Four Ohio mines shut during coal walkouts
Bellaire Ohio reports two more mines closed leaving four in operation as labor protests over the Taft Hartley Act cut output. About 11,000 miners idle statewide with 6,500 off in the field and 1,000 at the four active mines. Nationwide, steel mills and railroads cut production amid wildcat walkouts, with 222,000 idle miners and a 1,189,119 ton loss in a day.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Rail & River No. 6
Here
Florence Coal Co
Adena
Pittsburgh
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Morgantown
Kentucky
Illinois
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Utah
Colorado
AFL— United Mine Workers
AFL
Progressive Mine Workers Union
Ind
UMW
Truman vetoes wool price support bill in world trade warning
President Truman vetoed the wool price support bill saying it would harm international relations and threaten U S leadership at Geneva. He opposed a House tariff-boosting amendment and urged Congress to pass a new bill aligned with U S international duties and economic interests. The Senate will vote to override or sustain the veto.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
Van Aken Labor Bill Faces Five-Day Decision
Gov Thomas J Herbert held a poker faced session as five days remained for action on the Van Aken labor control bill. Opponents led by Ohio labor leaders denounced it while proponents including industrialists chamber of commerce spokesmen and Rep William R Van Aken praised the measure amid the 97th general assembly’s closing hours.
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Columbus
van Aken
Thomas J. Herbert
97Th General Assembly
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
William R. van Aken
Cuyahoga
States Schools Face Decisive Two Weeks
The Ohio Education Association said the next two weeks will decide the state's schools as salary schedules and teacher contracts are set. Under a new law teachers must accept or reject 1947 48 contracts by July 10, instead of August 1, with salary schedules due by boards by July 1.
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Columbus
Ohio Education Association
OFA
Boards of Education
Mass Layoffs Planned at Ravenna Arsenal and Lordstown Depot
Ravenna arsenal to lay off 300 civilian employees on June 30 per a government personnel reduction order announced by Col. S R Stribling. Lordstown Ordinance Depot at Warren will discharge 40 workers.
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Ravenna, O
Ravenna Arsenal
Col
S. R. Stribling
Lordstown
Warren
Hearings Ordered On Jones Appointment
The Senate interstate commerce committee ordered hearings on Rep. Robert F. Jones of Ohio for his appointment to the Federal Communications Commission. The hearings start tomorrow after Truman nominated Jones following the withdrawal of Ray C. Walkefield’s reappointment.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Truman
Rep
Robert F. Jones
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
Jones
Ray C. Walkefield
California
Mrs. Melville Harbaugh Dies in Columbus Hospital
Mrs. Melville G. Harbaugh 77 of 133 Zanesville Avenue Logan died at 11 P M Wednesday in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus after hip fracture surgery. She leaves husband a daughter Mrs Otto Lyke 147 Zanesville Avenue and granddaughter Mrs Owen Landis Newark. Funeral Saturday 2 P M First Presbyterian Church Rev Henry L Carr. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Woodard Funeral Service.
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Melville G. Harbaugh
Zanesville Avenue
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Jackson
Ohio
William and
Elizabeth Lewis
Logan
Otto Lyke
Owen Landis
Newark
Melrose
Leah
Presbyterian Church
Venus Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Social Circle
First Presbyterian Church
Henry L. Carr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard
Columbus Man Heads Spanish War Vets
George E. Walsh of Columbus is elected commander of the Ohio United Spanish War Veterans. He won the post at the end of a four day convention of the group and its auxiliary which chose Mrs. Fri da Gruler of Cincinnati as president.
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Columbus
George E. Walsh
Ohio United Spanish War Veterans
Walsh
Frida Gruler
Cincinnati
Injuries Fatal After Truck Crash in Ohio Town
Harold Leasure, 30, of Stafford, Ohio, died last night from injuries after being thrown from a truck Sunday in Barnesville. The accident occurred while he rode in the vehicle, and his death was attributed to the injuries sustained. He was reported as a resident of Stafford and the case was investigated by local authorities.
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Barnesville
Harold Leasure
Stafford, O
Cities and Rural Reps Plan Cleveland Conference
The Ohio Association of Cities formed at Toledo aims to bridge urban rural gaps. Mayor Carl W. Rich of Cincinnati, named chairman, says a Cleveland conference next month could ease tensions and reduce calls for a constitutional amendment. He notes a cooperative spirit and a plan for monthly meetings and in-city discussions.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
Carl W. Rich
Ohio Association of Cities
Toledo
Rich
Cam
City Association
Hartley and Lewis Clash Over Taft Hartley Mutiny
Washington June 26 The top two authors of the Taft Hartley labor law clash over John L Lewis and the looming soft coal stop page. Hartley demands a new section to curb the rebellious union leader while Landis favors concessions to contract demands to avert a July 8 strike. Lewis 400,000 soft coal diggers face a potential contract deadlock as government seizure authority nears expiry.
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Washington
House
John L. Lewis
Rep. Hartley
R-Nj
Truman
Lewis
Rep. Landis
R-Ind
House Labor Committee
Landis
Paper Shortage Forces Shorter Speeches in Congress
The appropriations committee reports a continuing newsprint shortage limiting Congressional Record printing. The Government Printing Office says supplies are barely enough and cannot be increased. It costs about 71 dollars per page to print the record.
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Washington
Congress
Appropriations Committee
White House
Government Printing Office
Congressional Record
Portion of Payroll Loot Is Recovered
Akron police and Goodrich plant workers recovered 19600 of 31250 stolen from a pay master Tuesday night. The cash was hidden in sawdust bags and machinery, with 434 pay envelopes found and 244 intact on a stairway. Detective Captain Struzewski reports the raid recovered part of the payroll not yet returned to the company.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
John F. Struzewski
William P. Smith
Mobilization plan urged by Baruch at war prep address
Bernard M Baruch urged a work or fight law for all citizens as a basic step to mobilize Americas full might in a future war He warned mass destruction tools give little time to improvise though the nation faces an unrestful period and no immediate threat from Russia Molotov arrives in Paris for three power talks on aid to Europe and broad British American conclusions Attlee reports progress Prohibition Party opens its national convention in Winona Lake Indiana focusing on ending liquor traffic in America
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
America
Russia
Armed Forces’ Industrial College
Baruch
Prohibition Party
Winona Lake
Ind
Billy Sunday Tabernacle
Leaders Sound Warnings On U N Charter Anniversary
LAKE SUCCESS June 26 The top leaders of the United Nations voiced caution about the path ahead on the second anniversary of the San Francisco charter signing. President Truman Attlee Ramadier Chiang Kai Shek and Andrei Gromyko lauded UN goals while pledging full support amid unresolved issues and ongoing global tensions. Gromyko noted the need to look forward without dwelling on past shortcomings and stressed continued focus on unsolved problems.
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China
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
United Nations
World Organization
Truman
U.N
United States
Lake gives up four victims in boat capsize
Bodies of all four drowned in Lake St Mary have been recovered. Joseph Dawson of Wheaton Illinois, a ministry student, was found yesterday. Earlier recovered were Paul Dawson of Indianapolis George Dawson of Hood River Oregon and Harry E Lee of Lima.
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ST. Marys
Lake St. Mary
Joseph Dawson
Wheaton
Ill
Paul Dawson
Indianapolis
George Dawson
Hood River
Ore
Harry E. Lee
Lima
Six Men Die In Cleveland St. Louis Train Wreck
A derailment of the New York Central St Louis Special near Shiloh Ohio killed six men and possibly seven. Engineers F Higgins and Elmer R Wanke of Cleveland died, as did firemen L J McCord and J D Kennedy, work crew Edward Gunderson and James L Brockwell, with a third camp worker buried and a to be named seventh victim unconfirmed. Three passengers were slightly injured.
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Shelby
New York Central Railroad
St. Louis
Shiloh
Cleveland
State Highway Patrol
C. F. Higgins
Elmer R. Wanke
L. J. McCord
J. D. Kennedy
Edward Gunderson
Lansing
Mich
James L. Brockwell
Johnson City
Tenn
Crop fears dispelled in Sandusky County
Rudolph P. Smith, AAA coordinator, said no excessive crop loss is likely as 75 percent of corn acreage in Sandusky County has been planted. He added that a bumper soybean yield should balance the crop outlook.
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Fremont
Rudolph P. Smith
AAA
Sandusky County
Smith
Agriculture Department Foresees Above-Average Corn Crop
The Agriculture Department, despite spring floods and planting delays, hopes for a good corn crop. A spokesman said forecasts are premature and a two-week period of warm, dry weather could improve prospects. The first forecast will come July 10, based on reports from over 100,000 crop reporters nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
AFL President Declares Move Is Inadvisable
Washington June 26 AFL President William Green rejected pleas from mem ber unions for a general strike against the Taft Hartley labor control law He said it would be unwise to bow to telegrams and letters Instead the federation will fight the measure in the courts seek to maintain rights in negotiations and organize politically to defeat lawmakers who backed the bill The AFL CIO merger pace may quicken with more talks on consolidation and parallel political goals without creating a separate action committee.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Green
Executive Council
Truman
CIO
Floodwaters Rip Des Moines Levee
Des Moines river flood breached a mile-long levee, flooding a 25-block area as twin flood crests converged near the city. The record crest of 20.92 followed 18.7 from 13 days earlier, threatening downstream towns Red Rock Eddyville Ottumwa and Keosauqua as they face a third flood in the month.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Scott Street
Red Rock
Eddyville
Ottumwa
Keosauqua
Bemused Billposter Brings Confusion To Columbus Voters
Columbus Ohio June 26 A large colored billboard in the state capital urged voters to elect William H Wemmer mayor Republican, with a note from Fort Wayne Indiana firm Intercity Co saying crews likely mixed signs between Indianapolis and Columbus and Columbus candidate signs may have appeared in Indianapolis.
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Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
William H. Wemmer
Fort Wayne
Ind
W. Frank Welch
Intercity
Body recovered after fishing tug accident in Conneaut
Firemen recovered the body of Eddie Godziak aged 10 in Conneaut harbor after he fell from a fishing tug where he had been playing and drowned. The incident occurred yesterday as the boat was docked in Conneaut, Ohio.
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Conneaut, O
Eddie Godziak
Conneaut Harbor
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