Nation wide rail strike feared as mediation stalls
Federal mediator Frank Douglass warned a nationwide railroad walkout by 190 000 engineers firemen and switchmen is very likely within days. He said talks with unions and carriers had failed and the White House was kept informed as government options were reviewed. Legislative hearings on tightening Taft Hartley were ordered to begin May 24 amid talk of bringing railroads under the act.
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Chicago
Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Douglass
White House
Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Senate House
Stassen Taft Clash as Ohio GOP Delegates At Stake
Ohio voters faced a high turnout as Harold Stassen challenged Senator Robert A. Taft for 23 Ohio delegate slots in 12 hours of voting. Taft aimed for at least eight delegates with most districts unopposed. Taft assailed communism in Cincinnati while Stassen sought farm heavy districts, amid forecasts of 750000 Republicans and 650000 Democrats at polls.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Taft
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Argentina
Spain
Rep
Clarence Brown
GOP
Congress
Republican Congress
Washington
Thomas J. Herbert
Truman
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Secretary of State
Voting Change Is Proposed
A constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college was approved 6 to 1 by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Lodge proposes floor action while a House version awaits Rules Committee. the measure counts electoral votes by proportion of the popular vote for president and vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lodge
R-Mass
Senate Republican Policy Committee
House Judiciary Group
Rules Committee
Newark Man Sentenced For Impersonation
Ernest Franklin Weddle, 43, of Columbus, was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for impersonating a state highway patrolman. He allegedly solicited advertising for a fictitious state employees directory and faced three fraud charges tied to Newark residents.
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Newark
Ernest Franklin Weddle
Columbus
Floyd Moon
State Patrol
Weddle
Six Die in Auto Bus Collision Near Chandler Arizona
Six people were killed and 26 injured in a crash three miles east of Chandler Arizona last night. Five of the dead were car occupants and the bus driver Colman R. Winner 39 of Phoenix died in the collision.
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Chandler, Ariz
Here
Colman R. Winner
Phoenix
Cleveland contractor dies in car crash near Ashland
Monroe F. Rubin, 60, a Cleveland contractor, was fatally injured yesterday when his car struck a Wee south of Ashland. Authorities are investigating the route and circumstances of the crash.
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Ashland, CO
Cleveland
Monroe F. Rubin
Here
Auto workers push wage drive against Big Three
The UAW seeks a 30 cent hourly raise plus a hospital plan pension system and weekly wage guarantees for about 120 000 Ford workers. Negotiations to begin around July 15 with possible May 12 strike action against Chrysler pending. UAW asserts Bonine Tripp Act voting provisions do not apply to interstate industries and multi state corporations.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
National
Ford Council
Chrysler Corp
Emil Mazey
Chrysler
Mazey
Michigan
Uawcio
Logan Girl Urges Rail Strike End Ahead of May 11
Ruth Hanby a Logan sixth grader writes Rep Walter E. Brehm Ohio asking him to urge the National Mediation Board to halt or delay the May 11 railroad strike. She notes a May 14 West School outing for 200 children to Gallipolis and that most students have never ridden a train.
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Washington
Ruth Hanby
Logan, C
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
West School
Logan
Gallipolis
Ruth
National Mediation Board
Robbers strike Niles night club as Columbus men charged
Armed raiders hit the Jennings Night Club in Niles with seven gunmen taking $5 000 to $6 000 from about 50 patrons. Four men George Red McGahan Howard Ace Bowman William Green and Walter Flory were charged in Columbus with armed robbery.
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Columbus
Ohio
Niles
Jennings
Youngstown
George ‘Red’ McGahan
Howard “Ace” Bowman
William Green
Walter Flory
Ralph J. Paul
Ritz Club
Flood Walls Prevent Heavy Damage in Valley
Huntington engineers credit flood control reservoirs and flood walls with saving about 30 million dollars in property from the Ohio Valley flood. Technical assistant Harry Pockras said upper river reservoirs prevented roughly 20.5 million in damage and other flood walls stopped about 9.2 million.
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Huntington
W.va
Ohio Valley
Huntington Engineer District
Harry Pockras
Corps of Engineers
Arabs Shell Two Villages as Jews Claim Gains
Jewish military sources report Arab artillery shelling two Jewish settlements Neva Yacov and Atarot near Jerusalem at night with 30 shells landing, no casualties and little damage. Mekor Haim saw morning firing. truce area quiet. Irgun Zvai Leumi says it seized Yehudia after overnight fighting, blocking access to Lydda air port.
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Jerusalem
Neva Yacov
Atarot
Ramallah
Mekor Haim
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Yehudia
Lydda
Storm toll climbs to 23 across seven states
The storm toll reached 23 dead and 156 injured after weekend storms sweeping Ohio Texas Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Kentucky and West Virginia, with 53 hurt and three killed in McKinney and Princeton Texas. West Virginia faces about 1 million dollars in damage as rains hinder survivors.
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Associated Press
McKinney
Princeton
Texas
Ohio
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
West Virginia
School Superintendent Resigns for Ohio Post
Barberton Ohio Walter S Crewson resigns as school superintendent to take a similar job in Hamilton Ohio.
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Barberton, O
Walter S. Crewson
Hamilton
Ohio
Court Upholds Charges Against Schine Theatre Chain
The Supreme Court largely sustains government anti trust charges against Schine Chain Theatres, operator of cinemas in six states. The decision upholds a district court order forcing reorganization to restore fair competition and may require sale of theaters where Schine monopolizes. Major film companies face damages for withholding licenses to top features.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Schine Chain Theatres, Inc
Justice Department
Schine
United States
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Douglas
Murphy
Jackson
U.S. District Court
Buffalo
Loew’s, Inc
Paramount Pictures
RKO
20Th Century-Fox
Columbia Pictures Corp
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Universal Film Exchanges, Inc
Arte United Artists Corp
Chauncey Man Found Dead In Ravine
William E. Hammond 62 of Chauncey was found dead in a ravine off Route 13 near Nye Cemetery Tuesday morning. Coroner and sheriff concluded death from natural causes, likely a heart attack, with no injuries. He was last seen Monday evening about 7 the body taken to Stout funeral home in Nelsonville pending arrangements.
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Nelsonville
William E
Wid) Hammond
Chauncey
Route 13
Nye Cemetery
J. H. Elias
Glouster
George Bateman
Hammond
Miles Baker
Morristown
Chauncey Mine
Eugene
Leo
Delbert
Raymond
Trimble
Belford
Columbus
Jane
Faye
Doris Sanders
Michigan
Florence Reynolds
Daisy Hammond
Stout Funeral Home
Kroger and Wesco Officers Fined for Anti Trust Violations
Federal Judge Arthur J. Mellett fined Kroger Co and Wesco Food Co two officers five thousand dollars each and the firms twenty thousand dollars total in Kansas City for anti trust charges. The defendants pled no contest to a January 1943 grand jury indictment alleging a conspiracy to merge independent grocers and secure buying preference over competitors.
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Washington
Kroger Co
Arthur J. Mellett
Kansas City
Kans
Clark
Wesco Food Co
Cincinnati
Frank L. Reeck
Kroger
Joseph Rappert
Kroger and Wesco
Body Recovered After Farm Bureau Oil Plant Blast
The body of James Ross, plant manager, was found beneath a damaged storage tank after the Farm Bureau bulk oil plant explosion in Shelbyville Indiana. A second man Marvin E. Rhoades, 24, a truck driver, was critically burned and fire followed the blast. Damage was estimated at 60000 dollars.
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Shelbyville
Ind
James Ross
Farm Bureau
Marvin E. Rhoades
Jack and Heintz Officials Get Salary Cuts
Cleveland report says salary cuts up to 50 percent hit nearly all executives at Jack and Heintz Precision Industries Inc. Board chairman and president Byron C. Foy noted the firm, pressed by a orders shortfall, has resumed full-scale production of about 100,000 electric fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jack & Heintz Precision Industries, Inc
Byron C. Foy
Foy
House Leader Predicts Draft Revival Soon
Speaker Martin of Massachusetts said the House will order a two year draft revival soon. The House Armed Services Committee approved its bill by 28 to 5 and it will be placed on the calendar as schedule allows.
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Washington
House
Martin
Weather forecast for Columbus with near normal temperatures
Forecasts show average temperatures near normal for Columbus with normal highs 66 West 62 East and lows 46 West 42 East. Warmer Wednesday cooler Thursday a warming trend Saturday and Sunday. Precipitation near a half inch as showers or thundershowers Wednesday night and again Saturday night or Sunday.
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Columbus
Second Radio Showman Dies of Heart Ailment
LOS ANGELES. William Williamson aged 45, master of ceremonies for Mutual Broadcasting System's "What’s The Name of That Song" radio show, died Sunday night from a heart ailment. Last Wednesday Tom Breneman, 47, host of "Breakfast in Hollywood," also died of the same illness. Williamson will be cremated with no funeral services per his wishes.
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Los Angeles
Dad Williamson
Mutual Broadcasting System
Tom _ Breneman
Hollywood
Williamson
Teachers Call Strike Leaves Providence Schools Open Holiday
Providence public schools suspended today as about 29,000 pupils enjoy a holiday after the Providence Teachers Alliance AFL struck for higher pay. The union seeks an immediate 200 dollar a year raise and annual rises toward a 4800 maximum, with a 2400 minimum sought for current teachers.
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Providence
Providence Teachers’ Alliance
AFL
152 Greeks Executed for Part in Revolution
In Athens 152 persons convicted of murder were executed after appeals were rejected. The killings are linked to the 1944 revolution. The executions followed the assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas, described as the outcome of a Communist plot.
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Athens
Greece
Pardons Board
Christos Ladas
Jesse James Robbery At Youngstown Tavern Told By Victim
A Youngstown man said he was robbed last night by a couple at a tavern referred to as Buddies named after Jesse James. He claimed a man held him while a woman rifled his pockets and they took $100. he told police the assailants resembled the outlaw.
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Youngstown
Jesse James
Army sergeant retires from OSU ROTC unit in Columbus
Army Sergeant Kiem E. Dickerson 44 a supply sergeant with Ohio State University's ROTC unit for 18 years retired yesterday. A native of Zanesville he was honored at a review of the OSU First Battalion.
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Columbus
Kiem E. Dickerson
Ohio State University
Zanesville
OSU
Supreme Court rules no protection for owners from courts
The Supreme Court ruled in two 6 to 0 decisions that white homeowners may not rely on courts to stop racial exclusion, while allowing private covenants among residents to continue if voluntary. It says redress under the 14th Amendment remains unavailable for those excluded by such private agreements.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
Colombia Breaks Off With Russia Amid Revolution Fallout
Colombia severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union after President Mariano Ospina Perez blamed international Communism for the April 9 revolution. The cabinet approved the rupture late yesterday and a note was delivered to the Soviet legation.
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Bogota
Colombia
Russia
Mariano Ospina Perez
Legation
Chile
Brazil
One Man Dies In B-29 Crash In Germany
An American B 29 crashed at Fuerstenfeldbruck Germany killing one crew member and wounding two others. Nine other U S airmen survived. The $300000 aircraft burned and was destroyed. The bomber group arrived April 15 for training with two squadrons back in the United States and the third slated to return to Smoky Hill Kansas mid month.
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Fuerstenfeldbruck
Germany
U. S
United States
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Dewey Attacks Stassen In Oregon Campaign
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey sharpened his Oregon primary bid by denouncing Harold E. Stassen proposal to outlaw Communism as a demagogic appeal built on glib slogans. In his first major campaign talk he challenged Stassen as Oregon's Republican primary on May 21 approaches.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Harold E. Stassen
New York
Soviet Justified for Arrest Of Three Soldiers, Say MPs
Moscow aligned MPs state the three U S soldiers were arrested in Berlin’s Soviet zone for disturbing the peace after a binge, carrying a pistol and carbine, and leaving an off limits area. The soldiers from the 100th Station Complement Squadron faced likely severe discipline amid Russian propaganda around rowdyism. They admitted visiting a cafe in the Soviet sector with a German girl and drinking. one fired a weapon into the air prompting German police to alert Russian authorities.
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Berlin
U. S
Pfc
Joseph S. Lenz
Lancaster
Tempelhof Field
Tempelhof
Draft Eisenhower Movement Ruled Wasted Effort
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking from Columbia University campus dismissed the Draft Eisenhower Movement as wasted effort. He appeared in civics settings with a signature smile as reporters displayed a movement button to him.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Ohio Man Identified As Air Crash Victim
NORFOLK Va. John Finley Tilton of Route 2 Pleasant City Guernsey County Ohio was the passenger killed in a Sunday air plane crash in Chesapeake Bay the Navy announced yesterday Tilton was assigned to the air station attack squadron here He was a son of Linus E Tilton Petty Officer Lloyd A Brown pilot of the plane was injured
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Norfolk
John Finley Tilton
Pleasant City
Guernsey County
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Tilton
Linus E. Tilton
Lloyd A. Brown
Escapes Reported From Cleveland Workhouse
The War rensville workhouse reports the escape of Lincoln Young aged 19 and Judson King aged 38 who were serving one year terms.
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Cleveland
Warrensville
Lincoln Young
Judson King
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Richard Lowe
Tom Flesher
Plains
Fred Evener
the Plains
Wesco
Jack and Heintz
Rob Jesse James
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