Ohio Campaign Guns Anti Vice Crusade Spars in 1942 Era
The Associated Press reports Ohio political figures fight over anti vice crusades as 1942 state probes into Youngstown rackets resurfaces. Bricker and Herbert defend actions while Lausche’s campaign faces criticism. Nye accuses Herbert of disloyalty. Taft contends Democratic party split between PAC influence and conservative factions.
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Ohio
Youngstown League
Associated Press
Youngstown
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
Bricker
U. S. Senate
Better Government League
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Leibert
Mahoning County
League
Herbert
Paul M. Herbert
Nye
Elyria
U.S. Senate
James W. Huffman
Robert A. Taft
Carbondale
Ill
Democratic Party
PAC
South
Ohio Weeklies Form New State Organization
Columbus reports 35 to 50 publishers gathered for a meeting of the newly formed Ohio Weeklies inc Walter D Shank general manager announced officers include Ronald Te Shoup publisher of the New Lexington Tribune secretary treasurer Organizing group aims to obtain national advertising for weeklies across the state
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Columbus
Ohio Weeklies, Inc
Walter D. Shank
Ronald Te Shoup
Lexington Tnbune
Kiwanis Names Chief Governor at Columbus Convention
The Ohio Kiwanis district closes its 29th convention with Hersch W. Driver of Euclid elected as governor.
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Kiwanis
Columbus
Ohio
Kiwanis Club
Hersch W. Driver
Euclid
FBI probe opens into Missouri vote irregularities in Democratic primary
FBI begins investigation into alleged vote fraud in August Democratic primary in President Truman’s home county. The probe follows a Kansas City Star series alleging poll irregularities after a political unknown backed by the president and the Pendergast organization defeated Rep. Roger C. Slaughter for renomination in Missouri’s Fifth District.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman
Pendergast Demopcratic
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
FBI
Kansas City Star
Court Drops Sedition Count in Indifferent Election
Eight men freed after a grand jury failed to indict following an FBI inquiry into alleged sedition tied to a 1940s Kentucky election. Sheriff Combs filed charges after a mobile loudspeaker campaign threatened to oust authorities in Letcher County.
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the Star
Whitesburg
FBI
Letcher County
Herman Combs
Sorenson Named Ohio FHA Director
A. E. Sorenson of Columbus has been named state director of the Farmers Home Administration in Ohio, announced by administrator Dillard B. Lasseter. On November 1, FHA begins providing credit and supervision to approved tenants for farm purchase, production, and subsistence loans.
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Washington
I.A. E. Sorenson
Columbus
Farmers Home Administration
Ohio
Dillard B. Lasseter
Board's Evidence Fails To Convict Tavernmen
Columbus report says counsel for Trumbull County liquor permit holders charged with possessing slot machines argued the State Liquor Board lacked corroboration. Fred Garmone of Cleveland claimed liquor inspector Ed Mund Schuster testified only uncorroborated slots activity at Trumbull taverns. Seminar scheduled in Marietta details typography for journalists and advertisers from Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania on Oct 25-26.
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Columbus
Trumbull County
State Liquor Board
Fred Garmone
Cleveland
Edmund Schuster
Marietta
Marietta College
Ohio
West Virginia
Pressure From Ohio Listed As Factor In Truman's Price Control Decision
Pressure from Ohio is cited as a factor in President Truman's move to remove price controls on live stock and meat. The article notes Governor Lausche's demand for a Justice Department inquiry, a meat crisis meeting between Truman and Senator Huffman, and Republican skepticism from Rep. McCowen and Rep. Taft. The Food Study Committee predicts high prices for weeks as the industry readjusts after decontrol.
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Ohio
Earl Berkley Washington
Truman
Frank Lausche
Justice Department
James W. Huffman
Lausche
Agriculture and Justice Departments
Robert A. Taft
Edward R. McCowen
Wheelersburg
McCowen
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Tom Jenkins
Ironton
Pennsylvania Teachers Begin Pay Boost Strike
Rankin Borough teachers began walkouts for higher pay, closing four schools and idling 1,300 pupils. The action adds to more than 1,600 teachers idle across Pennsylvania in multiple demonstrations, framed by political debate over control of meat and livestock prices.
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Pittsburgh
Rankin Borough
Pennsylvania
Atomic bomb ideal for destruction of Middle West says officer
Col A W Oughterson, chairman of the joint commission on bomb effects, told 1000 physicians at an Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association session last night that the atomic bomb is ideal for destroying Midwestern cities. He urged physicians to plan for a future where civilians are targets.
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Cleveland
Col
A. W. Oughterson
Joint Commission
Middle West
Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association
Oughterson
Four Thousand Quit At Huntington Plants In Protest
About four thousand workers at six Huntington plants stayed away this day in a protest described by a United Steelworkers official against an injunction restricting picket numbers. Raymond A. Gulley, CIO USA District 23 representative, noted that production workers from United Mine Workers District 50 had joined the demonstration.
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Huntington
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
Raymond A.‘Gulley
Cio-Usa District 23
United Mine Workers District 50
UFL
Study Religion or Drop School Editor Suggests
Alliance editor Dr. Charles C. Morrison of Chicago argues that public schools must teach religion or Protestants might withdraw their children. Speaking at Mount Union College centennial events, he questions why civics and politics are taught without religion.
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Alliance
Charles C. Morrison
Chicago
The
Christian Century
Mount Union College
State Treasury Surplus May Be Hiked by 80 Million
Columbus Ohio Treasurer Don H. Ebright told the Ohio Association of County Treasurers yesterday the state treasury surplus probably would be increased by over 80 million during the current biennium ending December 31. The surplus at the start of 1945 was 92,006,000.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Ohio Association of County Treasurers
Byrnes to Address Russia Policy After Paris
Secretary of State Byrnes prepared a 30 minute radio address to defend U S policy toward the Soviet Union after the Paris Peace Conference. He aims to rebut Wallace charges of a softened line while pledging firmness on major interests and patient handling of disputes. Senator Vandenberg planned to air reasons Paris made some progress toward peace. Some observers say Wallace's view is misunderstood abroad and the Kremlin may be hardening to pressure the U S.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
CPI
Byrnes
United States
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
NBC
MBS
Arectives
Union
Wallace
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Paris
Europe
Kremlin
Dardanelles
Danube
Trieste
Windsor Theft Believed Work Of World Ring
The Duke of Windsor suspects inter national gem thieves looted part of the duchess jewelry, with the value pegged around 20 000 pounds by the duke while vast reports inflated figures up to 250 000 pounds. The hunt stretched from London to Europe and across the Atlantic as authorities press the case.
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Ednamd Lodge
London
Duchess of Windsor
Cannes
France
NEA Telephotos
Europe
Atlantic
England
Sunningdale
Breanne
Goering Hid Poison Vial in Mouth in Cell
Prison officials theorize Hermann Goering slipped a two inch poison cartridge into his mouth while seated on a cell toilet. Col. B C Andrus showed reporters the corner cell layout and noted the guard could not see the upper body. The method remains a major mystery as authorities question how the vial was concealed. Also: American Newspaper Publishers Association chief warns newsprint costs rise and urges efficiency in using scarce stock for paid circulation.
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Andrus
Chicago
W. G. Chandler
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Chandler
New York
USA
Pitt Walkout Hits Housing in Pittsburgh
A 25 day power strike in Pittsburgh crippled national veterans housing programs. George W. Harmer of National Electrical Products Corp said production’s shift largely toward veterans housing has left the Ambridge firm at about 50 percent operation, though not 50 percent output.
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Pittsburgh
National Veterans’ Housing
George W. Harmer
National Electrical Products Corp
Ambridge
Veterans’ Housing
Hart‘ner
Catholic Jubilee Set in Cleveland Bishop Hoban Elevation
The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland will celebrate the silver jubilee of Bishop Edward F. Hoban’s elevation to the hierarchy on November 21. The observance marks his significant milestone within the diocese and church leadership.
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Cleveland
Edward F. Hoban
Administration Ends Wartime Controls Plan Scrapping Soon
Washington AP reports the administration aims for an orderly withdrawal from wartime price controls by November 1, lifting ceilings on foods services and many commodities. Rents autos building materials refrigerators and furniture remain controlled for now. Meat prices tumble as cattle beef and poultry drop. flour bread coffee and jams see decontrol progress. Labor and civic groups warn of shortages and diet impacts as production slows.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Vane
United States
OPA
Wage Stabilization Board
White House
CIO
Civitan Production Administration
Goering’s Final Minutes Touched by Nazi Captain Gerecke
Captain Henry F. Gerecke of St. Louis served as Army chaplain at Nuernberg and was the last person to speak with Hermann Goering before the Nazi leader took potassium cyanide and died. Gerecke reportedly held Goering’s wrist as he gasped.
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Henry F. Gerecke
St. Louis
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Gerecke
Goering
Ohio Project Flood Work To Continue
Cincinnati report says a new $35 million federal grant funds flood control in the Ohio River Division. Col. B C Dunn notes national contracts total $160 million with only about $130 million to spend through year end. No new projects can start under the grant, but ongoing work continues on a reduced scale.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Division
B. C. Dunn
Dunn
Washington
Masons Approve 400000 Addition to Springfield Hospital
The Ohio Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons approved a 400060 addition to Rickly Memorial Hospital and 247960 for Masonic Home improvements at Springfield. The 187th annual convention saw William W. Carlton of Cincinnati named grand master as officers were installed.
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Akron
Rickly Memorial Hospital
Masonic Home
Ohio Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Springfield
William W. Carlton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Murder Charge Hangs Over Alleged Slayer
Mansfield reports Michael Kalis, 52, a steelworker, wounded after a fatal shooting case. Police say he killed his wife Helen, 42, and son John, 20, before attempting suicide. The chief indicated Kalis may face first degree murder charges if he survives.
Search Fails to Reveal Enslaved Army Fliers
A U S Army search party returning from western China found no evidence that any American fliers were enslaved by Lolo tribesmen. They recovered the bones of one crew member who died in a March 1945 fortress crash and had earlier found three other bodies.
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Sichang
China
VU. S&s
Far West
Truck Bridge Crash Kills Driver Near Milford Center
Delaware report says two trucks collided on a one lane bridge on State Route 36 east of here, killing William J. Hammond, 26, of Milford Center, Union County, who was driving a state truck loaded with blacktop for road repairs.
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Delaware
Here
William J. Hammond
Milford Center
Union County
Bridegroom To Be Dies Following Auto Crash
In Columbus Ohio a bridegroom to be Charles Chevalier twenty one of Marion died at Mt. Carmel Hospital from injuries after an automobile accident Monday. Chevalier and Miss June Kerr also of Marion were en route to Kentucky to be married when the crash occurred a mile south of Circleville.
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Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Charles Chevalier
Marion
Chevalier
June Kerr
Kentucky
Circleville
Baptist Head Selected Canton U Concluding Convention
Delegates from 450 Ohio Baptist churches elected Rev. E. W. Bloomquist of Youngstown president to succeed Alfred M. Cole of Mansfield at the 121st annual convention held in Canton yesterday.
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Baptist Head
Canton
Ohio Baptist Church
E. W. Bloomquist
Youngstown
Alfred M. Coleby
Mansfield
Sam Simmons on AFL conservatism and industrial stability
Sam Simmons argues the American Federation of Labor has become 88 conservative like the Republican Party. He says AFL favors fair wages, Baruch plan, end to controls, liberty, and opposes communism. He notes AFL is loosely knit and urges national groups to push for industrial peace and stately management to restore abundance.
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American Federation of Labor
Republican Party
AFL
Mr. Roosevelt
Truman
Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturer's Association
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Independence
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Ludwick Graves
A. E. Sorenson
Ohio Fha
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World Ring
Pitt
Financial Employer Guild
Wall Street
Bankers Trust Co
New York City
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Masons
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