Southern Dems Talk Split From Truman
Senate vote on GOP tax measure delayed as budget battles unfold and food strike in Germany draws global attention. Hunger strikes near Hamburg to Stuttgart involve up to three million workers challenging food distribution and wartime controls amid Allied governance. The House passed the tax bill 297 to 120. Senate skews uncertain with Taft signaling doubt on veto override.
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Senate
Hamburg
Germany
Wurttemberg-Baden
Paying Job To Be Vacant In State Government
Columbus, Feb 15 One of the better paying jobs in the state service is vacant as F S Glass resigns as state consulting architect a post worth 458 a month and 560 with legislature increases totaling 6720 a year He returns to private practice Glass appointed March 15 1946 Harry Allen staff member becomes acting state consulting architect The position oversees building projects for all state departments.
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Columbus
F. S. Glass
Glass
Harry Allen
Harvey Quits State Office
John W. Harvey state purchasing agent resigns effective February 15 at Gov. Herbert’s request. Harvey, from Wapakoneta, says he was not told why he was fired and that the governor cited dissatisfaction with the purchasing division’s efficiency. Harvey had been promoted to purchasing agent last April 1.
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Columbus
John W. Harvey
Thomas J. Herbert
Harvey
Wapakoneta
Herbert
Cleveland
Tobacco Sales Slump On Kentucky Market
Louisville report shows Kentucky barley tobacco sales yesterday at 1,200,067 pounds across six markets. Farmers earned $519,513.43, averaging $43.29 per hundredweight, down 39 cents from last Friday’s average.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Ohio Republicans Back Tax Cut Bill in House Vote
Ohio's 19 Republican representatives supported the Knutson tax reduction bill while four Democrats opposed it. The measure passed the House 297 to 120 and now moves to the Senate. Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins urged the vote signaled public demand for tax relief.
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Washington
Ohio
House
Senate
Thomas A. Jenkins
Enraged mobs attack two Hindu groups in India
In New Delhi and across India mobs attack members of two militant Hindu groups after Gandhi's assassination. Police arrest many from Mahasabha and RSS for questioning as others are beaten or stoned. The Nehru government bans private armies and groups preaching violence.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahasabha
RSS
Great Organization
Moslem League
Rastriya Swayam Sevaysangh
Volunteers
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Pearson Libel Suit on Docket in Charleston
The $100000 libel suit against the Jefferson Republican editor and publisher was set for today in circuit court with Judge D H Rodgers presiding and a jury to hear the case. Filed over 18 months ago, the action stems from Charleston correspondent comments following Drew Pearson's April 22 1946 lecture in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jefferson Republican
Drew Pearson
D. H. Rodgers
Pearson
Washington
Coal Conveyor Fatality in Canton Yard
Ralph W. Griffith Jr., 18, died in a freak accident in Canton as he investigated a coal yard conveyor that had stopped. Deputies say he fell into the moving belt before escaping, but the conveyor restarted, causing his death.
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Canton
Ralph W. Griffith, Jr
Formal Bid By Herbert Is Expected
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert may file for a second term today in Columbus. He aims for the Republican nomination and must file by 6 30 p.m. Wednesday at State Secretary Edward J. Hummels office. Eight other candidates also filed petitions for governor, with a field that includes Lausche Miller West and Cox among leading contenders.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Edward J. Hummel
Robert S. Cox
Millersburg
Herbert
Cox
Albert E. Payne
Springfield
William L. White
Newark
Everett N. Buddenberg
Cincinnati
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Charles F. West
Cleveland
Joseph Torok
Youngstown
David E. Nolan
Bellefontaine
Lausche
Miller
Hummel
Frank B. Thomas
Harry V. Armstrong
LaRue
Hugh S. Jenkins
Reed Winegardner
Washington Court House
Supreme Court
G. K. Allen
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
Kingsley A. Taft
Congress
George H. Bender
Cleveland Heights
T. L. Thomas
Akron
Stephen M. Young
Eisler Counsel Seeks Release of No 1 Red
Gerhard Eisler known as the No 1 Communist in the United States was arrested on a deportation warrant at Ellis Island and held without bail. His New York lawyer planned habeas corpus proceedings to win release. He had been free on $20,000 bail after a Washington DC conviction for passport fraud and contempt of Congress and faces up to six years and $6,000 in fines.
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New York
Gerhard Eisler
Ellis Island
Eisler
Germany
Justice Department
Carol King
Hisler
Afler
Washington, D. C
Congress
Gas Line Leak Blamed For Fatal Explosion
Canton firemen said a gas line leak caused a Sunday night blast that wrecked a house, killed 18 month old Sharon Anne Ross, and injured three others. Ruth Ross 24 and Ida Vencesile 75 were in critical condition. Marion Vernier 27 of Louisville was in serious condition.
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Canton
Ruth Ross
Sharon Anne Ross
Ida Venescile
Mercy Hospital
Marion Vernier
Louisville
Aultman Hospital
Retrial Sought in Robbery Slaying Case
Cincinnati prosecutors said they will seek a retrial for Ova B. Cornett 46 before a new jury on first degree murder charges in the December robbery slaying of Thomas Wilson 81 The foreman reported the prior jury deadlocked Elmer Cornett 21 of Otas Ky already was convicted and sentenced to death.
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Cincinnati
Crason Hoy
Ova B. Cornett
Cornett
Thomas Wilson
Elmer Cornett
Otas
Officials To Gather Harold Beach Records
An assistant county prosecutor and a defense attorney will tour five Eastern cities beginning tomorrow to collect school and crime records on Harold A. Beach 22 the confessed slayer of Sheila Ann Tuley 8. Beach pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to first degree murder in the New Year’s night stabbing in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Harold A. Beach
Sheila Ann Tuley
Beach
New iYear
Jenkins Urges Bill Honoring Wrights
Rep. Jenkins seeks a Capitol painting to honor the Wright brothers. A House bill on the measure exists, with a 1941 Senate casualty cited. The proposal would fill an unfinished frieze space with an airplane invention image.
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Jenkins
Wrights
Washington
Ohio
Congress
Wright Brothers
Capitol Dome
House
Fire destroys Baughman Apple Storage near Albany
The three story Baughman Apple Storage near Albany was destroyed by fire about 2 p.m. yesterday. Damages are estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars, with insurance covering less than half. Fire investigators have not yet determined a cause, though Mrs. Baughman cites recent wiring. Son Wendell Baughman was slightly burned while trying to remove a tractor. Over 1000 bushels of apples and 1000 bushels of grain along with tools and rock wool insulation were lost. A nearby combine shelter was partially damaged. The Baughmans run other orchard operations and had a dairy barn fire in 1940.
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Baughman
Albany
Earl Baughman
Baughmans
Less Meat High Prices Predicted for 1948
A Z Baker of the Cleveland Union Stockyards warns of a second largest slump in meat production for 1948 with 2 to 3 billion pounds below 1947. He says meat prices may reach or exceed 1947 highs absent a recession, noting per capita supplies at 146 pounds and urging a free market approach to preserve supply.
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Cleveland
A. Z. Baker
Cleveland Union Stockyards
American Stockyards Association
Baker
Lewis Poses Strike Threat
Washington notes John L. Lewis hints at a nationwide coal strike by spring. He cites freeing action to tap a $50 million welfare fund to bankroll expanded benefits. UMW chief declines comment as operators await details about potential April action by 400,000 miners.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
They Need The Homes
Local 1438 AFL carpenters vote against a wage increase for a 90 day trial to curb living costs. If cooperation from contractors and suppliers follows, the 1947 wage scale of $2.00 per hour for carpenters and $2.12 for millwrights remains in 1948. Citizens of Warren say they need the homes.
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Warren
Warren Carpenters
Local 1438
AFL Carpenters Union
Trumbull
CIO Objects To Deep Cut In Aid Plan
The CIO denounces a proposed Marshall Plan cut of up to 1.8 billion dollars, calling it criminal and warning it would reduce the program to mere relief. CIO President Philip Murray urges the recovery program run until mid 1952 as requested by President Truman and opposes turning over 500 American ships to Western Europe. Republicans in Congress clash over size and four year commitment amid talks of a GOP compromise.
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House Budget Committee
Truman
House
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CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
State Department
Europe
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Vandenberg
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Foreign Relations Committee
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City Official Resigns Ahead of Investigation
Chesapeake Ohio town marshal Ron Smith resigned last night just before the town council weighed charges over his administration of duties. Mayor John Fisher announced the resignation and said the charges were not read before the session.
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Chesapeake, CO
Ron Smith
John Fisher
Smith
Erie Railroad Orders 13 Diesel Switch Engines and 4 Locomotives
The Erie Railroad has ordered 13 additional diesel switch engines and four new diesel freight locomotives, expanding its locomotive fleet.
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Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Union challenges Taft Hartley measure in federal court
The International Typographical Union objects to the Taft Hartley Law arguing the provision allowing the NLRB to seek injunctions in federal courts violates due process. The suit was filed in a federal district court in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
National Labor Relations Board
89-Year-Old Lancaster Attorney James Pickering Dies
James T. Pickering, 89, longtime Lancaster attorney and former postmaster (1898 1910), died yesterday. Burial planned for Thursday.
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Lancaster
James T. Pickering
Pickering
Southern Democrats Push Dixie Convention Over Civil Rights
Southern Democrats discussed forming a Dixie convention to split from President Truman over civil rights. They aim to influence electoral votes and oppose Trumans four proposals including anti lynching, fair employment, ending Jim Crow in transport, and ending poll taxes. A Dixie compromise candidate would be proposed between Truman and Republicans. The message to Congress was seen as a political gesture.
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Washington
Truman
Dixie
Congress
Union
Hawaii
Alaska
United States
Pacific Coast
Capitol Hill
Mr. Truman
State Officials Study Phone Rate Boost
Ohio Bell Telephone Co seeks about a 10 percent rate increase, with engineers and accountants to study exhibits and reports for several months. No emergency order requested. Final decision possible after Maxson's report and hearings, affecting about 1.43 million phones across 170 exchanges in Ohio.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Commission
Thomas W. Maxson
Maxson
Ohio Bell
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Liquor Dept Orders $15.69 Million Stock
Ohio Director Dale Duniton announced the Tig department ordered 498 875 cases of liquor from 82 brands totaling 15 688 719 dollars. The stock will stock state stores through March.
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Ohio
Columbus
s __ Tig department
Dale Duniton
Fraudulent Car Sales Result in Jail Term
Auto dealer Robert E. Stout aged 36 began a two to ten year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to fraudulent sales of new cars. The Ohio motor vehicle bureau brought the action.
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Delaware
Robert E. Stout
Ohio Motor Vehicle Bureau
Plan To Trade No Ceiling Rents and Long Term Leases
Washington senators debated a proposal to extend rent controls beyond February 29 while allowing voluntary no ceiling rent increases in exchange for long term leases. The plan, pushed by Senator Cain, would extend the Rent Control Law to possibly June 30, 1949, permit negotiated increases, decontrol properties on signing, and keep non signing tenants under general law until expiry.
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Congress
Cain
R-Wash
Senate Banking
Tighe Woods
Charles F. Brannan
Flanders
R-Vt
Woods
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