Oreen City Trucker Strike Expands Across Cincinnati Area
About 2,700 members of Local 100 form Teamsters began a morning strike with 3,600 more potentially idle as talks over pay continue. Union demands include a 30 cent hourly rise, against offers of 20 to 14 cents. Warehouse workers from Local 661 join, boosting impact on trucking and food distribution.
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Cincinnati
Teamsters, Chauffeurs
AFL
Sie
Edward Fixari
Cincinnati Motor Transportan Club
Pkesman
Local
George Starling
Starling
Jack McCann
Local 661
McGann
Italy
Marseille
France
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Turin
Rome
Palermo
NEA
Truman Demands Drastic Rationing to Curb Inflation
President Truman urged Congress to restore authority for consumer rationing and wage ceilings as part of a ten point program to halt rising prices. He stressed three aims: relieve monetary pressure, direct scarce goods to essentials, and curb profiteering through selective price ceilings.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Agriculture Department
Free Nations
Italy
France
Austria
Royal Wedding Week Opens With Star-Studded London Court
London welcomed a historic gathering of European royalty for the first of Princess Elizabeth's wedding events. Early at Buckingham Palace, Elizabeth prepared for a Saint James' Palace display party for a thousand guests as the week began. A state dinner at Buckingham Palace followed a dance for 150 attendees.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Buckingham Palace
Saint James’ Palace
Shakedowns Probed After Two Are Slain
Chicago report says two gunmen ambushed and killed Stanley Rzepa 31 former Posen police chief and his wife 31 at their tavern exit. homicide squad investigates tavern shakedowns for possible clues.
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Chicago
Posen
Stanley Rzepa
Pilot's skill credited with saving 14 lives
A two engine Eastern Air Lines plane belly landed in a farm field near Willow Run Airport after engine trouble minutes after takeoff. Captain Thad Royall 32 of Jacksonville Florida credited with guiding 14 passengers to safety. Local reports describe a calm, controlled landing in dusk light.
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Detroit
Eastern Air Lines
Willow Run
Thad Royall
Jacksonville
Fla
Associated Press Launches Newsreel Telecast Over WMAR
The Associated Press aired its first television newsreel last night on the Eastern Coast Hookup. The 15 minute program originated at WMAR-TV Baltimore and included London Baltimore Philadelphia and Washington news, produced jointly by WMAR-TV WFIL-TV and AP television newsreel units.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
Wmar-Tv
Baltimore Sun
London
Philadelphia
Washington
Wfil-Tv
AP Television
Pinkerton Detective George R. Herman Dies at 107
George Robert Herman a former Pinkerton detective who served during the Civil War died yesterday at age 107 in Chicago. He was noted for his long life and service in law enforcement.
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Chicago
George Robert Herman
General Meyers investigated over firm ties and war contracts
Senate War Investigating Committee focused on Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers and Aviation Electric Co. ties. testimony showed Meyers introduced LaMarre to the Dayton firm to protect his financial stake. Bell Aircraft admitted sending war business after Meyers suggested interest. LaMarre said Meyers did not disclose his investment.
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Washington
B. H. LaMarre
Aviation Electric Co
Dayton
Bennett E. Meyers
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell Aircraft Corp
Meyers
Bell
Ferguson
R - Mich
LaMarre
Aviation Electric
Wright Field
Air Force
Howard Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hughes
R-Mich
Michigan
Newman Clubs Push Religious Education at Nonsectarian Colleges
Delegates from 40 colleges across Ohio Indiana Michigan and Kentucky approved a resolution suggesting religious education courses taught with a priest as part of the faculty. The proposal emerged at the Ohio Valley meeting in Cleveland as the two day session adjourned.
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Cleveland
Newman Clubs
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Cottage Fire Kills Youth in Diehl Lake Find
Youngstown report states 23 year old Robert Galbreath died in a cottage fire at Diehl Lake yesterday. The blaze destroyed the dwelling and the victim perished inside the structure.
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Youngstown
Robert Galbreath
Diehl Lake
Two Accused of Kidnaping Taxi Driver in Midwest Route
Ernest Patrick 25 and Edwin Mark 36 of Wilmington face arraignment on kidnapping and armed robbery charges. They allegedly hired taxi driver Richard Dunn 17 for a trip to Xenia, robbed him of $5, locked him in the trunk, and drove the cab through Dayton Fort Wayne and Indianapolis before returning to Dayton.
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Wilmington
Richard Dunn
Xenia
Dayton
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indianapolis
Everett Downing
Downing
Clinton County
Ernest Patrick
Edwin Mark
Patrick
Mark
Fall on Slippery Floor Fatal to Watchman
Akron coroner rules accidental death for Tom Zavison a 65 year old night watchman found injured in the washroom of the Twentieth Century Heating and Ventilating Co investigators believe he slipped on a floor drain and was pitched against an iron heater the verdict was announced by Coroner R E Amos
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Akron
R. E. Amos
Tom Zavison
Twentieth Century Heating & Ventilating Co
Vishinsky Charges U.S. With Preserving Fascism
At a New York dinner, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky accuses the United States of fomenting war against the Soviet Union and of policies that preserve remnants of Fascism in Germany. He named Dulles and Churchill as arch foes, and warned that reactionary elements seek to disrupt U.S.-Soviet relations.
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New York
Andrei __Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Germany
United Nations
National Council of Soviet-American Friendship
Soviet Union
Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Amercan
Vishinsky
John Foster Dulles
U. S
U. N. Assembly
Assembly
United States
Potsdam
Dulles
Britain
Winston Churchill
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Great Britain
Ussr
Ohio Chamber to Tackle Labor-Management Relations
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce opens a two day meeting in Columbus with talks by Taft Hartley Act author Rep Fred J Hartley and NLRB examiner William B Ringer. Washington labor editor Joseph M Gambatese will join a forum to analyze Taft Hartley provisions as industry seeks steady production flow.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Herschel C. Atkinson
Fred J. Hartley
R-N.j
Hartley
Ohio
Jewish refugees land near Nahariya after evading British patrols
Jewish sources report 185 immigrants reached shore after their 50 ton launch Aliyah ran aground near Nahariya. They likely dispersed into Palestinian interior as British patrols intercepted 794 others on the Kadimah and sent them to Cyprus detention camps. Four women and a child from Kadimah were hospitalized in Haifa.
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Jerusalem
Aliyah
Nahariya
Palestine
Cyprus Dention
Kadimah
Haifa
Three Drifting Mines Hunted Off West Coast
Three drifting Japanese mines were being sought off the Oregon- Northern California coast as danger to coastwise shipping persisted. Four mines were spotted yesterday bringing to 20 the total seen since November 1 with fourteen exploded including one by the Coast Guard Cutter Balsam ten miles off the Columbia River light ship.
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Astoria
Ore
Oregon
California
Coast Guard
Columbia River
Man Mistakes House For Own, Is Killed
Chicago report says Wayne F. Miller and Henry F. Crane were involved in a fatal shooting after a home intrusion. Miller, a 29 year old photographer, fired two shots after Crane, the homeowner, mistook him for a burglar and opened fire.
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Chicago
Wayne F. Miller
Henry F. Crane
Miller
Five-Legged Dog Up for Adoption in Circleville
Circleville Ohio asks at the pound for a five legged black short haired dog. Ward en Harry Biffle reports the healthy uninjured female was picked up last week but remains unclaimed.
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Circleville, O
Harry
Biffle
Traffic accidents fatal to two Ohio women
Two Ohio women died in traffic incidents yesterday. Lola Miller, 45, of Toledo, was struck by a bus, and Ruth Painter, 45, of Ashland, died in a head on collision between two cars.
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Ohio
Toledo
Lola Miller
Ruth Painter
Ashland
Miller
Painter
Eludes Officials After Juvenile Escape During Church Service
Authorities hunt for 16 year old Dorothy A Meek of Bucyrus who escaped from two Bureau of Juvenile Research custodians yesterday while at church services.
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Columbus
Dorothy A. Meek
Bucyrus
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Lincoln Colcord Dies Sea Story Author at 64 in Maine
Lincoln R. Colcord, 64, noted author of sea stories, died Sunday in Searsport Maine. He formerly served as Washington correspondent for the Philadelphia Public Ledger and was associate editor of The Nation. He helped establish the magazine Today with Prof. Raymond Moley.
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Searsport
Lincoln R. Colcord
Washington
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Nation
Raymond Moley
Autoist Dies After Car Hits Guard Rail
Bellefontaine report says Vernon Lineau Jr., 27, died from injuries after his auto struck a highway guard rail and was pitched into a stream. Coroner H. G. McCracken announced a preliminary examination into the fatal accident.
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Bellefontaine
H. G. McCracken
Vernon Lineau, Jr
Iron Works Bids for Wartime Carrier Wolverine
The maritime commission announced Milwaukee firm A F Wagner Iron Works bid 46789 dollars for the wartime aircraft carrier Wolverine formerly the Great Lakes passenger ship Seeandbee.
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Iron Works
Washington
Maritime Commission
A. F. Wagner Iron Works
Milwaukee
Wolverine
Great Lakes
Attorney General Robert Airshie Dies in Idaho
Boise Idaho report says Robert Airshie aged 39 Idaho Attorney General died yesterday. He served in the state office and his death prompts tributes from local officials and legal community.
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Boise
Idaho
Robert Airshie
Italy Hires Police to Cope with Riots
Rome reports show the Italian government increasing the Carabinieri from 65 000 to 75 000 amid political turmoil. Premier De Gasperi faces Communist blasts while regional disorders flare near Rome Siena and Venice as security forces are overhauled and tightened.
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Italy
Scelba
Alcide de Gasperi
Palmiro Togliatti
Milan
Togliatti
Rome
Siena
Venice
Ex-Cons Hunted After Student Identifies Suspects
A University of Michigan student identified two young ex-convicts as her brother in law’s killers and attacker during a wild car ride in Wisconsin. A stolen car linked to the incident was found near Hillsboro with personal papers inside. Janet Ann Rosenblatt of Cleveland Heights Ohio named as the assault victim.
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Richland Center
Wis
University of Michigan
Loren F. Marshall
Yuba
Marshall
Hillsboro
Plains Showers Boost Winter Wheat Crop
The Associated Press reports scattered but beneficial showers in the western high plains boosting the winter wheat crop. The Chicago Weather Bureau notes precipitation from the eastern Rockies to Texas Panhandle with snow in Montana and Wyoming and rain along western Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
High Plains
Chicago Weather Bureau
Rockies
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Goss Slated For 5th Term At National Grange Meet
In Columbus at the 81st annual National Grange convention Albert S. Goss, already serving a fourth term as Master, is expected to be reelected. Delegates will choose the 1948 convention site as the sessions run through next Friday.
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Columbus
National Grange
Albert S. Goss
Cleveland Mayor Burke Announces Payroll Cuts
Cleveland Mayor Thomas A. Burke says 100 service department workers will be dropped from the payroll as the first step of his economy program. He believes real economy will leave the city in the black by year end.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Service Department
Burke
Plans Advance To Form 4th Conservancy District
Ohio judges from 15 Maumee watershed counties plan a conservancy court to hear petitions for a new fourth district. Over 1,500 landowners and seven county commissions supported the move for flood control and water conservation, citing flood risk and water table concerns with possible Ottawa River storage. Existing districts include Miami Muskingum Scioto Sandusky and Little Miami.
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4Th Conservancy District
Defiance, CO
Ohio
Common Pleas
Maumee
Conservancy Court
Conservancy District
Defiance County
Auglaize
Tiffin
Lucas County
Toledo
Allen County
Lima
Ottawa
Conservancy
Miami
Muskingum
Scioto-Sandusky
Little Miami
Reynaud Seen Returning to Lead French Government
Sources say former premier Paul Reynaud will take command of the government within the week and form a broad coalition after garnering a constitutional majority. Ramadier reportedly plans to resign to allow Reynaud to be named by President Auriol. Police brace for Marseille style clashes as De Gaulle allies prepare to take control of Paris city government.
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PARIS
Paul Ramadier
Paul Reynaud
Ramadier
Vincent Auriol
Reynaud
National Assembly
Auriol
de Gaulle
Marseille
Michel Carlini
Rally of the French People
RPF
Carlini
Shrapnel Fies In Warehouse Explosion
Shrapnel flies from seven large warehouses marked as an ammunition supply base in IKEGO Japan. Flames rage as the mid morning blast injures seven Americans and four Japanese with one serious. Captain Stanford R. Hicks of Philadelphia among the injured.
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Ikego
Japan
U. S
Eighth Army
Yokohama
Army
Stanford R. Hicks
Philadelphia
Probe Slated in Blast Fatal to Five in Nampa
An investigation planned to determine the cause of a restaurant tavern explosion in Nampa Idaho that killed five people and injured about fifty. Fire Chief L T Lessinger had tentatively attributed the disaster to a gas range blast. The city council and police and fire departments prepared to launch the probe.
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Nampa
Idaho
L. T. Lessinger
One Dead in Major Philadelphia Fire Eight Homes Destroyed
A fast moving blaze in north Philadelphia killed one man, injured five, left 50 people homeless, and caused 100000 to 150000 dollars in damages. The fire swept eight homes in under two hours, described by firefighters as among the city's worst residential blazes.
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Philadelphia
Run Over by Train, She Escapes With Cut
Mrs. Christine Serpone of Struthers survived a train passing over her person after falling near her home Saturday night. She escaped with a cut forehead and called herself the luckiest woman in Ohio.
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Cut
Youngstown
Christine Serpone
Struthers
Ohio
Official Count Shows Cuyahoga Levy Upset
Cleveland officials announced a ballot tally showing Cuyahoga County's 1.3 mill welfare levy defeated in the November 4 vote, not passing by a narrow margin as earlier estimated.
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Cuyahoga Levy
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
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