Hearing Set Next Week On Coal Strike Injunction
The government seeks a stop strike injunction against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Judge T Alan Goldsborough scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday to decide if the court should act while the NLRB weighs Taft Hartley union shop issues amid a four day coal mine strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Denham
United Mine Workers Union
Steel Industry
NLRB
Shecet
Goldsborough
Rampaging Baboon Roars Aboard Dutch Liner Amstelkerk
In Plymouth on July 9 the Dutch liner Amstelkerk docked after a baboon escaped its cage during a West Africa voyage. The 150 pound animal ran through the decks as 80 passengers finished tea, causing chaos until a steward captured it with a sack over its head. The baboon is bound for a Dutch zoo.
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Plymouth
Eng
Amstelkerk
West Africa
Holland
Freedom Train Stops Set Across Ohio Next Month
The American Heritage Foundation outlines the Freedom Train tour in Ohio for August and September with 127 relics. Stops include Portsmouth August 6 Cincinnati August 7 Toledo August 13 Sandusky August 21 Cleveland September 2 Akron September 4 September 6 Dayton September 7 Springfield September 9 Canton September 10 Youngstown September 11 Steubenville September 12.
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Columbus
Ohio VFW Opens 28th Encampment
The 28th annual Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment opened in Cincinnati with memorial services honoring America’s dead of all wars. Delegates and the women’s auxiliary attend as business sessions are planned, followed by a downtown parade and a Sunday officers election.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
America
Women’s Auxiliary
Jaycees Plan Dinner and Officer Installation
Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a dinner meeting at Brandt's restaurant next Tuesday at 6 30 P M. New officers will be installed and discussion is planned on Jaycee sponsorship with the Logan Driving Club of a horse event.
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Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce
Brandt's
Jaycee
Logan Driving Club
Hog Price Hits Thirty Dollars In Columbus
Hog prices in Columbus rose to 30 dollars per hundredweight yesterday, matching the local record set on December 26, 1947, as livestock men cited a shortage of hogs on the hoof.
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Columbus
Fighting Rages On Two Fronts Of Holy Land
Arab and Jewish forces clash across northern and southern Palestine as Tel Aviv is bombed after a four week truce. Haifa warns air raid, villages near Majdal change hands, and Bernadotte discusses demilitarizing Jerusalem with King Abdullah amid talks of another truce.
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Holy Land
Tel Aviv
U.N
Cairo
Haifa
Israel
Majdal
Haifadispa
Jenin
Palestine
Abdullah
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Holy
Tly Bernadotte
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Diplomat's Daughter Guilty in Vice Case
Nancy Fletcher Choremi, daughter of a U.S. career diplomat, was found guilty by a municipal court of loitering for purposes of vice. She and two other women, Madeleine Blavier and Mrs. Margaret Starr, were convicted largely on recorded telephone conversations.
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New York
Nancy Fletcher Choremi
U.S
Madeleine Blavier
Margaret Starr
Blavier
State Liquor Chief Orders Destruction of Slot Machines
Columbus July report states more than 250 slot machines seized by the state liquor department in three years will be destroyed by August 16. Liquor Director Dale Duniton ordered enforcement chief Donald T. Geyer to carry out the plan and the owners will receive notice before disposal. The department began seizing machines in 1945 and stored them in a burglar-proof vault awaiting final action.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Dale Duniton
Liquor Department
Donald T. Geyer
Geyer
Death Claims Earl J. Soliday
Earl J. Soliday 43 of 742 Warner Avenue died at 7 30 A M today at White Cross Hospital Columbus after a long illness He was an examiner and accountant for the building and loan division of the state bureau of inspection for about 14 years A Logan High School graduate he attended Ohio University Native of Murray City he lived in Logan most of his life He is survived by his wife Ruth two sons Stanley and Ronald mother Mrs Dan Soliday two brothers Carl and Ray and two sisters Mrs Fred Kreyssig and Mrs Margaret Hiser The body will lie at Leonard Funeral Home with calling hours Saturday Funeral services will be at 10 A M Monday Dr W H Spring of Portsmouth officiating Burial in Forest Rose Cemetery Lancaster.
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Earl J. Soliday
Warner Avenue
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Soliday
Building and Loan Division
State Bureau of Inspection
Logan High School
Ohio University
Murray City
Logan
Ruth Soliday
Stanley
Ronald
Dan Soliday
Washington D. C
Carl Soliday
Ray Soliday
Fred Kreyssig
Cleveland
Margaret Hiser
Leonard Funeral
Dems Urged to Pledge Price Control Return
In Philadelphia on July 9 Leon Henderson wartime OPA head urged the Democratic platform committee to pledge immediate action restoring price allocation inventory and credit controls to curb inflation. Harold Ickes urged tapping Tidelands oil fields for federal aid to education.
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Philadelphia
Leon Henderson
OPA
Democratic Platform Committee
Henderson
GOP
Harold Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Democratic Party
Tidelands
Ickes
Democrats Consider Stassen as Democratic VP Candidate
A Democratic National Committee member suggested Harold E. Stassen today as the party's vice presidential candidate. A Arizona committeewoman from Phoenix and Prescott weighed in on the discussion amid party speculation and internal pressure.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Democratic National Committee
W. P. Stuart
Phoenix
Prescott
Arizona
Railroad Wage Settlement Ends Rail Strike Threat
The White House announces the railroad wage dispute is settled and Army control will end as lines return to private operation. The agreement adds 16 operating-rule changes and retroactive pay boosts, with new terms for engineers, firemen, and switchmen and a framework to speed future wage issues.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Kansas City Market Swamped with Wheat
The Kansas City market faced a wheat flood with 1 945 cars arriving in a single day the largest ever for a market area. The glut came from Kansas and the Southwest and overwhelmed the outersity district with grain shipments.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Eastern Railroads Uplift Passenger Fares 17 Percent
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern railroads a 17 percent average rise in passenger fares north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi. Basic coach fares advance from 2.5 to 3 cents a mile while sleeping and parlor car rates rise from 3.5 to 4 cents a mile with proportional round trip increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi
ICC
Commission
First of Hocking County 1948 Wheat Reaches Market
The Keynes Bros Milling Co reports the first 1948 wheat to market in Hocking County. Farmers cite excellent per acre yields and potential new records. Rain last weekend slowed threshing and delayed marketing though combining started in a few isolated farms.
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Hocking County
Robert Keynes
Keynes Bros. Milling Co
Keynes
Coal price rises 85 cents per ton after pay increase
The Pittsburgh Coal Co. announced an 85 cents per ton rise in retail bituminous coal to offset a $1 per day UMW raise. The new four inch lump coal costs 10.85 per ton, stoker coal 10.60, and nut slack 8.60, reflecting higher mine trucking yard freight and storage costs.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Cooler Week Ahead After Warm Weekend
The forecast calls for a warm weekend in Ohio with temperatures 2-4 degrees below normal afterward. Expect cooler conditions from Monday through Wednesday and only light scattered thundershowers around Sunday with precipitation near a fraction of an inch.
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Ohio
Fred Jacoby Named Bremen High Basketball Coach
Fred Jacoby former Logan High School star is named head basketball coach at Bremen High School. He captained LHS football in 1944 and played on the 1945 basketball champions. A OSU physical education graduate, he served as an assistant coach at University High and South High while a student. He will assist Clarence Uphoff, successor to Eddie Sears who resigned.
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Fred Jacoby
Logan High School
Bremen High School
Everett Jacoby
North Orchard Street
LHS
Ohio
Ohio State University
OSU
University High
South High School
Clarence Uphoff
Eddie Sears
Train Wreck Kills Up To 60 in Lower Serbia
A Yugoslav train collision near Belgrade left up to sixty people dead and many injured. Emergency crews rushed to the scene in Lower Serbia to recover victims and assist survivors.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Serbia
Civilian Employment Reaches Record High in June
Washington reports June civilian employment at 61,296,000, rising 2,636,000 from May as unemployment climbs to 2,184,000. Census cites youths taking summer work replacing vacation staff and catering the vacation trade, pushing totals past July 1947.
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Washington
Census Bureau
McGrath Rules Out Douglas Bid for Presidential Nomination
Chicago leader Jacob M. Arvey says Mayor O'Dwyer and others will back Truman at the convention. Eisenhower telegram to Senator Pepper asks him not to name Eisenhower, wording labeled final. McGrath doubts Douglas will allow his name for opposition to Truman, and Johnston may offer a resolution urging Truman to step aside. O'Dwyer cancels tomorrow night anti-Truman caucus.
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Chicago
Jacob M. Arvey
O'Dwyer
New York
Truman
Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Claude Pepper
Florida
Eisenhower
Pepper
J. Howard McGrath
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
National Committee
Johnston
Mr. Truman
General Eisenhower
McGrath
William O’dwyer
New York City
O’dwyer
Today’s Markets At a Glance
Stocks firm with rails and steel ahead while bonds stay steady and rails advance. Wheat shows easy cash receipts in the Southwest and corn remains weak amid favorable growing weather. July oats steady while others fall with corn. Nose lady to 25 cents lower, top 75. Cattle climbs to a high of 40.00 with a 26 cent gain.
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Gen
D. Eisenhower
Dwight
Freedom
VFW
Jaycees
Tel Aviv-Haifa
Dems
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Whitney
Candice Briskin
Hollywood
Betty Hutton
International Soundphoto
Eastern Railroads
Bremen
Douglas
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