Georgia Ruling Declares Talmadge Governor of Georgia
In Henry County court Superior Judge Walter Hendrix rules Herman Tal madge the legal governor of Georgia after the legislature elected him Jan 15 to fill the late Eugene Talmadge term. The ruling upholds the legislature action and dismisses Lieut. Gov. Thompson's suit. In Washington Republicans push a 6 billion dollar cut to Truman budget, sparking a clash over national defense and peace aims.
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Herman Talmadge
Georgia
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M. E. Thompson
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Thompson
Georgia Supreme Court
Washington
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D-Ga
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R-Mass
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R-Minn
Kirksen
R-Ill
Reed
RNY
Doughton
D-Nc
Mahon
Cannon
Brooks
RTI
McKellar
D-Tenn
Hayden
D-Ariz
Taft
Ohio
Butler
R-Neb
Woodruff
R-Mich
Dingell
D-Mich
Ways and Means Committee
McKellar Claims Victory in Lilienthal Confirmation Fight
Senator E D McKellar says the Senate will not confirm David E Lilienthal as atomic energy commission chairman after a rising coalition of Republicans and Taft supporters shift against Lilienthal. Vandenberg shows sympathy leaving the outcome uncertain.
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E. D. McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
McKellar
TWA
Wherry
Bridges
Taft
Ohio
Lilienthal
Vandenberg
Michigan
Police absolve Dumais as Dahlia suspect
Los Angeles report says Joseph Dumais of Fort Dix New Jersey is absolved from suspects in the Elizabeth Short murder case. Capt. Jack Donahue states there was impeachable evidence the man confessed during a mental blackout and was at his New Jersey base at 5 p.m. January 15, seven hours after the body was found.
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Los Angeles
Corp
Joseph Dumais
Fort Dix
N. J
Elizabeth Short
Jack Donahue
Dumais
New Jersey
Lehman Urges Immediate Coal Shipments to England
Former New York governor and UN relief chief Herbert H. Lehman telegrams President Truman urging the United States to dispatch as many shiploads of coal as possible to England without delay.
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New York
Herbert H. Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Truman
England
Wall Street Journal President Kenneth Hogate Dies
Kenneth C. Hogate, 49, president of the Wall Street Journal and head of Dow Jones & Co., Inc., died early today at a Palm Springs, California, hospital.
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Kenneth C. Hogate
The
Wall Street Journal
Dow Jones & Co., Inc
Palm Springs
Calif
Sarnoff calls for science driven peace research and defense
Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff president of RCA urged America to fund research and strengthen national defense through science. He warned complacency threatens security, promoted UN cooperation, and stressed continuing scientific training in government industry and universities. He hailed radar from the moon as proof of scientific progress and interstellar hope.
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Cincinnati
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
America
Cincinnati Technical and Scientific Societies Council
Sarnoff
RCA
United Nations
United States
Cies
Moon
Marconi
Overhaul of Ohio Agriculture Department T: Bath hired as special assistant prompts reform plans
Columbus Ohio. An overhaul of the State Agriculture Department was proposed after Ed win J Bath was hired at 8800 a year as special assistant to director Frank N Farnsworth, replacing Bryan P Sandles. Bath would liaison the board and department and chair the enlarged 12 member board.
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Ohio
Edwin J. Bath
Frank N. Farnsworth
Bryan P. Sandles
Bath
Sandles
Farnsworth
Department
State Board of Agriculture
Foods and Dairies
Joseph T. Ferguson
Gas Service To Be Normal In Ohio As Temperatures Hold
Ohioans could expect almost complete resumption of natural gas service today after weather bureaus predicted yesterday's temperatures would prevail for 48 more hours. Light snow was forecast for southern sections tonight with rain and snow in northern areas tomorrow. Industrial workers were scheduled to return to about 5,000 jobs.
Republicans Propose $200 Million Public Health Plan
Senator Taft of Ohio and three Republicans propose a $200 million yearly public health program to fund free medical service for the needy and promote voluntary health insurance. Senators Ball Smith and Donnell join in backing the bill.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Lodge Launches Fund To Aid Fire Victims
Elyria Elks Lodge donates 300 to a relief fund for the Adrian Read family after a fatal fire. Three of Read's six daughters died in the blaze that destroyed their home.
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Elyria, C
Elyria
Akron unions refuse support for Red Cross drive
Akron CIO unions reject backing of the 1947 American Red Cross campaign. W. E. Fielder, CIO Community Chest representative and unions' service committee chairman, said the resolution follows the Red Cross refusal to accept funds raised by joint campaigns.
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CIO
American Red Cross
W. E. Fielder
CIO Community Chest
Unions’ Service Committee
Red Cross
Store and Lodge Destroyed by Blaze in Coshocton Area
Fire yesterday leveled a general store and the Modern Woodmen Lodge Hall along with a vacant one story building and a two story home in Chili. Manence listed the total loss at 12 dollars.
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Woodmen Lodge
Chili
Manence
GOP Honors Lincoln and Beats 48 Victory Drums
The Republican Party rededicates to Lincoln's principles as Lincoln Day dinners, part of 600+ events over ten days, sweep the nation. Prominent candidates including Dewey Taft Stassen Bricker and Green address audiences on world policy and domestic issues while Carroll Reece campaigns in Chicago and St. Paul asserting Democrats face a reckoning.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Robert A. Taft
Charleston
W.va
Harold E. Stassen
New York City
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Toledo
Dwight H. Green
Springfield
Lil. Stassen
Taft
Bricker
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Chicago
St. Paul
Reece
Washington
Ashtabula Water Way Opposition Grows Across Region
Ashtabula County and lake shore residents oppose an Army engineers study of a Lake Erie to Ohio River waterway via a 35 mile Grand River Valley reservoir. Major support came from Mahoning Valley areas including Youngstown and Warren. Opponents include county commissioners granges NY Central Railroad and several townships.
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Pittsburgh
Mahoning Valley
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Warren
Grand River Valley
Ashtabula County
County Granges
New York Central Railroad
Phone Service Maintained Amid Bell Work Stoppage in Ohio
Normal telephone service continued at Ohio Bell in Youngstown despite a work stoppage by 277 union workers in the plant department. Negotiations with the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers focused on the transfer of two cable splicers. Unionists were based in Youngstown and nearby towns including Lowellville Niles Girard Canfield Hubbard Salem North Lima and Struthers.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Lowellville
Niles
Girard
Canfield
Hubbard
Salem
North Lima
Struthers
Churchill Daughter Mary Weds Capt. Soames in London
Mary Churchill youngest daughter of Britain's wartime prime minister married Capt. Christopher Soames of the Coldstream Guards yesterday in London.
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Mary Churchill
London
Britain
Marrie
Christopher Soames
Colstream Guards
Government Resumes Forest Land Purchase
The government announced it will resume buying privately owned land for national forest expansion. The National Forest Reservation Commission approved purchases totaling 114 444 acres across 22 states for 536 582 dollars, including 1389 acres in Ohio for 13 516 dollars.
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Washington
National Forest System
National Forest Reservation Commission
Ohio
Deputy named Conneaut Ohio fire marshal
Frank Gibson has been named a deputy state fire marshal for northeastern Ohio, taking charge in Conneaut and surrounding counties according to the notice.
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Frank Gibson
Northeastern
Ohio
Strike Seen Inevitable Unless UMW Gives Up Welfare Fund
In Columbus and Washington the budget stalemate grows as Sen. Daniels estimates 100 million dollars surplus for extra appropriations, while Rep. Ballard cites 53 million. In Washington, Forney Johnston warns a new mine strike could occur July 1 unless the UMW welfare fund is ended or Congress bars strikes over such funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Senate Finance Committee
Paul H. Ballard
R-Jackson
House Finance Committee
Daniels
Washington
Forney Johnston
National Coal Association
Capitol Hill
John L. Lewis
Congress
Johnston
Birmingham
Ala
House Labor Committee
United Mine Workers’ Welfare Fund
Congress Rec
Mine Union Welfare Fund
Lewis
Supreme Court
House Committee
Coal Association
Charlie Chan Actor Sidney Toler Dies at Home
Hollywood reports Sidney Toler, famed for the Charlie Chan role, died at his residence after seven months of intestinal cancer. Born earlier in 1874, he was 53 by his tally but 72 by birth record, and had a long stage career with Julia Marlowe and David Belasco before Hollywood work beginning in 1929. He married Mrs. Toler in 1943 after Vivian’s death and appeared in over 25 Charlie Chan films. An operation in 1943 left him weakened and unaware of his illness.
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Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Julia Marlowe
New York
David Belasco
Vivian
Toler
Mount Etna Eruption Spreads Lava Off Sicily Coast
Mount Etna on Sicily's east coast erupted Monday night with lava fountains over a quarter mile high. The Ansa report from Catania said the eruption lasted two hours with no damage in initial dispatches.
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Land Owners Fight New Tax On Vet Bonus
Columbus residents oppose an extra real estate tax to fund up to 500 million dollars in World War II veteran bonuses. Malcolm R. Prine, a local realtor, tells a Senate sub committee that property owners would unfairly shoulder the burden even as they support the bonus in principle. The panel weighs three plans including realty levies and a higher sales tax to fund payments.
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Columbus
Ohio
Malcolm R. Prine
Senate Military Affairs
Prine
Factories Struggle as New British Cold Brings Power Cuts
London reports severe winter weather driving low coal supplies and widespread factory shutdowns. Prime Minister Attlee convened the cabinet to decide on extending a government power ban after the cut affected over half of England's factories and cut unemployment to about 4 million as officials warn no relief in sight for several days.
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Britain
England
Wales
Scotland
Attlee
Air Ministry
Hit Run Driver Held In Death of 13 Year Old
A 41 year old Barberton man was held in connection with a late night hit and run near the southwest city limits. Donna Jean Snyder, 13, was killed and Donna Mong, 10, and John Franick, 74, were seriously injured.
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Akron
Donna Jean Snyder
Barberton
Donna Mong
John Franick
Plant Fire Damages Canton Malleable Iron Co.
A large frame section of the Canton Malleable Iron Co. plant burned yesterday. President R. N. Cole estimated losses above 100000 with operations reduced by about one third. Cause of the fire was not determined.
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Canton Malleable Iron Co
R. N. Cole
Auto Driver Indicted On Homicide Counts
George C Hailey 40 of London Ohio indicted on two counts of second degree manslaughter in a hit and run that killed John S Goodman 68 and Orin B Collins. He was sentenced to six months in the workhouse last Monday for failure to stop after an accident.
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Columbus
George C. Hailey
London
John S. Goodman
Orin B. Collins
Hailey
Push Cart Robber Steals Kitchen Sink in Cleveland
A push cart thief yesterday raided a house wrecking site in Cleveland and stole four kitchen sinks along with a bath tub and four washbowls. The offender wheeled away with the items in a frantic grab-and-go spree.
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Cleveland
Mil ler One Man Police Source Samuel H. Miller Dies
Samuel H. Miller 78 longtime one man police source for Aurora neighboring Kent died at his home yesterday from a heart attack.
Ohio State University Budget Request Tops Previous History
Ohio State University presents a record $49,773,387 biennial budget request under University President Howard L. Bevis and Finance Director Herbert D. Defenbacher. The request reflects enrollment growth to 24,876 from prewar peaks near 13,000.
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Columbus
Herbert D. Defenbacher
Ohio State University
Uniersity
Howard L. Bevis
Bevis
Board election standoff over Curry vacancy and ballot move
The Mason County board of education faced questions over Hugh Curry's vacated seat and why they did not seek prosecuting attorney guidance. Otis Young sought advice, the attorney general affirmed Curry’s vacancy, and officials later named candidates while critics claimed an effort to thwart voters.
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Mason County Board of Education
Hugh Curry
Kanawha County
Curry
Otis Young
Board of Ballot Commissioners
Ares Ume
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