Toll in Cleveland fire fixed at 13 inmates dead
Investigations by multiple groups into the Garfield Heights Jennings Hall fire proceed as 13 inmates die from burns and gas line ignition. Coroner Gerber compares the case to a 1944 gas explosion, while seven residents remain hospitalized and wind aided the blaze spreading through the three year old structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jennings Hall
Garfield Heights
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
East Ohio Gas Co
John B. Waters
Greek Issue Persists as UN Debates Greece Crisis
London reports that the UN Security Council resumes discussion on the Greek dispute with Andrei Vishinsky expected to press for British troop withdrawal from Greece. Delegates foresee potential renewed clashes as Bevin and Moscow radio continue exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Great Britain
United Nations Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
Greece
Vishinsky
Britain
Moscow Radio
Bevin
Three Licking County Prisoners Break Jail
Newark police sought three inmates who escaped Licking County Jail by sliding down a mattress-cover rope from a second floor cell. Sheriff William McElroy said Norris Westbrook 27 faces forgery charges, Elmer McCurdy 36 burglary and grand larceny, and Carl Pennington 27 assault with intent to rob. all were awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Licking County
William McElroy
Norris Westbrook
Elmer McCurdy
Carl Pennington
Trainman Is Killed in Collision at Crossing
A railroad brakeman died after a New York Central freight train collided with a gasoline trailer truck west of Leavittsburg. The victim, Guy Whesstone, 22, of Minerva, Ohio, was pinned beneath the overturned locomotive. A truck driver remained in hospital with injuries as the crash occurred Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
New York Central
Leavittsburg
Guy Whesstone
Minerva
TWA Liner Sets New Cross Country Record
A TWA Constellation flew non-stop from Burbank California to LaGuardia Field in seven hours 27 minutes 48 seconds to claim a new cross country airliner record. The flight carried 13 passengers and seven crew members, surpassing the 1940 west-to-east mark of 11 hours 55 minutes set by a TWA Stratoliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
TWA Constellation
Burbank
Calif
la Guardia Field
TWA
Leo Byrne Dies Native of Meigs County at 52
Cincinnati obituary notes Leo J. Byrne age 52 U S conciliation commissioner died last night. A native of Pomeroy he came to Cincinnati 12 years ago. Also in Columbus on air board Gov Lausche announced reappointment of Robert H. Young of Wooster to the State Aviation Board for a term ending Jan 31 1951.
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Cincinnati
Leo J. Byrne
U.S
Pomeroy
ON Air Board
Columbus
Robert H. Young
Wooster
State Aviation Board
Frank J. Lausche
Walkers at State Injury Prompts Dean of Men Inquiry
Dean of Men Joseph A. Park investigates Ohio State University fraternity initiations after two war veterans, Sigma Chi pledges from Columbus, were injured during an alleged acquaintance walk. William E. Lewis Jr fell 60 feet into a quarry sustaining head injuries, Robert B. Brooks 22, sustained back injuries. fraternity president Arthur Hermann said the walk was meant to acquaint candidates and not an initiation. Park demands initiations stay on fraternity property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joseph A. Park
Ohio State University
William E. Lewis Jr
Robert B. Brooks
Sigma
Arthur Hermann
Dean Park
Veterans Back Gen Bradley as Veterans Affairs Chief
Veterans organizations split with American Legion chief over General Omar Bradley. DAV Commander Don W. Walker telegrammed President Truman pledging support, calling the attack unwarranted. VFW head Joseph Stack said Bradley is satisfactory. Ohio WIFW midwinter meeting drew about 2000 delegates. state bonus for WWII veterans urged at council session.
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Cincinnati
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Exservicemen
The
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Don W. Walker
Newport
Ore
DAV
Truman
John Steele
Joseph M. Stack
Pittsburgh
VEW
VFW
Bradley
Stack
Ohio Department
WIFW
Walker
Ohio Department Council
Strike Threat Spurs Generators Sales Across Ohio
A threat of an electric power stoppage in Ohio led to the sale of about 100 gasoline driven generators declared surplus by the government. Purchases by the Pennsylvania Railroad the City of Akron and its municipal airport Orchard Hills Hatcheries Megadore and C bought generators after utility workers threatened a walkout for higher pay. Total sales estimated at about 55000 dollars. Twenty thousand GI s are to arrive today across east and west coast ports aboard 32 transport ships. Capt James T Rinker of Steubenville Ohio named chief pilot of Pennsylvania Central Airlines.
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Cleveland
Ohio
F_G. Brickel
WSC
Brickel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Akron
Orchard Hills Hatcheries
Megadore
CTO
New York
Washington
James T. Rinker
Steubenville,o
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Navy Sees Atom Submarines as Future Naval Force
Atom age tests raise view that submarines may become key alongside carrier aircraft. Vice Admiral Lockwood notes subs could survive A bomb threats, while future in-surface and under-surface detonations shape planning. Nuclear fission may boost propulsion, range, and payload for submarines.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Bom
Charles A. Lockwood
Pacific
Navy
Middleport hotel owner held after fatal self defense shooting
Charles Whetstone, proprietor of the Ohia Hotel in Middleport, is jailed after his son in law Kenneth Grubbs, 33, died from a bullet wound. Whetstone says Grubbs attacked him during a card game and followed him to his room where the fatal shot occurred. Local sheriff deputies and police investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Frances Klein
Messenger
Charles Whetstone
Ohia
Meigs County
Kenneth Grubbs
Henry Ewing
Ralph Welker
Frank Clark
Rice
Rawson
Whetstone
Mr. Whetstone
Grubbs
Pratt
N. Second Ave
House Debates Case Labor Bill With Mediation Board Proposal
Congress weighs amendments to a sweeping labor bill proposed by Rep. Case that would create a national mediation board with 30 day strike and lockout prohibitions. The plan includes injunctive powers, anti-violence rules for picketing, and civil actions for contract breaches, drawing criticisms from CIO President Philip Murray who calls the measure anti labor and jammed through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rep. Case
National Mediation Board
Case
CIO
Philip Murray
Rayburn
D-Tex
Truman
Army engineers to recheck three Ohio flood projects
Brig. Gen. Beverly C. Dunn said the army’s chief of engineers ordered a reconsideration of Salt Creek Reservoir Scioto Sandusky River diversion and the Rocky Fork and Paint Creek Reservoirs after earlier uneconomical determinations.
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Columbus
Army
Ohio
Beverly C. Dunn
Ohio River Division
Washington
Salt Creek
Scioto-Sandusky
Rocky Fork
Paint Creek
Scioto-Sandusky River
Power Plant Workers Reject Wage Increase
Union leaders said a new strike deadline could be set tomorrow night as Local 126 CIO-Utility Workers of America votes on a wage boost from Ohio Edison Co. The local executive board rejected the 15 cent an hour compromise reached in Washington and urged members to turn it down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Cio-Utility Workers of America
Ohio Edison Co
Washington
Strikers Permit Clerks To Make Up Payrolls
About 22 600 workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co will receive 1 600 000 in pay checks Wednesday for a two week period ending January 20. Payment was delayed until union and management agreed on letting clerical workers through picket lines. The article also notes the death of E Phillips Oppenheim and funeral services for William A Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Brick Worker Killed by Auto Near Nelsonville Plant
Nelsonville staff report says Herbie L. Smith age 49 of The Diamond, employed by Hocking Valley Brick Co., died instantly when struck by a car on U S 33 near the plant about 11:30 Saturday night. State Patrol investigated. Smith reportedly stepped into the path, possibly blinded by headlights. He leaves a wife Cora South two sons Willard and Harold a daughter Ada Ralph his parents Mr and Mrs Mart Smith and sister Edna Fox. Funeral set for Tuesday at 3 pm at Church of Christ Nelsonville with burial at Greenlawn. Friends may visit at The Diamond home.
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Nelsonville
Herbie L. Smith
Hocking
Smith
Cora
Willard
Columbus
Harold
Ada Ralph
Mart Smith
Edna Fox
Logan
Church of Christ In
Nelsoniwille
Greenlawn
The
Diamond
Site Committee Set to Report on HQ Location
The United Nations site inspection team, arriving from New York, will present its report tomorrow to the headquarters site committee. It recommends establishing a permanent headquarters near Greenwich and Stamford, Conn, with an interim HQ in New York. The headquarters committee will submit recommendations to the general committee before adjournment on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations
Father Finds Bodies of Sons in East Toledo Pond
In a month long search, George Dodson located the bodies of his sons James 10 and William 8 beneath a frozen East Toledo pond. Coroner Frank G. Kreft ruled accidental death after the two were found six inches under the surface in the 25 acre waterway divided by a viaduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
George
Jodson
James
William
Dodson
Frank G. Kreft
No Radical Weather Changes Expected Across Nation
Weather conditions stayed unusually similar across the country with persistent cold in the Northeast and near normal in the West. Strong winds and rains hit Los Angeles coast, threatening shipping but causing no reported casualties. The forecast kept expectations for little change. The Cincinnati H and S Pogue Company announced plans for a 10 story service building and modernization of its department store at an approximate cost of 2 million dollars.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
H. and S. Pogue Company
Tugboat and Longshore Strike Halts New York Harbor
A 3500 AFL tugboat workers strike in New York harbor cripples fuel and food flow, backed by 35000 ILA longshoremen. ILA plans to refuse loadings on ships operated by strikers, while Army and railroad tugs may keep serving some vessels. Mayor O'Dwyer seeks emergency distribution with federal mediation and possible seizure if needed.
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Associated Press
AFL
New York Harbor
Mayer O'Dwyer
AFL International Longshoremen’s Union
ILA
United Marine Division
New York Tuicnal Weshence
AAR Aug Aed Aeaes
Joseph P. Ryan
O'Dwyer
Washington
General Motors
Export steel out for 1946
Pittsburgh The Magazine Steel said today metalworking operations were declining at an accelerated rate and the export program for about 850000 tons of steel during the first half of 1946 under government directives to countries in urgent need of rehabilitation had been cancelled. Steelmaking across the nation rose slightly last week to five percent of normal care put, lowest in history, amid wage price battles. The White House was expected to propose a new pricing formula to allow the industry to pay an 18 1/2 cent hourly increase and send 750000 CIO United Steelworkers back to their jobs.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
White House
Truman
United
Settlement Nearing Stiff Labor Talks Across Industries
An official indicated President Truman may visit as Ford plants in Ches week face possible closings due to steel shortages. The CIO Mine Mill and Smell Workers Union plans a Florida fishing cruise after a work stoppage that could affect 14,400 workers in Connecticut Buffalo and related plants. A broad strike and wage actions jeopardize 66,000 workers in brass and related firms including Waterbury Ansonia Torrington and Buffalo. St Louis public schools may dismiss 90,000 pupils as custodians strike for higher wages. Federal wage dispute fact-finders may deliver a report on packers wage talks to Secretary Schwellenbach today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Truman
Ford Motor Co
Chesweek
Benjater
Andin F. Fairless
Irving S. Olds
U. S. Steel
CIO
Florida
Bolst
Connecticut
Buffalo
N. Capital
Chase Brass and Copper Co
Bury
Conn
American Brass Co
Waterbury
Ansonia
Torrington
Scovill Mfg. Co
Scovill
St. Louis
AFL
Alois P. Kaufmann
St .Louis
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Press Strike Referred to President for Cleveland Papers
Cleveland three daily papers The Plain Dealer The News and The Press have been shut for a month as AFL pressmen seek wage increases of 14.64 dollars weekly for day work and 15.64 for night. State Senator Boyd urged President Truman to intervene to settle the dispute and a city council measure requests presidential action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland — LY
Truman
Cleveland
William M. Boyd
Edward Pucel
Cuyahoga County
Boyd
Plain Dealer
the News
the Press
AFL
Greenwich Splits Over Newly Acquired Honor
Greenwich, Conn, is split over its inclusion in a site recommended as the United Nations world capital. Wealthy property owners protest eviction prospects and call the choice unfair and undemocratic, while a quieter group supports the honor and denounces opponents as self-interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
United Nations
British Brides Arrive in New York After Rough Atlantic Voyage
Aboard the Argentina, 451 women and 175 children, mostly aged 16 to 44 with 30 expectant mothers, arrived in New York after a nine day voyage. They joined The wives were headed to nine states, awaiting American husbands, while undergoing orientation talks on American institutions amid seasickness and storm conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Argentina
North Atlantic
England
Leaders Come To Bowles Aid
Washington fears Bowles may resign due to pressure from government leaders. Supporters in Congress urge the White House to back Bowles as he seeks to extend the OPA’s life beyond June 30. Chairman Sence led efforts and Bowles, after a 45 minute talk with Truman, said he has faced crises before and expects to ride this one out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Congress
White House
Sence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Bowles
Truman
Dayton Watchman Dies After Being Attacked
Dayton Steel Foundry night watchman Grover Freeman died from a skull fracture after being found critically injured in the boiler room. Coroner A P McDonald said an 11 year old may have attacked during an attempted robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Grover Freeman
Dayton Steel Foundry
A. P. McDonald
Catholic Girls School Destroyed in Cleveland Fire
A three story Catholic girls residence hall at Via Angela in Cleveland burned, origin undetermined. Most occupants were at mass. no injuries reported. Springfield Lions Club to mark 25th anniversary with 800 members from Ohio Indiana and Kentucky gathering tomorrow.
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Tennings Hall
Cleveland
Catholic Girls
Via Angela
Springfield
Lions Club
Ohio
Lndiana
Kentucky
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Hyacinth
St. Mary's
Leo Byrne
Gen. Bradley
Chas. Whetstone
Ued
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Channel Island
Guernsey
William A. Clark
Order of United American Mechanics
Myrna Shade
Huntington Park
Ross Hazlett
Brass
States
New England
Southampton
America
Atlantic
Wacs
Red Cross
Bowles Aid
Dayton Watchman
LIONS
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