Lausche Dominates Ohio Democrats With New State Committee
Ex Governor Frank J. Lausche emerged as the dominant figure in Ohio’s Democratic Party after routing Ray T. Miller in the gubernatorial nomination race. He selected Eugene H. Hanhart as state chairman, with Lena Siferd, John Powers, Mary Gallagher, and Mary McGowan filling key posts. The new committee met to shape a broader executive group, aiming to build a party organization aligned with Lausche’s reformist stance.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Ris Danawagon
Iitter
Lausche
Eugene H. Hanhart
Dover
Lena Siferd
Lima
Miller
Hanhart
John W. Powers
Youngstown
Mary Gallagher
Ironton
Mary McGowan
Akron
Thomas J. Herbert
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Horstman
Miss McGowan
John Elder
Cleveland
Goldsborough Weighs End to Anti-Strike Injunction in UMW Case
U.S. Attorney urged dismissal of the civil contempt case against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers but the judge reserved ruling on ending the anti-strike injunction issued April 21 to halt the six week coal stoppage over pension disputes. The government argued the pension issue is being handled and public interests are secure.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Goldsborough
Tom Clark
Clark
H. Graham Morreson
United States
Rail Talks Renewed Amid Government Mediation
Under White House pressure, railroads and three unions began new talks to end the dispute that triggered government seizure. Negotiating committees meet 25 hours before Justice Goldsborough considers extending the anti strike order set to expire tomorrow.
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Washington
White House
T. Alan Goldsborough
Truman
J. C. Rardin Dies in Athens at 78
John Clarence Rardin 78 of 400 Elmwood Drive Athens died early Tuesday at Shelter ing Arms Hospital after a five day heart attack. Founder of Rardin Bros Lumber Co with brothers Charles Herman Dan he built the business from 1900 and moved to Lincoln Ave. Survived by wife Elma daughter Mrs Hjalmar Olson son John three grandchildren two sisters Florence Mansfield and Addie Haney. Funeral Thursday 4 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson with Rev. Fred Luchs officiating burial in W Union St Cemetery.
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John Clarence Rardin
Elmwood Drive
Minnie
Bardin
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Elma
Hjalmar Olson
John
Athens
Florence Mansfield
Addie Haney
Los Angeles
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Fred Luchs
W. Union St
Russia Recognizes Israel State Follows U S Lead
Moscow reports Russia becomes the second major power to recognize the new Hebrew state of Israel. The United States announced recognition last week minutes after Israel's creation, followed by Guatemala. Britain said it is unmoved and has no plans to follow suit.
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Moscow
Russia
Israel
United States
Guatemala
London
Foreign Office
Britain
UAW votes to strike Cleveland GM Fisher Body plant
In Columbus the CIO United Auto Workers voted to strike the Fisher Body Ternstedt factory in Cleveland. The plant strike requires approval from the UAW executive board in Detroit. Sub regional rep Jim Desmond said groundwork is laid for a possible GM-wide stoppage.
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Columbus
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Fisher Body-Ternstedt
Cleveland
Fisher Body
UAW
Detroit
Jim Desmond
Acre Falls After 72 Hour Battle in Jewish-Arab Clash
Jewish Army sources said Acre surrendered unconditionally after a three day battle. Haganah reported 4,000 Arabs trapped in the old wall city eight miles north of Haifa and claimed control of the highway linking Jewish settlements. Israeli air raids on Tel Aviv continued with at least one plane shot down.
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Israel
Acre
Haganah
Old Wall City
Haifa
Palestine
Sea of Galilee
Rehovot
GM Strike Notice Filed By UAW Targets GM Employees
DETROIT A formal ten day notice that a strike is pending for 225000 General Motors employees was filed by the CIO United Auto Workers. The union sent the notice to the state labor mediation board as negotiations continue to head off a second major walkout. A 75000 Chrysler strike entered its seventh day with no further violence on picket lines, mirroring yesterday’s state police presence.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
State Labor Mediation Board
Chrysler
Representatives Named For River Commission Ohio picks three for river sanitation body
Columbus Ohio Governor Herbert named Hudson Biery of Cincinnati Kenneth M Lloyd of Youngstown and John D Porter field to serve on the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission Biery receives a six year term and Lloyd a three year term Both Lloyd and Biery are members of the Ohio Commission on Stream Pollution which will dissolve when the Ohio Valley Commission becomes active June 30
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Columbus
Kenneth M. Lloyd
Youngstown
Hudson Biery
Cincinnati
John D. Porterfield
Ohio
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Thomas J. Herbert
Biery
Lloyd
Ohio Commission On Stream Pollution
Ohio Valley Commission
Bridges criticizes American foreign policy at Pennsylvania meeting
New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges told the Republican Women of Pennsylvania that U S foreign policy is not bipartisan and that the country is at a crossroads. He asserted few Republicans have been consulted about it and urged sharper action.
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Philadelphia
New Hampshire
Styles Bridges
America
Republican Women of
Pennsylvania
Bowling Green Head Signs Third Contract
Dr. Frank J. Prout announced he accepted a third five year contract as president of Bowling Green State University. He came to Bowling Green after leading Sandusky and Chillicothe schools and taught history at Ohio Wesleyan University and Zanesville High School.
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Bowling Green
Frank J. Prout
Bowling Green State University
Prout
Sandusky
Chillicothe
Ohio Wesleyan University
Zanesville High School
Striking Workers Picket Buyers Machine Co A Crane Maker
Ravenna reports striking employees of Buyers Machine Co renewed wage demands after yesterday's plant picket line formation around the crane manufacturer.
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Ravenna
Buyers Machine Co
Bishop Consecration in Cleveland for Monsignor Dearden
National church leaders gathered in Cleveland for the consecration of Msgr. John Frances Dearden as a bishop. The ceremony drew clergy from across the country to mark the elevation in the Catholic Church.
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Cleveland
Msgr
John Frances Dearden
Ohio University announces plans for new dramatic arts building
Ohio University reveals a three story $700000 speech and dramatic arts building to be built on South College Street. Groundbreaking hoped for September after bids and advertising. The facility will replace the Lash home and another house and remove 14 trailer units from Veterans Village. The Colonial style design includes a tower like Cutler Hall and Bryan Hall.
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John C. Baker
S. College St
Lash
Veterans Village
Cutler Hall
Bryan Hall
University Terrace
Athena Theatre
Court St
Claude E. Kantner
School of Dramatic Art and Speech
Ohio U. Speech
Negotiations Break in CIO Meat Strike
In Chicago CIO meat handlers rejected Swift & Company three point plan to end the nationwide strike that began March 16. Union president Ralph H stein objected to allowing discharge of striking workers and insisted on 29 cents an hour more than the nine cent offer accepted by AFL meat packers. Local CIO unions in Iowa also voted to end strikes with nine cent raises.
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Chicago
CIO
Swift & Company
Ralph Helstein
Swift
AFL
Iowa
Prison Reforms Urged After Parole Association Review
The Ohio Probation and Parole Association urged overhaul of the state's prison system. They criticized releasing psychopaths and mental defectives after short terms and recommended transforming Mansfield Reformatory into a receiving or specialized facility, plus creating new institutions for criminally insane and normal prisoners.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Post War Planning Commission
Ohio Probation and Parole Association
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas
John H. Lamneck
Tuscarawas County
Reformatory
Lima State Hospital
Egypt Warns Nations Supplying War Goods to Zionists
Cairo warned it cannot tolerate deliveries of munitions and war equipment to Zionist forces in Palestine. The defense ministry said ships continue arriving at Palestine ports and cautioned all concerned about the dangers involved in such shipments.
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Cairo
Palestine
Defense Ministry
Father Flanagan Rites Planned at Boys Town
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan who died in Berlin last week will be buried Friday at Boys Town Nebraska on the grounds he founded. Rev. Edmond Co. Walsh, acting director, says burial will be in the northeast corner of Dowd Memorial Chapel.
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Boys Town
Cleveland Pier Tragedy Identifies Drowned Man Michael Ponge
A Gordon Park drowning Sunday was ruled a death by own action. Michael Ponge, 70, unemployed laborer, was identified as the victim by authorities in Cleveland. Coroner S R Gerber announced the ruling yesterday.
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Cleveland
Gordon Park
Michael Ponge
S. R. Gerber
Freak Storm Brings Sleds Into Action in Lancaster County
A freak hailstorm dumped stones from peas to cherries across rural Lancaster County. While farmers bemoaned crop damage, children fetched sleds and enjoyed a bout of sledding amid the wintry surprise.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Soldier McMillin Says He Will Stay In Moscow
A Russian radio broadcast quotes U S Army Sgt James M McMillin saying he intends to remain in Moscow as a protest against American anti-Soviet policies The State Department says he has been absent without leave from his embassy post since Friday in Washington
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Moscow
James M. McMillin
U.S. Army
America
State Department
Washington
McMillin
Employes To Testify In Casino Robbery
Lawrence County Grand Jury calls several Chesapeake Ohio casino employees to testify about a suspected $100000 robbery on April 26. No official report was filed, but casino staff described eight armed men while management denied a holdup occurred.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Chesapeake
Ohio
Drum Major chosen for second year at Ohio State University
Deve Kes ling of Dayton has been named drum major of the Ohio State University marching band for a second year.
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Columbus
Deve Kesling
Dayton
Ohio State University
Appointment announced for public utilities attorney examiner
Columbus report says John P. Case of Washington Court House has been appointed as a public utilities commission attorney examiner. The announcement confirms his new post and location.
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Columbus
John P. Case
Washington Court House
Public Utilities Commission
OAMA Officers Elected in Columbus
Robert N. Heller of Warren was elected president and J. H. Zimpfer of Lancaster named treasurer yesterday for the Ohio Association of Mercantile Agencies.
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OAMA
Columbus
Robert N. Heller
Warren
J. H. Zimpfer
Lancaster
Ohio Association of Mercantile Agencies
GOP Debate Settles Nothing in Oregon
In Portland the 1940s style debate between Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen over outlawing the Communist party yielded no consensus. Stassen urged new laws to bar Communists from power while Dewey defended existing federal statutes and opposed outlawing individuals for their beliefs.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
United States
America
Stassen
Extended forecast for Columbus area
Temperature will average near or slightly below normal with a high near 70 in the west and 66 in the east. Normal lows are 49 west 45 east. Cool through Thursday then warmer Friday and Saturday, cooler Sunday. About half an inch of precipitation expected with showers Saturday and Sunday.
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Columbus
Jersey Blast Kills Ten at Hackensack Plant
A tank explosion and fire at the Tar and Chemical Division Plant near the Hackensack River killed ten workers with nine bodies recovered and one dying in hospital. Firemen combed wreckage as minor blasts followed the initial explosion and officials offered no immediate cause or casualty details.
Stalin signals openness to Wallace letter for peace
Stalin said Russia would accept Henry Wallace's open letter as a basis for peaceful settlement if the United States also agrees. The statement, dated yesterday, cited Wallace's proposals as known and criticized the Molotov-Smith exchange as inadequate. Washington offered no official comment.
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Moscow
Stalin
Russia
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
New York
Washington
White House
State Department
San Francisco
Stanlin
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Pennsylvania Vets Seek Martin for President
A drive to secure the Republican nomination for Senator Edward Martin of Pennsylvania was launched by Paul H. Griffith and Rep. James FE Van Zandt. They opened Martin for President headquarters in Philadelphia under the Veterans Committee of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Paul H. Griffith
Rep. James
FE. van Zandt
Train crash kills four near Delphos Ohio
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck an automobile east of Delphos Ohio yesterday, killing the four occupants of the car. The accident disrupted rail service as investigators opened inquiries into the fatal collision.
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Here
Non-Stop Gamblers Ride Winning Streak
Three non stop gamblers in Las Vegas report a joint $39 000 advance on roulette in eight days. The trio includes Albert Hibbs 23 of Chillicothe Ohio. Management showed concern but would not alter the wheel unless requested by players.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe, O
Grange Leader Warns Oleo Tax Bill Could Split Nation
Joseph W. Fichter of the Ohio State Grange told the Senate Finance Committee that repealing federal oleomargarine taxes could become a nationwide political issue. He argued the move would enable colored oleo production, harm dairy farming, and undermine the nation’s economy while noting a recent four cent rise in oleo prices.
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Washington
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Senate Finance Committee
Fichter
The
Grange
Ohio
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