Quiet Still Reigns At Cheshire Mine
In Gallia County Ohio the Cheshire Ohio River Collieries Co mine faces a stalled organizing push by United Mine Workers District 6 amid injunctions. Sheriff Ehman reports arrests and private property rentals by union organizers as wary residents fear violence while mass picketing rumors circulate and a 30 cent per ton union levy is debated.
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Gallipolis
United Mine Workers of America
District 6
Ohio River Collieries Co
Cheshire
George Ehman
Ehman
Gordon Fisher
James Baldwin
Steve Kubic
Carrollton
Logan
W. Va
Common Pleas Court
Galliai County
Oil Strike Boss Heads For Capital
CIO Oil Workers President O A Knight flies to Washington as wage talks with the Wage Stabilization Board unfold after weeks of strike action. A major industry agreement with Standard Oil of California in Los Angeles provides 18 percent an hour rise, with increased shift differentials to replace lower night premiums.
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Independent
Union of Petroleum Workers
Standard Oil of
California
Knight
Los Angeles
Police Press Inmate Hunt In Cuyahoga
A tip from three nuns sparked renewed police pursuit of two mental hospital escapees in the Cleveland area. They identified Neville Slusser 24 as a stranger seen peering into a kitchen at the Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights. The other escapee, Floyd Keith 23, fled into woods as dawn searches began southwest of the city.
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Cleveland
Incarnate Word Roman Catholic Academy
Parma Heights
Neville Slusser
Lima State Hospital
Floyd Keith
Here
Dad’s Day Gift of Triplets Stuns Akron Family
Mrs. Margaret Walker presented her husband Harry with triplets two girls and a boy on Mother's Day. The couple also has a two year-old daughter, making four children under seven in the family.
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Akron
Margaret Walker
Hubby
Harry
Mine Resumes Work at Central Coal Co
Miners at Central Coal Co in Graham Station returned to work after a week idle. Only 25 of 375 workers reported for duty as some picketed Ohio River Collieries at Cheshire. Full production expected Tuesday after machines are cleaned and inspected. payroll checks were picked up Friday.
West Virginia phone strike ends after agreement at Charleston
The CIO Communication Workers of America and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia announced a settlement at Charleston ending a month long strike. The dispute centered on termination of an employee at Morgantown exchange with the union accepting severance pay but no reinstatement. The Morgan town Fairmont drive began April 8 and did not affect local calls.
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Point Pleasant
CIO Communication Workers of America
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Morgantown Exchange
CWA
Morgantown
Fairmont
Fire at Monarch Furniture Co blazing in Cleveland
Firemen tentatively blamed faulty wiring for a Sunday blaze that swept Monarch Furniture Co in Cleveland causing about 150000 dollars in damage.
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Cleveland
Monarch Furniture Co
Debate Near On Disputed Foreign Aid
Sen Knowland says his committee is ahead of schedule and the Senate may take up the 6.9 billion foreign aid measure tomorrow. Chairman Russell calls a closed session to discuss amendments as Hunt expects the bill to return largely in its current form. Democratic leaders McFarland and Connally prepare for Senate debate on the mutual security authorization.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Russell
DGA
Senate Armed Services Committee
Hunt
Wyoming
McFarland
Aziz
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Defense Calls High Official In Gross Case
In Brooklyn the defense for Capt. George M. Oest and Sgt. Walter J. Sullivan says it will call a high police official to testify in the graft case tied to Harry Gross. The five officers, all near retirement, face pension loss if found guilty of shielding the defunct gambling operation that grossed millions yearly.
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New York
Harry Gross
Gross
George M. Oest
Walter J. Sullivan
Brooklyn
Youngstowner Named President of Ohio Junior Chamber
Harold W. Miller of Youngstown was elected president of the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce succeeding Paul Moore of Geneva. Miller has been a Jaycee since 1946 and served as a state vice president last year while employed at Ohio Edison Co.
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Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harold W. Miller
Ohio Edison Co
Paul Moore
Geneva
Supreme Court Hears Historic Steel Seizure Case
The justices hear arguments on whether President Truman's steel mill seizure in 1952 was constitutional. The case tests executive emergency power to avert a national crisis, with the CIO steel workers union backing reversal of an injunction and the administration defending the action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Truman
Emera
Justice
David A. Pine
Pine
Justice Department
CIO Steel Workers Union
Ohioan Raps Grange Head in Rail Rates Fight
Joseph W. Fichter, master of the Hanover Grange in Ohio, claims national Grange master Herschel D. Newsom is siding with railroads in their push for higher freight rates. He wrote Newsom from Washington criticizing a newspaper advertisement letter that suggested the Grange now champions railroad interests.
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Oxford
Ohio State Grange
National Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
Hanover Grange
Fichter
Herschel D. Newsom
Washington
Newsom
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference
Grange
Sentiment Pushes to Ease Down Payments for New Homes
Government officials debate easing down payment requirements for mid and high price homes. Federal Reserve Board members weigh the shift with Raymond Foley as Housing and Home Finance Administrator. A final decision is expected soon.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Raymond Foley
Housing and Home Finance
Reserve Board
Lima Blaze Fatal Blast Kills Six In Fire
A kerosene blast last night sparked a house blaze near Lima killing six people and injuring three. The victims include Crystal Cavanaugh 7 Rosalee Cavanaugh 6 Richard Cavanaugh 5 Willis Cavanaugh 16 months May Irene Cavanaugh 8 and Larry Holten 6 who were visiting. Mr and Mrs Cavanaugh and Ralph Holten Sr suffered serious burns and were hospitalized.
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Crystal
Rosalee
Richard
Willis
Irene Cavanaugh
Harry Cavanaugh
Larry Holten
Ralph Holten
Holten
Larry
Cavanaughs
Cavanaugh
Holton
Taft and Eisenhower Battle for Delegates in State Conventions
Senator Robert A. Taft and General Dwight D. Eisenhower aim to win national convention delegates as Wyoming and Rhode Island Republicans hold state conventions. Wyoming Democrats choose 10 delegates. Kefauver caucused in Tennessee before Denver. Eisenhower backers warn of a fight if state leaders do not split Wyoming votes. Rhode Island GOP expected to secure most or all eight delegates.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Denver
Oregon
Taft
Eisenhower
Casper
Chicago
Guardsman Wounded In Ohio Maneuvers
ZANESVILLE Ohio Capt James Carl 23 of Bucyrus an Ohio National Guardsman was accidentally shot Sunday at Blue Rock State Park during weekend maneuvers. A .30 caliber slug pierced earthworks above a target pit, glanced off a pipe, and struck his left shoulder. He was treated at Bethesda Hospital Zanesville and released.
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Zanesville
James Carl
Bucyrus
Ohio
Blue Rock State Ark
Carl
Bethesda Hospital
Western Union Opens Office In Athens
Athens Western Union Telegraph office opened today after a 39 day strike by the Commercial Telegraphers Union. Manager E. J. Greer said permission came from the company to open despite unsettled strike. The Athens office is one of five in the state opening today. others are Lima Sidney and Steubenville. The office will run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with two employees and planned third worker and later longer hours.
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Athens
Oil-Fed Fires Damage Texas Rail Yard and Refinery
Two oil fed fires burned out in Texas causing estimated damages of 3 million dollars each. One fire hit 35 derailed freight cars near Corsicana south of Dallas. The other torched eight rusty tanks at the Houston Ship Channel refinery. Three firemen were injured, none seriously.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver City
Corsicana
Dallas
Houston Ship Canal
Eastern State Petroleum Co
Co. C. Cunningham
Oak Tree Planting Honors Rep Jenkins in Washington
A tree will be planted in Washington this week to honor Rep. Thomas A Jenkins the dean of the Republican House delegation from Ohio. Oak Hill Ohio Women’s Garden Club members will dedicate the tree next Wednesday morning on Ohio Drive near a park along the Potomac. Jenkins also helped name Ohio Drive and Buckeye Lane in the area.
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Washington
Thomas A.jenkins
Republican House
Ohio
Oak Hill
Ohio Drive
Potomac
Jenkins
Buckeye Lane
Dodd Seized by Reds on Koje Island Granted Minor Concessions
Gen Clark and Gen Ridgway reacted to the Koje Island hostage crisis with warnings and a claim that the captors’ demands were inconsequential. Dodd described decent treatment and medical care during his 76 compound confinement and said UN concessions were minor.
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Seoul
Korea
Francis T. Dodd
Koje Island
U.S. Eighth Army
Mark W. Clark
Tokyo
Dodds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Clark
General Dodd
Dodd
UN No. 1
Kose
Teasto W
Charles Colson
Charleston
S.C
Rose Camp
Reds Level Hot Attack At Armistice Talks
UN Command accused the communists of using the Korean armistice talks as a propaganda platform. North Korean general Nam Il delivered a tirade against Allies treatment of POWs, while Vice Admiral Turner Joy reprimanded the propaganda use and urged continued negotiations.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
UNC
Turner Joy
Reds
Nam I
Panmunjom
Allies Resume Heavy Attacks On Red Rails
UN warplanes struck the Korean rail network in fresh saturation raids. The US Fifth Air Force reported 28 cuts on the Kanggye Sinanju line near Muichon and nine B 29s hit the Huichon rail bridge with nine tons of bombs. Craters on rail sections south of Sunchon hinder repairs.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
Kanggye- Sinanju
Muichon
Sunchon
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Judd's Death Sentence Commuted to Life in Prison
Arizona Governor Howard Pyle commuted the death sentence of Winnie Ruth Judd to life imprisonment after a state pardon board recommendation. Judd, then 48, was convicted of killing and dismembering two friends in 1931 and hiding their bodies in trunks shipped to Los Angeles. She had escaped the state hospital five times, most recently in February.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital For
Howard Pyle
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Daring North Pole Landing Reveals Arctic Secrets
Anchorage report details a May 4 C-47 landing at the geographic pole by Lt. Col. William Benedict. Findings include a Peary expedition cache, 14 150 feet ocean depth via sonar, TNT ice tests by Crary and Cottell, and widening ice cracks as spring thaw opens the polar pack.
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Anchorage
Alaska
North Pole Air Force
Arctic
Robert E. Peary
Air Command
William P. Benedict
Paradise
Calif
Geographic
North Pole
Albert P. Crary
Robert Cottell
Cambridge Research Center
Cambridge
Mass
Msgt
Edison Blair
Los Angeles
Blair
Admiral Peary
Auto Bandits Hunt Widens
Cincinnati police widened their search for two armed bandits who wrecked a stolen car and stole another earlier in the day. Detectives said the men planned holdups and interrupted by an accident when their vehicle collided with a car driven by 26 year old William Staubitz. They then forced four occupants from the other car and fled.
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Cincinnati
Robert Meldon
Miles Stine
William O. Staubitz
Staubitz
Gen Collins and Lausche to Review Ohio's 37th Division
Gen J Lawton Collins will inspect the 37th Infantry Division at Camp Polk during its final week of individual training. Gov Frank Lausche will visit Friday to inspect units and address the troops on Governor's Day and Armed Forces Day.
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Camp Polk
Ohio
37Th Infantry
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Frank J. Lausche
37Th
Armed Forces
Bloodhound Hunted As Escapee Sought in Beaver County
BEAVER Pa Robert Grim of East Palestine Ohio special deputy sheriff used his 750 bloodhound to track a prisoner who escaped Beaver County jail The dog led to a freight car then disappeared inside prompting Grim to pursue while a policeman nabbed the fugitive several blocks away
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Beaver
Robert Grim
East Palestine
Beaver County
Grim
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