Labor Law and Coal Seizure Debate Under Truman
TheDispatch argues the legal question is enforcement of the Smith Connally Act after government seizure of coal mines. It questions whether unions can act independently or influence policy, warns against sabotage, and calls for Congress to set arbitration rules beyond presidential control.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
Department of Justice
President Truman
Capitol Hill
Mr. Truman
Spring Flights
Debby leaves the studio for air and finds Ken and Shirley embracing in the back seat of the Curriers’ sedan. She remains calm and declares she will not marry Ken, admitting she didn’t care whether he kissed Shirley. The moment ends with both acknowledging the rift as Debby contemplates sleep tonight, the chapter closing.
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Debby
Gordy
Curriers
Ken
Shirley
Shirley Currier
Service, Inc
O.K
Denby
Athens area garden tour and school events highlighted
A garden tour showcased Elmwood Place and several Athens area streets in the Visit Our Garden program. Ohio University chemist Donald Clippinger was elected Sigma Xi active member. Paul W. Healy gained associate status. The Millfield School staged The Magic Beanstalk. Poppy Day posters by four girls won prizes. Athens High School gym offered a large exhibition with wrestling and boxing, and a Wiener roast followed. The Athens Rifle Club planned Memorial Day rifle entertainment with Logan’s Knights of Pythias. Junior High track awards honored multiple students.
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Donald FR. Clippinger
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Sigma Xi
Paul W. Healy
Gallipolis
Athens High School
David Hughes
James Shafer
Chester Border
John Atkinson
Athens
M. C. Grubb
Ohio
Knights of Pythias Rifle Club
Logan
William Cooper
Eldon Mahaffey
Floyd Frashier
Roy Robinson
David Fields
John Lee Marquis
Paul Antoinetta
Las Verne Hunsicker
Alice Beasley
Margaret Radford
Bertine Saunders
State of the Nation on government controls and small business
The piece argues that intense government controls choke small business and require armies of lawyers. It laments bureaucratic hurdles, price controls, and directives, while warning big business often backs such rules. It urges independent action and competitive enterprise to restore opportunity.
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One
Reading Oil Company
Great Purposes Fail in Labor Regulation Critique
The piece argues that mandatory negotiation laws from the Wagner Act to the Smith Connolly Act failed under extreme emotion and national restlessness. It questions if revised laws could balance labor and management rights, suggesting painful experience may spur future reform.
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Congress of the
United States
Smith Connolly
Congress
Washington town learns fire safety after major blaze
A Washington community lost a hotel store and homes to a recent fire. Thousands of dollars in property and a town were wiped out in ten minutes yet no lives were lost. The blaze possibly started from a chimney spark and authorities urge fire hazard removal and ready firefighting equipment in rebuilding efforts. Thousands of towns could learn from this tragedy.
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Washington
Puerto Rico eyes first native governor Tugwell era noted
Peter Edson discusses Puerto Rico politics amid the Tugwell influence and competing ambitions for the governorship. He notes Pinero as potential appointee, Congress mood shifts with Ickes and Krug, Tugwell's partial stay at the University of Puerto Rico, and his legacy as administrator. Fire safety urged for better local ordinances and water supplies.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
Jesus L. Pinero
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Finero
U. S
Congress
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Ickes
Tugwell
J. A. Krug
House Appropriations Committee
Pinero
Truman
University of Puerto Rico
School of Government Administration
Social Science
Popular Democratic Party
Enowgd
Memorial Baptist Youth Fellowship Service at Ravenswood
A Memorial Baptist Youth Fellowship service will be held at Gilmore High School in Ravenswood at 2 p m Sunday. The program, presented by Jackson County Post 3488 Veterans of Foreign Wars, includes remarks by Commander Walter Mitchell, songs by the Happy Four quartet, readings and addresses by Rev J A Atkinson Rev Paul E Sutton and Mrs Nellie Blake, with participation from VFW and American Legion posts in Ravenswood Ripley and Sandyville. Word has been received of the death of Thomas Thornou ng in Duluth Minnesota, a brother of Mrs Ham V Blake Ravenswood W Va.
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Ravenswood
Memorial Baptist Youth Fellowship
Patterson
Arthur L. Mahr
Parkers-burg
Jackson County Post
Gilmore High School
VFW
American Legion Post
Ripley
Walter Mitchell
Happy Four Quartet of
Charleston
J. A. Atkinson
Sandyville
Happy Four
Lincoln
Mary Jo Finehy
Gen. Logan
Glen Smith
Paul E. Sutton
Nellie Blake
San le
Charles E Walton Dies at 86 in Ravenswood
Funeral services were held at Walton Memorial Methodist Church for Charles E Walton 86 a former Ravenswood resident who died Thursday at Fort Hamilton Hospital Hamilton. Burial was at Ravenswood cemetery. He lived in Ravenswood 35 years moved to Hamilton after wife’s death and was active in the Methodist Church and Lions Club. He retired from United Fuel Gas Company and directed the Farmers Building and Loan Association. He was born March 23 1860 in Long Bottom Ohio and was the last survivor of his 8 brothers and 6 sisters. He was survived by a daughter and two grandchildren.
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Walton Memorial Methodist Church
Charles E. Walton
Ravenswood
Fort Hamilton
Hamilton
Chambers-Egger Funeral Home
Mr. Sutton
Walton
Richard Goos
Methodist
Hearné
Ravenswood Lions Club
United Fuel Gas Company
Farmers Builiding and Loan Association
Long Bottom
Ohio
Stephen Walton
Creeda Sayre
Pat Susan
Daniel
Viving
Sidney Annand
Richard Frederick Goos
Memorial Day Program Planned for Ravenswood
Plans for Ravenswood Memorial Day services set a 20 a.m. Thursday at the cemetery with the Ables Rayburn Post and Amer ion group expected to announce the program next week. Molly McNear Morgan 86 widow of Daniel McNear died Friday at Pleasant Hall. burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Survived by four children F E McCoy Ravenswood Ernest Aihan Ripley Mrs Hall Waterford Pa and Russell Powell Ravenswood. 24 grandchildren and 40 great great grandchildren.
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Ravenswood
Cemet
Ables-Rayburn Post
Amerion
Othe Fietcher
Committee On Arvangements
Pogram
Molly McNear Morgan
Daniel MccNear
Pleasant Hall
Peasant Hill
Kelly Somerville
John Me
J. W. Morgan
F. E. McCoy
Ernest Aiahan
Ripley
Hall
Waterford
Russell Powell
Berlie Morgan
Bertha Fuller
Bible Class and Club Gather for Spring Meetings
The Bible Class of Walton Memorial Methodist Church met at Mrs. Alice Mason’s home on May 14 with Mrs. Lawrence Somerville assisting. The Senior Woman’s Club of Ravenswood met in the community building with Mrs. C. E. Baker and Mrs. F. P. Chambers hosting and Mrs. Earl McGlothlin presiding. Williams C Mitchell and Miss Louise Ayres Corvallis Ore were married at a Eugene Oregon church on May 13. The Rev. E E White will preach on Sunday and Mrs. Patterson will present a flannelgraph lecture in the evening.
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Better Way Bible
Walton Memorial Methodist Church
Alice Mason
Lawrence Somerville
Victoria McCor
Hos Esse
Nellie Brammel
Fred Durbin
Bess McIntosh
Jessie Geren
Clara Smith
Praston T. Dowell
F Morgar
L. R. Tucker
Woman's Club of
Ravenswood
C. E. Baker
F. P. Chambers
Earl McGlothlin
John Kirk
Fred Lewis
Red Cross
McGlothlin
Kirk
L. P. Sermerville
Paul Pickens
Elder
Leo R. Tucker
WF. Springston
Mary Pitthan
Lewis
D. B. Cole
H. Bish
Hutchinson
E. J. Leeson
John C. Elder
William C. Mitchell
Walter Mitchell
Louise Ayres
Corvallis
Ore
Baptist Church
Eugene
R. W. Welsh
Mitchell
Gilmore High School
E. E. White
Parkersburg
Carl Patterson
Liquor Ads Must Go Says Local Citizen
A letter to the editor from Mrs. Vazie Lee of Oria urges the newspaper to oppose liquor advertising. She argues liquor harms welfare, fuels crime, and should be replaced by healthful foods, calling readers to support Prohibition.
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Mlessenger
Vwazie Lee
Oria
Postponed Coolville Guild Event. Local Notices Catch News
The Helen Mac Isod Service Guild event scheduled for June 6 with Mrs. Clyde Parish is postponed with a new date to be announced. Local notices include residents traveling to San Antonio, funeral attendances in The Plains, hospital visits in Gallipolis and Athens, and births and relatives visiting from Detroit and Parkersburg.
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Helen MacIsod
Clyde Parish
Edwin Bingman
San Antonio
Tex
E. M. Daugherty
Vera Daugherty
George Coe
the Plains
Warren E. Meredith
Detroit
Mich
G. R. Walden
Clarence
Chet Scott
Elmer ¥ Frebis
Grove City
C. O. Gunder
Minnie Clark
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
William Gillian
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pargersburg
W. E. Burgoon
Frankfort
Delphin Creeger
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