Union Rail Labor Chiefs Push for Government Ownership
A group of 20 railroad unions urged the government to prepare for railroad ownership transfer from private to federal control. Leaders criticized the rail firms and backed permanent federal ownership if current operators fail to improve service. The move drew mixed reactions from industry and government with Congress unlikely to agree soon.
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Washington
White House
Congress
W. T. Farley
Association of American Railroads
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
United States
H. W. Fraser
Order of Railway Conductors
A. E. Lyon
Association
A. J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Fraser
Lyon
AFL
CIO
GM Auto Workers Wage Deal Studied by Chrysler Team
Chrysler and UAW negotiators study GM's latest wage agreement as they restart talks to end a 15 day strike by 75 000 workers. Gov Sigler urged renewed talks. GM raises wages to 161 per hour until September, with cost of living review.
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Chrysler
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO Auto
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Michigan
Kim Sigler
E Uaw
General Motors
Gm-Uaw
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Finn Cabinet Shaken Over Finnish Strike Crisis
President Juho Paasikivi reshuffled the cabinet to quell a strike wave sparked by the dismissal of Interior Minister Yrjo Leino. Eino Kilpi joins as Interior Minister, Lennart Heljas becomes Education Minister, and Hertta Kuusinen is named vice minister for social affairs. Strikes paralysed docks and heavy industry, with estimates of 30,000 to 100,000 workers participating.
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Helsinki
Juho Paasikivi
Finland
Yrjo Leino
Paasikivi
Eino Kilpi
Popular Democratic Coalition
Leino
Lennart Heljas
Her
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Bond Sale Approved
The state utilities commission authorized Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company to sell 1,000,000 dollars of three percent first mortgage bonds at private sale. The commission denied Halsey Stuart and Company’s request to open the sale to competitive bidding.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Halsey, Stuart and Company, Inc
Chicago
Queen Mary In London Marks 81st Anniversary
Britons sent flowers and messages today to Queen Mary as she quietly observed her 81st anniversary in London.
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Queen Mary
London
Coal Mine Fire Fund Recommended
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a quarter million dollars to fight coal mine fires. Rep. Fenton said fires threaten lives and property and burn valuable resources. Bureau of Mines technicians would conduct the firefighting and report results to Congress after one year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Fenton
R-Pa
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Congress
Bureau
New Straitsville
Ohio
Senate OKs Three Bills Amid Farm and Lunch Funding Shifts
The Senate approved a $1.211 billion farm appropriation after blocking soil conservation changes. It also backed $75 million for school children lunches, $10 million more than the House, and by 44 to 39 added $125,000 to forest products funding raising the total to $1.25 million. Senator Stewart proposed a larger farm boost and Senator Brooks helped finalize the school lunch increase.
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Ashington
Senate
House
Stewart
D-Tenn
Brooks
R-Ii
Stross withdraws from Ohio State over student union fee
Walter C. Stross an election reformer at Ohio State University withdraws from school after refusing the $5 student union building fee. The Cincinnati ex GI also seeks to donate $3,000 to buy voting machines to curb campus political manipulation.
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Columbus
Walter C. Stross
Ohio State University
Cincinnati
Student Senate Elections Committee
Inspectors Guilty of Bribe Solicitation in Liquor Case
Joseph Holland of Cleveland and Leonard Strauss of Middletown were convicted by a three judge panel for soliciting a bribe from Youngstown tavern operator Paul Alvino after purchasing liquor at Alvino’s Bar. The court scheduled a new trial hearing and released them on bond while the case moves forward.
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Youngstown
Joseph Holland
Cleveland
Leonard Strauss
Middletown
Ohio
Holland
Strauss
Mahoning County
Grand Jury
Paul Alvino
Alvino
Alvino’s
Pittsburgh Coal Firm to Expand Operations
The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company will expand strip mining in eastern Ohio. To meet urgent demand for coal in the upper Great Lakes region, the firm purchased five coal companies near its Georgetown mine at Adena, Ohio, for 1 235 000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Ohio
Upper Great Lakes
Georgetown
Adena
Convention Deadlock Draws Stassen Claim of Edge
Washington reports signs point to a convention deadlock in the GOP race as Harold E. Stassen touts greater first and second choice support than Dewey or Taft. He notes nine of Oregon’s 12 delegates are his backers, bound to Dewey for now, with potential gains after.
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Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Minnesota
Texas
Ohio
Lone Star
Truman
California
Earl Warren
South Dakota
Indiana
Mason Youth Is Honored
Rep. Hubert S. Ellis of Huntington inserted in the Congressional Record the story of Billy Stanley of Mason County who was named Young Southerner by Southern Agriculturist for farming achievements. Stanley, a Point Pleasant High School graduate, farms with his father and also won the West Virginia farm mechanic contest and a $100 award from the Future Farmers of America Foundation.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
Mason County
Congressional Record
Hubert S. Ellis
Huntington
Billy Stanley
Southern Agriculturist
Ellis
Stanley
Point Pleasant High School
West Virginia
Future Farmers of America Foundation
Faith in Virden Loyalty Is Unshaken
President Truman defends John C. Virden amid disclosure his daughter works for Tass the Russian news agency. Truman writes I believe in you my faith in your loyalty is unshaken. Secretary Sawyer and Rep Bender had defended Virden the Cleveland industrialist.
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Washington
Truman
John C. Virden
Commerce Department
Tass
Virden
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Rep
Bender
Ohio
Cleveland
Highway bids include Gallia bridge painting
The State Highway Department opened bids on 23 projects in 20 counties with an estimated total around 750000 dollars. Gallia bids cover painting two bridges over Raccoon Creek on SR 160 in Gallia County with Van Wert Land Blasting and Painting Co. of Van Wert submitting a bid of 1733 dollars with a 2500 dollar estimate.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Gallia
Raccoon Creek
SR 160
van Wert Land Blasting and Painting Co
Van
Navy Sinks Salt Lake City After Prolonged Bombardment
San Francisco dispatch reports the U S cruiser Salt Lake City sunk after five hours of bombardment by bombs shells and rockets. The ship went down at 1 52 p m PDT 130 miles off the Southern California coast in 2000 fathoms of water. Rear Adm Bertram J Rodgers commanded the cruiser at Attu.
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San Francisco
U. S
Salt Lake City
California
Navy
Nereus
Bertram J. Rodgers
Attu
House Parade Stalls Over Wage Strike in Los Angeles
About 100 houses along the route of the Hollywood Freeway halted movement as AFL House Movers local workers went on strike for higher wages. The stalled parade aimed to clear space for the unfinished highway project.
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Los Angeles
New Hollywood
AFL
Three Witnesses Recalled In Liquor Hearing
In Columbus three witnesses were recalled by Franklin County Grand Jury to testify about reports of shakedowns of liquor permit applicants. Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett refused to explain the recall. The witnesses were Mr and Mrs Gilbert Shively of the Shively Hotel London and Tracy Park of Portsmouth a taxi driver.
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Columbus
Franklin County Grand Jury
Ralph J. Bartlett
Gilbert Shively
London
Tracy Park
Portsmouth
De-Urbanization Move Urged by Lausche
Former Ohio governor and 1948 Democratic nominee Frank J. Lausche calls for a mass de urbanization movement to solve urban problems by encouraging people to return to the soil. He argues city ills stem from increased population and pledges a shift toward rural resettlement.
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Springfield
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Labor official Thomas F. Boyle dies in Springfield
Thomas F. Boyle a 71 year old veteran Springfield labor official died last night from a heart ailment. He had served in local labor circles for decades and was a familiar figure in the city’s industrial community.
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Springfield
Thomas F. Boyle
House Group Recommends Liquid Fuels Funding
The House Appropriations Committee proposed 7.25 million dollars for synthetic liquid fuels in the next fiscal year, 2.5 million below the budget bureau request, citing carryover funds as enough to proceed without interruption. It also recommended 300 thousand for coal investigations, 225 thousand more than this year but 50 thousand less than asked, to aid national security related coal studies in Washington and Alaska.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Bureau of Mines
Alaska
Police Tie Monoxide Deaths to Murder and Suicide
Cincinnati police linked the strangling death of Clara Katsetos to a murder and the carbon monoxide suicide of Paul Klein. Lt. Burleson said Klein and Katsetos were friendly, noting Katsetos was found in her bathtub fully clothed and Klein in his garage with exhaust gas. The couple’s separation and Klein’s divorce were noted.
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Cincinnati
Orville Burleson
Clara Katsetos
Herbert P. Lyle
Paul Klein
Burleson
Klein
Mrs. Katsetos
Cris Katsetos
Phone Dispute Talks Resumed in Nationwide Bargain Talks
In New York 25 000 long distance workers across 42 states resumed negotiations after a two hour meeting between AT&T long lines officials and CIO American Union of Telephone Workers. They agreed to continue talks under the U S Mediation and Conciliation Service and to delay the presidential fact finding board inquiry until after June 7.
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New York
Long Lines Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ohio Republican leaders meet with congressmen here
Fred H. Johnson Ohio Republican state chairman spoke with Ohio's Republican Congressmen yesterday. A delegation member said discussions covered national and state politics.
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Washington
Fred H. Johnson
Ohio
Truck Fireman Killed In Columbus Collision
A fireman died and at least seven people were injured when a fire truck collided with a city bus in Columbus. Firefighter Louis Martin, 68, was killed when the pump truck overturned while responding to an alarm.
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Columbus
Louis Martin
Third Party To Appear On Utah Election Ballot
Henry A Wallace's third party will appear on Utah's November ballot as Gordon Hoxie, chairman of the Wallace for President committee of Utah, filed petitions with 1,688 names with the Secretary of State, far exceeding the 500 required.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Henry A. Wallace
Gordon Hoxie
Secretary of State
Appropriations Committee Targets Public Power Plan Debated
Washington report says House Appropriations Committee attacks a public power sale by a utility district, calling it a Soviet power policy. The panel sent a $375,677,591 Interior Department bill to the House floor, cutting 18 percent from Truman’s estimate, with some contract authority approved for later appropriation.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Interior Department
Truman
Krug
Holy City Bombed for First Time in Palestine Crisis
AP reports the Holy City of Jerusalem was bombed for the first time in its history as fighting rages across Palestine. Haganah planes dropped high explosives while Arab and British actions shape the cease fire debate and U.S. push for sanctions or a loan to Israel amid tense diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Arab League
Palestine
Israel
Amman
Trans-Jordan
U.N
Haifa
Tiberias
Jerusalem
Holy
Haganah
U. S
United States
Lake Success
United Nations
Truman
Middle East
Chaim Weizmann
Abdullah
Latrun
Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Iraq
Suweidan
Arab Legion
Walleed City
Russia
Germany
U.S
Cairo
Syria
Zanesville Minister Named to Commission
Dr. S. M. Ingmire of Zanesville was named to an Ohio Methodist Church conference commission to study ministerial salary problems including minimums and equalizations. Elected assistants to conference treasurer Dr. Lester L. Roush include Rev. E. Acord of Zanesville and Rev. Carl Hicks of Malta.
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Columbus
S. M. Ingmire
Zanesville
Ohio Methodist Church
Lester L. Roush
E. Acord
Carl Hicks
Malta
Senate group move saves 254 war plants
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation to keep 254 government war plants in a national defense reserve pool. Defense officials said the law is needed to prevent wartime facilities from being sold or scrapped out of the defense program. The plants were among 1,200 built at a cost of $14 billion during World War II.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Native Chillicothe Born Cincinnati Attorney Dies at 82
Albert T. Brown, a Cincinnati attorney for sixty years, died yesterday at age 82. A native of Chillicothe, he is survived by his son Ervin and his brother P. T. C. Brown, both of Chillicothe.
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Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Albert T. Brown
Ervin
P. T. C. Brown
Police to rotate shifts in Youngstown regulation
Police in Youngstown Ohio will adopt a three shift rotation eliminating seniority preference. Under the old system officers with longer tenure had four hours in each schedule.
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Youngstown, O
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