Refinery Strikes Halt Most Ohio Refineries
Ohio faces a gasoline shortage as strikes idle more than 2,000 refinery workers and halt operations at Toledo Lima Findlay Cleveland Canton and other plants. Only Pure Oil Newark and Gulf Hooven near Cincinnati stay open as CIO and AFL pilots push wage demands.
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Ohio
W. T Holliday
Standard of Co. of
Toledo
Lima
Findlay
Cleveland
Canton
Afl-Petroleum Drivers
CIO
Chicago
Holliday
U. S
Sohio
Great Lakes
Pure Oil Co
Newark
Gulf Refining Co
Hooven
Cincinnat
Wage Boosts Bill Nearing Senate Vote
Washington reports Congress faces major choices on jobs wages and the unemployed as the Senate readies debate on a full employment bill and a minimum wage proposal. The House Ways and Means Committee and Navy group hearings loom while Acheson’s appointment is approved 69 to 1 amid postwar policy fallout.
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Washington
Senate
America
Truman
Aiken
Vermont
Tunnell
Delaware
Congress
House
House Committee On Ways and Means
Déan Ache- Jpeee
Senate O.K
Japan
Acheson
Senator Wherry
George Norris
Wherry
MacArthur
House Naval Committee
Marine Corps
Barkley
D-Ky
Pearl Harbor
House Expenditures Committee
Young Boy Ends Life In Cleveland Hospital
Nine year old boy found hanging in a ward of the Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber returned a verdict of death due to asphyxiation and could not determine if the death was a prank or due to a mental quirk.
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Cleveland Hospital
Cleveland
Felice
Babies and Children’s Hospital
Samuel R. Gerber
Solons Disagree on Value Of Full Jobs Measure
Washington debate opens on a proposed full employment bill viewed by supporters as a path to public works and job creation. Critics question its effectiveness and potential economic impact as senators from various backgrounds weigh the measure.
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Gerber
Washington
Wagner
D-Ny
Banking Committee
Senate
naAssAce Braad Nhanene
Abe Mann Te
25 Year Search Ends Cleveland Man Ends
A captured, fragmented report notes the long missing Joseph L. Smith, age 50, linked to Cleveland. The text also mentions the opening of St. Luke's International Medical Center in Tokyo as the first American Army General Hospital with 1,000 beds, and includes assorted political and crime references from Ohio and Cincinnati, including a rape charge and a priest's anniversary.
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Tokyo
St. Lukes International Medical Center
Cleveland
Joseph L. Smith
Taft
Ohio
Fed
Hope
Americnl
Veterans rights fixed by law union card not required
Washington reports Selective Service issues a new handbook affirming veterans need not join a union to regain reinstatement rights. The guide upholds absolute veteran reemployment and the super seniority aim, while noting exceptions when reinstatement is impossible or unreasonable for employers. A separate case in Canton involves a 23 year old charged with second degree manslaughter after a crossing accident. a Louisville man, convalescent leave, jailed on manslaughter related to a 69 year old death.
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Selective Service
Congress
Canton
Holland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Louisville
Corp
Robert BE. Pitts
Lloyd R. Wright
New Landings On Honshu Are Made by Yanks
Allied forces expanded occupation on Honshu as veterans landed at Aomori and prepared camps inland. MacArthur said occupation may last years with a minimum force, while 48 ships carrying 20 000 personnel queued for discharge at Pearl Harbor. Emperor Hirohito faced questions about Pearl Harbor and wartime knowledge with no official reply.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Palau
Aomori
Honshu
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Ted Dealey
Dallas
Tex
Morning News
Dealey
Associated Press
Duane Hennessy
Hennesy
Hirohito
Ohio Publisher Refuses Offer of Senate Post
COLUMBUS a capital atmosphere swirled as Gov Lausche offered the U S Senate seat to former Gov James M Cox of Dayton who declined. rumor linked Hamilton liquor chief Robert M Sohingen and others among prospects including James W Huffman Robert T Secrest and Charles Sawyer. Lausche said he travelled to Dayton to deliver the offer.
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James M. Cox
Dayton
United States Senate
Harald Burton
Cox
Lausche
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
U. S. Senate
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
U.S. Supreme Court
Wong
Robert M. Sohingen
Hamilton
Sohingen
James W. Huffman
Commerce
Robert T. Secrest
Caldwell
Navy
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
U. S
Belgium
Woman Receives Lemon Tree Reward After 25 Years
Mrs J H Hinchcliffe of Salem finally gains her reward after a long wait. She planted a lemon tree in a pot in 1325 and this year it bore fruit for the first time, matching a long cherished promise.
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Salem
J. H. Hinchcliffe
Two Sugar Stamps To Become Invalid Oct 5
The OPA announced that large size sugar ration stamps forms A will be withdrawn due to limited outstanding stock. Sugar Stamp 38 in Ration Book Four remains valid for the household ration. Deputy Sheriff Frank Abbott was named acting sheriff of Clermont County after the death of Sheriff Tom Brooks.
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Washington
OPA
Batavia
Frank Abbott
Clermont County
Tom Brooks
Indignant Cleveland Housewife Delays Tax Payment Over Ashes
A Cleveland taxpayer, angry after repeated rubbish pickups failed, paid taxes with a note to deduct 50 cents for at least 10 city calls about ash collection. The county treasurer said she will be billed the 50 cents plus interest at the next payment period.
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Cleveland
Thomas A.) Burke
Treasury
Easy Loan Bill Drafted for War Veterans
The American Legion has drafted an amendment to simplify GI loan access for veterans. It would allow eligibility certificates from the Veterans Administration, let veterans apply at any agency, let lenders decide loan soundness, and require VA approval only after the loan is made. The change aims to end red tape and bypass current referrals to RFC and Farm Security Administration. John Thomas Taylor, Legion director of legislation, emphasizes cutting bureaucratic steps.
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Washington
American Legion
G.I
Congress
Legion
Veterans’ Administration
THES
Eid
RFC
Farm Security Administration
Surplus Sales Being Planned
President Truman to place the State Department in charge of disposing of war time surpluses worldwide. John W. Snyder outlined plans to unify wartime surplus disposal, noting about 6,000,000 tons in Europe worth roughly $1,000 per ton. He could not estimate Pacific totals.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
John W. Snyder
Europe
Snyder
Senate
Pacific
Wife of Soldier Attacked by Hitchhiker in Indian Country
Mrs. Robert Scott Carroll of Chillicothe Ohio 21 related to state police that while traveling from Salt Lake City to Laredo Texas she was assaulted by a hitchhiker about 80 miles north of Gallup New Mexico. She and her 15 month old baby were forced from the car after the man robbed her of 46 dollars in cash and 70 dollars in traveler's checks.
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Gallup
N. M
Robert Scott Carroll
Chillicothe
Salt Lake City
Laredo
Tex
Here
Carro
Shiprock
Big Three May Be Forced To Settle Europe's Future
London AP reports belief a second top level meeting of Truman Stalin and Atlee may be needed to resolve Europe's peace issues. Foreign Ministers close to zero on major accords. debate over Western Germany plans and Soviet repatriation pace continues. Contention centers on who counts as Russian amid border shifts and Polish citizenship.
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London
Truman
Stalin
Attee
Europe
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Western
Germany
Russia
Poland
Soviet Union
Need for Navy Urged by King Before Legion
At the 27th Ohio American Legion convention in Columbus Ernest J. King urged the Navy to maintain Western Hemisphere security in line with Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy. The body adopted resolutions for monthly WWI pensions for veterans or widows, grave markers for overseas or sea burials, and a plan to enroll 12 million WWII veterans with backing for defense legislation.
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Columbus
Theodore Roosevelt
Ernest J. King
Ohio American Legion
Lorain
Legion
Army
Navy
Nine Transports Bring Yanks to States Today
The 106th Division sails from Le Havre for the United States after fighting in the Ardennes. About 7,100 troops are due to dock on the East Coast today on nine troop ships from Europe. Four ships with 2,700+ servicemen reach New York and four with 4,300+ reach Newport News Virginia, plus one vessel with 40 aboard at Boston. Marietta report notes a two year old killed by a trailer truck named Josephine Freeland yesterday.
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New York
Ardennes
le Havre
United States
Europe
Newport News
Boston
Atom Heat Is Scouted By Eastern Engineer
Benjamin Miller of New York, consulting engineer for the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, discounted the idea that atomic power will replace gas for power soon. He said atomic power has shown use only for heat so far and is unlikely to be developed in the near future.
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Kansas City
Benjamin Miller
New York
Midwest Research Institute of
End of Shoe Rationing Considered by War Board
Washington reports the government will decide next week if shoe rationing ends October 1. The War Production Board leather bureau has recommended terminating the program then.
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Washington
War Production Board
Leather Bureau
350000 Men Are on Strike Across Nation
Government moves to ease labor turmoil as about 350000 workers idle nationwide. In last 24 hours 100000 joined stoppages, with oil and automotive strikes expanding. Key action in New York AFL crews paralyzed offices, while Detroit Kelsey-Hayes and Ford plants fueled widespread layoffs. Major lumber workers and shipyard sitdowns add to the disruption amid wage demands.
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Washington
New York City
AFL
Metropolis
Empire State
Woolworth
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
CIO
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Philadelphia-Camden
N. J
Navy
Western Cartridge Company
East Alton
Simmons Company
Kenosha
Wis
Department of Labor
Chicago
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Federal Conciliation Service
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
Prisoners Carry Load in Ohio Harvest Labor
Northeastern Ohio farmers face worker shortages during harvest with many jobs going begging. In Sandusky Ottawa and Erie Counties prisoner of war Hx aMAC in miles vega t labor from Camp Perry is carrying nearly all the hand harvest burden for tomatoes sugar beets and potatoes. Farmers prefer prisoner help to hiring inexperienced war workers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sandusky
Ottawa
Erie
Miles
Vega
Camp Perry
Foremen’s Association of America targets growth in Ohio
One of Ohio’s youngest labor groups the Foremen's Association of America prepares for wider influence with a recruiting drive in the northeastern industrial region. A local chapter is involved in a strike at the B. F. Goodrich Co. plant in Akron highlighting its early activity and expansion plans.
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Ohio
Foremen's Association of America
B. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
Foremen’s Association of America
B. &. Goodrich Co
F.A.A
Doctors Seek To Save Life of Indicted Man
PAINESVILLE U Doctors resorted to intravenous feeding today to save the life of 52 year old railroad worker Mike Grinusa after a three week hunger strike following his indictment for first degree murder. Sheriff James Moloney said Grinusa refused to eat and had taken only water.
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Painesville
Mike Grinusa
Lake County Memorial Hospital
James Moloney
Grmusa
Northern Ohio Bakers To Be Sued by OPA
The regional OPA filed injunctions in Federal Court against 29 Northeastern Ohio bakers for failing to conform with price control rules. The agency charged they did not calculate and report maximum prices before selling. A hearing is set for Oct. 11 before Judge Paul Jones.
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Cleveland
OPA
Ohio
Paul Jones
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