Tax Cutting Bill Passes House Advances in Congress
Congress shows momentum on a tax-cutting bill as the House and Senate recess with efforts to speed atomic energy legislation. Truman pushes for quicker action on an atomic energy commission while debates over anti-strike laws and labor issues intensify. McKeough's Maritime Commission seat passes 42 to 34 amid CIO opposition. veterans seek expanded government college benefits under the GI Bill as a Senate subcommittee reviews age limits.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
Connecticut
Willix Robertson
Virginia - Emocrat
Raymond S. McKeough
Maritime Commission
McKeough
Iinois
CIO
AFL
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
National Income Drops Rapidly in August
The Commerce Department reports a sharp fall in the nation's income in August as factory payrolls shrank after Japan's surrender. Total income stood at 12.744 billion dollars, down from 13.585 billion in July.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Radio Prices Kept at 1942 Level Amid OPA Action
Washington OPA announced new radio set prices will stay near 1942 levels. The agency approved average price increases of about 12 percent for manufacturers but said wholesalers and retailers will largely absorb the rise with few exceptions.
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Washington
OPA
Columbus Day Observed With Offices Banks Open
Columbus Day observances kept county offices and banks open while city and county schools Ohio University and municipal offices operated normally. Mrs Frances Reda aged 72 died after a shawl caught fire from a gas stove. Mrs Mina Benreth age 67 was fatally hurt by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at a crossing in Columbus Grove.
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Ohio University
Frances Reda
Columbus Grove
Mina Benreth
Baltimore and Ohio
Japan Seeks Oil Imports to Ease Postwar Shortages
Japan's government, under Allied occupation, seeks to import 120000 tons of oil from the United States to relieve a severe fuel shortage worsened by a recent typhoon. It offers 46000 bales of raw silk to pay, while appointing Dr. Ssichi Sasaki as an advisor to Marquis Koichi Kido amid constitutional reforms.
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Centr
Honshu
Japan
Fifth Army Air Force
Ssichi Sasaki
Kyoto Imperial University
Koichi Kido
Mikado
United States
MacArthur
Seth
New Evidence To Save Life Of Laval Reported
Paris reporters say Pierre Laval's attorneys, facing a death sentence for collaboration, announced new evidence they claim will explode the case. They allege Laval was arrested by German forces while plotting to surrender the Vichy regime to General De Gaulle.
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Laval
Paris
Pierre Laval
Vichy
de Gaulle
Army General Made Catholic Church Bishop at St Patrick’s
The Most Reverend William R. Arnold, native of Wooster and assistant inspector general of the U S Army, was consecrated titular bishop of Phocaea and military delegate at St Patrick’s Cathedral. He is the first Army major general to be elevated to a Roman Catholic bishop. His vestments mirrored those worn by Pope Pius XI at his consecration.
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New York
William R. Arnold
Wooster
United States Army
Phocaea
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Arnold
Election Date Set for Argentina Voters
Buenos Aires government fixes April 7 1946 for presidential elections amid pressure from military and civilian groups. Decree follows 1943 overthrow and cabinet resignations demand by 120 Army officers after Col. Juan Domingo Peron arrest. Columbus Day holiday closings noted for U.S. markets.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Edlmiro Farrell
Juan Domingo Peron
FCC to grant 150 to 200 new radio stations soon
The Federal Communications Commission began processing nearly 4,000 wartime weathered applications and will release 150 to 200 new station grants in a few days to resume radio expansion. FM and AM licenses, television station permits, and changes in existing stations follow, with unions and groups like ILGWU CIO and AFT seeking FM stations in major cities.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chattanooga
Tenn
CIO
Los Angeles
Chicago
Detroit
Flint
Newark
Cleveland
AFT
WCFL
Labor aims at decently high living standard says AFL leader
Columbus reports William Green president of the American Federation of Labor told 182 delegates at the International Chemical Workers Union second annual convention that a 65 cent per hour wage minimum is only a start toward a higher living standard within democracy.
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Columbus
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
International Chemical Workers Union
Army Plans Secret Aircraft Preview at Wright Field
The Army Air Forces reveal top secret weapons at Wright Field Ohio as part of a weekend RAF fair. Ace Don Gentile and Col William Councill will demonstrate P-51 and P-80 jets at 2 and 4 pm Saturday and 3 pm Sunday. A radio controlled craft from Lockbourne AFB will also fly. The ME 163 rocket interceptor will be on display, traveling at record speeds.
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Daytona
Army Air Forc
Wright Field
Don S. Gentile
Piqua, O
Gentile
Col
William H Councill
America
Lockbourne Airbase
Columbus
Wright
Ficia
State Fair Rebound Seen in Ohio After War
Bryan P. Sandles predicts 1947 Ohio fair count will reach 94 under agriculture department oversight. Portage County Fair in Ravenna plans a 100th anniversary comeback after 1928 fire destruction. State Fair grounds to resume after 1941 abandonment due to Army Air Forces use.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bryan P. Sandles
Portage County
Ravenna
Wilte
Army Air Forces
State Owned Respirator Used for First Time
A new iron lung donated by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was used for the first time in Ohio last night for a 26 year old Newark woman. All existing respirators were in use and state representatives were contacted. The device is kept in a highway department garage in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Foundation For
Newark
Highway Department
Okinawa After Typhoon Devastation Hits Battle Ravaged Island
Aid streams into Okinawa as a 132 mile typhoon devastates the island killing 69 Japanese and injuring many. Navy personnel die and 10 sailors are missing while 127 vessels are damaged. Food drops and hospital evacuations aim to relieve 150,000 troops and 100,000 survivors.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Honshu
Marianas
Guam
U. S
Lawrence Lawson
Meats To Be Sold To Europe Under Export Quotas
The Agriculture Department announced that federally inspected slaughterers must reserve portions of lower grade beef veal and mutton for export to Great Britain Belgium Holland and France. Civilians will still receive about 148 pounds per person annually though rationing may ease further next month. Complete lifting by November 1 seems unlikely.
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Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
France
Agriculture Department
Perc Ee Uecme
Fies
Young Mother Indicted After Death of Baby
Prosecutor Frank W. Springer said a sanity commission likely will be appointed next week to determine Mrs. Olive Mae Long's mental status after she was indicted for first degree murder in the drownings of her 11 month old daughter Edna Irene. The 23 year old, wife of an overseas veteran, appeared for arraignment next week as the grand jury returned the indictment. She is held on a separate charge of contributing to the delinquency of her three year old daughter Doris Ann by taking the child to taverns. Edna Irene disappeared September 28 and her body was recovered from the Ohio River a few days later.
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Wellsville
Frank W. Springer
Columbiana County
Olive Mae Long
Edna Irene
Long
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Doris Ann
Ohio River
Former School Man Held in Shortage Case
Cincinnati police report a warrant for misappropriation of 400 dollars in Suburban Addyston public school funds against David B. Lantz former principal. Lantz held in Mansfield jail after two years at Addyston School not reappointed for term. An audit shows about 400 dollars unaccounted from book sales and motion picture receipts at the school.
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Cincinnati
David B. Lantz
Addyston
Lantz
Mansfield
Addyston School
Alfred L Richards
Laniz
Schoo
Eight Columbus Area Ration Boards Closed
Eight additional ration boards in the 34 county Columbus district Office of Price Administration have been closed. Director John H Summers announced the action. The Cadiz board will close Oct. 30 and its affairs will be handled by the Steubenville Board.
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Columbus
UPI
Office of
Price Administration
John H. Summers
Cadiz
Steubenville
Mother of Four Wins $50,000 Damage Action
Mrs. Lillian Anderson, a 27 year old Toledo mother of four, was awarded $50,000 by a common pleas court jury. She sued S. E. Johnson Co. for $100,000 after a truck hauling paving material collided with a passenger-less Greyhound bus driven by her husband Henry G. Anderson, who died in the crash.
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Soledo
Chicago
Common Pleas Court
Lillian Anderson
S. E. Johnson Co
Toledo
Greyhound
Henry G. Anderson
Anderson
Sale of Nylons Draws Hundreds of Customers
In Cleveland a Euclid Avenue shop advertised seamless nylon hose today and drew a long line of about 600 women. Store manager TD. E. Moore moved aside as shoppers surged into the store.
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Cleveland
Euclid Ave
TD. E. Moore
German General Dostler Convicted and Given Death Sentence
General Anton Dostler, first German general tried in Western Europe for war crimes, was convicted by a U.S. military tribunal and sentenced to death for ordering the execution of 15 American soldiers in Italy. The sentence awaits review by Allied commander in the Mediterranean. The American soldiers died at La Spezia on March 26, 1944 after landing by rubber boats to blow a railway tunnel.
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Nat
Anton Dostler
RCME
Europe
U. S
Italy
Mediterranean
Dostler
la Spezia
Hocking's Tag Winners To Get Plane Rides
Eva lyn Fischer announces county winners Hollis Rucker Betty Wolfe Jeri Weiss and Billy Keynes for Tag Day airplane rides. The ride, sponsored by Hocking Ice Company, will use a PT 19 from Ohio University at Athens and stop at Mc Carty Farm Route 33 north of Logan Saturday at 2 30 p m weather permitting. Passengers will fly to nearby cities after the ride.
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Logan
Evalyn Fischer
Logan City
Hocking County
Hollis Rucker
Betty Wolfe
Murray City
Logan Jeri Weiss
Billy Keynes
Hocking Ice Company
Ohio University
Athens
McCarty Farm
Senate Eyes Tax Slashes After House Vote
Senate Finance Chairman George urged cutting taxes for 12 million low income Americans and previewed three days of hearings on a $3.35 billion bill passed by the House 343 to 10. Proposals include 10 percent or more tax relief, cutting corporate taxes, trimming excise levies, repealing the windshield tax, and freezing Social Security tax at 1 percent. George warned against shrinking the tax base and warned of future budget pressures.
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Washington
George
Senate Finance Commnittee
House
Georgia Democrat
Shortage of Coal Spurs Prewar Labor Legislation Debate
The Associated Press reports postwar labor disputes push Congress toward anti strike measures. With 452000 idle workers, leaders from both parties urge repeal of the Smith Connally War Labor Disputes Act and seek new rules limiting union strikes.
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Associated Press
Steel output falls across Ohio amid nationwide coal strike
Republic Steel says seven northern coal mines are closed and seven of 22 blast furnaces shut down due to the District 50 United Mine Workers strike. Pig iron production is down 25 percent as coal stoppages cripple mills and furlough thousands of steel workers.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
District 50
United Mine Workers
Republic
Washington
Johnny Lewis
Schwellenbach
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Gary-Chicago
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
AFL
New York
Hollywood
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
AFL International Alliance of
AFL Conference of
IATSE
Reward Offered for Cleveland Gunman in Transit Dismissal
A $6,000 reward was posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who fatally shot James H. Peak, a 44 year old Cleveland transit dispatcher. Peak died after being wounded during an attempted hold up at the Woodland Ave car barns. Three gunmen failed in their attempt to steal nearly $50,000.
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Cleveland
James H. Peak
Cleveland Transit System
Woodland Ave
Peak
Bromfield urges farming as national foundation
At the Canton Chamber of Commerce banquet Louis Bromfield warned that prosperity hinges on farmers. He cited that more than 30 percent of the population relies on agriculture for income. In Dayton, Brig. Gen. J. As Tere and three French officers toured Wright Field’s aero medical lab at the Air Technical Service Command.
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Canton
United States
Louis Bromfield
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Bromfield
Dayton
J. As Tere
Yance
Air Technical Service Command
Wright I Field
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