Labor upheaval spurs ILGWU call for emergency AFL talks
In Cleveland ILGWU delegates urge the American Federation of Labor to convene an emergency conference of international presidents. They seek an aggressive 1948 labor political action plan, educational campaign, and joint effort with liberal forces to back independent labor candidacies amid Taft Hartley passage.
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International Ladies Garment Workers
AFL
Cleveland
American Federation of Labor
ILGWU
David Dubinsky
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of
Taft
Cincinnati
N.A.M
National Association of Manufacturers
Matthew Woll
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Congress
Detroit
Foreman's Association of America
Ind
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Reds Found Using U S Oil Tankers
House panel showed Soviet operated tankers carrying U S oil to Russia were built in the United States for wartime use. Six vessels on the west coast, all formerly U S names now fly the Russian flag. Weichel cautioned about possible subpoenas and continued inquiries into how ships changed hands and Why.
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Washington
Weichel
Ohio
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
U.S
California
Commerce Department
Canada
Congress
Amtorg Trading Corp
Soviet Purchasing Agency
United States
Maritime Commission
State Department
Ohio Fire Chief Warns of Rising Losses in 1947
State Fire Marshal Ray Gill warned Gov. Herbert's Fire Safety Committee that unless corrective steps are taken immediately fire losses in Ohio could rise to alarming levels in 1947. He cited about 18 million dollars in damage last year, above the 10 million annual average, and noted reports of another increase this year. He urged public awakening to the fire loss problem.
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Columbus
Ray Gill
Gill
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Extended Forecast Shows Normal to Warm Temps
The Columbus forecast for Ohio projects average to slightly above normal temperatures over the next five days with minor fluctuations. Scattered showers are expected Wednesday Saturday and Sunday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Women more childlike than men says psychologist at Cincinnati
Dr. Paul Popenoe told a University of Cincinnati summer session on family life education that women are biologically more childlike than men in body, skin, heart rate, temperature, voice pitch, and disease resistance. He cautioned against women remaining childish in emotions while noting men show greater aggression and egotism.
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Cincinnati
Paul Popenoe
Los Angeles
American Institute of Family Relations
University of Cincinnati
Floods Sweep Midwest For Third Time This Month
New floods threaten Nebraska Iowa and Missouri with cresting streams forcing mass evacuations and aiding debris removal. Drownings reach 16 in Nebraska and Kansas City area braces for levee breaches as Red Cross moves emergency power to Fort Dodge and floodwaters drive residents from Fort Dodge Des Moines area homes.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Cambridge
Miller
Neb
Oxford
Alma
Republican River
Harlan County
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Ewing
Meadow Grove
Kansas City
Rule
St. Louis
Pattonsburg
Red Cross
Ottumwa
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Convicted Man Spurns Liberty
Edward Black, 51, after 17 years, values vindication over freedom. Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission chair Raymond Younger said Black should have been paroled from London Prison Farms but Black requested a continuation for the maximum of 35 months. Black was convicted of second degree murder in the 1929 slaying of rival Charles Ek Smith. he received a sentence of manslaughter and 10 to 20 years by Judge Thomas Morrow in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Edward Black
Raymond Younger
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Cincinnati
London
Black
Charles Ek. Smith
Nine Still Missing After Tanker Explodes
In Wilmington California workers search through smoldering debris for more bodies after the Markay tanker exploded Sunday, spilling nearly 3 million gallons of fuel. Four men have been recovered and nine remain missing as the vessel was torn in two and docks suffered heavy fire damage.
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California
Wilmington
Calif
San Pedro
American President Lines
Texas City
Drastic Tax Measure Adopted for France
Paris Premier Paul Ramadier's drastic tax bill was adopted by the National Assembly 302 to 241. The measure aims to raise 136 billion francs by cutting administration subsidies and increasing prices on bread milk and cigarettes.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
French National Assembly
North East Ohio Methodist Conference Opens Seminar Sessions
About 1,100 ministers and lay members gather in Lakeside for the North East Ohio Conference opening. Sessions focus on Christian education church and the social order rural evangelism and temperance action with closing Monday and appointment announcements expected.
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Lakeside
North- East Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Temperance Action
Army Airmen Announce Reserve Training Plan
The Army's Air Materiel Command at Wright Field announced a training program for reservists on active and inactive duty status from July 1 to October 31 this year and between May 1 and June 30, 1948.
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Dayton
Army
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
State liquor employee dies in Columbus
Jesse H. Haine, 57, longtime employee of the State Department of Liquor Control since its 1935 founding, died here yesterday.
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Columbus
Jesse H. Haine
State Department of Liquor Control
Rail Sickness Benefits Retention Urged by Board
Chairman William J. Kennedy of the Railroad Retirement Board urged retaining sickness and maternity benefits in the railroad unemployment compensation act. He outlined the board stance in a letter to Senator Taft of Ohio as a subcommittee studies a bill to repeal non employment sickness benefits.
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Washington
William J. Kennedy
Railroad Retirement Board
Kennedy
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Mason County Man Killed by Train at Leon
Leon incident claims life of Don Beaver 26 a single man believed asleep on tracks near Leon. West Virginia State Police Sgt. Paul F. Thomas cites death due to a New York Central train. son of William and Kate Beaver.
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Point Pleasant
Don Beaver
New York Central
Leon
Paul F. Thomas
West Virginia State Police
Beaver
William and
Kate Beaver
Poles Willing to Join Marshall Aid Talks
Poland announced its willingness to participate in Secretary of State Marshall's plan for a joint European recovery program with American aid, becoming the first eastern European country to express readiness to join the Marshall plan.
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Washington
Poland
Secretary of State
Marshall
Columbus Man Fills Miami Trusteeship
Richard E. Riley of Columbus has been appointed a Miami University trustee for a term ending in May 1950. He succeeds Bobory Armstrong of Cincinnati who resigned because of ill health.
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Columbus
Richard E. Riley
Miami University
Bobory Armstrong
Cincinnati
Step Toward Easing Cities' Tax Burden
Ohio tax commissioner C Emory Glander said partial acceptance of his department's tax revision recommendations by the last General Assembly marks a definite step toward easing local government finances. He spoke at the National Association of Tax Administrators meeting about re examining Ohio tax and revenue after a Supreme Court ruling on a utility tax case involving Youngstown.
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Cincinnati
C. Emory Glander
Ohio
General Assembly
Glander
National Association of Tax Administrators
Lea Act OK'd By High Court
The Supreme Court ruled the Lea Act, known as the Anti Petrillo Law, constitutional and sent James C. Petrillo of the AFL Musicians Union case back to the trial court for new proceedings after a Chicago court found the measure unconstitutional. The act, passed by Congress, prohibits broadcasters from hiring more workers than needed for actual services.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lea
James C. Petrillo
AFL Musicians Union
High
Chicago
Akron School Budget Warns of November Pay Shortfall
Akron public school teachers may face a payless November as Otis C. Hatton warned the board that the proposed 1948 budget is nearly $1,000,000 above this year’s expenditures and that the district may run out of money in November and not meet the payroll.
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AKRON
Otis C. Hatton
Hatton
Republicans Move Anti-Poll Tax Bill For House Passage
Republicans push an anti poll tax measure to a July passage target. Two unnamed Republican leaders said the bill will pass before adjournment, aiming to retaliate against southern Democrats who aided the tax bill.
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Washington
House
Congress
Cities Plan Strategy To Get Louder Voice
Toledo report outlines a campaign strategy by the Ohio Council of Cities to boost urban representation in the rural dominated Ohio House. The council, formed in Cincinnati earlier this month, seeks stronger city voices in state legislation. Brink Express Head Dies in London
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Toledo
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Council of Cities
Cincinnati
Brink Express
London
Frank Allen
Brink's, Inc
Brink's Express Co
Chicago
Missing Rueben James Found in Ashtabula River
The body of Rueben James, 42, missing since Sunday, was recovered from the Ashtabula River yesterday.
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Ashtabula
Rueben James
Ashtabula River
Curb Becomes Law as NLRB Funds Boost Planned
Senate Republicans planned a large funding increase for the National Labor Relations Board to administer the Taft Hartley Act new rules. The House and Senate overrides of President Truman’s veto set the stage for enhanced NLRB support and a likely rise to about 9 million dollars for the coming year.
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Washington
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Truman
House
Taft
Senate Labor Committee
NLRB
Ives
R-Ny
Labor Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Appropriations Committee
Third Party Given Boost Says Senator
Senator Pepper says Taft Hartley law vote gave “tremendous impetus” to a fledgling third party movement and could affect labor votes. He credits Congress with lifting third party prospects beyond Henry Wallace. Senator Byrd says the president has made at least part of the Democratic Party the Labor Party for 1948.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Truman
Congress
Henry Wallace
Byrd
D-Va
Labor Party
Senators Hike Navy Stipend and Fleet Strength
The Senate Appropriations Committee added 176.5 million to the Navy appropriation, expanding personnel to 395000 enlisted and 43000 officers, with 293 combat ships and 5793 aircraft, aiming for a powerful balanced fleet. Senator Saltonstall called the increase a strengthening measure for national defense.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
House
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Government's Claim To Oil Lands Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld federal ownership of oil rich submerged lands off the California coast. The United States argued title to a belt from low tide seaward three miles, while California claimed ownership and issued about 100 leases for oil withdrawal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
United States
Possible Seniority GI Bill Clash Viewed
U S District Judge Mell G Underwood considered whether the GI Bill of Rights conflicts with seniority rules of the Brotherhood of Operative Potters in Columbus. After heated arguments the court ordered briefs and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law within five weeks.
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Columbus
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Two Bodies Recovered After Lake St Marys Tragedy
Boat crews resumed search for Joseph Dawson and Paul Dawson both ages 32 and 40 who drowned when their boat capsized in a heavy wind on Lake St Marys Saturday. Earlier, the bodies of Harry Lee 53 of Lima Ohio and George Dawson 67 of Hood River Oregon were recovered.
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ST. Marys
Joseph Dawson
Paul Dawson
Lake St. Marys
Harry E. Lee
Lima
Ohio
George Dawson
Hood River
Ore
Pensioner Fatally Injured in Columbus Hit and Run
Herbert J. Jenkins, 69, an elderly pensioner, was fatally injured in Columbus last night when struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. Police are investigating the hit and run and seeking witnesses.
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Columbus
Herbert J. Jenkins
Labor Bill Explained Series Begins On Editorial Page
The first of a series explaining provisions of the Taft Hartley Labor Bill appears on the editorial page. The series is prepared by three labor specialists from the Washington staff of The Associated Press.
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Washington
Associated Press
Global Police Participation Faces Russian Veto Risk
At the United Nations in Lake Success the council weighs a Russian veto over how nations would contribute men, planes, and ships to a proposed global police force. Delegates expect a showdown vote, but some suggest bypassing the issue for now while Russia seeks identical contributions.
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United Nations
Security Council
Russia
U. N
Council
Prices Cut Drinking Says Institute Report
The Distilled Spirits Institute said Americans drank 30 percent less whisky gin rum and brandy in the first four months of this year than in the same period in 1946. It attributes the drop mainly to consumer resistance to prices not substantially reduced since the war.
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Washington
Distilled Spirits Institute
Horse Show Prizes Set for Ohio State Fair Week
Prize money totaling 25000 dollars will be offered August 23 through 29 at the first Ohio state fair horse show since 1941.
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Columbus
Sugar Talk and Prohibition Echoes in Rambling Remarks
SAM SIMMONS discusses sugar supply and government control with a satirical tone. He warns of conflicts with moonshiners and bootleggers, notes high liquor taxation, and suggests price cuts to maintain government monopoly amid rationing. He laments past enforcement and hints at widespread illegal consumption.
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al Capone
Torch Man's Trial In Slaying Scheduled
Gilmer County Grand Jury returned eight indictments including involuntary manslaughter charge against Charles W. Smith of Bristol Harrison County for the highway death of Elsie Mae Worster 49 of Lakewood Ohio. Raymond McCutcheon Torch Ohio faces murder charge for the fatal shooting of his wife Ruby Miller McCutcheon 24 native of Glenville.
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Glenville
W. Va
Gilmer County
Charles W. Smith
Bristol
Harrison County
Elsie Mae Worster
Lakewood
Ohio
Raymond McCutcheon
Torch, O
Ruby Miller McCutcheon
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the Plains
Kimberly
Lost Run
Coonville
Coonville Mining Co
Crooksville
New
West Virginia
Illinois
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
UMW
T. J. Price
Women More Children
Family Relations Institute
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Bill Clash
Is Institute
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Torch Man
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