Job
Mrs. Joy Seth Hurd of Cleveland named as Ohio State Mother by the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation. She is a leader in women’s work with 15 children, 14 grandchildren, and active roles in the Catholic Church, Cleveland Diocesan Council, and PTA Hospital Board. A separate notice: Middletown imposes a $30 annual license on coin operated phonographs beginning July 1.
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Cleveland
Ohio
American Mothers Committee
Golden Rule Foundation
Common Pleas
Joy Seth Hurd
New York
Mia Hurd
Catholic Church
Parent- Teacher Association Hospital Board
Local Committees Form to Lead Famine Relief Campaign
President Truman calls on mayors to form local famine emergency committees led by civic leaders to mobilize community efforts for famine relief. The drive aims to collect canned foods and cash while UNRRA and government officials resolve operations.
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U. S
Truman
Commerce Wallace
UNRRA
la Guardia
Chester Davis
Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anders
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Lewis B. Schwellersbach
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Atlanta
William D. Hartsfield
Columbus Association
Ee Feren B. Smith
Treasury Department
H. B. Smith
Llinois
James L. Pease
Wilson Wyatt
National Housing Agency
Pease
Ohio State
Middletown
Plains
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Davis
Ineli
Gible
Tepay
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