Picket Line Pledge Kept by Workers
New York AP reports long distance telephone workers returning to work pledged to honor picket lines of affiliated unions still on strike. AUTW executive board approved a wage settlement with weekly increases 2 to 4 dollars while most NFTW members remain on strike. Cincinnati union members were told progress but no final agreement in latest talks with local Bell Company.
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NEW York
American Union of Telephone Workers
AUTW
Washington, D. C
Bell System
NFTW
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Communications Workers Union
Ind
Bell Telephone Co
Second Diver Offers Aid In Child's River Search
In Columbus a volunteer diver will join the Olentangy River hunt for four-year-old Donald Tubaugh, replacing Douglas Wagner who four days of mud filled effort failed to locate the body. Wagner, a former Marine, wore a 50 pound suit and drew crowds, then left to resume his plumbing work as Wenstel steps in.
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Columbus
Olentangy
Donald Tubaugh
Karl C. Wenstel
Douglas Wagner
Wagner
Henry Tubaugh, Jr
Donald
Wentzel
Margaret Truman Concert Tour Dates Released
New York report outlines a tour for Margaret Truman daughter of the president with a Detroit radio debut already made. The schedule spans May 20 Pittsburgh May 22 Cleveland May 25 Dallas May 25 Fort Worth May 26 Amarillo May 28 and Oklahoma City May 30 with potential two early June engagements.
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New York
Southwest
Margaret Truman
Detroit
Margaret Strickler
Miss Truman
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Texas
Oklahoma City
Fisher Body Layoffs Hit 1400 as Steel Shortage Shuts Plant
In Cleveland 1400 workers at General Motors Fisher Body Division faced layoffs today due to a steel shortage. About 25 workers at Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co in Bridgeport Ohio will also lose jobs Monday as orders for automotive replacement parts shrink.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
Bridgeport, O
Cleveland CIO UAW Protest Halts Work Over Contract Delay
About 1,400 CIO UAW members walked out delaying talks at Standard Tool Co and Globe Machine Stamping Co in Cleveland. The protest interrupted production as workers pressed for a faster contract resolution. In Canton Mass, John George Simmons 73 shoe exporter who once owned stores in Europe died last night.
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Cleveland
Cio-United Auto Workers
Standard Tool Co
Globe Machine & Stamping Co
Canton
Mass
John George Simmons
Europe
Guests Escape As Fire Sweeps Cincinnati Hotel
A six floor blaze at the Columbia Hotel in downtown Cincinnati forced about 100 guests to evacuate via stairs and fire escapes. No injuries were reported as the roof of the 220 room building was destroyed. Desks clerk Herbert Dawson urged calm as residents fled. One elderly resident, William Neice, was carried down by firemen from a fifth floor, while Roy Dutil recounted a near miss and helping another blinded by smoke reach safety.
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Cincinnati
Columbia
Herbert Dawson
Dawson
William Neice
Roy Dutil
Portsmouth
Ohio
Daniel Bonzo Parole Clerk At Pen Dies
Daniel J. Bonzo aged 60, longtime parole and record clerk at the Ohio Penitentiary, died suddenly at home. A Minford, Ohio native, he joined the pen in 1913 and became chief parole and record clerk in 1918, overseeing records for about 100,000 prisoners and aiding identification after the 1930 penitentiary holocaust.
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Columbus
Daniel J. Bonzo
Ohio Penitentiary
Bonzo
Minford
Ohio
Portsmouth
Columbus State Hospital
Osmena's Son Found Guilty of Treason
Manila report states Sergio Osmena Jr son of a former Philippine president was found guilty of treason. A three judge people's court sentenced him to life imprisonment and a $10000 fine. He received temporary freedom on a $25000 bond.
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Manila
Philippines
Sergio Osmena, Jr
People’s Court
Union Painters Accept Hourly Rate Increase in Cincinnati
More than 1,000 union painters in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky accepted a new hourly rate of 1.87 dollars after leaving jobs on April 1 to push from 1.70 to 2.06. Members of the Cincinnati Chapter Painting and Decorating Contractors of America led the action.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Cincinnati Chapter Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
Three Grocers Suspended From Sugar Dealings
In Columbus Ohio three more grocers were suspended from sugar dealings by Hearing Commissioner Bart Farina of the U S Agriculture Sugar Rationing Administration. They were charged with overdrawing sugar ration bank accounts. Thomas E Davis operator of the Twin Brother grocery Oak Hill Jackson County was suspended 90 days and owed if repays 400 pounds overdrawn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bart Farina
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas E. Davis
Twin Brother
Oak Hill
Jackson County
Jurisdiction Strike Ban Fight Rages
Washington AP report on Senate debate over jurisdictional strikes and private employer injunctions. Ball pressed a tougher amendment to block strikes, Taft backed a milder option. Senate set 1 pm votes and advanced related tax and universal training considerations.
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Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Aluminum Pay Hike Granted
A two year contract between Aluminum Company of America and CIIO United Steelworkers raises pay by 15 cents per hour for 250,000 workers across eight states. An additional two cents per hour funds a non contributory group life plan with $1,000 death benefits, plus 13 weeks of illness or accident benefits, hospitalization and surgical coverage. Raises retroactive to April 1 and could be reopened after one year.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Ciio-United Steelworkers
Alcoa
Wisconsin editor Marlatt dies at 53 in Kenosha
Ernest F. Marlatt editor of the Kenosha Evening News died yesterday at age 53 in Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wis
Ernest F. Marlatt
Kenosha
Frost Strikes Ohio Fruit Orchards Across State
Frost hit central and southern Ohio fruit trees with temperatures near 26 in Columbus area. Peaches in Ohio State University orchards were mostly killed, apples damaged, and small fruits such as strawberries and cherries badly affected. Northern Ohio largely escaped frost with forecast for more freezing tonight and warmer, wetter conditions Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Canton
Toledo
Youngstown
Washington Court House
Ohio State University
Archibald van Doren
Aid for Church Schools Hit
The Southern Baptist Convention, 7,900 attendees from 19 states and D C, opposed accepting federal aid by church schools and urged institutions to reject government funds as a threat to church state separation. The group also deplored a Supreme Court decision upholding federal funds to transport children to parochial schools.
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Southern Baptist Convention
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Labor Relations Flag Weak Coal Industry Weakness
George H. Love president of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co said the coal industry faces fundamental weaknesses in national labor relations and a scattered condition. In a Chicago Executive Club address he noted labor relations have deteriorated especially in the last six months.
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Chicago
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co
Executives Club of
Love
Senators Eye Subpoena For Access to FDR Files
Senate war investigators debated using a subpoena to force access to Franklin D. Roosevelt's papers, opposed by his executors who will not permit unrestricted search. The committee weighs whether to accept Truman’s provided documents or compel full access to 165 boxes weighing 40 to 50 tons. Basil O'Connor said subpoenas would bind executors to the order, while noting they would not consent to examination by others. Earle Koons said Truman has asked for all pertinent letters and documents, which are being gathered and will be sent to the White House intact.
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Millikin
R-Cole
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
Army
Brewster
R-Me
Burton K. Wheeler
Committee
Roosevelt
Basil O'Connor
Earle Koons
White House
U S Population Grows by 11 Million Since 1940
Census director J C Capt reports about 142 million people in the United States today, up from 131 million seven years ago, based on sampling. He notes the population is aging as people live longer and that unemployment exceeds 2 million compared with wartime levels.
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Cincinnati
United States
J. C. Capt
Bureau of Census
Census Bureau
Association of State Planning and Development Agencies
Capt
Polio Season Planning Meeting Scheduled in Columbus
A meeting sponsored by the Central States Division of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will be held May 12 to plan emergency measures for the upcoming polio season. Local organizers urge attendance by health officials and community leaders to coordinate vaccination and response efforts.
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Columbus
Central States
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Community leaders map resources in eight Ohio counties
More than 100 leaders from eight Southern Ohio counties gathered in Athens where geologist Dr. Wilbur C. Stout urged leveraging the region’s minerals water and scenic beauty. Dean C. E. McQuigg spoke on underground coal gasification and future tech, noting Russia Belgium and ongoing research, while highlighting Hocking Valley coal deposits and regional clay brines as key assets.
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Southern Ohio
Wilbur C. Stout
State of Ohio
Ohio State University Engineering School
State Experiment Station
Dean McQuigg
Russia
Belgium
Hocking
Frank Morrow
Wellston
Countil
Engine Fuss Yaints Seen Nuttin
Harold Bryan of Logan started his 1947 auto in downtown Columbus and heard a horrible noise. Patrolmen Sylvester and Lyons opened the hood and found a stray cat had crawled inside for warmth. The animal was badly cut and taken to an animal shelter for treatment.
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Columbus
Harold Bryan
Logan
Tony Sylvester
Paul Lyons
York Furniture Workers Vote End of Strike
In Nelsonville the Carbon Hill Furniture Division of Nelson ville Electric and Manufacturing Co. approved a one year agreement ending a strike by about 45 workers. The settlement, reached with United Furniture Workers of America CIO, includes paid vacation and a 25 percent bonus with no base pay increase and return to work likely Monday.
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Carbon Hill Furniture
Nelsonville Electric and Manufacturing Co
United Furniture Workers of America
CIO
Clifford Hawk
Carbon Hill
Hawk
Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Cleveland
A 36-year-old woman Edith Nevalis was found in the living room of her east side home after returning from work with a chest wound and died minutes later. Her 40-year-old husband William Nevalis was found dead in the driveway from a revolver wound, police said.
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Cleveland
Dennis Lynch
Lynch
Edith Nevalis
East Side
William Nevalis
Columbus Milk Price Drops to 16 Cents
In Columbus retail milk prices fall one cent to 16 cents a quart today due to higher seasonal production. Cream drops from 18 to 17 cents a half pint and other dairy products will decrease proportionally per a dairy spokesman.
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Columbus
Extended Forecast for Columbus Lower Lakes Temperatures Dip
Extended forecast notes cooler than normal near Columbus with lows four to eight degrees below average. Rainfall totals run a quarter to half inch with showers Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures rise Sunday through Tuesday as weekend cools give way to a warming trend.
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Columbus
Lower Lakes
Supporters Confident Of Victory Over Greek Turkish Aid
Washington AP reports the administration’s 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid package cleared the House floor amid attacks. Supporters expect final passage after votes on amendments, including attempts to delay aid or refer to the UN, and a prohibition on arming Greece or Turkey. In Lake Success further UN action looms as the Arab higher committee prepares to press Britain’s mandate termination.
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United Nations
Europe
Helen Gahagan Douglas
D-Calif
Turkey
UNA
Javits
R-Ny
Congress
Lake Success
N. Y
Arab Higher Committee of Palestine
Britain
League of Nations
Holy Land
Arab Organization
Assembly
Palestine
Emil Ghoury
Henry Kazan
Slayer Set for Second Trip to Louisiana Chair
Willie Francis, 18, faces execution in St Martinville for the 1946 slaying of Andrew Thomas. If carried out, it would be Francis's second time in Louisiana’s portable electric chair after a prior chair malfunction allowed him to survive. Lawyer Bertrand DeBlanc pursued the case through state and federal courts and the state pardon board, all without success.
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ST. Martinville
Willie Francis
Andrew Thomas
Louisiana
Francis
Willie
Bertrand Deblanc
LaFayette
Supreme Court
Unit States Supreme Court
State Pardon Board
Medical Group Plans Nursing Shortage Relief
The Ohio State Medical Association urged cooperation of the medical and nursing professions and hospital authorities in a four point program to overcome the bedside nursing personnel shortage. In a resolution adopted at its annual convention the body declared current regular nursing courses cannot fill the shortage.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Medical Association
Association
House of Delegates
Murder Charge Filed In Shooting Of Pastor
First degree murder charges were filed by Sheriff William R. Dailey against Lester Nichols aged 42 for the slaying of his father in law the Rev. Lewis Whitaker. Nichols also shot himself and wounded his estranged wife Nora 44 a daughter of the Whitakers in the bedroom of their West Newton home Tuesday.
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Lima
William R. Dailey
Lester Nichols
Lewis Whitaker
Nichols
Nora
Whitakers
West Newton
Million Feet of Gas Destroyed in Canton Fire
Canton Ohio fire crews battled five hours to contain a blaze that destroyed an estimated one million cubic feet of gas near Canton. Fire departments from several area communities fought the flames and limited further damage.
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Ohio
Canton
O.—P
Scientist dies in Oswego obituary of Roosevelt expedition naturalist
Oswego NY report of death of John Alden Loring aged 76 a naturalist who rode with Theodore Roosevelt on the 1909 East Africa expedition and hunting trip. He was one of three naturalists on the Roosevelt journey and later passed away last night.
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Oswego
N. Y
John Alden Loring
Theodore Roosevelt
East Africa
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