Russia protests U S bomber flights over Soviet waters
Moscow radio reports two new protests against the United States, bringing to four in a week. Russia objects to American bomber flights over Soviet shipping in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan and to U S advisers touring Iran border areas for photographs and military study of the Soviet Iranian frontier.
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London
Russia
United States
Moscow Radio
Iran
Gaid
U.S
Mellaha
North
Africa
Washington
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Moscow
Three Killed After Refusing Beer License
In Duluth Minnesota a man, Joe A. Contanzi, 32, shot and killed three Elmer town board members and wounded a fourth after his tavern license request was denied. He then killed himself as a fifth board member fled and hid in a snowbank. The shooting occurred during a hearing on the license. Berndorf, owner of Elmer’s only tavern, said the board refused the license since one tavern sufficed for the 50 residents.
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Duluth
Minn
Joe A. Contanzi
Minnesota
Elmer
Albert Bernsdorf
Sam Owens
St. Louis County
Contanzi
Berndorf
Catholic Vets Seek Congressional Charter in Senate Vote
CLEVELAND Catholic War Veterans urge members to telegram Senators Taft Bricker urging support for a bill before the Senate granting the group a congressional charter. Other groups with similar charters include the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Amvets.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Catholic War Veterans
Cuyahoga County
James W. Pinion
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Senate
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
Louisville Distillers Say Plans Unchanged
Louisville distillers said the expiration of federal control over whiskey making will have little effect on production here. Spokesmen said they would comply with President Truman's request to limit grain use to 2,500,000 bushels a month after controls expired at midnight Saturday.
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Louisville
Train hits freight near Iowa City. one dead, scores hurt
A Rock Island Rocket plowed into a freight train near the Iowa City station injuring about a score of passengers and killing one trainman. The westbound train carried 100 to 150 University of Iowa students returning to campus. eight were hurt, none seriously.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain
Chicago
Denver
University of Iowa
OSU Hangout Damaged by Early Morning Fire
Ohio State University students crowd hangout Larry's Grill damaged by fire about 2 am. Fourteen families in apartments above the tavern forced into the street in near zero temperature.
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Columbus
Larry’s. Grill
Ohio State University
Ex Minister Arrested in Greece for Alleged Gold Smuggling
Athens authorities yesterday arrested former merchant marine minister John Peltakis who served in Themistokles Sophoulis government in 1946. He faces charges of attempting to smuggle gold into the country.
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Athens
John Peltakis
Themistokles Sophoulis
Orville Wright Buried in Dayton Funeral Rites
Orville Wright 76 died Friday night of lung and heart illness in Dayton. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Charles L. Seashores officiating. Capt. John T. Daniels 74, who aided the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, also died Saturday. Wright and Daniels linked to the dawn of the air age as planes from Wright and Patterson Fields were to fly in tribute.
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Aviation
Orville Wright
First Baptist
Charles L. Seashores
Wright
Norfolk
John T. Daniels
Wright Brothers
Kill Devil Hill
Wilbur
Woodland Cemetery
Air Age
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Ohio
Orville
Wright and Patterson Fields
U.S. Air Force
Palestine Partition Plan Faces Severe Difficulty
The United Nations Palestine Commission delivered its grim first-month report to the Security Council, outlining the troubled status of carving Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states. It warned success hinges on council aid and highlighted limited progress on security issues.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Holy Land
Council
United Nations Palestine Commission
Five-Nation Commission
Palestine
Mistreating Americans Brings Jail Sentences
Three Japanese and three Formosans were sentenced to a total 51 years in prison for mistreating Maj. Arthur Wermuth and two other American war prisoners. Japanese Lt. Hitoshi Okamoto received 25 years. the remaining five defendants got 1% to 12 years each.
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Tokyo
Arthur Wermuth
Bataan
Hitoshi Okamoto
Cincinnati Traffic Fatalities Drop to Eight in 1948
City records eight traffic deaths for 1948 after the death of Adam Meyer aged 60, who was struck by a street car yesterday in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Adam Meyer
Hermit and Dog Feast After Long Isolation on Island
The beardly hermit of Hen Island and his dog regained supply when four men hauled 50 pounds of provisions across Long Island Sound. 85-year-old Carl Wacks, marooned since before Thanksgiving, started a fricasee as relief crews reached his houseboat retreat. He had lived on snow water and crackers, drifting from shore to fuel his days.
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Rye
N. Y
Hen Island
Long Island Sound
Carl Wacks
Wacks
Nehru Declares Peace Stance After Gandhi’s Death
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru told the constituent assembly he would defend peace as a test of his government. On the Jumna banks Gandhi’s ashes were prepared for scattering amid a large memorial gathering, as officials pursued a plot against high Dominion officials.
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New Delhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian’ Constituent Assembly
Jumna
Gandhi
Indian Union
Nehru
Storm Strikes Britain Disrupts Coastal Shipping
A fierce Atlantic storm battered Britain and delayed shipping along the coast. Early hours brought wild weather across the British Isles, grounding vessels and disrupting sea traffic.
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London
Britain
British Isles
Governor Herbert to speak at Youngstown Victory Dinner
Republican officials announce Gov. Thomas J. Herbert will deliver the principal address at the Victory Dinner in Youngstown on February 24. The event aims to rally support for the party ahead of upcoming elections.
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Youngstown
Thomas J. Herbert
Governor Herbert and wife visit home city in Cleveland
Governor Thomas J. Herbert and Mrs. Herbert visited their home city of Cleveland over the weekend. It was their first trip together since their marriage, reflecting a private family moment during a public life.
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Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Akron crash kills James Stanley near Canal Fulton
James Stanley, 38, died when his car hit a concrete guard rail north of Canal Fulton yesterday. The investigation is ongoing and no other injuries are reported.
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Akron
James Stanley
Canal Fulton
Wallace Opens Race For Ohio Nomination
Wallace opens his third party presidential bid in Ohio denouncing violence and urging candidates to reject groups restricting civic rights. A 2500-strong crowd raised 26000 in varied donations as Lustak was chosen district chair in Lorain. Wallace seeks Ohio ballot access amid new election hurdles. Oregon Democrats halt plan to back him in their primary.
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Ohio
14Th
Gustave Lustak
Lorain
Akron
Wallace
Oregon
Hercules Latimer Saves Girl From Wreck Over Subway Track
Hercules Latimer, 40, an army veteran, dangled by his heels from a bus to rescue Rosemary K. O Mu lly from a car that dangled 50 feet above Shaker Heights rapid transit. He pulled her free with help from bystanders as others escaped to the sidewalk.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Hercules Latimer
Rosemary K. O’mallley
Miss O'Malley
Latimer
Five Employees Burned In Columbus Explosion
An explosion at the Armour & Co meat packing plant in Columbus partially wrecked the three story building. Five employees suffered burns with two women escaping injury from the basement cooler area amid fumes believed to be ammonia or gas.
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Columbus
Armour & Co
Forty Planes Join Search For Missing Star Tiger
Forty planes took off from Bermuda to widen the search for the Tudor IV transport Star Tiger missing since Friday with 29 aboard. Skies cleared after fog hampered earlier efforts as searchers pressed the hunt over the western Atlantic.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Clinic Opens in Hamilton by Ohio Welfare Dept
The second mental health clinic established by the Ohio Welfare Department opened in Hamilton today, expanding access to state funded mental health services for residents.
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Hamilton
Ohio Welfare Department
Blast wrecks the Palestine Post in Jerusalem
Police blamed none for the blast that wrecked the Palestine Post last night and injured at least 20. The explosion shattered windows up to 1,000 yards away and damaged the Magen Davis Clinic with 11 injured, two critically.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Post
Zion Square
Ben Yehuda Street
Magen Davis Clinic
Post
Tobacco Volume and Prices Decline Near Market Close
In Louisville Kentucky last week burley tobacco sales showed sharp declines as the 1947 48 season neared end. Volume reached 13 228 830 pounds yielding 5 910 998 60 dollars while the prior week saw 31 063 382 pounds sold at an average 48 09 dollars per hundred.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Mistreatment of Sons Charged to Father in Abington
Melvin MacNeill aged 50 was arraigned on charges he mistreated his three sons by hanging them by their thumbs from rafters of his home after they refused to admit playing with his hunting knife. Patrolman Dennis Beatty reported the incident.
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Abington
Melvin MacNeill
Dennis Beatty
Republicans Move To Pass $6.5 Billion Tax Cut Bill
House Republicans push through a $6.5 billion tax slashing bill amid Democratic efforts for a smaller cut and an excess profits tax. Both parties expect Senate changes and a presidential veto fight as the first major election year measure advances. The bill would raise individual exemptions, apply community property nationwide, and set tax cuts from 30 percent to 10 percent across brackets with special exemptions for elderly and blind, plus estate and gift revisions.
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Washington
House
Congress
White House
Senate
Rep. Knutson
Minn
Truman
Knutson
Groundhog Day Weather and Gas Curtailment Talk in Ohio
Ohio residents welcomed sun that let Mr Arctemys Monax see his shadow yet the six week winter legend lingered. Temperatures rose to the high teens as gas curtailments faced possible relaxation after reports of limited supply while roads remained slippery in Dayton and areas south of Batavia to Bellaire.
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Newark
State Highway Department
Akron
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Dayton
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Batavia
Wilmington
Circleville
Cambridge
Bellaire
Georgetown
Jackson
Chillicothe
Biggest Mass Strike Across Germany Casts Food Ration Protest
About 3,000,000 German workers from Hamburg to Stuttgart plan 24 hour strikes at midnight protesting reduced food rations. White collar workers in the British zone join, while over 1,000,000 in Württemberg-Baden participate to demand fair distribution and oppose cuts.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hamburg
Stuttgart
Wurttemberg-Baden
Bricker Sees Possible Nomination In Taft Dewey Standoff
Washington reports Ohio Senator Bricker resurfaces as a Republican dark horse if Taft and Dewey deadlock for the presidential nomination. Bricker, known for 1944 vice presidential run, campaigns for Taft while prompting talks on a Bricker option if needed. Top party figures Vandenberg and Martin loom as Dewey or Taft backups, with Bricker’s role debated.
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Taft-Dewey
Washington
Ohio
Taft
GOP
GOP Nationel Committee
New York
Congress
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Martin
Mass
House
Dewey
Plane Crash Kills 11-Year-Old Skater at Indian Lake
An 11-year-old, Donald Penrod, died when a rented light monoplane hit high tension wires and plunged into a skating party at Indian Lake. Pilot Ned Buchenrot, 20, survived with minor injuries. the crash occurred as the plane struck a 60-foot square ice patch. The aircraft was rented from Hareport, Inc., in Bellefontaine.
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Bellefontaine
Donald Penrod
Indian Lake
Donald
R. C. Wolfron
Ned Buchenrot
Huntsville
Buchenrot
A. J. McCracken
Logan County
Wolfron
Hareport, Inc
California Big Eye Passes First Test
Astronomers using Caltechs 200 inch telescope report initial tests of the big eye are satisfactory and require several more months of testing. The instrument is expected to double the range of Mt Wilsons 100 inch telescope which viewed stars 500 million light years away.
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MT. Palomar
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Mt. Wilson
College Social Worker Starves Self to Death
Kathleen Lynch 22 a Wellesley College graduate and Boston social worker died after allegedly refusing to eat for three years. Dr. Richard Ford the associate medical examiner said she deliberately starved herself to death. She died Saturday in Boston.
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Boston
Kathleen Lynch
Wellesley College
Richard Ford
Kentucky Coal Mine Sold to Ohio Firm
Williamson West Virginia February sale confirms Tierney Mining Co operation at Stone Kentucky transferred to Portsmouth Steel Co. includes mining equipment power sub stations trackage five track tipple store offices and housing at mining camp with transfer effective February 1.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Williamson
W. Va
Lewis C. Tierney
Bluefield
Tierney Mining Co
Stone
Portsmouth Steel Co
Tierney
Stephen M Young Set To File Election Bid
Cleveland Democrat Stephen M. Young, a three term congressman at large before World War II service, plans to file nominating petitions in Columbus today. He served with the Fifth Army in Italy and was attached to the 45th Infantry Division in the Anzio area and became allied military governor of Reggio Emilia province in 1945.
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Cleveland
Stephen M. Young
Columbus
Fifth Army
Italy
45Th
Anzio
Reggio Emilia
Fire Leaves 59 Families Homeless in Upper Darby
Red Cross workers found temporary shelter for 59 families after a blaze at Stonehurst apartments in Upper Darby left residents homeless. The fire burned late into the night, prompting emergency aid and housing support.
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Philadelphia
Red Cross
Stonehurst
Upper Darby
Taft Files Nominating Petitions for Ohio Supreme Court
Kingsley A Taft of Shaker Heights a Republican filed nominating petitions for the January 2 term on the Ohio Supreme Court He had been elected to a short term in the U S Senate in 1946 and is seeking judicial office.
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Columbus
Kingsley A. Taft
Shaker Heights
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Treaty Talks Delayed by Gandhi Assassination
Burma and India have postponed treaty talks following the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Rangoon Burma officials announced the delay until a later date. The move underscores the shock across Asia as leaders reassess diplomatic schedules amid national mourning.
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Rangoon
Burma
India
Mohandas K.gandhi
Steeple Leap Fatal: Toledo Woman Dies After Climb
A 21 year old woman, Eleanor A Bodette, attended St Francis De Sales Church in Toledo yesterday then leaped from the 120 foot steeple overlooking downtown. Coroner ruled death by own action. She climbed four ladders before pushing through a trap door to the steeple during rosary services. Worshippers were unaware of the tragedy.
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Toledo
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Paul Hohly
Eleanor A. Bodette
Country Club Burns Leaves Four Missing
Fire gutted the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh early Sunday and four people remain unaccounted for. Debris recovered in the ruins includes possible remains, but positive identification is pending as firemen faced a heavy snowstorm delaying rescue efforts.
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Country Club
Raleigh
N.C
Carolina Country Club
Coast Guard Rescues Drifting Liberty Ship John F Carlisle
The Liberty ship John F Carlisle with five crew was taken in tow by the Coast Guard cutter Mendota at 8:30 a.m. 75 miles east of Frying Pan Shoals near Norfolk Virginia. The vessel had been drifting since breaking from a tug during heavy weather.
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John F. Carlisle
Coast Guard
Mendota
Frying Pan Shoals
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