Rival unions clash over picket lines around Cleveland plants
Mounted police guarded Standard Oil properties in Cleveland as AFL Teamsters and Building Trades workers returned to work despite CIO oil workers pickets. Edward Murphy urged members to work. Harry Schwarzer warned against CIO-stifled sites. Some refineries remained idle, gas supplies dwindling in Ohio. Others reported no rush in Cleveland, while Cincinnati and Columbus saw varied refinery activity. Strikes in Toledo, Lima, and Akron continued or ended, affecting thousands of workers across the region.
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Associl
Standard Oil Co
Cleveland
AFL
CIO- Oil
Edward F. Murphy
Teamsters’ District Council
Harry Schwarzer
AFL- Carpenters
Schwarzer
CIO
John F. Burns
Cleveland Building Trades Council
Sohio
Toledo
Findlay
Lima
Canton
Akron
Columbus
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Peo
Mid-West
Ohio
CIO- United Automobile
Toledo Machine and Tool Co
Afl-Federal
Barberton
Babcock & Wilcox Co
John J. Goff
NLRB
Goff
B. F. Goodrich Co
Hirohito Plans Visit To 4. S. Embassy at Tokyo
Japanese sources report Emperor Hirohito planned a call on General MacArthur at the American Embassy in Tokyo. Allied directives tighten control of Japan’s economy, freeze assets, and bar mass uranium separation research as Tokyo faces typhoon losses and war-crime questions.
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Hirohito
4. S
Tokyo
MacAr
Conquéror
Conom
Associated Press
Russell Brines
MacArthur
Kai Rujita
Grand Chamberlin
Toda
Japan
Oine
Seshineda
Lisisonard
Ikeda
E Vast
Mitsui
U. S. Eighth Army
Camilio Osias
Japanese Home Ministry
Hiroshima
Japanese Broadcasting Corp
Nippon Times
Commerce Ministry
Alll
Empire of War Industries
Kenji Doihara
First
Yokohama
Emperor Hirohito Ignored Roosevelt Peace Message in 1941
By Russell Brin, Tokyo dispatch says Emperor Hirohito received both Roosevelt’s peace appeal and the State Department memorandum dated November 26, 1941 but chose to ignore them. The report notes Japan’s stance and the complex path leading to renewed tensions that culminated in wartime actions.
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TOKYO
Hirohito
Roosevelt
U. S. State Department
War hits 11 carriers lost with many damaged during conflict
Washington reports 11 aircraft carriers lost or damaged in wartime action, with 52 total enemy encounters. The Block Island, the only remaining carrier, was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Western Atlantic. Marquis Kido of Japan says the emperor was warned of wartime atrocities but urged restraint to seek a possible peace.
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Washington
United States
Block Island
Atlantic
Japan
Koichi Kido
Kido
Associated Press
Tokyo Imperial Palace
Saipan
Roosevelt
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Imperial General Headquarters
Bataan
Hirohito
French Swing To Left Shown In Elections
Paris reports show a decisive shift to the left in local elections as Socialist and Communist candidates gain ground. With a third of ballots counted, Communists hold 23 seats and Socialists 102. Radicals lose 53 and right-wing groups drop 171. Runoffs set for Sept 30, national vote on Oct 23 looms.
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Paris
France
Paul Reynaud
Wallace Sees Falls in 1950 Budget Balance Claim
In Chicago Henry A. Wallace argued the federal budget could balance by 1950 while achieving full employment and free enterprise. He cited sixty million jobs and a $200 billion GNP, saying government should set sales goals and support the Murray Full Employment Bill to reach those targets. Columbus Perry L. Green urged a unified state conservation department to make Ohio an example nationwide.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
University of Chicago Roundtable
Wallace
Columbus
Perry L. Green
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
Commandant at German Death Camp Blamed at Trial
A trial in Oswiecim relate to Nazi camp atrocities as a boy guest twirled a pistol with fatal results. Betty Jean Webb, 16, was accidentally shot at home in Lueneberg Germany. Sophia Litwinska, a Polish Jew, described a Christmas 1941 gas chamber selection parade of 3,000 women.
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Youngstown
Betty Jean Webb
South Lueneberg
Germany
Oswiecim
Sophia Litwinska
Lublin
Overseas Duty Exemption Rules Relaxed for Army Units
The War Department announced a new screening score system exempting over 300000 Army personnel from overseas assignments. Enlisted men with 36 points or 27 years old, or 34 with more than one year service, will remain home. Officers with 48 points or more are exempt as of Sept. 2, with lower thresholds for certain corps. Nurses and some medical staff gain exemptions. regular Army and volunteers abroad are unaffected.
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Washington
War Department
Medical and Dental Corps
Veterinary and Medical Administrative Corps
Fewer Ohioans Seek Benefits Claims Compared With 1940
Columbus reports Clayman, an Ohio CIO lawyer, said Herschel C. Atkin son headed the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in 1940 and paid three times as much weekly as now during postwar reconversion. He claimed Atkinson disbursed about 512000 weekly then versus 168240 now, and only one in twenty laid off since V J Day has applied for benefits.
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Columbus
J. C., Clayman
Ohio
CIO
Herschel C. Atkinson
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
State Bureau of
Clayman
Atkinson
BUC
Pearl Harbor Trip Proposed by Solons
Congressional investigators may visit Pearl Harbor to examine the ground of the Japanese attack that damaged a large portion of the U S Navy. The idea was disclosed as under consideration as committee members awaited a recommendation from Chairman Barkley on hiring an attorney.
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Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Pearl Harbor
Herbert Browdell, Jr
Dewey
Roosevelt
Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Yanks Stay in Japan Uncertain May Continue
Washington outlines American policy to control Japan with troops likely to remain for years. MacArthur’s estimate for force reduction to 200000 faces scrutiny as U S aims to democratize Japan, dissolve monopolies, and shift power from military leaders to civilian officials with Allied involvement.
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Japan
Ials
Crooksville Man Killed by Automobile Crash
Crooksville resident Robert Co. Turner, 37, was fatally struck by a car in Crooksville, Perry County. It marks the county’s first deadly crash in a year. Another item notes the Akron Court of Appeals denying the appeal of Charles Stewart, a 30s case porter, in a first degree murder conviction for the slaying of Mabel Bacendale.
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New Lexington
P_Robert Co
Turner
Crooksville
Perry County
Akron
Court of Appeals
Charles Stewart
Case Porter
Mabel Baacendale
Long Career of WPB About To Be Ended
Washington WPB to liquidate by November 1. Chairman J A Krug will present a liquidation plan and resign from the War Production Board as Truman plans final actions. The board, which redirected war manufacture to reconversion, faces closure after its one hundredth meeting.
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WPB
Washington
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Awarms
Truman
County Organizes for Accident Prevention
BATAVIA The Clermont County Safety Council has outlined a program to reduce farm accidents and fire hazards. One portion calls for organization of Red Cross courses on farm and home accident prevention, and another provides for regular reports of all farm and home accidents to the county agent's office.
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Batavia —T
Clermont County Safety Council
Red Cross
Meigs County War Hero Wins Medal
Pfc Edward A Bennett 25 of Middleport Ohio to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman in Washington this week. He arrived at LaGuardia after Europe duty with the 358th Regiment 90th Infantry Division Third Army. At St Vith during the Battle of the Bulge he charged a German stronghold alone with a submachine gun killing seven and capturing 34, aiding the taking of St Vith.
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New York
Tfe
Edward A. Bennett
Middleport
Ohio
Truman
Washington
la Guardia Field
Europe
Bennett
St. Vith
90Th Infantry
Third Army
Ardennes Bulge
First Meeting Of Ministers Called Failure
London report says the Big Five foreign ministers fail to agree on Europe inland waterways and Austria policy. Editorial notes difficulty under current procedure as Soviet objection to France and China in Hungarian talks threatens unity. Molotov’s protest cites Potsdam terms. diplomats fear US Britain influence could outvote Moscow.
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London
Big Five
Council of Foreign Ministers
Europe
Austria
The
Daily Mail
France
China
Yacheslav Molotov
United States
Britain
Moscow
Theft of Car Leads to Two Deaths in Cleveland
Cleveland police intensified a car theft crackdown after an East Cleveland detective shot and killed the car’s driver and was crushed between the car and a streetcar. The dead are Detective Louis Hauschild of Cleveland Heights and Stanley Pavlie, 23, of Euclid. A third man in the vehicle was detained.
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Cleveland
Greater
East Cleveland
Louis ‘Hauschild
Cleveland Heights
Stanley Pavlie
Euclid
Admiral King To Speak At Ohio Legion Convention
Admiral Ernest J. King of the United States Navy is slated to address the 21st convention of the Ohio Department American Legion in Columbus. About 1,200 delegates from 73,000 Ohio members attend sessions, with many World War II veterans at their first legion gathering.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ernest J. King
United States Navy
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Truman Will Guard Atom Policy Until Congress Decides
President Truman assumed personal guardianship over the nation's share in the atomic bomb secret. He declared he alone will decide future use and development of atomic energy until Congress finalizes the policy. The pronouncement was made as reporters accompanied him back to the White House from a stay at Jefferson Islands.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
Congress
White House
Jefferson Islands
Tiny British Subs Are Credited With Exploits
CHUNGKING China Sir Bruce Frasier confirms three British two man submarines entered Singapore harbor by daylight three weeks before victory, damaged a light cruiser, cut the Singapore Hongkong cable, and escaped. He cites three additional subs in the Tirpitz sinking in a Norwegian fjord. Ohio plans rapid cyclotron energy program with a state committee led by Senator Roscoe Walcutt.
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Chungking
China
Bruce Frasier
Singapore
Norwegian Fjord
Truman Forces Face Bleak House Fight Over Jobless Pay
In Washington, administration leaders brace for a sharp House clash and a weaker Senate bill on unemployment benefits. Republicans push limited coverage for 2.9 million federal workers and perhaps 400,000 war veterans, while opposing higher weekly benefits and return of employment services to the states. The full employment measure heads to the Senate Tuesday as House hearings begin.
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Washington
F— Administration
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Senate
Doughton
GOP
Waritime
House Expenditures Committee
Lumber Labor Strikes Spread Across West and Nation
Labor disputes widen with 323000 idle workers as 38000 Westinghouse workers strike over bonuses. New York painters return, 60000 AFI Lumber and Sawmill workers idle in Pacific Northwest. CIO OIE and United Fuel clash over wages. West Virginia gas and coal shortages loom.
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West Virginia
CIO Oie Workers Union
United Fuel Gas Company
War Labor Board
CIO
United Fuel
United Mine Workers’ United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employee Union
Monongalia County
Charleston
Elk Refining Company
Falling Rock
Planity
Troopships Bring In 20 000 More Today
New York dispatch reports eleven troop ships including the former German liner Europa will bring over 20 000 servicemen to the United States from European and Pacific theaters. San Francisco will receive seven ships with 16 000 plus troops while New York will host Europa and four other vessels with over 4 300 men. One transport with 40 aboard is due at Newport News.
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New York
Europa
United States
San Francisco
Iwo
Newport News
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W. T. Copeland
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Solons
John M. Hightower
Russia
Jesper Offic
Meigs County
Gamo Drangméisu
Ong
Ind
Violet Justine
Artis Anderson
Admiral King
Atom
Roscoe Walcutt
Ohio Committee On Applied Cyclotronics
West
AFI
Pacific Northwest
Building Service
Manhattan
WLB
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford
General Motors
Detroit
International Oil
UAW
Westinghouse Electric Company
Lancaster
W. Va
B. L. Weigand
Central Labor Union
Conestoga Transportation Co
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