25 Cent Pay Rise Looms as Miners Seek Shorter Week
Washington dispatch reports John L. Lewis backing a plan for a 25 cent per hour wage increase for 400,000 soft coal miners with a five day 35 hour week, arguing costs unchanged. UMW economists claim savings from shorter hours could cover the raise, while elections stirring mine shutdowns in the region and ongoing talks with Interior Secretary Krug push timing uncertain.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Interior
J. A. Krug
Wildcat
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio Voters Enter Heavy Off Year Balloting
Ohio voters turnout surged in major metro areas as polling opened nationwide. Columbus suburbs report heavy balloting, with Cleveland and Cincinnati showing record off year figures. Key races include Bricker Huffman for Senate, Lausche Herbert for governor, and national implications for 1948 presidential prospects.
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Bexley
Campbell
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
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James W. Huffman
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Robert A. Taft
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Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Akron murder suspect sued in 20,000 claim
William L. Sweet a 44 year old bingo operator held on a first degree murder charge is sued for 20 000 by Mrs Anna Mae Kuhn mother of Leo Driscoll 29 fatally shot Oct 28 The petition states Driscoll helped support her and four other children A writ of attachment ties up Sweets savings checking accounts and contents of seven safety deposit boxes
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William L. Sweet
Common Pleas
Anna Mae Kuhn
Leo Driscoll
Sweet
Windsors to sail for the United States Wednesday
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will depart Southampton aboard the Queen Elizabeth for New York on Wednesday. Embarking this afternoon are notable passengers including film director Sir Alexander Korda and Walter Wanger with his wife Joan Bennett.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
New York
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Sir Alexander Korda
Walter Wanger
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Patrol Function Clarified in State Highway Policy
Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins advised Brown County Prosecutor Arch R. Hicks that the State Highway Patrol should not arrest motorists violating highway regulations within municipalities.
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Hugh S. Jenkins
Brown County
Arch R. Hicks
State Highway Patrol
Man Admits Abductions In Central Ohio Police Pursuit
Columbus police sought the second suspect in a pair of abductions targeting two women and a four year old girl. One man, John W. DeWeese, 22, was charged with abduction and auto theft after allegedly kidnapping Mrs. Morgan C. Penn and Mrs. Alice Eggleston and her daughter. A billfold found at the crash scene led to his arrest. DeWeese offered no motive. The victims were unharmed.
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John W. DeWeese
Bexley
Roland E. McNamee
Morgan C. Penn
Alice Eggleston
Springfield
McNamee
DeWeese
Son-in-Law Held in Jail In Mine Boss Stabbing
Boone Pelfrey, 36, was jailed in Logan County while investigators probe the death of Frank Means, 55, the Hetzel mine foreman for George's Creek Coal Co. Means was stabbed twice in the leg and once in the right eye after a quarrel at Means home.
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W. Va
Boone Pelfrey
Logan County
Frank Means
Hetzel
George's Creek Coal Co., Inc
M. B. Hyer
Hyer
Pelfrey
Hundred Refugee Vessels Readied for Jews to Palestine
British naval intelligence cites a list of about 100 ships bought by Jewish underground groups to ferry refugees from Europe to Palestine. Ships, many unseaworthy, lie in Marseille Genoa Trieste and Piraeus. Malta talks will discuss curbing illegal immigration to Palestine with Admiral Willis leading naval authorities.
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Algernon Willis
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Strike Slows Stove Output at Newark Plant
Newark Stove Co. production halted as 215 AFL union workers walk out over contract interpretation. The strike sidelined 585 additional employees and shut down conveyors, press, shear, assembly, cleaning, foundry and mill rooms.
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Newark Stove Co
William Roney
Roney
AFL Federal Labor Union
Youths Given Life In Slayings At Ranch
YUBA CITY Calif Billy Anderson 16 and Nathern James 15 were convicted last week of slaying Billy Andersons father and step mother Mr and Mrs W H Anderson. They were sentenced to life imprisonment in San Quentin Prison. The Andersons were shot to death Sept 8 at their Live Oak Ranch home as they were preparing for bed.
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Billy Anderson
Nathern James
W. H. Anderson
San Quentin
Andersons
Live Oak Ranch
Kenyon Gridders Given Suspended Sentences
In Mount Vernon two youths received 30 days in jail and fines of $200 each after the Sunset Club football brawl with Kenyon College players. The penalties were suspended and charges against four other students were dismissed.
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Battle of Sunset Club
Kenyon College
Justice of the Peace
Albert L. Swank
Forum Head Fears Reds Concentration on Youth
Miss Dorothy Gordon director of the New York Times youth forums warns at a Camp Fire Girls conference that Russia concentrates on youth more than arms races. She says Russian children are educated to state goals and activities, reflecting a broader social focus.
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Cleveland
Russia
Dorothy Gordon
New York Times
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
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Kerosene Explosion Fatal in Port Clinton Incident
Mary Syski, 21, of Lakeside, died yesterday from burns suffered when kerosene exploded as she tried to start a fire last Saturday in Port Clinton. The accident occurred at a residence where she was attempting to ignite a fire with kerosene.
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Port Clinton
Mary Syski
Lakeside
Election Day Echoes Across States and Voter Counts
Voters nationwide faced a sprawling ballot as about 92 million potential voters over 21 were estimated to be eligible. The article notes 34 states voting, 33 governorships, and 500 offices overall. It highlights gender and party dynamics, key Senate races, and regional weather impacting turnout.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Maine
Senate
House
San Francisco Mail Clerk Confesses To 1937 $40,000 Theft
A 46 year old ex post office clerk confessed to stealing $40,000 from a mail sack in 1937. Officials say no indictment within the three year statute of limitations bars prosecution, but Treasury tax agents will pursue tax on the unreported income. The man admitted slitting a registered pouch from the Federal Reserve to an Oakland bank and grabbing cash.
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San Francisco
U. S. Treasury
W. S. Palmer
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Bank
Oakland
Mother of Two Children Held on Murder Charge
Fairfield Illinois report states Lois Wilson a 24 year old mother of two held without bond on murder charges after authorities cited her three year old son telling them mommy shoot him as the husband was wounded in what officials called an accidental shotgun discharge. Coroner Walter A. Young noted the boy was questioned after the mother claimed the husband was fatally wounded by accident.
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Fairfield
Ill
Lois Wilson
Wayne County
Walter A. Young
Flood Control Economy Bypass Ruled Possible
Budget Director Webb advised that states and cities can bypass Truman era limits on flood control and rivers and harbors expenditures by advancing funds to the federal government. The note came as Cincinnati pushed to complete the last unit of an $8 million Ohio River flood control project.
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Truman
James E. Webb
Secretary of War
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Tito says government seeks U.S.-Slav accord in Belgrade
Premier Marshal Tito told about 300,000 Yugoslavs in a pre election rally that the world rejected war and that Belgrade wanted better ties with the United States. He blasted American and British reactionaries for hostile acts he said they had committed against Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
Ohio Farmer Pay Averages 65 Cents An Hour In 1946
Ohio State University economists estimate 1946 farm wages will average 65 cents per hour after considering family labor. The net income for about 3,500 work hours per farm is near $2,300, with 250,000 Ohio farm families gaining roughly $315 million in buying power versus 1939.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Clay Rebukes Reich Council In Denazification Row
STUTTGART Germany Lt Gen Lucius D Clay said the American military government was thoroughly disappointed with German denazification performance. He warned that if Germans do not improve quickly the U S will assume control. An order barred any former official removed by the occupation authority from returning to office without military approval, even if cleared by German denazification courts.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
German Council of State Today
Searchers Recover Body Of Motorboat Casualty
Searchers yesterday recovered the body of Jess Wolbert a 31 year old bartender who drowned with Frank Fossett a 32 year old bartender when their motorboat capsized in the Ohio River Fossett's body was recovered after the accident Elmer Bailey owner of the boat was rescued by his brother Lester
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Ironton
Jess Wolbert
Frank Fossett
Ohio River
Fossett
Elmer Bailey
Lester
Man Is Sent to Lima In Death of Couple
Cincinnati dispatch reports Donald E. Morgan, 31, ordered committed to Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane after a first degree murder indictment. Morgan allegedly shot and killed friend Sarah Mildred Hensley, 28, and her companion John Lowell, 47, as they sat in a parked car on March 28.
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Cincinnati
Donald E. Morgan
Lima State Hospital
Morgan
Sarah Mildred Hensley
John Lowell
Farm Wagon Crushes Man in Batavia
A wagon loaded with corn rolled down a barn incline yesterday in Batavia and fatally crushed 70 year old Jacob Gross. The accident halted work as rescuers responded to the rural site where the man was found beneath the wagon. Police and witnesses described a sudden, tragic mishap during daily farm duties.
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Batavia
Jacob Gross
Mail Theft Principal Is Slain in Toledo
Joe Urbaytis, a former organizer in a Toledo post office robbery that yielded $1,000,000 in 1921, was shot dead in his supper club early today, Toledo Police Homicide Captain Ralph Murphy said.
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Toledo
Joe Urbaytis
Ralph Murphy
Toledo Police Homicide Squad
Americans Understand Soviet Russia Says Guest Speaker
A local women's society hosted a speaker who argued the United States should seek understanding of Soviet Russia. The speaker claimed Russia is a slave state ruled by ruthless elites, citing famine deaths and pervasive political repression. The community is urged not to become apologists for Russia.
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Russia
America
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