Taft Sees Public Debt Top Concern
Senator Taft says voters’ main worry is the size of the public debt and government spending after a 13 week, 75 county tour in Ohio. He argues against socialism and notes support for strong defense and Taft Hartley act while opposing price fixing and excess farm handouts. He cautions against feder al aid that favors European powers yet supports adequate armed forces.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Senate
GOP
Department of Agriculture
Europe
China
Taft Says CIO Pac Seeks Political Domination
Senator Robert A. Taft addressed over 100 business leaders in Bucyrus praising 25 merchants with 50 years in business. He warned CIO-PAC leaders aim to eliminate Congress and attacked labor groups favoring special interests. Guests included two Ohio Supreme Court justices and former Gov. Herbert.
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Bucyrus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Cio-Pac
Congress
Csa May Green
AFL
William Green
Washington
Green
Ohio Supreme Court
James Garfield Stewart
Edward 5. Matthias
Thomas J. Herbert
Robert L. Moulton
Commerce
Taft
Cleveland
Norman Thomas quits seeking office after six runs
Norman Thomas aged 65 declares he will not seek political office again. The Socialist Party candidate who ran in six presidential elections said this at a Temple Bethel forum in Fall River Massachusetts. He previously sought New York governorship in 1924 and was a two time mayoral candidate in New York.
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Fall River
Mass
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Temple Bethel
Thomas
New York
Sixteen Stories Electric Plant Feeds Seven State Network
The first unit of the 66 million dollar Philip Sporn plant near Pomeroy feeds power into a seven state high voltage grid. Ohio Power Co and Appalachian Electric Power Co confirmed the energization while noting exact dates remain unannounced. The plant along the Ohio River at Graham Station is to grow to six units, with two already in place and foundations for more. Construction plans foresee units two through four by 1952, at a total of 66 million dollars, with coal from mines nearby conveyed to the plant for pulverized fuel operation.
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Philip Sporn
Pomeroy
Ohio Power Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Ohio River
West Virginia
Graham Station
Racine
Ruhr
America
Ohio Valley
Ohio
GOP Plans Positive Principles For 1950 Campaign
GOP leaders outline a strategy to shed militancy and offer a clear positive set of principles for the 1950 election. Arthur E. Summerfield heads the National Strategy Committee and urges a concise platform with a policy drafting panel to be named by January and a full statement ready by February.
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Chicago
GOP
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
National Strategy Committee
Summerfield
Guy Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Ammonia Gas Hazard Tightens Oakland District
Ammonia released from a tank car at a fertilizer plant flooded streets around Third and Center in Oakland before dawn. Four men were hospitalized as police and fire crews cordoned off the area and used heavy equipment to vent the gas that formed pockets over three blocks.
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Oakland
Calif
Toy
Ward denies consulate was spy headquarters in Korea
Mukden court convicts eight Japanese and Chinese as American spies. Sentences range from two to four years in prison. Consul General Angus Ward denies the Mukden consulate served as a United States spy ring headquarters used by the Communists to deport the last Americans from Manchuria.
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Fusan
Korea
Angus Ward
Mukden
United States
Manchuria
Sixteen Indonesian states sign for United Indonesia
Representatives of sixteen Indonesian states and territories sign a constitution to form an independent United States of Indonesia, sovereign though linked with the Dutch crown. The move unites Java and surrounding regions into a new federal state pending royal approval.
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Batavia, Java
United States
Indonesia
Boy 3 Tries Cake Pan Helmet in Sticky Misadventure
In Chicago, three year old Michael Thomas Sullivan wore his mother’s two piece cake pan as a helmet. The pan stuck, and his mother Jane Sullivan called fire rescue. Firefighters used a hacksaw to remove the rim from the boy’s neck.
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Chicago
Michael Thomas Sullivan
Michael
Jane Sullivan
Churchmen Back Lausche in Pettibone Club Shutdown Drive
Nearly 80 pastors and Churchmen's League members praised Gov. Frank J. Lausche for pressing to close the Pettibone Club in Geauga County. Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy weighs an injunction as Waldman seeks action to curb the gambling spot as a public nuisance. Club officials Lewis and Goldberg face state charges for building code violations.
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Chardon
Frank J. Lausche
Pettibone Club
Geauga County
Lausche
Ohio
Churchmen’s League
Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Albert A. Waldman
Duffy
Jack Lewis
Abe Goldberg
Justice of Peace
Charles H. Giles
German Police Find Missing American Boy
German police headquarters reported the three year old son of American Deputy Commander of Berlin was found after a widespread motorized police hunt. He was found about a mile from home standing on a street corner in heavy traffic, cold and unworried. Parents are Colonel and Mrs. W. T. Babcock.
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Berlin
W. T. Babcock
Injured Pilot Survives 6 Days Without Food
Glendale California reports a 26 year old pilot Robert Bryant survived six days marooned on a 7000 foot snowbound mountain after his plane crashed during a storm near San Francisco He is described as having possible skull fracture and frostbite with injuries from the crash at Glendal e hospital.
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Glendale
Calif
Robert Bryant
Bryant
Hargpiton Field
San Fran
No Gambling Found by Jury Ends County Inquiry
The Lawrence County grand jury reported no gambling evidence after a two day session led by Common Pleas Judge James Collier. Investigators had raided Ironton locations and found slot machines elsewhere in the county. Dempsey Wickline, 30, was indicted for first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Everett Johnson, 52, during an argument prior to a planned hunting trip.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Common Pleas
James Collier
Dempsey Wickline
Everett Johnson
Engine Failure Studied As Air Crash Cause
Officials probing the Capitol airliner crash studied a crew member's report that an engine failed before the plane fell into the Potomac River Monday night. The Civil Aeronautics Board opened the investigation within hours. four people died, including the pilot and co pilot, with 19 survivors.
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Washington
Potomac River
Civil Aeronautics Board
Three Strikers Charged With Intent to Kill at Timken Plant
Clarence Householder CIO union local president Paul Drabick and Joan Kochis were bound over to the grand jury on charges of assault with intent to kill after John M. Short testified the trio threatened his life on November 21 during a Timken Roller Bearing plant strike in Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Grand Jury
Clarence Householder
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Paul Drabick
Joan Kochis
John M. Short
Timken
20 Billion Seen Yearly For Defense
Washington AP The Committee for Economic Development says national security will cost at least 20 billion dollars annually for years ahead The group urges civilian leadership in security programs and cautions against a military dominated economy stressing freedom and balanced outlays The report warns that unchecked security spending could strain resources and endanger free institutions
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Republic
U.S. Board
Midwest Cold Snap Drops to Sub Zero Across Region
The Midwest endured the season’s coldest spell with many areas below zero. Bismarck reached 24 below, Jamestown and Minot 19 below, Lemmon 14 below, and Duluth 11 below. Chicago hit 10 above as parts of the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska faced midwinter conditions. Rain stretched from the Carolinas to Texas, while most of the nation saw clear skies aside from Pacific Northwest cloudiness and Great Lakes snow flurries.
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Chicago
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Bismarck
N.D
Jamestown
Minot
Lemmon
S.D
Duluth
Minn
Carolinas
Virginia
Texas
Great Lakes
Girl Scout Missing Three Days Feared Dead
In Kelso Washington authorities fear a 16 year old Girl Scout who vanished in a jungle like forest will not be found alive after three days. A seven square mile mountain area has been searched by 500 men in shifting conditions of snow rain and sleet as the missing girl endures freezing temperatures.
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Kelso
Wash
Washington Forest
Unscheduled 50 Mile Car Trip Ends in Robbery
Delmar Adams, 35, a Zanesville glass worker, said two gunmen forced him to drive 50 miles from downtown Zanesville to near Bridgeport, where they robbed him of $27 after Adams saw his wife and daughter on the street. He reported the robbery to Bridgeport police before returning home.
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Zanesville
Delmar Adams
Adams
Bridgeport
Ohio
Fire destroys Twenty second St. Bowling Center in loss near $63,000
A blaze gutted the interior of the Twenty second St. Bowling Center in Point Pleasant on Tuesday afternoon. Owner Frank W. Quillin estimated the loss at about $63,000 with about $35,000 covered by insurance. The fire started in the pool room ceiling around 2:15 p.m. and spread to the attic and tar roof, hampered by smoke and low water pressure. The building housed six bowling alleys and supporting facilities. all records were destroyed. Fire units from Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, the U S Navy Yard and the U S Property and Disbursal Depot battled the blaze for 1 hour 25 minutes.
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Twenty-second St
Frank W. Quillin
Acadie 2. Me
Wee Red
Cording Wo Rire
Urner Vernon Iin
Quillen
J. V. Kapp
Vernon Ave
Route 62
Lakin
Quillin
W. C. Lusher
Lincoln Ave
J. D. Pickerell
Bill Redman
Twenty- Second St
Gallipolis
Ohio
U.S. Navy Yard
U.S. Propperty
Rites for Prosecutor Set for Thursday in Marion
Funeral services for James E. Reed former Marion County Prosecutor who died Monday of a heart attack will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Trinity Baptist Church in Marion Reed had been traveling to Columbus to request a pardon for Ralph Eaches of Richwood who is serving a ten to twenty year sentence for armed robbery Reed prosecuted Eaches.
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Marion
James E. Reed
Marion County
Trinity Baptist Church
Reed
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ralph Eaches
Richwood
Ohio Penitentiary
Eaches
Election suits challenge two local race results in Lawrence County
Two residents filed in Lawrence County common pleas court alleging unqualified votes were counted in the November 8 elections. Ron Smith, defeated by Bryan Pittman for Chesapeake Village mayor, and Dan Harmon, who lost by one vote to Peter Korstanje for Coal Grove City Council, seek contests of the results.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Burning hulk of Dorps sighted east of Miami by Coast Guard
A Coast Guard search plane located the burning wreck of the Dutch motor ship Dorps about 300 miles east of Miami. The crew reported finding the smoldering vessel and relayed coordinates for recovery efforts.
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Miami
Fila
Coast Guard
Dorps
Marietta Boy Charged With First Degree Murder
Bobby Herlan, 15, was indicted for first degree murder in the Aug 1 slaying of Gordon Roe, a 53 year old Newport farmer. The Juvenile Court judge sent the case to the grand jury after a report described Herlan as mentally sane with low normal intelligence. He will likely be arraigned Friday and is jailed in Washington County. He faces possible death if tried as an adult.
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Marietta
Bobby Herlan
Gordon Roe
Newport
J. T. Thomas
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Columbus
Bobby
Washington County
Ohio
Metzenbaum Enters Democratic Lieutenant Governor Race
Cleveland state senator Howard M. Metzenbaum announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. He is a four term legislator who first ran in 1942 and has never lost an election, following talks with Lt. Gov. George D. and House Speaker John F. Cantwell. He championed unemployment compensation reform and co authored the Urban Redevelopment Bill.
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Cleveland
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
George D
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
Hoffman Sees Russia Losing Holdings If Europe Shifts
Paul G. Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, warned Cleveland 1400 at the World Affairs forum that if Russia fails to gain western Europe she may lose eastern holdings and could even become a slave state. He said free nations have made progress toward recovery with aid and that the current situation is more favorable than two years ago.
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Cleveland
Russia
Europe
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Cleveland Council of World Affairs
Ironton Woman Burns To Death in Cottage
Ironton police report Mrs. Mary Patton 66 burned to death in a two room cottage fire early Wednesday. Firemen and neighbors could not reach her as flames blocked the single entrance. A coal stove is believed to have started the blaze.
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Ironton
Mary Patton
Ohio Supreme Court upholds office type ballot in Ohio election
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the office type ballot adopted last November requires a majority of votes cast on the issue, not a majority of all votes. The decision came as voters will now select each candidate separately with party affiliation shown. Governor Lausche and Secretary of State Sweeney discussed potential legislative action and law changes.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Senate
House
Charles F. Sweeney
Tee
Association of County Election Board
Wayne R. Milburn
Lake
Albert A. Horsteman
Montgomery
Tom Terrell
Felix T. Matia
Cuyahoga
Wilbur L. Shull
Franklin
John F. Johneley
Seloto
Carl R. Wenzell
Hamelston
Russell D. Roach
Clark
Harold J
Covault
Lorain
Herbert S. Duffy
Supreme Court
Supreme Court upholds Brust bus negligence ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed Jackson County court decisions finding Herman Brust, owner of a Beaver School District bus, negligent for starting the bus as Willard Culwell, age seven, had not yet reached safety after pupils were loaded. Culwell died when struck by an oncoming car while Brust began moving. State law prohibits passing a stopped school bus during loading and unloading.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Jackeson
Herman Brust
Willard Culwell
Oo Brust
Beaver
Calewell
Brust
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