Marshall Proposes Limited German Reparations Plan
Marshall tells the council of foreign ministers the United States would consider limited German reparations from current production if allied powers leave in Germany plants earmarked for capital reparations. He reiterates opposition to Molotov’s demand for 10 billion dollars over 20 years while urging a compromise framework. General Clay departs Moscow for Berlin amid stalled talks.
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Moscow
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Potsdam
Molotov
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
Clay
U. S
Europe
Miners Memorials Set by UMW District 6 Leaders
Chauncey and Crooksville host memorial services for 111 Centralia miners with Nelsonville possible. Owens says Thomas Price will speak. services feature Rev. Gilbert Courtney and Rev. Alva Shifflet, with music and tributes. Memorial period outlined in UMW contract alongside June July vacations.
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Chauncey
John Owens
UMW District 6
Centralia
Ill
Crooksville
Nelsonville
Chauncey-Dover High School
Norton
Owens
Thomas Price
Chauncey and
Walter Kovaleski
Dave Christian
UMW
Gilbert Courtney
Driver Reports Hitchhiker Steals Car and Cash
Ironton police searched for a red sedan stolen last night from Charles McLellen a 42 year old Ironton man. McLellen said he picked up a hitchhiker at Russell Kentucky bound and gagged him before the thief stole the car and 560 dollars.
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Ironton
Ohio River
Charles McLellen
Russell
Murder Charge Faces Laborer in Stabbing
Cincinnati laborer Freeman Stark, 23, is charged with murder in the stabbing death of Alec Symmes, 63, of Addyston. Police Chief Fred Richardson signed the murder warrant after Symmes died from stab wounds to the back and neck.
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Cincinnati
Freeman Stark
Alec Symmes
Addyston
Fred Richardson
Symmes
Phone Strike Talks Drag as Walkout Looms
Washington reports slow progress in negotiations between the American Union of Telephone Workers and AT&T long distance division. NFTW seeks $12 weekly raises and contract revisions as 287,000 workers prepare for a coast-to-coast strike set to begin at 6 a.m. Monday in each time zone.
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Washington
American Union of Telephone Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Long Distance Workers Union
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Berrne
NFTW
At&t
Bell System
Safety Drive Is Scheduled
COLUMBUS. The State Highway Department launches a safety campaign for its 7,400 workers. Director Murray D. Shaffer says a safety supervisor and four deputies will work with engineers, superintendents and foremen to reduce lost time and costs from carelessness with tools, state cars and equipment.
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Columbus
State
Murray D. Shaffer
Representatives Leave Washington for Cairo Interparliamentary Union
Rep. Vorys of Ohio plans overnight departure from Washington by plane to attend the Interparliamentary Union conference in Cairo, marking the first post war meeting schedule Monday.
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Washington
Vorys
Ohio
Cairo
Interparliamentary Union
Eleven Die in Clinton Fireworks Plant Blast
An explosion and ensuing fire at the Brown Manufacturing Co. fireworks plant in Clinton, Missouri, killed 11 of 28 workers, with four injured. The blaze, burning in a single story frame building, prevented close access as flames raged, and victims aged 50 to 70 were identified by rings or teeth evidence.
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Clinton
Brown Manufacturing Co
C. S. Knoles
Navy Pilot Killed in Norwalk Plane Crash
A Navy plane from Port Columbus Naval Air Station crashed in heavy fog near Norwalk last night. The pilot, Lt. (JG) Raymond Scott, 24, of Kenton, Ohio, was identified by the State Highway Patrol. Witness Earl Raver said the craft circled overhead before plunging into a field and burning.
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Norwalk
Port Columbus
Jap Truck Drivers Name Yank Attackers
Japanese truck drivers identified three American soldiers among five defendants as their attackers after two comrades were beaten to death near Tokyo on January 31. The five Air Corps enlisted men pleaded innocent to charges of beating four Japanese and a Korean, injuring five others, and wrecking multiple sites in a jeep rampage.
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Tokyo
Air Corps
New Science Building Groundbreaking Marred by Pickets
Capital University officials broke ground on a new $440,000 science hall in Columbus yesterday. Pickets arrived as Phil O Day of the Columbus Building Trades Council said he ordered them because the contract for the science hall student union and refectory went to a non union contractor.
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Columbus
Capital University
Phil O’day
The
Columbus Building Trades Council
O’day
Music Educator Osbourne McConathy Dies at 72
Dr. Osbourne McConathy, a leading authority on musical education in public schools, died yesterday at his Pattonburg home. He was 72.
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Pattonburg
N. J
Osbourne McConathy
Five Men Nabbed In Fake Sugar Stamp Ring
Five West Virginia men were seized on counterfeit sugar coupon charges totaling over 2,000,000 pounds. The arrests close a six month operation tied to a $500,000 black market moving sugar to moonshiners and industrial users in Ohio West Virginia Tennessee and the Carolinas. Arraigned before U S Commissioner Joseph W Fitchett the group led by Clarence A Lane included Homer W Dillon Frank Neff and W Perry with warrants issued for 15 others.
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Huntington
W. Va
U. S
Philip A. Baer
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Joseph W. Fitchett
West
Ruhr Miners Walk Out In Mass Labor Action
The Ruhr region’s coal industry nearly halted as about 300,000 miners ignored British pleas to stay at work. In Dortmund and Hamborn miners returned to pits, while Cologne area workers stayed on duty, leaving some 170 mines idle and risking a half million tons of coal output.
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Essen
Ruhr
Dortmund
Hamborn
Cologne
Pacific Isles Put Under U S Trusteeship
The Pacific islands once attacked by Japan were placed under American control through United Nations strategic area trusteeship after a unanimous Security Council vote. Warren R. Austin carried the victory back to Washington four hours later amid a tense closing debate in which Soviet delegate Gromyko abstained on a contested section.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Pacific Islands
Japan
United States
Security Council
United Nations Strategic Area
Warren R. Austin
Washington
Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
SAM SIMMONS Urges Strike as Catalysis for Political Change
SAM SIMMONS argues catastrophes can force public focus on drifting problems. He suggests a prolonged telephone workers strike could disrupt society enough to prompt labor relation legislation and renewed attention to Wagner Act amendments, noting past telephonic reliance and current chaos fears.
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John L. Lewis
Congress
Krug Orders Indefinite Closure of 518 Coal Mines
Secretary of Interior Krug ordered 518 government controlled soft coal mines closed indefinitely due to danger from potential explosions. About 40,000 miners are affected across multiple Ohio sites, with reopenings contingent on safety reviews by unions and managers or new inspections deeming them reasonably safe.
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Krug
Washington
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Mining Co
Hocking Valley
Kimeberly
McVey and Rosser
New York Coal Co
Chauncey
Starr Jackson Mining Co
Coonville
Starr Murray Co
Murray City
Lost Run
Brownfield Coal Co
Brownfield
New Lexington
Buckingham Coal Co
Congo
Rend-Mar Coal Co
Corning
Juliette
Thorn Hill Coal Co
Thorn Hill
House eyes further cuts to Daniels-Cramer school bill
Ohio Senate approved the Daniels-Cramer school measure 32 to 3 after trimming funding from more than 100 million to 88 million annually. House Education Committee will begin hearings next Wednesday as leaders push toward 80 million yearly in the biennium.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Dan §. Yoder
R-Wayne
House Education Committee
Thomas J. Herbert
Convict Koons’ Eye Donation Aids Two Vets
In Columbus a 23 year old Navy veteran Rus sell Eugene Koons was executed for his mother’s murder. Corneas from his eyes were transplanted to the New York Eye Bank to restore sight for two blind veterans, with surgeons removing the corneas after the execution.
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Columbus
Russell Eugene Koons
Ohio
New York City
Springfield
Koons
Ravenswood Steamer Joe Cook Victims Not Found
Three men missing since Monday’s explosion aboard the steamer Joe Cook, Ravenswood, remained unfound at noon. Identified victims are Robert L. Melton Ernest McCoy and C S Crago as searchers comb wreckage and drag the river for bodies.
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Ravenswood
Joe Cook
Robert L. Melton
Ernest McCoy
C. S. Crago
Spokesman Warns Civil War Looms in Greece
In Athens a spokesman for the Leftist EAM warned that civil war looms in Greece unless internal political changes occur. King George II’s funeral procession moved through central streets as the warning was issued, with the cortege proceeding from the palace to the Athens Cathedral for lying in state ahead of services.
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Athens
EAM
Greece
George II
Three Faiths Hold Rites in Jerusalem on Holy Day
In Jerusalem ceremonies united Christian, Moslem, and Jewish communities today to honor sacred events revered by millions. The observances showcase interfaith participation amid the city’s enduring religious significance.
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Jerusalem
Nazi Official Ruled to Die For Atrocities
Rudolf Hoess, former Nazi commandant of Auschwitz, was sentenced to death by the Polish Supreme National Tribunal for overseeing mass murder at Oswiecim. He faced accusations of supervising gasings and cremations of millions, defended himself by blaming higher authorities, and stated he would have burned his own family if ordered.
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Warsaw
Rudolf Hoess
Oswiecim
Auschwitz
Supreme National Tribunal
GE claims world speed record for wheel propulsion
Schenectady N Y GE reports a new world record rotational speed propulsion of a wheel at 123000 rpm using rigid shafts on a microtome device for thinning specimens for electron microscopy, eclipsing the prior 65000 rpm mark.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Blind Couple from Columbus Plans Quiet Indianapolis Wedding
Charles Owens, 40, of Cincinnati and Florence Frutchey, 29, of Columbus, both blind, arrived with a seeing-eye dog and prepared for a simple wedding at Owens's sister's home in Indianapolis after taking blood tests for a marriage license. Owens expressed confusion over media interest in their elopement, saying they simply want to wed.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Charles Owens
Cincinnati
William G. Lidely
Florence Frutchey
Owens
Miss Frutchey
Attorney Sells Interests in Clyde Porcelain Steel Co
R. R. Trubey former Lima Ohio attorney and president of the Clyde Porcelain Steel Co disclosed today he sold his interests in the Clyde firm.
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Fremont, O
R. R. Trubey
Lima
Ohio
Clyde Porcelain Steel Co
Clyde
Lewis urges tougher mine safety before Congress
John L. Lewis told a House labor subcommittee that every coal miner faces a six year risk of death or injury and urged federal action to enforce safety rules. He cited the Centralia disaster, blamed J. A. Krug for negligence, and criticized states for lax enforcement while calling for government responsibility to make mines safe.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
United Mine Workers
House Labor
Lewis
Centralia
Senate
House
J. A. Krug
Senate moves toward a Lilienthal confirmation clash
The Senate debates whether to recommit the David E. Lilienthal nomination for the Atomic Energy Commission. A floor vote was set for 5 p.m. after an 11 hour session as Bricker seeks FBI background checks and further committee questions. Supporters expect a slim margin, with key ally Senator Vandenberg signaling a major moment in the fight.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Chamber
Capitol Hill
Bricker
Ohio
FBI
Lilienthal
Commission
Congress
David Lilienthal
White House
Arthur Vandenberg
Rmich
Vandenberg
Atomic Energy Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
White
Maine
Wherry
Aoebraska
Fett
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Stanton Griffis
New York
U.S
Arthur Bliss Lane
Kennelly
Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Russell Root
Jacob Arvey
al Horan
Edward J. Kelly
NEA
Navy
Department of Agriculture
Lane
Dillon
Edwards
C. D. Kenny Co
Consolidated Grocers’ Corp
Chica
Kenny Co
Pacific Isles
Sam Simmons
Associated Press
Haifa
Palestine
Nea-Acme
Leo Stoecker
NEA Radio- Telephoto
Boards of Education
Senate Conservation
Clingan Jackson
Mahoning
Joseph R. Nutt, Jr
Cuyahoga
Carl D. Sheppard
Summit
Nutt
Jackson
C. Stanley Mechem
State Commerce Department
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Stanley Mechem
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