Solons Rest Four Knotty Bills Loom
Congress braces for a storm of action on atomic energy military training and jobs as Senate and House prepare to debate a trio of bills. A split Military Committee backs an administration atomic plan while a minority pins hopes on tighter controls. Universal service hearings face delay and the full employment bill awaits action. Pearl Harbor hearings eye 48 witnesses plus J Edgar Hoover names. UNRRA funding and related amendments trigger further contention.
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Congress
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
House Military Committee
de ‘Bate
Rep
Short
R-Mo
May
D-Ky
Barkley
Truman
House “Committee
Pacific
Keefe
R.wis
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hawaii
Sol Bloom
D-Ny
UNRRA
Bloom
Clyde Borcelain Steel Co Plant Destroyed by Fire
Sandusky County's largest manufacturer Clyde Borcelain Steel Co employing 700 workers lay in ruins after a blaze estimated at $500,000. Firemen from Clyde Fremont Bellevue and Tiffin fought the fire. Cause undetermined. Col T E Stokes said the plant would be rebuilt.
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Clyde—U
Four Soldiers Die From Antifreeze Drink Mixup
Poughkeepsie New York report says four prisoners at the U S disciplinary barracks died after draining radiator antifreeze from a truck and mixing it with a new fluid possibly milk. Colonel George J. Schultz announced the incident and said the men drank the mixed liquid Sunday near the barracks.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
U.S
Here
George J. Schultz
Ois
Methodist Women Convene National Assembly in Columbus
Wilmington reports the national assembly of the United Methodist Church Women’s Division will be held in Columbus from May 1 to May 2. Delegates from 105 conferences and 300 districts will attend, including Mrs. Edward F. Tree, president of the Ohio Conference Women’s Society of Christ Service.
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A. ¢Wilmington
National Assembly of the
Columbus
United States
Edward F
Tree
Ohio
Mie Women’s Society of Christ Service
Home Shipping System Irks Marooned Troops Heads West
Washington reports rising discontent as the War Shipping Administration struggles to meet discharge schedules. Army and Navy officials cite seaman shortages and joint chiefs orders guiding troop redeployments. The plan aims to finish Europe by January and Pacific by June, with theater commanders approving departures.
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Washington
War Shipping Administration
Ping
Joint Chiefs of Staff
WSA
Joint Chiefs
Europe
Pacific
Valentino Denies Idol Marriage to Marion Witton Claim
Alberto Valentino brother of Rudolph Valentino rejected reports that Idol was secretly wed to Marion Witton. He cited hospital treatment for Miss Wilson and said a 1925 marriage to Valentino produced a daughter now in Europe.
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Rudolph Valentino
Marion EB. Witton Tbere
Wilson
Petty Combs
Hollywood
Valentino
Europe
Britons Gain Java Battle Amid Call for Soviet Aid
Batavia reports Soebardjo appealed to Molotov for Soviet help as British Indian troops renew house to house assaults in Soerabaja. Soekarno cites vast civilian deaths while both sides claim heavy Indonesian casualties and continued fierce fighting with air strikes and damaged Japanese armor.
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Batavia
Java
Soebardjo
Soerabaja
Britain
Indonesia
V. M. Molotov
Harrison Seeks Second Senate Bid in Hastings Run
Cleveland attorney Marvin C. Harrison prepares for a second bid for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate this week at Hastings. He previously pursued the seat, aiming to win the party nomination and advance to the general election.
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Cleveland
Marvin C. Harrison
Hastings
U.S
Robot Tire Machine Started in Kent Plant
A new automated tire maker at Ferry Machine Co. in Kent features a single push button design. The model, credited to Walter Breth, promises tire production every two and a half minutes, five times faster than conventional methods. Meanwhile preliminary work on a $3,000,000 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad coal loading dock on the fake front begins in Lorain.
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Kent
Ferry Machine Co
Here
Harrison
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
Walter Breth
General Tire & Rubber Co
Lorain
Hocking Mother and Daughter Charged With Murder
Hocking County Sheriff Floyd Duffy filed murder charges against Ellen Lowry and her daughter Mary Walton in the death of Marion Lowry found Nov. 4 at his Benton Township home. Both women, held at the county jail, are to have a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Frank St. Clair.
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Cleo Montgomery Logan
Hocking County
Floyd Duffy
Ellen Lowry
Mary Walton
Marion Lowry
Benton Township
South Bloomingville
Willard
Frank St. Clair
Allied Bomb Pool Proposal Seeks World Knowledge Swap
Washington reports indicate Prime Minister Attlee urges an international pool for atomic and other discoveries. Truman and King back the idea of channeling science into peaceful, controlled uses, with shared safeguards among major powers and UN cooperation. The leaders, after a Potomac cruise, push a universal foreign policy for global benefit.
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Washington
Attlee
Sean Obeyences
Truman
Mackenzie King
Canada
Russia
France
United Nations
Change Draft Rule Of Merchant Sailors in Navy Policy
Washington reports a new policy allows merchant seamen with 32 months of substantially continuous service to be discharged and exempt from the draft, effective November 15. Previously, seamen aged 18 to 35 were subject to induction after leaving the Merchant Marine.
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Washington
Boys Diz in Crash Willard Four Die
Harold Rowe 17 and his brother Earl 15 were killed in an auto train collision near Willard yesterday. Physicians meet in Cincinnati as over 1 500 doctors from 17 states gather for the Southern Medical Association annual opening.
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Willard
Harold Rowe
Earl
Cincinnati
Southern Medical Association
Japan Faces Dual Black Markets Amid Occupation Strife
A wartime column describes two black markets in postwar Japan run by American soldiers and local networks. One trades money and goods, the other compassion and pity, with rations and cigarettes fetching high yen on Tokyo streets. Military police have disrupted some gangs, but others persist as misery spreads among civilians and soldiers alike.
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Japan
Nantes
Tokyo
Research Head Warns of Farm Land Inflation
Columbus report cites Dr. Johnson warning that wartime farm income boosts push agricultural land prices higher nationwide. Ohio farms average about 70 percent above prewar values, with future demand from wartime savings, eased shortages, and veterans likely to lift prices further unless dealers unite to curb inflation.
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Columbus
National Bureau of Economic Research
United Effort
United States
Johnson
Ohio Real Estate Association
Ohio
Holzer denies report of serious illness in Gallipolis
Dr. Charles E. Holzer rejected widespread claims that he suddenly fell seriously ill. He stated he has not missed work due to illness and expects a minor operation soon, but emphasized he has not been incapacitated.
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Gallipolis
Steff Special
Charles E. Holzer
Strike Clouds Hover as Auto And Bus Workers Remain Out
Labor conflict deepens as 270000 more workers seek strike votes. U S Steel faces wage talks with CIO United Steelworkers, while automakers wait after Armistice Day recess. Six man CIO strike committee chairs bid for a 30 percent raise, with potential immediate action if needed. Brookings urges legally enforceable labor pacts to spur broader bargaining.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Schwellenbach
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Benjamin F. Farrless
U. S. Steel
Fairless
OPA
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
United Base Workers
UAW
R. 4. Thomas
Walter Reuther
the Nations Labor Relations Board
Brookings Institution
Ti Associated Press
CIO Electrical
New Jersey
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
CIO Electrical Workers
War Labor Board
General Electri
Westinghouse
General Motors Corporation
Auto
United Auto Workers Strategy Committee
AFL
Northland Greyhound
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Central Greyhound Lines
Philadelphia
Southwestern Greyhound Limes
WLB
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
General Motora Corporation
Lewis Schwellensbach
John J. Mathies
Union
Townsend Plans Three Percent Income Tax Plan
Dr. Francis E Townsend proposes a three percent gross income tax above the first 100 for all citizens and corporations, arguing current rates tax wages but not business earnings. He spoke at an Ohio clubs convention, noting a bill has been submitted to Congress.
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Columbus
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
United States
Ohio
Barberton
Akron
S. Senate
Ways and Means Cam Transportation Co
Mittee
Pierre J. Dufour
Passeng
Dufour
Broda Cunningham
Cunningham
French Bar Reich Ruling by Montgomery on German Control
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal Montgomery saying French opposition blocks central administration for Germany under four power control. He warns winter hardships may spark civilian unrest and notes lack of consensus among the four powers. He expects a practical path to unified action. Cincinnati fire destroys three grocery stores in Green Township.
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Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Reich
Montgomery
Control Council
France
Potsdam
Cincinnati
Green Township
Armistice Day Observed Across Ohio in 194 Span
Ohio observed Armistice Day with state and local offices closed and church services held. About 40 military organizations paraded in Columbus while veterans from both world wars gathered at the Statehouse reviewing stand. At Ohio State University student veterans and the campus American Legion joined in wreath laying. Cleveland hosted ceremonies at Public Square with several hundred veterans and a Crile Army Hospital salute detail.
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Associated Press
Army and Navy
State House
Ohio State University
American Legion Post
Cleveland
Jat
County Joint Veterans Commission
Crile Army Hospital
Pacific Navy Hero Dies in Plane Crash
Commodore Dixie Kiefer, famed Pacific war hero known as Captain Dixie, identified among six killed when a navy aircraft crashed on Mount Beacon near Beacon, New York. He led the Quonset naval air station and previously served as Yorktown executive officer after the carrier was sunk.
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Beacon
N. Y
Dixie Kiefer
Mount Beacon
Here
Kiefer
Dixie
Ticonderoga
Formosa
Kansas City
Naval Air Station
Quonset
New England
Yorktown
Pacific
Informer Tipoff Led FBI Nazi Saboteur Roundup
A tip from George John Dasch, one of the eight saboteurs who landed on the East Coast in June 1942, guided the FBI to the roundups. Attorney General Clark released the case details noting Dasch gave full sabotage plot information. Dasch is serving a 30 year term.
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Ed Tipoff
FBI
George John Dasch
Atty
Clark
Dasch
Jerome Kern Dies in New York City
Cleveland Heights police prepared to question a 35 year old local gambling operator at his home about the slaying of Mrs Dorothy Palin. River detective chief Denk said the man, in New York three days before his collapse on November 5, supervised rehearsals of a revived Show Boat in New York.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Jana Coe
Dorothy Palin
Esq
Lawrence G. Denk
Heights
Mericans
Denk
Yen
New York
Runaway Sailors Captured By Cincinnati Police
Two of eight sailors who escaped Camp Peary jail in Virginia were arrested in Cincinnati today as police tracked the group across the Midwest. Officers spotted the pair in a stolen car after the escape involved overpowering Marine guards and leaving six others at large.
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Cincinnati
Camp Peary
Midwest
George W. Ebbers
Yanks Arrive at Home Ports as Veterans Get Benefits
President Truman signs bill allowing disabled veterans who were former government workers to claim federal retirement benefits. Across coasts 21,400 Pacific troops will redeploy. 7,000-plus benefits plan noted for European theater. Later, Crosley Corp workers end a 14 week walkout with wage dispute settlement. A four story East Side fire in Cleveland causes 105000 damage and displaces 65 residents.
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Washington
Truman
New York
Pacific Coast
Cleveland
Space Ships and Atomic Bombs Foreseen by Arnold
General Hap Arnold warns in his annual report that atomic bomb warfare from interstellar space ships is within the foreseeable future. He predicts thousands of robots could strike shores and calls for readiness with a strategic air force and bombs, plus future V-238 rockets delivering atomic payloads from space ships, with defenses being difficult to counter. He also outlines three defenses against atomic bombs and urges global actions, including underground industries and UN guidance.
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Hap Arnold
Army Lair Forces
United States
Strategic Air Force
Arnold
United Nations Organization
Arne Jold
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