Ohio River flood readings and dam impacts noted
A fragmented report lists rainfall and flood data from Ohio River dams and surrounding towns. Entries mention Cincinnati, Maysville, Fernbank, and New Richmond with inches of rainfall and dam effects, including dam numbers and potential transportation impacts along US 52 and nearby areas.
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Ohio
Oko River
Coney Island
Mall
May
US 52
Portsmouth
Maysville
Kky
Chile, Co
New_ Richmond
Fernbank
Cincinnati
Wheeling and Lake Erie Plan Merger Approved by Board
Wheeling and Lake Erie directors approved a proposed merger with Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette to form a $90,000,000 system. The plan, already sanctioned by Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette, now goes to Interstate Commerce Commission and stockholders for final approval.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake
Pie
Nickel Ete
Pere
Luette
Wheeling and Lake Tie Road
Cite
Nicket
Pere Marquette
Iterstate Commerce Communicat
Missing Wellsville baby case shocks Columbiana County
Former Wellsville resident Olive May Tang told Columbiana County Sheriff George Hayes she was with her husband the night the baby disappeared. Tang, wife of an Army private stationed in the Philippines, is held on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a three year old. Tang said the baby was taken from her arms by a dark male who fled in a car. Hayes said he believes the child was drowned in the Ohio River and ordered river dams to watch for the body. The child allegedly told police the man placed her in the water and she stopped crying. A flashlight was carried by the man.
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Wellaville
Pennsylvania
Railroad
Olive “May Tang
Columbiana
George Hayes
Philippings
Tay
Hayes
Ohio River
Elaine
Wellsville
Lausche to Name Ohio Aviation Board Monday
Ohio Governor Lausche will appoint a new state aviation board Monday to name a director of aviation and develop the program in Ohio. The board will accept federal grants for aviation development and members will be paid 20 dollars a day plus expenses, not exceeding a yearly cap. Col Earle L Johnson of Lake County leads the panel, joined by George Stone of Columbus Milton Hershberger of Port Clinton Lt Robert H Young of Wooster and Douglass K Fuller of Cincinnati. SENATOR ARRESTED UP: Day reports Cleveland Democratic state senator faces charges after allegedly driving through a traffic light and failing sobriety tests as of Oct 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
New Aviation “Board
Earle L.johnson
Lake County
Civil Air Patrol
Ohio Aeronautics
George Stone
Columbus
Milton Hershberger
Port Clinton
Island “Air Service
Robert H
Frank
Cleveland
Wartime wage law rulings total 120300 in 55 cases
The Regional War Labor Board announced findings totaling 120300 in 55 cases alleging wartime wage stabilization law violations. Amounts will be disregarded in calculating federal tax for other purposes. Notable figures include Public Port, Inc in Chillicothe for 1250 and Chillicothe Pure Milk Co for 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Labor Board Today
Fed
Chillicothe, O
Public Pureport, Inc
Chillicothe Pure Milk Co
Washington, D. H
O—Morton Show Cases, Inc
Tax Cutting Proposal Gains Bipartisan Support
Washington report notes Democratic strength backing a $5 billion tax cut for next year to relieve 12 million low income workers. House Ways and Means expected to approve quickly. Vinson calls plan constructive. Republicans push a larger 20 percent rate cut but fault the scope for stimulus and purchasing power.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
George
D.ga
Senate Finance ‘Committee
Fred M. Vinson
Vineor
Ue Martin
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Vineon
Vinkoh
Workers Slow In Returning To Open Plant
Detroit based Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company reopened after a strike began on Aug 23. Police reports show few workers crossed picket lines to report for work as 4 500 striking employees faced a back to work plea from company officials and United Automobile Workers leaders. The dispute centers on reinstatement of three minor union officials, upheld by the Ward Labor Board, and has halted wheel and brake part production for Ford and other makers. Across Detroit area, 40 000 Ford workers, 6 500 Hudson workers, and 710 000 Windsor Ford workers remain idle amid continued labor unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Kelsey- Hayes
Wheel “Company
United Automobile
Uaw-Cic
Com’pany
Ward Labor Board
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Hudson Motor Car Co
Windsor
Ohio Employers Asked for 1946 Employment Survey
More than 51,000 Ohio employers will receive forms this week to forecast the state’s employment situation for the first half of 1946. The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation and the U S Employment Service in Ohio announce a joint post-war employment survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
United States Employment Service
Ceremonies Mark Free Traffic Over Bridge
Citizens and officials from Kentucky and Ohio gathered in Marysville for ceremonies marking free traffic over a modern bridge. The $1,362,000 structure replaces an early ferry across the Ohio River dating to 1794, connecting Maysville with Aberdeen, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Kentucky
Ohio
Ohio River
Maysville
Aberdeen
Bricker to Seek Senate Nomination in Ohio
Washington reports former Ohio Governor John W. Bricker will pursue the Republican nomination for the U S Senate. Circulation among Ohio congressmen indicated Bricker plans to run next year.
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Capital
Bricker
Ohio
Togo
Washington
UPI
John W. Bricker
Senate
Postwar Labor Unrest Expands to New Plants
The postwar wave of labor disputes grows to key industries such as coal oil and lumber. A showdown nears in the CIO oil workers strike as union and operators study a peace offer. Coal field stoppages could reach a climax with federal conciliators working to settle a crippling strike affecting over 199,000 people.
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Hare
CIO Oil
Schwellenbach
Pennsylvania
Eastern Ohio Walkouts Hit Mines Over Minor Bosses
More than 22,000 Ohio workers struck amid protests over how minor bosses are assigned. UMW District Six secretary treasurer T. J. Price suggested the Ohio membership could swell to 16,000, with 2,000 already out in Belmont County mines. The stoppage spread to eastern Ohio and parts of Appalachia, affecting several major mines and prompting the Solid Fuels Administration to divert coal shipments to gas utilities.
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Associated Press
Ohio
T. J. Price
United Mine Workers Union District Six
Columbus
U.M.W
Belmont County
Price
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Solid Fuels Administration
Eastern Steel Mills
SFA
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corporation
William Blizzard
District 17
Day ton strike widens as 13,000 workers walk out at five plants
In Dayton about 13,000 employees across five plants strike over suspensions. Union president Ralph E. Moses says three suspended workers were laid off for alleged participation in a walkout. the fourth for union activity. Company cites contract violation and lack of prior notice. North Ohio faces gasoline shortages from CIO oil workers walkout. In Toronto the Follawsbee Steel plant remains closed with 345 idle workers amid reconversion layoffs. Charles Manion cites reduced orders and wage- classification disputes as strike causes. Cleveland Railway Express Agency drivers vote to quit over wages affecting over 325 workers. Local 336 Teamsters report a wage dispute strike planned for Oct 18.
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Ralph E. Moses
Moses
Ohio
Cio-Oil Workers
Toronto
Follawsbee Steel Corporation
Cio-United Steelworkers
Charles Manion
Railway Express Agency
Cleveland
AFL Drivers and Helpers Union
AFL Teamsters' Union
Rankin says veterans bill could end strikes overnight
Washington congressman Rankin asserts a veterans bill he introduced would bar veterans from union membership to hold jobs, claiming it could break strikes overnight. The piece details widespread walkouts across multiple states affecting energy, textiles, and transportation industries, with unions warning of more actions and specific plant stoppages cited. Governor Lausche faces clemency decision in Ohio for 18 year old Henry Hagert, awaiting execution.
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Washington
John Rankin
Miss
Congress
Rankin
McKeough Named to U S Maritime Commission
President Fruman named Raymond S. McKeough to the U S Maritime Commission. McKeough, a former Illinois congressman, is an employee of the CIO Political Action Committee. The Senate Commerce Committee, by 10 to 7, recommended rejection, but the President insists the nomination will not be withdrawn.
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Washington
Fruman
Raymond S. McKeough
U. S. Maritime Commission
McKeough
Illnois
CIO
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Globester Returns Home After World Flight Hops
The Globester completed a 3,415 mile hop from Kunming China to Nichols Field and waited three hours for the next leg to Guam aboard the Bataan Meteor. This marks the second plane change since departure from Washington last Friday with another stop planned at San Francisco.
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Manila
China
Nichols Field
Kunming
Bataan
Guam
Washington
San Francisco
Union Steel Men Will Collect Back Wages
YOUNGSTOWN UP Officials for the CIO United Steelworkers announced back wages totaling 800000 will be paid by the Republic Steel Corp a Republican Steel Corp subsidiary to 3500 present and former employees under terms of a company union contract signed recently. Payment was for shift differentials from December 25 1943 to September 10 this year.
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Youngstown
Cio-United Steelworkers
Ruscon Steel C’o
Republican Steel iCorp
Parleys About To Glose After Futile Debate
London AP The Council of Foreign Ministers met over two hours and reconvened at 3 p.m. no sign of unity emerged as five top diplomats avoided declaring the conference a failure. Reports say little was accomplished in three weeks and bitterness grew. They faced a deadlock over Balkan treaty procedure and final conference documents.
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London
Council of Foreign Ministers
GAR Members Plan Continued Meetings at 79th encampment
In Columbus AP reports former Commander-in-Chief Robert Rownd pledged that GAR members will press on with marches for meetings as the 79th annual encampment unfolds. Rownd accepted 5400 in checks from five affiliated GAR groups to fund ongoing veteran work and aid the organization. Also in Europe, Friedrich Schaefer has been ousted as Bavarian government head in Wiesbaden Germany.
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Columbus
GAR
Robert Rawnd
Ripley
N.X
Grand Army of the Republic
G.A.R
Rownd
Isaac W. Sharp
Warsaw
Ind
Bavaria
Wiesbaden
Germany
Friedrich Schaefer
Vacancies lure despite 2 million unemployed
Washington reports some 700000 jobs go begging as about 2,000,000 remain unemployed. Officials cite mismatched skills, wartime wage hopes, and limited civilian openings in manufacturing, with many positions offering low pay and workers taking vacations after years in wartime roles. Many laid off workers prefer to wait for better peacetime pay.
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United ‘States Employment ‘Service
Acquitted Wife Seeks Reunion With Soldier Husband
Mrs. Phyllis Ann Webster, 30, acquitted of child theft on temporary insanity grounds, was ordered released after Judge Paul D. King found her sane. She planned to join her husband Set. Ernest J. Webster at his post, following testimony from five witnesses.
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Marion
Phyllis Ann Webster
Ernest J. Webster
Paul D. King
Governor To Interview Homeless BIS Inmates
Governor Frank J. Lausche will interview five homeless inmates of the Boy's Industrial School in his Columbus office Friday to seek release solutions. One boy has been eligible since May 1943 and four more in early 1944. they have stayed at the institution near Lancaster due to lack of homes to return to.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lancaster
Perry County attaches coal operator property for back taxes
NEW LEXINGTON. In a first for Perry County the county seized a power shovel used by the J. L. Boots Co. of Columbus to cover $430 in personal property taxes and interest. County Auditor E L Eveland announced the action as part of the tax collection efforts.
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New Lexington
Perry County
E. L. Eveland
J. L. Boots Co
Columbus
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Binet
Clpate
Rail
Eee
Wheeling’ A ‘Board
NDOT
al Chester W. Nimite
Perade
Saenger Ae ‘Ansport
Speriad Navy
Bob Armstrong
Hilliards
Lausche
Aviation
Southern
WLB
Yokohama
Het Dem
George ‘Ls. Patton, Jr
Eisenhower
Lucien Ck
Truscott
Patton
Eastern
Dayton
Cio-United Electric U
Frigidaire Divsion
General Motors Corp
Cainout
McCook
GM Electro- ‘Motive Diesel
Oklahoma
California
Wilmington
Sinclair
Marcus Hook
Philadelphia
Socony Vacuum
Company
Augusta
Kaz
Coffeyville
Kan[sas City
Phillips
Kansas City
Texas
Indiana
Ilinois
West
Virginia
Marsichusetts
Louisiana
New York
SKF. Industries, Inc
Atv
Orange-Montclair
N. J
Public Service Electric & Gas Company
New Jersey
Ainion
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway
Henry William Hagert
CIO Man
Globester
Civilian
Uses
BIS
Perry Coal
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