U S Heads Discount Stalin Offer In Cold War Talks
Washington officials doubt any real thaw in U S Soviet relations from Stalin’s latest statement. They cite past Stalin remarks as propaganda and urge united Western action rather than broad agreements. Henry A Wallace campaigns for direct U S Russian peace talks in California criticizing Marshall’s reply as perpetuating the cold war.
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Washington
Stalin
State Department
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Soviet Union
Department
United Nations
Marshal
Russia
Europe
Moscow
San Francisco
California
Marshall
Wallace
Senators Vie On Draft Bill Racial Issue
Senate Republicans failed to bridge the racial dispute raised by the draft bill. Senator Russell of Georgia opposed a compromise and urged that white and nonwhite soldiers not serve together if avoidable. The GOP plan lets service chiefs determine unit racial status, amid a bill proposing selective service for ages 19 to 25 and a reserve for 161 000 18 year olds, while the House prepared hearings on a separate 18 to 30 registry bill.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
GOP
Army
Navy
Air Force
House Rules Committee
Armed Services Committee
Bus Truck Collision Injures Ten in Salem
A Stark Transit Co bus was hit by a truck west of Salem injuring ten passengers with minor injuries. Authorities investigated the crash and traffic was briefly disrupted.
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Salem
Stark Transit Co
Here
Electrical Union Joins UAW in Strike Threat
The United Electrical Workers joined the United Auto Workers in a looming walkout at General Motors as Chrysler strikes continued past a week. UE called for a strike vote among 40,000 members across five GM plants while the UAW issued a 10 day strike notice covering 225,000 workers in over 90 plants nationwide.
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Detroit
General Motors’ Corp
CIO
Chrysler
United Electrical Workers
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Outlook Dim For U S Plan To End Strife
In the Security Council a move to water down an American cease fire plan was reported. The proposal, which included a push toward an international force, is said to have little chance of passage as the council aims to strip it to mere moral authority. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine have supported the stop the war effort, while Groznyko condemned the council’s inaction amid protracted wrangling.
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Security Council
Palestine
United States
United Nations
Russia
Ukraine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
Washington
Glass Executive Dies in Parkersburg
Frank Fenton, 68, founder and president of Fenton Art Glass Co for 41 years, died Tuesday at Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg WV. He was the first and only president of Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Williamstown WV.
Cars to Stay High Says GM Executive
M. E. Coyle executive vice president of General Motors Corp. warns that steel shortages will persist keeping new car availability tight and driving a black market and high prices for used cars for some time.
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Philadelphia
M. E. Coyle
General Motors Corp
Senate Nears Vote on Waterways Cut in Funding Bill
The Senate debated a proposal by three Republicans to trim 200 million dollars from a 640.25 million waterways program as part of a 708.59 million Army civil functions appropriation. Supporters call it wasteful while Knowland Morse defend it as essential to defense and industrial capacity. The Appropriations Committee backed the bill 16 to 3, adding 101.38 million to the House-approved waterways package.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Reed
Knowland
Rcalif
Morse
R-Ore
National Defense
Armed Services
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Meat Workers Prolong Strike In Nationwide Dispute
Federal conciliators pressed to end the 63 day meat strike as CIO Packinghouse Workers and major packers offered cautious comments. The union reportedly favors the nine cent an hour wage gain but opposes potential discharges. Mediator Walsh said more talks could occur tomorrow.
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Chicago
CIO
Frank Walsh
Russian Radios Flash Propaganda to Japs
Powerful Russian broadcasting stations bombard Japanese radio listeners with the Soviet version of Nipponese events and news of the world. The broadcasters claim Japan is in desperate straits, with militarists and reactionaries helped by American capitalists gaining support, Japanese who study the propaganda say the Soviets are attracting more listeners.
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Tokyo
Japan
Marketing Association Elects Officers At Columbus Meeting
Frank B. Teegardin of Ashville Ohio was re elected president of the six state Independent Livestock Marketing Association at last night’s meeting. B H Anderson of Zanesville Ohio was named vice president and Rep Walter C Ploeser of Missouri spoke on freedom of enterprise as essential to national freedom.
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Columbus
Frank B. Teegardin
Ashville
Ohio
Independent Livestock Marketing Association
B. H. Anderson
Zanesville
Walter C. Ploeser
House Group Opposes Firing Officials by Riders
The House Appropriations Committee reportedly decided not to use riders to fire a government employee, specifically Dr. Howard A. Condon, through appropriation bills. Courts long ago held riders denying payment to individuals unconstitutional.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Howard A. Condon
Both Sides Claim Edge in Holy City
Arab League says Jerusalem under Arab control while Jewish sources report a breakthrough at Zion Gate and a link with defenders in the Old Walled City. Reports note Sarafand camp seized by Haganah and Ramle under attack as UN seeks cease fire amid shifting international views.
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New York
Jerusalem
Arab League
Cairo
Tel Aviv
United Nations Truce Commission
Yugoslavia
Nicaragua
Israel
Great Britain
Trans
Palestine
House Passes Southeast Ohio Petroleum Research Plan
The House approved Rep. Griffiths of Marietta bill to create in Appalachia an experiment station for oil and natural gas research. It would study producing fuels from shale in SE Ohio and West Virginia and let the Interior Secretary pick the site. Hedrick of Beckley proposed a WV shale fuel project and may seek to amend the Griffiths bill to place the plant in West Virginia.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
House
Senate
P. W. Griffiths
Marietta
Appalachian
Ohio
West Virginia
Secretary of the Interior
House Public Lands Committee
Griffiths
E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
W. Va
Hedrick
Verbal Warfare Flares As Oregon Primary Nears
Oregon's presidential primary heats as Harold E. Stassen and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey campaign in the state. Stassen barnstorms coastal towns while Dewey tours the Willamette Valley. The dispute centers on a Dewey Taft allied force and the Stalin-Wallace peace issue in global talks.
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Tom
Harold
Oregon
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Portland, Ore
Portland
Ore
Stassen
Dewey
Williamette Valley
Taft
Ohio
Combine
Nebraska
St. Helens
New Yorker
Paul E. Lockwood
World
United States
Russia
Rebel Dems May Name Eisenhower
Washington reports that a Republican swing could surface at the Democratic national convention with Dwight D. Eisenhower named in nomination. Alabama delegates plan to push an Eisenhower boom if Truman is nominated and Civil Rights platform advances. Eisenhower says his January note about not seeking nomination applies to both parties.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Eisenhower
Truman
Mr. Truman
Coroner's Jury Fails to Determine Delta Crash Cause
Chicago investigators report a coroner's jury unable to fix the cause of the Delta airliner crash on March 10 that killed 12 of 13 aboard. The inquest was closed but the Civil Aeronautics Board continues its inquiry and the jury will offer recommendations to prevent a recurrence.
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Chicago
A. L. Brodie
Civil Aeronautics Board
System Players Cash Chips Worth 33100 in Las Vegas
Three gamblers led by Albert Hibbs of Chillicothe Ohio cashed chips totaling 33100 in Las Vegas yesterday and claimed the roulette beating system works. They said they need rest and their plans are indefinite after previously claiming 39000 ahead of the wheel.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Ohio
Atomic Tests Show Weapons Vastly Improved Over Earlier Types
In Honolulu the Joint Task Force reports that U S atomic weapons are vastly improved over Hiroshima and Nagasaki designs. Top military and scientific directors returned from Eniwetok after testing three weapons. Officials say all information remains the property of the United States government.
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Honolulu
United States
Eniwetok
mid-Pacific
U S to hike support price for wheat
The government plans a 15 to 17 cent rise in wheat support prices for the 1948 crop, setting farm level averages between 1.98 and 2 dollars per bushel. The move aligns with the 90 percent parity rule and compares to a 1.83 dollar national average for 1947.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Votes to Curb Communist Activities in U S
The House refused by voice vote yesterday to kill a bill to curb Communist activities. It moved toward passage by today requiring the Communist Party to register file annual financial statements and to imprison anyone advocating a totalitarian foreign controlled government.
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Washington
Communist Party
Chinese Reds Bombed by Government Claim
The government announced that one of its planes bombed a building where Communist leader Mao Tze-tung and about 200 Red officials were convening. Earlier reports of top Communist commanders killed by airpower had later reappeared.
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Nanking
Mao Tze- Tung
Chen Yi
Iowa City Note on Davi s Appointment to Iowa Visit
Dr. Harvey H. Davis vice president of Ohio State University will join the University of Iowa on September 1 for a forthcoming appointment and collaboration.
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Iowa City
Harvey H. Davis
Ohio State University
University of Iowa
Talks Break in Dispute Over Dixie Spokesman and Strike Possibility
John Lewis led wage talks with coal operators that collapsed over seating Joseph E. Moody as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association in the conference. The operators supported Moody, the UMW opposed, raising the threat of a strike while the pension dispute drags through court action.
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Dixie
Washington
John Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody and
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
UMW
T. Alan Goldsborough
Moody
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Southern Association
SCPA
101 Year Old Miss Dolph Prepares Breakfast Slide
Scranton reports Miss Florence Dolph turning 101 today with her annual slide down the banister to breakfast. Her niece Mrs Florence Robertson confirms she is ready for the playful birthday tradition.
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Scranton
Florence Dolph
Strike Inquiry Set Over Protest at AT&T
A White House inquiry into a threatened telephone strike advances amid AT&T objections. President Truman says the probe aims to avert a work stoppage threatening national health and safety. The CIO union seeks 30 cent an hour raise, shorter week, larger pensions for about 25,000 workers.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Truman
Long Lines Department
Rail Dispute Court Fight Is Postponed
Washington court postpones the rail labor dispute hearing to May 28 and extends the restraining order to May 29. The delay follows renewed bargaining talks between rail companies and engineers, firemen, and switchmen after the government averted a strike on May 10.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Justice Department
Canton man to stand trial for first degree murder
Criminal Court Judge John R. King set June 14 as the start of the first degree murder trial for Paul Skarpusis 25 of Canton charged with killing his Ohio Penitentiary cellmate Andy Nahalka 27 of Pike County.
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Columbus
Criminal Court
John R. King
Paul Skarpusis
Canton
Skarpusis
Ohio
Andy Nahalka
Pike County
One Escapee Is Uncaptured
Columbus report says four youths escaped from Lan caster Boys Industrial School bus after dental treatment at Ohio State University. Frank Rush 19 of Steubenville identified as at large. Stanley Payne 17 of Columbus arrested at a brother’s home. Two others captured. twenty three stayed.
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Columbus
Lancaster Boys
Frank Rush
Steubenville
Stanley Payne
Ohio State University
Man Stabbed Fatally In Hobo Jungle Fight
Otis Sharp aged 40 was fatally stabbed yesterday during a free for all in a Norwood hobo jungle. Five men were arrested on scene with out charges. a sixth man wounded escaped.
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Cincinnati
Otis Sharp
Norwood
Trading Issue Enters Hot Fight Over Oleomargarine
Washington report on congressional battle over oleomargarine exposes alleged market corners by Procter & Gamble and Best Foods. Rep. Andresen claims profits of 338000 dollars from cottonseed oil corners fueling price hikes from 29.75 to 43 cents per pound. Floyd Barnes testifies P&G traded oil for supply tightness and later sold refined oil on request. net gain about 60000 dollars. Duke Cullum cites an unnamed group betting on margarine price rises amid repealing federal oleo taxes, now stalled in the Senate.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
Rminn
Proctor & Gamble Co
Andresen
House
Best Foods Corp
Floyd M. Barnes
Proctor & Gamble
New York Produce Exchange
Barnes
Duke Cullum
National Commodity Corp
Senate
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Cledo Brunetti
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Jeffrey
Franklin Institute
U. S
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Electrical Union
U.S
Glass Executive
Parkersburg
Marketing Association
Holy City
Southeast Ohio Research Plan
William M. Hoge
Trieste
Hoge
Fort Belvoir
Bryant E. Moore
U. S. Reds
OSU
Oleo
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