New Auto Prices Boosted by OPA in 10 Days
Prices of new cars will rise another four to five percent to offset higher steel and parts costs. The OPA expects the increase to take effect within 10 days and aims for this to be the last auto price rise under the liberalized wage price policy. The move shifts the entire increase to consumers with no further dealer margins trimming.
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Washington
OPA
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Waller FP. Ruether
Uaw-Cio
Paul Porter
Board of Review
Reports of battles in Iran disputed by BBC
BBC said an Iranian government spokesman called reports of fighting with Azerbaijan forces unlikely noting government troops have orders not to start fighting Some frontier units may have fired at Azerbaijanis Tehran and Tabriz radios gave conflicting accounts Martial law and a curfew were reported Reuters quoted broadcasts about Kurdistan and a military governor in Tabriz The UN Security Council pressed toward a deadline amid unclear Russian and Tehran troop withdrawals
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Azerbaijan
Persia
Sofdon
Tehran
Tabriz
BBC
Reuters
Kurdistan
Padvam
Distinguished Service Medal Awarded to Col Chester Gobie
COLUMBUS Ohio Col Chester W Gobie Ohio director of Selective Service received the Distinguished Service Medal at a ceremony led by Brig Gen Carleton S Dargusch deputy director of the National Selective Service System The event also awarded the Legion of Merit to Col H E Bocher chief of the Ohio Selective Service Medical Division and Col Carl D Wahl of Defiance chief of the Manpower Division Gov Frank J Lausche and former Gov John W Bricker earned the Selective Service Medal for exceptional patriotic service at the same ceremony.
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Chester W. Gobie
Ohio
Selective Service System
Carleton 5
Dargusch
National Selective Service System
H. E. Bocher
Ohio Selective Service
Carl D. Wahl
Defiance
First Civilian Airship Flight Since War Planned
The Ranger airship, a six passenger lighter-than-air craft, will fly from Akron on Wednesday to Detroit for the Automotive Golden Jubilee. A Goodyear Aircraft spokesman said this marks the first civilian airship flight since the war.
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Akron
Ranger
Detroit
Goodyear Aircraft
Death ends Tarkington career at age seventy
Indiana author Booth Tarkington, 70, died in his Indianapolis home. A giant figure in Indiana’s literary era, he won two Pulitzers for The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He became blind in 1930 after long struggles with his sight.
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Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
Tarkington
Baby Flown From Omaha To Cincinnati For Heart Care
Barbara Moore five weeks old, called a blue baby, was flown yesterday in an Army Air Transport Command plane to Cincinnati. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Moore and arrived so she could be with her father, an ex Honolulu Civil Aeronautics Administration employee. An Army nurse gave oxygen via halther during the 650 mile four hour flight. The infant, born with congenital heart trouble, has been on an oxygen tent since birth and will remain there for an indefinite period.
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Cincinnati
Barbara Moore
Omaha
Army Air Transport Command
James Moore
GOP Senators Plan To Cut Food Subsidy
Senate Banking Committee Republicans pressed the administration for food subsidy funding, urging a reduction to about one quarter of the requested 1.7 billion dollars and proposing payments end by January 1. Senator Taft cited considering eliminating subsidies entirely.
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Washington
Senate Bank
Ing
Taft
Ohio
OPA
Price boost approved for small electric goods
Washington OPA authorized 4 to 5 percent retail price ceiling increases on toasters heating pads space heaters and other small electric appliances effective immediately to offset higher wages and materials costs Dealers may not charge higher prices until notified by suppliers and the move aims to compensate manufacturers' ceilings.
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Washington
Opathey
OPA
Church Plans To Ship Heifers to Europeans
The Church of the Brethren members who sent an airplane load of 56,800 hatching eggs to Poland are shipping heifers to aid Europeans. Ray Petersime, back at Gettysburg after flying to Warsaw, said the church has set up a farm to board the heifers until a shipload arrives. They have already sent a shipment of 1,500 heifers.
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Church of the Brethren
Poland
Ray Petersime
Gettysburg
Eye
Warsaw
Eisenhower Vacationing in Georgia Coast Resort
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Army chief of staff is taking his first real vacation in eight years at Sea Island Georgia. He and Mrs. Eisenhower plan to entrain for Washington Friday night after arriving at Hamilton Field California and flying to Georgia for a brief stay.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
South Georgia
Eisenhower
Washington
Hamilton Field
Calif
Honoulu
Woman Dies After Fall From German Army Building
A 38 year old American woman died from injuries after falling from the second floor of a U S Army captain's apartment in the headquarters compound at Frankfurt. The U S Provost Marshal said she was found nude and unconscious.
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Frankfurt
U.S
Redmond J. Connolly
New York
Kettering To Speak At Mount Union College
Dr. Charles F. Kettering of Detroit, vice president and research director of General Motors, will deliver the commencement address at Mount Union College exercises on June 2.
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Charles F. Kettering
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Mount Union College
Keystone GOP Battle Looms For Primaries
In Philadelphia a clash between Pennsylvania’s Republican organization and a self styled new guard group for party leadership looms as the major primary contest. Democratic voters will choose a slate backed by party leaders led by Col. John S. Rice for governor. Incumbent U S Senator Joseph F Guffey seeks a third term. Top targets for November include governor U S senator lieutenant governor and secretary of internal affairs. House and Senate seats also up for grabs with 33 Congress members 25 state senators and 208 state representatives.
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Republican Organization of
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New Guard
Commonwealth
John S. Rice
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Congress
State Senate
State House of Representatives
Edward Martin
U. S. Senate
James H. Duff
Truman Makes Friendly Visit To Home Town
President Truman turns from national labor issues for a brief homecoming visit in Missouri. He spends time with his 93 year old mother Mrs. Martha Truman and family, greets former Jackson County allies, and is to receive an honorary degree from William Jewell College in Liberty.
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Truman
Martha Truman
Cvenies
Jackson County
William Jewell College
Liberty
Grandview
Washington
Merger plan doomed by Senate and House critics
Chairman Walsh and Vinson said Congress will not approve a single defense department. They urged Secretary Forrestal not to enter any compromise with War Secretary Patterson. President Truman had urged reconciling views on unification.
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Washington
Lines Formed To Get Papers
Hungry Philadelphians formed lines outside the plants as a five day strike by roughly 370 Local 628 drivers halted deliveries of the three largest city newspapers. Thousands bought copies at mills and news stands with raw market pricing reaching up to 25 cents per copy, far above the normal three cent price.
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News
Radio Report Slated By Byrnes Tonight
Secretary of State Byrnes will address the nation at 9 p m EST from Washington on the Paris Foreign Ministers Conference. He will speak over the ABC and NBC networks after an air travel return on Saturday.
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Byrnes
Paris
ABC
NBC
Rail and coal truces near expiry prompt feared mine seizure
President Truman faces a critical week as railways and coal strikes near their deadlines. A five day rail truce expired Saturday night and miners face a fresh walkout, with private talks hinting at government seizure of mines by midweek. Authorities consider diverting freight and air routes to maintain essential services.
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J. Monroe Johnson
Washington, D.C
Charles H. Buford
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Truman
Johnson
Buford
NEA Telephoto
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Missouri
William Jewell College
Kansas City
A. F. Whitney
Trainman
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers Brotherhoods
Whitney
Johnston
John R. Steelman
John W. Snyder
Cleveland
Brotherhoods
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
24 Hour Sessions Urged in Senate Over Labor Disputes Bill
Senator George of Georgia urged Congress to remain in continuous day and night sessions until a labor disputes bill passes. He criticized President Truman for not endorsing balanced legislation and warned the strike crisis demands decisive action with executive backing. Opponents hinted at possible compromise though the Senate appears set on restricting labor powers.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate
Truman
Georgia
Congress
Former League Chief Is Claimed by Death
PITTSBURGH 2 John K Tener 32 former governor of Pennsylvania and a baseball player who became president of the National League died yesterday after two weeks illness Tener governed Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1915 and led the NL from 1913 to 1938 DRIVER IS KILLED ZANESVILLE 2 Robert P Wallace 27 of Zanesville killed early today when his car struck the rear of another auto five miles west of here on Route 140
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John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Tener
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Zanesville
Robert P. Wallace
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World famine experts meet to curb looming food shortage
Delegates from 18 nations and five international bodies meet in Washington to address a possible third-shortfall in world food supply next year. FAO estimates 30.5 million tons of wheat needed in shortage areas, with 18–20 million tons available from surpluses. Sir John Orr calls for urgent harvest planning and continued review. Discussion includes extending UNRRA beyond 1946 to aid famine regions.
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Washington
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
John Orr
Trusman
Herbert Hoover
Sir John
UNRRA
Jit
China
Planes Test Earth Shock Yank RAF Bombers Hit
Wiesbaden Germany—American B-29s Fortresses and British Lancasters take part in what officials call the largest air bombardment experiment in Europe since the war end. Bombers shuttle between Bremen and Marham England to test earth shock against 90 million dollar submarine pens and other massive targets.
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Germany
Britain
Bremen
Europe
RAF
Marham
England
U. S. Air Forces
Plane Wreck From Lake Erie To Be Raised
The Army medium transport plane that crashed into Lake Erie off Bay Village Friday night is to be raised today to search for the two missing occupants. Diver found wreckage under 35 feet of water tangled and unable to determine if any bodies remain inside. four occupants parachuted to safety.
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Army
Lake Erie
Bay Village
Army Air Base
U. S. Juvenile Habits Must Go Says Attorney General
In Middletown Tom C. Clark declared the United States has come of age and must shed costly juvenile habits. He spoke at an I Am An American Day event drawing about 11,000 attendees.
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U. S
Tom C. Clark
United States
America
Boy's Body Found in Bridge Mechanism
In Zanesville Ohio the body of 8 year old Robert Cunningham missing since March 20 was found yesterday snagged in the mechanism of a draw bridge on the Muskingum River Canal. Coroner S S Dawre returned a drowning verdict. Robert was the son of Mrs Marjorie Turer of Zanesville and Joseph Cunningham of near Newark.
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Robert Cunningham
Muskingum’River Canal
S. S. Daw
Robert
Marjorie Turer
Joseph Cunningham
Newark
Springfield Escapee Identified as Suspect Mc Fadden
Cincinnati report identifies a suspect arrested on destruction of property as Vincent Mc Fadden, an escapee from the Springfield jail in Ohio. Mc Fadden reportedly fled Springfield weeks ago while detained on auto theft charges, detective chief Diem Merz notes.
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Cincinnati
James Lewis
Vincent McFadden
Springfield
Diem Merz
Merz
McFadden
Red Fortress In China Falls To First Army
Nanking reports the stronghold of Chinese Communists fell to the National First Army after a 32 day battle on the Manchurian Plain. Changchun lay 70 miles northeast, while Communist forces swing 250 miles to Jehol. The fighting eclipsed a government push near Peiping and a truce lifting the danger to Tsinan.
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Nanking
Szepkingkai
Manchurian
Changchun
Jehol
Manchuria
Peiping
Shantung Province
Tsinan
Insanity Plea Entered in Middletown Murder Case
John F. Haywood, 23, of Middletown, pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to murder charges in the death of 73-year-old Mrs. Fannie Conrad. He entered the plea at Common Pleas Court during the weekend after Mrs. Conrad’s body was found at her home several months ago. Coroner Dr. Edward Cook said evidence indicated a criminal attack.
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Hamilton
John F. Haywood
Middletown
Fannie Conrad
Haywood
Common Pleas Court
Conrad
Edward Cook
Butler County
Jap Minority Groups Told to Halt Violence
General MacArthur demanded that disorderly minorities in Japan cease mass violence and intimidation, or he would ensure they did. The statement appeared aimed at pressuring leftist groups as Shigeru Yoshida sought to form a conservative cabinet. Yoshida's camp said the final cabinet announcement was delayed only by questions about Dr Shigeru Nasun as agriculture minister.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Shigeru Nasu
Quints Give Up Gifts For Twelfth Birthday
The Dionne quintuplets will turn 12 next week without gifts. They request donations instead to a Catholic relief fund in the Vatican for Europe's children, helping those in need.
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Callander
Vatican
Euetrope
VET FLIES TO TALK TO TRUMAN HERO PLANS FIGHT
Melvin Mayfield of Muskingum County, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and war hero, flies to Washington to seek President Truman's help against a $10,000,000 Dillon Dam flood control plan that would flood his eight acres and 179 acres his father operates. Senator Huffman arranged the meeting for Wednesday morning. Mayfield, accompanied by reporter-photographer W. W. Diehl, says the plan endangers his future and farm near the Licking River valley.
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Melvin Mayfield
Muskingum County
Washington
Truman
Dillon
U. S
James W. Huffman
Mayfield
W. W. Diehl
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