Decontrol Board Weighs Return of Dairy Price Lids
The Price Decontrol Board considers restoring price ceilings on cheese butter and other dairy products after receiving data and comments. Chairman Roy L. Thompson signals a possible Friday decision and warns that dairy moves could bring ceilings back. Separately in Toledo, the Ohio State Restaurant Association seeks federal court relief to block June 30 price ceilings on meat meals and funds defense for members cited by OPA.
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Washington
Congress
OPA
Roy L. Thompson
Thompson
Toledo
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Office of Price Administration
Willard Campbell
IPA
Galumbus
Robert KR. Williams
OSRA
Williams
Warren Bus Workers Press For Contract Talks
Warren bus workers threaten to quit likely Friday unless the Warren Transportation Company meets with AFL local representatives today to discuss a new contract. John E. McCormick, local president, announced after a union meeting.
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Warren —Pi
Warren Transportation Company
Amalgamated
Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
John E. McCormick
Milk price highest on record across 25 cities
The agriculture department reports retail milk prices in 25 representative cities rose an average 3.4 cents a quart in four months to reach 18.4 cents a quart this month. Veterans in colleges and universities under the GI Bill will see costs rising, with an estimated annual benefit near 54,000 dollars compared with 15 cents in May and 14.88 cents a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Columbus
Ohio
Veterans Administration
Ohio Vet Enrollment Estimated at 54 000
Ohio enrollment figures show about 54 000 veterans registered for benefits as the state moves to expand outreach and streamline processing. The estimate appears in a report addressing veteran services and eligibility trends for the current year.
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Ohio
Fires Reported in Southeast Ohio Coal Fields
Columbus reports new underground fires in the coal fields of Southeastern Ohio centered in Hocking County. Stephen Williams of the State Division of Mines says some fires may smolder, with underground flames destroying coal but not harming residents. He cites a long history since 1884 and notes WPA barrier efforts from 1939, while water attempts to extinguish have failed and burning may continue for years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hocking County
State Division of Mines
Iear Greendale
Stephen Williams
Williams
New Straitsville
Division of Mines
Meigs Woman Emma Waterman Dies at 97 in Pomeroy
Miss Emma Louise Waterman known as Auntie to Pomeroy residents died this morning at age 97 after a coma since last Friday. She lived in Pomeroy most of her life joined Methodist Church at 15. Survivors: three nieces Eva Simms Verlie Gordon and Gladys Mahoney. Services Friday at 3 p m at Swing Funeral Home with viewing prior.
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Pomeroy
Emma Louise Waterman
Miss Waterman
Methodist Church
Eva Simms
Verlie Gordon
Pomeros
Gladys Mahoney
Esparto
Cal
Swing
Poppa Beats Mamma In Auto Brake Tests At Ohio State Fair
Ohio State Fair tests on a perception reaction machine show men average .57 second to hit brakes versus women at .62 seconds. Over 1,000 participants, with age group results, indicate 60 mph stopping distances around 53 feet and a full stop requiring about 201 more feet with good brakes and dry pavement.
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Columbus
UPI
State Highway Department
Division of
Traffic and Safety
Furnace Blast Shakes Houses No Injuries Reported
An explosion at the world’s largest blast furnace owned by Defense Plants Corp and operated by Republic Steel Corp shook nearby houses last night. No damage or injuries were reported. A Republic spokesman cited excessive air flow blowing off gas at the furnace top as the cause.
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Cleveland
Akron plants press for direct service to S A and S America
Akron rubber factories asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for direct one plane service to Central and South American customers. The request was presented during a hearing on Eastern Air Lines proposed extension.
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Washington
Akron
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Air Lines
Army Jet Sets Speed Record In Flight Trial
The U S Army’s newest XP S 4 Thunderbolt jet reportedly logged 611 miles an hour in official timing and 619 in unofficial timing, surpassing the prior world record held by a British aircraft. The report notes the speed achievement from a test flight, marking a historic milestone for American aviation.
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Maroc
Calif
Fire Claims Life In Millville Home Blaze
Burns suffered in a fire that destroyed a home in Millville two weeks ago, causing the death of 54 year old Jessie Lyons. Authorities say the blaze led to fatal burns with Lyons dying last night.
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Middletown
Millville
Jessie Lyons
Ickes Attacks Bricker in Ohio Speech for Huffman
Harold Ickes held a political speech in Cleveland urging Ohio voters to back Senator James W. Huffman and reject John W. Bricker. He called Bricker a bicycle era Republican and a political backer of conflict, while Bricker defended his record and criticized Ickes as a provocateur.
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Cleveland
Harold S. Ickes
Truman
James W. Huffman
Roosevelt
Huffman
John W. Bricker
Secretary of the Interior
Bricker
Progressive Citizens Committee
Harold Ickes
United States Senate
HM Tekes
John
Ickes
Ohio
Jack ‘Kroll
National Cio Political Action Committee
Henry ‘Wallace
UN Drafts Border Incident Study for Greece Frontiers
The United Nations Security Council may appoint a fact finding committee to study border incidents along the northern Greek frontier with Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The American proposal calls for a small council committee to report quickly and to examine Ukraine charges that Greece persecutes minorities.
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United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
United States
Council
Ukraine
Greece
Great Britain
Herschel V. Johnson
Fifty-three Percent Pass Civil Service Exams
Ohio reports 3536 test takers in the first postwar civil service exams with 1873 passing. Among the passers 460 are veterans. Exams aimed to fill vacancies in the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation and Welfare Department divisions of Social Administration and Aid for the Aged.
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Columbus — Ly
Ohio
Civilia Service Commission
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Welfare Department
Yugoslav Church Leader Arrested in Zagreb
Belgrade reports Archbishop Alojzyc Stepinac, head of Yugoslav Catholic Church, was arrested in Zagreb and charged with crimes against the people. The action follows testimony in the trial of 18 people, including 12 priests, accused of links to the Ustachi and the Crusaders in opposition to the government.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Alojzyc Stepinac
Zagreb
Ustachi
Conference Cuts Italian Fleet to 10 Major Ships
Paris_UPI The Peace Conference Military Commission approved the Italian treaty clauses, reducing the Italian fleet to 10 major ships and capping the army at 250000 personnel. Italy may keep two battleships four cruisers and four destroyers plus minor units, amid broader limits and appeals.
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Paris
UPI
Peace Conference Military Commission
Italy
Bulgaria
Military Commission
Arabian Army Ready to Fight Jewish Terrorism in Palestine
Arab sources report Najada, the strongest private Arab army in Palestine, offered its services to the Arab Executive to combat Jewish terrorism. No official confirmation. Five Arabs were killed or wounded in a raid by a Jewish group on the Ottoman Bank in Jaffa.
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Jerusalem
Najada
Palestine
Jaffa
Mohamed I Nimer Huwari
Naja‘da
Taft Defends General Medical Bill At New York Meeting
Senator Robert A. Taft opposed socialized medicine and defended his general medical assistance bill in a speech to the Medical Society of New York. He urged reintroduction near January and proposed federal aid to states totaling 3.2 billion dollars.
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Syracuse
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Fifth District Branch
Medical Society of
State of
New York
Tait
Crash Kills Driver Near Salem
Donald F E Hanna 16 of Damascus died after a truck left Route 62 and hit a telephone pole. He died last night in City Hospital an hour after suffering a broken back and crushed chest.
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Salem
Donald FE. Hanna
Damascus
City Hospital
Route 62
Officials Seek To Halt Sales Of Akron Apartments
Federal rent control officials announce readiness to take court action to block the sale of 32 four room apartments in Akron priced at 2950 each. Virgil E. Rogers calls the sales a cheap attempt to evade rent ceilings of 12.50 monthly and says the buyers act out of desperation for housing.
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Akron
Area Rent Control
Virgil E. Rogers
Seven Veterans Claim Bumped from Union Jobs
Seven war veterans who operated road machinery during service with the Seabees say they were bumped off a Columbiana County highway project. They joined the AFL Construction Equipment Operators Union but district head Jack Whitney reportedly told them the union charter was closed and membership denied.
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Lisbon
The
Seabees
Columbiana County
Howard Construction Co
Youngstown
AFL Construction Equipment Operators Union
Jack Whitney
Warren
Lausche Refuses State Business Men Campaign Funds
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche stated he would accept no campaign contributions for his re election fund from individuals or firms doing business with the state. He instructed his campaign managers to reject any such offers, whether direct or indirect.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Truman Demands Wallace Silence or Exit Cabinet
Washington AP report says President Truman told Secretary Henry Wallace he must stop discussing foreign policy or quit the cabinet. Wallace had urged a shift in thinking toward Russia and proposed steps including atomic bomb policy review and a general security treaty.
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Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
White House
State Byrnes
America
Waledace
Charles G. Ross
Commerce Department
Will Clayton
Trueman
Byrnes
Paris
Herbert Cites Fair Division To Workers At Rally
SPRINGFIELD, C. 1 Thos S Herbert Republican candidate for governor declared management must divide fairly with labor the benefits from improved production. Speaking at a Republican rally Herbert criticized government decisions as substitutes for free agreement and said Gov Lausche had done nothing for labor.
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Springfield
Thos.s. Herbert
Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Senator Charles Andrews Dies in Washington Hospital
Senator Charles O. Andrews of Florida died at naval hospital after a heart attack. A former Florida Supreme Court justice, he was elected to the Senate in 1936 and re elected in 1940. He was 69 and had not sought renomination this year.
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Washington
Charles O. Andrews
D-Fla
Naval Hospital
Andrews
Orlando
Florida State Supreme Court
Senate
Hardin Judge Orders Kenton Gambling Probe
A Hardin County Common Pleas judge instructed a 12 man and 3 woman Grand Jury to conduct a sweeping investigation into commercialized gambling and prostitution in the county and especially in the city of Kenton.
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Kenton
Hardin County
Common Pleas
Arthur D.tudor
Counties to get $14,000 from vehicle fund
Ohio's state registrar of motor vehicles announced that the state's three counties will each receive $14,000 in the bureau's annual equalization fund distribution. The amount is $3,000 more than last year's allocation.
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Columbus
Frank M.cQuinn
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Quinn
New England Bishop Named Episcopal Head
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sheriff bishop of Massachusetts was elected the new presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U S A He succeeds Rt Rev Henry St George Tucker of Richmond Va who has held the office since 1937 and will retire December 31. New bridge plans outlined at luncheon in Wheeling West Virginia connect Ohio River states Ohio West Virginia.
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Philadelphia
Henry Knox Sheriff
D.D
Massachusetts
Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S.A
Henry St. George Tucker
Richmond
Wheeling
E. L. Worthington
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Appellate Court Elects St. Clairsville Justice
Ohio appellate judges chose Judge John C. Nichols of St. Clairsville as Chief Justice for the coming year. Judge Arthur W. Doyle of Akron was named secretary, and a schedule for upcoming sessions was drawn. Governor Lausche to be feted at Sandusky County Democratic banquet on October 31 in Fremont.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Sir William Spangler
Akron
Ohio
Spangler
Navy
CNEA
Columbus
John C. Nichols
St. Clairsville
Arthur W. Doyle
Fremont
Frank J. Lausche
Sandusky County
Democratic Organization
SAM SIMMONS Says on Russia and Stalin’s Influence
Sam Simmons argues cooperation with Russia is needed to avoid blundering efforts to improve human conditions. He condemns Stalin as the evil genius directing Russia with an iron hand and accuses Wallace and Senator Pepper of supporting the tyrant. He urges support for the secretary of state and stronger restraint in the Balkans.
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Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Henry Wallace
Claud Pepper
Florida
Wallace
Balkans
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