Nationwide Ship Tieup Threatened
Washington AP reports a potential nationwide ship tieup as AFL seafarers threaten to walk off over wage boosts. The Wage Stabilization Board faces pressure to lift the $17.50 cap, with CIO support and AFL members urging reconsideration amid coastwide mobilization and competing union agreements.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
CIO Union
John Hawk
AFL Seafarers International Union
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Gulf Atlantic Coast
War Shipping Administration
Cio-National Maritime Union
Walter J. Mason
Pacific Employers Association
Harry Lundberg
West Coast
Escapee Stall at Large From Mansfield Reformatory
UPI reports Mansfield Reformatory inmate Harold Ro mine, 23, a Stark County burglar, along with three others, escaped after descending a wall while repairing a tower roof. Charles Leftwich, 20, Franklin County juvenile delinquent, was captured shortly after. Leonard Evans, 23, of Cuyahoga County, and Charles Pierson, 20, of Summit County, both convicted burglars, were found hiding in a culvert hours later.
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Mansfield
UPI
Harold Romine
Stark County
Mansfield Reformatory
Arthur L. Glattke
Reformatory
Charles Leftwich
Franklin County
Leonard Evans
Cuyahoga County
Charles Pierson
Summit County
14th Child Born to Dionne Quintuplet Family in North Bay
In North Bay Ontario doctors describe the newborn as a beautiful eight pound boy, the 14th child of Oliva and Arthur Dionne. The 12-year-old quints cheer the arrival as they debate a name for their new baby brother. Thirteen Dionne children, including four other boys, now live in the family.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Early Frost Crop Damage Fear Arises
Ohio farmers fear damage from an early frost to late corn soybeans vegetables and truck crops. Weather Bureau notes scattered light frost last Friday south to Hillsboro, with some soybeans unlikely to mature before injurious frost. Rains needed statewide as pastures deteriorate, especially in Paulding and Columbiana counties. Tomato blight in Dayton area has spread toward the Ohio River.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Hillsboro
Paulding
Columbiana
Dayton
Ohio River
Grave Diggers Strike Delays Four Burials in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati at Spring Grove Cemetery the largest in the city, 75 gravediggers from the United Cemetery Workers Union Clo walked off the job. Four bodies in processions yesterday were placed in receiving vaults as contractors and union members negotiate a new contract.
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Cincinnati
Spring Grove Cemetery
C. R. Runyon
United Cemetery Workers Union-Clo
Kent State Expects Fall Enrollment of 4000
Registrar E C Stopher of Kent State University predicts a fall enrollment of 4000, including about 3000 war veterans, exceeding the previous record of 2700 in the fall of 1940.
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Kent State
KENT
E. C.stopher
Kent State Universitys
Ohio to Spend 60000 on Ten Ponds for Wildlife Refuges
Ohio Division of Conservation revises its pond program to spend 60000 to build ten state ponds on farms of at least 89 acres within fenced 10 acre game refuges. Ponds require 23 year leases with a state option for 25 more. previously fences and five year terms sufficed.
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Columbus
Ohio Division of Conservation
Edwin P. Rinehart
Rinehart
Newspaper Guild Strike Shuts Coast Facilities
Los Angeles Herald Express reports a coastwide strike by the Newspaper Guild. Ohio farmers praise a new federal pond program as 122 ponds have been built since 1943, with 87 more planned and funded at 85 percent by federal excise revenues. Buck Rider calls it a valuable federal aid project.
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Ohio
Rinehart
Los Angeles
Con
Los Angeles Herald Express
American Newspaper
State's Guild
CIQ
Pittsburgh Faces New Power Strike
Pittsburgh girds for a second power strike after Duquesne Light Co. workers vote 1008 to 580 to strike over wage and contract demands. Union president says action could start in three to four days. 30 day notice under Smith Connally Act expired. Mayor Lawrence appeals for restraint amid talks to avert stoppage.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Independent Association of Duquesne Light Co
Employes and Associated Companies
George S. Mueller
Washington
David I. Lawrence
Enion
Teachers Out In Wage Fuss. Schools Close in Ohio
In Portsmouth Scioto County, about 850 pupils faced an extended summer vacation as teachers in Bloom Township and two nearby schools struck for higher pay. Superintendent E. R. McCowen said teachers did not report for classes and would stay away while seeking wage increases aligned with a roughly 25 percent rise in the cost of living. The board had asked the State Department of Education for more funds, but none was available.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
E. R. McCowen
Bloom Township
McCawen
South Webster
Scicto Furnace
Heirens Pleads Guilty in Degnan and 2 Murders
Chicago teen William Heirens, a university sophomore described with a Jekyll and Hyde persona, pleads guilty to the murders of Suzanne Degnan aged 6, Mrs. Josephine Ross, and Frances Brown. He also pleads guilty to 29 burglary and robbery charges read by the clerk. He shows little emotion as the indictment for Degnan’s murder is read.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Jekyll Hyde
Suzanne Degnan
Josephine Ross
Frances Brown
University
Meirens
CIO Chiefs Begin Pre-Convention Work in Akron
State CIO officials arrive in Akron for committee meetings ahead of the four day convention. The conclave ends with Monday’s PAC meeting where policies and endorsements for the November election will be decided.
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Akron
CIO
Chie Cio Council
PAC
Third Place Is Won By Ohio VFW Group
Norman Prince Post 1506 of Boston outscored five finalists to win the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Senior Drum and Bugle Corps championship. Corporal A. K. Street Post of Philadelphia placed second and Floyd Hughes Post of Canton, Ohio, third.
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Boston
Norman Prince
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. K. Street Post
Philadelphia
Floyd Hughes
Canton
Ohio
Campaign Aims Ban On Liquor Near Orphanages
Columbus report states the Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans new actions to press for a permanent ban on liquor sales in areas adjacent to orphanages and state institutions. In Youngstown a hit ship incident killed motorist Peter Mayseky, 50, yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union
Youngstown
Peter Mayseky
Milk Producer Price Boosts Are Approved
The Agriculture Department approved amendments to milk marketing agreements in the Cincinnati tri-state area of Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia to raise producers prices, offset subsidy losses and align with manufactured dairy product prices. The changes, effective Sept 1 to Oct 31, allow Class one and class two milk prices to rise as manufacturers prices rise.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Cincinnati
Tri-State
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Athens County
Gallipolis
Scioto County
Ironton
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. Va
Huntington
Ashland
EAM Challenges Greek Vote Returns in Supreme Court
The leftist EAM announced it would challenge the plebiscite result in the Greek Supreme Court accusing fraud violence and falsification. The case is to be heard before September end as government reported near complete turnout and a large majority for King George I's return from exile.
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Athens
EAM
Greek Supreme Court
George I
French Airliner Crash Kills 20 Near Paris
Twenty persons died when an Air France liner departing Paris for London crashed after failing to clear a factory roof at Le Bourget. The latest toll brings French plane accident deaths to 491 in three days, with 17 of 21 passengers and three crew of five killed.
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Paris
Air France
London
Ner
le Bourget
Light Plane Stolen Abandoned Near Circleville
FBI agents and local authorities investigated the theft of a light plane from Norton Field. The aircraft was flown to a field about two miles east of Circleville and abandoned after two men were seen leaving. sheriff Charles Radcliff said the craft was slightly damaged.
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Columbus
Norton Field
Circleville
FBI
Charles Radcliff
Pickaway
Hope of Reaching Housing Goal Fades in 1946 Effort
Washington AP Housing Expediter Wilson W Wyatt warned prospects for meeting the 1,200,000 homes under construction by year end look dim. July priorities were too few and a labor shortage hampers progress. Through July 1946 about 287,600 dwellings completed, of which 194,200 were permanent units. rest were trailers or repurposed wartime housing. Only about 60,000 permanent homes started in 1946 have been finished.
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Washington
Wilson W. Wyatt
Yal
Wawucsawa
RCA Aus
Wyatt
Dhly
Stocks Show Rally Signs In Uneven Market
New York traders saw selective rally tendencies amid mixed results as losses extended by a few cents to as much as five dollars a share. Brokers credited active opening bids to a belief the list had been oversold, while Tuesday’s sharp drop marked the largest daily fall since June 16, 1930, with heavy volume since January. Observers attributed much selling to discouraged holders aiming to dump commitments on fears of broader business troubles ahead.
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New York
Sect Member Dies of Bite in Snake Handling Funeral
Newport resident Ho sari Wilford died from a rattlesnake bite during religious ceremonies in Cleveland. At 46, he was to be buried without snake handling rites near Newport. The death follows two earlier snake-handling deaths in Cleveland within ten days connected to the same sect.
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Newport
Tenn
Hosari Wilford
Wilford
Cleveland
Walter H. Henry
Henry
Harry Sikelton
Gunman steals $500 from loan firm in Cincinnati area
A bandit pointed a gun at Supervisor R. C. Wykoff of Middletown and Cashier Ruth Hockstun of Amelia and took about $500 from International Securities Co., a building and loan firm, yesterday, Wykoff told police in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
R. C. Wykoff
Middletown
Ruth Hockstun
Amelia, O
International Securities, Co
Wykoff
Halt to Assessments On Milk Is Requested
Forty-one Cleveland dairies and one in Medina asked a federal court to stop administrator Howard Eisaman from collecting three cents per hundredweight as milk assessments. The fee under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act funds the administration, estimated at 12,000 to 15,000 dollars monthly, as alleged in the petition.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Dairies
Medina
Howard G. Eisaman
Cleveland Milk
Hidden Bible Guarded Cash Stolen From Home
Vermilion police report Marie Fischer said a theft occurred at her home. A total of 60 dollars was taken with 545 dollars hidden in an old family Bible. Investigators seek clues and identify possible suspects.
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Marie Fischer
Reparations Sought Over Yugoslav Air Incidents
The United States delivered a 3100 word note demanding full reparations from Yugoslavia for two unarmed American transport flights shot down by Yugoslav fighters. The note details dates, aircraft types, and casualties, and warns of UN Security Council action if Tito’s government refuses.
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Tito
Yugo
Oslav
United States
United Nations Security Council
William L. Clayston
Sergije Makiedo
Yugoslavia
Clayton
Yugoslaveia
Connally Urges Peace Talk Over Trieste Hatreds
Sen Tom Connally urged the Paris peace conference to forget hatreds and prejudices as he addressed the Versailles era border dispute in Venezia Giulia and Trieste. He pressed the Big Four to settle the frontier within a year after the Italian peace treaty becomes effective, while Yugoslavia backed by Russia pressed for Trieste. Brazil called for postponement of the Venezia Giulia border decision until authoritative borders are established by the four powers.
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PARIS
Tom Connally
Tience
Trieste
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Italy
Yugoslavia
United States
Connally
Czechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
Brazil
Venezia Giulia
132 Are Slain In India Riots
The Hindu Muslim clashes in Bombay left 132 dead and 484 wounded after a night of violence. Police fired on rioters, with outbreaks centered in the northern city and extending to the business district where a house of worship was targeted. Many businesses closed under threat of more trouble as deliveries slowed and shortages emerged.
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Bombay
Return of Five Aliens From Ohio Is Planned
Five banished aliens who escaped Aug. 24 from Ellis Island in New York will be returned there from Mahoning County jail. Inspector Edwin B. Tom Miller said today. The five men were captured Sunday night near Mansfield by Erie Railroad police.
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Youngstown
Ellis Island
New York
Mahoning County
Edwin B. Topmiller
Mansfield
Erie Railroad
Logan Man Critically Hurt in Auto Mishap
Logan man under critical condition at Hocking Valley Hospital after an early morning automobile accident while en route from Murray City to Logan. Aged subdivision manager Drew Stone of Hocking County aid for the Aged was involved.
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Logan
Andrew Stone
Hocking County
Hocking Valley Hospital
Murray City
Pupils Get Reprieve Delays in School Start
CHILLICOTHE pupils were granted an extra week of vacation as four rural Southeastern District schools delayed opening due to a bus shortage. Superintendent Miley Collii announced the new term postponement. SEWER VOTE SLATED GREENFIELD UP Council approved a 174,000 bond issue to fund sewer construction, to be voted on November 5. BOY AT PLAY KILLED AKRON Dewayne Flaney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flunoy, chased a rolling tire into a street and was struck and killed by a car.
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Chillicothe
Miley Collii
Akron
Dewayne Flaney
Charles Flunoy
Assessment Reduction Upheld by West Virginia Court
Ohio County circuit order cutting two Warwood factory sites 250000 to 90000 was upheld by the State Supreme Court yesterday and not reviewed. The sites sold for 60000 and the state had petitioned for review arguing the assessment matched the purchase price.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio County
Warwood
Thhe State Supreme Court
Free enterprise rally against steel nationalization in England
Sam Simmons asserts that Attlee's socialist government backs away from nationalizing the steel industry. He argues a government run by small town mayors would fail and warns free enterprise supporters to oppose nationalization to preserve America’s prosperity and liberty.
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Preemier Atlee and Company
England
America
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Bridget Waters
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Frank Waters
George Robson
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George Barringer
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