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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1946
Page
1
President Truman weighs signing the Case labor disputes bill or vetoing it to avoid labor enmity or lose all labor legislation. Senate critics warn a veto could spark more strikes while a veto might harden labor opposition and political backlash.
In Bellaire Ohio a segment of 18000 coal miners returned to the pits and production is expected to be fully restored by Monday. Powhatan No 1 Powhatan No 2 and Big Run Mine of Rail and River Coal Co were operating as of 12 01 am. Adolph Pacifico of District 6 United Mine Workers said a considerable number were already at work. The Vatican radio broadcast a pastoral letter from western German Catholic bishops criticizing Allied occupation policies.
Senator La Follette chairing a special committee urged sweeping changes to modernize Congress. He called the body ill equipped and proposed cutting standing committees, expanding staff, boosting pay to 15 thousand dollars, adding administrative assistants, and creating retirement benefits. The plan also seeks policy committees in each house and a joint legislative executive council to bypass deadlock with the president.
The Associated Press reports at least 81 people died violently over the Memorial Day holiday as cities nationwide honor war dead. Pennsylvania led with 13 fatalities, Ohio saw fewer deaths, and incidents included Cincinnati pedestrian Charles Lammers 88 killed by a car and three West Jefferson residents who perished from burns after a gasoline truck overturned near London.
Richmond Va Thomas Granville Burch a Democratic House member from Virginia since 1931 was named interim United States Senator to succeed Carter Glass who died in Washington Tuesday Burch will serve until a successor is chosen by the state legislature.
Ohio youths both at home and in the armed forces may compete for vacancies at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and the Military Academy at West Point. Competitive exams are set for July 24 across Akron, Ashtabula, Athens, Canton, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Ironton, Lima, Mansfield, Marietta, Portsmouth, Sandusky, Steubenville, Toledo, Youngstown and Zanesville.
Representatives of 10,000 Ohio high school vocational agriculture students attend the 18th annual Ohio FFA convention opening in Columbus. The event, sponsored by the State Department of Education and Ohio State University College of Agriculture, features industry tours, a public speaking final, and farm produce judging contests.
In Seoul the U S Reparations Commission fights to determine if Russians removed factory machinery from North Korea prompting protests by Edwin W Pauley. In Columbus the American Veterans of World War II began a three day state convention focusing on the enlisted man versus officer question.
Atty. Gen. Hugh S. Jenkins approved the summary of a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict state gasoline taxes and motor vehicle license fees to highway use only. Sponsors plan to file the summary with the secretary of state to seek petitions for the November 5 election. The counter proposal notes the liquid fuel tax goes to general revenue and the three cent per gallon motor fuel tax funds highways.
Washington officials warn strikes and soft coal disruptions push three month production delays. John D. Small's survey notes April shows record consumer goods output before coal stoppage impact, while Porter cites price pressures and a looming manpower shortage later this year.
Former Ohio Governor John W. Bricker urged Congress to curb trade restraints by labor combinations while decrying President Truman's plan to draft striking workers. In a Memorial Day address at Gettysburg National Cemetery he said a plant level strike is different from a nationwide strike threatening national life.
Direct flight from New York to London launches with three airliners carrying the United States Wightman Cup tennis team among 76 passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport. The inaugural service marks a new transatlantic air route with ceremonies and press coverage.
A Vatican source says Pope Pius XII will deliver an important speech Saturday likely ranking with his Christmas address. The remarks follow greetings from the Sacred College of Cardinals on his name day, the feast of St. Eugen.
Washington report says support for aid to veterans and families will ease passage of Rep. Walter Brehm’s bill to raise pensions for widows of Spanish American War veterans. Brehm will seek early House consideration next week.
Akron police reported three men hospitalized with wounds from a case argument described as target practice with a revolver. The victims are Roy Stanley 39 Octaves 24 and Richard C Spence 22.
Youngstown officials of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Republic Steel, Carnegie-Illinois, and Sharon Steel report workers will be called back to local jobs with full production expected soon.
President Truman faced advisers who urged against seizing the anthracite mines as the soft coal strike ended. Officials cited hope for the anthracite industry to reach terms like the bituminous deal signed Wednesday and noted more government leeway in negotiations. Separately, Truman pledged to use all powers to keep ships running in a possible nationwide maritime strike.
Governor Lausche warns of limited impact from coal stoppage as 76,000 Pennsylvania miners idle while 400,000 bituminous workers return to pits. John L. Lewis forecasts soft coal output by Monday. Krug Lewis welfare fund eyed at 25 to 30 million annually with a trustee board.
President Truman disclosed that he invited Marshal Stalin to Washington about 30 days earlier for a social visit during the Paris foreign ministers’ conference. Stalin declined citing health, and no immediate plans were announced for a meeting or talks.
The OPA approved a 10 to 15 percent price increase on shoes generally selling at 3.30 or less. The hike, effective immediately on new shipments, targets standard men’s women’s and children’s shoes produced in 1942 to boost wartime footwear production. The rise affects about a quarter of shoes and alters prices by roughly 45 to 65 cents for men’s and women’s styles and 25 to 35 cents for children’s pairs, amid a monthly production total near 45 million pairs.
Lord President Herbert Morrison told the House of Commons Britain is preparing a bread rationing system for emergency use. He likened the world food crisis to Dunkirk’s black days and said the situation could become a turning point in human history. Churchill criticized the Labour government’s food administration as shortsighted.
Marshall Jacobs perched 176 feet above ground on a flag pole in Coshocton and plans to add three 44 foot sections to extend the height without descending. He aims to remain atop the pole through July 4.
State treasurer reports mid May totals show receipts rose over last year with a weekly sum of 1,770,491 and a year to date aggregate of 22,262,926. In Salem Portage County police recount a shooting spree near a Deerfield restaurant injuring Police Chief Ralph N. Stoffer three times in the right leg as bullets sprayed the neighborhood. Acting Police Chief Neri Gaunt appointed by Mayor R. R. Johnson as Reese and Safety Director C. E. Phillips prepare to manage the situation.
A chief faces questioning after a shooting at a Deerfield area restaurant. Deputies Mosser and Eckner say they fired on a suspect, Stoffer, who produced a sub machine gun and sprayed nearby cars, trucks, and houses before surrendering after a tree chase.
Emperor Hirohito secretly called on General MacArthur at the U S Embassy in Tokyo. They discussed food reconstruction and the changes in Japan since Hirohito first met MacArthur last September 27.
A 26th day strike hit 215 Blue Ridge Bus Lines drivers and maintenance workers in Pittsburgh. A company spokesman said no progress occurred in an all day conference with union officials. The AFL Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union seeks a 30 cent hourly wage increase.
President Truman said he would not accept Edward R. Stettinius Jr.s resignation as the U S delegate to the United Nations Security Council. Stettinius had offered to leave government service for private life for a third time, with Byrnes and the President seeking his continued service.
Gov. Frank J. Lausche urged broad food conservation to aid overseas relief and asked about 301 Ohio organization representatives to meet him to draft a program. About 30 were expected. participants spanned Ohio State Grange retailers hotels bakers millers newspapers theaters. War Assets Administration announced plans to establish sales centers at Army posts Navy bases and war plants to speed surplus disposal.
Washington authorities announced plans to use helicopters to shuttle air mail between suburban communities and central city airports. The system aims to guarantee 12 hour mail service between metropolitan areas nationwide. State of siege decreed in Bolivia by President Villarroel's government.
Major Hans Hornbostel, a 65 year old Bataan death march survivor, and his leprosy patient wife Gertrude began a railway car journey to Carville Louisiana to enter the federal leprosarium as he nears Army release and plans to spend his remaining years with her. Hoover Leaves Panama for Bogota on Latin America aid tour.
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