Labor Influence at Lowest Ebbs in Decade on Capitol Hill
The article reports organized labor's influence in Congress at its lowest point in more than ten years with stark curbs possible. It notes Senate approval of a stringent labor regulation bill 68 to 24, a similar House vote, and the potential for a veto override or a milder Senate edition to avoid it.
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Capitol Hill Solons
Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
Senate House Conference Committee
Capitol Hill
Two Minute Tornado Strikes Findlay Ohio Area
A tornado ripped through Findlay Ohio injuring at least 26 people and damaging 42 trailers and more. Rescue teams searched debris while estimates of damage reached up to a million dollars with trees and buildings affected.
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Findlay
Ohio
C. la Wakefield
Kyle Singer
Carol Sue
Findslay
Robert Mineard
Hazel
Mable Jones
Findlay Hospital
Minard
Atomic Center To Organize In Ohio City
Dayton reports that an atomic research center will begin operation at Miamisburg early next year. Operated by Monsanto Chemical Co for the Atomic Energy Commission, it will employ about 450. Officials say the plant poses no more danger than other industrial facilities and stresses strict protective security.
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Dayton
Miamisburg
Monsanto Chemical Co
St. Louis
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Monsanto Company
Texas City
United States
Atomic Energy
Commission and Company
Nelsonville Phone Operators End Strike Return to Work
NELSONVILLE Ohio Bell Telephone Co workers halted a five week strike with a 6 am return to duties. Nineteen girl operators voted to resume work under pre strike wages and conditions, withdrawing from the national union. Full seniority and any new wage offers will apply. Local calls return to normal after emergency service period.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Exchange
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Leota Barrows
Ohio
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John Koch
The
Telephone Company
New Lexington
Iight Looms Against Flood Control Cuts
Washington lawmakers from both parties vow to oppose deep funding cuts for flood control and navigation. They aim to meet or exceed President Truman’s recommended 314 million dollar appropriation for the coming year to continue authorized projects totaling more than 3.6 billion dollars in ultimate cost.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Carpenters Win Raise to Avert 3 County Strike
In Cleveland four thousand five hundred AFL carpenters in Cuyahoga Geauga and Lake Counties approved a 1 22 cent hourly wage increase from three builders groups. New rates retroactive to May 1 set pay at 2 12 dollars per hour.
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Cleveland
AFL
Cuyahoga
Geauga
Lake Counties
Postmasters Nominated for Ohio Posts by Truman
President Truman sent the Senate postmaster nominations for Ella S. Clare of Richmond and Hobart E. Morehead of Rushville, Ohio.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Ella S. Clare
Richmond
Ohio
Hobart E. Morehead
Rushville
Army officers map future war for Eisenhower study
Three top officers, unnamed publicly, are tasked by General Eisenhower to envision warfare 25 years ahead. They will ignore World War II methods and explore advanced destruction concepts, then report potential command problems to the general.
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Washington
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Poona
Eisenhower
Hermit Death Echoes Collyer Case in Pittsburgh
Police probing the death of 65 year old hermit Adam Hudzieko found a cluttered cabin with five cats, packed with cans bottles pipes chains kettles shoes ironing boards bedposts and clothing, drawing parallels to the Collyer brothers case in New York.
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Pittsburgh
Adam Hudzieko
Collyer Brothers
New York
Hudzieko
Fire Routs Patients From Mental Institution
Fire destroyed the main building of the Ransom home and hospital a mental institution and almshouse six miles north of Pittston Pa more than 300 patients were evacuated Violet Besecker Brown died of a heart attack in the hospital yard during the blaze
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Pittston
Ransom Home and Hospital
Violet Besecker Brown
Witnesses to Testify On Gambling Reports
Lawrence County Grand Jury hears testimony on reports of commercialized gambling. Nine of ten witnesses including two deputy sheriffs are summoned as local residents petitioned for the inquiry starting the investigation.
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Ironton, O
Lawrence County
Milton J. Andrews
Andrews
Chesapeake
Senate Ponders Three Bills In City Financial Program
The Ohio Senate advanced key bills in a $32 million annual local government aid program. Measures include a $25 million sales tax based aid this year and $12 million next year, plus $13 million from bank and financial revenue shares. Admissions tax protections and county allocations faced debate amid rural versus urban priorities. The package also covers church bus fees, workers compensation tweaks, occupational disease treatment, and penalties for unreturned rental vehicles.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Thomas J. Herbert
House Finance
Ohio
Possible Flu Drug Found in LL47 Soil Mold
A green black soil mold from Larchmont Laboratories shown to have a potential flu remedy. Lab tests on chicken embryos and mice show curative effects, with human trials not yet done. Researchers Liebman Perlstein and Snyder of Schenley Distillers report the mold LL47 from worldwide soil samples may inhibit the influenza virus.
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Philadelphia
Society of American Bacteriologists
A. J. Liebman
D. Perlstein
G. A. Snyder
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Larchmont
N. Y
Earth
Larchmont Laboratories
Jackson Jail Fugitive Held on Federal Firearms Charge
Roscoe Herman Deer, 26, of Russell Kentucky, escaped from Jackson County Jail and was held in Hamilton County Jail on $25 000 bond for possessing a machine gun in violation of the National Firearms Act He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Lawrence Kimball in Portsmouth and brought here for security reasons as part of the case tied to a January 700 holdup of a card game in Oak Hill Ohio River region.
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Cincinnati
Roscoe Herman Deer
Russell
Jackson County
Jackson
Hamilton County
William R. Unkle
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Deer
U. S
Lawrence Kimball
Portsmouth
Unkle
Oak Hill
Rabbi Finds Suffering the Greatest Experience
Rabbi George B. Lieberman, a 36 year old Canton clergyman, who spent an exhausting night trapped in the wreckage of the Red Arrow train is reported to have said suffering may be the greatest democratic experience. He was partially paralyzed in the February crash and helped fellow injured by reciting the 23rd Psalm.
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Pittsburgh
George B. Lieberman
Canton
Red Arrow
Four Die As Monoplane Crashes Near Honesdale
A monoplane carrying four people returning from New York City to Rochester, New York, crashed in a sparsely wooded area in northeastern Pennsylvania. Pilot Charles Bowlin and passengers Robert F. Morley of Rochester his sister-in-law Jean Hatch and Bernard Moore of Norfolk, Virginia were killed.
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Honesdale
New York City
Rochester
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Charles Bowlin
Robert F. Morley
Morley Machine Co., Inc
Morley
Jean Hatch
Bernard Moore
Norfolk
Hotel Lease Sold In Fremont Ohio to Paulding Man
E R Hilton owner of Hotel Fremont reports sale of his lease on the Colonial Hotel Fremont to T H Rowland of Paulding Ohio effective June.
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Fremont
E. R. Hilton
Hotel
T. H. Rowland
Paulding
Ohio
Congress Moves to Legalize Greece Turkey Aid and Hunger Relief
Congress prepares to authorize President Truman to spend 400 million dollars for Greece and Turkey military and economic aid while the Senate plans a 350 million dollar foreign relief bill to feed hungry populations in Austria Italy Greece Hungary Poland and China with 15 million set for emergencies including Trieste. The House action targets top directors for the aid mission and Senate confirmation of leaders for the two countries. Ambassador Edwin C Wilson is expected to direct ground operations routed through 100 million in military aid to Turkey with the remaining 300 million split between economic and military aid for Greece.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Senate
Austria
Italy
Hungary
Poland
China
Free
Trieste
House
Edwin C. Wilson
Boy Learns Of Leg Loss From Williams Aid
In Malden Mass 11 year old Glenn Brann learns he must live with artificial legs after an accident during a cowboy game Physicians kept the news hidden until a visit by Ted Williams and Joe Dobson Williams later told Glenn his mother already knew and the boy asked if he would be able to walk again.
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Malden
Mass
Glenny Brann
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Glenn
William H. Fisher
Malden Hospital
Williams
Red Sox
Joe Dobson
Kenyon College Ousts Student Council
Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio announced the removal of its student government. President Gordon K. Chalmers cited insufficient effectiveness and made the statement at a student assembly. No student leaders were available for comment.
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Kenyon College
SAM SIMMONS Laments Air Transport Wasteful Spending
Sam Simmons argues against federal funding for airports citing costs in Zanesville Mansfield Youngstown and Springfield and Charleston Kanawha County. He contends government spending is a partisan election tool and urges the air industry to become self sufficient by building needed ports only when needed.
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The
Messenger
Zanesville
Mansfield
Youngstown
Springfield
Charleston
Kanawha
Washington
Pattern Set For Overseas Grave Visits
President Truman backs allowing gold star mothers and widows to visit overseas cemeteries. War Department records show 6,733 of 11,440 eligible expressed desire and 6,693 actually traveled after World War I. Quartermaster Corps reports replies from about 10,000 of the first 20,000 inquiries.
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Washington
Truman
War Department Quartermaster
Quartermaster Corps
Food Crisis Shifts German Mood in Allied Zones
Hungry Germans in the American zone move from resignation to bitter resentment as occupation authorities face the food crisis. In London the British zone is described as gloomy and difficult while American observers note rising antagonism toward the United States and the American Military Government. AMG officials report German leaders have little hope for the future.
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Associated Press
London
United States
AMG
Printers Continue Strike At Painesville Telegraph
The International Typographical Union strike enters its sixth day as teletypesetter machines enable a full edition to be published for the fifth time. Union spox says workers demand 25 cents per hour rise. current average is $1.25 hourly.
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Painesville
Painesville Telegraph Today
The
Telegraph
Father Charged With Chaining Daughter in Meadeville
Charles Mehalko 45 of Conneautville faces a Friday hearing on cruelty to a minor child for chaining his 20 year old daughter to a chair in her room for two days to prevent her from running away to marry. He pleaded innocent at arraignment.
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Meadville
Charles Mehalko
Conneautville
Voters Approve Bexley School Operating Levy
Voters in Bexley approve a three mill operating levy expected to raise about 75 thousand dollars annually for the school system. The measure secures salary increases for teachers starting next fall.
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Bexley School
Columbus
Bexley
Portable bleachers collapse at Bowling Green campus
A portable wooden bleacher structure collapsed on the Bowling Green University campus last night injuring two coeds minor injuries reported with prompt medical attention.
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green University
Ininar
Anti Portal Act Heads to White House Decision
Congress awaits President Truman action on the anti portal pay bill as conference committee works on labor disputes measures. The measure aims to curb portal pay suits rising from back pay claims totaling billions, with key Mount Clemens case cited and White House signaling possible signature.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
CIO Pottery
Mount Clemens
Mich
White House
Mr. Truman
Mre Truman
Labor
Schwellenbach
Mine Worker Injured In Kimberly Accident
Charles Green a Kimberly Mine machine man for 20 years was seriously injured at work this morning. He was removed to Hocking Valley Hospital Logan after reports say he became entangled in cable and was crushed by a machine truck.
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Charles Green
Kimberly Mine
Green
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
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