Truman Warns on Coal Dispute Fact-Finding Board
Washington report outlines White House plan to offer John L Lewis a fact finding panel to resolve the coal deadlock with 60 days of recommendations. If rejected by Monday, President Truman would invoke Taft Hartley act to seek an injunction against a stoppage. Lewis opposes Taft Hartley.
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Washington
White House
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Three Hunters Dead and Eleven Wounded in Ohio Opening
Ohio hunters faced tragedy as the opening hunting day left three dead and 11 injured. Ralph Smith, 19, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while rabbit hunting with brothers. Joseph F. Goedde, 58, and Leedom S. Cope, 71, died of heart attacks. A 14-year-old, Owen Barker, was seriously wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge. Several other injuries were reported as pheasant hunting began across Wyandot County and surrounding areas.
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Columbus
Ralph Smith
West Liberty
Camp Carson
Colo
Bellefontaine
Joseph F. Goedde
Lima
Leedom S. Cope
Winona
Owen Barker
Chester Barker
London
William Chandler
Portsmouth
Harold Bidwell
Conservation Department
E. D. Martin
Division of Wild Life Game Management Unit
Wyandot
Martin
Former Clerk Convicted Of Treason In Berlin Radio Propaganda Case
Herbert J. Burgman 53 a longtime clerk at the American Embassy in Berlin was found guilty of treason for staying behind after wartime orders and broadcast propaganda He faces death or at least five years in prison and a 10000 fine The verdict followed a defense claiming mental incompetence and duress Burgman slumped in a wheelchair as the verdict was announced His wife and son testified for him and Axis Sally Gillars received 10 to 30 years plus a fine after her conviction in the same case
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Washigton
Herbert J. Burgman
Berlin
United States
Germany
Burgman
Hokak
Minn
Alexander Holtzoff
Thomas
Washington
Mildred E
Axis Sally) Gillars
Judge Awaits Briefs In Newspaper Suit
In Cleveland a government suit accuses the Lorain Journal of monopolistic advertising sales. Federal Judge Emerich B. Freed asked counsel for three sides to file more briefs by Friday, with a ruling likely weeks away after two to three weeks of study.
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Cleveland
Lorain Journal
Emerich B. Freed
Housing Development Set on Old Airport
Norton field once Columbus largest air port and oldest is sold to a St. Louis firm for a housing project. Charles F. Vatterott heads Norton Homes Inc. The 127 acre tract will host 650 single houses priced under 8000 dollars.
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Columbus, O
Norton Field
Columbus
St. Louis
Man 40 Is Released In 46 Kidnap Slaying Case
Nicholas Meyers, 40, is freed as authorities say evidence is insufficient to hold him in the kidnapping and murder of six year old Rochelle Gluskoter. The girl was believed abducted February 15, 1946, from an area near Los Angeles. her bones were found in the desert a year later.
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Los Angeles
Nicholas Meyers
Rochelle Gluskoter
Meyers
Civil Rights Proposals Pushed To Forefront
President Truman's civil rights proposals were pushed to the forefront of administration must measures as he declared a finish fight against racial and religious discrimination in a second civil rights speech within five days.
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Washington
Truman
Worthington Farm Sign Keeps Out Hunters
Edith Worthington, owner of a farm eight miles southwest of Washington Court House, posted a sign asking hunters to avoid her land. Dozens read the notice then moved on. In Cleveland, Larry Bell after a failed deer hunt chased a deer through his street and helped return the animal to Brookside Zoo.
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Washington, C. H
Edith Worthington
Washington Court House
Worthington
Cross
Cleveland
Larry M. Bell
Bell
Walter
Brookside Zoo
Jimmy
Picket Duty Ends in Fatal Heart Attack at Timken Plant
Frederick de la Fuente, 62, died Tuesday of a heart attack while on picket duty at the strike-closed Timken Roller Bearing Co. plant in Canton.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Frederick de la Fuente
Ballot Question Referred to Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy transfers the ballot legality dispute to the Ohio Supreme Court. The issue centers on a typographical error in ballot wording for a constitutional amendment approved by a large plurality but with less than half of voters participating. The court was ordered to decide by November 22 whether the change was legally adopted.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Charles F. Sweeney
Sweeney
Duffy
State
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Full Railroad Service Restored On Coal Lines
The Inter state Commerce Commission authorized full service on coal burning railroads at 11 59 p m local time Nov 20. The revocation ends the Oct 26 directive cutting coal passenger service by 25 percent on lines with under 25 days coal supply. This follows John L Lewis decision for UMW to resume work temporarily in the coal fields.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Comic Strip Artist Fails Third LA to NY Nonstop Flight
Bad weather in Dunkirk New York Tuesday thwarted Norman Marsh the comic strip artist on his third attempt to set a nonstop record flying a light plane from Los Angeles to New York, ending the bid.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Norman Marsh
Los Angeles
New York
Roosevelt To Seek Spot As Governor
James Roosevelt announces candidacy for California governor and plans to seek both Democratic and Republican nominations under state law. The move reshapes 1950 1952 election calculations as California joins New York and Pennsylvania in top party speculation and potential ticket shaping.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
California
New York
Pennsylvania
U.S
American Laborite
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Frank J. Lausche
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Murder Charge Filed In Two Arson Deaths
James Filban 26 of Struthers is charged with first degree murder in the AV-N cafe building arson deaths in Struthers last Saturday. Deputy State Fire Marshal Michael J. Melillo says Filban admitted setting the fire.
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Youngstown
James Filban
Struthers
Av-N
Michael J. Melillo
Filban
Divorces Mill Lawyer Guilty in Franklin County Jury
Franklin County jury found Thomas A. Joseph of Zanesville guilty on three counts of subornation of perjury for inducing clients to lie about addresses to obtain quickie divorces. The case named Paul M. Herbert and Thomas L Meenan as assisting counsel. Joseph faces 3 to 30 years. sentencing set for Nov. 26 if motion for new trial fails.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Joseph
Zanesville
Franklin County
Joseph
Paul M. Herbert
Thomas L Meenan
New Lexington
Chester Pendleton
Findlay
Ohio
Muskingum County
Herbert N. Romanoff
Bexley
Liquor Permit Charge Jails GOP Official
William A. Klatt of Niles, Ohio, chairman of the Trumbull County Republican Committee, was jailed on a charge of collecting 3800 to help a Clevelander obtain a private club liquor permit in 1946. Leonard Fletcher, Cleveland restaurant operator, swore to the affidavit, saying he paid for the garrison charter and permit.
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Cleveland
Trumbull County Republican Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Leonard C. Fletcher
Klatt
Army and Navy Union
Fletcher
Old Large
Board of Liquor Control
Police Seek Details In Elevator Fatality
Cincinnati police investigate a fatal elevator accident in a downtown department store that killed 54 year old Lydia Humphreys of Middletown. Investigators say a coherent report is lacking from elevator operator Edith Stewart, 23.
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Cincinnati
Middletown
Lydia &. Humphreys
Edith Stewart
Auto Kills Baby Sitter in Cleveland
An 81 year old caregiver Mrs Clara Wichert was killed by a backing automobile Tuesday night while returning home after caring for children. The accident occurred in Cleveland and police were notified.
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Cleveland
Clara Wichert
Somesehildren
Man Sought In Slaying Of Child
An international manhunt pursued 66 year old Fred Stroble in the brutal murder of six year old Linda Joyce Glacoft. Autopsy details described strangulation, multiple stab wounds, and a hacked head. Police noted possible criminal assault but microscopic tests planned.
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LOS Angeles
Baker
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Fred Stroble
Stroble
Linda Joyce
San Bernardino
Here
Frederick DD. Newbarr
Newsbarr
Newbarr
Set
Bill Brennan
Rochelle
Ausman
Abducted 7 Year Old Karen Kuechenmeister Found Safe
Detroit police pursued a fleet of scout cars through East Side streets in an eight mile chase to recover Karen Kuechenmeister seven who was abducted from her home. After an hour long manhunt she was returned unharmed to her frantic mother. A 15 year old father of a baby girl was seized as a suspect.
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Detroit
Karen Kuechenmeister
Karen
Snow Blankets Lake States With Fresh Inland Strips
A cold dawn leaves the lake states mostly clear yet with heavy snow in the northern tier. Pelston Michigan shows nine inches on the ground, Marquette seven, Traverse City three, Calumet two, with flurries elsewhere and brisk winds up to 35 mph. Temperatures dip below normal south to Birmingham Alabama and Evansville Indiana as forecasters expect more snow and winds to drift south into Illinois by afternoon.
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Chicago
Lake States
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pelston
Mich
Marquette
Traverse City
Calumet
Birmingham
Ala
Corbin
Evansville
Ind
Vicksburg
Mins
Minot
N. D
Plainy States
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Proposal Would Raise Cheaper Wine Prices
Ohio Board of Liquor Control proposes a regulation to raise prices on some cheaper wine brands. The rule, filed with the Secretary of State, will be discussed at a public hearing December 15. Chairman Walter W. Mitchell says it targets unfair competition among wine dealers through minimum pricing.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Secretary of State
Liquor Board
Walter W. Mitchell
Shop Operator Quizzed In Fake Payroll Case
FBI questioned a Sandusky radio repair shop operator for clues on a fake payroll-check scheme. Police in Medina Elyria Wooster Wadsworth Akron and Cuyahoga Falls seek links to fake payroll checks cashed recently in their cities.
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Cleveland
FBI
Sandusky
Kent
Medina
Elyria
Wooster
Wadsworth
Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Lausche rules out Senate bid amid labor pressure
Ohio governor Lausche definitively declined a run for the U.S. Senate after AFL delegation urged him to enter the race. The piece notes labor seeking a strong Democrat to face Senator Taft and outlines potential candidates including Cleveland Mayor Burke and Columbus Mayor Disalle, with others like Ferguson and Huffman mentioned as possible contenders.
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Evang
AFL
Lausche
Senate
Organized Labor
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Toledo
Michael V. Dr
Anile
Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Disalle
Disable
of State
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Farm Bureau
Ray D. Lincoln
Lincoln
Ohio
William L. White
Newark i
James W. Huffman
Alaska
Taft
Left Right Fight in UE Gets Hotter
In Pittsburgh a power struggle within the United Electrical Workers union intensified as CIO leadership purges continued and new court tests and NLRB appeals emerged. The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers seeks nationwide elections, while Westinghouse seeks NLRB guidance on whether to deal with the independent UE or the CIO TUE.
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Pittsburgh
United Electrical Workers Union
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
NLRB
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Ciotue
AFL Deck Officers Accept Strike Truce
Washington report says 2000 AFL deck officers threatened a strike on 500 vessels in Atlantic and Gulf sea lanes. Government intervention secured a one week to 30 day truce just before planned walkout by masters mates and pilots of 38 companies in the American Merchant Marine Institute.
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Washington
AFL
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
American Merchant Marine Institute
Episcopal Consecration Held in Cincinnati
Dr. Nelson Marigold Burroughs of Cincinnati will be consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio in a simple ceremony at Trinity Cathedral today. The ceremonies will be attended by 19 bishops, civic officials including Gov. Frank Lausche, and many clergy. He succeeds Bishop Beverley Tucker upon Tucker’s retirement.
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Cleveland
Nelson Marigold Burroughs
Cincinnati
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Trinity Cathedral
Frank J. Lausche
Burroughs
Christ Episcopal Church
Beverley D. Tucker
Youth Kills Himself After Wounding Girl
A 17 year old youth fatally shot himself after wounding his girlfriend in Columbus during a quarrel. The man was identified as Joseph Lambert. The woman, Miss Mabel Thomas, 24, was reported in good condition at Mt Carmel Hospital.
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Columbus
Lowell V. Sheets
Joseph Lambert
Mabel Thomas
Lambert
Mt. Carmel Hospital
O Neill Opts Out of 1950 Assembly Campaign
Representative C Wilear O Neill, minority floor leader from Washington County, withdrew from the 1950 General Assembly race. A Marietta College and Ohio State University alumnus, he has served since 1938 and was the youngest speaker of the House in history. He planned to announce future plans in a few days.
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Marietta
Wile Lar O'Neill
ReWashington
State House
General Assembly
O'Neill
Washington County
Omen
Marietta College
Ohio State University
O’neil
House of Representatives
House
Strikes End at Five More Steel Companies
Five additional steel firms reach settlement with the CIO United Steelworkers ending strikes. About 17 000 workers return to work under agreements identical to Bethlehem Steel terms offering company financed 100 dollar pensions with Social Security and five cents per hour for health insurance split between company and workers.
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Pittsburgh
Cios United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Royal Welcome Slated for Shah of Iran Visit
The United States prepared an official reception for the youthful Shah of Iran on a month long state visit arriving this afternoon with a broad ceremonial program and high level gatherings planned.
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Washington
United States
Shah of
Iran
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