Returning Lawmakers Set Red Ink Woes Top Issue For Congress
Returning lawmakers view red ink spending as the main domestic issue as the new Congress opens. Senator Taft blames the Truman era Fair Deal for Treasury woes and warns Brannan farm subsidies could cost up to 6 billion annually. Some Democrats defend deficit spending as a peace measure while Senator Lucas favors deficit finance to avert atomic war risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Treasury
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Lucas
Illinois
Havanna
Wrightsville Fire Titans Down 2000 Tons of Fertilizer
Wrightsville residents woke to a vast blaze consuming more than two thousand tons of fertilizer. Smoke blanketed the town and drifted for miles as citizens searched for danger while firemen fought the smoldering blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Nation Faces Varying Weather Across the Country
A nationwide weather summary reports warm and cold spells with rain and snow in different regions. Mild conditions persist east of the Mississippi while New England and Pacific Northwest see rain. Montana and nearby plains endure bitter cold with wind and rapid temperature drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mississippi River
New England
Washington
Montana
North Dakota
Upper Michigan
Billings
Mont
Cutbank
Kalispell
Minnesota
Crash Takes Fourth Victim Near Middletown
Charles Brumfield 35 of near Middletown died in a Middletown hospital becoming the fourth victim of a two car crash that also claimed the life of former Athens waitress Betty Burns 36 and Maida Upton. Harry M. King 22 of Lebanon died from injuries sustained in the same crash. Funeral services for Mrs Burns were held at the Co F Wallace funeral home in Glouster with the Rev Daniel K Teater officiating and burial in Oakfield cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brumfield
Middletown
Athens
Associated Press
Brumfield
Hamley Run
Harry M. King
Lebanon
Betty Burns
Glouster
Maida Upton
Burns
Co. F. Wallace
Daniel K. Teater
Oakfield Cemetery
Rep. Brehm Plans To Seek Another Term In Congress
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Millersport announced his candidacy for another term in Congress. He has served the 11th District since 1943 and sits on the House Education and Labor Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Walter E. Brehm
Millersport
House Education and Labor Committee
Ohio official criticizes Lausche on job reclassification plan
Nelson Watkins of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Assn attacks Governor Lausche over the job reclassification program set to take effect January 1. He argues the plan worsens anxiety for employers and harms about 4000 workers who had raises in the prior 17 months while some subordinates may earn more than their superiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Civil Service Employes Assn
Frank J. Lausche
Nelson Watkins
Association
Watkins
Board Opens Hearings On Rival UE Unions
The National Labor Relations Board begins hearings over representation of 55,000 Westinghouse Electric workers. Westinghouse seeks to decide if employees align with CIO IUE or the United Electrical Workers Union UE. The IUE formed after UE was expelled from the CIO for leftward sway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
NLRB
CIO International United Electrical Workers Union
IUE
United Electrical Workers
CIO
Dan E. Ross longtime New Boston education leader dies
Dan E. Ross age 63 of New Boston died Tuesday in General Hospital. He served as superintendent of New Boston schools for 24 years and later served on the New Boston school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Dan E. Ross
New Boston
General Hospital
Air Force ends Project Flying Saucer findings
The Air Force concluded after two years that no flying saucers exist and reports stem from misinterpretations, mass hysteria, or hoaxes. The Project Flying Saucer investigation began January 22, 1948 at Wright Field and involved USAF science staff and university consultants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
USAF
Air Materiel Command
Wright Base
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Yasmin Born to Rita Hayworth in Lausanne Royal Birth
Princess Yasmin, born at Montchoisi Clinic in Lausanne at 9 45 a.m., weighs about five and a half pounds. Rita Hayworth and Moslem Prince Aly Khan celebrate the birth, with Yasmin described as granddaughter of Aga Khan. Rita’s older daughter is Rebecca Welles from her marriage to Orson Welles. Rita will raise Yasmin in the Muslim faith. Genny Simms welcomes her second son yesterday with Hyatt Dehn, architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita
Hayworth
Aly Khan
Montchoisi
Yasmin
France
Aly
Haggard
Aga Khan
Rebecca Welles
Orson Welles
Welles
Karim Aga
Amyam Mohammed
Hollywood
Ginny Simms
Miss Simms
Hyatt Dehn
David
Dehns
Funeral services set for ex Ag director Earl Hanefield
Earl H. Hanefield 60 longtime Ohio director of agriculture from 1932 to 1936 died at home in Putnam County after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday. He had been in semi retirement, overseeing a local farm and had chaired a national dairy show in Columbus years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Earl H. Hanefield
Ohio
Putnam County
Columbus
Radio and TV Strike Threatened in New Conference
NEW YORK another conference was called today to head off a threatened radio and television strike at midnight Saturday. A key issue is union jurisdiction over program assistants and floor managers plus demands on wages hours vacations and points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Man Charged in Barberton Mill Fire Receives Prison Term
Fred Edgar who started a million dollar blaze at American Vitrified Products Co in Barberton and aided firefighters was sentenced in Summit County to two to ten years in Mansfield Reformatory on two arson counts. He had worked at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Fred Edgar
Tuesda
Mansfield Reformatory
Smithville
Wayne County
Man
Summit County Common Pleas Court
American Vitrified Products Co
Barberton
Edgar
Damage toll from Japan tremor siege exceeds 3.6 million
Damage in Japan's three day siege of earth tremors is estimated at more than 3.6 million dollars. The death toll remains at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Dewey Seen Likely to Retire Temporarily
The New York Times sources say Gov. Thomas E. Dewey may retire from public life at term end. Political writer Warren Moscow notes he might not run for governor in 1950 or president in 1952, but could seek a return in 1956 or 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren Moscow
Dewey
Benner Bound Over on Second Degree Murder Charge
Benner pleads innocent after being bound over to the Scioto County Grand Jury on a second degree murder charge. Bond set at 5000 dollars in the slaying of Charles Ford, 25, occurred last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funrsmuevum
Yewey Benner
Scioto County
Benner
Charles W. Ford
Transportation Strike Causes Major Loss for Cleveland System
Cleveland Transit System faced a 180000 dollar net loss for a five and a half day AFL strike ending yesterday. Comptroller Morrison said the year end would swing to red by about 60000 dollars without the wage cost. About 4200 union workers lost similar wages over a vacation pay cut protesters. Service resumed after Judge Artl ordered workers back. commerce suffered three Christmas shopping days with store losses estimated at 3 million dollars or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Public Music Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
Greater
Cleveland Transit System
William H. Morrison
Morrison
Common Pleas
Joseph A. Artl
William H. Gray
The
Retail Merchants Board
Bob Hope Named Zanesville Honorary Mayor
City council members name Bob Hope an honorary mayor for giving Zanesville free publicity. They invite him to visit and run the city if he accepts. Hope, born in England and once living in Cleveland, has referenced Zanesville on his radio show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesv
Ile
Bob Hope
Screen
Zanesville
Hope
England
Cleveland
Woman Kills Self With Blank Cartridge at Signal Hill
SIGNAL HILL Calif Mrs Ruth Hamre 43 wife of a commercial fisherman killed herself Tuesday by placing a pistol muzzle to her neck and firing The discharge severed her jugular vein and she bled to death Deputy Coroner Philip D Adking reported Officer C R Blake said the method was a blank cartridge incident reported by police
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Hill
Calif
Ruth Hamre
C. R. Blake
FHA State Director To Become Field Man
Andrew L. Sorensen, state director for the Farmers Home Administration, will become a national field representative in charge of 17 states including Ohio. Clarence A. Gehrig will act as state director. Sorensen, with 15 years in the work, will base his headquarters in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Andrew L. Sorensen
Farmers Home Administration
Ohio
FHA
Clarence A. Gehrig
State Office
Sorensen
Welfare Projects Listed
The Ohio State Welfare Department reports 1949 accomplishments include 21 building projects worth 8.22 million dollars and 47 under construction costing 12.65 million. It highlights the mental hygiene division, nine planned receiving hospitals, and new roles for Columbus and Athens facilities to treat mental illness nationwide significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Welfare Department
Division of Corrections
Division of Mental Hygiene
Youngstown
Cleveland
Dayton
Ohio State University Medical Center
Cuyahoga Falls
Toledo
Athens
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Ohio Nation
Mount Vernon State Hospital
Apple Creek Mental Hospital
Hawthornden State Hospital
Cuyahoga County
Columbus State School
Miss America Is Married in Arizona Surprise Ceremony
Miss America 1949 Jacque Mercer wed Douglas Cook in Litchfield Park Arizona at the community church. The couple announced their engagement only last Friday and planned a July 4 ceremony. Mercer will be 19 next month and Cook is 20. They depart for a brief honeymoon in a 1949 car Mercer received as a title gift. The marriage prompts questions about retaining the Miss America title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
University of Chicago
Jacque Asot
Miss Mercer
Clark Gable Wows 10000 In Hawaii Honeymoon Arrival
Clark Gable and his bride arrived in Honolulu on the luxury liner Lurline from San Francisco to a crowd of about 10 000 well wishers. Teenage girls grandmothers housewives and a few men cheered as the star and his wife landed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
San Francisco
Begin Strike At Zanesville Plant
About 175 workers at Harvester Co in Zanesville went on strike over wage and pension terms in a proposed new contract. Plant superintendent Henry Orth cited a dispute with the United Steelworkers of America as the cause. The firm assembles farm machinery units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
At Harvester Co
Henry Orth
United Steelworkers of America
Electrical Storm Ravages Argentina Killing Several and Injuring Many
A violent electrical storm swept Central and North Argentina injuring and killing numerous people. Eight dead in Buenos Aires province with more expected as reports come in. Five killed in La Plata workers district and two in Avellaneda. A boy died after touching a live wire in Villa Industriales. Communications were disrupted and Uruguay service interrupted. In Olavarria cyclonic winds toppled freight cars injuring six workers. Three inches of rain fell in the capital in 50 minutes and rescuers aided marooned residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
la Plata
Vincial Pao
Pinellas
Avellaneda
Villa Industriales
Uruguay
Olavarria
Crop Output Is Studied Soybean Acreage Policy Debate
Secretary Brannan weighs whether to omit 1950 soybean production amid a wartime surge in oilseed output. With corn acreage already cut 15 to 20 percent in major counties, farmers may need to repurpose 10 to 15 million acres of corn land as the department considers planting allotments for soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brannan
Truman Returns From Christmas Vacation to Washington
President Truman ends his Christmas vacation at home in Independence Missouri and plans to depart Fairfax Airport near Kansas City at noon in the Independence to fly to Washington. The trip typically takes about four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Harry
Truman
Fairfax Airport
Kansas City
Kas
Washington
Trial Set Jan 24 On Gambling Charges
Eight men arrested in a Colony Club gambling raid near Chesay were bound on $1000 bonds and plead not guilty. Defendants face trial January 24 on charges of maintaining gambling rooms and exhibiting gambling devices after liquor agents seized 45 slot machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Colony Club
Chesay Oe
Man Held to Grand Jury in Shooting Case
Wesley Whitt 42 of Macedonia Ridge Lawrence County was held to the grand jury on a shooting with intent to kill charge. Tommy Mattox 17 shot Dee 22 at a private home and is listed in serious condition at Ironton General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tronton
Wesley Whitt
Macedonia Ridge
Lawrence County
Tommy Mattox
Dee
Anite
Ironton General Hospital
American Is Expelled By Hungary
Israel G. Jacobson an American Jewish relief official, expelled by Hungary, was released by Soviet troops and returned to Vienna. He arrived at the Bristol Hotel used by the American Army and had been held after crossing the Austro Hungarian border. Brigadier General James Fry and Col. Gen. Alexei Zheltov arranged his release, with talks of a four power pass. He had been jailed since December 15 on espionage suspicions and expelled for actions violating state interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Israel
G. Jacobson
Hungary
Americana
Jacobson
Bristol Hotel
James Fry
VU. S
Missing Americans Reported Alive
Two U.S. servicemen long presumed missing near Tsingtao have been reported alive and well. Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach and Marine Master Sergeant Elmer C. Bender of Chicago were last heard after a flight over the Tsingtao area on October 19, 1948, with no formal charges against them known by the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Tsingtao
State Department
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Elmer C. Bender
Chicago
Professor proposes open-book tests for science exams
Professor Jacob Verduin of Ohio State University urges open book exams for science students arguing that memory tests do not measure the ability to apply information. He spoke to the American Association for the Advancement of Science yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Verduin
Bmduin
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Verdum
Frank Theodore Stone
Ohio State University
Put-In Bay
Ohio
Woman Claims Husband Killed Two at Christmas Murder
In Santa Rosa California the wife of Carl Schwartz told his jail cell that she saw him shoot and kill his employer's wife Jane Maggard Dickson 34 and another man. Schwartz 39 foreman at Black Point Ranch of Fred W Dickson Jr was charged with the Christmas Eve homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa
Calif
Carl Schwartz
Schwartz
Black Point
Fred W. Dickson, Jr
Jane Maggard Dickson
News Society
San Rafael
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Crash
Rep
Brehm
Jean Yarde-Buller
Paris
Miss Hayworth
French Riviera
Patrick M. Malin
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore
American Civil Liberties Union
Malin
Roger N. Baldwin
Ex-Ag
Clark Gable
Albert Einstein
Princeton
N.J
Einstein
Mar
Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley
New York Dress Institute
Today's Messenger News
Eeeen
Neeeeensenssnes Chauncey
Gallipolis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!