Duquesne Power Firm Strikers Break Off Wage Conference
Pittsburgh news reports a four day Duquesne Light Co strike with 3 200 workers striking over wages. Streetcar motormen return to work, power curtailments limit service to about 50 percent, and officials seek resumed talks after a midnight session. Mueller freed from jail. city hopeful yet unresolved wage talks continue.
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Duquesne Power Firm
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Theuwanan
Sams Yi Wuekrels
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Duquesne Light
Association of Employes
David L. Lawrence Speedly
Duquesne
Allegheny
Beaver
Power Union
George L. Mueller
Golden Triangle
Mueller
Whiskey Found Hidden Under Corn Load In Piketon Crash
State officials trace ownership of a truck that overturned on a Piketon highway carrying 140 cases of whiskey concealed under a load of field corn. The driver removed the license plates and fled before troopers arrived, per State Highway Patrol.
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Portsmouth
Piketon
Why Should Packers Knead 25 Percent For Army Needs
SAM SIMMONS argues against mandatory 25 percent meat allotments for the Armed Forces citing population shares and wartime sacrifices. He notes hospital needs and miners’ diets, while restaurant groups push larger allotments and complain about prices. The piece warns of unrest if conditions worsen and criticizes Truman and PAC for reviving the OPA, tightening burdens on Americans.
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John L. Levis
OPA
Congress
Mr. Truman
PAC
Bureau
Engle Blames Navy Training for Slaying Librarian
James Robert Engle, in a Williams County jail, fingered a rosary and prayed as detectives hinted at evidence supporting his confession of killing Librarian Emily Abernathy. Prosecutor Charles G. Stahl said a first degree murder indictment would be sought at a special Grand Jury. Engle claimed the Navy awakened a desire to kill, stating the urge has increased since service.
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Bryan
James Robert Engle
Williams County
Navy
Emily Abernathy
Charles G. Stahl
Engle
The
Cliff [Quinn
Toledo Blade
Former Jackson County Girl Killed in Wreck
COLUMBUS Uh Lavetta Yates 17 formerly of Oak Hill Jackson County was killed and three other young persons were injured early today when their automobile hit a tree. Sheriff’s deputies quoted the driver William Cunningham 18 I went to sleep.
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Columbus
Uh — Lavetta Yates
Oak Hill
Jackson County
Sheriff's Deputies
William Cunningham
4-H Club Steer Brings $1,054.50 at Fair Sale
Hamilton UP A 4-H Club grand champion Angus steer sold yesterday at the Butler County Fair auction. The 1,110 pound animal brought 95 cents per pound, purchased by a Mid-Wetown hotel for $1,054.50.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Hatchet Slaying Suspect To Die Amid Appeals
A three judge Clark County Common Pleas panel scheduled January 17 for the execution of Russell Eugene Koons 22 after denying a new trial request. Koons admitted killing his mother Margaret A Koons with a hatchet on January 25 of last year in Springfield.
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Springfield
Clark County Common Pleas
Russell Eugene Koons
Koons
Margaret A. Koons
Man Dies After Plunging From Washington Park Bridge
Paul Yesny, 63, slipped from a passerby who tried to rescue him and fell about 100 feet to his death from the Washington Park Bridge in Newburgh Heights near Cleveland. In Columbus, Harold R. Johnson was named public relations director for the Veterans Administration offices in Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.
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Cleveland
Paul Yesny
Washington Park Bridge
Newburgh Heights
FBO
Columbus
Ralph S. Stone
Veterans Administrations
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Harrold R. Johnson
Ohio counties seek surplus housing funds across state
Ohio counties push to spend 6 million dollars in veterans housing funds. Montgomery County plans 256,656 to obtain surplus barracks for 5 hundred to 3,000 families. Cuyahoga used 1 157 000 for Victory Park site and 350 temporary units. Cleveland eyes tax exemption for rental housing for two to three years. Hamilton County considers 540,000 allocation decisions.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Dayton
Patterson Field Air Corps
Montgomery County Commission
Cuyahoga County
Victory Park
Ernest J. Bohn
Cleveland Housing Authority
Cleveland
James Metzenbaum
Meizenbaum
Alfred A. Benesch
Cleveland Opa
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Tax Appraisal of Roosevelt Estate Filed
The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt left a net estate before taxes of 1 095 485 dollars, with a gross estate of 1 821 887 dollars and deductions of 736 400 dollars. Real estate in New York totaled 103 855.42 dollars, stocks and bonds 353 855.78 dollars, bank accounts and cash 197 543.42 dollars, and debts 19 221.40 dollars. The appraisal lists 29 726.05 dollars in life insurance to his wife and daughter and 562 142.01 dollars in life insurance to the Georgia Warm Spring Foundation.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Franklin D.roosevelt
Dutchess County
Frederick Quinterro
Roosevelt
New York
Georgia Warm Spring Foundation
Train Wreck Inquiry Begun Near Victorville Calif
Union Pacific officials opened an inquiry into a fast westbound passenger train wreck near Victorville California that killed six and injured over 130. The derailment halted both Union Pacific and Santa Fe traffic with cars and personnel stranded. Three women perished in a day coach washroom, while two men and a porter were found nearby. In Martins Ferry Ohio, Walter L Sloan, 29, a mine company foreman, died in a Barton Mine accident.
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Los Angeles
Upiunion Pacific
Victorville
Calif
Transcon
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Martins Ferry
Walter L. Sloan
Calatain, O
Barton
Y. and 0. Coal Co
Dems Demand GOP Hospital Head Resign
Cambridge Ohio Democrats call for the resignation of Dr. Arthur T. Hopwood, superintendent of Cambridge State Hospital, alleging he sought to build a Republican patronage network. O J Sharpe, Guernsey County Democratic chair, cites 39 of 562 staff registered as Democrats from May to Aug 18.
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Cambridge, C
Guernsey County
Arthur T. Hopwood
Cambridge State Hospital
O. J. Sharpe
Democratic Executive Committee
Frazier Reams
Hopwood
Ohio
Sharpe
Jury Indicts Wife For Husband Shooting In Apt
ASHTABULA Ohio July 6 23 Laina England was indicted by the Ashtabula County Grand Jury for first degree murder in the shooting death of her husband in their apartment. She will be arraigned Tuesday morning.
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Ashtabula
Laina England
Ashtabula County
Pillow Prank at Brooklyn Meat Market Foiled
In New York two thousand women lined up at a Brooklyn meat market to beat a shortage. A pregnant woman hidden a pillow under her coat revealed her ruse. She dropped the pillow and fled as threats and insults followed.
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New York
Brooklyn
Floods hit San Antonio in historic cloudburst
San Antonio endured what the San Antonio Light called the most serious flood in living memory as a cloudburst floods left four dead. Streets were submerged, highways into the city blocked, and the San Antonio River broke its banks with water up to six feet deep in parts. Rain totals topped 10 inches since Wednesday, with 2.83 inches falling from midnight Thursday to 6:30 a.m. today.
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San Antonio
Alamo City
Byrnes Sees End To Paris Peace Conference
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said a quick finish may be possible as an agreement trims speechmaking and drops Northern Epirus claims from the agenda. Delegates face two deadlines with commissions due by Oct. 5 and plenary work to end by Oct. 15 before final treaties are drafted by the Big Four council.
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Paris
Epirus
James F. Byrnes
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Romania
Profit Probe Halt In House Committee Shipbuilder Fees Scrutinized
Washington The House Merchant Marine Committee paused its shipbuilding profits inquiry to focus on politics. Rep. Weichel of Ohio led questions targeting Henry J. Kaiser and others, noting shipbuilders appeared not to violate law though profits seemed large relative to small capital and risks.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine
Weichel
R-Ohio
Henry J. Kaiser
Doctor shoots escaped rodeo bull in Youngstown case
Dr. Robert A. Ewing of Canfield was held for the Grand Jury on a charge for shooting an escaped rodeo bull. The animal valued at 1500 dollars belonged to Charles B. Jones of Youngstown, who said ownership was assigned by George Adams of the rodeo.
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Youngstown
Robert A. Ewing
Canfield
Charles B. Jones
Jones
George Adams
Pastor Pleads Innocent To Delinquency Charge
Rev. Edwin L. Zachman age 60 of Trinity Evangelical Church faced Municipal Court on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old Perry Township girl. He was released on a $2,000 bond after pleading innocent and a defense motion claiming mental derangement was overruled.
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Ashland
Edwin L. Zachman
Trinity Evangelical Church
Perry Township
Zachman
AHA Plans Campaign At Columbus Convention
The American Humane Association urged a campaign against motorists who leave injured animals to die on highways during its 70th annual convention in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
The
American Humane Association
Truman rejects 60-day meat price ceilings suspension
President Truman kept meat price ceilings intact amid rising election-season pressure. He called the shortage a shortage not a famine and rejected a 60-day lift urged by some Democrats and Chicago Mayor Kelly. He blamed large July August slaughter, Congress, and urged new price control legislation. warned of better meat supply only with continued ceilings.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Kelly
Chicago
Democratic Party
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Soene 2
Democratic
Robert E. Hanrfe
Democratic Leadership Moves To Unify Party
The Democratic Executive Committee backs the Administration’s foreign policy and unity ahead of the November elections. It denounces isolationism and affirms bipartisan support for Truman’s policy, praises leadership, and vows to press price controls while endorsing “Peace, Production and Progress” as the party’s watchword.
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Washington
Democratic National Organization
Henry Wallace
Byrnes
Wallace
Paris
Truman
America
United States
Truck Weight Moratorium Granted By State Highway Director
Columbus reports a 90 day moratorium on overweight and oversized truck rulings, issued by State Highway Director Ferry T Ford. Ford cited freight car shortages expected to reach 75 000 weekly as the reason for easing checks and returning to wartime lax enforcement of truck loads.
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Columbus
Ferry T. Ford
Ford
Ferd
Reformatory Inmates Charged in Mansfield Stabbing
Howard Wichels twenty from Hardin County and Lewis Murton nineteen from Cuyahoga County were indicted on second degree murder charges for the fatal stabbing of Jan Vere Bruch eighteen at Mansfield Reformatory where all were inmates. Martha Birkich twenty nine drowned in five inches of water in a bathtub at her parents home, police reported.
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Mansfield
Howard Wichels
Hardin County
Lewis Murton
Cuyahoga County
Janvere Bruch
Mansfield Reformatory
Massillon
Martha Birkich
Priest Miss Monsignor Baden Dies in Cincinnati
The Rev. Msgr. Charles E. Baden aged 64, chaplain at Our Lady of Cincinnati College and founder of the Fenwick Club for Catholic men in 1915, died yesterday. In Youngstown College record, 3,460 students registered as announced by President Howard W. Jones.
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Cincinnati
Charles E. Baden
Our Lady of Cincinnati College
Fenwick Club
Youngstown
Youngstown College
Howard W. Jones
King Leaves For Greece Returns To Restore Throne
King George II of Greece departs England aboard a private plane to resume his throne amid civil strife in Northern Greece. He is 56, Danish descended, and faces a presidentially guarded return after five years in exile.
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London
George II
Greece
England
Huntington Warehouse Destroyed by Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed the Gwinn Brothers freight warehouse in Huntington West Virginia. D Byrd Gwinn president of the milling firm, estimated damage at at least 100000 dollars. Senator Kilgore of West Virginia was elected chairman of the Senate War Investigating Committee yesterday after Senator Mead of New York signed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Gwinn Brothers
D. Byrd Gwinn
Kilgore
Washington
D. W. Va
Senate
Mead
Tee
U. S. Indians Peeved At Uncle Sam's Deals
In Polson Montana American Indians mark Native Day while voicing anger at government promises. Salish tribesman Stephen De Mers notes distrust over Garrison Dam plans flood risks to Assiniboines and Sioux, GI Bill discrimination, and liquor sale prohibitions seen as bias against tribal peoples.
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Garrison Dam
North Dakota
Assiniboines
Fort Berthold
N. Dak
Joans
America
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