Harriman urges steel limits and export price controls
Secretary of Commerce Harriman asked Congress for limited priority and allocation powers to direct steel to essential programs and to allow control of export prices to curb inflation and aid foreign aid. He testified before the Senate House Economic Committee amid Truman’s broader price and allocation proposals.
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Harriman
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Senate House Economic Committee
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Colorado
Frederick H. Smith
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
House Banking Committee
United States
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Taylor
D-Idaho
Buck
R-Del
Russians Expelled as France Faces Labor Turmoil in Lyon
Paris reports 19 Russians linked to the Soviet Patriotic Union were expelled for interference as strikes intensify. In Lyon, police used tear gas to break a CGT led march, with clashes injuring several and about 20 000 strikers involved. The government vows strong action alongside wage hikes.
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France
Tenn
Soviet Patriotic Union
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General Confederation of Labor
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Interior Ministry
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Krivochine
Dmitri Kobalev
Alexander Palevov
National Federation of Railroad Workers
Robert Schuman
Ohio Steelmen Discuss Scrap Metal Drive Plan
Washington report says 14 steel executives including three from Ohio met with Secretary Harriman to promote a voluntary drive by industry to increase scrap metal supply. The session aimed to boost materials for wartime needs.
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Ohio Steelmen
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
House Battle Develops Over Foreign Aid Plan
The House Foreign Affairs Committee cut 108000000 from the minimum European aid, raising a floor fight next week as the panel allocates 549000000 for Europe and China aid. Senate moves toward a China-free bill with full 597000000000 for Europe and the Marshall Plan.
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House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
France
Italy
Austria
China
Europe
State Department
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Administrator Choice Awaited For War Bonus
COLUMBUS Ohio's Sink ing Fund Commission today announces its choice for the key administrative job of the $300,000,000 World War Two bonus. Goble is likely named as bonus administrator with Amvets backing him and Gov. Herbert supporting the selection. The governor says Goble would serve without extra pay beyond his current salary. The commission will adopt rules and appoint a legal counsel.
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Ohio
Adj
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Ohio Department of the American Veterans of World War Two
Amvets
Thomas J. Herbert
Joseph T. Ferguson
Commission
Royal Couple Return To Buckingham Palace After Honeymoon
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip returned to Buckingham Palace from Romsey where they spent the early part of their honeymoon. Court sources said they would likely depart soon for Birkhall then Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
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London
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Buckingham Palace
Romsey
England
Birkhall
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Child Dies After Fall From Entangled Horse
Acting Coroner J M Byers said an accidental death verdict would be returned for 13 year old Peggy Barnhart who died last night when her horse tangled in a fence and threw her to the ground in Greenfield.
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Greenfield
J. M. Byers
Peggy Barnhart
Byers
Farm Bureau Attacks Co-Op Tax Increase
The Ohio Farm Bureau 29th annual convention closes with 1,200 delegates debating 115 resolutions. Some oppose proposed co operative tax increases and others reappointment of state officials. Allan B. Kline of Iowa urged farmers to protect production through soil management education and stable dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
Allan B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Dem Official Seeks Petitions for Burke Gubernatorial Bid
Cleveland mayor Thomas A. Burke may enter the governor race after Vincent Vito of Garfield Heights requests statewide nominating petitions from the secretary of state. Hummel said 100 petitions would be mailed. petitions circulate beginning today with Burke’s consent not yet given.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Edward J. Hummel
Vincent Vito
Garfield Heights
Democratic Club
Vito
Hummel
Burke
Pennsylvania Flagman Dies in Train Wreck at Alliance
Edward F. Karpel of Cleveland, 23, flagman, was killed when a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train plowed into another on the Cleveland Pittsburgh division. Firemen freed his body from the derailed caboose after cutting away debris with blow torches.
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Edward F. Karpel
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Karpel
Explosion Destroys Towboat Cap Beatty on Ohio
An explosion and fire destroyed the towboat Cap Beatty yesterday in the Ohio River near Fernbank. Capt. John Beatty, the boat’s owner, said it was valued at $55,000. No one was injured as the boat was being towed at the time.
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Cincinnati
Cap Beatty
Ohio River
Fernbank
John Beatty
AFL Council Seeks Pay Hike From Assembly
The AFL Council of Public Employees says Gov. Thomas J. Herbert should press the General Assembly’s special session next month to grant pay increases for about 23 000 state employees. Mrs Nida Pangle Bell, a council vice president, stated today.
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Toledo
AFL Council of Public Employes
Thomas J. Herbert
General Assembly
Nida Pangle Bell
Meyers Case Witnesses Are Sought
The justice department began rounding up witnesses for a grand jury probing retired Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers. The 23 jurors recessed after reviewing a Senate war committee record. Indictments may cover perjury income tax evasion and war fraud.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Meyers
Air Force Purchasing
George Morris Fay
T. Vincent Quinn
Senate Committee
Coast Guard Seeks Survivors of Clarksdale Victory
Coast Guard crews comb beaches and rocky Hippo Island near Ketchikan Alaska for survivors from the Clarksdale Victory with 51 crewmen aboard. Two planes sighted possible survivors and dropped supplies as darkness hindered continued search.
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Alaska
Rocky Hippo Island
Coast Guard
Clarksdale Victory
Niels Haugen
Oscar Weed
Whittier
Gerald R. Laugesen
Oakland
Calif
Seattle
Film Payroll Purge Voted by Hollywood Executives
NEW YORK film executives voted to purge payrolls of known subversive group members and ordered suspension of 10 Hollywood figures cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to declare communist status. Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association of America announced the action amid protests from those cited.
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Hollywood
Congress
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
White Slavery Cases To Get Earlier Hearings
Cincinnati report that Judge John H. Druffel recalled the Federal Grand Jury from December 8 to consider charges. The move cancels preliminary hearings planned December 11 at Portsmouth for 45 Ironton arrestees, with seven held in Ohio California Missouri and Illinois.
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Ironton
John H. Druffel
Druffel
Portsmouth
Ohio
California
Missouri
Illinois
Missing Ex-Wave Safe After Week's Absence
Bonnie Maxine Shipley 23 reappeared after a week and told police she was tired and wanted to get away. Authorities and her father had feared foul play during the disappearance in Columbus.
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Columbus
Bonnie Maxine Shipley
Extended Forecast Shows Cooler Start to Week
Temperatures will run five to eight degrees below normal with highs from 49 to 42 and lows around 25 to 28. Colder Wednesday and continuing cold, then gradual warmer by Sunday. Precipitation expected one quarter to one half inch, with snow or flurries on Wednesday Friday and Sunday.
Break in Austrian deadlock eyed at Big Four meet
At the London foreign ministers conference the Big Four pressed for priority on an Austrian peace treaty while Molotov urged faster German issues. Marshall Bevin and Bidault weighed Molotov’s push to open with Germany, as Moscow favored Germany first.
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Georges Bidault
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Great Britain
United States
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Russia
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Boston Mayor Gets Release From Truman
President Truman commuted the six to 18 month mail fraud sentence of Boston Mayor James M. Curley and released him from Danbury Federal Prison after five months served. Former NLRB member Donald Wakefield Smith also had his sentence commuted. Both men will be free to spend Thanksgiving with families. Curley, 73, suffers an acute heart condition and diabetes per the Danbury medical officer.
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Truman
James M. Curley
Boston
Federal Correctional Institution
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Conn
Curley
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Charles G. Ross
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Department of Justice
College Enrollment Reaches Record Peak for 1947-48
The Federal Security Agency reports 2,338,226 students enrolled for 1947-48, a postwar high. Among them 1,122,738 are World War II veterans, including 24,091 women, making veterans 48 percent of total enrollment and up 3.92 percent from the previous year.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
Board Chairman Joseph Scherr Dies at 71
Joseph W Scherr, 71, chairman of the Board of the Interocean Insurance Co., died Tuesday in Cincinnati. He led the board and shaped company policy during his tenure. He was a prominent local business figure and former community leader.
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Cincinnati
Joseph W Scherr
The
Interocean Insurance Co
Toledo Dairies End City Strike With Pay Increase
Dairy workers in Toledo voted to end a city wide strike after agreeing to 15 cent per hour raises. Management and AFL officials had already settled terms and local leader Franz Berlacher predicted normal milk deliveries within a day or two. During the walkout milk was distributed mainly to hospitals and institutions with over the counter sales limited to two plants.
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Toledo
AFL
Franz Berlacher
Milk Workers
Dairies
Palestine Partition Plan Heads to Final UN Vote
The Palestine partition plan, refined through Russian American cooperation, goes to the United Nations for a final decision. Supporters need one more vote for adoption as the Holy Land issue closes the 1947 assembly and the 57 nations body will adjourn after the ballot.
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New York
Palestine
United Nations Assembly
Holy Land
McGregor Calls for More Public Works Funds at Home
Rep. McGregor of Ohio urges the United States to spend more on deteriorated domestic public works projects rather than sending funds abroad. He cited shipyards harbors and floor control reclamation work, saying they are in bad shape due to wartime neglect and urgent to restore as defense. The subcommittee will draft findings and recommendations for Congress next year.
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United States
McGregor
Ohio
Congress
Public Works Committee
Army
Navy
Mass Immunization Plan Includes 700 Children
Conneaut Ohio launches city wide smallpox vaccination of about 700 school children led by Health Commissioner J G Constantine. The program started after the city’s first smallpox case in 32 years, a six year old girl named Barbara Goodiel, and will resume after the Thanksgiving recess on Monday.
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Conneaut
J. G. Constantine
Barbara Goodiel
Constantine
Traffic Deaths Rise in Outlying Areas of Cleveland
Traffic fatalities in outlying areas of Cuyahoga County rise 20 percent in first 11 months of the year versus all of 1946.
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Mount Cleveland
Cuyashoga County
Girl Typists Replace Typographers During Chicago Newspaper Strike
Chicago’s six major papers cope with a printer strike by hiring female typists to copy stories for make up. About 60 typists at the Tribune work on letter sized sheets and cardboard layouts, duplicating lines to ensure even right margins before photo engraving and press production proceed. The 1,500 striking printers remain idle as the production process shifts to typist driven workflows.
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Journal of Commerce
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