Decontrol Moves Rush Wage and Food Price Controls
Washington AP reports the government drafted a measure to speed wage control scrapping while considering lifting price ceilings on remaining controlled foods. Officials foresee most price controls ending, with rent controls possibly spared, as meat decontrol proceeds. The reconversion board advised scrapping all wage and price controls as soon as economic security allows, and a Paris peace conference ended its session yesterday.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Truman
Republican Party
Clinton P. Anderson
Deco
United States
White House
Reconversion Advisory Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Eben Ayers
John R. Steelman
John (. Collet
Industry
Publ
President’s pivot on meat controls amid Congress clash
A historical piece portrays the president appearing to stumble as he finally endorses freeing meat from controls after months of opposition. It notes nerves in the White House, panic among supporters, and criticism of the president for not backing down gracefully and for attacking opponents.
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Congress
White House
OPA Death Triggers Livestock Boom and Price Swings
The end of meat controls boosts livestock markets in Ohio and nearby cities with hog prices surging to 30 a hundredweight in Cincinnati and 29.50 in Columbus. Beef supply expected at half normal by week’s end, while some packers reopen and others delay. Republican leader Carroll Reece blames Truman and calls for a GOP Congress to curb perceived government overreach.
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Associated Press
Ohio
OPA
Cleveland
R. C. Theurer
Theurer-Norton Provision Co
Cincinnati
Columbus
Carroll Reece
Truman
Bomber Strength Increases Since V Day
The United States now lists just over 3,000 very heavy bombardment aircraft in the Army Air Forces, up from 2,865 on hand when hostilities ended in August 1945. The service aims to keep long range strike capability ready despite demobilization, noting two experimental airplanes the B-36 as exceptions.
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Washington
Lup
United States
Army Air Forces
Yugoslavs Will Sign Treaty as Byrnes Predicts
Paris dispatch notes Secretary Byrnes expects Yugoslavia to sign the peace with Italy after considering allied views. He plans a Friday broadcast from Paris before leaving for London aboard The Sacred Cow.
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Byrnes
Paris
London
James F. Byrnes
Yugoslavia
Italy
Washington
VHB
AAF
Non-Housing Projects Receive CPA Approvals
Columbus reports CPA approved 12 non housing projects valued at 256,782 and rejected 13 worth 261,373. Approved items include Chillicothe Paper Co. 118,000. Zanesville partners William Zink John Brammer Gordon McGee. a 6,000 dry cleaning plant. Dr Lester Lasky 55,000 for a doctor's office.
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Columbus
Civilian Production Administration
Chilliicothe
Chillicothe Paper Co
Zanesqile
William Zink
John Brammer
Gordon McGee
Lester Lasky
Ohio Flood Wall Plan Before Budget Bureau
Washington report says Army engineers priority: a $7 000 000 flood control wall at Portsmouth with $2 500 009 needed to finish. Rep Edward McCowen Wheelersburg Republican notes city council urged Truman to modify economy plans to allow completion.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Army Engineers
Portsmouth
Edward McCowen
Wheelersburg
Truman
Ex-Research Head Jailed on Morals Charge
Canton reports Charles J. Bates 64 a mechanical engineer must pay 3000 fine and serve a year in Stark County Jail on a morals charge involving four boys aged 14 to 17. Juvenile Judge Thomas H. Leahy calls his morals distorted. Heath hanged at Pentonville for murder of Margery Gardner. Cycle crash fatal to Donald Edwin Markley 16 of Nevada Wyandot County.
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Canton
Charles J. Bates
Stark County
Thomas H. Leahy
Heath
London
Neville George
Cleverly Heath
Grim Pentonville
Margery Gardner
Donald Edwin Markley
Nevada
Wyandot County
Bricker Slams Housing Czar at Ohio Campaign Rally
Republican U S Senate hopeful John W Bricker blames housing shortage on unsound OPA economics and red tape under housing czar Wilson Wratt. Fellow GOP candidate Thomas J Herbert echoes attacks on Governor Lausche as following a New Deal pattern of promises short on performance.
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Sidney
John W. Bricker
U. S
OPA
Wilson Wratt
Thomas
J. Herbert
GOP
Frank J. Lausche
Derailed Freight Train Telescopes 18 Coal Cars
A westbound freight on the Wicker Plate Road derailed near McComb causing half a mile of track damage and telescoping 18 coal cars loaded with about 50 tons each. Railroad police report the cause is undetermined.
Shortages Postpone $4,000,000 Project at Garland
A $4 million plan to convert the former Continental Motors war plant at Garland Texas into a tire and tube producer has been shelved temporarily due to material shortages and high costs. Setherling Rubber Co. directors announced the delay today. Judge Appointed in Cleveland to Fill Municipal Court Vacancy. Frank J Lausche named Anthony A Rutkowski, 42, to the post following Judge Perry A Frey’s death last August.
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Akron—Up
Continental Motors
Garland
Tex
Iito
Setherling Rubber Co
Cleveland
Frank J Lausche
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Perry A. Frey
Zanesville Fire Kills 3 Year Old Frank Mauller
A house fire four miles south of Zanesville led to the death of 3 year old Frank Herbert Mauller, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Mauller. The blaze started while his parents were at work and his 15 year old sister had gone to a spring for water.
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Zanesville
Frank Herbert Mauller
Arthur Mauller
Here
Power Strike Truce Hopes Dim In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh power strike nears day 23 with little settlement hope after 1700 Duquesne Light workers reject changing their bargaining agency. Cold weather worsens impact as 384 downtown tenants lose heat and streetcar and bus service resume limited levels with 20 percent normal operations.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Power
Independent Association of Employes of Duquesne iLight Co
National Labor Relations Board
Encentak
C&O Quits Rail Group
Cleveland. Robert R. Young, board chairman of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, said the presidents of C&O Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette Railroads have notified the Association of American Railroads of withdrawal. He urged creation of a new organization including railroads, railroad security holders, and labor to promote free competitive enterprise for the public and industry.
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Cleveland
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Association of American Railroads
Young
Marysville Slayer, 71, Gets 1-20 Years in Pen
Judge R L Cameron sentenced Robert Mayhugh, 71, to serve one to 20 years in Ohio Penitentiary for the fatal shooting of Dwight McElroy, 37, after a June quarrel following drinks. The assistant fired a revolver amid threats.
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Marysville
R. L. Cameron
Robert Maytugh
Ohio
Dwight McElroy
Richwood Iast
Mayhugh
McEifroyx
Ithe Xietum
Two Men Injured In Eight Car Collision
In fog on Route 23 one mile north of Chillicothe two men were injured in a multi car crash involving eight vehicles. Roy B Hagely chief of detectives Huntington West Virginia was hurt possibly seriously and Charles Curtis Route 5 was also injured. A separate notice reports six buildings leased by Ridgewood Steel Co for a war era gun factory to Cincinnati Coffin Co to produce 59 099 caskets for returning servicemen bodies.
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Chillicothe
Roy BB. Hagely
Huntington
W. Va
Route 23
Charles Curtis
Route 5
Sas Fort
Cincinnate
Ridgewood Steel Co
Cincinnati Coffin Co
On-the-Job Training Spot Check Highlights Ohio Program
State education official reports a 1,000 sampled of 20,000 veterans job training programs in Ohio mostly satisfactory. Few poor programs remain. Funds for federal school lunch participation are limited, with about 1,000 schools involved. Ohio's $31.7 million federal allotment will fund public and private schools, matched locally. Urban and rural districts urge teacher training and future teacher clubs to address shortages. workshops aimed at improving classroom standards are praised.
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Ohio
Lawrence Baresage
State Education Department
Veteran Training and Education Service
W. A. Whitman
Division of
Clede Hissong
Merrill Cooley
arren-Hard
Ine High Schol
Warren
Murray
Washington Court House
W. G. Fordsee
East Liverpool
Goering Ends Own Life By Cyanide In Prison Ward
Nazi war crimes figure Hermann Goering killed himself with potassium cyanide in Nuremberg Prison hours after ten other top officials were executed by hanging. A three man board was appointed to investigate his death, with Col Richard McConnell as chair. Witnesses described Goering’s final moments as guards saw him collapse and die, while officials sought to determine how he concealed the poison.
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Mernberg
Hermann Goering
Goering
Adolf Hitler
United States Army
Richard McConnell
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Netherlands
John C. Wood
U. S. Army
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Poland
Wilhem Frick
Boshemia
Moravia
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Alfred Jodl
Reichmarshal
Luftwaffe
Jstretcher
Smith
Wilhelm Hoeginer
Bavaria
Col
B. C. Andrus
Andrus
Mondorf
Arthur Gaeth
Russian Newsmen Leave Scene At Nuremberg Hangings
Nuernberg reports say Soviet correspondents from Tass and Pravda walked out of the Allied newspaper pool during the Hangings. They accused officials of unfair treatment and vowed to publish sharply critical copy about the death by own action of Hermann Goering.
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Nuernberg
Tass
Pravda
Hermann Goering
Wherry Denies OPA Charge Amid Meat Control Clash
In Minneapolis Senator Wherry challenged President Truman’s claim that the profiteering amendment to the OPA bill was his. Wherry accused Truman of malice toward him and Senator Taft and blamed the black market for OPA meat control failures. He said Truman decontrolled meat fearing a future Congress would abolish the OPA.
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Minneapolis
Wherry
Neb
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Wedding Trip Mishap Near Circleville
In Circleville, Charles R. Chevalier 19 and Miss June Kerr 15 of Marion were en route to Kentucky to wed when their car struck a guard rail and overturned on U S Route 23. Both were hospitalized for injuries.
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Circleville
Sherif Vern L. Pontius
Charles R. Chevalier
June Kerr
Marion
Kentucky
Here
Ten Nazis Go To the Gallows in Nuremberg Closure
At the scaffold ten defendants face their deaths in a grim last scene. Streicher shouts Heil Hitler and curses the Bolsheviks as the hood falls. Rosenberg says nothing. Ribbentrop speaks in German, while Ke rtel and Kaltenbrunner offer defiant and pained final words. Frick, Sauckel, Jedl, and others make varied reconciliatory or somber statements before the knife and rope end their sentences.
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Saucker
Streicher
Hitler
Adele
Rosenberg
Ribbentrop
Kertel
Frank
Mersey
Frick
Germany
Sauckel
Jedl
Buying Orders Flood Early Market Exchange
New York markets rallied after the meat decontrol ruling with heavy buying, as orders surged across departments and tape delayed floor trades. About 2,300,000 shares changed hands, one of the largest transfers since early September. Robber 15 Sentenced New Philadelphia Howard Gamble, 19, of Cincinnati, was given a minimum eight years in Mansfield Reformatory on charges of robbery and shooting with intent.
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New York
Philadelphia
Howard Gamble
Cincinn
Mansfield Reformatory
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