Two Truman Appointments Near Fight On Third
The Senate planned votes on two Truman picks, Butterworth for War Eastern Affairs and Minton for the Supreme Court, with a looming fight over Olds for the Federal Power Commission. Bar Association backing was anticipated for Minton, while Olds faced solid GOP opposition over public power advocacy. yet the chamber confirmed several UN delegates.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
W. Walton Butterworth
Butterworth
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
American Bar Association
Minton
Senate Judiciary Committee
Commerce Committee
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Kilgore
Dwva
Judiciary Committee
Bar Association
Indiana
Roosevelt
Langer
R-Nd
GOP
Chang Kai-Shek
Knowland
Calif
Olds
Warren R. Austin
Philip C. Jessup
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Sherman Cooper
United Nations
Wilson M. Compton
Benjamin V. Cohen
Charles Fahy
John D. Hickerson
Ruth B. Rohde
Reds Lacking Industrial Know-How, Senator Says
Senator O'Mahoney asserted Russia lacks industrial know-how and facilities to stockpile atomic bombs. He disputed Hickenlooper that leaks hastened A-bomb efforts, stressing Russia’s technical abilities remain behind and noting their failed automobile programs. McMahon disputed Hickenlooper’s view of security policy.
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Washington
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Russia
O'Mahony
Hickenlooper
Brown
Wyoming
McMahon
Stop Sign Size In Ohio Legal Stop Delay Verdict
In Columbus a Common Pleas jury refused damages in a 1947 collision case. The stop sign involved had letters five inches high, below the required six inches, challenging the legality of the stop. Shapiro sued Butts claiming the other driver failed to stop at the sign.
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Columbus
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Darwin R. Butts
Ralph Shapiro
Shapiro
Butts
Rearmament Program Is Ready For Passage
In Washington the Senate House committee reached rapid agreement on a $1.314 billion overseas arms program as a response to Soviet nuclear claims. The conference trimmed the House figure to the Senate amount, finalizing a package that includes $1 billion for North Atlantic Pact nations and aid to Greece and Turkey, plus funds for Iran Korea and the Philippines and discretionary China area spending, with permission to ship $450 million of surplus arms.
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Washington
Senate
House
U. S
Russia
Senate House
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Russian Fighter Flanks U S Airliner Over Kuriles
Anchorage passenger recounts a Northwest Airlines flight from Tokyo being shadowed by a Russian fighter over the Kuriles last Saturday. Bruce Atchison says a Russian insignia aircraft paralleled the jet, studied it briefly, then departed while pilots reportedly encountered similar incidents in 18 months.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Tokyo
Anchorage Times
Northwest Airlines
Kuriles
The
Times
Bruce Aichison
Japanese Chamber of Chammereee American Club
Atchison
Great Circle
North Pacific
Aichison
NWA
U. S
Nwa Haneda
I. A. Groe
Taft Opposes Arms Aid Bill in Ohio Tour
U S Senator Robert A Taft campaigned across Ohio on a 100 day tour warning against arms aid legislation. He spoke at Georgetown and Batavia urging defense build up through a stronger air force while criticizing Western Europe aid funds. He blamed postwar treaties for the cold war and commented on Russia and the atomic bomb at Ripley and Batavia gatherings.
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West Union
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio River
Buckeye
Cincinnati Republican
GOP
The
Legion Hall
Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce
Georgetown
Taft
Senate
Batavia
Russia
Europe
Ripley
Yalta
Soviet Union
Canton man killed in rollover crash on Route 43
Estel Brooks, 44, of Canton, was killed when his car left State Route 43 on a curve near Richmond, rolled over, and he suffered a broken neck, state patrol reported.
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Steubenville
Estel Brooks
Canton
State Highway Patrol
Richmond
Brooks
Point Four Under Attack in House Hearings
President Truman's Point Four program to aid developing regions faces GOP criticism as the House Foreign Affairs Committee opens hearings. Undersecretary James E. Webb testifies on the administration bill amid security concerns after Russia's atomic test. Republican leaders urge delaying new spending for defense needs. Democratic leaders defend a cautious yet desirable program.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
James E. Webb
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
House
Martin
Massachusetts
U. S
McCormack
Yugoslavians Accused of Spy Work in Hungary
Budapest expels ten Yugoslav officials after a note accusing the legation of spying. Hungary cites recent treason trials linking Tito regime to plots against the Hungarian Communist government. Former Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk and two others were sentenced to death last week.
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Budapest
Hungary
Legation
Foreign Ministry
Marshal Tito
Laszlo Rajk
Tito
Russia
Czech Leader and Wife Flee to Allied Zone
Vladimir Kobylka director of the technical department of the Czech President and his wife fled Prague on foot and surrendered September 20 at Waldsassen on the Czech German border. They were handed to American authorities for questioning and said they fled for political reasons to join their son and Czech exiles in London.
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Tirschenreuth
Germany
Prague
Vladimir Kobylka
Klement
Gottwald
Waldsassen
Kobylka
London
No Settlement In Steel Boat Foreseen Soon
Pittsburgh AP The CIO United Steelworkers and the steel industry resume bargaining over a pension dispute that could trigger a strike of 1,000,000 at 12:01 a m Saturday. Bethlehem Steel offered four cents an hour for an insurance program while opposing pension terms. Murray says a company financed pension and insurance program is essential. the industry demands worker contributions.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York
Steel Capital
U. S. Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
John A. Stephens
Big Steel
Murray
Truman
Mother Of Quints Dies After Birth At Holy Cross
Mrs. Bernice Ecker, 33, died within hours of delivering quadruplets at Holy Cross Hospital. Two babies, a boy and a girl, survived and were placed in an incubator. Husband Vernon claimed no knowledge of the pregnancy and said she went to the hospital for excessive bleeding. The first baby arrived 8:55 p.m., a second at 9:00, a boy stillborn at 9:10, and a girl born at 9:15 died near midnight, soon after her mother.
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Ch.cago
Bernice Ecker
Holy Cross Hospital
Reds Find Uranium Mine in East Germany
West Berlin papers report Russia opened a uranium mine in the former Mansfield silver mine near Eisleben in Saxony on September 21 under Russian engineer direction. The find is linked to bolstering atom bomb production.
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Berlin
Russia
East Germany
West Berlin
Mansfield
Eiseleben
Saxony
B-29 Crashes Near Talithina Killing 13 and 24 Missing
A B-29 bomber crashed near Talithina Oklahoma during a training flight from Moky Hill Base Salina Kansas. Ten bodies were found as rescuers faced intense heat and inaccessible wreckage. In Mexico City a Mexicana flight with 24 aboard was missing on Popocatepetl’s slopes after departing Tapachula toward the capital.
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Talithina
Okla
Oklahoma
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Moky Hill Base
Salina
Kas
Air Force
Nanes
Jack Bishop
Bishop
Ora Dill
Talihini
Ozark National Forest
Fort Smith, Ark
Mexico City
Popocatepetl
Mexican Airlines
Ramos Millan
National Corn Commission
Mexicana de Aviacion
Moises Bautista
Tapachule
Guatemala
Eugenia Goldsr
George Graham
Trial Verdict Looms in Tokyo Rose Treason Case
The jury deliberating Iva Toguri D AQuino, known as Tokyo Rose, ended for the night with 12 jurors to resume at 9 a m. The prosecution did not seek the death penalty, and the defense pressed for acquittal on treason charges stemming from World War II broadcasts. The 33 year old Los Angeles born Nisei faces potential imprisonment, while her supporters await the jury's decision.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Michael J. Roche
June Hor
Los Angeles
Jun Toguri
Chicago
United States
Non-Union Mines Open With Picketing at Four Counties
Western Pennsylvania non union bituminous mines reopened amid John L. Lewis strike as 17 pickets were arrested around Wingert Mine in Clarion County. State police guarded 35 mines in Clearfield region with 250 miners returning to work and no injuries reported.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Clearfield
Frank L. Garnow
Wingert
Sligo
Clarion County
Where Democracy Begins at Public School and Playground
A reflection on democracy found in public schools and playgrounds. The text praises equal opportunity for children from all backgrounds, noting that discipline, whether on the playground or in class, comes from peers. It argues that report cards reward excellence regardless of wealth and that democracy begins where kids learn to participate and compete fairly.
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Bailiwick
Meat prices in Ohio fall across pork cuts
The Associated Press reports prices for meat in Ohio, especially pork, are declining. Cleveland area forecasts predict pork cuts dropping 20 to 25 cents per pound, with central Ohio reductions up to 10 cents. Ohio stores and wholesalers indicate a general downward trend for pork and beef.
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Associated Press
Ohio
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Cininnati
Cleveland
Fisher Brothers
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Columbus
West Virginia
Reds to Free Two Cyclists
Two young American cyclists Warren Oessner aged 21 from Oyster Bay New York and Peter Sellers aged 19 from Philadelphia are due to be freed tomorrow after more than six weeks in Russian custody. U S High Commissioner John J McCloy said they will be turned over to Warren Oessners father in Hamburg for return to the United States. The pair were seized by Soviet authorities while attempting to bicycle from the Soviet zone to Berlin without proper papers and were reported in good health on September 6 after a visit by Brig Gen W Hess to the Soviet mission in Potsdam.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U S
U. S
John J. McCloy
Warren Oessner
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Peter Sellers
Philadelphia
Young Doessner
Hamburg
Berlin
W. Hess
Potsdam
Soviet atomic lag seen at ten years by Smith
Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith, former ambassador to Russia and commander of the First Army, told a meeting of Army reserve officers last night that the Soviets would need about ten years to reach the United States current level of atomic bomb development.
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New York
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Russia
Smith
First Army
Araw
Mayors Help Avert Ohio Edison Strike Settlement
Ohio Edison and CIO Utilities Workers Union reach a tentative four plant contract in Akron Barberton Cuyahoga Falls and Youngstown with 1500 workers. Terms include uniform schedules pensions sick leave vacations wage scales and a no strike clause. Mayors Slusser Parker Henderson and Harding participated in talks and ratification is advised to the union rank and file.
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Akron, C
Ohio Edison Company
Ohio
Ohio Edison
Akron
Youngstown
Toronto
CIO Utilities Workers Union
Charles Slusser
Theodore Parker
Barberton
Joseph W
Actor Paul Valentine Testifies in Lili St Cyr Divorce
Los Angeles AP reports actor Paul Valentine said in court he saw his wife Lili St Cyr only when paying her bills in Hollywood. He accuses mental cruelty and will continue managing and staging her routines. St Cyr is in Montreal for an engagement and did not contest the divorce.
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Los Angeles
Paul Valentine
Lili St. Cyr
Valentine
Hollywood
Miss St. Cyr
Montreal
Man shoots mother over nagging in Garfield Heights
George W. Gressock 31, a night patrol private policeman, is jailed for killing his 63 year old mother Elizabeth Gressock. He says he fired four shots from his police revolver after she nagged him about drinking. Detectives linked a recent breakup with his motive.
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Cleveland (Ap
George W. Gressock
Gressock
Garfield Heights
Elizabeth Gressock
Harold C. Lock Gressock
Strike vote approved by CIO workers at GE and Westinghouse
About 200000 CIO employees at General Electric and Westinghouse are authorized to strike if talks fail. The authorization came from a United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers conference, allowing committees to call a strike vote across GE and Westinghouse locals if negotiations do not concede.
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NEW York
CIO
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Clo United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Westinghouse
Commercial Motor Strike Ends in Columbus Terminal
Commercial Motor Freight Inc reported settlement of a 105 day strike by 57 mechanics in its Columbus terminal. Local 1471 accepted a two year pact with a 10 cent hourly raise raising journeyman pay to 1.53. The union sought more holidays and a one year contract. no paid holidays were granted.
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Columbus, C
Commercial Motor Freight, Inc
Columbus
Internal Association of Machinists
Dayton
Toledo
Mansfield
Chillicothe
Ed Wiggins
Akron
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