Pittsburgh Street Car Strike Shuts System Amid Sympathy Walkout
Pittsburgh streetcar service ground to a halt as operators walk out in sympathy with power workers. The Duquesne Light Co. power strike reduced output to 40 percent, and 950 cars were cut to 225. Union leaders dispute causation, court injunction looms, and a new offer with a five percent raise remains far short of the union demand of twenty percent.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Capital
Power Workers
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Workers
Duquesne Light Co
Philadelphia
National
Allegheny Common Pleas Court
CIO
AFL
Railways Company
Duquesné Light Co
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Westinghouse Electric Corp
George L. Mueller
Allegheny County
Mueller
Independent Association of Employes of the Light Company
The Liar Attacks Henry Wallace Over Poll Tax
SAM SIMMONS levels a critique of Henry Wallace, arguing Wallace favors spending years in the White House over principle. The piece accuses Wallace of supporting Russia’s expansion and calls for restoring poll tax receipts as a voting requirement, claiming the issue targets voters rather than civil rights.
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Henry Wallace
United States
Wallace
White House
Russia
Balkans
Poland
Baltic States
King George II Set to Return Amid Greek Turmoil
Athens reports plan for the monarch’s return to his throne as border fighting and civil strife in Northern Greece intensify. Premier Tsaldaris calls the crisis war-like while British forces in Thessaly and Macedonia reorganize. Albania and Yugoslavia are accused of arming rebels.
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Athens
George II
Greece
Constantin Tsaldaris
London
Thessaly
Macedonia
Tsaldaris
Aegean
Deskate
Albania
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Huffman Challenges Bricker in Columbus Campaign Speech
U.S. Senator James W. Huffman launched reelection efforts accusing Republican rival John W. Bricker of blaming the CIO for Communist influence. Huffman cited Bricker's convention speech as portraying Democrats as bent on destroying individual rights and opportunity.
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Columbus
U.S
James W. Huffman
John W. Bricker
CIO
Buckeye
Bricker
Huffman
Two Pittsburgh Men Sentenced in Columbus Store Hold-Up
Two of three Pittsburgh men charged in the Columbus Big Bear store holdup were sentenced to 10 to 25 years in Ohio State Penitentiary. John Lane, 21, and Perry Scarsellato, 23, pleaded guilty to the April 12 robbery. David Matters, 23, awaits trial on the same charge.
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Columbus
Pittsburgh
Ohio State
John Lane
Perry Scarsellato
VA Reports Concern Over Unemployment
The Veterans Administration voiced worry about rising repeaters on unemployment compensation rolls. As of July 31, 1,507,364 World War II veterans had reentered the rolls after leaving them for jobs or other reasons.
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Washington
the Veterans Administration
Souvenir Hunter Finds Workhouse's Result
Cincinnati police recovered 21 spoons from Verne Austin a recent workhouse inmate when they arrested him as a thief. A separate incident reports a 45 foot roof fall at Worthington causing fatal injuries to Ira E. Austin.
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Cincinnati
Verne Austin
Columbus
Worthington
A. L. Luebdbers
Ira E. Austin
Shields
Waynesfield
Ohio River Hits Low Point Forces Emergency Measures
Wheeling West Virginia reports Ohio River water levels plunging to the lowest since 1930. Dam tender Capt. Lucian Beckett at Lock 12 Warwood says drought reduced water to 0.9 feet versus a normal 15.4 feet, risking a dry river bed if Warwood Dam opened.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Lucian Beckett
Warwood
OSU Students Renew Fight for Baker Hall
A new suit seeks a restraining order to halt the eviction of student James R. Lloyd as 338 male students press legal action over coed versus male occupancy of Baker Hall at Ohio State University. Judge Myron B. Gessman in Common Pleas Court oversees the renewal of the dispute.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Baker Hall
Myron B. Gessman
Common Pleas Court
James R. Lloyd
Lancaster Air Forces
School Pig Vanishes at Rooster School
Cleveland reports Alfred Winters of the Children's Aid Society School says a month-old pig used for a school farm vanished from the grounds amid a meat shortage. Winters suspects the pig is likely in someone’s roaster.
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Cleveland
Alfred ‘Winters
Children’s Aid Society
Bryan Youth Admits Stabbing Librarian in Basement
James Robert Engle, 21, former Bryan High student, confessed to killing librarian Emily Abernathy 30 in the city library basement last Thursday night. He said he planned the act after an urge to kill and described striking, stabbing, and fleeing, later washing blood at Garver Park and viewing his reflection.
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Bryan
Norman A. Barnes
Bryar
Emily Abernathy
Barnes
James Robert Engle
Bryanagh
England
U. S
Miss Abernathy
Engle
Charles G. Stahl
Williams County
Stahl
Garver Park
Army Search Team Seeks Missing Pilots in China
An Army search unit deepens into western China seeking long lost American airmen feared to be captives of local war bands. Lt. Col. Wurtzler’s detachment aims to establish a base at a remote Catholic mission and learn if the airmen who disappeared during the Hump flight are still alive.
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Chengtu
China
Lfar
Herbert W. Wurtzler
Aremote Catholic Mission
U. S
India
Sichang
UMW Charges Unwarranted Say Official
An Ohio Coal Association official called United Mine Workers officer claims that operators refused to cooperate in a drive for higher miners’ meat quotas unwarranted. Ford Sampson of Bridgeport said the association stands ready to cooperate fully. Wheeling meat packers added the OPA action to raise slaughter quotas would not boost meat supply as regular quotas remain unmet.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio Coal Association
United Mine Workers
UMW
Ford Sampson
Bridgeport
Ohio Association
Wheeling Meat Packers
OPA
Working Shirt Prices Hiked Across Nation
The OPA announced a ten percent ceiling on work shirt prices with flexible pricing for manufacturers. Ohio State University veteran faculty member Arth Watts, 32 years at the ceramics department, retires as part of the change. Also notes indicate prophets register for a three day Ohio Grotto conclave expected to draw thousands. Funeral services are set for William Danford, 81, former Caldwell mayor and county treasurer.
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Washington
OPA
Columbus
Ohio State
Arth
Ur Watts
Zanesville
Prophets Register
Cleveland
Prophets of the
Ohio State Grotto Association
Caldwell
William Danford
Nobie County
81St
Ohio General Assembly
New Routes Proposed for Ohio Airlines
Civil aeronautics board examiners William F. Cusick and Richard A. Walsh favor Trans-Ohio Airlines service expansions in the Great Lakes region. Proposed routes include Toledo to Huntington via Columbus Lancaster and Chillicothe with alternates over Wheeling Parkersburg and Gallipolis, plus Detroit to Huntington via Monroe Toledo Findlay Lima Piqua Dayton Middletown Cincinnati Portsmouth, and Toledo to Huntington via Tiffin Fostoria Marion Delaware Columbus Lancaster Chillicothe, and via Sandusky Lorain Elyria Cleveland East Liverpool Pittsburgh Washington Wheeling Parkersburg Gallipolis.
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William F. Cusick
Richard A. Walsh
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans-Ohio Airlines
Toledo
Huntington
Columbus
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Gallipolis
Great Lakes
Southern Ohio
Detroit
Monroe
Findlay
Lima
Piqua
Dayton
Middletown
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Tiffin
Fostoria
Marion
Delaware
Chillicnthe
Sandusky
Lorain- Elyria
Cleveland
East Liverpool
Pittsburgh
Washington
Bulgaria Army Must Disband
A plenary session of the peace conference was convened to speed work on the treaty draft with Finland. Delegates in the military commission ordered Bulgaria to disband its armed forces except for a Land Army and frontier troops totaling 55,000 men.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Finland
Bulgaria
Industrial School Names New Dean at Lancaster
Lancaster appoints Donald G Blackburn of Toledo as dean of boys at the Industrial School, succeeding E G Beckwith who resigned October 1, effective immediately. Blackburn steps into leadership as Col. Lar old fiayvs announces the change.
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Lancaster
Larold Fiayvs
Hays
Industrial School
Donald G Blackburn
Toledo
Hoys
E G Beckwith
Army orders meat set-aside for Armed Forces
The Army declared that its visible meat supply is less than a month and ordered oil packers under federal inspection to reserve 25 percent of output for the Armed Services, the War Shipping Administration, and veterans hospitals. The move comes amid a political storm over meat price controls and decontrolling pressures ahead of the 1946 elections.
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Jcratic
Army
Governmment
Armed Services
War Shipping Administration
Veterans Hospitals
Harnest
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Paul Porter
OPA
Carroll Reece
Long House
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
Roshcoe I. Haynie
Beef Industry
Cosmmittes
Haynes
Trial opens in London for Heath charged with killing Margery Gardner
A crowded London courtroom marks the opening of the trial of George Heath, a former South African Air Force pilot, accused of killing movie extra Margery Gardner in a London hotel room. A prosecution witness testifies Heath described intimate details of the slaying that only the killer and police could know.
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London
George Heath
Margery Gardner
Heath
NEA
Pacific Coast Seamen Plan New Walkout
Pacific Coast ship operators decline an invitation to a maritime labor peace conference in Washington meant to avert a nation wide strike. CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association with 15000 members is voting on a nationwide walkout unless a 35 percent wage increase is granted, with heavy sentiment reported. Union leaders will meet shipping company reps on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, per Schwellenbach's offices.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington
Astill-Grogey
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Associaton
Atlantic
Gulf
Food oil prices rise as OPA allows higher ceilings
In Washington an OPA official said margarine shortening and cooking oils will see price ceilings raised at least two cents due to Stabilization Director John R Steelman decision. In Cleveland a move to amend Ohio law would require drivers involved in accidents and garages receiving damaged cars to report to local police, recommended by the Ohio State Safety Conference traffic court section.
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Washington—T
OPA
John R. Steelman
Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio State Safety Conference
Ships suspected of atom radioactivity after Bikini tests
Washington J.P. about seven ships, mostly berthed on the West Coast and at Pearl Harbor, are suspected of dangerous radio activity following Bikini atom bomb tests. The Joint Army Navy task force said there is no danger to people, harbors, or docking facilities.
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Washington
J.P
Pearl Harbor
Joint Army Navy Task Force
Emergency Food Stands Set Up on OSU Campus
Ohio State University established emergency food stands as faculty and students faced a surge in arrivals. More than 6,000 new out of town freshmen joined a 400 acre campus, with 2,000 Columbus residents arriving on Monday. Classes start October 1 with enrollment near 25,900.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Oberlin- Pia record peace time enrollment noted
Oberlin College opens the fall term with about 2100 students, a new peace time enrollment record set as the term begins on Tuesday in Oberlin.
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Oberlin
PIA
Berlin College
Eight Children and Motorist Injured in Mansfield Crash
Eight children and a motorist were injured when a truck rear ended a parked school bus that had stopped to let pupils board. The impact pinned a car against a guard rail, then propelled another car over 100 yards into a ditch.
Restaurant Men Seek Authority to Close in Akron Meat Shortage
Akron restaurateur members press Eastern Ohio Restaurant Association for approval to shutter their eateries due to lack of meat. Association director Jack Haynes said yesterday that members want a permitted closing. A divorce suit was filed in Springfield against Albert E. Payne, a Springfield industrialist who failed to win the Republican governor nomination in the May primary.
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Akron
Springfield
Albert E. Payne
Rie
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