Solon Protests Shipments to Slavs and Loading Delays
ILAs Joseph P. Ryan barred loading relief bound for Yugoslavia until those responsible for shooting down American planes are punished. Senator Bridges demanded UNRRA explanations and possible halt to Yugoslav shipments amid rail diversion from China. 37 UNRRA ships in port. effort linked to rail allocations and War Assets recovery.
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Solon
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
Yugoslavia
Bridges
R-Nh
State Department
UNRRA
China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
F. H. LaGuardia
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
CIU
Tito
Army Engineer Corps
War Assets Administration
Europe
Delay in Newsprint Cuts Size of The Messenger
The Messenger faces reduced issues due to a wartime East Coast maritime strike delaying newsprint shipments. A carload left the mill a week behind schedule and further delays could force temporary suspension. Water transport cutbacks and 5,000 freight cars tied up exacerbate a nationwide paper shortage, prompting deliberate smaller editions to prolong publication.
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Messenger
Two Are Slain In Outbreaks In Holy Land
A British information officer reported the Palestine Railway cut in 59 places and oil flow to Haifa disrupted as explosions and gunfire erupted across the Holy Land. Two people were killed in outbreaks tied to a Jewish terror campaign during the opening of British Arab talks in London, with suspicion on Hagana or Irgun Zvai Leumi, likely Irgun, using the timing to show strength.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
London
Holy Land
Hagana
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Kroll Elected by Ohio CIO Council in Akron
Akron Ohio. The Ohio CIO Council convention ends with PAC policy talks and candidate endorsements for November. Jack Kroll of Cincinnati, PAC director, was reelected president by 900 delegates. William LaVelle was reelected secretary treasurer without opposition.
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Akron
Ohio Cio Council
Political Action Committee
Jack Kroll
Cincinnati
National Pac
State Council
William LaVelle
Boat Towed to Safety After Losing Propeller
CLEVELAND. Walter J. Havlichek, 50, and five friends were towed to safety by the Coast Guard today after Havlichek's motor boat lost its propeller four miles outside the Cleveland Harbor entrance. The Coast Guard received a radio alert from the tanker Michigan which spotted Havlichek's emergency flares.
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Cleveland
Walter J. Havlichek
Coast Guard
Havlichek
Cleveland Harbor
Michigan
Havitchek
Fires in three Ohio cities kill and damage several buildings
Associated Press reports three Ohio cities suffered major fires. In Dayton a five story building burned and a fire captain died from a 40 foot fall while battling the blaze. Damages by proprietor estimate ranged 40 000 to 50 000 dollars. Fire at East Palestine damaged about 100 000 dollars of property. Bellefontaine police hunt a hatless brown suited arsonist who set seven fires in two hours downtown. Origin of all three fires remains undetermined.
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Dayton
Lfe
Frank Crabtree
Adolph Miller
Strohecker and Beight Lumber Co
East Palestine
Columbiana
New Galilee
Darlington
Iere
Lea Boone
Power Strike Arbitration Decision Due
Pittsburgh leaders of an independent union of Duquesne Light Co employes agreed to let a 50 man general policy committee decide tonight four hours before an extensive strike is scheduled to start over a dispute. Mayor David L Lawrence pressured union officials to submit the issue to arbitration at a 7 pm meeting.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Rank and Fle
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Grim
Haggard
Month's Delay For UN Asked
The Foreign Ministers Council urged the United Nations General Assembly to postpone its September 23 meeting in New York by one month to avoid clashing with the Paris Peace Conference. Quarters reported the ministers would convene in New York next month to present draft peace treaties for Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland and to begin drafting for Germany and Austria.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Austria
Stocks Again Slump Amid Early Market Drop
NEW YORK. The stock market opened down after a sharp 16 year low last week. Early losses ranged from fractions to over $5 as ticker tape fell behind amid heavy trading. Analysts blamed labor disputes led by the maritime strike and fears the relapse signaled the end of the bull market.
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New York
Glass Workers Return Pending Strike Action
In Bellaire the Imperial Glass Co plant prepared to resume operations as AFL employees voted to return to work until strike action is authorized by their international union. Officials said the strike called Thursday was premature, but members warned an industry wide strike may occur to press a new wage rate for unskilled workers.
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Bellaire
Imperial Glass Co
AFL
International
Tvere
CPA Approves 14 Projects and Rejects 17 in Cleveland District
Glenn W. Thompson of the Civilian Production Administration reports that 14 applications for commercial and industrial buildings were approved in the Cleveland District, valued at $295,825, during the last week. In the same period, 17 construction-start applications, valued at 357,495, were denied.
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Cleveland
Glenn W. Thompson
Cleveland District
CPA
Brother in Death Car As Bicyclist Is Killed
Elyria report: Joseph Yourkiewicz, 17, died from injuries after a car struck his bicycle. His brother Louis, a hitchhiking passenger in the car, was not seriously hurt. The vehicle involved was recovered north of Elyria, with part of the car recovered. Columbus report: John M. Hodson, state director of Agriculture, said his automobile, stolen ten days ago, had been recovered in Zanesville minus three wheels.
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Elyria
Joseph Yourkiewicz
Louis
Columbus
John M. Hodson
Zanesville
Suit Seeks Portal Pay From Dupont in Bell Plant Case
District 50 of the United Mine Workers files in federal court to collect portal to portal pay exceeding 1,000,000 from E I du Pont de Nemours and Co Belle plant. The union cites FLSA violations by requiring workers to travel between stations beyond an eight hour shift. Attorney Mose E. Boiarsky says the demand rests on a Supreme Court ruling granting pay for time spent walking on employer premises after punching the clock.
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Charleston
W. Va
cPi
United Mine Workers
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
du Pont
Mose E. Boiarsky
Thhe Union
Supreme Court
Testimony Call Issued By Prosecutor On Local Gambling Liquor Violations
Ironton Ohio residents were invited by Prosecuting Attorney Milton Andrews to testify before the grand jury convening today about gambling or liquor law violations. Sheriff Milton B. Rucker said a second raid on night spots yielded two arrests at a Frocturvive club and the seizure of a small quantity of what he termed illegal liquor and beer.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Milton Andrews
Andrews
Milton B.rucker
Frocturvive
Byrnes Backing Asked In Admission of Eire
In Columbus the Ancient Order of Hibernians urged President Truman and Secretary Byrnes to back Ireland’s admission to the United Nations. John Cox of Youngstown was elected president, with Emmett Kernam of Dayton as vice president, Raymond J. McGann of Cleveland as secretary, and John J. Ward of Youngstown as treasurer.
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Columbus
Order of Hibernians
Truman
Byrnes
Eire
United Nations
John Cox
Youngstown
Emmett Kernam
Dayton
Raymond J. McGann
Cleveland
John J. Ward
Air Field Development Suggested by Lausche
Parkersburg Wood County airport dedication drew Gov Frank J Lausche of Ohio among speakers. He urged extended airline service and recommended cooperative development of more fields by adjoining states to boost cross state relations.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Wood County
Lausche
Speeder Says He Aided Friend In Speeding Fine
CHILLICOTHE Ralph E. Brickey 32 of Portsmouth was arrested yesterday for speeding. He told state patrolmen he was on his way to pay a speeding fine for a friend. Brickey said a telephone call from the friend in Mayor Harold E Moore's court prompted him to act. He paid ten dollars for his friend and ten dollars for himself.
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Chillicothe
Ralph E. Brickey
Portsmouth
Brickey
Harold E. Moore
Hand Grenade Wounds Seven Yankees During Demonstrations in Trieste Area
U S and Allied military police patrolled Trieste as violence erupted during a Yugoslav protest defying a military government ban. Seven Americans and one Italian wounded. three soldiers hospitalized. Similar clashes reported in Gorizia 25 miles away. Police arrested two suspects after a grenade attack in the San Giacomo district. Names and units of wounded personnel released. Lt Gen Sir John Harding condemned Yugoslav interference with Allied traffic in the occupation zone.
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Trieste
U. S
Driton
Gorizia
Here
Jacino
Pfc
Edward Kastrewski
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clark B. McMahon
Hickory
N. C
Pfo
Frank Mortimer
Brookviile
Sir John Harding
Venezia Giulia
Pola
Truman Talk Seen for Ohio
Washington reports new prospects for a presidential speech in Ohio by President Truman. White House press secretary Charles Ross said he would deliver a couple of speeches during this campaign. An Ohioan suggested the president might favor smaller communities such as Portsmouth Ironton or Blanchester.
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Washington
Ohio
Truman
White House
Charles Ross
Ohio Patrolman Dies In Light Plane Crash
William R. Brandon aged 36 from Kent Ohio was killed when his light plane crashed in Batavia after fog reduced visibility. Police Sgt Sam Baudanza noted poor weather as a factor and identified Brandon as a member of the State Highway Patrol. Meanwhile in Circleville Walter L Roberts and Wilbur Jeffords both 29 and 37 of Portsmouth faced arraignment on burglary indictment for allegedly taking a $200 safe from Fox.
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Batavia, N
William R. Brandon
Kent
Sam Baudanza
Brandon
State Highway Patrol
Circleville
Walter L. Roberts
Wilbur Jeffords
Portsmouth
Fox
Missing Child and Abductor Found in Indiana Rooming House
Police in Terre Haute report 3 year old Madeline Tobias found unharmed in a rooming house with a woman identified as Mildred King. A witness who saw her photo led officers to the site as Indiana State Police pursued leads from Kansas City.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Forest Braden
Iday
Madeline
Toby) Tobias
Kansas City
Braden
Mildred King
Philp Tobias
Indiana
Themaid
Ohio
Collinsville
Til
Hard Peace Backers Hit Byrnes Stuttgart Speech
Diplomats spar over whether Byrnes Stuttgart remarks push a one world or two world order. Critics say the speech abandons four power unity and fuels German economics with any willing partner, risking deeper Russia isolation and a potential East West showdown. Byrnes supporters led by Truman defend the move as a practical departure from Potsdam while questioning who failed to meet terms.
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Washington
Byrnes
Stuttgart
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Potsdam
I. Byrnes
Ious
United States
Truman
State Department
Mining Town Study Starts in Central Pennsylvania
Government specialists begin a first-hand investigation of health housing and welfare conditions in soft coal communities in Central Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland and West Virginia The study follows the May 29 agreement between Secretary of the Interior Ed A Krug and the United Mine Workers and covers Grant Mineral and Tucker counties in West Virginia.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Secretary of the Interior
Ed. A. Krug
United Mine Workers
Grant, Mineral
Tucker
Post Offers Reward After Death of Vet
The Vail Post in Sharonville offers a $250 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the men who fatally beat John J. Maloney, a 35 year old war veteran. Maloney died September 2 at Veterans' Hospital in Dayton after being attacked near a Sharonville cafe. police in Sharonville had no report of the incident.
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Cincinnati
Vail Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sharonville
John J. Maloney
Maloney
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Deutschle Named Adjutant of Ohio American Legion
Joseph S. Deutschle of Columbus assistant deputy administrator in Veterans Administration branch No 6 was named state adjutant for the Ohio American Legion by the Legion Executive Committee. He succeeds J J Saslavek of Columbus who retired. Deutschle will resign his VA post later this month to take the full time position.
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Columbus
Joseph S. Deutschle
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Legion Executive Committee
J. J. Saslavekx
Deutschle
Co-Op Congress Opens Biennial Convention in Columbus
The National Cooperative Congress, formed by five major cooperatives, opened a three day bi annual convention in Columbus with ambitious post war planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Op Congress
Columbus
National Cooperative Congress
Worker Electrocuted Repairing Ship in Lorain Yard
Paul Kerecz, 32, was electrocuted yesterday while assisting in installing a switchboard panel on the freighter E. J. Block at the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. The vessel was being converted into a motor ship.
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Lorain
Paul Kerecz
E. J. Block
Lorain Yard
American Ship Building Coy
Shipping Strike Deepens as Labor Talks Fail in San Francisco
The long postal strike plagues commerce and industries as AFL seamen led by Harry Lundeberg refuse to return to work, demanding wage increases scrapped by the War Stabilization Board. Labor officials fail to broker a truce after meetings with Assistant Secretary Phillip Hannah.
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Associated Press
Labor Department
San Francisco
Harry Lundeberg
AFL
CIO
War Stabilization ‘Board
Lundeberg
Striking Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Washington
SIU
SUP
FAI
Phillip Hannah
War Stabilization Board
New York
Stell Tre A
Wer and
Pere Teas
Youths Adrift in Lake Rescued by Freighter
Two Detroit youths drifted about 50 miles in over 16 hours on Lake Erie after a spar broke on their 12 foot skiff in a storm. They were rescued yesterday eight miles from Toledo by the crew of the freighter Pioneer. The youths were George Sewell Jr., 22, a pre medical senior at the University of Michigan, and Robert Hovey, 21, a student at Bowling Green State University.
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Toledo
Detroit
Lake Erie
Pioneer
George Sewell
J Jr
University of Michigan
Robert Hovey
Bowlings Green State University
War fears and Communist influence loom in Senate letters
A letter exchange reveals Sen Kilgore and Sen Pepper pressing Sec Byrnes to reassure the nation no war with Russia is imminent. The author links seamen strikes to possible war risk, cites Communist influence in unions, and argues U S forces abroad demand supply security to counter Soviet plans.
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Harley M. Kilgore
Byrnes
Russia
Kilgore
Sen
Claude Pepper
United States
Kusia
Seamen’s Unions
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