Jones Jenkins leadership clash shows party unity aim
Washington reports Rep. Robert Jones backs Rep. Thomas Jenkins for House GOP leadership, urging seniority over outside influence as others including Clarence Brown and Everett Dirksen also vie. Meanwhile Rep. Knutson presses a 20 percent income tax cut and broader fiscal agenda, despite GOP dissent.
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Jenkins
Knutson
Washington
House
Rep
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Robert Jones
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Charles Halieck
Indiana
Clarence J. Brown
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Food Study Committee
Congress
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Brown
Vandenberg
Taft
Michigan
Senate
Reed
Kansas
White
Maine
New Commerce Committee
Butler
Committee On Committees
Senate Republicans
House Republicans
Rep. Martin
GOP
Halleck
Clarence Brown
Dirksen
Illinois
McCormack
Senate Democrats
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
British Leader Gloomy Over Outlook for Coal
Will Lawther president of the National Union of Mineworkers warned of a bleak near term for Britain's coal industry as government nationalizes mines. He projected 25 000 to 40 000 of Britain's 691 000 miners leaving pits for other jobs in 1947, while deeming the long term outlook hopeful.
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London
Britain
Will Lawther
National Union of Mineworkers
Lowther
Herbert Inauguration Plans Simplicity and Informality
Columbus reports that Thomas J. Herbert will be inaugurated as Ohio's 56th governor on January 13 in a simple informal ceremony. Edgar T. Wolfe of the Ohio State Journal is general chairman and Fred H. Johnson of Zanesville heads the executive committee.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Edgar T. Wolfe
The
Ohio State Journal
Fred H. Johnson
Zanesville
Fire destroys Gruber Department Store in Marietta
A downtown Marietta fire yesterday swept through the Gruber Department Store causing about 200000 dollars in property damage. Officials estimate the blaze caused extensive damage to the building and interior.
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Marietta
Gruber Dpartment
Founder’s Widow Dies at Barbarton Akron
Mrs. O. C. Barbr, widow of Barborton founder, died yesterday in Akron. The obituary notes her husband established Barborton, and she had lived in the area for years. Her passing closes a chapter in local business history.
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Akron
O. C. Barbr
Barbrton, Ohio
Grandmother at 30 as daughter bears baby girl Donna Marie
Mrs Claude Wilbur Norris became a grandmother at age 30 after her 16 year old daughter Mrs Armon D Hartlieb gave birth to a six pound thirteen ounce girl named Donna Marie yesterday. Mrs Norris wed at 13.
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Kansascity
Claude Wilbur Norris
Armon D. Hartlieb
Donna Marie
War plants to go on sale in 1947 in Ohio and Pa
War assets officials said 198,942,000 dollars of government built plants will be offered for sale in Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania during the first half of 1947. Negotiations for sale or lease of 73 surplus plants were started in 1946 in the same area, with 57 either sold or approved for sale and 16 leased or approved for lease. The 57 plants sold in 1946 brought 102,838,635 dollars.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
War Assets Administration
WAA
East and Midwest GOP Surge in 1946 Returns
Official AP tally shows Republicans winning 207 of 246 House seats in the East and Midwest. GOP also led Democrats in House candidate vote in 21 of 24 states, a margin large enough to potentially win the presidency if carried forward.
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Washington
Associated Press
East
Midwest
GOP
House of Representatives
House
St Paul Public Schools Reopen After Five Week Strike
Public schools of St Paul reopen today ending a five week shutdown caused by teachers walkout seeking higher wages. Teachers returned after wage demands drove the shutdown and the city resumes normal classes.
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ST. Paul
Hess Feigned Insanity, Criminologist Claims
Dr. Robert M. W. Kempner testified in Cleveland that Rudolph Hess was sane and used deception to escape the gallows. He said Hess understood that an insane verdict would block execution under Anglo-Saxon law.
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Cleveland
Rudolph Hess
Robert M. W. Kempner
Nuernberg
Hess
Engineer Appointed A-Commission Manager
President Truman named Carroll Louis Wilson a 36 year old engineer as general manager of the U S Atomic Energy Commission. Wilson has worked with Dr Vannevar Bush on wartime scientific weapons and has served as a consultant to the commission since its October appointment.
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Washington
Truman
Carroll Louis Wilson
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Wilson
Vannevar Bush
Commission
William Wendt Dies Landscape Artist at 81
Laguna Beach California reports the death of William Wendt an internationally known landscape painter aged 81. He died Sunday in Laguna Beach and is remembered for his influential role in 20th century landscape art.
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William Wendt
Laguna Beach
Calif
Sunay
Third Party Talk Stirred by Progressives in New York
Henry Wallace and supporters at a New York meeting organized a new political action group the Progressive Citizens of America. Delegates from 21 states voted to form the group, claiming 15 000 members across 10 organizations including the National Citizens Political Action Committee and the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts Sciences and Professions. Wallace criticized records of the two major parties.
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New York
Henry Wallace
Progressive Citizens of America
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Wallace
Sun Explosions Resemble Atomic Bombs
Dr Walter Orr Roberts of Harvard University presented motion pictures of sun explosions to the AAAS. He described eruptions as resembling atomic bombs with mushroom-shaped plumes, noting the solar eruptions are vastly larger.
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Cambridge
Mass
Walter Orr Roberts
Harvard University
Climax
Morrow County
Ohio
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Roberts
Ohio railroader killed in Rochester accident
Earle W. Moorehead 23 of Wellsville Ohio a Pennsylvania Railroad fireman and Navy veteran was killed yesterday when crushed between a locomotive and a water spout in Rochester New York.
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OHIO
Rochester
N. Y
Earle W. Moorehead
Wellsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Navy
Legion Chief Killed in Fayetteville Auto Crash
Bernard Carlier aged 36, commander of Brown County village American Legion Post, died Saturday night when his car crashed into a tree. Local authorities investigated the fatal accident.
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Legion
Fayetteville
Bernard Carlier
Brown County
American Legion
Committee blasts Russian practices in postwar policy debate
The House special committee on Postwar Economic Policy issued a report accusing Russia of economic enslavement political terrorism religious repression and ambition for military power. It urged the United States to lead European economic affairs and suggested denouncing the Potsdam agreement if Russia uses German war plants to rearm. The panel recommended reviewing occupation finances and starting loans through the Export-Import Bank to fuel industrial production in affected countries.
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Washington
Russia
Special House Committee
Capitol Hill
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Sol Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
State
War Departments
State Department
France
Export-Import Bank
Vinton Girl’s Death Blamed On Monoxide
Coroner J. W. Strong said carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of 18 year old Mrs. Guy Barnett whose body was found in an outbuilding of Tarr Farm School near Vinton Christmas day. Foul play not determined. prosecutors and sheriff may issue a statement. A Hamden soldier on furlough held in county jail without charge.
Quads Father To View Home Offer In Ohio
Baltimore man Charles Henn Jr is to fly to Newark Ohio to inspect a housing offer and job from philanthropist builder C W Matthew. Matthew arranged a specially designed home for the quadruplets and another son, with a salary over four thousand dollars annually.
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Ohio
Baltimore
Charles Henn, Jr
Newark
C. W. Matthew
Henn
Matthew
Henns
England
Illinois State Register Publishes Only Good News for New Year
The Springfield paper announced its New Year’s Eve edition will print only positive news on page one. The note humorously says John L. Lewis will be shown as “a quiet neighbor” in his hometown, with lighthearted treatment of his eyebrows.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Register
John L. Lewis
Siberian air to keep US cold for week
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts continued cold with sub zero temperatures expected in many areas for the better part of the week. Forecasters warn easing will come in about two days but temperatures will stay below normal nationwide. The weather system tracked from Siberia via Alaska Yukon and through the Dakotas to Texas.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Canada
Siberia
Alaska
Yukon Valley
Dakotas
Texas
Soldier Held In Death Case
In Champaign Illinois a 21 year old Army private Maurice T Garrett was held on murder charges after the body of 20 year old Helen Marie Cler was found on the porch of a rooming house near the University of Illinois campus. Leather Army gloves found beneath her bruised body led to the arrest.
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Champaign
Helen Marie Cler
University of Ilinois
Pfc
Maurice T. Garrett
Factory Owner Dies After Pottery Plant Fire
East Liverpool Ohio reports John Kass 56 owner of Kass China Co died of a heart attack after a fire caused 500 dollars in damage to the pottery plant. Co-owner and local officials described the incident as a fatal outcome tied to the blaze.
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East Liverpool
John Kass
Kass China Co
Grave Pay Suits Fear Economic Tailspin says mill chief
Middletown United Steel Workers of America CIO filed a 2 million dollar suit against American Rolling Mill Co. over retroactive portal to portal pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Charles R Hook warned the nation's economy would suffer a tailspin if such pay is awarded, harming both employers and workers.
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Middletown
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Co
United Steel Workers of America-Cio
UMW Sees Conspiracy Behind Coal Car Shortage
The United Mine Workers blame a vicious conspiracy between railroad and mine owners for a coal car shortage slowing Northern West Virginia production. John D. Battle of the National Coal Association denies the claim, while an Association of American Railroads official cites heavy coal loadings since the strike ended.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers’ Committee
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Washington
Association of American Railroads
769 School Bond Proposals Approved in Ohio
Ohio voters approved 769 school bond issues and levies in 1946 according to OSU survey. The report notes 92.4 percent of 832 proposals were adopted by city, village and local districts between January 1 and November 5.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Bevis Urges Higher University Salaries
Ohio State University President Dr. Howard L. Bevis warns in a year end statement that competition for better trained teachers will intensify and make it hard to maintain an adequate faculty unless salaries rise.
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Columbus
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Churchill's Daughter to Wed in Westminster Ceremony
Mary Churchill youngest daughter of Winston Churchill will marry Capt. Christopher Soames of the Coldstream Guards on January 11 at St. Margaret's Westminster The ceremony will take place in the church near Westminster Abbey.
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London
Mary Churchill
Britain
Christopher Soames
The
Coldstream Guards
St. Margaret's
Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Terrace Park Country Clubhouse Destroyed by Fire
The Terrace Park Country Club clubhouse in Milford was destroyed by a fire causing an estimated loss of 40 000 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Terrace Park Country Club
Milford
Pravda Dairen Dispatch Denounces US Vessel Report
A Pravda dispatch from Dairen brands a wireless report that an American naval vessel received an ultimatum to leave the Russian port on December 21 as tendentious and sensational. The Soviet press notes the report is presented with sensational tone and says the facts of the American warship’s visit to Dairen were not correctly portrayed.
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Moscow
Pravda
Dairen
Two Day Bari General Strike Ends in Bloodshed
A government pledge of immediate rations and unemployment aid ended yesterday as Bari faced a bloody two day general strike over food shortages. One dead and 25 injured as strikes threaten in Reggio Calabria Costanza and Catanzaro with workers ready to unify tactics.
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Rome
Bari
Reggio Calabria
Costanza
Catanzaro
Viet Nam Nationalist Attacks Hit Namdinh and Manoi
Paris dispatches report Viet Nam Nationalist troops launched heavy attacks on French positions at Namdinh, a key town guarding the Rouge River mouth southeast of Hanoi. Vietnamese artillery shelled encircled Manoi, inflicting damage in the city center as patrol clashes continued along the lines.
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Paris
Indochina
Namdinh
River Rouge
Hanoi
Manoi
Palestine coast closed to British troops amid abduction raid
British authorities barred all Jewish communities along the Palestine coast as 30 000 troops operated under tight security. A search for a British major and three sergeants kidnapped last night intensified, with 18 lashes reportedly given as retaliation.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Ohio Resident Injured When Bus Strikes Cow
Bowling Green Ky. Albert Browley Jr 20 of Warren Ohio was treated for mouth cuts after a northbound Greyhound bus struck a cow on U S Highway 31 W and crashed into a ditch. Fourteen admitted ten released after examination.
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Bowling Green
Albert Browley, Jr
Warren
Ohio
Greyhound
Chesapeake and Ohio Regains Greenbrier Resort
Cleveland based Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. announced it had regained possession of Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs resort hotel in West Virginia, which had been used as Ashford General Hospital by the government during the war.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ashford General Hospital
Strikes Cut 8 Million Hours in 1946 Stark County Survey
Strikes in early 1946 reduced hours worked in 83 Trumbell County industrial plants by about 8,000,000. The survey found that hours by local companies during the first 11 months of 1946 totaled 53,365,310.
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Warren, O
Trumbell County
Workers Get Year-End Bonuses In Chillicothe
Chillicothe council distributed 4950 to employees as year-end bonuses. Full-time workers received 50 each and part-time workers 25 at a special Saturday meeting.
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Chillicothe
Chillicothe Today
Former pastor dies in Connecticut after Ohio tenure
The Rev. John W. Byrne, 67, longtime pastor of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Newark Ohio for 18 years, died Saturday in West Haven Connecticut after retiring from his parish last March 1.
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West Haven
Conn
John W. Byrne
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Newark
Ohio
Hugh Wilson Dies at Home in Bennington
Hugh Robert Wilson 61 former United States ambassador to Germany died at his Bennington home after a long illness. He became seriously ill in August and received care at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Appointed ambassador in March 1938, he was recalled in November 1938 over Nazi persecution of Jews and resigned when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939.
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Bennington
Hugh Robert Wilson
United States
Wilson
Putenam Memorial Hospital
Germany
Poland
Dismissal Appealed By Light Plant Chief
Norwalk Ohio Max G Irvin has appealed to the Ohio Civil Service Commission to investigate his dismissal December 17 as superintendent of the Norwalk Municipal Light Plant. Mayor Edgar Tucker accused Irvin of incompetence misuse of funds and malfeasance when he dismissed the former superintendent.
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Norwalk
Max G. Irvin
Ohio Civil Service Commission
Edgar Tucker
Irvin
Lincoln Handshake Claimant Dies at 93
Danny Garver 93 former Lincoln acquaintance who said he shook hands with Abraham Lincoln as a boy has died. The Oxford resident drew local attention for his tall tale and long life.
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Lincoln
Oxford
Danny Garver
Abraham Lincoln
Calumns and Counsel from SAM SIMMONS on Spiritual Development
SAM SIMMONS quotes Calvin Coolidge urging spiritual development over material growth. He argues knowledge and law mean little without character and religion, noting criminals often think crime pays and rarely reform. He reflects on aging, disillusion, and the difficulty of steering society toward a better path.
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Calvin Coolidge
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