Ban Of 80 Days Issued Against Soft-Coal Strike
Judge T Alan Goldsborough issued an 80 day injunction against the soft coal strike amid ongoing tensions over Taft Hartley action. John L Lewis faces further contempt fines as Ezra Van Horn representing coal operators seeks to block pension payments until the pension plan’s validity is ruled. Ezra Van Horn hinted at a court challenge to the pension agreement with Senator Bridges as miners’ pensions remain under dispute.
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Washington
Esra van Horn
Miners Pension and Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
Justice Department
Coal Association
National Peace and Safety
Key
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Miners Hesitate to Return to Pits Amid Union Crackdown
Wide idle time spreads through soft coal fields after John L. Lewis urges immediate return to work. Locals of the United Mine Workers vote on resumption as fines of 1.42 million dollars weigh on the union. Some centers report swift replies while others wait for local session decisions.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
Barton
Maryland
Italian Reds Show Possible Disintegration in Elections
Final Senate results show Christian Democrats leading with 47.9 percent as Popular Front declines to 31 percent while splits among Socialists hint at a party rift. Guiseppe Romita and other Socialist leaders push for independence moves amid postwar realignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiseppe Romita
Interior
Socialist Party
Italy
Part
Popular Front
Alcide de Gasperi
Senate
Interior Ministry
Christian Democrats
Independent
Socialist Unity Party
National Bloc
Republican
National Monarchists
Italian Social Movement
Chamber of Deputies
Ministry of Interior
Chief Hugh A. King Dies Suddenly in Middletown
Middletown mourns as Chief Hugh A. King, police head for 30 years, dies of a heart attack at home before 8 this morning. The 54 year old Catholic leader collapsed after mass and breakfast preparations at 1334 Reynolds Ave. King guided the department from 1918 and helped create its fingerprint system. His death comes days after active public duties including Rotary Club attendance.
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Middletown
Hugh A. King
Department
Chief King
St. John's Church
Elizabeth King
Reynolds Ave
Rotary Club
Charles Porter
Stassen urges action in world clash at Middleton Jaycee lunch
Harold Stassen, former Minnesota governor and GOP hopeful, told 325 Jaycee members at the Manchester Hotel that the Communist Party must be outlawed in America and the United States must advance against ideologic and economic challenges. He called Italy’s Communist win pivotal and urged continued Marshall Plan support and domestic stability.
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Communist Party Organization
America
Harold Stassen
GOP
Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota
United States
Stassen
Italy
Ohio Miners Return Efforts Face Skepticism in Ohio
Ohio United Mine Workers leaders press for an immediate return to work after John L. Lewis urges action. Adolph Pacifico notes telegrams to locals amid lingering doubts over the Goldsborough and Morison rulings and hefty fines. In Hocking Field only one deep mine and two strip mines operated, with no clear worker counts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Morison
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
H. Graham Morison
Pacifico
Union
Hocking
Romesburg Coal Company
Amesville
B. and M
Sunny Hill Coal Company
Metzenbaum bucks Herbert over sales tax pledge
State Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum accuses Gov. Thomas J. Herbert of breaking a campaign promise to cut the three percent state sales tax to two percent. He wrote the governor yesterday saying the administration has increased taxes rather than lowered them.
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Cleveland
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Dcleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Metzenbaum
Herbert
Ohio to mail first WWII veteran bonus checks April 28
Gov Herbert announced the initial mailing of 1930 veteran bonus checks totaling 646157 dollars to Ohio World War II veterans in 15 counties. Average check value is 334 dollars with 1742 Army and 206 Navy recipients. Bonds totaling 201 million dollars to fund the payments were delivered to National City Bank in New York as the syndicate arranges market placement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jonevie J. Herbert
Toay
Allen
Belmont
Coshocton
Cuyahoga
Darke
Defiance
Franklin
Handack
Licking
Logan
Medina
Noble
Jimmy Flood
Quaker City
Scioto
Stark
Summit
National City Bank
New York
Morris and Hatcher named to State Banking Advisory Committee
Brainard A. Morris of Marietta and Dwight D. Hatcher of Toledo were appointed as non-banking members of the State Banking Advisory Committee yesterday by Gov. Thomas J. Herbert. Hatcher succeeded T. R. Hazard of Cambridge.
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Columbus
Brainard A
Women blamed for Communist defeat in Italy election
Jacinto Cardona, Italy’s Popular Front information chief, says women and church influence swung votes against the Front. He cites church intervention and fear of loss of American aid as key factors, adds the Left will seek to grow and possibly absorb other worker groups ahead of future contests.
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Philip Clarke Rome
Popular Front
Front
Jacinto Cardona
Italy
Candona
Doctor Hunt After Slaying Wife In West Virginia
Police seek Dr W R Stevens after he killed his wife Ruth Stevens by firing 12 bullets at their Bartley home. Prosecutor Richard Parsons says Stevens, 36, shot both pistols and dragged her at gunpoint, then fled on foot leaving his car with a passerby. Their six month old son was saved by a bystander.
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Ruth Stevens
Bartley
W. Va
Dr. Stevens
Stevens
Timken Roller Bearing stockholders rename Canton officers
Timken Roller Bearing Company stockholders yesterday re elected H. H. Timken Jr chairman of the board and William E Umstattd president Timken also continues as executive vice president
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Canton (Ap
Timken Roller Bearing Company
H. H. Timken, Jr
William E. Umstattd
Timken
Police Chief Hugh King Dies Shocking Middle Town
Condolences pour in as police chief Hugh A. King dies suddenly. Assistant Chief Carmody to serve as acting chief while the city selects a successor. The death leaves two vacancies and civil service exams will determine future appointments.
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Police Department
Charles Porter
Ralph Bauer
James H. Davis
John Fitzgerald
Joseph Newkirk
Joseph Blackmore
Paul Fouts
Herbert Frazier
Roy Crout
Italian Labor Group Shifts View on Marshall Plan Policy
Giuseppe Di Vittorio, head of Italy's General Labour Confederation, said he will ask the World Federation of Trade Unions to let each country decide its stance on the Marshall Plan independently of Russia. The move aims to keep unity in the 6 million member group amid a split over American aid to Europe. Di Vittorio argued cooperation should be welcomed.
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Rome
Italy
General Labor Confederation
World Federation of Trade Unions
Russia
Giuseppe di Vittorio
Europe
di Vittorio
Sharpening Dispute Over Germany and Austria Amid Rift
In London a Russian commission blamed a British plane for a fatal Berlin crash. In Vienna US and Russia clashed over a street incident as three Russian officers tried to arrest a displaced person in the US sector. British, American, and French talks urged Western Germany stability and self rule amid broader postwar tension.
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London
Germany
Austria
Tass
Berlin
Vienna
United States
Russia
U. S
W. T. Babcock
Ananias
Britain
France
Western Germany
Ruhr
Reuther Shot at Home in Detroit. Injuries Serious
CIO leader Walter P. Reuther was shot by a gunman at his Detroit home and hospitalized with arm and chest wounds. Police hunted one or two suspects as doctors said he faced weeks of recovery and possible loss of use of his right arm.
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Reuther
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
James N. McNally
UAW
UAW International Executive Board
Reuther Yard
Ohio River Falls Opened Cincinnati Bridge and Flood Actions
Flood dangers ease as Ohio River drops below 60 feet and expected to 57.5 by evening. The Beechmont levee road opens, connecting Cincinnati to Beechmont and Mt. Washington. Newport Covington veteran bridge to open. 800 buildings placarded. 550 soldiers to return to Fort Knox. Spence meets Truman on flood damage. $23 million RFC flood loans available.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Newport
Highway Department
Charles E. Brokaw
Beechmont
Mt. Washington
Kentucky
Veterans Memorial
Covington
Licking River
Fort Knox
Camp Campbell
Washington
Spence
D-Ky
White House
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Taft Stassen Clash in Ohio Buckeye Delegates Battle
In Columbus and Dayton a GOP showdown unfolds as Senator Robert A Taft and former Minnesota Governor Harold E Stassen vie for Buckeye delegates to the Republican Presidential nomination. Stassen expected to arrive by plane and push a rapid four day campaign drive.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Ohio
Buckeye Delega
Stassen
Dayton
Fifteen Accused of Espionage in Belgrade Case
Fifteen alleged former Gestapo agents were charged by Yugoslavia with espionage. The group included three who rose in Tito’s government and reportedly posed as inmates in Nazi camps while secretly serving the Gestapo. Defendants named Stane Oswald Oscar Juranich and Branko Dil.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Gestapo
Mareshal Tito
Germany
Communist Party
Stane Oswald
Oscar Juranich
Foreign Ministry
Branko Dil
Ims
Slovenia
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Lexington
Bellaire
John P. McKnight
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Czechoslovakia
Ronald Lane
Jaycee Dent
Lane
J Chamber
N. J. Lawler
New Journal
Questio
Robert Whitaker
Jaycee Tary
Prince
Stoutenborough
Chamber
Manchester
Marvin D. Clark
Thomas Carmody
Carmody
William Fishbaugh
Dahlof
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Walter P. Reuther
Ohio River
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