Mediation Board Works to Avert Nationwide Railroad Walkout
A nationwide railroad strike set for May 11 looms as the National Mediation Board convenes in Chicago to avert action. Union leaders report the walkout by 150000 enginemen and switchmen, while management and labor press for wage talks amid a three-union dispute with rival dates and cautious public statements.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firement
Engineers and
Csr
C. H. Keenan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Keenan
National Mediation Board
Mediation Board
Frank Douglass
J. P. Shield
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
C. E. McDaniels
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Ex Policeman Molnar Charged With Bribery in Ohio
Former Cleveland police lieutenant Ernest L. Molnar faced an 11 count indictment alleging he accepted more than 8 000 in bribes from policy operators between 1939 and 1947. The case ties him to corruption within the force amid a broader probe of policy racketeers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ernest L. Molnar
Molnar
Richard P. Ford
William P. Myers
Civil Service Commission
State of
Ohio
Frank
William Hoge
Hoge Brothers
CIO Urges National Buyer Strike Against Six Meat Firms
The CIO calls for a nationwide boycott of products from Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell and Rath as 10,000 workers walk out in a wage dispute. Picket violence erupts in several cities and Murray asks Truman to probe possible civil rights violations amid ongoing negotiations and Taft Hartley act considerations.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Swift
Armour, Cudahy
Wilson
Morrell and
Rath
CIO Packinghouse Workers Union
Kansas City
Kas
Truman
Justice Department
Salineville Names New Mayor After Resignation
Salineville village council president Roy Beckwith was elected mayor, succeeding ill health resignation of Democrat Louis Morrow. Beckwith’s former post was filled by Republican Howard Adams.
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Salineville, O
Roy Beckwith
Salineville
Louis Morrow
Beckwith
Howard Adams
Gael Sullivan to Leave DNC for Theater Owners Role
Gael Sullivan resigns as executive director of the Democratic National Committee effective May 10 and will join the Theater Owners of America, expected to earn about 50000 dollars per year. The 43 year old Chicagoan previously served as second assistant postmaster general and spoke at the Jackson Day banquet in Manchester.
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Washington
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Sullivan
Democratic Committee
1930 Bonus Checks Set To Mail Today
One thousand nine hundred thirty veteran bonus checks go out today totaling about 850000 when finished. First in-person presentation expected to Jimmy Flood of Quaker City. Gov. Herbert and Sink ing Fund Commission members attend when sacks opened. Remaining 1929 checks go to 1724 Army veterans and 206 ex sailors with average payment around 334 dollars.
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Colu. ‘Us
Jimmy Flood
Quaker City
Thomas J. Herbert
Sinking Fund Commission
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Washington
National Guard
Navy
Plane Missing After Dayton to Bolling Flight
The Air Force reports an AT-6 training plane with two officers aboard is missing on a flight from Dayton to Bolling Field Washington. The craft took off from Wright Patterson at 12 10 on Monday and was due at Bolling at 2 20. Search planes from Selfridge Westover and Pope air bases are deployed. Names of the two crew were withheld.
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Washington
Air Force
Dayton
Bolling Field
Wright- Patterson
Bolling
Selfridge Airbase
Michigan
Westover Air Base
Massachusetts
Pope Airbase
North Carolina
Scientists To Explain Atom Mysteries At Miamisburg Show
Miamisburg Ohio hosts a three day atom exhibition opening tomorrow with about 60 atomic scientists explaining neutrons protons and electrons in simple terms for laymen. Co sponsors are Miamisburg Civic Association Monsanto and the U S Atomic Energy Commission. The event aims to demystify atomic energy and highlight peaceful uses attracting at least 10 000 attendees including students and adults with extra shows for younger crowds.
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Miamisburg
Miami Valley
AEC
Monsanto Company
Atomic Energy
Monsanto
ABC
Tom Breneman Dies Suddenly at 47 in Hollywood
Hollywood broadcaster Tom Breneman, famed for Breakfast in Hollywood and orchid gifts to the oldest woman in the audience, died of a heart attack in Encino. He had recently returned to radio after a Palm Springs break and left behind a widow Billie Dunn and two children. His show drew large crowds and high demand, with a six-figure income from breakfast sales and a memorial tribute planned by ABC.
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Hollywood
Tom Breneman
Billie Dunn
Encino
Breneman
Palm Springs
Vine Street
Gloria
Tom Jr
Waynsboro
Columbia University
Tom and Wash
San Fernando Valley
American Broadcasting Company
Mark Hanna II Sentenced for Forged Checks totaling $60 000
Mark A Hanna II was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to forging two checks totaling 60000 dollars. The 39 year old Cleveland Ohio businessman allegedly forged his uncle C H Hanna s name on two 30000 dollar checks drawn on the Cleveland Trust Company.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mark A. Hanna II
Hanna
Cleveland, O
John Knight
C. H. Hanna
Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
Navy Overcharged for Oil in World War II Deals
Senate War Investigating Committee reports the Navy paid at least 30 million dollars too much for Arabian oil from Amoco during 1942 to 1947. Amoco defends pricing as economy boosting, while the panel accuses Navy procurement of lax oversight and favors to Amoco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Arabian American Oil Company
Aramco
Senate War Investigating Committee
Navy
Armaco
Saudi Arabian
Saudi Arabia
United States
Navy Department
Freight train derails near Westville Ohio spills multiple goods
Twelve cars of a 68 car Pennsylvanian freight train derailed near Westville five miles west of Urbana. Cars spilled oats flour canned milk wine and horseradish across the railroad right of way. Three cars plunged down an embankment and 50 feet of track were damaged. No injuries reported. Cleanup expected to take about ten hours.
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Urbana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westville
Here
Chicago
Harrisburg
W. H. Mapp
Columbus
The
Pennsylvania
Baby Abandoned Found On Lisbon Doorstep
A month old baby girl, swaddled in two blankets, was found on a Lisbon doorstep. Police reported the incident yesterday.
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Lisbon
Stassen Leads Pennsylvania GOP Write-In Balloting
Harold E. Stassen won the Pennsylvania Republican write-in vote with 67,830 to 62,849 for Dewey as Jay Cooke touts a possible November landslide. Truman led Democratic ballots, Eisenhower and Wallace also received votes in a fragmented returns tally.
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Philadelphia
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Keystone
Jay Cooke
Dewey
U. S
Edward Martin
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Wallace
Truman
Eisenhower
Wallace
Martin
MacArthur
Taft
Vandenberg
Gas Rush Hits Hemlock Area With First Producing Well
Hemlock near Shawnee in Perry County reports a new gas well producing 1,120,000 cubic feet daily. Wesley Tharp says the discovery attracts prospective drillers seeking to buy or lease nearby land.
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New Lexington, O
Perry County
Hemlock
Shawnee
Wesley Tharp
King Abdullah Ready To Lead War On Zionism
A Palestine government spokesman said British Royal Air Force planes struck Jewish positions in Bath Yam near Arab Jaffa as Jewish forces attacked Jaffa from that sector. Rocket firing Spitfires were involved, reportedly flown from Egypt for possible air intervention in the Arab Jewish conflict.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Royal Air Force
Bath Yam
Arab Jaffa
Jaffa
Egypt
Arab Legion occupies Jericho as clashes escalate near Jerusalem
King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan announced Arab Legion troops hold Jericho less than 20 miles from Jerusalem. Haifa reports shelling of a Jewish settlement near Nacharim with ten Jews killed. Haganah claims two police fortresses near the Trans-Jordan frontier were captured after British withdrawal. Irgun says it controls Maashieh quarter of Jaffa Port adjoining Tel Aviv.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Eeene
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Jericho
Haifa
Nacharaim
Trans -Jordan
Haganah
Samakh
Jisr el Mae Jamie
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Maashieh
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Truman Reaches Halfway Mark in Delegate Race
President Truman passed the halfway point toward the Democratic nomination as Pennsylvania and Massachusetts votes boosted his delegate total. Harold F. Stassen impressed in Pennsylvania with a write-in showing, while Dewey led the GOP field. Florida delegates are chosen May 4, and Truman's total stands at 940 with 940 delegates backing him.
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Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Harold F. Stassen
Minnesota
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Edward Martin
Hatch
D-Nm
New Mexico
Pepper
Dfla
Florida
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Taft Labels Stassen With New Deal Tag In Ohio Swing
Senator Taft assailed Harold Stassen again charging New Deal alignment and argued the former Minnesota governor lacks knowledge of the Republican program. Taft toured industrial northeastern Ohio where Stassen campaigned for 23 of Ohio’s 53 GOP delegates in the May 4 primary.
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H. H. Daugherty
Dayton
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Minnesota
Stassen
Taft
Mr. Stassen
Roosevelt
Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Bevin Defers Promise on Trans-Jordan Legion Aid
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin refused to commit Britain to financing arming or officering the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion beyond Palestine mandate surrender on May 15. He told the House of Commons he would not be drawn into promises until the UN finalizes its Palestine decision.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
Trans
Abdullah
Trans - Jordan
Bevin
United Nations
Palestine
Fighting for Jaffa intensifies amid allied Jewish forces
Irgun and Haganah fighters, now allied, press the battle in four Jaffa suburbs as British units move to halt the attack. Earlier, Haifa fell under Jewish control and tensions rise over impending invasions by Trans Jordan and Arab states.
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Pribilof
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Canada
Bering Strait
Soviet Union
Omar Bradley
Mark Hanna III
By Jack Bell
Irgun
Joshua
Ameman
Abedullah
Syria
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Allenby Bridge
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Trans- Jordan
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