Three Nations Accused by U S Over Greece Conflict
The United States charged Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria with violating the UN charter by using force against Greece. Warren R. Austin urged the Security Council to condemn their actions and support the Balkan Investigation Commission findings. Flooding devastates the Midwest with millions in crop damages as Des Moines and Boonville face record river crests.
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United States Today
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
United Nations
Greece
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
U. S
U. N. Balkan Investigation Commission
Austin
Austin Takd
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Des Moines
Raccoon
Boonville
Would Ban Export of U S Petroleum
Washington June 27 The House Merchant Marine Committee opened an inquiry into oil shipments to Russia while proposing a bill by Chairman Weichel to ban petroleum exports unless War and Navy certify no defense interference and Commerce certifies no domestic consumption impact. The move seeks reasons for oil exports to the Soviet and other nations amid talk of gasoline rationing at home.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
Weichel
R-O
War and Navy Departments
Commerce Department
United States
Eisler Receives Maximum Penalty for Contempt
Gerhart Eisler a communist was sentenced in Washington to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for contempt of Congress Justice Alexander Holtzoff denied a new trial motion and Eisler’s plea for mercy He had refused to take an oath for testimony before the House Committee on American Activities February 6.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
Gress
Federal District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
Hisler
Congress
Eisler
House Committee
Logan County Starts Anti Gambling Drive
Bellefontaine officials moved to stop all forms of gambling in Logan County. County prosecutor Mary F. Abel ordered Sheriff Ellsworth Palmer to halt gambling immediately and permanently, not for a weekend or a few days.
Colleges Educating Women for Marriage Questioned by Experts
Cincinnati report quotes Dr. Paul Popenoe saying one fourth to one half of college graduates fail to marry and that divorce rates are higher among graduates. He cites Mills College president Dr. Lynn White Jr noting medieval male priesthood origins and claims coeducational colleges educate women for a system he calls fraud.
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Paul Popenoe
Los Angeles
University of Cincinnati
Social Hygiene Institute
The
American Insitute of Family Relations
Lynn T. White, Jr
Mills College
White
Popenoe
Bumper Peach Crop Predicted in Ohio Counties
SANDUSKY June 27 Erie Ottawa and Sandusky counties account for more than half of the state's peach production. Farmers report trees heavily laden and fear losing fruit as nature fails to thin. extension horticulturist Frank Beach says set is unusually heavy with trees carrying over 10 600 peaches each.
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Sandusky
Erie
Ottawa
Frank Beach
Beach
Herbert Addresses Safety Conference
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert predicts Ohio will show a marked improvement in traffic safety in 1947. He says local communities must solve safety problems, with state support. Lt. A. O. Smith’s district is represented by 1st Sgt. G. D. McConnell at the luncheon.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Herbert
G. D. McConnell
State Highway Patrol
A. O. Smith
CIO Sponsored Protest Meeting Scheduled in Columbus
A statewide CIO protest meeting against anti labor legislation is set for 1 P M Sunday at Central High School Stadium Columbus. Speakers include Alan Haywood national organizational director Jack Kroll national PAC director and William Lavelle Ohio CIO council secretary treasurer.
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Columbus
CIO
Central High School
Alan Haywood
Jack Kroll
National Pac
William Lavelle
Ohio Cio Council
Miners Begin 10 Day Vacation Amid National Idle Strike
With two thirds of the nation’s miners on strike and a fuel shortage, government operation of soft coal mines continues as miners start a 10 day paid vacation. About 250,000 idle nationwide, led by Pennsylvania with 64,200, others in West Virginia Illinois Kentucky and Ohio. No wage contract signed between owners and AFL United Mine Workers.
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Pittsburgh
U.S
Coal Mines Administration
Congress
Truman
Afl-United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
States
West Virginia
Ilinois
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Premiums at State Fair To Be Increased
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture announced a 35 percent rise in all fair contest premiums and similar increases for each fair department to cover operating costs. The move follows a $250,000 legislative appropriation, up from $186,000 in 1946. Fair Manager Edwin Bath said $136,568 would be paid in premiums, with $25,000 for the horse show and $200,000 for the harness race program. The fair runs August 23 to 29.
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State Board of Agriculture Today
Edwin J.bath
Department of Agriculture
Frank Farnsworth
Better Farm Radio Service Petition To FCC From Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau federation asks FCC for better farm radio service in a four point resolution. Perry L. Green, bureau president, says the plan will be presented when clear channel hearings resume in July. He believes farmers are under served by broadcasts aimed at big metropolitan markets.
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Columbus
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Perry L. Green
Board of Trustees
FCC
Green
Ex Mayor Curley Begins Six to Eighteen Months Jail Term
Danbury Conn June 27 James M Curley former Boston mayor began a six to eighteen months term for mail fraud. He said the sentence was like a death sentence as he started serving in Danbury jail today.
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Danbury, Conn
James M. Curley
Boston
Rice price controls in U S to end June 36
The Agriculture Department announced price controls on rice will be removed June 36 after the expiration of the Price Control Act of 1946. The notice listed Washington as the issuing location and described the action as part of postwar price adjustments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
CIO Leaders Draft Plans On Labor Bill
Leaders of six million CIO members met in Washington to draft a program of compliance or contest under the Taft Hartley act. CIO President Philip Murray presided over a 51 member executive board with General Counsel Lee Pressman. President Truman urged adherence to constitutional processes and pledged to see the act administered fairly.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
Philip Murray
Lee Pressman
AFL
William Green
Green
Murray
Civil Functions Budget Slashed by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an 11.4 percent cut to the War Department civil functions budget, proposing 339,156,69 for the fiscal year starting July 1. The cuts target rivers and harbors and flood control along with cemetery upkeep and Panama Canal operations.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Panama Canal
Pastor Convicted Of Firing Church In Milwaukee
Dr John Lewis scholarly pastor on leave of Calvary Presbyterian Church was convicted by a 12 member jury of starting a January 25 fire causing 150000 dollars in damage to his church The jury deliberated about eight hours and the trial lasted sixteen days The state alleged the 73 year old clergyman aimed to obtain a bigger and better edifice
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Milwaukee
John Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Town petitions to rename Basil and Baltimore township Baseball
In Lancaster common pleas court, petitions from 616 signers demand renaming Basil and Baltimore township to Baseball. The backers claim they represent three fourths of the community’s inhabitants.
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Baltimore
Fairfield County
Common Pleas Court
Lancaster
Basil
Lack of Funds To Opera State Hospital Properly Blamed for Three Deaths
Cleveland report cites insufficient funding for State Hospital as cause of three scalding fatalities. Coroner notes 180 degree water in taps used for cleaning and kitchen duties. superintendent critiques wages and staffing. He warns low pay drives bad hires and poor care.
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Opera State Hospital
Cleveland
Cleveland State Hospital
E. H. Crawfis
Ohio
Anna Lace
Mark Lombardo
Moses Maxwell
Andrew Seidle
Samuel R. Gerber
Ture
Gerber
Crawfis
God
Crawlfis
Foreign Ministers Weigh U S Aid Plan in Europe
In Paris the British French and Soviet foreign ministers meet to draft a common reply to the Marshall Plan for European reconstruction with American aid. U S undersecretary Clayton has conferred with British leaders and is expected to attend semi official talks on pooling resources and sharing materials.
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Paris
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
U. S
George C. Marshall
London
William L. Clayton
Bevin
Attlee
Clayton
America
Ford and CIO Reach Agreement on Wages and Pension Plan
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Automobile Workers union reached a pact for 7 cents an hour wage rise and a pension plan covering about 114,000 production workers. Richard T. Leonard said the plan costs Ford about 200 million dollars annually and adds more than 15 cents an hour in value.
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Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Richard T. Leonard
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Leonard
Derailment Near Welch Injures Ten on Santa Fe Train
Ten persons were slightly injured when Santa Fe passenger train No 1 derailed two miles east of Welch Arizona last night. The incident occurred at night and involved the train serving the northern Arizona region. Emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Welch
Ariz
Santa Fo
Arizona
Train Wreck Unavoidable Says Witness In Shelby
Shelby witnesses and officials investigated the New York Central St Louis Special derailment that killed six. Floyd B. Carter placed the speed around 70 mph and said an open switch would have derailed the train if not for the crossover misalignment. An old man by the switch was seen waving as the crash occurred.
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Shelby
New York Central
St. Louis
Floyd B. Carter
Plymouth
Associated Press
Carter
State Department Fires At Least Ten Workers
Washington June 27 The State Department announced that at least ten employees have been fired recently for suspected disloyalty. Press Officer Lincoln White called it a very recent action and said no further details could be provided, noting the dismissals were under 1947 congressional appropriations authority.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Lincoln White
White
Surplus Rifle Shells Go to Chiang Troops
The United States agrees to turn over 130 million rounds of surplus rifle ammunition to Chiang Kai-Shek's forces in China. The Nanking government is authorized to buy further military supplies from American private manufacturers. The Export-Import Bank will consider lending funds for specific projects, with an earmark of 550 million dollars for China.
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United States
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
State Department
Nanking
Export-Inport Bank
William McMartin
Bank
Communists Torch Szeptingkai After Withdrawing From Rail Hub
In Manchuria, Szeptingkai was set ablaze as Communists withdrew 105 miles northeast of Mukden to avoid a pincers threat from two government columns.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Szeptingkai
Aid promises to China open to new loans despite civil war
The aid package set to expire June 30 allows potential Chinese borrowing by government agencies or private firms for specific projects. China’s internal strife and civil war hindered final loan settlements from funds set aside 14 months earlier. The U S proposes turning over 7.92 cm rifle ammunition used in Nationalist forces, produced under lend lease, with limited prior delivery including a small shipment to India.
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China
Vandenberg Passes on Presidential Bid Clears Michigan Field
Washington June 27 Senator Vandenberg is understood to have declined a candidacy and will not seek the Republican presidential nomination. Friends say he told inquirers that any Republican chasing Michigan's 41 delegates should not expect him to oppose or aid the effort. He will not take part in any scramble to win the state for next year's nominating convention.
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Washington
Sen
Vandenberg
Michigan
Kroger Reports 24 Week Net Income Rise
Kroger Company president Joseph B. Hall announced net income of 6,673,673 for the 24 week period ending June 14 1947 in Cincinnati. This shows an increase of 2,749,942 over the same period in the previous year.
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Cincinnati
Joseph B. Hall
Kroger Company
Roberts warns military weakness may lead to world war
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts said military weakness accelerates the march toward World War III and urged Congress to pass universal military training before adjournments. He warned the UN could not maintain peace and urged postponing vacations to act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
United States
Congress
Roberts
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