GOP Urges Unity After Ohio House Election Sweep
Columbus AP report shows Republicans vow to mold policy in the 98th General Assembly. Speaker designate C William ONeill urges principled, constructive governance with Senate GOP support. L P Mooney warns any day may shift House control. 68 votes needed for bills. Senate ends with 19 Democrats 14 Republicans.
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Columbus
98Th General Assembly
C. William O'Neill
Mariatta
House
Ohio
Senate
L. P. Mooney
Hocking County
Guarded Kalamazoo Factories as 300 Raiders Strike
Kalamazoo Michigan authorities moved in force to guard two Shakespeare company factories after a dawn raid by about 300 raiders. Some 75 police and sheriffs kept a protective perimeter while 200 non striking workers crossed picket lines. The liquor sale ban by the State Liquor Control Commission made Kalamazoo effectively dry. A state and local probe and a pending grand jury inquiry followed the disturbance.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Shakespeare Companies
State Liquor Control Commission
Long Argument Fatal To Man In Durham Restaurant
A pro longed argument between 31 year old waitress Kathryn Bailey and her husband Norman C. Bailey ended in gunfire. Norman Bailey, 32, shot his wife at the restaurant where she worked, then killed himself. Durham County coroner Dr. R. A. Horton reports the couple had been arguing for several days.
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Durham
N. C
R. A. Horton
Durham County
Norman C. Bailey
Kathleen
Bogus Check Passer Sentenced Five Years in Prison
Homer Green, 49, of Cincinnati, admitted passing bogus payroll checks totaling about 28,000 dollars over twelve years. U.S. District Judge John H. Druffel ordered five years in prison, saying Green should be kept out of circulation for some time.
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Cincinnati
Homer Green
U.S
John H. Druffel
Vault Workers Strike in Columbus Over Wage Offer
Five hundred Clark Grave Vault Co production employees struck in Columbus after rejecting a 10 cent per hour wage increase offer. Workers cited stalled negotiations and sought better pay amid rising living costs, with pickets seen outside the plant as talks continued.
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Columbus
Clark Grave Vault Co
McKellar Signals Military Budget Depends on Savings
Senator McKellar urged the Armed Services to show unified savings from consolidating Army Navy and Air Forces as he prepares to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee. He backs Truman’s plan to cap military outlays at 15 billion dollars for the next fiscal year, with hearings to probe duplications and avoid unnecessary spending.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D-Tonn
Armed Services
Congress
McKellar
Truman
Defense Forrestal
Budget Chief Sees Deficit If Taxes Not Raised
DETROIT Budget Director James E Webb said the 1950 federal budget will exceed 42 billion dollars and without tax increases a deficit is likely. He spoke to state officials at the ninth biennial general assembly, noting deficits threaten both federal and state finances amid inflation and postwar uncertainty.
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Detroit
James E. Webb
Webb
Truman
Congress
Judge Rules Ohio Cannot Release Florida Fugitive
Common Pleas Judge C. J. McNamee held that an Ohio court cannot legally free Frederick Fox 21 of Cleveland who escaped from a Florida road gang and two Alabama fugitives. He ruled that granting a writ of habeas corpus would commute the sentence of a sister state.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
C. J. McNamee
Ohio
Frederick Fox
Florida
Alabama
Five Die in Syrian Disorder Protests
Damascus reports five killed and scores injured as public demonstrations demand resumption of the Arab war against Israel amid clashes between troops and crowds in Syria.
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Damascus
Syria
Israel
Dayton Raid Maneuvers Clarified despite initial fear
Washington says Wright Patterson officials overstated the threat of B 29 formations over Dayton for a 10 day simulated bombing run beginning December 6. Individual bombers will operate at 25 000 feet with no live bombs or fixed formations while a mobile radar unit records accuracy of the simulated drop.
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Washington
Air Force
Dayton
Wright- Patterson
Aid Official Is Discharged In Ohio Case
Columbus report states Frank W. Claudy Muskingum County subdivision manager for the state division of aid for the aged was discharged for dishonesty and malfeasance in office effective December 4. Karl R. Babb chief of the division said Claudy submitted an expense account for 6.60 for gasoline on a trip from Zanesville to Columbus that he actually rode in a friend's car.
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Columbus
Frank W. Claudy
Muskingum
State Division of Aid
Karl R. Babb
State Civil Service Commission
Claudy
Babb
Zanesville
Champion Steer Fetches Record Price At Expo
The grand champion Aberdeen-Angus steer "Old Gold" weighed about 1200 pounds and sold for a record $10.75 per pound at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The steer, bred by Co. E. Yoder and Sons of Muscatine Iowa, won the grand championship and was purchased by Glenn McCarthy, president of the Shamrock Hotel in Houston Texas.
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Chicago
Co. E. Yoder and Sons
Muscatine
Glenn McCarthy
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Tex
Dock Peace Averts Coffee Sugar Cost Hike
Settlement of the East Coast dock strike this week averted price increases for sugar and coffee. A few major coffee brands rose a penny or two, but overall supplies moved normally and shortages were unlikely. End of the walkout promised increased shipments of canned fruits from the Pacific Coast, with high rail freight costs noted as a factor in recent deliveries. Meat prices led declines in wholesale meat, with several cuts dropping significantly since mid-September while weather affected winter vegetables and a Dun & Bradstreet index showed wholesale food prices at their lowest since June 1947.
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Brazil
Pacific Coast
Dun & Bradstreet
Chinese Reds Claim Capture Of Suchow
Chinese Communist radio claimed Suchow, a major Nationalist base 200 miles northwest of Nanking, has fallen. Pilots reported Red forces within a mile of Suchow as abandonment was ordered. Government says cannot move capital as diplomacy weighs on Nanking vicinity.
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San Francisco
Suchow
Nanking
Red Radio
Associated Press
Shanghai
Red
Foreign Office
Jacques Meyrier
Pengpu
Treasury Receives Dividend on Farm Credit Loans
The government collected a 10 million dollar dividend on 200 million dollars it advanced in 1934 to save farms from foreclosure. The funds came from the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, part of the Farm Credit Administration. The Treasury had provided capital stock for the corporation, which issued over 1.25 billion dollars in loans to about 675,000 farmers during the Depression. This is the second such dividend after a 40 million dollar payout last July.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Mortgage Corporation
Horse Dies in His Care Prompts Farm Laborer Suicide
TIFFIN Ohio March report says John Frankart, 48, a farm laborer on the Sisters of the Precious Blood at New Riegel, killed himself after the death of a horse in his care. Coroner William H. Benner cited despondency over farm mechanization as a factor.
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Tiffin
John Frankart
William H. Benner
Frankart
Sisters of Precious Blood
New Riege
Benner
Representative hints at post office probe
New York rep Clarence J. Brown of Ohio hints the Post Office Department tops the bipartisan commission’s study of government reorganization. He urges keeping eyes open for developments in the federal service agency amid possible recommendations.
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New York
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Post Office Department
Bipartisan Commission
Palestine conference proclaims King Abdullah as Palestine king
A Jericho conference named General Palestine Congress declared King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan as Palestine king. The meeting occurred yesterday in Jericho with Sheik Moh Ali Gaabary presiding. Official confirmation was not available.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jericho
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
General Palestine Congress
Dead Sea
Sheik Moh Ali Gaabary
New portrait hung of late Gov. Martin L. Davey
A portrait of the late Gov. Martin L. Davey painted by Albert Dick of Cleveland was installed yesterday in the reception room of the governor's office.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Albert Dick
Cleveland
Governor's Office
Ohio cities join fight against Ohio Bell rate hike
Fifteen Ohio cities began today to challenge Ohio Bell Telephone Co over a proposed nine percent rate increase. The coordinated action seeks to curb higher charges affecting residents and businesses across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio _ Bell Telephone Co
Berlin braces for new Communist attempts to disrupt voting
Divided Berlin readies for further Communist disruption as Western sector election rallies face assaults by party supporters. Police arrested nine hecklers linked to the Soviet backed Socialist Unity party, including a Berliner Zeitung editor, then released them after questioning. Western Allied officers withdrew from the central hall while the elected government maintains legitimacy amid a state of emergency.
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Berlin
Red Hecklers
Frank L. Howley
U.S
Slow Action Is Expected On More Aid for China
Washington officials said swift American aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists faces delay. Congress must act, and China’s unstable war conditions reduce immediacy. Ambassador Koo urged prompt help in New York, Madame Chiang prepared to press plans in Leesburg. Time is of the essence but delay persists.
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Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Washington
George C. Marshall
Leesburg
Mme. Chiang
China
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
State Department
Truman
Wellington Koo
China Institute
New York City
Madame Chiang
Marshall
Koo
Injunction Sought Against State Highway Dept by Jacoby
Walter B. Jacoby filed in Common Pleas Court asking an injunction against the State Highway Department. He alleges highway earth removal near his Canaan Township property caused damage to his house foundation chimney and walls and seeks to stop further earth removal. Named defendants include State Highway Director Earl L. Reed division engineer Charles A. Ferguson Marietta district and highway department employees.
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State Highway Department
Walter B. Jacoby
Common Pleas Court
Jacoby
Canaan Township
Highway Department
Earl L. Reed
Charles A. Ferguson
Marietta
Youth Threatens Life Of President Truman
Twenty-year-old Dennis E. Porter pleaded guilty to threatening the life of President Truman and was sentenced to three years in prison by U S District Judge Herbert Christ tenberry. Porter told the judge he still intends to carry out his threat, saying the president is not adequate to supervise the people of the United States.
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New Orleans
Truman
Dennis E. Porter
U. S
Herbert Christenberry
United States
Porter
Ohio Gas Quota Hearing Shapes Ohio's Share
Ohio city officials testified at a federal hearing on gas allocations from a new pipeline delivering 350 million cubic feet daily. East Ohio Gas would receive 110 million, with a further 100 million to Ohio Fuel Gas, while other Midwestern cities seek diversion of portions of the supply.
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Washington
Ohio City
The
Power Commission
Ohio Distributing Companies
Texas
East Ohio Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Frank Noyes Funeral Held Friday for AP Pioneer
Washington memorial services are set for Frank B. Noyes a veteran newspaper publisher and early Associated Press leader who died yesterday. The rites will be at St. John's Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Burial is private. Noyes helped found the AP and led the organization as president for 38 years.
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Washington
Frank B. Noyes
Pioneer Associated Press
C. Leslie Glenn
St. John's Episcopal Church
Girl Who Became Boy Ex Convict Suicide Reported
Troy report states Don Lee Reid, 28, who changed from a girl to a boy at 18, shot himself last night per Coroner Keifer. Reid was convicted in April 1947 of fatally stabbing his father, John, 51, in a drunken argument. Found guilty of manslaughter, he served one year in jail.
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Troy
Don Lee Reid
Charles Keifer
Reid
John
Halstead Home Bathtub Dessert Prank Ends in Gelatin
Pueblo Colo. Mr and Mrs Jack Halstead found about 30 gallons of cherry gelatin in their bathtub upon returning from a Denver trip. The dessert was written with whipped cream greeting Merry Christmas. The couple said they never feared gelatin for dessert.
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Pueblo
Colo
Jack Halstead
Denver
Halsteads
Finance Group Renews Effort In Berlin Rift
Paris reports renewed mediation in the Berlin deadlock as neutral financial experts led by former Security Council President Juan Bramuglia prepare a formula to settle Berlin currency disputes. The plan aims to define four power control of the Soviet zone mark and lift the blockade, with a December deadline.
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Paris
Berlin
Security Council
Juan Bramuglia
Bramuglia
U. N. Security Council
Europe Needs Generous Aid Says Forrestal
Secretary of Defense Forrestal told an English Speaking Union dinner that the United States must supply Western Europe with a generous measure of equipment to back the Brussels Treaty aims among Britain France Belgium Holland and Luxembourg. He said the aid is necessary to give meaning to the treaty and enable concerted action for common defense, noting Western Europe cannot prosper while living in fear.
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New York
Forrestal
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Viscount Montgomery
Judgment Sought Against Ridge Coal Company
The attorney general seeks 770.96 against Don Shafer and Harry Matheny of Ridge Coal Co Nelsonville in Common Pleas Court for failure to follow Industrial Commission findings. The award to Charles Linton of Nelsonville for compensation was not covered by the state insurance fund, requiring full payment by the company.
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Don Shafer
Harry Matheny
Ridge Coal Co
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Charles Linton
State Insurance Fund
Record Fog Lifts Over Western Europe
One of the most persistent fogs in a generation cleared from Britain and much of Western Europe after six days of disruption to air and sea transport. Forecasters expect mild weather briefly today before rain and a 70 mile per hour gale along the west coast.
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London
Britain
Europe
Baltic
Portugal
35-Foot Fall From Pole Kills Carpenter's Helper
In Cincinnati a 35-foot fall from a pole killed Herschel Wilson a 35 year old carpenter's helper employed by a construction company He tumbled from the pole while adjusting a spotlight for night work on the job.
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Carpenter
Cincinnati
Herschel Wilson
Wilson
Rewards Offered In Death Of Policeman
Cincinnati civic groups post rewards totaling 125 dollars for information leading to the arrest of a motorist who allegedly forced a young motorcycle officer from a road. The 25 year old officer Lewis Hall was found beside his wrecked motorcycle.
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Cincinnati
Lewis Hall
Rita Hayworth Divorced From Orson Welles in Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth obtained her final divorce decree from writer Orson Welles in Los Angeles yesterday. The high profile separation ends years of legal battles between the movie star and the famed director and writer.
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Rita
Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Wagon upset drowns two in ditch near WAUSEON
A farmer's wife Mrs. Eugene Pontius 27 and her daughter Judy 2 drowned when an overturned wagon loaded with corn trapped them in 18 inches of water in a ditch. Pontius and son William escaped after he raised the wagon, but the mother and child perished before help arrived.
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Wauseon
Eugene Pontius
Judy
Three Navy pilots rescued near Guam as search for fourth continues
Three Navy fighter pilots were rescued outside Guam harbor after ditching due to fuel shortage. A helicopter recovered one pilot about six miles at sea, another was saved by a small ship following a B 29 life raft drop, and a third was found hours later in rough seas. A fourth flier remains missing as intense search efforts proceed.
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Guam
20Th Air Force
Prisoner Hangs Self In Ohio Penitentiary Cell
Columbus report says Ralph Carson, 51, serving a three year sentence from Washington County for carrying concealed weapons, hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell in the psychopathic ward last night. Warden Ralph Alvis noted he would have been released next June.
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Columbus
Ralph Carson
Washington County
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph Alvis
Carson
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Dallas
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tennesseean
Dock Peace
American Meat Institute
Economic Advisory Council
Edwin G Nourse
White House
State Road Hall
Civil Service
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Veterans Administration Office
Estelle Auguste
Metropolitan Opera
Frank Noyes
Noyes
Coal Company
William L
Buck”) Pressly
Due West
S.C
American Medical Association
AMA
St. Louis
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