Longshoremen Snub Army Hiring In West Coast Strike
The CIO Longshoremen's Union in San Francisco says it will ignore the Army's call for dock workers on a first come first served basis, accusing the Army of bypassing the hiring hall. Gasoline deliveries to West Coast stations drop 25 percent as refinery strikes persist. New York dock and trucking strikes loom as Local 282 AFL Teamsters seek higher pay, while Local 807 with 9,400 members continues active walkout.
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CIO
Harry Bridges
San Francisco
West Coast
AFL
Teamsters
New York
Army
Local 282
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York Teamsters
807
Local 807
Tiny Apartments Stifle Romance Says Educator
Washington report quotes Bryn J. Hovde, president of the New School for Social Research, demanding that shrinking city housing drives courtships to streets, amusements, parks, and cars, as builders continue to produce diminutive units with little privacy.
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Washington
New York
Bryn J. Hovde
The
New School For Social Research
Hovde
Huge Flying Boat To Get New Test
Howard Hughes says his 200 ton flying boat will undertake taxi tests on October 15 with a takeoff about two months later. The craft, previously tested with a water skim in Los Angeles harbor, has undergone refinements after committees reviewed its flight act.
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Hollywood
Howard Hughes
Hughes
RKO Studio
Los Angeles
All‘ Committee
Clay casts doubt war is near as Berlin crisis lingers
Gen Lucius D. Clay told reporters in Berlin he did not believe a war was around the corner and doubted the Russians would use Berlin as the final German issue. He urged exhausting all other means before force and warned withdrawal of occupying forces would unsettle Germans while noting Allied strength relative to a Soviet invasion.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
United States
Clay
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Communism
Moscow
United Nations Security Council
Germany
Bavaria
Ohio school lunch fund boosted with federal and state adds
About 200000 Ohio school children will receive at least 450000 more free food this year as the federal allotment to Ohio rises to 2344665 dollars, with the state contributing a matching 225000 dollars. The Agriculture Department will also supply food valued at several hundred thousand dollars, including dried eggs and fruit, under the lunch program and farm price support measures.
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Washington
Ohio
Columbus Moves Against Floating Bookies in Race Betting Crackdown
City council declared additional horse race betting equipment illegal in an effort to curb floating bookies. Police previously needed to witness a bet or make one themselves to obtain evidence for conviction.
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Columbus
Mrs. Leota Bright Dies in Logan After Long Illness
Mrs. Leota Bright 73 widow of George W. Bright died at 1 40 AM Tuesday at 659 East Hunter Street after a long illness. She fractured a leg in a fall over four months ago and had lived in Hocking County and Logan most of her life. No immediate survivors. nieces and nephews survive. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday at Leonard Funeral Home with Dr R B Wilson officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Body remains at funeral home for visitation.
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Leota Bright
George W. Bright
East
Hunter Street
Hocking County
Leonard Funeral Home
R. B. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
DuPont Unveils Titanium Metal Process
DuPont announces a new method to produce titanium, a light strong metal with rust resistance and high heat tolerance. The element, abundant in the earth, promises applications from wartime smoke screens to high speed aircraft and jets, potentially boosting rocket and engine performance.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Wilmington, del
DuPont Company
DuPonts
Betty Hutton Wows London Audience After Debut
Betty Hutton, the American songstress, wowed a London Palladium crowd after her debut. The audience called her back for an encore following the playing of the national anthem.
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Betty Hutton
London
Palladium
Accidental Shot Kills Bride-to-Be in Coshocton
In Coshocton Ohio a 15 year old bride to be Betty Jean Miller was accidentally killed while watching Dan Thornsley 14 shoot at a target with a .22 rifle at the Thornsley home near Coshocton Hospital. Dan Thornsley and Eugene Thornsley 24 are brothers. Coroner William E Pfandt ruled the death accidental noting the rifle bullet went through a window into the girl’s head. She would have turned 16 the next day.
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Coshocton
William E. Pfandt
Coshocton County
Dan Thornsley
Betty Jean Miller
Fresno
Miss Miller
Eugene Thornsley
Dan
Pfandt
Thornsley
Fairfield County Drowning Projed
Undamaged speed boat and the body of William Brenneiser 40 a Lancaster dry cleaning plant employee were found at Buckeye Lake. He was last seen Sunday evening near Buckeye Lake Park and authorities had been dragging since Monday. The coroner delayed verdict pending further investigation.
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Lancaster, O
Buckeye Lake
William Lewis Brenneiser
Lancaster Dry Cleaning Plant
Taylor’s Beach
Onion Island
Brenneiser
Buckeye Lake Park
Wage Talks Planned Between Rail Brotherhoods and Management
Four railroad brotherhoods representing engineers firemen conductors and trainmen planned a meeting with management in Chicago to thresh out wage problems.
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Chicago
Absent Minded Husband Abandons Wife on Drive Home
Elkhart Indiana report says William McCafery 28 drove off at a gas station near South Bend leaving his wife Edna asleep in the back seat. She woke later for a soft drink and flagged a state trooper Rex Riser, aiding a stop at the Ohio Indiana line road block.
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Elkhart
Ind
William McCafery
Edna
Canfield
William
South Bend
Edga
Rex Riser
McCafery
Ohio-Indiana Line
Rites Held for Sgt Robert Nelson Killed in France
Funeral services were conducted for Sgt. Robert W. Nelson 27 son of Mrs Carl Bartlett of Logan who died in action in France on November 26 1944 The Woodard Funeral Home hosted the service with Dr R B Wilson officiating Military graveside rites were performed by Hocking County veterans groups and Oak Grove Cemetery burial followed.
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Robert W. Nelson
Carl Bartlett
Logan
France
Woodard Funeral Home
R. B. Wilson
Veterans
Hocking County
Oak Grove Cemetery
Columbus Day Observance Proposed by President Truman
President Truman urged a national Columbus Day observance for October 12, calling on Americans to honor the explorer's legacy with a day of remembrance and civic reflection.
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Washington
Truman
Maine Elects Margaret Chase Smith to Senate in Landslide
Maine voters elected Rep. Margaret Chase Smith to the U S Senate with a 92 850 vote margin and 71 4 percent from a record 154 687 to 61 837 for Democrat Adrian Scolten. The GOP swept top offices including governor and three congressmen.
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Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Dewey-Warren
Republi
Smith
Adrian H. Scolten
Biddeford
Lewiston
Today's Markets At a Glance
Wheat mixed with nearby up while corn September contracts dip. Oats steady with fair demand. Hogs fairly active and steady with top price $29.50. Cattle steady with most bars, top price $41.50.
Willoughby Village Approved Near Eastlake Ohio
Eastlake area residents celebrate official approval of a new municipality named Willoughby. The six and a half square mile tract lies in Willoughby Township and marks a formal boundary change approved by the state.
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Willoughby
Eastlake
Willoughby Township
Woman Educator Dies in Youngstown After 80 Years of Service
Mrs. Sarah Jane Peterson a longtime educator and education advocate in Youngstown Ohio died this morning in a local hospital at age 92. She spent 80 of her 92 years contributing to schooling and community programs across the city.
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Youngstown
Sarah Jane Peterson
Would-Be Actors Stage Kidnaping To Get Contract
Hollywood report says dancer Diana Lansing and actor Christian Anderson were jailed on kidnaping charges after allegedly forcing producer John Clein to sign a four year contract paying Lansing 50 dollars weekly for dramatic services. Clein accused Lansing of initially demanding 10 000 dollars in cash. Lansing and Anderson deny the accusations.
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Hollywood
John Clein
New York
Clein
Diana Lansing
Christian P. Anderson
Miss Lansing
K. E. Weaver
Actress Rita Johnson in coma for eighth day
Hollywood report says screen actress Rita Johnson remained in a coma for the eighth consecutive day at St. Vincent's Hospital. A hospital bulletin stated no improvement or decline.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Court Reserves Decision In Daniels Murder Trial
Mansfield Ohio September 14 Three judges heard motions in the Robert Murl Daniels murder case and threw out a handwritten confession as not meeting legal standards The defense seeks to bar the typewritten copies and relies on insanity and influence claims The jury could rely on circumstantial evidence if the confession is excluded Two witnesses testified to Daniels statements and a recording was played describing the killings and the alleged accomplice West
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Robert Murl Daniels
Niebel
Daniels
Mansfield
John Niebel
Mansfield Reformatory
L.A. Beam
John C. West
West
Niebels
Floyd Moon
State Highway Patrol
Everett McSaloney
State Bureau of Identification
Aesop Fable Moral Directs Errant Teen Collegians
Four teen aged collegians Henry Woodhouse John Hooker George Booth Whitehead and Joseph Stolt Sherer faced drunkenness charges and a police theft prank. Judge Joseph A Gillis ordered library reading of Aesop s A Thief and His Mother and required the youths to recite it in court to preserve their clean records.
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Detroit
Aesop
Henry Woodhouse
John Hooker
George Booth Whitehead
Joseph Stolt Sherer
Joseph A. Gillis
Gillis
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