Truman Links Russian Leaders to Quiet Détente Push
President Truman revealed at a luncheon that certain leaders in the Soviet government are anxious to seek an understanding with the United States. White House aide Charles G. Ross said the president would not name the officials and declined to provide additional details about the alleged reversal within Moscow.
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Kansas City
Truman
Charles G. Ross
United States
Ross
Eddie Jacobson
Mr. Truman
White House
Stalin
Yalta
Potsdam
Moscow
Western powers set Ruhr under international control
Western powers agreed to a Ruhr authority to keep Germany's coal, coke and steel from war use. The plan limits ownership, sets inspection and a three-vote system for the Ruhr board, and calls for disarmament, recovery of Europe, and closer economic ties among allied nations. The pact may start in two to three months and requires no congressional approval.
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London
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Ruhr
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxemsbourg
Russia
International Control Board
Ruhr Authority
Benelux
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Europe
National Socialist Party
Nazis
Egyptian Prime Minister Nokrashy Pasha Slain in Cairo
Cairo AP report says Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha was shot and killed in the interior ministry by a student disguised as a police officer. The assailant, linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested. The murder comes as Egypt faces unrest and ongoing clashes with Israel in Palestine.
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CAIRO
Mahmoud Fahmy
Nokrashy Pasha
Moslem Brotherhood Association
Ministry of Interior
United Nations
New York
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Palestine
Holy Land
Moslem Brotherhood
Sumner Welles in Stable Condition After Unconscious Incident
Sumner Welles former Undersecretary of State was found unconscious in a frozen field near his Oxon Hill Maryland home early Sunday. Police dropped the case and Mrs Welles said she is satisfied there was no foul play. Friends suspect a heart attack or a fall during a late night walk.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Welles
Oxon Hill
New Peace Rumors in Nanking Rise
In Nanking today a new crop of peace rumors circulated among highly placed sources suggesting a government reorganization as groundwork for negotiated peace with the Chinese Communists. Officials denied the reports while a Communist list of "war criminals" cited as blocking talks was also noted.
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Nanking
China
Former Letart Woman Fatally Injured in Indiana
May Alexander, a former Letart resident, died in Frankfort Indiana after being struck by a taxicab yesterday. Henry Ewing funeral director planned to fly to Indiana to transport the body back by air. friends may call at the Ewing funeral home.
Plane Missing Near Miami with 28 Aboard
A charter aircraft carrying 28 people vanished during a flight from San Juan Puerto Rico to Miami. An aerial search was underway to locate the missing airplane.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Rescue Ship Saipan Faces Worsening Weather North of Newfoundland
Washington reports the rescue of 13 Air Force airmen stranded on a Greenland ice cap aboard the U S S Saipan as a severe Atlantic gale moves toward the area. Helicopters are to be used from the carrier to reach the stranded flyers, seven since December 9, all in good condition. Col Balchen's Greenland rescue flight, diverted by weather, remains unresolved with potential landings in Labrador or Bluie West One.
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Washington
P — Air Force Headquarters
Greenland
U.S.S. Saipan
Air Force
Saipan
Newfoundland
Joseph L. Kane
Col
Bernt Balchen
Winnipeg
Balchen
Bluie West One
U. S
Ice Cap
Labrador
Curtailed Workforce at C and O Repair Shops
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced about 300 helpers and apprentices at its Huntington repair shops will be laid off after Thursday. Around 300 upgraded mechanics will revert to apprentice or helper ranks due to a traffic decline.
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Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Salary Cut for Feller Planned by Veeck
Cleveland News quotes Francis Veeck saying Bob Feller may take a 1949 salary cut after earning about $82,000 last season. Feller, speaking from Van Meter Iowa, says he did not have as good a year as 1947 and accepts a reduction in pay.
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Cleveland
Cleveland News
Bill Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Bob Feller
Feller
van Meter
Soldiers Released After Detention in Harsfeld Germany
Six American constabulary soldiers freed after about 30 hours of detention by Russian troops said Soviet officers showed strong interest in U. S. Army training.
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Hersfeld
Germany
Tests Solve Yuletide Deaths in Big Bear Cabin
Coroner ruled monoxide poisoning and asphyxiation caused the deaths of Dr. Jerome G. Schendorf, his mother, and two children in a sealed Big Bear cabin. The doctor's wife and son survived. the heater was burning when found, and snow blocked vents. No inquest will be held.
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Big Bear
Calif
Christmas Mountain Cabin
Jerome G. Schendorf
R. E. Williams
Mary Margaret Schendorf
Jerry
San Bernardino County
Statement on Charges Against Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest dispatch reports a government statement may issue charges against Cardinal Mindszenty, a Catholic leader and arch foe of Communism, arrested on suspicion of plotting against the state, spying, treason, and black market money dealings.
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Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Wife Dies by Suicide Over Loss of 75 Dollars
In Uhrichs ville Ohio Mrs Wilbert Anderson 45 shot herself after fearing she had lost 75 dollars. Coroner D M Ceramilla said her disabled husband found the money later in a clothes closet.
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Uhrichsville
Wilbert Anderson
D. M. Ceramilla
Meigs Judge Answers Parkersburg Officials
Meigs County Probate Judge Earl R. Titus warns that underage applicants may face prosecution for perjury as Ohio marriage laws are reviewed. West Virginia officials cite a “marriage mill” in Pomeroy with cases of a 15 year old girl and other flagrant conduct. Governor Herbert may be asked to investigate by local officials and a Pomeroy court case spurs cross state scrutiny.
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Meigs County
Earl R. Titus
Parkersburg
W. Va
Titus
West Virginia
Harmon O’brien
Ohio
John F. Throckmorton
David F. Turner
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio River
Throckmorton
Basing Point Price System Is Attacked
At a three day Cleveland AMA convention Norman W. Foy of Republic Steel and John S. Conant of Willys Overland warned that federal actions against basing point pricing threaten free enterprise. They argued the Supreme Court decision would force separate freight billing and remove price competition based on location.
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Cleveland
American Marketing Association
Norman W. Foy
Republic Steel Corp
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Toledo
AMA
Foy
Supreme Court
Conant
Federal Trade Commission
Morse and Thomas Clash Over Labor Conference
Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah rejects a labor management conference to set a fair wage standard for bargaining. Senator Morse of Oregon supports the idea and wants a broader scope including recommendations for new labor legislation to replace Taft Hartley.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Morse
R-Ore
Meat price declines noted by institute
The American Meat Institute reports wholesale meat prices are down about 19 percent since the mid-September peak, with retail prices down around 13 percent. The figures cover all grades and weights of beef, lamb, pork, and veal based on U S Bureau of Labor Statistics compilations.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
The
AMI
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Warmer Weather Reported in Athens
A high of 37 with clear skies and sunshine marked a 10 degree rise from Sunday. The low last night reached 15 degrees, 7 degrees warmer than the previous night, according to observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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Athens
C. N. France
Squirrel Crossing Sparks Route 33 Crash Report
Maynard W. Thomas of New Marshield Route 2 failed to stop for a crossing squirrel on Route 33. His truck struck the animal and ripped out a section of the guardrail. Thomas was uninjured, and a state highway crew inspected the scene.
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Maynard W. Thomas
New Marshield
Circle Hill
Thomas
Designated Ohio Ag Director Named By Lausche
A. W. Marion, 44, of Mercer County near Rockford, was named state agricultural director designee by Gov-Elect Frank J. Lausche. A former county agent and farmer with about 440 acres, Marion supports soil conservation and will replace Frank T. Farnsworth at Lausche's inauguration January 10.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
A. W. Marion
Ohio
Mercer County
Rockford
Marion
Agriculture of
Frank T. Farnsworth
Elliott Roosevelts Wife Slashes Wrist in Hyde Park
Faye Emerson Roosevelt, wife of Elliott Roosevelt, cut her left wrist with a razor at their Hyde Park home. Doctors treated a superficial wound, she was hospitalized briefly, and Elliott said the injury was accidental while authorities push for clarification.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Hyde Park
C. Fred Close
H. Sherman Hirst
Kerosene Fire Kills Mother and 18 Month Old Son
A young mother Helen Lynder 27 and her 18 month old son Lynn died in a farmhouse blast in Farmerstown when kerosene was poured into a coal range. Mrs Lynder died in Union Hospital and Mrs Snyder lay unconscious on the floor after the explosion found by a neighbor.
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Dover
Helen Lynder
Union Hospital
Lynn
Six Firemen Injured In Elyria Warehouse Blaze
Six firemen were burned and cut during a blaze at the W. T. Grant Co. store in downtown Elyria described as the worst in a year. Damages to the store were estimated at 150000 dollars, with J. C. Penney and Ash Hat shop suffering smoke and water damage after a backdraft blew out the Grant storefront.
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Elyria
W. T. Grant Co
J. C. Penney
Grant
Extended Forecast for Columbus Weather Update
Temperatures will average near normal to three degrees above. Normal high 32, low 15. No major changes until Sunday. Precipitation around a half inch, falling as rain or snow Wednesday and Thursday, then again Saturday and Sunday.
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Columbus
Dewey Rumor Denied By Metropolitan Life Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co denies rumors that Governor Thomas E. Dewey will become president of the firm when his term ends in 1950. The company stated no such plan exists.
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NEW York
Thomas E. Dewey
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Bus Alto Collide Columbus Involving Greyhound Bus
A Greyhound bus driven by Willard Rose of Portsmouth Ohio collided with an automobile in Columbus today injuring two people in the car. Police and rescue crews responded to the scene and reported minor injuries to the occupants.
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Alto
Columbus
Greyhound
Willard Rose
Portsmouth
Ohio
Layoff Planned at Electric Furnace Co in Salem
Electric Furnace Co announces cancellation of a large South American order will trigger temporary layoffs of an undisclosed number of workers in Salem Ohio. The notice cites impact on production and staffing.
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Salem, Ohio
Electric Furnace Co
South America
Shotgun blast wounds man in East Side street doorway
A would be assassin fired a shotgun from a speeding car wounding Mathew Johnson as he opened a street door. Johnson, 27, in Charity Hospital, risks losing his right hand. He is nephew of Buster Mathews linked to the policy racket. four nearby houses bombed in four months amid Bribery case ties.
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Cleveland
Mathew
Peaches) Johnson
Johnson
Edward Murray
Charity Hospital
Buster Mathews
TNT
Ernest L. Molnar
Molnar
Innocent Plea In Portsmouth Christmas Night Shooting
Abram W. Hall 41 pleaded innocent to second degree murder in the Christmas night shooting of William H. Ellis 25. Hall bound over to the grand jury on 10000 bond, unable to make bond returned to jail. Victim’s brother Jack Ellis 21 wounded in arm.
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Portsmouth
Abram W. Hall
William H. Ellis
Hall
Jack Ellis
Son Strangled in Cleveland After Chair Strap Breaks
Joseph Chitwood a 17 month old in Cleveland died when a safety strap on his high chair broke causing him to slide and strike his chin on the tray. The accident occurred yesterday as the child was seated at mealtime with Mr and Mrs Robert Chitwood present.
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Cleveland
Joseph Chitwood
Robert Chitwood
Fire Kills Woman in Cambridge Home
Mrs Rebecca Garrett Peters, 87, burned to death yesterday when her nightgown caught fire after she opened a coal stove in her Cambridge residence. The incident occurred in the home she shared, leaving neighbors and authorities seeking to determine the cause and ensure safety lessons from the tragedy.
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Cambridge
Rebecca Garrett Peters
Mary Moulton 99 Widow of Chandler Dies in Brooklyn
Mrs. Mary Smith Moulton of Brooklyn and Ohio roots dies at 99. Native of West Union Ohio she lived much of life in Lucasville and was mother-in-law to Branch Rickey Dodgers president. She fractured a hip in a fall before Thanksgiving. widow of Chandler Moulton and mother of the late Frank Moulton former Ohio legislator.
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Mary Smith Moulton
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Rickey
Brooklyn
West Union
Ohio
Lucasville
Chandler Moulton
Frank Moulton
Portsmouth
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