Monroe Lumber Co Blaze Damages Plant and Stock
Fire destroyed the Monroe Lumber Co. plant on Rt. 25 and contents, with losses estimated up to 40000. Five volunteer firefighters treated for minor burns. North Middletown volunteers aided as flames reached Harmon residence and nearby facilities. Insurance adjustors and owner Dave Harmon assessed totals as crews confined the blaze to the 80 by 140 foot frame building and adjacent structures.
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Monroe Lumber Co
Monroe
Rt. 25
John Schultheiss
Robert Highley
Philip Pence
Tom Linn
Edgar Agner
Monroe Fire Department
Dave Harmon
Edward Frentzel
Green Tree Rd
North Middletown
Harmon
Butler County
Bardwood
GOP Leaders Turning Down Truman Order
Washington AP reports Republican leaders reject President Truman’s call for Congress to stay in session to pass an eight item program. Taft and Hallerock echo opposition, faulting price controls, while a housing bill may still reach the President before recess.
Hearing On Wartime Alcohol Fee Amendment Fails to Draw Testimony
Columbus AP reports a public hearing by the state liquor department on an amendment to a wartime regulation. The change would raise state fees on out of state purchases by individuals. No one appeared to testify yesterday and officials said the amendment is under study.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Department
Taft Loyalists See Pennsylvania Shift If Vandenberg Fails
Backers of Senator Taft say Governor Duff may move Pennsylvania's three electoral votes to Taft if Vandenberg falters. Duff reportedly told Taft he will try to deliver a large Pennsylvania bloc for Taft unless Vandenberg gains. Duff opposes Dewey, arguing Congress should lead the nomination. Meanwhile Truman urged Congress to stay in session on price control and social programs as Republican leaders defended their record.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Congress
Truman
Los Angeles
Labor Department
Capitol Hill
Rep
Halleck
Ind
House
GOP
Carroll Reece
Reece
Republican Congress
Mr. Truman
Wallace Backers Hopeful Wallace on Ohio Ballot
Wallace supporters in Cleveland plan a state convention as they seek to place Henry A. Wallace on the Ohio presidential ballot. Wallace and running mate Glen H. Taylor will address delegates. Secretary of State Hummel has rejected the ticket, citing petition signers accused of Communist ties. The New Party challenges say the action blocks voters from a choice between old parties and the New Party.
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Cleveland
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
Wallace
Glen H. Taylor
D-Ida
National
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio Supreme Court
David I. Lindell
Shaker Heights
Nathan R. Zahm
Sindell
Elsie Zagrivy
Hummel
National Committee
Taylor
Baldwin
Comte New Party
Gertrude Atherton Dies At Age 90 In California
Novelist Gertrude Atherton has died at Stanford Hospital after a stroke. She refused aging in life and work, authoring 60 novels from The Doomswoman in 1892 to My San Francisco in 1946. Her landmark Black Oxen (1923) sparked intense controversy.
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San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton
Stanford Hospital
Atherton
Truman Blame Charged Over Rail Labor Settlement Failure
A J Glover AFL Switchmen's Union president told a congressional committee that President Truman pressured unions to accept emergency board recommendations at a White House May meeting. He said the May 10 rail seizure and court order followed, and noted ongoing Union rivalry and press speculation about White House talks.
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Washington
A. J Glover
Truman
Glover
AFL Switchmen’s Union
John R. Steelman
White House
Joint Committee On Labor Management Relations
Steelman
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
United States
Business Week
AFL
Robertson
Whitney
Death attributed to natural causes in Columbus cartoonist case
New York AP report states Harry J. Keys, 55, veteran Columbus Dispatch cartoonist, died of a visceral congestion in his Hotel Lexington room after a confrontation with his wife Ruth who had taken sleeping pills. Police initially labeled the death suspicious but medical examiner Dr. Benjamin Vance ruled it natural causes. Keys' body was claimed by son Dr. Harry J. Keys Jr. of Brooklyn and burial will be in Columbus.
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NEW York
Harry J. Keys
Columbus
Dispatch
Benjamin Vance
Keys
Lexington
Ruth
Metropolitan Hospital
Vance
Harry J. Keys, Jr
St. John’s Hospital
Brooklyn
Truman campaigns on who’s wrong with Congress on domestic issues
President Truman urged voters to decide who is wrong on price control housing and education as he spoke from his train en route to Kansas City. He challenged Congress to stay in session and pass six bills while praising egg gifts from supporters and joking about Taft. He planned stops in Arizona and New Mexico meeting Clinton Anderson and heading to Gallup and Albuquerque.
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Truman
Kansas City, Mo
Congress
Taft
Mr. Truman
Ohio
Senate
Republican Senate Policy Committee
GOP
Arizona
New Mexico
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Due &O Gallup
Albuquerque
Pickets Fight In Strike At Univis Lens Plant
Dayton and Univis Lens workers clash on day 42 of the UE CIO strike as mass picketing blocks the back to work push. Company officials blame police aid for the breach and plan a second injunction to limit pickets while 300 to 400 workers try to return.
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Dayton, O
Ue-Cio
Univis
Dayton
Common Pleas Court
Paul T. Klapp
Roy Marks
Ohio Republican Leaders Move to Philadelphia for Convention
Ohio GOP leaders head to Philadelphia for pre convention duties. State Chairman Fred Johnson and former chair Ed D. Schorr depart with Johnson set as Taft floor leader. Key aides Gladys Gordon and A A Hoppingarner join Taft forces while Gov. Herbert attends a governors conference. Senator Bricker will relocate after Congress adjourns to nominate Taft.
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Columbus
Ohio
Philadelphia
Fred Johnson
Ed D. Schorr
Johnson
Robert A. Taft
Gladys Gordon
Schorr
Taft
A. A. Hoppingarner
Ohio Gop
Thomas J. Herbert
New Hamenshire
Governors’ Conference
Resolutions Committee
U. S
John W. Bricker
Congress
Mother Bound Over To Jury In Poisoning Death
Mrs. Mary Clay Watts, 43, is bound over to the grand jury on a murder charge in the mercury and barbiturate poisoning death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann. The case links to the 1944 death of her husband Willis Watts by arsenic poisoning.
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Cincinnati (Ap
Mary Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
R. Edward Hope
Norwood
Greater
Cincinnati
Loyal Martin
Tepe
Martin
Watts
Carson Hoy
Willis Watts
Charles Fritz
Hamilton County
Fritz
Herbert P. Lyle
Tariff Bill Is Passed by Congress
Congress passed and sent to the White House a Republican sponsored bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for one year with changes. The House approved by voice vote after Senate amendments. it would restore the act unless Truman vetoes. The bill adds new authority for the Federal Tariff Commission to report peril points within four months.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Truman
Federal Tariff Commission
Commission
Commission Ld
House Debates Draft Bill as Passage Appears Likely
The House debates a two year draft bill with Republicans predicting passage by nightfall. Chairman Allen questions the bill and argues for voluntary enlistments, while debate edges toward final approval despite planned civil rights amendments. Senate action and presidential proclamation remain prerequisites.
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Washington
House
Representative Allen
R-Iii
Allen
Congress
Senate
Truman
Powell
D.ny
Russia
Hudson Motor Workers Win 13 Cent Hour Pay Increase
The CIO United Auto Workers won a 13 cent per hour wage rise for about 17 000 Hudson Motor Car Company workers. The pact extends two years with a one year wage reopening and retroactive to June 7 if approved. vacation pay also rises to 62 20 after one year and 124 40 after five years.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Hudson Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Uawcio
Hudson
Milk Trust Probed in Southwestern Ohio
Cincinnati AP says District Judge John H. Deuttel convened a grand jury to probe an alleged milk trust. John A. Skiles and colleagues from the attorney general's staff arrived to direct the inquiries. About 10 daily concerns a Cincinnati grocery chain and a bottle exchange were subpoenaed. firms unnamed.
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Cincinnati
John H. Deuttel
Milk Trust
Ohio
John A. Skiles
Joseph R. Cannon
Charles L. Whittinghill
Daniel Mannix
Attorney General’s Office
Washington, D. C
Skiles
Millions Approved For Alaskan Defense And War Materials
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 485 million dollar appropriation bill cutting 113 million from the President's request. It funds 300 million cash plus 300 million contract for stockpiling defense materials, 32.7 million of 40.0 million for Alaska Army projects, 47.98 million cash and 50 million contract for Navy public works, 3 million cash and 5 million contract for Fairbanks airport, plus 6 million emergency flood aid for the Columbia River valley and 1.915 million for WHO participation. It also includes 25.4 million to combat foot and mouth disease and related animal illnesses.
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Washington
Alaska
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Navy
Aleutians
Pacific
Fairbanks
Secretary of Commerce
Columbia River Valley
United States
World Health Organization
Dewey Seen As GOP Nomination Front-Runner By Governors
An informal poll of 15 Republican governors at a New Hampshire conference finds Thomas E. Dewey as the leading candidate for the party nomination. Vandenberg and Taft follow, with Stassen also mentioned. several governors decline to choose. Democrats largely expect Truman to be renominated, with Eisenhower dubbed having an outside chance by one southern governor.
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New Castle
N.H
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Christian Science Monitor
Associated Press
Reepublican
Dewey
Arthur Vandenber
Michigan
R. A. Taft
Ohio
E. Stassen
Minnesota
Truman
Eisenhower
Kirwan Named On Committee for Democratic Platform
Rep. Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio will serve on a 17 member preliminary drafting committee for the Democratic party platform. National Chairman J. Howard McGrath announced the appointment noting hearings begin July 7, five days before the national convention in Philadelphia. Kirwan, from Youngstown, is chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
J. Howard McGrath
Philadelphia
McGrath
Kirwan
Youngstown
Democratic National Congr
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