West German zone talks push Western unity plan
London and Washington discuss merging the French zone with the British and American zones in western Germany. Marshall and Bidault prepare proposals as four power talks collapse. Dulles and Bidault comment on possible security pact and federal governing authorities for western Germany amid Cold War tensions.
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London
Marshall
Georges Bidault
Germany
Bidault
Russia
Europe
George C. Marshall
John Foster Dulles
Robert Schuman
Charles de Gaulle
Dulles
Washington
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Minor Quakes Hit Los Angeles and Southeast Regions
A small earthquake rattled Los Angeles at 1 03 a m PST with no damage reported by the California Highway Patrol. A milder tremor shook Memphis and parts of Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi with no injuries, drawing about 200 calls to local papers.
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Los Angeles
California Highway Patrol
Memphis
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Raleigh
Covington
Two Committee Heads Named by Study Group
Columbus Ohio Charles S Hall of Cincinnati Common Pleas Court and Harold W Houston of Urbana were named chairmen of Ohio Postwar Program Commission committees. Hall will head the deaf and blind study and Houston the highway needs committee.
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Columbus
Charles S. Hall
Cincinnati
Pioneer of Aviation Dies in Massachusetts
Marblehead Mass Greely S Curtis 76 a pioneer in aircraft design and operation before the Wright brothers era and a former airplane manufacturer died last night in Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts
Marblehead
Mass
Greely S. Curtis
Wright Brothers
Kittyhawk
N.C
Dredging Firm Probes Sinking of Ohio River Barge
The Ohio River Dredging Co of Huntington WV began an investigation into the sinking of a 100 foot fuel barge in the Ohio River at Cincinnati yesterday while being towed upstream in a 35 foot channel.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Dredging Co
Huntington
W.va
Ohio River
Baby Gillie Burke Arrives in Columbus After Europe Flight
Two month old Gillie Burke flies 4000 miles from Frankfurt to Lockbourne Army Air Field, rejoining father Travis Burke after mother Bettie Gilbert Burke died in Germany two days after his birth. The infant traveled with an Army nurse aboard and is to meet grandparents and father in Ohio.
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Columbus
Travis
Gillie” Burke
Frankfurt
Germany
Gillie
Lockbourne Army Air Field
Travis E. Burke
Burke
Lumbus
Rita Graham
Lima
Ohio
C. A. Gilbert
Thomas J. Burke
Norwood
Average family faces higher grocery and living costs in 34 cities
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says a four person family in 34 cities now spends about 450 more annually for a modest standard of living than 22 months earlier. Food costs account for nearly one third, with June budgets ranging from 3,004 in New Orleans to 3,458 in Washington.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
New Orleans
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Walcott anti inflation bill stalled in House vote
Ohio Republicans failed to muster a two thirds majority as 202 voted for the Walcott bill and 188 against it. Democrats united in opposition while Taft weighs Senate strategy with House leaders and considers a revised version.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
House
Bender
Bolton
Brehm
Brown
Burke
Carson
Clevenger
Elston
Griffiths
Hess
Jenkins
Lewis
McCowen
McGregor
Ramey
Vorys
Weiche
Smith
Feighan
Huber
Kirwan
Ocrats
Truman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Martin
Mass
Halleck
Ind
Senate
Walcott
Foreign Aid Fund Cut And Aid For Europe Proposed
The House Appropriations Committee approved an $88 million cut in the emergency foreign aid program and reduced the fund for relief in occupied areas. It recommended $509 million in aid for France Italy and Austria, with no funds for China. The panel kept the overall ceiling at $597 million and noted $66 million of the French request and $22 million of the Italian request covered non emergency relief. Sixteen of Ohio’s 23 representatives backed the $597 million package.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
France
Italy
Austria
China
Congress
Truman
U. S
Ohio
Bender
Bolton
Brown
Burke
Carson
Elston
Hess
Jenkins
Lewis
Ramey
Vorys
Weichel
Crosser
Feighan
Huber
Kirwin
Brehm
Clevenger
Griffiths
McCulloch
McCowen
McGregor
Smith
Two Killed In Bus Wreck Near Centerville Indiana
Two killed and nine injured in a Greyhound express bus collision with a truck on U S road 40 during a snowstorm. The eastbound bus from St Louis to Pittsburgh lost its rear in the crash one mile east of Centerville. The dead are John B. Lewis a printer at the Indianapolis Star and Clifford Kidwell 34 of Dayton.
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Centerville
Ind
Greyhound Express
U. S. Road 40
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Indiana
John B. Lewis
The
Indianapolis Star
Clifford Kidwell
Dayton
Kentucky Tobacco Hits New High Since 1919
Louisville Ky Burley tobacco posted a new daily high on Kentucky markets at 51.66 dollars per hundred pounds, the State Department of Agriculture reported. The statewide average rose 1.26 dollars from last Friday, marking six straight sales days above 50 dollars per hundred weight, surpassing the prior season high of 50.94 set last Tuesday.
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Louisville
Burley Tobacco
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Ex-Employee Sues B and O for 50 000 Damages
Franklin Moody of Columbus files a civil action against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in U S District Court seeking 50 000 damages alleging permanent injuries from a 1945 incident while employed as a brake man. Moody, formerly of Chillicothe, testifies in the second session of the trial.
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Columbus
Franklin Moody
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
U.S. District Court
Moody
Chillicothe
Convicted Slayer Weeps As Sentence Is Heard
Marion Ohio report states Ray A. Shappard 32 of Prospect was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Paul D. Smith to life imprisonment for the hammer killing of Roxie Ann Green 16 a Prospect High sophomore. The jury convicted him of first degree murder but recommended mercy. Shappard wept as he was led away.
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Marion
Ray A. Shappard
Prospect
Ohio
Handyman
Common Pleas
Paul D. Smith
Roxie Ann Green
Prospect High School
Shappard
Coal Mine Abandoned Due to Flooding in Ohio Town
Cambridge Ohio news reports the Rigby Coal Mine at Senecaville will be abandoned after flooding jeopardizes 250 workers. General Superintendent John J. Rigby announced the shutdown today.
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Cambridge
Rigby
Senacaville
John J. Rigby
Heavy Seas Peril Tanker Near Aleutians
The Army tanker El Caney face damage and rudder failure in heavy seas south of the Aleutians as it travels from Yokohama to Seattle with 45 crew. Rescue ships Bolster and Thomas J Lyons were directed to aid from Adak and nearby waters.
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Honolulu
North Pacific
Aleutians
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Yokohama
Seattle
Adak
Attu
Aleutian
Coast Guard
Bolster
Thomas J. Lyons
Wire Strike Meeting Fails to Ease Western Union Fallout
The government convened a meeting with union and company officials in Philadelphia to avert a December 23 nationwide strike by about 50 000 Western Union workers. Union leaders showed little optimism, with Adolph Brungs citing early returns indicating 90 percent support for the walkout across the union. The strike would disrupt stock exchanges news services grain and cotton markets and the Civil Aeronautics weather relay to airports.
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Philadelphia
Western Union
Adolph Brungs
Western Union Division
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Grain and Cotton
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Texas Doctor To Try Again To Evade Chair
Attorneys for Dr. Lloyd I. Ross charged in the slaying of four San Antonio family members prepared to pursue further appeals after District Judge J. R. Fuchs overruled a motion for a new trial. The defense claimed 70 alleged errors in the trial where insanity was the plea.
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Lagrange
Tex
Lloyd I. Ross
San Antonio
J. R. Fuchs
Cold Front Pushes South as Freezing Temps Spread
Colder weather spread over the north central area and parts of the South with readings below freezing as far south as Vicksburg Mississippi. Sub zero temperatures were common in Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, with International Falls reporting 11 below.
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Chicago
North Central
Vicksburg
Miss
Minnesota
Wisconsin
International Falls Minn
Canadian
Flyers Found Dead In Wreck in Germany
U S Air Force announced an American weather plane missing since last night on a local flight was found near Nierstein in the French occupation zone. Both occupants were dead in the wreckage. Identities withheld pending relatives notification.
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Wiesbaden
U. S. Air Force
Nierstein
Tragedy Claims Two Newcomerstown Residents
Mrs Elizabeth Miller 66 and her daughter Mrs Minnie Reichman 40, both of Newcomerstown, were killed in a truck automobile crash last night.
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Newcomerstown
Elizabeth Miller
Minnie Reichman
Speeda Bump Dies After Fall At Home
Mrs Speeda Bump 67 died after a fall down stairs at her home and was taken to Peoples Hospital where she passed away last night officials said.
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Arron
Speeda Bump
Peoples Hospital
Hamburgers Begin To Pull Hamburgers Begin To Pull
In Columbus butcher Carl G. Easterbrook, a Navy veteran who served in Saipan Guam Peleliu and Leyte, plans to sell meat at wholesale on a ration plan. Families may buy up to $10 of meat weekly for a $1.25 service charge.
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Columbus
Carl G. Easterbrook
Saipan
Guam
Pelelieu
Leyte
Easterbrook
Mrs. J. Mitch Dies at Home Of Daughter
Mrs. Jessie Mitch 74 matron at Orient State Hospital Ohio dies at her daughter Mrs. Gertie Klees Middleport home. Funeral at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home 2:30 p m Thursday led by Rev W B Moore. Buried Riverview Cemetery. Survived by four sons Perry Oliver of Middleport Arthur Dana both Massillon two sisters Edna Bartels Emma Davis of Pomeroy two brothers Richard Campbell Pomeroy George Campbell Youngstown.
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Middleport
Jessie Mitch
State Hospital
Orient
Ohio
Gertie Klees
Rawlings Coats
W. B. Moore
Methodist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Mitch
Perry
Oliver
Arthur
Dana
Massillon
Edna Bartels
Emma Davis
Pomeroy
Richard Campbell
George Campbell
Youngstown
Ohio Foundation Urges Consensus for Safer Highways
The Ohio Good Roads Foundation outlined a three point plan at its first post war meeting in Columbus. The program calls for closer ties among state highway groups, creation of better roads committees in Chambers of Commerce, and a comprehensive study of highway needs with focus on safety.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Good Roads Foundation
Chambers of Commerce
Fire destroys Hotel Lincoln in Wildwood New Jersey
A late night blaze consumed the 40 room Hotel Lincoln in Wildwood New Jersey. Fire crews battled the flames but the hotel was a total loss with no immediate report of injuries.
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Wildwood
N. J
Lincoln
CSOE Announces 15 Million Start on New Generating Station
CSOE will begin work this week on a new generating station at Hamley Run near the Hocking River between Nelsonville and Athens. The first unit is a 40,000 kW turbine and a 1,500 psi boiler, expected in service in November 1949, with a second unit planned for summer 1959 and possible additional units later. The project, designed by Ebasco Services, includes substations and 138,000-volt lines linking to Picway, Chillicothe, and Athens, at an initial cost of 15 million dollars plus over 7 million more for transmission lines.
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Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamley Run
Hocking River
Nelsonville
Athens
J. B. Poston
Ebasco Services, Inc
New York
Picway
Columbus
Chillicothe
Walnut
Groveport
Senators Demand Grain Speculator Names in Public
Senate Republicans threaten a subpoena if the administration blocks disclosure of grain market speculator names. Harold Stassen calls for a public list and fires for officials who trade on inside information. Ed Pauley defends holdings and refuses to resign until tasks conclude.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Appropriations Committee
Anderson
Bridges
Stassen
Truman
Minnesota
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Royall
Senate Committee
Pauley
Mother of Two Sons Admits Causing Deaths
In Warren Ohio prosecutor plans to file first degree murder charges against 34 year old Lillie Bell who says she started the fire that killed her two young sons. She admitted pouring kerosene and lighting the trailer blaze after a quarrel with her husband Claude Bell Sr. The boys, Robert 4 and Claude Jr., perished in the fire.
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Warren
Paul J. Reagan
Lillie Bell
Butterfat Price Up for Cleveland Milk in November
Howard A. Ejisaman, Cleveland milk market administrator, announced farmers will receive nine cents more for 3.5 butterfat milk shipped in November than in October. The November price is set at $4.76 per hundredweight.
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Cleveland
Howard A. Ejisaman
Nicaragua Ex-President Arguello Dies After Overthrow
Mexico City reports the death of Leon ardo Arguello, former president of Nicaragua who was toppled by Gen. Anastasio Somoza last May. The death occurred yesterday, according to local sources.
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Mexico City
Leonardo Arguello
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Judge Refuses Change of Venue in Rubber Trust Case
Federal Judge John Bright denied a defense motion to move the government anti trust suit against nine rubber firms to Cleveland. Defendants argued most records were in Ohio towns but the request was refused.
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New York
John Bright
Bright
Cleveland
Eagles Bay Land For Memorial Park
Ironton Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles announced the purchase of 5.2 acres on the south side of Ironton to be donated to the city for recreation. The tract will be named Eagles Memorial Park.
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Ironton, O
Ironton Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles
Eagles Memorial Park
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