Coal Talks Stall as Nations Faces Twin Strikes
Washington reports President Truman urges labor and management to settle coal and steel disputes. In West Virginia soft coal talks are bogged down with operators calling progress hopeless while UMW officials see potential for a contract to end the strike. Pittsburgh notes mass layoffs looming in auto plants without settlement and estimates weekly losses near 58.6 million across steel and coal industries.
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Truman
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
United Mine Workers
Federal Mediation Service
Cyrus S. Ching
Northern
Western
UMW
Ching
Union
Southern Coal
Bluefield
John L. Lewis
Congressional study on Western Union telegraph plan revised
A full Congressional study of Western Union Co. proposal for a single national telegraph system was revised today by Senator McFarlane of Arizona. The update records changes in scope and potential impact on nationwide communications.
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Washington
Western Union Co
McFarlane
D-Ariz
Poston Plant Generator Placed Into Operation
First 44 000 kilowatt turbo unit at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. E M Poston Plant began operation, with full capacity to feed its 23 county transmission system. The $35 million project includes a second 44 000 kilowatt unit planned for 1950 and a 60 000 kilowatt unit for 1951. Ground broke December 1947 and coal from area fields fuels the plant near Hamley Run. Land deeds covering 7229 acres in Athens Dover Waterloo York townships were filed, formerly owned by New York Coal Co.
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Green Hit kor Rejecting Fund Plan
Washington news reports AFL President William Green rejected a plan to fund a 2.5 million weekly strike fund for CIO steel workers. John L. Lewis denounced Green, claiming labor peace efforts require action. Murray supported the idea but wanted aid for both mine and steel strikers. The CIO AFL split within labor leadership is noted.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
AFL
William Green
Philip Murray
CIO Steel
Green
Lewis
Murray
Lewis and
Five-Year Sentence Cap for 11 Communist Defendants
New York report says the 11 convicted Communist leaders face up to five years in prison and fines after a Smith Act revision reduced maximum penalties from ten years. They were convicted of conspiring to violate the act and seek new trials or deferred sentences.
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New York
U. S
Blake Mechem Dies After Auto Wreck
Nelsonville businessman Blake Mechem about 40 died in Gary Indiana after an automobile wreck. He was president of the Retail Merchants Association and left Nelsonville Sunday to visit sister Dr Betty Fuller in Minneapolis. He is survived by his father Floyd Mechem mother Mrs W B Mechem and brother Floyd Mechem. He was nephew of State Senator C Stanley Mechem. his wife Betty Wolfe died last spring.
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Blake Mechem
Gary
Ind
W. B. Mechem
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Mechem Dry Goods Co
Floyd Mechem
C. Stanley Mechem
Betty Wolfe
Hiram College Plans Centennial Homecoming Festivities
Hiram College marks its 100th anniversary with a weekend of homecoming events and a Founders Day program to celebrate the milestone.
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HIRAM
Hiram College
New Farm Legislation Approved Nears 1950 Parity Program
Congress approved a new farm bill setting up 1950 parity based supports and production controls for basic crops like wheat cotton corn tobacco rice and peanuts. Some items such as eggs flaxseed and soybeans may see lower guarantees with 90 percent parity generally targeted when surpluses are manageable. The measure allows two parity formulas over four years and gives the Agriculture Department latitude to apply the more favorable formula for farmers.
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Truman
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House
Senate
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Extradition Hearing Set for Malin Over Ohio Embezzlement
San Francisco Municipal Judge John B Makinari scheduled October 26 for an extradition hearing for Chester W Malin age 49. Malin is wanted in Ohio on a 12 year old embezzlement charge totaling 5649 dollars.
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San Francisco
John B. Makinari
Chester W. Malin
Ohio
Congress Goes Home for Breather After Long Session
Congress adjourned for a 75 day break after a 289 day session dominated by Democratic control. President Truman praised results as lawmakers head back in January to tackle foreign aid, rent control, civil rights, health insurance, draft extension, and Brannan farm subsidies, with bills left pending in both houses.
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Truman
House
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Surance
Brannan
Oleomar
National Science Foundation
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Mart
Mastan
Collins and Bradley clash over Army Navy policy
Gen. J. Lawton Collins defended the Army against Navy and Marine charges, insisting the Army will fight openly with the Marine Corps. Gen. Omar Bradley, in a pointed response, blasted Navy grievances and urged unity, warning that public airing harms national security as Cold War tensions with Soviet Russia heighten strategic planning.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Congress
Marine Corps
Collins
Army
Cates
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Navy
Armed Services
United States
Russia
Armco expands welfare plan for its workers
Armco Steel Corp announces a broadened social insurance plan with 60 percent company funding and 40 percent worker contribution, costing slightly under seven cents per hour. The firm has offered social insurance since 1902 and new pension rules allow retirement at 65 with up to 250 dollars a month for those with 30 years of service. Canton reports talks with the CIO United Steelworkers on a new contract paused to study a union pension proposal.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Elmer Davis
Armco Employes Independent Federation
Armco
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
CIO United Steelworkers
New Transit Company Organized in Columbus
A new firm, the Columbus Transit Company, was organized to take over all station operations of the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company. W Glover Porter, counsel for Columbus & Southern, will serve as president and indicated an increase in the five cent local bus and trolley coach fare would be sought soon.
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Columbus
Columbus Transit Company
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
W. Glover Porter
Columbus & Southern
Truman Signs Cigaret Tax Bill To Aid Cross-State Tax Collection
President Truman signed a bill by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins to aid states in collecting cigarette taxes on goods shipped across state lines. Jenkins said the measure would stop smokers from avoiding taxes by ordering from out-of-state suppliers.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Slavs Claim Red Troops Move Into Border Areas
Belgrade reports that Soviet troops have moved into Romania and border fortifications are being built along Yugoslav borders with Bulgaria Hungary and Albania under Russian supervision. Greek intelligence also cites five divisions near Yugoslav frontiers amid tensions with Tito.
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Red Army
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Albania
Athens
Greece
Russia
Tito
Ugroslav
Yugoslavia
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Macedonia
Athena
Yugoslav
Congress Approves Non-Red Arms Finance Bill
Congress passed a $1.314 billion arms aid bill after a delay over a Senate amendment. The package funds arms for Atlantic Pact nations and adds smaller sums for Senate staff pay raises and various regional aid, with allocations to Greece Turkey Iran Korea the Philippines and discretionary China-area use.
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Congress
House
Senate
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Turkey
Iran
Korea
Phillippines
Truman
China
Estranged Wife Killed For Snubbing Husband
Leavenworth Washington police report a 28 year old logger shot and killed his estranged wife after she passed him on the street without speaking and laughed at him. The 20 year old wife died on the sidewalk from five bullets. The couple had been separated since May after the birth of their child.
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Leavenworth
Wash
George Washington Stinnett
Davey Whistman Stinnett
Police Officer Indicted On Extortion Counts
Lancaster Patrolman Everett J. Brown indicted on two counts of extortion accused of taking cash kickbacks from local merchants connected with leather coats and police radio equipment purchases.
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Lancaster
Everett J. Brown
Ohio Turnpike Survey Request Faces $600,000 Question
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy is asked to determine if the Ohio Turnpike Commission may spend $600,000 on a survey of the state's first toll superhighway. The decision shapes financing and planning for the project’s early development.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Sfirst
Plane crashes into cemetery during emergency landing
A Navy small plane attempting an emergency landing on a hastily lit football field crashed into Dalton cemetery on Wednesday night. Two reserve officers were killed and a Wave injured. Volunteers pulled the surviving crew from the burning wreckage as firefighters battled the blaze. The plane circled Dalton several times before alighting on the improvised field.
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Dalton
Truman signals tax hike to cover deficit
President Truman told reporters he would push for tax increases in Congress when it reconvenes in January. He blamed the $5 billion deficit on the Republican 80th Congress and cited the previous failure to pass a $4 billion tax increase as a restraint on relief.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Aeek
Bowling Green Students End Strike Turn to Class, Submit Grievances
About 2000 of Bowing Green State Universitys 4600 students returned to classes after a brief strike. They drafted 11 grievances aimed at university rules including freedom of expression and faculty influence. The list was given to a student committee to present to the student Senate and President Dr. Frank J. Prout.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Frank J. Prout
Prout
Flood Toll Hits 4000 in Guatemala Destruction
A Red Cross U S Army relief mission launched an aerial survey of Guatemala as the flood toll nears 4000 lives and $50,000,000 in damage. Reports say 1000 children homeless in one town, coffee crops worth 33 million dollars heavily damaged, and thousands of peasant families wiped out along the Pacific coast.
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Guatemala
Red Cross
U. S. Army
Pacific Coast
Snow and Cold Move East Across the West
Snowfall from Montana spreads into Wyoming and the Dakotas with up to eight inches in places. Six inches lie on the ground in Wyoming while Colorado Utah Idaho New Mexico Nebraska and the Dakotas report lighter totals. Three deaths are attributed to the cold and snow in Montana Colorado and Wyoming as the coldest spots fall to 15 to 20 above zero.
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Midwest
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Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
New Mexico
Nebraska
Dakotas
Wyom
California
Reds Move Westward on China's Mainland
Hong Kong dispatches report a Red thrust in Kweilin in southwestern China routed two Nationalist armies. No independent confirmation available. The alleged advance signals a major Communist westward push on the mainland.
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Reds
China
Hong Kong
Kweilin
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