Soviet backed party routed in Berlin municipal vote
Berlin voters delivered a sweeping defeat to the Soviet backed Socialist Unity Party in the first free city election in 14 years. The Social Democrats led with about half the vote, CDU second, SED third in a four party field. Balloting was heavy and orderly with 2,349,722 eligible voters. US officials warned the outcome would influence Germany and Europe's future, while occupying power inspectors monitored for fraud.
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Berlin
Socialist Unity Party
SED
AMG
Social Democratic Party
SPD
Christian Democrat Union
CDU
Louis Glaser
United States
Germany
Europe
Social Democrats
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Two Nominees In Cleveland Campaigning Sunday
Governor Frank J. Lausche and Republican challenger Thomas J. Herbert both spent Sunday in Cleveland. Lausche spoke at the 40th anniversary banquet for the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 235, joined a United Nations rally, and attended ground breaking at the East Ohio Gas leaks site. Herbert spoke to about 106 members of the Literary Forum at St James Episcopal Church.
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Cleveland
lPi
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Phone Service Refusal Complaint Filed With Utilities Board
Cecil Rowland files with the State Utilities Commission alleging Bucyrus Telephone Company failed to furnish service. The commission notes Rowland and other subscribers in the Northern Ohio area must pay long distance toll charges to call Bucyrus.
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Columbus
Cecil
Rowland
State Utilities Commission
Bucsrus Telephone Company
Omo Telephone Company
Bucyrus
Point Pleasant Industrial Growth Through Worker Cooperation
SAM SIMMONS urges welcoming large employers to spark Point Pleasant’s economic growth. He argues industries with 200 or more workers will drive prosperity and that labor cooperation, loyalty, and cost discipline are crucial. Workers should act as partners, weed out troublemakers, and align with management to sustain jobs and wages.
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Point
Akron
UAW Plans Substantial Wage Push Across Auto Firms
After a three day meeting the CIO United Auto Workers announced a plan for substantial wage adjustments. President Walter Reuther said figures would not be set yet due to rising living costs. The union aims to reopen contracts with firms having such clauses, seeking social security improvements, a retirement boost, and a guaranteed annual wage amid a 50 percent cost of living rise since January 1941.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
UAW
LAW
Walter Reuther
Orig
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Coal Digging Hits Record Says Navy Oversees Pits
Washington report by Capt. N H Collisson shows soft coal production under Navy control since May 21 reaching 218 715 000 tons, beating prior periods though annual totals lag 1945 due to a spring strike. June to September output was the highest for those months in mining history, despite editor K C Adams of the United Mine Workers Journal saying the Navy has little to do with the production.
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Washington
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Secretary of the Interior Krug
Collsson
Collisson
K. C. Adams
United Mine Workers Journal
Two Deaths in Canton Stabbings Lacking Clues
Police said revenge and jealousy were theories but no clues point to the shotgun slayer of Shirley Ann Robinson and Joseph Noria, killed near 3:15 am after leaving a taxicab for Noria's home. Detectives reported no major developments after two days of inquiry.
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Canton
James B. Quilligan
Murder Charges Filed In Kentuckian Death
LoUISA Kentucky sheriff prosecutor Fyffe reported the death of George Wheeler a 30 year old bus driver on October 12 solved with murder charges filed against Ben Burke 30 and Edward York 23 Wheeler was found dead in his car wedged between two trees at the bottom of a steep gully coroner Henry S Young said Wheeler had been shot in the head and his car pushed off a 100 foot cliff
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Louisa, Ky
Proctor Fyffe
George Wheeler
Ben Burke
Edward York
Wheeler
Henry S. Young
Boy Awarded $65,000 For Injuries in Crib
In Chicago a seven year old boy named Bruce Lindroth was awarded $65,000 after a 1940 incident in which an electric vaporizer allegedly set fire to crib bedding. A superior court jury found the vaporizer defective and dangerous.
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Chicago
IUPI
Burrs
Bruce Lindroth
Hanged War Criminals Informed Of Goering's Death
Ten Nazi leaders scheduled for execution were informed that Hermann Goering had died by his own hand. Col. B C Andrus, the prison commandant, announced the news and ordered the other condemned men be shackled while chaplains explained the reason.
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Goering
Former Gang Desperado Nabbed for Car Stealing
SHREVEPORT La Henry Methvin a 35 year old paroled member of the Clyde Barrow Bonnie Parker desperado gang was jailed on highway robbery charges. Bossier Parish deputy Steve Norris said Methvin and Joe Aycock 41 of Minden La were captured Friday after a wild automobile theft chase.
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Shreveport
Henry "Methvin
Southwest
Bossier Parish
Steve Norris
Methevin
Joe ©. Aycock
Minden
Violent Death Claims Twelve Ohio Residents
At least 12 Ohioans died violently over the weekend mainly in traffic crashes. Two were shot, including Bernard K. Clark Jr. in a Steubenville nightclub quarrel and Arthur Kinkoph in a Cleveland restaurant departure incident. A Greyhound bus collision near Erie Michigan killed Joseph O. Eppstein, a Toledo attorney, with injuries to Al Pachy Findlay and 21 bus passengers. Other fatalities listed include Lionel Gehring James Osborne from Rittman, Joseph Barth of Cincinnati, Henry Cobb Ralph Howell Orville Steele Ernest Carlisle Arthur Naske and Alice Aggars with varying injuries or deaths in Ohio. Warren directory work notes Warren population around 60 300.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ralph Howell
Orville L. Steele
Cambridge
Ernest Carlisle
Guernsey County
Arthur G Naske
Cleveland
Alice Aggars
Goodyear Tire Workers Ordered Back to Work
Union executives of Goodyear Local No 2 URW CIO ordered 10 000 striking workers to return to their jobs citing contract and URWA rules. In Barberton about 1 000 office staff at Babcock Wilcox ended a strike in progress since July 26.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear Local No. 2
United Rubber Workers (Cio
W. A. Tidrick
Goodyear
URWA
Barberton
Babcock & Wilcox Co
Bombings Expected After Stuttgart Protests
An American Army official warned of more bombings in the Stuttgart area tied to protests against the denazification program. U.S. military and German police cooperated with counterintelligence to probe bombings at two denazification board headquarters and a U.S. military jar, possibly linked to the upcoming trial of Hjal Ivar Schacht. No injuries reported.
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Stuttgart
Germany
U.S
U. S
Hjal
Ivar Schacht
Nuerdberg
30 Hour Week Favored By Steelworker Union
District 25 of the United Steelworkers of America recommends a 30 hour week and a 50 percent wage increase. About 500 delegates backed the proposal by unanimous vote at the district conference in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
Gallipolis FFA Member Awarded National Honor
Ohio FFA members lead national ranks as 178 youths win the American Farmer Degree at the National Victory Convention in Kansas City. Selections honored 200000 vocational agriculture students, with a $25 foundation prize. Recipients from Ohio include Tim Evans of Gallipolis, plus peers from Bloomville Elmore Bremen Delta MacCutchenville and Van Wert.
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Kansas City
Ohio
United States
Future Farmers of America
Sun Vemlea E Lee
Future Farmers of America Foundation
Edward E. Behm
Bloomville
James L. Dittman
Elmore
Tim Evans
Gallipolis
Lloyd E. Householder
Bremen
Lawrence H. McClarren
Delta
Philip Shoever
MacCutchenville
Cloyd P. Waltz
van Wert
McDermott Man's Death Ruled Natural in Portsmouth
Sheriff Karl Brandel said the death of Thomas Puckett, 32, of McDermott, found beside the Norfolk and Western Railroad tracks, is attributed to natural causes under investigation. Three suspects were held for questioning but released.
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Portsmouth
Karl Brandel
Thomas ‘Puckett
McDermott
Norfolk and Western
Brande
Posthumous Services To Honor General Cross
Full military honors will be rendered Brig. Gen. Mervin E. Cross commandant at Wright Field RAF Institute of Technology at Holly Hill South Carolina during his funeral Wednesday. Cross was killed in a P 80 jet crash at Brooksville.
Spain to Open Border With France Hinted by Asset Agreement
Madrid reports that Spain and Western Allies reached a deal on disposition of about 20 million dollars of German public properties in Spain. The agreement, discussed Saturday, is viewed as foreshadowing a possible reopening of the Spanish French border, shut for over seven months.
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Madrid
Spain
Ironton Driver on Bond On Manslaughter Charge
Ironton, Owen D. Hunt, released on 14,000 bond for a preliminary hearing. On a manslaughter charge tied to a traffic death, the case involves a five year old, Jerry Massie, struck near his home. The Ohio National Guard was referenced in relation to missing colors and a guard awaiting returns.
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Ironton
Owen D. Hunter
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
John ¢. Gallagher
Adj
Donald
Jerry Massie
F. Pancoast
Token Attempt To Return To Jobs At INCO Strike
Huntington reports describe a token attempt by production workers to reenter the International Nickel Co. plant amid a strike. Union leader urged stay outside, citing not fighting through four picket lines. Pickets, joined by CIO steelworkers, held two INCO gates as workers paused at the entrance.
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Huntington
UPI
AFL
Struck International Nickel Co
Toiday
CIO
INCO
Police Seek Motive In Farmer's Slashing
Rena B. Chandler a 52 year old Delaware County farmer was found near death in a Columbus hospital after his head was slashed with a hatchet. Deputies believe he was attacked from behind by one or two men with no stated motive.
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Columbus
Rena B. Chandler
Delaware
Athbert Montenaro
Unions Demand Drastic Rise in Unemployment Pay
A district conference of United Steelworkers of America in Canton urged a drastic increase in unemployment compensation beyond the present 21 dollars a week. About 300 delegates from 35 local unions in Stark and nearby counties attended the one day meeting.
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Canton
Ohio
Uinited Steelworkers of America
CSO
Stark
Walkout Reported First In History Of Aviation By 1100 Pilots
AFL pilots at Trans World Airlines walked out in a historic strike halting 28,270 miles of service. About 1,100 members demanded higher pay with rates up to 1187.48 dollars monthly for first pilots. Picket lines formed at Kansas City shops, while some flights continued. The move follows a year-long dispute and a presidential fact finding panel recommending raises.
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Washington
AFL
Trans. World Airlines
Kansas City
AFL Airlines Pilots Association
Unio
David L. Behncke
Oswald Ryan
Civil Aeronautics Board
Behneke
Chicago
TWA
Jack Frye
Frye
Shannon
Tresland
Paris
Geneva
Lisbon
Madrid
Rome
Athens
Algiers
Tunis
Tripoli
Cairo
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Counry
Costly Pittsburgh Strike Ends After 27 Days
Pittsburgh's 27 day power strike ends as Duquesne Light Co workers approve arbitration for a 20 percent wage rise and broader issues. Reopened plants, resumed streetcar and bus service, and lighting restored with repairs underway. Sun Telegraph estimates losses at least 300 million in business and wages. Conciliation talks continue for a separate 21 day hotel strike.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Sun-Telegraph
Moscow Fears GOP Victory
A Moscow commentator labeled the U.S. election as a struggle between reaction and progressive forces, placing the CIO Political Action Committee in the vanguard. He warned Republican control would be a national disaster, while noting a two party system is now a large fiction.
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London
Moscow
Radtic
U.S
CIO Political Action Committee
CIO ‘Political Action Committee
A. Ossipov
Ossipov
Congress
Pledged Today By Columbus Utility
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co promised Mayor James A. Rhodes a reply today to the five man citizens' committee recommendations for settling the 20 day old street car strike. The CIO strike group accepted the recommendations and dropped the demand for a closed shop. Construction approved Cleveland area non housing projects total 683537 dollars last week, per the Cleveland District Office.
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Columbus
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
James A.rhodes
Citizens' Committee For
CIO Transport Workers Union
Cleveland
Civilian
EE Reduction Administration
Ohio
End to Flour Bread Ceilings Is Indicated
Washington reports indicate OPA efforts to remove price ceilings on auto, bread, flour and cereals look promising as decontrol is seen proceeding. Officials say no immediate end to wheat use restrictions by distillers and note Ford and GM price requests amid broad industry gains.
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Washington 2
OPA
Agriculture Department
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Detroit
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