Green of AFL Sees Ohio as Nation's Battleground
AFL President William Green told the Ohio Federation of Labor that Ohio is a battleground where labor must push for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act. He predicted labor will defeat Senator Taft and back Ferguson for state auditor, asserting Truman will aid the campaign though no plans were disclosed. Ferguson urged Taft to explain his security votes or withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.F.L
William Green
Ohio
Green
Ohio Federation of Labor
Labor
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Taft
Ohio A.F.L
C.il.o
Ferguson
Truman
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Jabor
Minnesota
Illinois
West Virginia
Tennessee
Harvard
College of Knocks
Canton Bus Fare Fight Over Schedules and Fares
Canton bus firm warns against external timetable writing and urges at least 10 cent fare. Dialogue cites rising 1950 costs, 1949 fuel and labor figures, and three tokens for 40 cents versus Akron’s 35 cents. Company asserts city rights over schedules and seeks to withdraw three-for-a-quarter option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira A. Casper
Council
Wilson
Morgan
Youngstown
Akron
Rail Yards Jammed as Air Raids Hit Frontline Rail Networks
Air strikes damaged two locomotives and fifteen boxcars while pilots reported rail yards jammed with war supplies. In the southern front the 25th Division faced enemy concentrations, with raids north of Taegu and along the Naktong River. Bombers hit Sonchon and Sunchon yards. several units led by Captains Crosby Jr and Mullins reported burning boxcars and inoperable yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Taegu
Naktong River
Sonsan
Leland Walker Jr
Salt Lake City
Samuel Crosby Jr
el Paso
Tex
Sonchon
Willard Mattson
St. Paul
Sunchon
Lubben's sugar racket ties to Costello in 1945
Truman aide Lubben from Hillsdale New Jersey testified he partnered with Frank Livorsi and William J Giglio to secure sugar quotas for a one million dollar candy factory. He sold a half interest for about thirty five to forty thousand dollars and learned they were linked to Frank Costello before exiting the firm. He warned the committee of rackets and possible ongoing hoarding of scarce items while police involvement continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubben
Hillsdale
N. J
Frank Livorsi
William J. Giglio
Frank Costello
Costello
Kefauver
Canton Weather Forecast and Almanac Update
Canton and vicinity expect fair skies and warmer temperatures this afternoon with increasing clouds tonight and scattered showers. Lows around 56 with Thursday mainly cloudy and cooler highs near 75. Ohio forecast notes a cold front creeping in from the northwest, with showers late tonight and tomorrow and a limited northward temperature drop. Readings from Akron to Toledo show clear conditions broadly and highs in the upper 70s. Almanac data lists sunrise at 6 44 a.m., sunset at 7 14 p.m., moonrise at 6 58 p.m., and a barometer around 28 82 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
LA _ Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International News Service
Milton Davis
Davis
Circleville
Napoleon
Associated Press
Akron
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Denver
Detroit
Miami
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Toledo
Washington
Stokowski Fathers A Baby Boy In New York Hospital
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski gave birth to a baby boy at New York Hospital. Leopold Stokowski, age 68, is the father. Mother and child are reported well. Vanderbilt heiress inherited 4.5 million from the Vanderbilt fortune in 1945, and her prior marriage to Pasquale di Cicco ended in divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
New York Hospital
Stokowski
Mexico City
Vanderbilt
Pasquale di Cicco
Mitzi Gaynor Debuts in My Blue Heaven Signings
Hollywood commemorates Janet Gaynor while Twentieth Century Fox signs Mitzi Gerber to a new contract and renames her Mitzi Gaynor for the debut film My Blue Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Twentieth Century-Fox
Janet Gaynor
Mitzi Gerber
Mitzi Gaynor
Blue Heaven
Malik calls for foreign troops withdrawal from Korea
Malik demanded withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea. In a 48 minute attack he accused the United States, aided by Great Britain, of armed aggression against the Korean people and other Asiatic nations striving for independence. He said the U S covers the action with the United Nations flag. It was the ninth no action session of the council since Malik ended the seven month Soviet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Malik
Hitler
Jebb
Stalin
France
Britain
Germany
U. N
Korea
United Nations
United States
Great Britain
U. S
Council
Five-man Nationalist China delegation heads to U N pressures
Chiang's Pleaders in Formosa reports that a five member delegation led by George Yeh will press accusations of Soviet aggression at the United Nations Assembly. Other members include Huang Chao chin T. F. Tsiang P C Chang and Liu Shih shun, all with U N roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China
United Nations Assembly
New York
George Yeh
Harvard
Britain
Cambridge
Huang Chao-chin
Formosan People’s Political Council
T. F. Tsiang
U. N. Security Council
P. C. Chang
U. N. Economic and Social Council
Liu Shih-shun
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Excess Profits Tax Believed Likely To Pass
Washington August 23 AP a top administration leader said Senate may add a 3.5 billion dollar corporation excess profits tax to a 5 billion dollar tax boosting bill. Senator O Mahoney Wyoming softened his proposal to 85 percent top rate on high earnings to protect incentives. The Senate finance committee approved a bill aligning with Truman aims proposing 3 billion in individual taxes and 1.5 billion in corporate taxes plus closing loopholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Truman
America
Talk of Psychiatrist For Congress Cheered
AP reports in Washington that Representative Rich urged mental exams for congressmen during a debate on surplus perishable foods distribution. He claimed high prices harm poor Americans and accused policy of favoring giving food to foreigners. The remark drew applause from House visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
House
Rich
Pennsylvania
Durham
North Carolina
New Cranberry Crop To Be Biggest in History
EAST WAREHAM Massachusetts August 23 AP There will be plenty of cranberries for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year Chester D Stevens of the New England crop Reporting Service of the U S Department of Agriculture told the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association the 1950 crop will be the largest in history About 600000 barrels of the total estimated 969000 American crop will come from Cape Cod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Wareham
Mass
Chester
D. Stevens
New England Crop Reporting Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cape Cod
Hoover checks eligible voters list at 10 a.m.
Hoover officials review the list of eligible voters furnished by the company. The steel workers union and AFL unions are planning organizing meetings and conference representations, with attendees from the CIO Timken Golden Lodge and local union committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Steel Workers Union
C.I.O. Timken Golden Lodge
Har
Eagles Hall
Hoover
Richard McCuskey
Donald K. Merwin
James Powell
Clarence Vogel
Herschel Kriger
John S. Johns
Harry Meek
Harry Wheeler
DeVoe Hicks
Logan O. Teagle Jr
Bliss Co. Sets Sept 12 Bargaining Election at Toledo Plant
Bliss Co. of Toledo will hold a National Labor Relations Board bargaining election for production and maintenance workers at the Raffid SW plant on Tuesday September 12. About 100 employees may vote from 430 to 630 pm, choosing between the United Steel Workers union or no union. Bliss aims to hire 1200 to 1500 local workers as growth continues. Representatives from CIO United Steel Workers and Bliss officials attended the confirmation conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffid SW
E. W. Bliss Co
Toledo
Bliss
C.I.O. United Steel Workers
Steel Workers Union
C.I.O. United Automobile Workers
Toledo Bliss
I. W. Abel
Lawrence Larkin
James Miller
Fred Donover
Bliss Company
R. Y. Moss
J. J. Radigan
D. A. Green
Allied assault on Korea stalls Reds on southern front
Allied forces used forty four thousand pounds of bombs in an attack aimed at clearing Red forces south of the main front. Despite three days of fighting, infiltrating North Koreans held higher ground at dawn. U S planes bombed troop concentrations while a roadblock near Tabu was opened by tanks and artillery. Along Pusan coastal approaches the 25th Infantry repelled two light Red assaults as bridgeheads expanded and supply lines lagged under relentless air pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Air Lines
Rocky Mountains
Stapleton Airport
Denver
Colo
United Nations
U. S
Tabu
Taegu
Pusan
25Th Infantry
Sobuk Ridge
Tundok
Masan
Haman
Chungam
Naktong
Hyonpung
24Th Infantry Division
NLRB Hears U S W Bid for Republic Unit
The NLRB opened a Canton Ohio hearing to decide if office and clerical workers at Republic Steel Corp. Canton plant should have a bargaining unit with United Steel Workers. Judge Carroll Martin presides. the union seeks 175 employees. Republic cites unknown figures and ongoing unit history. George R. Rauschenberg represents Republic. Herschel Kriger for the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
C. I. O. United Steel Workers
Canton
Republic Steel Corp
Carroll Martin
Cleveland
NLRB
Washington
Republic
George R
Rauschenberg
Herschel Kriger
Steel Workers Union
GM raises 76 000 salaried workers and 335 000 hourly staff
GM announces a $25 a month cost of living allowance for salaried and hourly employees amid price rise rumors. GM President C E Wilson denies any planned vehicle price increases. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes June to July food price increases driven by meat and produce, with July 31 readings near mid-July levels and August week 15 showing a slight decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
G. M
C. E Wilson
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boa Constrictor Scientific Name Quotation Debunked
A claim that the boa constrictor’s scientific name is constrictor con strictor is incorrect. The accepted binomial name is Boa constrictor, with no spacing inside the species epithet. No formal designation matches the quoted form.
Duffy Clears State Hire of Turnpike Engineering Firm
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy says the state may hire private engineering firms to plan a 237 mile 200 million dollar turnpike while the Supreme Court had barred such firms on regular highway work. Duffy notes prior court authorization for funds and writ of mandamus supporting the expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
INS
State Highway Department
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Herbert S. Duffy
Joseph T. Ferguson
Duffy
Supreme Court
Ted ¥. Kauer
Turnpike Commission
High Court
Kauer
Herbert Deffenbacher
Three Murder Trials Slated For October
Stark County will hold three murder trials in October with two first degree charges and one second degree. Defendants Nichol son Clare and Edwards pleaded innocent before Common Pleas Judge D Deane McLaughlin. Trial dates tentatively set for Oct 2 Oct 10 and Oct 24 with special venues to be drawn next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark County
Common Pleas
D. Deane McLaughlin
McLaughlin
John Rossetti
Margaret E. Nicholson
E. Front St. Alliance
William W. Seals
Adolph Unger
Willis E. Himebaugh
Arthur A. Clare
Jackson Blvd
Lake Cable
Wilbur Werner
Edgar W. Jones
Charles A. Morgan
Daniel Gennett
James C. Edwards
Allen Ave SE
Helen Tuebner
Willetr Ave SE
William L. Hart Jr
Michael W. Ross
Clare
Bond
Rossetti
Common Pleas Court
20 Boys Participate In Police Club Outing
Fifty boys aged 8 to 17 visited Villa Padova at Lake Cable for a Canton Police Boys Club outing. The day featured two softball games and two treasure hunts for different age groups, plus misc games. Prizes were given by club supervisor Don E. Bole with assistance from Ivan Ilg Ernest Kiefer and other local officials and chaplains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Police Boys Club
Villa Padova
Lake Cable
Don E. Bole
Bole
Ivan Ilg
Ernest Kiefer
Canton
Don Correll
Andrew Chlebeck
Fred Elsass
Joseph R. Scrimo
Julius Pucci
Police Child Welfare Bureau
Andrew Hertina
Waltner Family Returns From Knoxville Accident
H N Waltner and daughter Marilyn returned to Canton by plane Tuesday night from East Tennessee Baptist Hospital in Knoxville where they were treated since August 3 after a car crash that killed Mrs Mae D Waltner. Two other daughters Shirley Ann and Dolores suffered minor injuries and were brought back to Canton days later. The Waltner residence is 2257 Mahoning Rd NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer N. Waltner
Jacobs-Waltner Funeral Home
Marilyn
Canton
Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee Baptist Hospital
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Douglas MacArthur
Unified Command
Gaynor
Chiang
Congress
Lewis Dean McKellips
Coffeyville
Kan
Montgomery County Board No. 47
Lewis
Carl McKellips
Pany
Salem
U.S.W
G.M. Raise
H. N. Waltner
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