Taft and Ives Pivot on Amendments to Taft Hartley Fight
In Washington April 11 AP says Taft and Ives plan amendments to repeal battle on the Taft Hartley Act. They seek a 60 day cooling off period with potential injunction or plant seizure, a survey board for settlement terms, and possible special law if no accord. They would keep the union shop ban but allow preferential hiring and expulsion for communist activity. enforcement gaps remain.
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Washington
C.I.C
Senate
Capitol Hill
House
Taft
Ives
New York
Congress
Taft and Ives
Vast Equipment Volunteered in Rescue Effort
In San Marino California on April 11 a half million dollars of heavy machinery aided the effort to rescue 3 year old Kathy Fiscus from an abandoned well. Within hours after her body was recovered, the cranes, pipe trucks, generators, bulldozers and other gear departed the vacant lot.
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San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Kathy
Barbara
Gus Lyon
Gus
Southern
California
Uhrichsville Ends 48 With No Traffic Deaths
Uhrichsville is named among 26 Ohio cities on the national traffic safety honor roll for 1948 for recording no traffic fatalities. The National Safety Council cited 401 cities in the 5 000 to 10 000 population group. The council noted 1948 marked a rise of 98 from 1947. Hobart Oklahoma also reported no traffic deaths since incorporation in 1901.
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Uhrichsville
Ohio
National Safety Council
Hobart
Okla
Canton Weather Forecast and Almanac Highlights
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with a low around 42 and a chance of widely scattered showers. Ohio showers expected to reach lake cities by nightfall, with tomorrow light showers and Wednesday becoming fair. Almanac details include sunrise 5 53 a m sunset 7 02 p m and a total lunar eclipse 10 28 to 11 54 p m.
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Canton
U.S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
C. G. Andrus
Andrus
Kent State Univ. Canton
Tragic Well Rescue Ends in Death of Kathy
Kathy, a child reported missing after a well accident, was found dead 45 years into the effort as rescuers drilled through old casing. Dr. McCullock confirmed she had not lived long after her last screams. Family mourns as workers recall the arduous two hour discovery and secrecy surrounding the grim closure.
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Kathy
A. Kelly
Kelly
Paul Hanson
Weekend Traffic Court Busts Handful of Speeding Debtors
Police and deputies arrested 16 motorists in a weekend roundup across Route 8 Route 30 and Route 44 near Louisville East Canton and North Canton. Offenders faced fines jail terms and driving rights suspensions with multiple DUI and reckless driving charges reported.
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Monte Francis
RD 3
Louisville
Danial J. Lautenschlager
4Th St NW
North Canton
Elmer L. Watson
Cleveland
Richard H. Graber
East Canton
Death of Kathy Brings Order To Fill Up Cisterns
County commissioners Oliver Kuhn and Joseph Nist ordered filling two cisterns and two more covered openings at the Harter site courthouse annex after an inspection. They aimed to prevent a tragedy like the Kathy Fiscus incident, noting water was visible in one suspected 15 to 20 foot deep opening.
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Kathy
Harter
Oliver Kuhn
Joseph T. Nist
Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Calif
Kuhn
Eight-Year-Old Finds Free Gold Pebble Worth Ten Dollars
A Denver girl found a shiny pebble in freshly laid gravel and showed it to her mother. A mining engineer confirmed it as free gold, valued at about ten dollars at the current government rate.
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Denver
South Dakota Church Explosion Kills Six Worshippers
A Palm Sunday blast at St. Marys Catholic Church in Marion South Dakota killed six and injured forty seven as the building collapsed after a basement gas fuel explosion. Parishioners and townspeople aided rescue while Fr Zimmerman helped direct efforts.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Marion
S. D
South Dakota
St. Mary’s Catholic
William O. Brady
Sioux Falls
Phil Wachendorf
Wachendorf
Joseph Zimmerman
Agnes Kleszak
Fr. Zimmerman
Rail Engineers Claim Rejected by Presidential Board
Washington April 11 A presidential fact finding board rejected the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demand for an extra engineer on Diesel locomotives saying there are no reasonable grounds. The union threatens a national strike but must wait 30 days to act under Railway Labor Act. The seven member panel led by George W. Taylor presented its findings to President Truman.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
25 Held in Picketing of New York College
About 200 College of the City of New York students gathered to demand the suspension of two faculty members over accusations of anti-Semitism. Twenty-five demonstrators were taken into custody for disorderly conduct after refusing to disperse at the campus entrance.
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New York College
New York
College of the City of
Roger Williams to Die Tonight for Killing Wife
Roger Williams, 34, condemned for the slaying of his common-law wife Minta Webb Rothwell, dies tonight in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair. Governor Lausche declined to intervene after Williams was tried by a three judge panel and appealed to the Supreme Court. the crime occurred May 28, 1947, at the Turkey Foot Cafe in Indian Lake where Webb Rothwell worked as a waitress.
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Columbus
Roger Williams
Minta Webb Rothwell
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Indian Lake
Williams
Supreme Court
Pardon and Paroles Commission
Fisherman's Body Found Near Chagrin Falls
The body of 33 year old Henry Venchiarutti, missing from his Chagrin Falls home since January 18, was recovered from a pond near the suburb.
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Cleveland
Henry Venchiarutti
Chagrin Falls
Fawick Plant Opens in Peace
In Cleveland on April 11 AP reports only a few strike sympathizers appeared at Fawick Airflex Co while non strikers entered the plant peacefully. About 30 people gathered at strike headquarters east of the plant as sheriff deputies and mounted officers stood by in case of rule defiance after Judge Connell banned picketing and ended the strike. The C I C United Electrical Workers had conducted a violent strike since March 7 over the company withdrawing union recognition citing the Taft Hartley Act. Twelve union members were fined 22 500 and sentenced to 440 days in jail for violating the injunction against picket line violence.
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Fawick
Fawick Airflex Co
Cleveland
Vassar College
Marie Reed
United Electrical Workers Union
Eileen Schie
C.I.C. United Electrical Workers
James C. Connell
Social Workers to Increase Aid for Ohio's Aged
Ohio Citizens Council previews a major push to aid older residents with expanded recreation and services. Leaders from Canton Welfare Federation and Canton Social Planning Council plan a symposium at Ohio State University on May 12 13 with agency reps and noted speakers. The May 24 meeting will focus on a local Canton area program as more centers for older people operate under council leadership.
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Ohio Citizens Council
Columbus
G. B. Cottrell
Canton Welfare Federation
James C. Francis
Harry C. Frank
Canton Social Planning Council
Ohio State University
Social Planning Council
Canton
Planning Council
Obituary of Mary Jo Seibert and services details
Traffic accident victim Mary Jo Seibert is survived by her parents a sister Nancy Lee and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J Frank Seibert of Martinsburg WV. Services are planned Wednesday at 2 p m at the family home and 2 30 p m at St Pauls Lutheran Waynesburg with Rev J J Seim officiating. Viewings at Roy Fine parlor Tuesday 2 to 9 p m.
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Walnutave
Mary Jo
Nancy Lee
J. Frank Seibert
Martinsburg
W. Va
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Waynesburg
J.J. Seim
U S Army Halts Anti Soviet Riot in Munich
In Munich on April 11 American military police fired tear gas to disperse about 10 000 demonstrators mostly Ukrainian displaced persons protesting Russian persecution of churches They attempted to storm a Soviet liaison mission and several were injured while MPs detained some for questioning The DP group had been granted only a religious meeting permit.
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Munich
Germany
Russia
M.p.’S
U.S. Army
D.p.’S
Theft reports across several properties in Canton area
Police logged multiple thefts including an $80 power saw and $170 of carpenter tools from a new house at 2131 Spring Ave NE, two envelopes totaling $130 from Canton Recreation, a $15 rifle and $8.50 jacket taken from a former roomer, a $50 tire set from a truck on Dueber Ave SW, a $15 camera and $15 razor stolen from a car on a parking lot near Tuscarawas St W, and various car parts and glass broken incidents around SW and NW neighborhoods.
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Gerald Neely
Barberton
Mercy Hospital
Route 43
Neely
Harry L. Calhoun
Middlebranch
Earl W. Byers
Fulton Rd
Glenn R. Thouvenin
Navarre Rd
Harrison Ave
William H. Faulhaber
Myrtle Ave
22Nd St
Hubert J. Miller
31St St NW
John Cummings
18Th St
Albert Rearick
McKinley Ave
Spring Ave
Canton Recreation
Market Ave N
Fred Rini
Wilmer Mervin Jr
Harriet Ave
Freeman Egner
6Th St
Dueber Ave
Tuscarawas St
Samuel Atkins
Chicago
Capt West dies one of last whaling skippers
CHILMARK Massachusetts April 11 Captain Ellsworth L West a Martha's Vineyard whaling skipper died in his 89th year. He began whale hunting at age 17 and was master of his own vessel by 25.
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Chilmark
Mass
Martha’s Vineyard
Ellsworth L. West
West
Firestone Couples Visit Spanish Plant Mission Starts in Bilbao
Mr and Mrs Harvey Firestone of Akron Ohio arrived in Spain and traveled to Bilbao to inspect a factory run by the Firestone company. Firestone is director of the Firestone Casp plant operation in Spain.
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Spain
Harvey Firestone
Irm
Akron
Bilbao
Firestone
Firvestone Casp
Lichtblau Pursues Postgraduate Work at George Washington
Dr A A Lichtblau whose offices sit at 327 McKinley Avenue NW is completing postgraduate study at George Washington University through the coming week as part of professional development.
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A. A. Lichtblau
McKinley
George Washington
Communists Inch Forward Near Nanking
AP dispatch from Nanking reports Communist forces advancing toward the city with artillery audible at night. Red troops hit a North Yangtze bridgehead six miles from Nanking as Nationalist leaders debate surrender terms and possible cease fire ahead of a Tuesday deadline. Mao is said to be involved in peace talks at Peiping amid front-wide tensions and ongoing river-crossing plans.
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Nanking
Red
Yangtze
China
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Mao
Tan Gen-po
Hangchow
Nanking-Shanghai
Chinkiang
Kwachow
Icheng
Shanghai
Hankow
Kuanchi
Heankow
Lin Piao
Hsinyang
Peiping-Hankow
Wuhu
Anking
Budget bill allocations show agency cash cuts under proposal
The budget program totals 822 million with 202 million already appropriated and atomic energy cash and contract authority detailed. It lists proposed cash allocations and targeted cuts for agencies including Executive Office, Civil Service, Federal Works, Public Roads, Smithsonian, and Tennessee Valley Authority, outlining large reductions like 7.04 million from TVA and 29 thousand from Smithsonian compared with president’s preferred cash figures.
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Civil Service Commission
Displaced Persons Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Power Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Works Agency
Public Roads Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Inland Waterways Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Securities and Exchange
Smithsonian Institute
Tennessee Valley Authority
Maple Syrup Production Requires Large Sap Volume
A historic note states that to produce one gallon of maple syrup between 30 and 45 gallons of sap are needed. The range reflects variability in sugar content and processing efficiency across setups.
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