Explosion at Swift and Co Meat Plant Kills 16
A devastating gas explosion at the Swift and Co meat packing plant in Sioux City killed 16 people and injured about 90, with 60 still hospitalized. Fire officials expect more bodies in the debris as investigators from Chicago assist. the blast halted operations and caused over 1 million dollars in damage.
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Sioux City
Swift and Co
Clarence Chappelle
Charles Kuhl
Edwin L. Lunde
Chicago
Gas blast wrecks five stores injuring six in Detroit
A high pressure gas main exploded in Northwest Detroit last night injuring four firefighters, a policeman and a store employee. The blasts levelled five nearby businesses including Tom's Grill and Ridley Cleaners, with damage estimated at $75,000 as gas crews warned residents and evacuated the area.
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Detroit
Greater
Wyoming
Tom's Grill
K-John
Ridley Cleaners
Brighter Homes
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
Ninnian Higby
Record cold grips much of nation with frost and snow
The Nation endures another Arctic front from the Northern Rockies to the Atlantic Seaboard as the Midwest enters a deep freeze centered on Minnesota and Wisconsin. Lows hit seven in Park Falls Wisconsin five in Duluth Minnesota and zero in Bismarck North Dakota while Chicago marked seven above for a seasonal low.
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Chicago
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
North Central
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Florida
Florida Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Nebraska
Park Falls
Wis
Dulutth
Minn
Bismarck
N. C
Rockford
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Great Lakes
California
Court hears history debate on Star Spangled Banner site
Maryland Court of Appeals weighs a condemnation suit over a rooming house next to the Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore. Lawyers argue whether the banner was finished in a brewery or a warehouse as officials plan Memorial Square for patriotism.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Mary Pickersgill
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Thomas N. Biddison
Annie Flaccomio
Hyman Ginsberg
Louis R. Milio
Ginsberg
Milio
Biddison
Lawmaker predicts Truman to seek continued rent controls
Rep. Barratt O'Hara predicts President Truman will ask Congress to extend rent controls past June 30, 1950, with Congress likely to approve. He cites Harrodsburg rent hikes and fears in Chicago of dropping controls, noting states and cities vary in decontrol status and the federal administrator can act independently.
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Truman
Washington
PF —A
Congress
Barratt O'Hara
D-Ill
House Banking Committee
Harrodsburg
Tighe E. Woods
Coal Contract Shows Gains In Session
United Mine Workers and Pennsylvania Hard Coal operators resumed talks in New York with reports of progress after a session led by Thomas Kennedy and Edward Griffith. Griffith cautioned that no conclusions were reached, while John L. Lewis remained a uncertain figure and likely to attend today’s Waldorf-Astoria session.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Edward Griffith
Griffith
John L. Lewis
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Glattke to Become Reformatory Chief in Mansfield
Columbus report states Arthur L. Glattke chief of corrections in the state welfare department will take added duties as Mansfield Reformatory superintendent after January 1. John H. Lamneck announces the shift. Glattke has been on leave as reformatory superintendent. George J. Allarding will return to assistant superintendent.
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Columbus
Arthur L. Glattke
Division of Corrections
State Welfare Department
Mansfield Reformatory
State Welfare
John H. Lamneck
Glattke
Reformatory
George J. Allarding
Not Promising Earnings for U S Railroads
Arthur H. Cass of Washington told the Ohio Valley Transportation Advisory Board that railroad earnings look not promising. He noted 100 percent rise in unit operating costs since 1939 while freight rates grew 57 percent and passenger fares 34 percent.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Transportation Advisory Board
Arthur H. Cass
Washington
Car Service
Association of American Railroads
Woman 71 Marries Man She Once Jilted in Kansas City
Martha Marie Ballard and Noah Paddock, both 71, wed after a long separation. Ballard left Paddock 49 years ago the night before their planned wedding, a rift that ended when she returned to Kansas City in 1938 and they later reconciled last August.
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Kansas City
Martha Marie Ballard
Noah Paddock
Miss Ballard
Paddack
Denver
Attorney On Probation For Subornation of Perjury
In Franklin County a Zanesville attorney, William L. Weber, was placed on three years probation after pleading guilty to one count of subornation of perjury. Two counts were dropped. Weber admitted obtaining a divorce for Florence Wise Satchett who gave a Columbus address. The prosecutor said Weber did not obstruct the grand jury and recommended leniency.
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Columbus
Franklin County
William L. Weber
Zanesville
Common Pleas Court
Weber
U. S
Chester Pendleton
Ralph J. Bartlett
Florence Wise Satchett
Joseph
Thomas A. Joseph
Bartlett
Daughter 22 Charged With Mother's Murder
In El Paso Texas Ada Bradford 63 was found dead after a quarrel with her daughter Edna Mead 22 who told officers she found her mother hammering herself. Edna Mead faces murder charges related to the dispute over her marriage to baritone Philip Mead.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ada Bradford
Edna Mead
Edna
Philip Mead
Columbus, Ohio
1952 Ohio Auto Tags May Be Luminous
In Columbus Frank M Quinn state registrar of motor vehicles says luminous paint may be used on the 1952 Ohio license tags. He investigates cost of materials and equipment for the new process. Luminous tags would reflect light at night making a stalled or parked car easier to spot if its tail lights are out.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank M. Quinn
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Oldsmobile Cuts Prices as 1950 Models Open
Oldsmobile announces price cuts of 55 to 65 dollars on its Series 88 cars to start the 1950 model year in Lansing Michigan. No price changes are made for the smaller 76 models and the larger Series 88.
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Oldsmobile
Lansing
Mich
Farm Bureau to Oppose Brannan Plan at Chicago Convention
The American Farm Bureau Federation closes its 31st annual convention in Chicago with plans to formally oppose the Brannan Farm Plan. Critics fear federal power over agriculture and oppose direct subsidies, preferring fair market prices. Senator Clinton Anderson urged farmers to act through their own organizations.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Secretary of Agriculture
Allan B. Kline
Brannan
Federation
Kline
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Vote Seen Backing Fichter At Ohio State Grange Meet
Delegates at the 7th annual Ohio State Grange convention in Columbus express support for State Master Joseph W. Fichter. John F. Miller was reelected to the executive committee. Ida H. Auck won state lecturer. The Crawford County deputy masters, Paul and Ida Auck, represent the state master there. The convention ends today with resolutions to be presented for approval.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
John FE. Miller
Erie County
State Grange
Ida H. Auck
Bucyrus
Crawford County
Auck
Paul
Miller
W. G. Vandenbark
Zanesville
C. C. Linerode
Canton
Walyoreland
Newark
Fichter
National Executive Committee
Moreland
Eisenhower Taft Seen In 52 Race
Rep Hugh D Scott Jr predicts a two man race for the 1952 Republican nomination between Senator Robert Taft and General Dwight D Eisenhower. He says a last minute favorite son could join, names Driscoll and Peterson as current possible alternatives.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Philadelphia
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dent D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Scott
Republican National Committee
West Coast
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
van Peterson
Nebraska
Denison University forms Business Council to link students with industry
Denison University in Granville announces formation of the Denison Business Council. The group aims to identify the types of graduates desired by business and industry and to strengthen ties by engaging prominent companies to encourage student business associations and supply case material for classroom study.
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Granville
Denison University
Denison Business Council
Granville School
Business and
Jessup Plans Survey Of Red Menaced Areas
Philip C. Jessup a top administration adviser on Far Eastern policy sails from San Francisco for a two month survey of Communist menaced lands around Red China. He serves as roving ambassador and will study conditions in the Far East and confer with American diplomats on moves to block Communism.
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Washington
Philip C. Jessup
Red China
Jessup
Far East
San Francisco
Japan
Thirteen Dutch ship survivors found near Miami
Thirteen survivors of the Dutch motorship Dorps were found safe in Miami. 11 crewmen feared dead. Five were rescued Wednesday night, the cook died and was buried at sea. Eight others were brought in earlier after lifeboat rescue.
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Miami
Filia
CIO Finds Steel Hike Appalling
A CIO spokesman testified before a subcommittee studying attract capital for small firms claiming a steel price increase would be appalling. Everett Kassalow of the CIO Full Employment Committee warned leading steel firms may profit while signaling higher costs. Senator O Mahoney called the move out of line and urged a congressional inquiry.
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Waarlington
CIO
Everett Kassalow
Full Employment Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Benjamin Pairiess
US Staal
Chicago
Fairless
Philip Murray
Kassalow
C&O To Run Special Train Marks End of Area Passen ger Service
A special train will mark the end of passenger service in the Hocking Valley, operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. It will depart Columbus at 8 35 a m and reach Pomeroy by 3 15 p m, with stops at Groveport, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan and points along the river division between Logan and Pomeroy. The first passenger service in the area was provided in 1879 by the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo line.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley
Spesapeake & Ohio Railway
Dee
Pomeroy
Groveport
Canal Winchester
Lancaster
Logan
River
Columbus, Hocking Valley
Toledo
President Avoids Answer On New Taxes In Budget Talk
President Truman said Treasury and House staff experts are studying whether wartime excise taxes can be repealed. He declined to say if he will ask Congress for new taxes, noting his aim remains balancing the budget. The issue will be addressed in the January budget message.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Washington
House and Means
Navy
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Frank Pace
Mir Truenan
Taft Fears Handout State Speech Tour
Sen Robert A Taft visits Ottawa and Putnam County for a series of speeches criticizing deficit spending and government handouts. He cites Ohio and national policy as driving the out state and economic instability while urging restraint on public aid programs.
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Ottawa
Robert A. ‘Taft
Putnam County
Tett
Cleveland
Thas
Cleveland College
Taft
Unexpected Confession Solves Siren Theft in Willoughby
Police Chief James C. Billison says three youths confessed to stealing a siren from a fire truck and a clari net from Willoughby School. The trio admitted responsibility for the siren's disappearance last week.
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Willoughby
James C. Billison
Willoughby School
Coffee Cost Reported Down Hare Probe Halted
Senate investigators paused their probe into high coffee costs as price spikes cooled. Senator Gillette cited lower Washington grocery ads showing 56 cent per pound coffee, while warning that actions before the public hearings could resume if prices fall. Officials reported coffee stocks stable and exports likely to rise next season.
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Washington
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Congress
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Philip M. Hauser
John K. Havemeyer
State Department
U. S
Latin America
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