Ford Union Near Strike Deadline
Detroit reports indicate union and Ford negotiators raced against a 12:01 a.m. Thursday deadline to avert a strike involving 115,000 Ford production workers. Talks continued through the night with further hours anticipated, as non economic issues delayed a settlement. Ford suggested a pension plan costing up to 10 cents per hour, aligned with a presidential fact finding board, while insisting the ceiling not be breached. UAW President Walter Reuther issued no immediate comment.
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United Auto Workers Union
Ford
UAW
Youngstown
Ohio
Ernest R. Breech
Walter P. Reuther
Breech
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
U. S. Steel
Nch
Murray
Washington
Truman
Steel Pact Showdown Expected
PITTSBURGH four A show down on steel contract negotiations appeared imminent with rumors of a new settlement offer. Talks continue to avert a nationwide strike set for Friday midnight involving the CIO United Steelworkers and industry leaders.
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Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
John
Adolescent Confesses as Three Held in Slaying Case
In Marietta, a 15 year old boy admits killing farmer Gordon Roe. Three relatives of Robert Bayless are held to the grand jury for receiving $197 stolen from Roe. Robert Bayless and two Bayless family members face bonds of $1000 and $300 respectively. The youth remains a ward of the court.
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Marietta
Dana
George Bayless, Jr
St. Mary's
Bobby Herlan
Young Herlan
Gordon Roe
Dean Ellis
Roe
Baylesses
Robert
Robert Bayless
Herlan
Pay Boost Bills Move Through Congress For Annual Pay Hike
House approves two large pay raise bills for armed services and postal workers as a 1.314 billion overseas arms program heads to the White House. The armed services measure costs about 300 million yearly, boosting pay for most uniformed personnel. The postal measure advances in the Senate with 332 to 2 vote, costing about 180 million annually and adding 20 days annual leave, a higher starting salary for regular postal workers, and a 100 dollar uniform allowance for wearers.
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Post Office Department
White House
Senate
Postal Service
Mental School Needed, Probate Judge Says
Cincinnati report notes Judge Rodney M. Love of Montgomery County Probate Court stating southern Ohio needs another mental school. He also lists four major needs: mental hygiene clinics, treatment and rehab for alcoholics, a colony for psychiatric sex offenders, and expanded care for the aged mentally ill.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Welfare Conference
Rodney M. Love
Montgomery County Probate Court
Rose's Fate Is Undecided
In San Francisco a 12 week Tokyo Rose treason trial against Iva Toguri D Aquino continues as twelve jurors fail to reach a verdict after 34 hours and 30 minutes of deliberation. Judge Roche urges renewed reconsideration of the evidence amid crowded courtroom scenes and lingering public scrutiny.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Rose
Japan
Michael J. Roche
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
D’aquino
End of Freeze Seen For Liquor Permits
Cincinnati reports the state liquor director says the current permit freeze may be partly lifted if population and conditions justify. The freeze began in January, was briefly lifted, then restored April 11, with no permits issued during the lapse.
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Cincinnati
Oscar L. Fleckner
Yugoslavia Expels Hungarian Diplomats Amid Tense Rift
Belgrade ordered nine Hungarian diplomats to leave as Hungary expelled Yugoslav legation staff in Budapest. Tito accused the Soviet bloc of pressure along the Yugoslav border while denouncing the alleged Russian plot to foment a revolution in Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Budapest
Tanjug
Russia
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Yugoslav
Tito
Romania
Edward Kardelj
United Nations Assembly
New York
London
United States
Britain
Legation
Drago Jovanovic
Laszlo Rajk
China Soviet Clash Seen at UN Meeting
Nationalist China and Communist Russia faced their first open clash in the United Nations over charges of threat to peace. Conciliations were attempted in the Greek Balkans and Korea, while China urged the full 59 nation Assembly to consider the charges against Russia.
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China
Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Assembly
Americans Freed From Russian Zone In Helmstedt Incident
Two young Americans Warren Oelsner of Oyster Bay New York and Peter Sellers of Philadelphia were released from a Russian zone in Helmstedt Germany after two months in custody. They had been jailed July 28 for bicycling into the Soviet sector without proper permit papers while attempting to reach Berlin.
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Germany
U. S
Warren Oelsner
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Peter Sellers
Philadelphia
Berlin
Truman To Go Home For Missouri Visit
President Truman departs Washington tonight for a two day trip to Missouri his home state. He plans to return after visiting key supporters and hometown stops.
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Truman
Washington
President Truman
Missouri
British Canadian Experts May Join U S Atom Work
Washington hearings discuss inviting British and Canadian scientists to participate in American atomic energy programs while U S officials push for screening and possible legal change. Senators Hickenlooper and McMahon weigh implications and current uranium supply concerns.
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U.S
Atom Work
Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
James E. Webb
Pound Cut Harm Is Seen
Senator Taft argues Britain�s pound devaluation harms the world economy but won�t affect the United States in the long run. He says the U.S. should rethink policy that pushes markets to British cheap goods. He plans to Ironton and Ashland, then Washington as part of his 100 day tour.
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Portsmouth
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Washington
Taft
U. S
Ironton
Ashland
Last Quadruplet Dies 16 Hours After Birth
Chicago report details the death of the final quadruplet born to Bernice Ecker a 33 year old mother who was unaware of her pregnancy The babies were born prematurely three to four months early and died within hours of the first infant The mother died days later from anemia Vernon Ecker the husband confirmed lack of prenatal care due to uncertainty about pregnancy.
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Chicago
Bernice Ecker
Oklahoma Remains Dry After Repeal Attempt
Oklahoma voters decisively rejected a fifth attempt in 42 years to repeal the constitutional ban on alcohol. With most precincts counted the repeal tally stood at 264 661 to 313 071, keeping the state dry.
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Oklahoma
New Bill Aims At Slum Areas
COLUMBUS two important pieces of legislation urban redevelopment and legalization of charges by Christian Science practitioners became effective tomorrow. The Christian Science bill ends a decades long struggle by adherents to obtain legal sanction for practitioners to charge for ministrations. Urban redevelopment seeks to eliminate slums in cities and convert areas to residential or business use with eminent domain powers for municipalities to acquire properties.
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Columbus
Churchill Seeks Ouster of British Labor Government
In a three day emergency session on devaluation, Winston Churchill urged parliament to remove the Labor government that took power in 1945. He warned of Britain's financial crisis and the atom bomb issue as part of a grave national hour.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Britain
Timken to lay off 334 workers at Canton and Columbus plants
The Timken Roller Bearing Co. announced planned layoffs of 209 employees at its Canton bearing plant and 125 at its Columbus plant on Friday.
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Canton
The
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Columbus
Mechanics Settle Strike at Columbus Terminal
Commercial Motor Freight, Inc. announced a Tuesday settlement ending a 10 day strike by 57 mechanics at its Columbus terminal.
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Columbus
Commercial Motor Freight, Inc
Columbus Terminal
Perry County Suit Filed To Prevent Interference With Mine Operations
Judges in Stark and Noble Counties issued orders restraining interference with coal mines. Noble County targeted the United Mine Workers union as strikers delayed work while Mansfield, Malvern, and nearby mines faced closures amid motorized protest caravans. Mass meeting planned at Miners Hall in Midvale to address the disruption.
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Stark and
Noble Counties
Noble County
United Mine Workers Union
L. B Frazier
Moserip Mining Co
Belle Valley
Stark County Common Pleas
George N. Graham
Merrick Coal Co
Stark-Carroll County
Edgar Russell
James House
Malvern
Robert Dillinger
John Randall
Sandy Township
J. D. Ross Co
Bristol Station
Perry County
Moserip
Dundee
Tuscarawas County
Paul Pancher
Pancher
Miners’ Hall
Midvale
New Philadelphia
Charles Fox
Seasion
Non-Union Coal Miners Defy UMW in Western Pennsylvania
Non union diggers return to the mines in Western Pennsylvania defying the United Mine Workers strike. About 1850 miners report to roughly 40 pits with armed guards and patrols observed, as production remains a trickle. Talks with operators planned in Bluefield and White Sulphur Springs as the strike enters its 10th day.
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Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Clearfield
Exman
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Southern
Bluefield
W. V
Northern and
Western
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Progressive
Illinois
Kentucky
Air Crash Kills Five Near Buenos Aires
At least five people died and 19 were injured when an Argentinian airliner crashed 155 miles west of Buenos Aires during a return from a mercy mission in Ecuador. One crewman is missing as investigators probe the flaming wreck.
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Buenos Aires
Ministry of Transportation
Ecuador
Labor Deep in Politics Says AFL Leader Green
William Green, president of the AFL, told the New Jersey State Federation of Labor’s annual convention in Atlantic City that labor is deeper in politics than ever due to the Taft Hartley Act. He said the AFL will focus political strength in Ohio next year to defeat Senator Robert A. Taft, co author of the act.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
New Jersey
Schoolboy Hit by Car Near Gallipolis
Eight year old Charles Fellore from Bidwell Route 2 was struck on Route 35 while waiting for a school bus five miles west of Gallipolis. He suffered fractures to both legs a fractured right elbow possible chest injuries and a head laceration and was taken to Holzer Hospital by his father. The milk truck driver and lane access are noted in the State Highway Patrol report.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Charles Fellore
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Stanley Fellore
Donaldson Dewey Keels
Adenauer Announces Allied Devaluation of West German Mark
Bonn reports Chancellor Adenauer said the three western allies propose cutting the West German Mark value from 30 to 23.80 cents in U S money after British devaluation. The West German Cabinet must still approve the allied decision.
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Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
U. S.S
Adenauer
Soviet Officials Agree To Return U S Ships
Washington report states Soviet officials formally agreed to return 20 American naval vessels loaned during World War I. The ships, including three icebreakers and 27 small craft, are to be handed back by December 1 after four years of U S pressure.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Perry County coal reserves estimated 209 years to exhaust
Perry County mines now supply about one quarter of Ohio’s coal and may last 209 years at current recoveries, based on a 43 to 65 percent extraction rate and annual output near 1.6 million tons. The study urges updated mapping and recalculation of reserves. Ohio overall ranks ninth in mineral production at about 300 million dollars yearly.
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Columbus
Perry County
Ohio
Norman K. Flint
Geological Survey of Ohio
Ina County
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
M. T. Sturgeon
Ohio University
Athens County
W. M. Merrill
Ohio State University
Hocking County
Flint
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
AIME
Jen H. Melvin
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