246 Bills Introduced In House
In Columbus the House Reference Committee sealed its office to visitors amid a blizzard of 246 bills on the final day for new measures. The Senate added 41 new measures, boosting its total to 129, while debates touched on subversive activities at state universities and proposed studies on moving OSU agricultural work to Wooster.
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Columbus
House Reference Committee
Senate
House
House Committee
Claude Woodward
Montgomery
Paul R. Barnes
Franklin
John W. Bricker
Washington
Ohio State University
Agricultural College
Agriculture Experiment Station
Wooster
Fred G. Reiners
Hamilton
Ohio
Georgia
Kenneth W. Thornton
Cuyahoga
Charles P. Baker, Jr
R-Lake
Common
Mark W. Bennett
R-Hancock
Police Wound Gunman In Street Battle
Cincinnati report says John Joseph Myers 23, of Bellefonte Pa, was wounded twice in the legs after a running gun battle with police in downtown Cincinnati. A 41-year-old pedestrian, Julius Schleuter, was shot in the thigh. Myers faces robbery charges.
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Cincinnati
Bellefonte
John Joseph Myers
Chicago
Julius Schleuter
Joseph Nowak Found Dead in Park. Coroner Cites Exposure
The unidentified body of 42 year old Joseph Daniel Nowak was found in a city park and ruled a exposure death. Coroner Frank Kreft said the case remains under investigation due to facial cuts and bruises suggesting possible homicide.
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Toledo
Joseph Daniel Nowak
Frank G. Kreft
Ralph Murphy
Ohio Relief List Grows Despite High Employment
Ohio welfare records show 1946 relief cases up 40 percent from 1944 45 rock bottom figures as wartime veterans reenter the labor force driving demand for aid. The average case rose to 4.1 persons with costs climbing from 5.5 million in 1945 to 8.75 million in 1946.
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Rock Bottom
Welfare Department
New Stamps Mark Edison's 100th Birthday
Milan Ohio marks 100th birthday of Thomas A Edison with the first issue of Edison memorial stamps presented to his daughter Mrs John S Sloane. The centennial observance included the cottage dedication as part of a three day event.orders for over a million stamps arrived from President Truman Queen Elizabeth and other leaders and figures worldwide.
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Milan
America
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
John S. Sloane
Menlo Park
Truman
Queen Elizabeth
England
Princess Elizabeth
White Feather
State Department Considers Talks to Ease Info Barriers
Assistant Secretary William Benton said the State Department is studying its own negotiations with other governments to remove barriers to free information flow. He noted these talks would supplement UN efforts toward the same goal.
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Chicago
William Benton
State Department
Benton
United Nations
National Tube Co For $2.16 Million Plant Expansion Permit
The National Tube Co secured a building permit for a blooming mill soaking pit building costing 2 160 856 dollars. A permit for a 144 000 dollar stripper yard and offices with locker rooms at 39 192 dollars was also granted. Construction is part of a 100 000 000 dollar expansion program in Lorain Ohio.
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Lorain, O
National Tube Co
World Altitude Record For Helicopters Set
The Army Air Forces top test pilot Maj. Ernest Cassell of Indianapolis set a world helicopter altitude record aboard a Sikorsky B-5A reaching 18 850 feet in an hour long flight. The prior record of 11 243 feet was set in 1939 by Karl Bode in Germany.
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Dayton
Army Air Forces
Ernest Cassell
Indianapolis
Cassell
Karl Bode
Germany
Papers on Two Suits Dismissed by Judge
Federal Judge John N. Druffel dismissed interrogatories filed by the United Steel Workers in two portal-to-portal pay suits. The unions sought judgments of 2 million dollars against the William Powell Co in Cincinnati and the Hamilton Foundry and Machine Co in Hamilton, but the judge ruled the filings were a demand for company records.
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Cincinnati
United Steel Workers
CSO
John N. Druffel
William Powell Co
Hamilton Foundry and Machine Co
Hamilton
Chinese Dollar At New Low Urges Chiang To Review Crisis
Chiang Kai-Shek summoned China's top economic experts amid a currency crisis as the Chinese dollar slid to a fresh low. Shanghai faced confusion with the third straight day of devaluation and prices rising in other cities. Nanking officials declined to confirm the emergency meeting or discuss potential measures.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Nanking
Executive Yuan
Chiang
Steubenville Shooting Innocence Pleaded
Harry Dunlap of Youngstown pleaded innocent to second degree murder in the fatal October shooting of Bernard H. Clark Jr. of Cleveland at the Silver Slipper Cafe. The case sparked an anti vice crusade by Steubenville pastors.
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Steubenville
Harry Dunlap
Youngstown
Bernard H. Clark, Jr
Cleveland
Churchill and Attlee Clash Over Coal Crisis in Britain
In London, Churchill blames Labour for the coal shortage and rejects a coalition as 4 million Britons face unemployment due to factory shutdowns. Attlee vows unity, as power cuts and stock declines mark a nation scrambling to conserve energy amid a harsh winter. A by election in Normanton tests public opinion on the crisis. Government insurance follows for workers hit by idleness.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Hugh Dalton
Attlee
Churchill
England
London Exchange
Yorkshire
Normanton
G. O. Sylvester
J. E. Powell
Birmingham
W. D. Hartley
Col. William W. Dawson Dies in Germany
Col. William W. Dawson 54 of Brecksville, a prominent AMG member in Germany, died after several weeks illness in Stuttgart. A lawyer by training, he taught at Western Reserve University from 1927 to 1942 and served as Brecksville mayor 1934–36. He practiced law in Cleveland and held senior AMG posts in Wuerttemberg Baden and the Regional Government Coordinating Office.
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Stuttgart
Germany
William W. Dawson
Brecksville
Wooster
Ohio
Dawson
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Wuerttemberg - Baden
Snowbound Boy Scouts Return to School Life
Cleveland scouts return to routine after a weekend snowbound by drifts up to 12 feet. Thirty boys and eleven adults completed an overnight camping trip aided by Lake County farmers, easing the long reentry to elementary school life.
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Snowbound Boy Scouts
Cleveland
Lake County
New Portal For Miners
A Howard mine opens a new Willow Grove portal four miles closer to the coal seam. The 175 foot shaft hosts a 25 shower wash room dressing room for 600 workers plus an in house restaurant. A passenger elevator, a concrete electric lit corridor and a revolving door speed miners to work. Ultraviolet lamps and ozone purify air and reduce germs.
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ST. Clairsville
Willow Grove
Hanna Coal Company
Stock and Curb Exchanges to Close for Lincoln’s Birthday
New York Stock and Curb Exchanges and other markets nationwide will be closed Wednesday February 12 for Lincoln's Birthday. The Agriculture Department will issue various livestock reports.
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New York
Trinity Evangelical Church calls Rev. John W. Myers
Tiffin Ohio church has issued a call to the Rev. John W. Myers from Fort Wayne Indiana to join as pastor. The move reflects ongoing efforts by Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church to fill its clergy position.
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Tiffin
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
John W.myers
Fort Wayne
Ind
New Killing Linked to Black Dahlia Case in Los Angeles
Police arrested Frank French on suspicion of murder after his estranged wife Jeanne French was found bludgeoned on a Los Angeles hilltop. Detectives noted a lipstick message signed BD suggesting a possible link to the famed Black Dahlia case and an obscene BD message on the victim.
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Los Angeles
Frank French
Marine Corps
Bechtel
French
Foot and Mouth Disease Fears Reach U.S. Border
Chicago reports warn livestock traders and veterinarians of the threat of foot and mouth disease entering the United States from Mexico. The disease, now spreading northward from regions south of the border, caused Mexico to report an outbreak in December and led the U.S. to close its border to Mexican animals on December 23.
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Chicago
United States
Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Public Hearing Hearts Canal Plan at Ashtabula
Representatives from rail, civic, labor, industrial and business sectors gathered in Ashtabula for a second public hearing on the proposed Lake Erie Ohio River canal project.
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Ashtabula, O
Lake Erie-Ohio River
Social Security Board calls for big Old Age Benefit hike
The Social Security Board urged Congress to raise federal Old-Age payments and extend coverage to 23 million more workers. It recommends universal coverage, higher benefits, lower female pension age, temporary and permanent disability pay, and a federally funded medical insurance plan financed by employer and employee contributions.
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Social Security
Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Watson B. Miller
Stern Declares Guild Struck His Newspapers With Intent To Destroy
J David Stern testified to the House Labor Committee that he sold his papers at a heavy loss to warn the nation against the American Newspaper Guild. He said the Philadelphia Record Camden Courier and Post were torched by strikes since November 7 and sold to the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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J. David Stern
House Labor Committee
American Newspaper Guild
Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden
N.J
Couriey and Post
Philadelphia Bulletin
Sam B. Eubanks
CIO Union
Senate Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Pepper
D-Fla
Ball
R-Minn
Almon E. Roth
National Federation of American Shippers
Senate Committee
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Wherry
Neb
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
Lilienthal
TVA
McKellar
Dtenn
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Truman
Eisler
Gas Lines Still Depleted As Ohio Faces Shortage
The Associated Press reports rising temperatures may ease Ohio fuel gas shortages that have halted industrial operations and led to voluntary rationing. About 46,000 workers affected statewide. Cleveland’s East Ohio Gas Co. contemplates resuming service to 800 plants while Toledo’s 133 users remain blocked. Temperatures expected to climb from 8 to 28 degrees with higher gains tomorrow.
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George Mindling
Columbus
Bricker Taft 48 Statement Predicted in Columbus
Word spread that a joint statement on the 1948 Republican race would be issued in Columbus by Ohio Senators Taft and Bricker. Bricker is described as ready to back Taft though no formal agreement exists. Bricker, three time former governor, had been seen as preparing to issue support for Taft.
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Washington
Ohio
Columbus
Taft
Bricker
Gambling Trials Set For Feb 17 In Steubenville Case
Steubenville charges outline that eighteen defendants will face gambling trial the week of February 17. Harry Dunlap, 38, of Youngstown, will be tried February 24 for second degree murder. Indictments stem from a January grand jury probe into vice conditions sparked by a crusade led by twelve local Protestant ministers.
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Steubenville
Harry Dunlap
Youngstown
Westinghouse Official Sees 1947 as Big Year
F D Newbury vice president of Westinghouse Electric Corp said 1947 will be a big year and that there will be no lasting depression before the late 1950s He predicted a mild recession in 1948 possibly into 1949 followed by relative stability
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Pittsburgh
F. D. Newbury
Westinghouse Electric Corp
$20 Million Sought in Portal-to-Portal Suit
Representatives of the International Association of Machinists Union filed in federal court seeking $20,000,000 in retroactive portal-to-portal pay against Parker Appliance Co. The action was reported from Cleveland.
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Cleveland
International Association of Machinists Union
Ind
Parker Appliance Co
Hour Long Bull Fight Injures Farm Worker Near Newark
Eugene Montgom ery Montgomery, 56, was treated at City Hospital after a hour long bull fight on his farm near Newark injured him seriously.
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Newark
Eugene Montgomery
City Hospital
Here
Machines Finishing Gears Change Detroit Auto Plants
Sam Simmons recalls a Detroit plant where a gear finishing machine outperformed skilled workers. He notes automation reducing need for tool handlers and hints editors could publish a facsimile newspaper with limited printing staff. He wonders how publishers like Dave Storm would adapt to such a shift.
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Detroit
Dave
Philadelphia
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