Labor withholds fire on Ohio union bill
In Columbus on January 24 organized labor signaled restraint as it awaits the new state administration’s labor policy before acting on proposed measures to outlaw closed shops curb strikes and fix union liability. Rep William R Van Aken Cleveland attorney and Rep Charles H Veach Putnam county farmer lawyer sponsor bills seeking annual union reports secret ballot strikes limits pickets civil liability and other controls with the governor awaiting cabinet checks before suggestions.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
CIO
AFL
General Assembly
William R. van Aken
Cleveland
Charles H. Veach
Putnam County
Labor
State Administration
Chamber of Commerce
House of Representatives
van Aken
State Department of Industrial Relations
Services Saturday For Miss Wellman
Funeral services for Miss Anna Wellman who died yesterday at her home 187 South Spring Street after a yearlong illness will be held at 2 P M Saturday from the residence Rev Henry Carr and Rev Amos L Heyde will officiate Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery by the Woodard Funeral Service Miss Wellman a pioneer Hocking County family member had lived in Logan all her life Survivors include sisters Mrs BE M Martin Emma and Mayme Wellman of the home and brother Ben Wellman Logan
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Anna Wellman
South Spring Street
Henry Carr
Amos L. Heyde
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard
Miss Wellman
Hocking County
Logan
BE. M. Martin
Emma
Mayme Wellman
Ben Wellman
Paper Drive Saturday By First Methodist Youth
The Youth Fellowship at First Methodist Church will hold a waste paper collection tomorrow in Logan. Residents should set bundles on porches or curbs to aid pickup by volunteers.
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The
First Methodist Church
Logan
Congress and Courts Unite on Portal Pay Crisis
Washington reports a joint congressional and judicial push to resolve portal pay disputes. The Justice Department seeks retroactive dismissals of trifling time claims, while Senate judiciary leaders pledge fast remedies. The Mt Clemens Pottery Co ruling and Supreme Court action loom over billions in potential back pay, with army navy and contractors heavily exposed and tax deductibility noted.
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Washington
Congress
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Wiley
Senate Judiciary Committee
GOP
Senate Policy Committee
Frank A. Picard
Detroit
Portal
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Supreme Court
Picard
High Court
Army
Navy
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jap War Crimes Trial Near End
Tokyo reports the International War Crimes Tribunal rested its case against former premier Tojo and 25 other wartime leaders after 160 sessions since April 29. The prosecutor concluded the argument at 4 10 PM as two defendants had died and one key figure was confined as insane, with the record exceeding 4 000 000 words.
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Tokyo
Tojo
International War Crimes Tribunal
A. Comyns Carr
Britain
Yosuke Matsuoka
Adm
Osami Nagano
Navy General Staff
Pearl Harbor
Shumei Okawa
Okawa
Cincinnati Flood Control Dam to Return Benefits
Cincinnati officials and Army engineers note the Mill Creek Dam will yield about 80 million dollars in net flood control benefits over 50 years, with annual gains around 2.04 million and a cost around 20 million. Lt. Gen. Wheeler and Sen. Taft praised the project at a dedication luncheon marking Black Sunday’s 10th anniversary.
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Cincinnati
New Mill Creek
Queen City
R A. Wheeler
Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio River
Mill Creek
General Wheeler
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Mill Creek Valley
Army turns V-2 rocket into guided missile
White Sands New Mexico January 24 The Army reported success in converting a German V-2 rocket into a guided missile operable from the ground by radio signals. Col Harold R Turner said the 19th firing demonstrated an American guidance system and a gyroscope setting device that could be radio controlled. The test by daybreak showed a spectacular ascent with the rocket visible across the desert proving ground.
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White Lands
N. M
Harold R. Turner
Desert Ordnance Proving Ground
Turner
Ada Tignor 73 Dies This Afternoon
Mrs Ada Belle Tignor 73 wife of Thomas Tignor died at 1 PM today at the home of daughter Mrs William Rafferty on North Culver Street after two apoplectic strokes. A native of Hocking County she lived in Logan many years. Survived by husband two daughters a son and two half brothers all of nearby Logan. Funeral arrangements pending with body to be returned to East Street residence.
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Ada Belle Tignor
Thomas Tignor
William Rafferty
North Culver Street
Tignor
Hocking County
Logan
Mr. Tignor
East Street
Rafferty
Paschal
Clarence Brooks
Ralph Moorhead
Frank Coakley
Edward Coakley
Hear Logan
Western Union Requests Ohio Telegraph Rate Hike
Western Union applied to the Ohio Public Utilities Commission for rate increases. The plan would add three cents to 10 word straight intercity wires and raise each additional word by a quarter cent. A two cent hike for night letters up to 25 words was also requested. Rates take effect February 14 unless objections are filed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Western Union
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
City Employes Get Wage Hike
In Portsmouth Ohio the city council approved about 71 600 in wage increases for all municipal workers, including 100 service department staff who ended a 22 day strike. The ordinance raises hourly wages by 10 cents and salaries about 12 percent starting today, with major officials to rise next year. Police and fire pay starts at 180 monthly, rising to 205, chiefs gain 600 annually to 3600, while city manager and other salaries also increase. About 48000 from the general fund will finance the raises as officials seek new revenue.
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Portsmouth
Service Department
Ernest G. Littleton
Clarence B. Pfyles
Gun Wielder Surrenders After Police Siege in Cleveland
Isaac Richardson, 53, faced a firearms discharge charge after firing a shot through a neighbor's window while seeking $3 debt. He barricaded in his east side home and resisted surrender until ten police squads surrounded the house. no one was injured.
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Cleveland
Isaac Richardson
Richardson
Hospital Visiting Hours Limited at Hocking Valley
Officials at Hocking Valley Hospital limited visiting hours to 2 to 4 PM and 6 30 to 8 PM due to crowding. Beginning today only immediate family may visit bedside patients for a 10 minute period.
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Hocking Valley Hospital
Vaudeville Star Eva Tanguay Death Estate Value
Eva Tanguay died January 11 at age 68. In a petition for letters of administration her nurse Ruth Weeks says the vaudeville legend left only personal effects valued at 500 dollars. Tanguay once earned 3500 dollars weekly. The Los Angeles notice dated January 24 reports the estate details.
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Los Angeles
Eva Tanguay
Ruth Weeks
Eight Ohioans Die Violently in One Day Across State
AP reports a deadly Thursday as three motorists die in railroad crossing crashes, a Canton toddler is accidentally shot, and two Columbus men are killed by a hit-skip driver, ending a 59 day traffic death streak. An octogenarian, a Warren ER worker, and others perish in separate incidents across Ohio.
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Ohio
Canton
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
George H. Hailey
London
John B. Goodman
Oron T. Collins
Hailey
Warren
Erie Railroad
Burton Crossing
W. L. Barrick
Janio Raffic
War Assets Administration
Wardwell Yards
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nimon V. Crawford
Genoa
David Hunt
Darrell
Cleveland
John Labanich
Drake Hotel Flooded After Water Pipe Breaks
Philadelphia reports fifty thousand gallons of water flooded eight top floors of the 30 story Drake Hotel and poured from open windows into the street. A broken connection to a water tank on the roof caused the flood and guests were evacuated from most of the 750 rooms. Water gushed through corridors and stairways and froze on the street as temperatures dropped, causing traffic detours.
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Philadelphia
Drake
Amnesia Victim Regains Memory in Toledo Hospital
Jean Frances Foss a 23 year old student nurse from Baltimore's University Hospital was found to have recovered memory at Toledo State Hospital after a multi state search. She had disappeared Tuesday afternoon after being removed from a bus en route from Akron to Toledo and was unconscious for 24 hours in Memorial Hospital Fremont before admission.
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Toledo, O
Jean Frances Foss
Baltimore’s University Hospital
Toledo State Hospital
Fremont
Memorial Hospital
Akron
Toledo
Foreign Policy Fuss Studied in Washington
Washington dispatch reports a clash between Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden and Ambassador George Messersmith over U S relations with Argentina. President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall discussed the issue, with Braden insisting the Peron government meet international obligations before a friendly U S stance. Messersmith remains in Washington to present arguments for a policy modification.
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Washington
Spruille Braden
George Messersmith
Argentina
Marshall
Truman
United States
Messersmith
Braden
Peron
Big Gas Well Drilled In Canton City Park
Canton Ohio January 24 The first gas well on city park lands in Cook Park was producing 4 000 000 cubic feet a day after blowing in late yesterday Eugene R Markley president of Markley Oil and Gas Co which leased the park lands said the well output was very good The drilling which began in November began as a 1 000 000 cubic feet flow yesterday and jumped to 4 900 000 after dynamite shot The company is drilling seven other wells on park lands.
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Canton, CO
City Park
Eugene R. Markley
Markley Oil & Gas Co
Cook Park
Low Salaries Hit in Complaint By Ohio Men School Teachers
Ohio male teachers with families voice a financial impossibility in continuing in education. Alfred C. Stein of Springfield argues only two options for married teachers to stay: take supplementary jobs or have wives work, harming child-rearing. He urges community support for male teachers forming stable homes and families.
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Ohio
Columbus
Springfield
Alfred C. Stein
Snyder Park
Stein
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Solon
Andrew J. May former House military chair and Garsson brothers pleaded innocent to conspiring to defraud the government in U S district court. Trial set for March 19 with $2000 bond. Freeman and others also plead not guilty in Washington.
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Federal Grand Jury
Solon
Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Garsson Brothers
Bolitha Laws
U. S. District Court
Allen Krause
Garssons
Charles J. Margiotti
Laws
May-Garsson
May
Fire rescue ends with boy fleeing after door escape
Firemen answering a call to free David Wyman Jr. from a locked bathroom encountered him and his mother on the porch. The boy had unlocked the door and ran out when he heard the approaching fire truck siren, leaving his embarrassed mother to explain the lapse.
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Seattle
Wash
David Wyman, Jr
David
Ex Senator Marcus Coolidge Dead at 81 in Florida
Marcus Allen Coolidge 81 longtime U S senator from Massachusetts died last night in Miami Beach Florida. He served in the U S Senate from 1963 to 1970 and was known for his work on overseas aid and civil rights.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Marcus Allen Coolidge
U. S
Massachusetts
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