Truman Veto Stiffs $4.8B Tax Cut Over Feared Weak U.S. Finances
President Truman vetoes the Republican backed $4.8 billion tax reduction bill saying it would weaken the nations finances and likely create a deficit. Congress plans to override with a 2 to 1 vote in both houses amid warnings of inflation and higher defense costs.
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U.S
Mr. Truman
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
United States
Martin
R-Mass
Berlin Airlift Faces Russian Traffic Clamp In Cold War
Allied relief efforts intensified as Western Allied planes from Western Germany operated to sustain Berlin amid new Soviet traffic restrictions. Russian authorities insisted border and transit controls would stay, closing rail links and challenging Western protest.
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Berlin
Marienborn
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Sergei Tulpanov
Socialist Unity Party
Halle
Tulpanov
Frankfurt
American Tempelhof
Tempelhof
United States Air Force
U. S
Pennsy Extends Ohio Communication System
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced an extension of its continuous communication system to cover 104 miles from Columbus to Sandusky Ohio. The expansion brings the total main track with the system to 1 181 miles enabling train to train locomotive to cabin and train to tower communications.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Sandusky
Ohio
Dodd Branna Viewed As Cabinet Possibilities
Washington sources indicate a cabinet post possible for a government career man. Either Norris E. Dodd an Oregon rancher or Charles F Branna a Denver lawyer may be chosen as secretary of agriculture both have served in government since 1933.
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Washington
Norris E. Dodd
Oregon
Charles F. Branna
Denver
Death of Ravens, Western Union pioneer in messenger uniforms
Michael W. Ravens, 85, former general superintendent of Western Union, credited in 1896 with conceiving the messenger boy uniform, has died.
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New York
Michael W. Ravens
Western Union
Child's Body Found in Middletown Waterway Ditch
The body of a newborn child was found in a waterway ditch in Middletown. Butler County coroner Dr. Garret J. Boone said the infant appeared to have been dead for several days.
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Middletown
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Ohio industry reels as 18 day coal strike bites production
Ohio industrial output sagged as coal mine walkout cut ingot and coke supply. Cleveland and Youngstown plants ran at reduced capacity while Canton Timken shut 100 ton open hearth. Mass layoffs hit rail and utility sectors amid widespread shortages and stockpiles kept utilities stable.
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Carnegie- Illinois Steel
Clairton, Pa
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Youngstown
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Massillon
Republic Steel
Jackson Industries
Marshall H. Jones
Globe Iron Co
Willard J. Potter
Jackson Iron & Steel Co
Globe
Jackson Iron
Chamber of Commerce
Toledo
Cincinnati
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp
Elyria
Akron
Ohio Edison
Dollar Policy Is Criticized In Cleveland Address
W C Haddon of Westinghouse Electric International Co. warned at a Cleveland trade conference that the United States is creating a world dollar shortage by exporting less than it imports, urging a balanced trade and an international economic task force to ensure dollars spur real production.
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Cleveland
Russia
W. C. Haddon
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric International Co
Soviet film wins Stalin prize for attack on American press
Moscow reports that The Russian Question, a Soviet cinema attack on the American press, has been awarded a Stalin prize.
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Moscow
Argentina proposal to invite Spain rejected at UN FOI
In Geneva a proposal from Argentina to invite Spain to send an observer to the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information was rejected. The decision underscores tensions over observer participation in the FOI talks.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Spain
United Nations Conference On Freedom of Information
Press Breakdown Delays Thursday Issue
The Messenger marks its 18th year with a gear strip on a press unit delaying a 24 page run. Staff double ran the remaining edition and hand joined sections to finish an hour late. About 160 inquiries followed while the paper limits pages to 20 until Chicago supplier restocks.
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Chicago
Idle Workers Increase Seen In Coal Strike
The coal strike drives steel industry layoffs with 50 000 idle steelworkers expected in six days. Weirton Steel plans an April 8 shutdown idling 12 000, plus 5 000 fabricating plant workers. Railroads furlough 41 000 with major carriers Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio laying off thousands.
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U. S
Birmingham
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville
New York
Utah
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Miller Attacks Joe's Stand in Democratic Race
Ray T. Miller of Cleveland assails former Gov. Frank Lausche in a Tuscarawas County speech, decrying disloyalty to party ideals. He implies the liquor department probe marks a rift within Ohio Democrats as the primary approaches.
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New Philadelphia, CO
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Tuscarawas County
Democratic Central Committee
Miller
Lausche
Ohio Democrat Party
Slayer's Execution Set for Tonight in Ohio Penitentiary
Charles L. Ames, 64, dies in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair tonight for the burglary slaying of Dayton policeman Herman A. Drexler last May. Julius Emerick received a life sentence. Gov. Herbert granted Ames a week's reprieve for Good Friday.
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Columbus
Charles L. Ames
Ohio
Herman A. Drexler
Dayton
Julius Emerick
Thomas J. Herbert
Ames
Final Action on Europe and China Aid Bill Seen Today
Congress moves toward final action on a $6.098 billion foreign aid package for Europe and China. The measure funds ERP for 16 Western European nations and Western Germany, China assistance, Greece and Turkey military aid, and UN Children’s Fund support, with Senate victories narrowing ERP scope and excluding Spain.
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China
Washington
White House
Senate
House
Truman
Chiang Kan-Shek
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Mediterranean
International Children’s Emergency Fund
United Nations
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Spain
Marines Say Reds Fired Without Notice
Four U S Marines held in China for three months were released after talks with the Communist authorities. Cpl. William L Pollard reported the first blast mortally wounded Pfc. Charles J Brayton Jr. as Reds fired point blank from 200 yards. Brayton did not receive first aid. The liberated Marines include Pfc Carrol W Dickerson Pfc Thomas Kapodistria and Pvt Robert Hart.
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U.S
Haiyang
William L. Pollard
Fort Worth
Tex
Charles J. Brayton, Jr
Governor's Island
N.Y
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Brayton
Navy
Pfc
Carrol W. Dickerson
Olathe
Kas
Pvt
Robert Hart
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kapodistria
Buffalo
Sicilian Labor Leader Is Shot Dead in Election Violence
In Palermo a Sicilian labor leader Calogero Cangialesi age 36 secretary of the Labor Federation at Camporeale was machine gunned to death at midnight. Two companions were wounded and assailants escaped. A nationwide strike was ordered for next Thursday to protest the disappearance of another labor leader.
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Rome
Italy
Palermo
Sicily
Calogero Cangialesi
Camporeale
Medical Group Elects Head in Ohio State Meeting
The Ohio State Medical Association elected Dr. Carl A. Lincke of Carrolton as president for next year. At 43 he is among the youngest to hold the post. Resolutions urged hospital staff focus on business admin while physicians run care, and proposed a state law requiring doctors to state their degree with the title.
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Cincinnati
Ohio State Medical Association
Carl A. Lincke
Carrolton
Association
Liquor Director Moves to Collect 113000 from Bonding Firms
Columbus report says Liquor Control Director Dale Duniton acted to collect 113000 from 28 bonding companies in revoking 113 private club permits. It notes the action is the first of its kind by the liquor department and ties to permits issued late in the Lausche administration amid investigations.
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Columbus
Liquor Control
Dale Duniton
Liquor Department
Lausche
Police Seek Explanation Of Missing Records
Acting Safety Director Alvin J. Sutton demanded a full report on the disappearance of official records on a policy operator from police headquarters. He asked how the records were removed and why he was not told when they were later found in a narcotics search house.
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Cleveland
Alvin J. Sutton
Sutton
George J. Matowitz
Woman dies after Massillon shooting suicide note
Mrs. Gertrude Elder, 44, died in Massillon at city hospital after a March 20 shooting authorities ruled an attempted murder at Joseph Cuenot’s hunting lodge. Cuenot, 70, was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound and died as coroner said he killed himself after the shooting.
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Massillon
Gertrude Elder
City Hospital
Joseph Cuenot
Cuenot
Edward C. Reno
Elder
Youngster Barry Manning Drowns in Rain Swollen Creek
Barry Manning, age eight, drowned in a Canton creek after rain swelled the waterway. A nearby companion and rescue teams struggled to save him, but efforts were unsuccessful.
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Canton
Barry Manning
Latin American Aid Hopes Dim After Marshall Speech
Bogota Colombia Latin American delegates reacted with disappointment as Secretary Marshall prioritized the European Recovery Program over broad U S aid. He said the United States would increase help where possible but stressed European recovery must come first and warned Latin nations to curb aid demands for world peace.
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Bogota
Colombia
U. S
Marshall
U.S
Latin Amer
Ica
Washington
Gas Heating In New Homes Authorized In Ohio
The Ohio state utilities commission authorized gas companies to provide heating for new homes up to their capacity. Conversion burners for hardship cases in old houses receive priority over new home heating. A 50-50 basis applies for new installations and old-house conversions, amid a continuing natural gas shortage through winter 1948-49.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Harry M. Miller
Ohio
Slayings Prompt Sparse Clues in Columbus
Investigators chase a unidentified hotel slayer and another state capital suspect in two separate killings. A cab driver’s vague description and a single brown button are among the few clues. Mrs. Marcella Smilack, 61, was found in her south side basement with throat wounds from a bread knife. The Ohio Hotel victim suffered blunt force and 20 stab wounds.
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Columbus
Marcella Smilack
Ohio
Ohio River Dredging Co President Dies at 73
Edward Van Ness Rawn, Sr., president of the Ohio River Dredging Co., died yesterday at age 73. He will be buried Saturday in Cadiz, Ohio, after resigning last February as secretary of the Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress.
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Huntington
W. Va
Edward van Ness Rawn
Ohio River Dredging Co
Rawn
Cadiz
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Senators Oppose Aid To Private Schools
Senators Taft and Bricker of Ohio voted against amendments by Senator McMahon to earmark federal education aid for church and private schools. The clash centers on how federal funds would be allocated to nonpublic institutions.
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Washington
Ohio
Taft
Bricker
McMahon
D-Conn
Baldwin Left Million Dollar Estate In London Died Age 80
Stanley Baldwin thrice prime minister of Britain died December 13 at age 80. Probate disclosed a net estate worth 1,109,?86 percent.
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Baldwin
London
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Payne seeks dismissal over McCall liquor clash
Springfield Republican candidate Albert Edward Payne demanded the removal of State Liquor Director Dale M. Duniton over the McCall incident. He alleged McCall paid $300 to speed a nightclub liquor license near Springfield and said Duniton contradicted the claim, while McCall offered to testify before a grand jury.
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Springfield
Albert Edward Payne
Dale M. Duniton
McCall
Mackenzie King Urges United Action Against Threats
In Williamsburg Canada’s prime minister W L Mackenzie King called on free nations to unite to resist pressures aimed at undermining free governments. He warned that if not joined, they could be destroyed one by one and emphasized cooperation as the supreme task of statesmanship. He did not name Soviet Russia.
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Williamsburg
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Soviet Russia
Slayer Sentenced in Prison Slaying Case in Ohio
Thomas Kemp 32 of Cincinnati was sentenced to one to 20 years in Ohio Penitentiary for stabbing and killing Thomas J. Rucker 25 in the prison auto tag shop last December. Kemp already has 10 to 25 years for armed robbery.
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Columbus
Thomas Kemp
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thomas J. Rucker
Kemp
Rucker
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures and Rain
Temperature will average near normal with normal max fifty and normal min thirty two. Colder tonight and Saturday. Warmer Sunday and Monday. Colder Tuesday. Precipitation around one inch with showers Monday and early Tuesday.
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Columbus
Truman envoy Taylor meets Franco in Madrid
Myron C. Taylor,President Truman's special envoy to the Vatican, conferred with Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Madrid last night.
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Taylor
Madrid
Myron C. Taylor
Truman
Vatican
Francisco Franco
Finland to resume talks with Paasikivi after Moscow talks
Two of Finland's Moscow treaty negotiators are expected to return by plane to participate in talks with President Juho Paasikivi in Helsinki. The move follows efforts to res ume completed arrangements for renewed negotiations.
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Finland
Juho ‘Paasikivi
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