Draft Extension Sought After Boost In Age Limits
Washington leaders pressed for a swift extension to the draft arguing Truman has raised the age limit to 29 to avert a near collapse of the Selective Service. Army estimates show about 15 000 eligible men remain in the current cohort, with few likely to be drafted before July 1. Senate and House divisions over exemptions for 18 and 19 year olds threaten the act's fate.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Army
Navy
House
Senator Hill
Alabama
Congress
Austin (VI
Military Committee
15 at School Are Poisoned Blamed on Salad
About 44 pupils and seven teachers at University School in Columbus were treated for food poisoning after an assembly talk on conservation of food. Dr. Joseph H L Drayer, a city bacteriologist, traced the ailment to a turkey salad with Staphylococcus bacteria. A large emergency response ferried patients to University Hospital. by night 22 students and four teachers remained, expected to recover within a day or two.
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Columbus
University School
University Hospital
Joseph HL Drayer
Drayer
City Health Department
Wcheel
Fire Department
Papers Halt Distribution After AFL Driver Strike
About 370 AFL truck drivers struck in Philadelphia halting distribution of the three major daily papers. Publishing continues but news will be sold only over the counter at the plants, affecting roughly 1.5 million readers of the Philadelphia Record Inquirer and Evening Bulletin.
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Philadelphia
AFL
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Inquirer
Evening Bulletin
Hog Buyers Charged With Price Violations
U S District Attorney Ray O'Donnell filed criminal informations in District Court charging Harley Fox of Lynchburg Livestock Co and his brother Sam with purchasing 205 hogs above OPA ceiling prices in seven February and March transactions in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ray O’donnell
Highland County
Harley Fox
Lynchburg Livestock Co
Lynchburg
Sam
Scientist Predicts Industry Atom Use
West Coast chemist Dr. Leonard I. Katzin argues that large commercial atomic energy plants could be financially viable within two years and reduce reliance on other power. He estimates energy from one pound of U235 equals tons of coal and fuel and notes production costs around 2,800 dollars per pound, predicting limited use for aviation and home heating.
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Washington
Leonard I. Katzin
University of California
Katzin
Army Ordnance Magazine
United States
FBI Called To Probe Airline Crash Near Richmond
Henrico County authorities sought to identify 18 of 27 dead after a Viking Airliner crashed in swampy pines. A CAA inspector said the FBI would be brought in to investigate aspects not accounted for, noting weapons and a whistle found among wreckage and witnesses reported explosions.
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Richmond
Henrico County
CAA
FBI
H. B. Myers
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Heath Plant Fire at Newark Oil Refinery
Lightning sparked a fire in a Heath Plant steel storage tank holding over two million gallons of oil at Pure Oil Refinery near Newark. Estimated damages reached 30,000 dollars. Firemen from the company fought the blaze for about an hour. This is the third fire at the Heath site in seven years, following a March blaze that destroyed about 1,000,000 dollars in fuel and property and killed two men, with a similar 1937 fire incident noted.
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Newark
Heath
Vet training money must be bona fide says VA official
Columbus VA official George R Brown states that On the Job training for veterans funded by the government must be bona fide. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act is not meant to provide subsidized substandard wages or to let employers profit from training veterans. Dr Ward B Smith physician at Frankfort died yesterday in Chillicothe.
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Columbus
Veterans Administration
George R. Brown
VA Columbus
Chillicothe
Ward ‘B. Smith
Frankfort
Yamashita death unjust claims of innocence cited
A Boston attorney A Frank Reel told the Ohio Bar Association Yamashita could not have known of most crimes and that a U S Army commission tried him for failures in command. He argued many war rules were broken by both sides and that Japanese communications left troops isolated from headquarters.
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Columbus
Tomoyuki Yamashita
A. Frank Reel
Boston
Reel
Bataan
Manila
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio Bar Association
Yamashita
Singapore
U. S
U S Soldier Admits Slaying Of Two Yanks
In Frankfurt a U S Army provost marshal said an American negro soldier confessed to killing two enlisted men, T 4 Paul R Skelton of Texas and S Sgt William R Timmons of Connecticut, near Nuernberg Friday night. Ballistics tied the shots to an Army carbine found with him as they rode home from a night club with a third soldier and three Allied women.
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Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Nuernberg
Paul R. Skelton
McKinney
Texas
S-Set
William R. Timmons
West Haven
Conn
Department of “Stars and Stripes
Ashtabula Banker Heads Ohio Bankers Association
Ford B. Russell, president of the Farmers National Bank of Ashtabula, is elected head of the Ohio Bankers Association, succeeding Howard G. Hudson. The selection was made at the group's 33rd convention closing session.
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Columbus
Ford B. Russell
Farmers National Bank of
Ashtabula
Ohio Bankers Association
Howard G. Hudson
Wilmington
Russell
Byrnes Says Next Conference Will Settle Differences
Paris AP reports U S Secretary of State James Byrnes and 15 others depart Orly for Washington after the deadlocked foreign ministers conference adjourned until June 15. Byrnes claims progress on Italian reparations colonies and the Balkans could trigger a full all nation peace conference despite no major treaties. Trieste stands as a symbol of the upcoming talks' success or failure.
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PARIS
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Orly Field
Washington
Byrnes
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Vv. M. Molotov
Berlin
James Dunn
U. 5
Balkan
Trieste
Fred Johnson Is Unopposed As GOP Chief
Newly elected members of the Republican State Committee met in Columbus to elect Fred H. Johnson of Zanesville as chairman with no opposition expected. The 44 member panel convened as party Democrats named Al A. Horstman of Dayton to lead their state organization. Governor Lausche did not attend the Republicans meeting.
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Central Committee
Executive Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio Receives Federal Highway Allocation Total Over Twenty Million
Washington The Federal Works Agency announced Ohio’s share of the postwar highway program totaling more than 20 million dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1 1946 The funds are divided into three categories seven point eight nine three million for the federal aid highway system four point six five million for secondary and feeder roads and seven point five three nine million for urban federal aid highways The allocation is part of a 500 million dollar tranche under a 1.5 billion authorization enacted in 1944
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Works Agency
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Union and Operators Clash Over Mine Arbitration
President Truman failed to win arbitration with John S. Lewis and bituminous operators over a coal contract. Operators rejected health and welfare fund demands and foremen unionization while offering wage increases. A nationwide railroad strike looms, with government seizure of mines a possible next step.
President Truman Seeks Last Effort in Rail Strike Talks
With a nationwide rail strike set for 4 p m tomorrow 250 000 engineers and trainmen threaten to walk out Truman meets wage negotiators at the White House in a series of conferences aimed at averting the shutdown He urged both sides to reach a settlement before the strike deadline and will meet representatives of the railroads and unions to push a compromise The unions seek 18 percent raises or a daily minimum of 144 cents while carriers argue 16 cents an hour or 128 a day would cost 584 million The White House says progress was reported by telephone but no agreement was reached today and a final report is planned.
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Washington
Truman
White House
A. F. Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Mr. Truman
C. J. Goff
T. C. Cashen
W. W. Fraser
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
D. P. Loomis
W. T. Farley
H. A. Enochs
Union
John R. Steelman
Communism Warning Sounded by Lausche in Perrysburg
Gov. Frank J. Lausche warned there are people within Ohio who would rejoice to see a Communist philosophy rise inside the state. He spoke at Perrysburg after dedicating a 10% acre addition to Fort Meigs State Park and urged vigilance against those who favor foreign ideologies over freedom and democracy.
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Toledo
Frank J. Lausche
Perrysburg
Fort Meigs State Park
Funeral Fleets To Sail With Nation's War Dead
Washington AP reports that U S WWII dead will be returned home in funeral fleets marked with mourning bands. President Truman signed legislation for final burial in national or private cemeteries. First arrivals expected near Christmas with about 1,200 monthly, rising to 18,900.
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Nvgstraug
United States
Truman
Senate May Ban Benefit Union Funds
The Senate moved to outlaw employer contributions to union benefit funds while unions would control spending. Although majority support existed, debate over the labor situation prevented a vote. Senators rejected John Smail’s six month ban on strikes, with Truman unclear on administration approval.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
John D. Small
Congress
Truman
Smail
Il 1
Tojo and 27 Others Ordered to Stand Trial
A 1 nation international military tribunal ruled that Hideki Tojo and 27 Japanese leaders must face trial as war criminals. The court denied defense motions to quash the indictment and rejected arguments that the tribunal lacked authority to try Japan's former leaders.
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Tokyo
International Military Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Windstorm Drops Trees and Power Lines in Circleville
A wind storm with heavy rain last night knocked down trees and power lines, leveled baths, and caused unofficial damage estimated over $20,000. The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. reported the north half of Circleville dark for about three hours.
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Circleville
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Defendant in Slaying Is Ordered to Lima State Hospital
Akron report states James W. Bickett 50 of Cuyahoga Falls was ordered to Lima State Hospital for 30 days observation after indictment for first degree murder in the grocery store killing of his 20 year old stepdaughter. Judge Frank H. Harvey issued the order yesterday.
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Akron
James W. Bickett
Lima State Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls
Common Pleas
Frank H. Harvey
State Liquor Agents Enforce Sign Size Rules in Ohio
State Liquor Department agents began an enforcement drive focused on advertising signs for spirituous beverages, with emphasis on Cleveland. F. W. Kleinfelder said the campaign follows numerous complaints and enforces a 324 inch limit on individual brand signs.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
F. W. Kleinfelder
Cleveland
Sunday School Teacher Sends Slayer to Pen
Wil James D. Slater received a life term in Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of his wife Louise Margaret. Judge John R. King, a former Sunday school teacher, pronounced the sentence and reminded Slater of the biblical warning about sowing the winds and reaping the whirlwind.
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Columbus
Wil James D. Slater
Ohio Penitentiary
Louise Margaret
John R. King
Willys Plant Closes Over Shortages Slashes Jobs
Toledo report says Wallys Overland Motors will shut down tonight due to parts shortages. More than 3,500 workers will lose jobs, with total idle workers rising to about 10,000 because of coal and steel shortages.
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Willys
Toledo
Wallys-Overland Motors
Spain Charged With War Role
Izvestia published a two page 10 000 word statement from German officers alleging Franco era Spain aided the Axis. The document claims Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and General Jo din aided collaboration while neutral, now on trial in Nürnberg for war crimes.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Germany
Mareshal Wilhelm Keitel
Jodi
Nuernberg
State relief expenses show slight monthly dip in April
Welfare Director Frazier Bearns said reports from about 100 of Ohio’s 144 relief areas indicate April relief costs will total 715800, down from 757800 in March. The four month total nears 900000 above in 1945, due to seasonal factors and ongoing welfare expenditures.
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Columbus
Frazier Bearns
Plot to steal alcohol charged in barges raid
Seven people including six Huntington residents and one from Chesapeake face conspiracy charges for pilfering high proof alcohol from six barges on the Ohio River. The tanks held 30 000 gallons each and holes were drilled to drain the liquor sold at up to 20 dollars per gallon. Trials proceed in U S District Court before Judge Harry E. Holmes.
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Huntington ( UP
Cincinnati
Charleston
W. Va
Fittsburgh
U. S
Philip A. Baer
James F. Tackett
Thomas W. Morgan
Anna May Terry
Charles G. Thompson
Willis Smith
Huntington
Isiah L. Williamson
Chesapeake
Ohio River Co
Baer
Terry and
Morgan
Harry E
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Ohio Bankers’ Group
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GOP
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Charles G. Ross
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Ezra van Horn
NEA
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