Military leaders map peacetime draft for 2 million force
Washington AP reports military heads ready to build a 2 million man defense for a peacetime draft after Truman signs the selective service revival bill. Inductions begin with 21-year-olds 90 days after signing. Congress allocates 14.0 billion dollars to Army Navy and Air Force. Major Gen Hershey likely leads the new agency with about 4,000 local draft boards.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Chiefs
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Omar N. Bradley
Office of Selective Service Records
Selective Service Organization
Lewis B. Hershey
Ford Offers Pay Increase For Ford Hikes Wages Across UAW
Ford Motor Company proposed an 11 to 14 cent an hour wage increase for about 110000 UAW CIO workers. The plan would raise those earning $1.50 an hour or more by 14 cents and those below $1.50 by 11 cents. Ford says the system reduces inequities while GM and Chrysler have already granted raises. The present contract expires July 15.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors Corporation
Krysler Corporation
Uaw-Cio
Rajagopalachari Sworn India's Governor General
Lord Mountbatten retires as governor general and Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari takes oath as his successor becoming the first Indian to hold the post. The ceremony blends Oriental splendor with Western pageantry as self rule by Indians proceeds.
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New Delhi
Mountbatten
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Summer Arrives in Rain Across Midwest and Plains
Summer came to Chicago and many sections today with heavy rain dampening fields across lower Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas Iowa northern Missouri Illinois Indiana and parts of Oklahoma and Kansas while the northern and central Rockies saw only scattered showers.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rockies
Stassen Ohio Bloc Remains Faithful as Taft Camp Steady
At the 1948 Republican national convention in Philadelphia Ohio Stassen delegates stayed with Stassen while Taft backers, led by Rep Clarence J. Brown and Gov Thomas J. Herbert, rallied in support. Taft hinted at possible future talks if Stassen cannot win.
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Stassen
Ohio Bloc
Taft
Ohio
Minnesota
Taft-Stassen
Dickering
Ohio Veterans Split On Smoking And Drinking At 103
Columbus dispatch reports Ohio’s last Civil War veterans John Grate and John R. Bennett, both 103, disagree on whether smoking and drinking affect longevity. Grate says they do not, while Bennett enjoys cigars and recalls past political campaigns. They attended the 82nd annual state GAR encampment with Bennett using a wheelchair due to recent injuries.
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Ohio
Columbus
John Grate
John R. Bennett
Grate
Bennett
Ohio Gar
Atwater
Waynesfield
Adam Skinner
GAR
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the Grand Army
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans
Westinghouse Boosts Wages to Eight Percent Rise
About 70 000 production and salaried employees at Westinghouse Electric Corp will gain an eight percent wage increase retroactive to June 11 after union approval. The agreement with CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers covers over 20 plants and includes 9 to 16 cent hourly increases plus seven paid holidays. Salaried staff earning up to 625 dollars monthly receive the raise and extra 0.5 cent per hour to offset the new holiday.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
U. S
Policy Board
Westinghouse
W. O. Lippman
James J. Matles
Washington
Cancer Study Funds Granted to Ohio Institutions
The National Advisory Cancer Council and the U S Public Health Service allotted 30000 to Ohio institutions for cancer studies. Ohio State University received 3900. The University of Cincinnati got 21620, and its College of Medicine was awarded 5100.
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Washington
National Advisory Cancer Council
U. S. Public Health Service
Ohio
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
University
College of Medicine
GE Cleveland workers approve two year wage pact
CIO United Electrical Workers at General Electric plants in Cleveland approved a two year contract raising average wages by 11 cents per hour. The tentative agreement was reached yesterday and covers all local wage scales.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Electrical
General Electric Corporation
Gun-Toting 16-Year-Old Makes Escape
Kenneth Harter, 16, of Kirksville in Licking County, escaped after pulling a gun on Emma Founds, an attendant at the Franklin County Juvenile Center, and forcing her to unlock a cell door and walk to the sidewalk before fleeing down an alley as patrolmen investigated auto theft links. The incident involved state highway patrolmen and an Army sergeant who observed the armed youth.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Kenneth Harter
Kirksville
Licking County
Emma Founds
Suit Started Over New Auto Delivery in Ohio
Will D. Shively of Stout Adams County filed suit in Scioto County court to compel Glockner Chevrolet Company of Portsmouth to deliver a new 1946 sedan. He ordered it November 27 1945 and paid $100, claiming he was ninth on the list but has not received a car despite others being sold.
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Portsmouth, O
Will D. Shively
Stout
Adams County
Scioto County
Dewey
Congress Defended and Criticized in Final 80th Session
Washington AP reports lawmakers split over the 80th Congress in a near end of session assessment. Republicans touted the record, Democrats denounced it, as aid packages totaling over 6 billion dollars, a peacetime draft, and farm price supports were approved in a late weekend sprint.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
McGrath
D-Ri
Democratic National Committee
Vandenberg
Taber
GOP
House
Senate
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio Democrats Form For National Meeting
Ohio Democrats presented a united front after their May gubernatorial battle as delegates organized for the national convention. Horstman of Dayton was recommended for re election as national committeeman, and Miller was elected chairman of the Ohio delegation. Greg Holbrook was chosen vice chairman, Lena Siford secretary, and Marie Dixon Low national committeewoman. The lone discord arose over housing for the Philo semite convention with Horstman authorized to protest any un satisfactory arrangements while Ohio kept 30 rooms in Philadelphia and 60 in Camden. Thirty nine delegates and 13 alternates answered roll call. Ohio has 50 convention votes pledged to Julian as stand in for Truman.
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ED Easterly
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Lois Cossitt
Toledo
Ohio Stassen Group
Cleveland
Progressive Party of
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Theodore Roosevelt
Edward J. Hummel
Hummel
Robert Taft
Hitler
Himmler
Foverign
Oliver Loud
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Glen H. Taylor
Dida
Washington
Joseph H. Rainey
Columbus
Democrats
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Ray T. Miller
Miller
Frank J. Lausche
Greg Holbrook
Hamilton
Lena G. Siford
Swanton
Marie Dixon Low
Warren
Horstman
National Democratic Committee
Camden
N.J
Trentos
Benjamin Franklin
U. S
William A. Julian
Cincinnati
Truman
Garrett S. Clay
Congress
Clarence Brown
Harold Jones
Middletown
Dewey
GOP Convention Color and Camaraderie From Philadelphia
Middletown Journal writer N. J. Lawe reports from Philadelphia as the Republican National Convention opens. The city bursts with carnival color while delegates and visitors crowd into hotels. Taft and Stassen figures maneuver through press conferences and caucuses amid cameras, rumors of Dewey favor, and prep for the nominating battles ahead.
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N. J. Laweler
Middletown Journal
Philadelphia
Robert Taft
Washington
Detectives Borrow 50 Twenty Dollar Bills in Akron
Louis Fox told police two men posing as detectives arrested him on a downtown street and escorted him to his home where they searched rooms for pictures they claimed were hidden. The men found a $1,000 stash of twenty dollar bills with Andrew Jackson etchings and promised to return the bills after 5 p.m. Wednesday. Fox reported the incident to police hours later.
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Akron
Louis Fox
Fox
Andrew Jackson
GOP Platform in Philadelphia Targets 1948 Victory
GOP leaders in Philadelphia advance a platform built on the 80th Congress record. Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr arrives to chair the convention and the draft sits with the 104 member platform committee for approval before ratification this week.
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Philadelphia
Truman
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Berlin Supply Trains Stop Amid Rushed Currency Clash
Berlin's supply trains to the 10,000 Ameri cans are halted due to a U S Soviet deadlock over currency reform. Soviet commander in Germany declares the reform completes division of Germany. U S freight trains must traverse the Soviet zone, with authorities halting shipments to avoid exposing cargoes to inspection. Air transport becomes the sole supply route as Russians demand inspection to curb cross border currency smuggling.
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Berlin
Germany
U. S
Drug firm robbery hits Columbus firm's safes
Two safes at Orr Brown and Price Co were blown open by burglars who skipped $500 in cash to take an undetermined amount of narcotics. Herbert S. Price, president, said loss cannot be estimated pending inventory.
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Columbus
Orr, Brown and Price Company
Herbert 5S. Price
Dewey and Taft Vie for GOP Nomination at Philadelphia Convention
In Philadelphia Republicans gathered with banners and confidence as Dewey Taft and Stassen led the race for the presidential nomination though no one yet held a solid majority. Key Pennsylvania and Illinois delegates loom large while party leaders pledge a strong anti Communist platform.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Cage
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Arthur A. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
GOP
Carerell Reece
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Reece
Congress
Taft
Dewey
Trueman
Brewster
Rme
Edward Martin
Delega
Martin-Magon Owlett- Joseph Grundy
Duff
Bender Appoints Governors Stir at Ohio Rally
Rep George H Bender of Ohio praised the best governor Ohio ever had then introduced Thomas J Herbert. He paused as Myers Y Cooper of Cincinnati waited to be introduced, Cooper chided him and Bender apologized amid the surprise crowd at the Republican convention.
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Bender
Philadelphia
George H. Bender
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
George
Cooper
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