Nation's strike lines shrink as workers indicate settlement
The Associated Press reports a drop in national strike totals to about 400,000 as Massachusetts seizes stricken street railways and New York longshoremen return to work. Gov Tobin ordered seizure of Eastern Massachusetts lines, with pay boosts for drivers under contention and prospects of settlement among other unions.
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Associated Press
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
New York
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachhusetts
Massachusetts
Tobin
Frank J. Mures‘ay
Hoston Corporation Licunsel
John A. Burke
U. S
Senate To Inquire Into Paring of Budget as Tax Bill Hearing Is Opened
The Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on the $5.35 billion tax cutting bill as the House measure advances. Lawmakers discussed Pearl Harbor investigation, minimum wages, and demobilization. Talks included strikes and possible merging of the Army and Navy as the committee weighs findings for full Senate debate.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Finance “Committee
Senate debate on 1947 budget cuts and reforms intensifies
Treasury Secretary Vinson testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on proposed 1947 reductions totaling about 2.09 billion dollars while House support for further cuts to 1946 levels remains. Byrd seeks budget controls and debt reduction as hearings examine taxes, spending, and postwar demobilization. The special committee probes Pearl Harbor inquiry rules, minimum wage hikes unfold in hearings, and Senate debate shifts toward demobilization, strikes law revisions, and a possible army navy merger with hearings starting midweek.
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Washington
Vinsen
Treasury
Patore
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Byrd
D-Va
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Senate House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Senate Military Committee
Army
Navy
Connally
D-Tex
National Labor Relations Board
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Nelsonville Man Wins Honor at State Meeting
Ralph Miller of Wooster was elected president of the Ohio Odd Fellows Secretaries' Association at the 31st annual convention in Canton. Other officers named include R. A. Williams of Canton Paul Heichmiller of Springfield Matt Adkins of Nelsonville and Leo Senlopereyae of Lewisburg as vice presidents and chaplain respectively.
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Canton
Ralph Miller
Wooster
Ohio Odd Fellows Secretaries' Association
Henry Stern
Toledo
R. A. Wileliams
Paul Heichmiller
Springfield
Matt Adkins
Nelsonville
Leo Senlopcereyae
Lewisburg
Herbert Endorsed for Ohio Governor by GOP Group
The Small Counties Republican Association of Ohio endorsed Thomas J. Herbert of Cleveland for the gubernatorial nomination in next year’s primaries. The group approved a resolution urging Herbert to lead the state party, with 26 members from 16 counties voting. The association also backed John W. Bricker for the U.S. Senate in 1946.
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Cleveland
Republican Association of
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Floyd Bixler
Hiram
Herbert
John W. Bricker
U.S. Senate
Nylons for a Quarter Someday, Says Chemist
Dr Hilton I Jones of the Chicago section of the American Institute of Chemists told a Michigan education meeting that nylons of the future would cost twenty five cents or less per pair. He spoke at Kalamazoo promising fabrics that could be washed shaken and worn without drying.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Hilton I. Jones
Chicago
American Institute of Chem
Dr. Jones
Michigan
Shipping shortages loom as Doughboys face redeployment
AP dispatch reports U S Army plans to reroute 80 point men first to clear decks for European theater as shipping delays stall 80 pointers. Ohio officials press methods to speed cleanup of industrial wastes amid pending bills aiming to tax-deduct waste treatment costs.
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Paris
Sma
S. Army
Columbus
Ohio
Fy.h. Waring
Ohio ‘Health Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Cleveland
M. Bailey
West Virginia
Berlin Black Market Raided as Mass Sweep Arrests 2000
Berlin’s Tiergarten district saw a major raid on the city’s busiest black market. British troops and German police captured about 2,000 people including Russians identified as senior officers. Red Army officers were released after questioning. most detainees were German civilians, with some British troops among the apprehended. A number of American soldiers present fled the scene.
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Berlin
Tiergarten
Red Army
Famous Cataract House Burns At Niagara Falls
The Cataract House, a historic resort hotel that hosted presidents and European royalty, was destroyed by fire on Sunday. An official from Eagles Tavern Hotel Corporation, which had owned the property since July 16, estimated the damage at 700000 dollars.
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Niagara Falls
Eagies Tavern Hotel Corporation
Jap Military Machine Has Been Ousted
Japan demobilization completed on schedule leaving no combat force in the land. Allied sources report Japanese troops used Allied prisoners in bayonet practice on Guadalcanal and in China. Emperor Hirohito’s advisers discuss constitutional reforms to curb royal power as demobilization proceeds and the Imperial General Staff is dissolved. Diet to hold extraordinary five day session starting Nov 10 to shape future policies.
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Tokyo
Japan
Itn
Guadalcanal
China
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Emperor Hirohito
Konoye
Hirohito
Imperial Household
Imperial General Staff Headquarters
General Staff
Diet
Domet
Yoshio Shiga
U.S. Eighth Army
Utsunomiya
Farm Projects Will Be Shown in Ohio Livestock Show
Young cattle raisers from 18 counties will compete Wednesday in Central Ohio’s largest junior livestock show and sale at Producers Livestock Pavilion in Columbus. Manager Charles Flickinger reports 234 entrants, 40 percent girls, with 330 animals. Notable competitors include Pleasantville twins Donald and David Leith, who recently claimed grand and reserve steer honors at the Fairfield County Fair. Most entrants are 4 H and Future Farmers of America members, chiefly from Delaware County with participants also from Licking Fairfield Marion Knox and Hocking Counties.
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Columbus
Central Ohio
Producers Livestock Pavilion
Charles Flickenger
Donald
David Leith
Pleasantville
Lancaster
4-H Club
Future Farmers of America
Delaware County
Licking
Fairfield
Marion
Knox
Hocking Counties
Ohio Soldier Aids in Finding Father of Boy
Corporal Warren Augustine of Hamilton Ohio aided in reuniting a one year old Belgian boy with his family after the Battle of the Bulge. The child had attached to the corporal during the fighting and a search for the father, a shoemaker, ended in Paris with a successful reunion yesterday.
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Ohio
Paris
Corp. Warren
Augustine
Hamilton
Senate approves Ohio postmaster nominees
Washington confirmed Ohio postmaster appointments Adelphia Martin L Neff New Marshfield Frank R Brewer Rockbridge John F Rider Union Furnace Gail Calvin in a Senate vote.
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Washington
Senate
Ohio
Adelphia
Martin L. Neff
New Marshfield
Frank R. Brewer
Rockbrinxe
John F. Rider
Union Furnace
Gail Calvin
Norton High football player dies in car crash
Leslie Ehrich, 17, Norton High School football player, was killed when his car rolled into a ditch near Barberton. Police held a 35 year old bartender in connection with another death, John York, 23, who died after a blackjack attack. Gerald Barnett, 19, of Mount Vernon, died from burns after his light truck skidded and caught fire east of here.
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Akron
Leslie Ehrich
Norton High School
Barberton
Akron—Jp
John York
Marion
Garald Barnett
Mount Vernon
Here
Laval Executed By Firing Squad After Traitor Conviction
Pierre Laval, former head of the Vichy regime, was executed at Fresnes Prison by firing squad after a wartime collaboration conviction. He reportedly swallowed poison, was revived, and faced the shooters with a final cry of Vive La France. The five day trial concluded with a death sentence and the coup de grâce ended his life at 12 32 p.m.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
France
Marshal Petain
Fresnes
Laval
Vives
la France
High Court of Justice
Joseph ‘Pevolver
Barnand
Vichy
Coup de Grace
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Spain
United States
Indies Revolts Grow Against Allied Rulers in Java
Batavia reports show Indonesian nationalists ordering a general work stoppage and a declared holy war against Dutch rule. British Major General Hawthorn imposed a local death penalty for looting and arms bearing as skirmishes erupt across Java. Indonesian forces seize private property. two factions exist per Hilversam radio. Japanese troops push nationalist elements from Garut after days of fighting.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands East Indies
D. C. Hawthorn
Hilversam Radio
Holland
Indonesian Peoples’ Army
Soekarno
Garut
Station Attendant Murdered in Columbus Robbery
Police search for a holdup man after an elderly gas station attendant, George Goyer, about 65, was shot four times and killed during an attempted robbery in Columbus. A witness reports the attendant grabbed a gun as the suspect spoke from outside the station.
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Columbus
George Goyer
Iman
Truman May Ask for New Little Steel Rule
President Truman may urge the War Labor Board to craft a postwar wage formula like the wartime Little Steel yardstick. Six WLB members, once discouraged, had a White House meeting on the current management unrest as Truman previously ordered liquidation of the agency. A separate Defiance crash report states Mrs. Lillian Floehr, 62, died when her car overturned and struck a bridge south of Defiance.
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Washington
Truman
War Labor Board
WLE
White House
WLB
Defiance
Lillian i Floehr
Here
Miraculous Recovery Attracts Curiosity In Ohio Town
Ninabelle Cross, 38, who declared a vision of God in a white robe and said she is completely well after 16 years bedridden, faces a flood of visitors and about 80 daily letters. Some doubt the miracle while others seek guidance on recovery, with physicians hinting hysteria as a possible explanation.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ninabelle Cross
United States
Plans of Toledo of Tomorrow Featured
Toledo Blade sponsored an initial 20 modernization progress reveal featuring a scale model of the city as it might be in the future. Norman Bell Geddes led a team of city planning specialists in constructing the model as a contribution to community welfare.
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Toledo
Norman Bell Geddes
Toledo Blade
British Dock Workers Ready To End Strike
A high ranking union official said Britain's thousands of striking dock workers would likely return to work Thursday, ending a three week walkout that disrupted shipping and threatened ration cuts. Most London strikers voted to resume work pending wage demand negotiations.
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London
Britain
War Veterans of Ohio Demand More Benefits
Ohio Department of Disabled American Veterans elected I M Brown of Akron as new commander at its 24th annual session. Delegates approved three veterans legislation resolutions and praised Gen Douglas MacArthur. New state officers include Frank B Brown, Charles Click, Harry Lowe, Albert Daniels I. DAV women auxiliary named Darline Brock as commander with officers specified. Zanesville chosen as 1946 convention city.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Disabled American Veterans
ID. M. Brown
Akron
Douglas MacArthur
DAV
Ohio
Frank PB. Brown
Canton
Charles RB. Click
Dayton
Howard Shilt
Massilion
Ohn
Thomas
Middleport
Gilbert J. Kreitzer
Wapakoneta
Col
F. R. Ostrander
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Floyd R.hartpence
Soldiers’ and Saillors Orphans
Xenia
Davy Women's Auxiliary
Darline Brock
Portsmouth
Evelyn Little
Warren
Bessie Neeland
Zanesville
Helen Baris
Lavon Leedham
Tension Eases In Argentina As Riots Cease
Argentina shows signs of easing tensions as Gen. Eduardo Avalos and Vice Admiral Vernengo Lima form a new cabinet. They reopen the national universities at La Plata, Buenos Aires, and Litoral, reversing Peron era closures. Peron reportedly moved from a gunboat to a naval base on Martin Garcia Island.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tiroman
Col
Juan Peron
Eduardo Avalos
Vernengo Lima
la Plata
Litoral
Peron
Avalos
Lima
Edelmiro Farrell
la Nacion
Martin Gorgia Island
River Plate
Troops Arrive In West East Troops Arrive In West East
About 31 700 troops from Europe and the Pacific are due at five east and west coast ports aboard 27 troop carriers. At San Diego the West Virginia is expected to bring 1 200 Pacific veterans home while Sargent Bay Kadashan Bay lead 2 000 Fourth Marine Division members. New York and Boston port arrivals total several thousand with Newport News and San Francisco also scheduled arrivals.
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New York
Europe
Pacific
Boston
Newport News
San Francisco
Soviet Tank Building Abolished and Reorganized
Moscow reports that the massive Soviet tank industry has been abolished. Personnel are reassigned to a new transport machine building commissariat by decree. This major peace development follows demobilization orders for large Red Army sections and may influence the USSR loan request of six billion dollars from the United States.
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Moscow
Soviet ‘Union
Commissariat For
Red Army
U.S.S.R
United States
Argentine Crisis Brings Saavedra Lamas as Foreign Minister
Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas, a Nobel laureate and renowned Argentine diplomat, was appointed foreign minister amid violent government upheavals. His rise positions him to steer diplomacy during a period of political turmoil.
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Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentina
Schools and churches feared closing as coal strike bites Pittsburgh area
As coal strike enters its 26th day Pittsburgh area schools faced possible closures due to fuel shortages. The board of education sought emergency coal from the Solid Fuels Administration while unions forecast an end to the Northwest Lumber Workers walkout. The dispute centers on recognition of a foremen’s organization linked to John L. Lewis UMW, with nationwide labor actions tightening steel production and prompting layoffs.
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Pittsburgh
Board of Education
Solid Fuels Administration
H. R. Colwell
AFL Northe West Sunmiber
Willamette Valley Lumber Operators Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Western Cartridge Co
East Alton
AFL
Springs ‘Field
New York City
Detroit
Ford
Auto Planta
War Labor Board I
White House
Marines Prep Withdrawal From North China Area
CHUNGKING UPI General Chiang Kai Shek announced at a postwar press briefing that United States Marines would be withdrawn from North China very soon. They will begin leaving once Chinese Central Government forces relieve them, a move tied to disarming surrendered forces.
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Chungking
UPI
Generaligesmo
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
North China
Glouster Resident Attacked in Columbus Near Mound and High
Miles Carney a 61 year old Glouster resident said he was struck by an unidentified man causing a cut above his left eye as he walked near Mound and High Streets early Sunday He was taken to St Francis Hospital by police.
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Columbus
Mound
High Sts
Miles ‘Carney
Glouster
St. Francis Hospital
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