Government conciliators seek compromise on phone wages
Washington reports government conciliators met with American Telephone and Telegraph long lines division and the Amalgamated Union of Telephone Workers to end a 26 day strike. They discussed a possible compromise wage plan combining a smaller immediate raise with an arbitration board to decide further increases. Peter Manno and William Margolis led the talks as AT and T long distance workers seek a settlement that could affect other AT&T controlled firms.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Long Lines Division
Amnglcan Union of Telephone Workers
John W. Gibson
Peter J. Manno
William N. Margolis
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Senators Clash On Labor Bill
In Washington May 2 Senator Taft Ohio and Morse Oregon argued in the Senate over the labor disputes bill. Morse urged acceptance without amendments Taft pushed an amendment to bar union coercion in selecting bargaining reps. Taft stressed merits not party lines Morse called approval good Republican policy. Earlier Taft dropped a provision allowing private employers to seek injunctions against jurisdictional strikes.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Morse
Ore
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Eariler Taft
Portal Pay Bill Heads To President As veto fate looms
Washington May 2 A bill to wipe out billions in portal pay claims goes to the President for decision. Republicans warn a veto could hurt Mr Truman’s drive for lower prices while administration backers urge blackballing the measure to avoid weakening the wage hour act. The measure would bar most pending court claims totaling 5 to 6 billion for non productive time workers spent under employer control such as walking to work stations.
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Washington
White House
Truman
School Fuss Ends at Capital University Dorm Lounge
A student faculty committee proposal to open Trautman Hall lounge to men guests before and after meals was accepted by school authorities yesterday, but a no smoking rule remains in effect.
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Columbus
Trautman
Capital University
Wallace says world communism unlikely under Russia shift
Former vice president Henry Wallace told reporters in Cleveland that he sees no global spread of communism and that Russia would avoid war. He urged the United Nations to promote peace and higher living standards, opposed a Greece Turkey loan as a step toward arms buildup, and favored aid for plows and tools over bombs.
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Cleveland
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
Europe
United Nations
United States
Greece
Turkey
Agriculture and Commerce
High Winds Cause Widespread Damage in Logan County
High winds from yesterday's thunderstorm whipped through Logan and Hocking Counties causing downed trees and a ripped barn roof. Several buildings were damaged, traffic slowed for over an hour, but no injuries were reported as temperatures fell to 48 and later rose to 54. Ohio wind gusts topped 55 mph with heavy accompanying rain.
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Logan
Hocking
Ohio
Dayton-Springfield
Central
Southeastern
Kling Dies at New Lexington in Ohio Village
Montague Kling 53 longtime New Straitsville resident died yesterday at New Lexington after a two week illness. Funeral services set for 2 PM Saturday at Mills & Brown Funeral Home with Rev. Owen Plumley officiating. Burial in New Straitsville Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs. Josephine Stuart Arlington Va and niece Celesta Stuart Arlington VA.
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Montague Kling
New Straitsville
New Lexington
Kling
Mills & Brown Funeral
Owen Plumley
Josephine Stuart
Arlington
Celesta Stuart
Milk prices drop in Tiffin local market
Local milk prices will be reduced one cent to 17 cents a quart tomorrow with a corresponding drop in prices of other milk products.
Marine Vet Named Service Office Aide
Vaughn Collins a 30 year old former Murray City Marine has been named deputy Hocking County service officer by the Hocking County Soldiers Sailors Relief Commission effective Thursday. Collins served three years in the Marine Corps with time in the South Pacific and China and previously managed the county office of the Division of Aid for the Aged. He plans to move to Logan and will commute between Murray City and Logan until housing is ready. John Buchanan remains county service officer during his father Sam Buchanan's illness. The commission adds staff in anticipation of increased future work.
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Vaughn Collins
Murray City
Hocking
Hocking County
Logan
John Buchanan
Sam Buchanan
Shotgun Slayer Guilty in Ohio Murder Trial
Mrs Florence Noyes 37 was found guilty of second degree murder by a Sandusky jury for the shotgun slaying of her husband Delmar S Noyes 40. Court deferred sentence.
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Sandusky
Florence Noyes
Delmar S. Noyes
Manhattan Welcomes Aleman With Shower of Ticker Tape
President Miguel Aleman of Mexico was greeted by Mayor William O'Dwyer and Grover Whelan in New York. The visit included parades, receptions, and a luncheon as ticker tape fell along Park Avenue. He received honorary New York citizenship at City Hall before addressing the crowd from the steps.
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Manhattan
Aleman
New York
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
William O’dwyer
Washington
Grover Whelan
Truman
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Pennsylvania Station
Ohio Farm Prices Decline in April
Ohio farm price trends show a drop for the period ending April 15 per the Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service, though overall prices stay well above last year. Beef cattle hit a record $18.70 per hundredweight, while other meat animal prices eased. corn and wheat rose modestly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Price Cutting Plan To Be Continued
Newburyport merchants voted unanimously to continue the price cutting experiment in the seaport town of 15,000. The program, begun with a 10 percent slash on most commodities, excludes items fixed by law and will run for an indefinite period as merchants vote to extend it.
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Newburyport
Mass
Mine Fire Sealed at Spring Hill After Explosive Kills Eight
TERRE HAUTE Ind May 2 Workmen today began sealing off the Spring Hill mine where a Wednesday explosion killed eight men. Crews moved in to secure the scene and prevent further danger as investigators prepared to inspect the mine and determine cause.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Spring Hill
Local Option Rent Control Bill Approved
The House passed a local option rent control bill 204 to 182 allowing counties cities and towns to decide on controls. It extends ceilings to December 31 1947 with presidential extension possible to March 21 1948. The measure retains veterans housing preferences and mortgage insurance while granting partial rent increases and housing exemptions. Senator Wherry praised the local option idea.
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Washington
Senate
President Truman
Truman
Rep. Redden
D-Nc
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Scoffing Student Disrupts Catholic Church Services
Henry Berfield a 26 year old law and government student at Columbia University leaped the altar rail during a Catholic service in New York and taunted the priest. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct at night court and was held on $500 bail awaiting sentencing. He said he did not believe in Catholic doctrines.
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New York
Henry Berfield
Puyallup
Wash
Columbia University
Berfield
Edward Thompson
McBee Company Buys New Jersey Factory
The McBee Company of Athens Ohio has purchased a New Brunswick New Jersey war plant formerly run by Quimby Pump Co. for Navy pump production. Purchase price was 141000 dollars cash. McBee will make control records and statistical forms and expects to add 150 workers to its payroll of 780.
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Cincinnati
McBee Company
Athens
New Brunswick
N. J
Quimby Pump Co
Navy
War Assets Administration
McBee Co
Dock Strike Ends as Thousands Return to Work
London ends four day dock walkout as thousands resume unloading cargo ships. Strike leaders report a few hundred workers continuing to stay out despite government and union pleas to return.
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London
Tax cuts urged to spark production in Senate remarks
Washington urged by E M Voorhees to cut income taxes to stimulate production amid heavy replacement demand. Senator Pepper supported a deduction for teachers attending summer school. In Ohio Gov Herbert signed 29 measures, including extending the utility tax and authorizing a single license plate in 1948 49. In Louisville field of 14 entered the Kentucky Derby.
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Washington
E. M. Voorhees
United States Steel Corporation
Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Director of Public Works
Reno Beach
Toledo
Court revives old docket calling procedure in Hocking County
Judge Harley Meyer called the old docket for the first time in over 15 years to clear about 140 pending cases. Litigation dates back to 1931, with some dismissed, others continued, and some slated for trial. City and county attorneys attended as cases were listed.
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Hocking
Meyer
China War Accounts Negotiation Slated
The State Department announced that China will hold negotiations in Washington soon to settle all outstanding war accounts with the United States. The talks will cover about 1.5 billion dollars in lend lease, a 500 million dollar 1942 loan, and a 900 million dollar postwar surplus property deal.
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Washington
China
United States
State Department
Herbert Plans Drive On Traffic Deaths
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert outlined a statewide effort to cut traffic deaths and injuries. He would form a traffic safety committee of state officials to study problems and develop an accident prevention program after noting 1946 figures rose sharply from 1945 outside municipalities.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Herbert
Munitions Firm Prepared Bills In Own Office
FBI expert testified in May's war fraud trial that Cumberland Lumber invoices allegedly showing sales to the Garssons were typed on Garsson firms in Illinois. Prosecution says documents were faked to hide bribes to Andrew J. May, former House military committee head. Trial links May, Garsson brothers, and Washington agent Freeman in a bid to secure government favors.
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Washington
FBI
Kentucky
Andrew J. May
Garsson
Illinois
Frank M. Miller
May
Cumberland Lumber Co
Kentucky Democrat
Murray
Henry Garsson
House Military Committee
Miller
Jury Cumberland Company
Garssons
Erie Basin
Batavia Metal Products Companies
Charles J. Margiotti
Garsson Brothers
William A. Paisley
Cumberland
Joseph F. Freeman
Split Threatens French Cabinet
Paris May 2 Social ist Premier Paul Ramadier fights to stave off a cabinet split over the Communist Party. He asks the national assembly for a vote of confidence in his wage and price freezing plan, ruling out wage increases to prevent higher prices. Sources say he may form a new government with Communists excluded if he wins.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Communist Party
National Assembly
Commissioners Meet with Hocking County Board at Courthouse
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting at the courthouse today. Bills were approved for payment and routine business was transacted, a spokesman said.
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Hocking County Board of Commissioners
Rep Brehm Takes Up Cudgel For District of Columbia
Washington May 2 The District of Columbia gains a new champion in Congress Rep Walter Brehm of Logan. He spoke on a bill authorizing commissioners to set daylight saving time for the district noting he opposes daylight saving in principle but supports residents voting on it. He contrasted a prior bill he voted against which would have Congress order fast time for the district.
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Washington
District of
Columbia
Congress
Walter Brehm
Logan
Brehm
Ohioan
Ohio
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