Ford Agrees To Negotiate Auto Union Talks Begin
Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers moved to peace talks after a six day speed up strike that idled about 65 000 workers. Initial talks set for 2 p m EST. Ford warned of further plant shutdowns without a settlement as Chrysler also cuts 22 000 jobs due to supplier delays.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford MW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Chrysler
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler Kercheval Ave
Two Ford Plants In Ohio To Close
Ford Motor Co will close two Ohio plants this week due to the Rouge and Lincoln Mercury strike. The Hamilton plant in Ohio with about 550 workers closes Tuesday night, and the Canton forge plant closes Friday night. Canton employment figures were not released.
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Ford
Ohio
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
Hamilton
Canton
Ex-Wife Is Killed in Ripley Shooting
Florence West Hargett 35, mother of three, died at her Ripley area home after a quarrel with Vern Mitchell 46 who allegedly fired five .38 caliber shots. Mitchell was taken into custody at the scene and faces first degree murder charges amid a disputed child maintenance case. The children, ages 19 months, 14, and 4, were in the house but fled during the shooting.
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Georgetown
Florence West Hargett
Ripley
Brown County
Dwight Harmon
Harmon
Vern Mitchell
Blossoming Locusts Awake in Meigs County Area
Locust trees bloom heavily around Bear Hollow Ridge near Burlingham two miles from Bur lingham in Meigs County. Rural roads show numerous farm ponds created by dams, with back roads holding more. At Carpenter's Test Farm rear, a farmer has two ponds and the S F Howery store recalls Noah Stout's era. the building, rebuilt after the 1886 tornado, shows interior wind damage.
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Bear Wallow Ridge
Burlingham
Meigs County
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Carpenter
S. F. Howery
Noah Stout
Kanawha & Michigan Railroad
Mining Congress Told New Markets Needed
At the 1949 Coal Convention and Exposition in Cleveland George A J Lamb of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co urged developing new coal products to fit changing demand. He cited railroad dieselization and electricity as competing energy sources and forecast a 1949 coal market decline.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
American Mining Congress
George A. J.amb
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Lamb
Gerald von Stroh
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Huntington
W. Va
Sunnyhill
C. H. Snyder
Sunnyhill Mining Co
Court Asked To Drop Stolen Meat Charges
Lancaster. John L. Johnson restaurant owner and William W. Starrett McClanahan's employee asked the common pleas court to quash hot ham indictments. They were charged with receiving meat stolen from a Columbus packing plant after juries disagreed in prior trials. Judge Harry Kilburger will hear the motions Wednesday.
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Lancaster
John L. Johnson
William W. Starrett
McClanahan’s
Common Pleas Court
Columbus
Harry Kilburger
Friends Say Daniels Declines Navy Post
Friends of Jonathan Daniels say he has declined the post of Secretary of the Navy after a weekend conference with Secretary Johnson. Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, was considered to succeed John S. Sullivan who resigned after the Navy work on a super carrier was halted.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
New lights installed at Cleveland Airport enhance landings
Cleveland airports received 22 powerful lights in a single 1650 foot line spaced 50 to 75 feet apart. The system, first of its kind at a commercial airport in the country, was tested Monday night by pilots, newspapermen and Westinghouse employees. The project cost $300,000.
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Cleveland
Westinghouse Electric Co
Bill Grant
Vancouver
B.C
Sheila Cure
Cardston
Alta
Mt. Hozomeen
Washington
Coast Guard
Nationalists Declare Decisive Victory Near Shanghai
A Nationalist garrison communique reports a decisive victory at Liuho about 30 miles northwest of Shanghai. Liuho, near Kunshan on a Yangtze tributary, lies on a Red two prong drive toward Shanghai aimed at Kunshan for the past week.
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Shanghai
Liuho
Yangtze
Kunshan
Two Thirds Indiana Miners Idle in Protest
In Terre Haute Indiana about 6000 miners are idle after walkouts across the state, two thirds of all miners. The stoppages began last week as sympathy for 300 Saxton shaft miners who struck April 8 over pay for construction work.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Gpmore
Indiana
Saxton Shaft
Newspapers Reelect New Lexington Man
Ronald T. Shoup of New Lexington has been reelected secretary of Ohio Weeklies Inc. He is publisher of the New Lexington Tribune and Thornville News. Howard L. Bush of Montpelier was elected to a third straight term as president. Ohio Weeklies Inc. represents 350 small newspapers in the state.
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Cleveland
Ronald T. Shoup
New Lexington
Ohio Weeklies, Inc
Shoup
New Lexington Tribune
Thornville News
Howard L. Bush
Montpelier
Prince Louis II of Monaco Dies at 78
Prince Louis II of Monaco died Monday at age 78 after short illness. He had recently handed duties to his grandson Prince Ranier, 25. Monaco, a 0.6 square mile principality famed for the Monte Carlo casino, relies on gambling for its main income.
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Monaco
Prince Louis II of
Louis
Prince Ranier
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperature and Precipitation
Temperatures will average 3 to 6 degrees below normal with a normal high of 64 and low of 42. Cool conditions persist Wednesday and Thursday then warm Friday before turning cool again Saturday and Sunday. Precipitation of about a quarter inch is expected mainly on Saturday and Sunday.
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Columbus
Spending Cut Idea Supported in Congress
Democrats and Republicans in Congress backed a Truman council recommendation for reduced government spending amid unsettled conditions. The advisers suggested possible excise tax cuts and delaying a Social Security tax hike, while Truman would decide on tax proposals. Leaders praised the plan, warning against raising taxes in a shrinking economy.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
George
Doughton
D-No
House
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic National
J. Howard McGrath
Cattle Theft Leads to Prison Terms in State Penitentiary
Pleading guilty to cattle rustling, Jack Hughes and Harry Thacker of Huntington were sentenced to one to ten years in the state penitentiary by Judge Lewis H. Miller in circuit court. Thacker had pleaded guilty earlier. Hughes and Thacker took a bull from Mrs. C. P. Stout in Ben Lomond.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Hughes
Harry Thacker
Huntington
Lewis H. Miller
Hughes
Thacker
C. P. Stout
Ben Lomond
Wayne County
Harold R
Bobby) Clark
Charles William Jordan
Lincoln Ave
New Jersey To Settle Hague Political Fate
Rain drenched voters crowded Jersey City polling places as the city settled its municipal election and the political fate of Frank Hague. His decades long supremacy as Democratic leader was the major issue as the new commission government was named.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Hague
Girl 16 Found Slain in Roanoke Church Kitchen
Roanoke police used every available resource to solve the murder of Dana Marie Weaver, a 16 year old Jefferson High School junior, found beaten with a pop bottle in the kitchen of Christ Episcopal Church after an early Sunday night attack.
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Roanoke
Dana Marie Weaver
Jefferson High School
Christ Episcopal Church
Postal Increase Plan Opposed by Grange
The National Grange urged Congress to reject proposed postal rate hikes saying they are unrealistic and would hurt rural mail users and newspapers. Grange Legislative Counsel J. T. Sanders testified to the House Post Office Committee that the department would seek more business and new services to raise revenue instead of raising charges.
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Washington
National Grange
Congress
J. T. Sanders
Grange
House Post Office Committee
Postoffice Department
Men claim airlift won Berlin battle and seek V E Day
In Celle Germany pilots and ground crews hailed the end of the Berlin blockade as a personal victory and urged a V E Day celebration. They say the airlift kept Berlin supplied and deserve a holiday as a war’s end honor.
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Celle
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Japan
Truman Lucas
Indianapolis
Ind
Corp
Joseph Howard
Taunton
Maan
Robert J. Duval
North Hollywent
Calif
U. S
Conway S. Hall
Rose City
North
Little Rock
Ark
Fassberg
Hall
Fighth Air Force
Airc
Bertin
Ohio House Schedules Votes On Public Housing Bills In Columbus
The Ohio House debated two public housing bills to regain federally held projects after a 1945 tax dispute. One measure would base local shelter rents on federal maximums with income limits and veteran preferences, plus urban redevelopment provisions. A separate bill would empower cities to acquire blighted areas for redevelopment and ensure affordable rents.
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Columbus
Ohio House
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
House
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
George B. Marshall
Franklin
William J. Hart
Cuyahoga
Senate
Senate Liquor Committee
State Liquor Department
Charles L. Bartlett
Hamilton
Deadlocked Bribe Jury Discharged in Ohio Case
In Columbus a deadlocked jury led Judge Cecil J. Randall to discharge the trial of A F E Oppenheimer and Hugh H. Ruel on liquor permit bribery charges. The duo, former state liquor permit examiner and Seito County GOP chairman, were accused of soliciting a bribe from hotel owner Gilbert B. Shively. The indictment remains, with bond releases set at $3000 for Ruel and $5000 property bond for Oppenheimer.
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Columbus
A. F E. Oppenheimer
Hugh H. Ruel
Cecil J. Randall
Oppenheimer
State Liquor Department
Ruel
Seieto County
GOP
Gilbert
Shively
London
Ohio
Tanley Schwartz
Randall
Ralph J. Bartlett
Ex-Attorney Paroled After Bribery Conviction in Ohio
Jerome A. Nevius, once Clark County prosecutor, released on parole effective June 15 after a 1 to 10 year sentence for bribery. Convicted in 1945 for taking money from Silver Dollar gambling proprietors near Springfield. Ohio Supreme Court upheld in 1947 and U S Supreme Court denied review. Nevius entered Ohio Penitentiary in June 1947. parole decision was unanimously granted after a year’s deferral.
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Columbus
Jerome A. Nevius
Clark County
Nevius
Springfield
Ohio Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Nevins
Ohio Penitentiary
Corminasion
Cleveland Officials Ban Crime Featuring Comics for Youths
The Cleveland city council voted unanimously to bar sale of crime featuring comic books to under 18. Penalty set at six months in the workhouse and 500 dollars fine. An amendment making printers and distributors liable failed. Details on which books violate the ordinance were not disclosed.
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Cleveland
Armed Theft Suspects Waive Extradition
Leo Francis Evans 20 of Canton and Paul Eugene Van Bibber 24 of Columbus waived extradition to Harrison County West Virginia for armed robbery charges. They escaped Mansfield Reformatory April 21 by stealing a guard’s car at a reformatory farm.
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Canton
Leo Francis
Evans
Paul Eugene van Bibber
Columbus
Harrison County
W. Va
Mansfield Reformatory
Missing Yet Returns After Brother Dies
Newark police reported Ross Patrick, a recently discharged veteran, as missing after his father A. E. Patrick sought help when Ross’s younger brother Robert, 21, fell ill and died Sunday night. Ross returned home Monday, authorities said.
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Newark
Ross Patrick
A. E. Patrick
Ross
Robert
End of Berlin Blockade Sets Stage for Rail and Mail Returns
Berlin nears reopening as flag flown in West marks restored transit. Sixteen freight trains daily resume, coal and potatoes move in, Allied mail service to restart, as Soviet and Western powers pledge normal trade and communications with Berlin. Ernest Reuter orders flags of new West German republic displayed on streets. Twelve thousand tons of supplies expected daily matching peak airlift. Soviet outlets claim Unity policy a success.
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Berlin
Hiteh
V. LL Chaikev
Germany
Ernest Reuter
West German Republic
Bey Taegische Rundschau
Indictments in Hocking County Shoplifting Case
A Hocking County grand jury returned five true bills including two shoplifting indictments against Harold Budd Rusk for stealing merchandise from Logan stores on April 16. Arraignments for all indicted will be held Friday at 10 am before Judge Harley.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harold Budd Rusk
Harold Hoskins
Richard Leo Danner
Eugene Karr
Virgil Betts
George E. Bond
Harley
Truck Kills Child As Father Watches
A two year old, Jackie Lee Cunningham, was fatally struck Monday night in East Liverpool by a steel truck as his father watched from across the street. Coroner Ernest Sturgis identified the driver, William Ma Grew of East Rochester, as exonerated after nearly striking the child. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cunningham of Wellsville, and the incident occurred when the child darted from behind a car into the truck’s path.
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East Liverpool
Jackie Lee Cunningham
Columbiana County
Ernest Sturgis
Russell Cunningham
Wellsville
Sturgis
William Ma Grew
East Rochester
Convictions Upheld In Murder of Fliers
Tokyo reports that 23 Japanese defendants were convicted for the vivisection murder of eight American fliers. Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker upheld the verdicts, with five death penalty cases sent to General MacArthur for final action.
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Tokyo
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Walker
General MacArthur
Carnival Worker Dies After Trailer Falls on Man
Paul Buley, 50, carnival worker, died in San Antonio Hospital after a carnival trailer slipped from its jacks and fell on him. A state patrolman rushed 70 mph from Columbus to Kenton with two pints of rare blood needed by Buley.
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Kenton
Paul Buley
San Antonio
Columbus
Buley
St Peter Sells Home in Ho-Ho-Kus Deal
In Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey St Peter sold his home to buyer W K Sinn. The transaction details appear in local notices with limited information available.
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St. Peter
Sinn
Ho-Ho-Kus
N. J
Albert St. Peter
W. K. Sinn
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William Krese
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Joseph Wales
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Kyuichi Tokuda
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John R. Wallace
Miami River
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Steubenville
Tighe E. Woods
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