B&O Special Agent and Huntington Man Die In Collision
Two drivers died in a south Point Pleasant highway crash on Route 2 near Lock 26. Lt. Albert A. Sutter, 48, a B and O Railroad special agent from Parkersburg, was killed, with coroner reports noting a broken neck. Felix Goldstein, 26, Huntington, died later from severe injuries. The 1949 sedans were demolished.
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Point Pleasant
Here
Albert A. Sutter
Parkersburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Edna A. Gettles
Felix Goldstein
Huntington
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Route 2
Lock 26
Sutter
R. C. Dilley
Goldstein
Mr. Goldstein
Harold Blain
Dam 26
Blain
East Germany Moves Back to 1933 with New Secret Police
The Volkskammer passed two laws creating a State Security ministry and a secret police force with broad arrest powers. About 3,000,000 youth will be required to join the Free German Youth to participate in daily life and work. Western officials view East German purges and arrests as a display of Soviet influence and as a smokescreen forZone discontent.
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Berlin
East Germany
Gestapo
Hitler
Volkskammer
People’s Chamber
State Security
Interior
Germany
FDJ
Rubber Amp People’s Chamber
Minter
Walter Ulbricht
Soviet
Russia
MVD
Christian Democrat
Liberal Democrat
Saxony
Brandenburg
Sachen - Anhalt
Red Army
Taegliche Rundschau
Canadians Plan Rescue Mission After Plane Crash
In Whitehorse Yukon a six man Canadian army team planned a trek up a treeless mountain to reach ten occupants of a crashed C-47. They spent the night beside two snow weasels many feet below the survivors. Five Americans aboard suffered injuries as a C-47 crashed during a search for a missing C-54 with 44 aboard. An American search plane spotted the C-47 on the mountainside sixty miles northwest. A second C-47 had crashed during the earlier search and all six on that plane were rescued.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
Yukon
Here
Wage contract signed in Portsmouth between Vulcan and CIO union
A wage contract was signed in Portsmouth between Vulcan Corp and the CIO United Shoe Workers of America. It grants extra vacation and an additional holiday as part of the agreement.
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Portsmouth
Vulcan Corp
Cio-United Shoe Workers of America
Hearing Set To Determine Man's Sanity
A hearing is scheduled to decide the sanity of Delbert Spencer 51 convicted of first degree murder in the July 1946 killing of Mrs Pauline Bailey. Three motions were filed by his defense since Dec 7 the verdict required the death sentence. The defense seeks a new trial and a mental examination at Lima State Hospital following a 30 day observation which found Spencer sane both then and now.
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Delbert Spencer
Pauline Bailey
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Spencer
Lima State Hospital
Lima
Bailey
Glouster
Keel of Largest Liner Laid Without Ceremony
The keel of the largest US passenger liner, the SS United States, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding without ceremony. The 980 foot luxury liner, costing about 70.37 million dollars, will be operated by United States Lines and aims to reclaim Atlantic supremacy from Britain's Queens.
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Newport News
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
United States Lines
America
Britain
Sales Tax Receipts Run Ahead of 1949
Ohio's sales tax receipts for the last week of January rose above the 1949 level, with $1,916,952 collected for the week ended January 28. The seven month total trails the prior year by about $5,000,000, according to State Treasurer Don H. Ebright.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Detroit police question five over $37150 cash bag
Police questioned four men and a woman over a paper bag containing 37150 in cash amid links to the Brink's Boston robbery. Authorities kept silent on possible ties as FBI aided the inquiry and sought loot in jewelry and fur thefts nationwide.
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Detroit
Brink’s Inc
Boston
Walter
FBI
Stern
Brink’s
GOP Plans Showdown Over FEPC Civil Rights Bill
Republican leaders plan a Senate showdown to force action on the Fair Employment Practices Commission bill. Senator Taft says Republicans will press for a vote if Democrats do not move within two weeks, while preferring a voluntary FEPC without punitive powers. Taft seeks action over talk and expects a Southern Democratic filibuster if the bill is taken up.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Lodge
R-Mass
Ives
RNY
Perry County Tops State with 104 Drilled Wells
Ohio oil and gas output fell slightly last year per the development and publicity commission. 626 wells were drilled, with new reserves based on initial deliveries totaling 215,883,000 cubic feet of gas and 8568 barrels of oil per day. Perry County led with 104 wells, followed by Ashland and Monroe counties.
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Columbus
Ohio Oil and Gas
State Development and Publicity Commission
Perry County
Ashland
Monroe
Washington
Muskingum
Knox
Athens
Rag Doll Mistaken For Floating Baby in River
Workers at Wheeling Steel Corp Steubenville plant spotted what they believed was a baby body floating in the Ohio River. Barge handlers chased the object about a mile downstream before identifying it as a three foot rag doll.
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Steubenville
Wheeling Steel Corp
Ohio River
Buckeye Boys State Set for June 10 19 at Camp Perry
The American Legion announced Buckeye Boys State will run June 10 to 19 at Camp Perry on Lake Erie. The program aims for a quota of 1000, the largest in its 14 year history, highlighting the state’s leadership education effort.
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Columbus
American Legion
Buckeye
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
School of Practical Selfee
Ggg He Tennfaire Oh
Ohio Power to Invest 18 Million in 1950 Expansion
Ohio Power Co plans about 18.7 million dollars in 1950 for electric generation transmission and distribution upgrades serving 55 counties. H B Kress district manager says 45 percent of the budget funds the Philip Sporn Plant at Graham Station and the Valley Division with estimated 1.57 million for division construction. The Rutland Substation may get new switching gear at roughly 10 thousand dollars.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Power Co
H. B. Kress
Ohio Power
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
W. Va
Valley Division
Portsmouth
Lawrence
Scioto
Meigs
Gallia
Pike
Jackson
Adams Counties
Rutland
Rent Control Opposition Set in Senate
Senator Cain of Washington says foes will debate extending federal rent control beyond June 30 but will not filibuster. Truman asks Congress to renew the law for another year, while Cain warns against continuance. Hearings on extension unlikely before April. several senators reportedly will join Cain in opposing passage.
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Washington
Senate
Cain
Wash
Truman
Congress
House
Anti-Trust Suit Set Against Drug Firms
The Justice Department filed a civil anti trust action in federal court at Detroit charging Parke-Davis and Co. of Detroit and Eli Lilly and Co. of Indianapolis with monopolizing the sale of hard gelatin capsules used for vitamin pills and medicines by jointly controlling machinery used in making and filling them.
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Washington
Justice Department
McGrath
Detroit
Parke-Davis and Co
Eli Lilly and Co
Indianapolis
Railway unions vote for 40 hour week strike
Chicago bulletin reports two operating railway unions approved a 40 hour week plan today. A spokesman noted no immediate strike, saying under the National Rail Workers Act a strike could occur before appeal.
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Chicago
National Rail
Coal shortages close furnaces and reduce rail service in Ohio
Steel plants and railroads in Ohio face severe coal shortages from a mine strike. The B and O and New York Central announce passenger-service cuts, while Republic Steel and Wheeling Steel reduce production. Ohio institutions face potential closures as coal dwindles. state welfare officials warn the situation remains serious.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bessemer
ICC
Cleveland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Toledo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Jeffersonian
St. Louis
Spirit
Harrisburg
Buffalo
N. C
Erie
New York Central Railroad
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown
Wheeling Steel Corp
Wheeling
W. Va
Steubenville
Paul L. Jones
Ternstedt
General Motors
Alliance
W. O. McClellan
Elyria Schools
John H. Lamneck
Lamneck
Captives to be Paid One Dollar Per Day for WWII Detention
The War Claims Commission announces a settlement of one dollar per day for American POWs held by Germany and Japan in World War II. The payout covers days prisoners endured captivity due to alleged shortfalls in food quality and quantity not meeting the 1929 Geneva Convention standards.
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Washington
War Claims Commission
Motorist Warns Fire at Fortney Home in Oceola
A motorist spotted flames from the Fortney residence in Oceola and rushed inside to wake four children, delivering them to safety while parents were away. Firefighters and neighbors extinguished the blaze and the man fled without leaving a name.
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Upper Sandusky
Orrie Fortney
Oceola
Second Set of Triplets Creates New Problem
In Burlington Puerto Rico? No, Burlington, VI. The second set of triplets born in less than four years to Mrs. George Hutchby, 33, wife of a planning engineer, increased to eight the number of children in the family.
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Burlington, VI
George Hutchby
Wife Freed At 2nd Trial For Murder
Marie Conn Abbott, 41, was acquitted by a Butler County jury in a second trial of murdering her husband Morris Abbott in 1948. Her confessed lover Cyril Gordon previously pleaded and was sentenced to life. Abbott awaits California visit to join two children. Gordon claimed the act occurred during an argument.
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Abbott
Butler County
Morris Abbott
Cyril (Scotty) Gordon
Mrs. Abbott
Expenses Must Drop To Balance Price Cut
The Ohio Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers heard that farm expenses must be reduced to offset lower farm produce prices. J I Falconer of Ohio State University noted 1949 prices at 252 versus 278 in 1947, with the 1910 14 index at 100, while input costs rose to 244 from 231 in 1947.
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Columbus
Ohio Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
J. I. Falconer
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Falconer
Ohio River Rises After Heavy Rains In Cincinnati
The Ohio River again rose in Cincinnati as heavy rains moved through the area. The river climbed from 49.1 feet after a Sunday crest of 59.1 feet, with more than an inch and a half of rain in the city. Thunderstorms, lightning, and swollen creeks accompanied the downpour. Elsewhere, a fresh blanket of snow covered parts of the Northern Great Lakes, while the nation saw mild to warm conditions in many regions. Subzero readings persisted only in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota.
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U.S
Aney
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Pembina
N. D
Bemidji
Minn
New York
Boston
Texas
Gas Hearing Recessed Over Ohio Fuel Case
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co rate case resumes February 16 before the power commission after surprise testimony. Hearing Examiner Ewing G. Simpson recessed proceedings for one week to allow a reply to a new statistical table challenging the company’s accounting method. The company seeks wholesale rate increases to generate about 890000 dollars in additional yearly revenue. Howell Purdue said the table uses an engineering study by Stone and Webster for Ohio Fuel owners Columbia Gas System. James A. Scanlon represented West Ohio Gas Co. of Lima, Ohio, which argued Ohio Fuel earns more than estimated.
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Washington
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Power Commission
Ewing G. Simpson
Ohio
Howell Purdue
Commission
Stone and Webster, Engineers, Inc
New York
Ohio Fuel
Columbia Gas System
James A. Scanlon
West Ohio Gas Co
Lima
Two Men Questioned In Billy Rose Theft
Police questioned two men in the $25,000 gem theft from showman Billy Rose's East Side home. Reported loot value fluctuated from $100,000 to a later revised figure as investigators pursued two additional known suspects.
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New York
Billy Rose
East Side
Rose
Forsberg Sentenced for Contempt in Ohio Trial
Arthur A. Forsberg, 53, a suspended postal worker, was resentenced to 10 days in jail after a common pleas court conviction for contempt. He allegedly attempted to influence a pemablog extortion trial.
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Cleveland
Arthur A. Forsberg
Common Pleas Court
Truman coal board ends hearings with report plan
The president's fact finding board finished hearings on the coal strike and will prepare a report to the White House by Saturday. Chairman David L. Cole says the talks clarified deadlocks though no specific issues were named. John L. Lewis and mine operators met eight hours seeking a settlement but made no agreement.
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Washington
Truman
Factboard
White House
McGrath
David L. Cole
John L. Lewis
Cole
Arties
Lewis
Industry Begins Announcing Cutbacks
Pittsburgh reports belt tightening as coal strike drags on. ICC rules force hundreds of rail and related workers into idleness, with about 34 400 affected nationwide. Ford GM and railroads adjust overtime and furloughs as negotiations falter and peace seems distant.
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Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steel
Chanute Air Force Base
Ilinois
Simeplies
Detroit
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edertyen
Gene
Aerande
Burned in Explosion Hits Local Man Delbert Enders
Delbert E Enders, 48, was critically burned in a gasoline explosion at nearby Republic after pouring fuel while burning brush.
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Delbert E. Enders
Republic
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Ernest Weaver
CIO Communications Workers of America
Cyrus 8. Ching
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Federal Mediation Service
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
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Roy Peel
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