Nation's soft coal picture seen cloudy
The United Mine Workers strike pits demand for five day work weeks against returning to three. Leaders warn locals to heed John L. Lewis as meetings across West Virginia and Pennsylvania weigh reviving the walkout. Some locals back continued strike until a contract is secured.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
UMW
John Busarello
Morgantown
W. Va
John 1
Virginia
Grant Town
Dinaldo Cappellini
Internaional
Weirton Steel Company
Brownsville
Man Electrocuted After Ignoring Warnings in Maple Heights
Cleveland AP report details 37 year old Frank Narewski killed when a 4 200 volt conductor torn down by high winds struck as he ignored patrolmen warnings. He moved left then right and exited the car, stepping onto the energized street before power was shut off and crews arrived.
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Cleveland
Frank Narewski
Maple Heights
Narewski
Bank robber used bottle of hair oil in hold up
Kenneth Darrell Carpenter 38 of Kenton and his wife Vivian were arrested after the Mount Blanchard bank robbery. A bottle marked hair oil served as the claimed nitroglycerine weapon. Cashier reported $395 taken. vault time lock protected remaining cash. Carpenter claimed car thefts in Amarillo and plate theft, with license number leading to capture.
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Highway Patrol
F.C. Moon
Kenneth Darrell Carpenter
Kenton
Mount Blanchard
Hancock County
Citizens Bank
Carpenter
Vivian
E. M. Valentine
Mount Vernon
Columbus
City
Valentine
Cpenter
W. D. Feller
Lt. Moon
Amarillo
Tex
Moon
Feller
Couple Indicted in New York Starvation Deaths
Guy and Mary Scielzo, both 29, were indicted for manslaughter in the death of their three year old son after allegedly starving him. They also faced a second count of neglecting their four year old daughter who narrowly survived.
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New York
Guy
Mary Scielzo
Labor Leaders Demand Dismissal of Denham
Washington AP Labor leaders demand the firing of NLRB general counsel Robert N Denham over a New York speech accusing the board of distorting Taft Hartley rulings. CIO President Philip Murray and others urge his ouster while labor groups debate the board's approach and potential Taft Hartley repeal. AFL offered no comment.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
Counsl
National Labor Relations Board
Organized Labor
NLRB
CIO
Philip Murray
Labor
Denham
New York
Joseph A. Beirne
CLO Communications Workers of America
Murray
al J. Hayes
Independent
International Association of Machinists
Truman
AFL
Six Captured Four Free In Jail Break
Six prisoners were recaptured and four remained at large in the Hamilton County jail break. George R. Sayre of Cincinnati, identified as the breakout leader, was the sixth to be recaptured after a tip led to his Crestline, Ohio arrest. The 10 escapees faced new charges of malicious destruction of property and indictments were returned against three women for bringing saw blades into the jail to aid the escape and for taking blades into the jail earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Sayre
Cincinnati
Dan Tehan
Crestline
Tehan
Sayre
Ohio
Guand
Wanda Bailer
Detroit
Pauline Land
Edith Sharp
Former convict held in child beating case in Pascagoula
Pascagoula police hold Alvin Bostick, a parolee from a Pennsylvania prison, on an open charge after his four year old stepson Charles Donsereaux was found with severe rope lash injuries. The boy, in poor condition at Jackson Hospital, and his two year old sister Caroline were beaten, with the mother also injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Miss
Charles B. Donsereaux
Jackson Hospital
Alvin Bostick
E. E. Blakeney
Bostick
Pennsylvania
Charles
Caroline
Blakeney
Wind Storm Keeps Canal Fulton Firemen on Duty All Night
MASSILLON O AP A wind storm at Canal Fulton near Massillon kept volunteer firemen on duty all night. Tree limbs blew down onto electric lines causing short circuits and several minor fires.
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Massillon, O
Canal Fulton
Truman Fair Deal At Stake In House Controversy
In Washington the Truman Fair Deal faces a House clash as Administration Democrats battle Republicans and southerners over rules power. The coalition seeks to restore old Rules Committee leverage to block bills, threatening the FEPC civil rights measure and other Truman proposals.
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Truman
House
Washington
Rogram
Gop-Dixie
Rules Committee
Hidiny
Sabath
D-H
Tiat
Lesinski
D-Mich
Labor Committee
FEPC
Raviwirn
Roobern
Hamilton Ford Plant to Close in Hamilton Ohio
The Ford Motor Company plant in Hamilton Ohio, with 600 to 650 workers, will close soon and transfer operations to Monroe Michigan. Union leader David Harmon says notice came from Ken Bannon in Detroit. Employees may transfer to Monroe with no loss of seniority or rights. the plant has made wheels since 1920.
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Hamilton, O
Hamilton
Ford Motor Company
Monroe
Mich
David Harmon
Hamilton Ford
United Automobile Workers
Ken Bannon
Detroit
National Ford Department
UAW
Harmon
Ford Company
Slate Fall Kills Miner at Ebersbach Mine in Ohio
A slate fall at the Ebersbach Pea Vine Coal mine near Rutland Ohio yesterday killed 50 year old Charles Moore a miner.
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Pomeroy
Ebersbach Peavine
Rutland
Charles Moore
Senator seeks immunity for military men
In Washington Senator Brewster urged that top military officials testifying on Formosa be promised immunity from punishment if they disagree with President Truman. He cited Admiral Denfeld’s ouster after opposing Pentagon policy and urged no reprisals for joint chiefs differing with the administration.
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Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Formosa
Senate
Truman
Foreign Relations Committee
Louis FE. Denfeld
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Pentagon
Defense Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
United States
Big Island
Joint Chiefs
Connally
Morse
Far East
Bridges
R-Nh
Munich
Chinese Communists seize U S consular property in Peiping
The State Department announced that Chinese Communists are seizing U S government consular property at Peiping. The move heightens tensions amid ongoing diplomatic strains and could affect ongoing talks and aid, with implications for U S citizens and diplomatic staff.
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Washington
State Department
U. SS
Peiping
Springfield man freed on manslaughter charge in officer shooting
In Springfield D. A. P. reports a common pleas court jury acquitted former rookie patrolman Wesley Southard on a first degree manslaughter count for the fatal shooting of Mrs. Dorothea McCelland. The verdict ends a high profile case involving police use of force and civilian death.
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Springfield
Common Pleas Court
Wesley Southard
Dorothea McCelland
The Lonesomest Hermit After Political Rise
A ballad-like reflection on former public office holders who gain friends through favors, enjoy brief attention, then face isolation once election losses end their influence. The piece contrasts the cheered ascent with the loneliest days after power fades.
Glider crash kills 13 U S paratroopers at Fort Benning
Unexplained crash at Fort Benning claims 13 paratroopers with five survivors. Witnesses describe a steep glide, debris scattered 700 feet, among victims are student paratroopers and a glider training group from Company A Airborne Battalion. Rescue and investigations follow as cause remains undetermined.
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U. S
Uncle Sam
Lawson Airforce Base
Robert D. Henley
Columbia
Melvin L. Minnix
Minnix
Henley
A. C. Parker
Infantry Training Center Public Information Office
Company A
Airborne
CIO Leaders Praise Truman as Declaration of Independence with Security
Ohio CIO unions at their 11th annual convention in Cincinnati praised President Truman and urged Congress to promptly enact his sound and liberal program for general welfare. Delegates, representing about 500,000 workers, approved resolutions amid election preparations and noted no candidate endorsements before the February 1 filing deadline.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
CIO
Truman
Jack Kroll
Jacob Clayman
Columbus
Congress
Cold Weather Moving Into Ohio Valley
A winter storm sweeping the Pacific Northwest spread blizzard conditions across the western and central United States. Widespread floods rise along the Ohio and Cumberland rivers as the Red Cross evacuates families. towns in Illinois Kentucky and Indiana report evacuations and damaged businesses. Strong winds in Washington Oregon and Montana.
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Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain States
Oregon
Washington
Idah
California
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
Regio
Ohio River Valley
Redmond
Ore
Seattle
Weather Bureau
Grays Harbor
Coast Guard
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Maine
North Carolina
Midwest
Red Cross
Pigeon Creek
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Cincinnati
Vincennes
Rossclare
Ohio River
Smithland
Kentucky
Cumberland Rivers
Thee
Four car crash kills 18 year old driver near Massillon
Massillon Ohio report says Marland Artrip, 18, of Rittman was killed in a four car collision three miles west of Massillon last night. He was driving one of the cars involved in the wreck.
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Massillon, O
Marland Artrip
Rittman, O
Here
Planing Mill Razed By Fire
A flash fire leveled a planing mill at the Cordes Lumber Company near Elmwood Place in Cincinnati. The blaze caused about $225,000 damage, was checked after a 20 minute fire fight, and two firefighters along with a company official sustained minor injuries.
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Cincinnati
Cordes Lumber Company
Elmwood Place
Company
Probe Opens In British Sub Sinking 65 Dead
The British Navy opened a formal inquiry into the Truculent disaster after the 575-ton submarine sank near the Thames estuary with 65 dead. Divers will inspect wreckage and try to raise the sub as the Divina remains held for inquiry.
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Chatham
Eng
Truculent
Shay
Thames Estuary
Naval Base
Navy Board of Inquiry
Chatham Barracks
Navy High Command
Admiralty
Mars
Berore
Divina
Sheerness Harbor
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Alan
Barbara
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Martin
Linda Brown
March of Dimes
San Antonio
Linda
Mahanoy City
Broad Mountain
Joseph Burda
Edward
Boxston
Frans
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