Senate Urges Agencies To Speed Food Markets Probe
A Senate committee asks five government departments to hurry reports on officials gambling in food markets. Knowland says replies are incomplete. Knowland and Andresen plan independent data from commodity records and broker visits. Anderson expects more names to be released soon as Congress reconvenes.
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Senate Group
Washington
Mackinnon
R-Minn
Agriculture Department
Anderson
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Authority
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Appropriations Committee
Army Royal
Royall
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Congress
US Evacuates Troops In Panama Defense Sites
U S forces withdraw from 14 Panama bases after Panama rejects use of war built bases. 2000 troops move from Rio Hata and San Jose with plans to complete the evacuation. Capitol Hill seeks a new canal survey with calls for routes across Nicaragua or outside Panama.
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Panama
New Canal Survey
Quarry Heights
Canal Zone
Caribbean Command
U.S
Rio Hata
San Jose
Washington
United States
Panamanian Assembly
Panama City
Capitol Hill
Knowland
Calif
Presidential Christmas pardons restore rights for draft violators
Washington reports 1,523 men pardoned for wartime draft act violations. An amnesty board led by Owen J. Roberts selected the cases from 15,805, restoring political civil and other rights including eligibility to vote, hold office, or obtain professional licenses. About 10,000 were willful violators. 4,300 were Jehovah’s Witnesses. 1,000 conscientious objectors. 500 others.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Truman
Jehovah's Witnesses
More Boats Produced But Fishing Is Same
The United States is producing about four times as many fishing boats as before the war while fish production remains near the pre war average. E A Power reports 1 156 vessels 5 net tons or more received first papers as fishing craft in the first ten months of 1947 and estimates total by year end at 1 300. The total fish catch stands near 4 400 000 000 pounds annually.
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Washington
United States
Fish and Wildlife Service
E. A. Power
Commercial Fisheries Statistician
Ohio
Ohio Sun Oil Line Merger Approved by PA PUC
The Susquehanna Pipeline Co. of Pennsylvania will merge with Middlesex Pipe Line Co. of New Jersey Sun Pipe Line Inc. of New York and Sun Oil Line Co. of Ohio to transport petroleum products in Pennsylvania. Approval was granted yesterday by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna Pipeline Co
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Middlesex Pipe Line Co
New Jersey
Sun Pipe Line, Inc
New York
Sun Oil Line Co
Ohio
Building head dies in Cincinnati at 66
Willie Black Kirkpatrick, president of five Ohio building material firms, including Home Materials Co. of Mansfield, died yesterday at age 66.
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Cincinnati
Willie Black Kirkpatrick
Ohio
The
Home Materials Co
Mansfield
60 Day Liquor Holiday Ends At Midnight
Washington reports the 60 day whisky making holiday ends at midnight. President Truman may sign the Republican anti inflation bill restoring wartime grain rationing powers. Industry groups debate voluntary grain-use limits as 3.5 million bushels monthly potential under proposed formula.
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
Distilled Spirits Institute
McBee Plans Purchase of Stedman Site on West State
The McBee Co. announced negotiations to buy the Ohio Packing Co. building on West State Street from Sable interests in Chicago. The former Stedman Packing Co. plant, renovated in wartime for meat processing, has been idle since the war end and will become a general storage warehouse, per President D. R. Zenner.
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Ohio Packing Co
West State Street
McBee Co
Sable
Chicago
Stedman Packing Co
D. R. Zenner
Columbus To Absorb Marietta Territory
The Veterans Administration regional office announced a restructuring plan consolidating Lima Marietta and Portsmouth areas with Dayton Columbus and Cincinnati. Columbus will absorb the Marietta counties and Cincinnati will take over Portsmouth territory with no change to services.
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Cincinnati
Veterans Administration
Lima
Marietta
Portsmouth
Dayton
Columbus
State Chief To Address County Clerks and Trustees
Joe R. Thomas of Hayesville, president of the State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks, will address Athens County township trustees and clerks December 29 at 1 p.m. in the city hall, announced by Harry Howard, president of the Athens County group.
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Joe R. Thomas
Hayesville
State Association of Township Trustees
Athens County
Harry Howard
Miller, Franklin County election chief, dies at 59
Columbus report states Louis Miller, president of the Franklin County election board and former state fire marshal, died yesterday from a heart ailment. He was 59.
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Columbus
Louis Miller
Franklin County Election Board
Christmas Story Narrative From Luke Chapter Two
The passage retells Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem for a tax amid Herod’s era, the birth of Jesus in a manger, and the shepherds who receive angelic announcements. They visit the child, share the news, and glorify God, while Mary treasures these events in her heart.
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Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
Lima Police Chief Reinstated for Third Time
Kermit L. Westbay resumes duty as Lima police chief next Wednesday after a series of demotions and reinstatements. The Civil Service Commission ordered the first reinstatement, while a later demotion followed an accident involving a police cruiser. the mayor provided no stated reason for the second action. Westbay’s latest reinstatement is effective December 31.
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Lima
Kermit L. Westbay
W. E. Ferguson
Westbay
Civil Service Commission
Ferguson
Army Transport General Freeman and Hospital Ship Fort dock in San Francisco
The Army Transport General Freeman and the Army Hospital Ship Fort dock in San Francisco today bringing home 2 176 military and civilian personnel for Christmas transpacific voyage end of duty voyage homebound personnel funded by Army transportation command and hospital authorities.
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Army
General Freeman
Army Hospital
Comfort
Lindbergh Calls Hong Kong Visit Official Pan American Business
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived from the United States via Manila and told newsmen in Shanghai and Tokyo that his trip was official Pan American Airline business in those cities.
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Hong Kong
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Manila
Shanghai
Tokyo
Nimitz Says He Prefers Baby Sitting Over Politics
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, relieved as chief of naval operations, said Army and Navy men entering politics face greater difficulty than civilians and that he has no political ambitions. He described himself as a “baby sitter” while answering questions during active duty.
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San Diego
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Army
Navy
Nimitz
Naval Operations
Wooster Marks First Christmas Tree Centennial Pageant
The Wooster community presents a pageant depicting the trimming of the town’s first Christmas tree 100 years ago. August Imgard, who emigrated from Germany, is credited with trimming the Yule tree in 1847 at his brother Frederick’s home. The tree will be set up and decorated in Public Square.
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Wooster
August Imgard
Germany
Frederick
Cadiz Man Killed in Crash at Culvert Site
Warner W. Carpenter, 62, died yesterday when his car struck a culvert in Cadiz Ohio. The crash investigation is ongoing and no other injuries were reported.
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Cadiz
Warner W. Carpenter
Pope Urges League of Honest Men for World Peace
Pope Pius XII in his Christmas message denounces a policy of insincerity among nations and calls for a league of honest men to safeguard the world from war. He condemns aggression and urges sacrifice to win peace amid a Europe marked by economic chaos and ideological conflict.
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Pius XII
Soviet Union
Apostolic Palace
College of Cardinals
Europe
Friends of Peace
Bethlehem
Agriculture Committee to Probe Farm Machinery Shortage
House Agriculture Committee chairman Hope announced a forthcoming investigation into the national farm machinery shortage. He cited complaints about a black market, steel shortages, and last year’s strikes, with testimony planned from Commerce and Agriculture officials and manufacturers about shipments abroad and combine prices.
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House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Hope
R-Kas
United States
Commerce and Agriculture Departments
French Tax Bill Debated Amid Austerity Push
The National Assembly sent to the Senate a drastic austerity measure to fund a two billion dollar reconstruction plan by taxing or bonding French citizens earning over 450,000 francs yearly. The bill passed 300 to 268 with Communist and De Gaulle factions opposing the government.
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Paris
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Downey Declines California Committeeman Post
Senator Downey of California says he is too busy to take over the California national committeeman post vacated by Edwin Pauley. The move aims to heal a split between Pauley and State Chairman James Roosevelt, with Truman’s 1948 election chances in mind.
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Washington
Downey
Roosevelt
California
Truman
Pauley
Earthquake Shifts Ground In Wakayama Prefecture
Nippon Keizai reports large ground movements in Wakayama Prefecture as quakes continue. areas around Nankai City and Osaki Village sank up to two feet while ground at Jingu and Taiji rose as much as four feet. Karino Island south of Wakayama City also moved, edging away from the mainland.
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Tokyo
Wakayama Prefecture
Nippon Keizai
Nankai City
Osaki Village
Jingu
Taiji
Karino Island
Wakayama City
Tire Production Record Predicted by Goodyear Chairman
Akron based Goodyear chairman P. W. Litch forecast 1947 tire output would set an all time industry record for the second straight year with passenger tire production about 78 million. He compared it with 50.39 million in 1940, 50.97 million in 1941 and 66.47 million last year and estimated bus and truck tires above 17 million, up from 15.83 million last year.
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Akron
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Olga Coal Company Granted State Charter
Olga Coal Company with chief work in Coalwood McDowell County and headquarters in Cleveland was granted a state charter. The certificate notes Olga Coal Corporation is dissolved and the new firm has full rights to use the name Olga Coal. The Olga Coal name had been a trade name of products of Carter Coal Company, which transferred holdings in McDowell County to the new corporation.
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Charleston
W.va
Olga Coal Company
Coalwood
McDowell County
Cleveland
Olga Coal Corporation
Olga Coal
Carter Coal Company
VA Office to Close Midweek for Two Days
The Veterans Administration office at 8 President St will close from Wednesday noon until 8 a.m. Friday. N K Blosser, contact representative, announced today.
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Veterans Administration Office
President St
N. K. Blosser
Nation Prepares for Third Postwar Yule
The nation plans a third postwar Christmas with radio greetings by President Truman at 5 16 p m EST and a White House tree lighting. Families will open presents as fires and storms threaten holiday plans across states including Ohio snow and New England losses.
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Executive Mansion
Truman
White House
Trumans
Immigration Officials Release Correspondents In UN Case
Two foreign newspaper correspondents accredited to the United Nations were released from immigration custody after the government paused deportation as Communists. Protests were raised by U N secretary general Trygve Lie who cited a U S U N agreement shielding accredited reporters from transit obstruction to UN headquarters.
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New York
United Nations
Trygve Lie
U. N
Lie
U.N
United States
Tojo Waits in Tokyo War Crimes Court Recess
The International War Crimes Court recessed for Christmas as No. 1 defendant Hideki Tojo awaited a possible Friday or Saturday witness stand appearance.
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Tojo
Tokyo
International War Crimes Court
Hideki Tojo
Health district formed for Delaware Madison and Union counties
A combined health district was established by the three county health boards for Delaware Madison and Union counties effective January 1. The move unites health administration across the counties to streamline services.
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Delaware
Madison
Union Counties
Ohio Farm Outlook: Wheat Down from 1947 Levels
Ohio’s 1948 wheat yield is forecast at 46.4 million bushels, down 2.5 million from 1947, but 4 million above the 10-year average. Spring pig crops are expected to fall about 11 percent in sows farrowed versus 1947, with total hog output in 1948 below last year. Winter wheat plantings reach 2.323 million acres, up five percent from last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Glenn S. Ray
Federal State Reporting Service
Ray
Two Year Old Beaten to Death in Ohio Home
Washington Court House police hold 21 year old Elmer Downard, stepfather and taxi driver, for questioning after two year old Carolyn Faye Thompson is found beaten to death in her bed. Chief Varden Long says bruises cover the child's face and hips and a first degree murder charge may follow after an autopsy by Dr. Nathan M. Reiff. Downard admits striking the child Monday night but denies last night's abuse.
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Washington Court House
Carolyn Faye Thompson
Varden Long
Elmer Downard
Carolyn
Long
Downard
Nathan M. Reiff
Fayette County
State Approves Two Area Liquor Permits
Two southeast Ohio residents were among those receiving state liquor permits yesterday from the State Department of Liquor Control. The D-5 nightclub permits and D-3 liquor by-the-glass permits are the first issued since a 1942 liquor shortage freeze. Recipients include Ruth Clark Glynn of Addison Township and Kanauga and John Smith of Addison Township and Gallipolis, both for D-5.
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Southeast Ohio
State Department of Liquor Control
Associated Press
Ruth Clark Glynn
Addison
Kanauga
Gallia County
John Smith
Gallipolis
Dispatcher cites icy roads for late liquor shipment
Interstate motor freight dispatcher Earl Hard enbeck blamed icy roads for the late arrival of a trailer truck carrying $30,000 worth of liquor from Peoria Illinois to the Ohio State Liquor Department. The company requested Illinois authorities to search for the missing truck yesterday. The shipment arrived in Cincinnati last night.
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Cincinnati
Earl Hardenbeck
Interstate Motor
Peoria
Ill
Ohio State Liquor Department
Illinois
Defense attorney says fees tied up in trust fund in Overell case
Los Angeles attorney Otto Jacobs who secured an acquittal for heiress Louise Overell in the 19 week murder trial says his fees are not being paid. He alleges her guardians refuse to pay and seek a rise in her monthly allowance from 500 to 10 000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Otto Jacobs
Louise Overell
New Tire Tech Cuts Skidding With Coiled Tread Designs
Akron tire makers roll out wires coils in treads to reduce skid risk. Engineers note abrasive granules embedded in retreads resist ice when brakes are applied. Complete skidless tires not yet built, but research promises major reduction in winter accidents.
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Akron
City Faces Deficit For Next Year Warns Report
The Chamber of Commerce taxation committee reports the city projects an operating deficit of $78,000 for the coming year.
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Warren
Chamber of Commerce Taxation Committee
Boy Chokes to Death in Ravenna
Darwin Hogle seven year old of New Milford died after choking on an unidentified object yesterday in Ravenna. Deputy sheriffs reported the incident.
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Ravenna, O
Darwin Hogle
New Milford
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